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Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Family Income Supplement Application Numbers (24 Oct 2013)

John Halligan: 140. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the number of public service workers who are currently supplementing their income with family income supplement; the number of those public service workers currently with applications awaiting approval; her views on whether, in certain cases, the reduction of public service hours in an effort save money on wages has put an additional burden her...

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Energy and Natural Resources: Electricity Transmission Network (24 Oct 2013)

John Halligan: 156. To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources the input his Department has had in the choosing of the areas where EirGrid are currently proposing to erect pylons within Ireland; if other options were considered, that is underground lines or lines at sea; the agreements that have been made between his Department and EirGrid; and if he will make a statement on the...

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Energy and Natural Resources: Electricity Transmission Network (24 Oct 2013)

John Halligan: 157. To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources his views on whether there may be a conflict of interest on the part of the consulting engineering company (details supplied) that Eirgrid has employed to advise them on the selection of what they call the least constrained corridor in view of the fact that this company has also been employed by Tipperary County Council...

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Electromagnetic Fields Studies (24 Oct 2013)

John Halligan: 173. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government if his attention has been drawn to any research having been carried out in Ireland or the EU in relation to the impact pylons have on a person's health; his views on whether these pylons may trigger cancer cells to develop; if the World Health Organisation have made any assessment on the health effects of pylons to...

Written Answers — Department of Defence: Defence Forces Medals (24 Oct 2013)

John Halligan: 206. To ask the Minister for Defence following on from the plan in 2006 to issue replacement certificates to the families of the military veterans of 1916 and the War of Independence, his plans to issue replacement medals to the families of those servicemen prior to the celebration of the 100-year anniversary; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [45473/13]

Local Government Bill 2013: Second Stage (Resumed) (23 Oct 2013)

John Halligan: I have argued from the outset that the sweeping reduction in the number of elected representatives as set out in the Bill has the potential to create a damaging distance between voters and local government. Having served as a councillor for many years I know all too well the importance people place on knowing an elected representative in their community and on having personal contact with...

Local Government Bill 2013: Second Stage (Resumed) (23 Oct 2013)

John Halligan: Surely the returns on these mergers will be felt by the community at large rather than just the State purse. There is nothing in the Bill that shows that the actual council as it performs - elected mayors, committees, pacts and budgets - will be reformed. Ideally, that is what the people who elect councillors wanted to see in this Bill. They wanted to see reforms in how councils perform.

Cochlear Implants: Motion [Private Members] (17 Oct 2013)

John Halligan: There is a famous clip on YouTube featuring an eight-month old deaf baby's reaction to a cochlear implant being activated. In the clip, the boy's mother is holding him as his ear implant is activated and when she says hello to him, he flashes his mother a huge smile. To watch both the child's and the mother's reaction as he hears sound for the first time is truly humbling. That clip was...

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: JobsPlus Issues (17 Oct 2013)

John Halligan: 48. To ask the Minister for Social Protection her views on whether the higher subsidies for employers who employ a person who is two years unemployed under the JobsPlus scheme as against a lower payment for persons unemployed for a shorter time will inevitably encourage employers to ignore applications from those out of work for a shorter period; and if she will make a statement on the...

Financial Resolutions 2014 - Financial Resolution No. 8: General (Resumed) (16 Oct 2013)

John Halligan: I wish to share my time with Deputies Ross and Higgins. Last night somebody joked to me that instead of cutting the dole for the under-25s it might have been cheaper for the Government to give young people a one-way plane ticket out of the country and be done with them. With the air travel tax scrapped, perhaps the Government could get a good deal from its friend Michael O'Leary. A lot of...

Forestry Bill 2013: Second Stage (Resumed) (10 Oct 2013)

John Halligan: Ireland's forestry sector was once described as a sleeping giant, an asset with so much more to deliver to the economy in the context of providing income for forest owners through direct and indirect employment, exports and home-grown sustainable and renewable sources of energy. Output from the industry has been estimated at approximately €2.2 billion since 1994. Forestry has...

Criminal Justice (Forensic Evidence and DNA Database System) Bill 2013: Second Stage (Resumed) (9 Oct 2013)

John Halligan: First, this Bill has the potential to be of invaluable benefit to criminal investigations and I believe it to be worthy of support in its current form. We should have begun the recording of the DNA of violent and repeat offenders a long time ago. It also is welcome that it will assist in the identification of missing and unknown persons, including unidentified human remains. Provided that...

Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: Public Sector Staff Issues (9 Oct 2013)

John Halligan: 5. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the number of public sector workers currently employed here; the number of job losses which will be seen up to the end of 2015; his views on whether his plan to further reduce the numbers of public service workers is flawed and will ultimately result in already stretched Departments reaching breaking point; his views on whether having a...

Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: Public Sector Staff Issues (9 Oct 2013)

John Halligan: I acknowledge that the Government is adamant that the downsizing of the public service has saved the country a great deal of money, despite its catastrophic impact on public services. Many people are not buying the Government's line that the reduction of almost 30,000 in public service numbers since 2008 is a success story. Would the Minister agree that the exodus from the public service...

Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: Public Sector Staff Issues (9 Oct 2013)

John Halligan: These are facts.

Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: Public Sector Staff Issues (9 Oct 2013)

John Halligan: These are the Government's figures. They are not my figures.

Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: Public Sector Staff Issues (9 Oct 2013)

John Halligan: I am not arguing that there is no need to make savings. Everyone in opposition knows that public sector reform must happen. It would be folly for us to think otherwise. The persistent slashing of public sector members will not solve the State's economic problems. I would like to mention an interesting impact study that was published by the ESRI recently on the impact of fiscal cuts on the...

Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: Public Sector Staff Issues (9 Oct 2013)

John Halligan: There are more pupils.

Leaders' Questions (9 Oct 2013)

John Halligan: That is not true.

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Teachers' Remuneration (8 Oct 2013)

John Halligan: 102. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills in view of the fact that he has indicated that he will continue to pay ASTI members the annual supervision and substitution allowance of €1,769, gross, the amount he intends to allocate for this allowance in Budget 2014; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [42184/13]