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- Judicial Appointments Commission Bill 2017: Report Stage (Resumed) (22 May 2018)
Barry Cowen: We cannot account for Members contradicting themselves.
- Judicial Appointments Commission Bill 2017: Report Stage (Resumed) (22 May 2018)
Barry Cowen: Only the majority contradicted themselves.
- Judicial Appointments Commission Bill 2017: Report Stage (Resumed) (22 May 2018)
Barry Cowen: The majority of Members have contradicted themselves. That is all that has happened.
- Judicial Appointments Commission Bill 2017: Report Stage (Resumed) (22 May 2018)
Barry Cowen: The majority of Members of the House are conflicted.
- Judicial Appointments Commission Bill 2017: Report Stage (Resumed) (22 May 2018)
Barry Cowen: Perhaps the Ministers, Deputies Shane Ross and Charles Flanagan, might have a chat with one another.
- Judicial Appointments Commission Bill 2017: Report Stage (Resumed) (22 May 2018)
Barry Cowen: And the facts.
- Judicial Appointments Commission Bill 2017: Report Stage (Resumed) (22 May 2018)
Barry Cowen: The problem is that the majority of the House do not know what they are doing.
- Judicial Appointments Commission Bill 2017: Report Stage (Resumed) (22 May 2018)
Barry Cowen: The Ministers should go out and have a chat.
- Judicial Appointments Commission Bill 2017: Report Stage (Resumed) (22 May 2018)
Barry Cowen: Let us have the Minister, Deputy Ross, answer the question.
- Judicial Appointments Commission Bill 2017: Report Stage (Resumed) (22 May 2018)
Barry Cowen: Where is the Minister, Deputy Ross, now? There must be a tough question coming.
- Judicial Appointments Commission Bill 2017: Report Stage (Resumed) (22 May 2018)
Barry Cowen: This is a charade.
- Judicial Appointments Commission Bill 2017: Report Stage (Resumed) (22 May 2018)
Barry Cowen: The Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport.
- Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Waiting Lists (22 May 2018)
Barry Cowen: 380. To ask the Minister for Health when a person (details supplied) can expect an appointment. [22218/18]
- Written Answers — Department of Health: Orthodontic Services Waiting Lists (22 May 2018)
Barry Cowen: 403. To ask the Minister for Health when a person (details supplied) can expect an appointment for orthodontic treatment under the midlands Health Service Executive. [22434/18]
- Written Answers — Department of Health: Disability Services Provision (22 May 2018)
Barry Cowen: 424. To ask the Minister for Health when the person (details supplied) can expect an appointment for admission to the National Rehabilitation Hospital, Dún Laoghaire, County Dublin. [22556/18]
- Other Questions: Decentralisation Programme (17 May 2018)
Barry Cowen: The Deputy would be glad of it now.
- Other Questions: Decentralisation Programme (17 May 2018)
Barry Cowen: That is right, they have.
- Other Questions: Statutory Retirement Age (17 May 2018)
Barry Cowen: 8. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform when legislation to increase the compulsory retirement age for public servants will be published; the timeframe for the legislation to pass in Dáil Éireann; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21668/18]
- Other Questions: Statutory Retirement Age (17 May 2018)
Barry Cowen: The current system compulsory retirement age remains at 65 years while pensions can only be claimed at 66 years, and that age is to be increased in future. We cannot allow the current practice of applying for jobseeker's payments to continue to fill the gap. When will legislation come before the House to increase the compulsory retirement age to 70 years, as the Minister announced last...
- Other Questions: Statutory Retirement Age (17 May 2018)
Barry Cowen: While I do not doubt the effort that has been made to bring forward the legislation, it is disappointing to hear that we have no commitment from the Minister that it will be passed prior to the summer recess in order that it might benefit another tranche of people in September. In that light, will the Minister agree to waive the requirement for pre-legislative scrutiny by the relevant...