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Local Authority Charges (24 Jan 2012)

Paschal Donohoe: I welcome the Minister, Deputy Hogan, to the House. I am grateful for the opportunity to raise this matter which concerns the payment of the household services charge. The main question I am asked by people who approach me on it is how they can make the payment. I hear two points from constituents. First, there is still confusion among many people as to whether they need to pay the...

Local Authority Charges (24 Jan 2012)

Paschal Donohoe: I thank the Minister for his response and urge him not to under-estimate the level of confusion there is about how to pay the charge, particularly among people who do not have Internet access. The issue of how to make the payment is one that has been regularly raised with me. Because the legislation specifies a principal office in which this matter be handled, local authorities believe they...

Written Answers — School Enrolments: School Enrolments (19 Jan 2012)

Paschal Donohoe: Question 85: To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he will provide an update on the status of the review into enrolment policy; the date on which it will be completed; when he expects to be in a position to publish the report; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [2986/12]

Written Answers — Departmental Properties: Departmental Properties (19 Jan 2012)

Paschal Donohoe: Question 116: To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if his attention has been drawn to a matter (details supplied) regarding charges for using the Phoenix Park, Dublin; if he will review this decision; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [2985/12]

Written Answers — Departmental Bodies: Departmental Bodies (19 Jan 2012)

Paschal Donohoe: Question 168: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government the position regarding the future status of the Dublin Docklands Development Authority; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [3061/12]

Written Answers — Citizenship Applications: Citizenship Applications (19 Jan 2012)

Paschal Donohoe: Question 200: To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if he will review the current fees in place for those wishing to apply for citizenship who are married to Irish citizens; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [3150/12]

Industrial Relations (Amendment) (No. 3) Bill 2011: Second Stage (Resumed) (18 Jan 2012)

Paschal Donohoe: It is important to remind our colleagues on the Independent benches of three points. The first point is that not all employers are evil, as they continually infer and suggest. All those working in the private sector are employed by people whose objective is make a profit, but in so doing they create the revenue and ability for others to earn a wage, thus enabling them to look after their...

Written Answers — Inter-Country Adoptions: Inter-Country Adoptions (11 Jan 2012)

Paschal Donohoe: Question 782: To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs if she will provide an update on plans to enter into a bilateral agreement with Ethiopia regarding intercountry adoption; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [41267/11]

Order of Business (11 Jan 2012)

Paschal Donohoe: Will the fiscal responsibility Bill be brought before the House prior to the summer recess? This legislation will ensure this and future Governments do not make the same mistakes as previous Governments in relation to the wrecking of our national finances. Also, will legislation be required to bring in the loan guarantee scheme to allow small and medium sized businesses to access credit and...

Bretton Woods Agreements (Amendment) (No. 2) Bill 2011: Second Stage (15 Dec 2011)

Paschal Donohoe: I wish to share my time with Deputy Buttimer. Deputy Mattie McGrath did not draw my ire because I did not take any of his comments seriously.

Bretton Woods Agreements (Amendment) (No. 2) Bill 2011: Second Stage (15 Dec 2011)

Paschal Donohoe: If the slightest credence had been associated with a single word he said, his comments might have provoked me. What I just heard was an act of comedy rather than a contribution on the challenges the country is facing. Deputy McGrath was voting with Fianna Fáil and was party to the decisions that led to the ruin of the country, yet he is now taking the opportunity to lecture the rest of us....

Bretton Woods Agreements (Amendment) (No. 2) Bill 2011: Second Stage (15 Dec 2011)

Paschal Donohoe: The Deputy clearly did.

Bretton Woods Agreements (Amendment) (No. 2) Bill 2011: Second Stage (15 Dec 2011)

Paschal Donohoe: He said he would not obey the law in one area.

Bretton Woods Agreements (Amendment) (No. 2) Bill 2011: Second Stage (15 Dec 2011)

Paschal Donohoe: I am sorry I provoked the Deputy in the way I have. I can hear some kind of tone from him but am not quite sure where he is going with it all. The basic point is that he criticised some people for not obeying the law and then said he will not obey it himself.

Bretton Woods Agreements (Amendment) (No. 2) Bill 2011: Second Stage (15 Dec 2011)

Paschal Donohoe: Everybody has a point of view on the law and a view on whether it is fair, but once a law is passed, we should obey it. It is telling that the Deputy will condemn others for disobeying the law but he will brazenly take credit for acting likewise.

Bretton Woods Agreements (Amendment) (No. 2) Bill 2011: Second Stage (15 Dec 2011)

Paschal Donohoe: He predicted that we will face anarchy and the breakdown of law. Did he also say there will be rivers of blood? Does he really believe blood will be running in the streets of our country? Is that the kind of contribution he wants to make?

Bretton Woods Agreements (Amendment) (No. 2) Bill 2011: Second Stage (15 Dec 2011)

Paschal Donohoe: The final comment he makes in the Dáil at a time when 440,000 people are out of work is to predict blood running down our streets. We are facing the gravest global economic crisis since the 1930s but the best Deputy Mattie McGrath can offer the country is blood flowing down our streets.

Bretton Woods Agreements (Amendment) (No. 2) Bill 2011: Second Stage (15 Dec 2011)

Paschal Donohoe: I apologise if I provoked Deputy Mattie McGrath but I will make my argument regardless of how often he tries to interrupt me. I clearly heard somebody exhort people to break the law and predict that blood would run down the streets of this country. As somebody who is clearly aware of the challenges we face, I believe we have to offer more than that to people who are hurting badly. The...

Social Welfare Bill 2011: Second Stage (Resumed) (9 Dec 2011)

Paschal Donohoe: Thank you, a Cheann Comhairle. Deputy McNulty is correct in what he said.

Social Welfare Bill 2011: Second Stage (Resumed) (9 Dec 2011)

Paschal Donohoe: Apologies, Deputy Nulty. As someone who is referred to as Deputy O'Donohoe most of the time, I know how much I must have offended the Deputy to whom I sincerely apologise.