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Written Answers — Road Safety: Road Safety (28 Jun 2011)

Pearse Doherty: Question 559: To ask the Minister for Transport; Tourism and Sport his plans to carry out a road safety impact study to assess the impact of the school transport cuts and the possibility of children having to walk to school or the increase in traffic at the junctions in an area (details supplied) in County Donegal. [17474/11]

Central Bank and Credit Institutions (Resolution) (No. 2) Bill 2011: Second Stage (28 Jun 2011)

Pearse Doherty: Go raibh maith agat, a Chathaoirligh. Tá tú iontach flaithiúil. Sílim nach mbeidh mé ag glacadh an ama uilig ar an Chéim seo den Bhille. Sin ráite, tá sé íontach tábhachtach go mbeadh deis againn an Bille a scansáil agus a phlé amach go maith nuair atáimid ar Chéim an Choiste. Mar a tharla le cuid des na Billí a tháinig os ár gcomhair go dtí seo, go háirithe an Bille...

Central Bank and Credit Institutions (Resolution) (No. 2) Bill 2011: Second Stage (28 Jun 2011)

Pearse Doherty: Go raibh maith agat.

Order of Business (28 Jun 2011)

Pearse Doherty: Maybe the Taoiseach could be helpful and direct me to the legislation that gives effect to the small rural hospitals that, as the Minister for Health has stated on RTE television, will lose accident and emergency services. I cannot see any legislation in this regard.

Order of Business (28 Jun 2011)

Pearse Doherty: I cannot find it. The question is-----

Order of Business (28 Jun 2011)

Pearse Doherty: If the Ceann Comhairle will let me finish, I will do so. Is the Government preparing to introduce legislation to define small rural hospitals? My understanding is that the hospitals that will be closing or losing their accident and emergency services are actually quite large, urban hospitals that provide many services. Secondly-----

Order of Business (28 Jun 2011)

Pearse Doherty: The other issue is one of promised legislation.

Order of Business (28 Jun 2011)

Pearse Doherty: On promised legislation, a Cheann Comhairle-----

Order of Business (28 Jun 2011)

Pearse Doherty: EUROSTAT figures released today show that Irish consumer prices are 18% above the European average, with food prices 20% above average-----

Order of Business (28 Jun 2011)

Pearse Doherty: -----and restaurant and accommodation prices 29% above average. This is all happening in the context of cuts. What legislation does the Government intend to introduce to help support small businesses so they can reduce their prices, particularly in the area of food?

Order of Business (28 Jun 2011)

Pearse Doherty: Legislation has been promised on upward-only rent reviews. When will that legislation come before the House?

Order of Business (28 Jun 2011)

Pearse Doherty: Will the Government give a commitment that its own Department will cease to operate upward-only rent reviews, which are already putting companies under severe pressure or out of business?

Order of Business (28 Jun 2011)

Pearse Doherty: This Government is operating upward-only rent reviews.

Order of Business (28 Jun 2011)

Pearse Doherty: Government Departments are operating upward-only rent reviews.

Order of Business (28 Jun 2011)

Pearse Doherty: Departments are doing this and the Government can stop them immediately.

Written Answers — Proposed Legislation: Proposed Legislation (23 Jun 2011)

Pearse Doherty: Question 45: To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the steps he will take to reduce the costs of rents for struggling businesses in order to help restore economic competitiveness. [14238/11]

Written Answers — Children in Care: Children in Care (23 Jun 2011)

Pearse Doherty: Question 146: To ask the Minister for Health the reason 145 applications to place a young person in special care were refused by the Health Service Executive's national special care admissions and discharge committee between 2008 and 2010. [16951/11]

Order of Business (Resumed) (23 Jun 2011)

Pearse Doherty: There is; the programme for Government commits to this.

Order of Business (Resumed) (23 Jun 2011)

Pearse Doherty: The markets are going crazy. Irish bond yields are at 11.7%.

Order of Business (23 Jun 2011)

Pearse Doherty: We oppose the imposition of a guillotine on this Bill, just as we have done previously. Yesterday, we opposed in principle the proposal to impose a guillotine on the Finance (No. 3) Bill 2011. We saw what happened at the end of that debate.