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Written Answers — Parliamentary Questions: Parliamentary Questions (26 Apr 2012)

Micheál Martin: Question 182: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government the number of Parliamentary Questions transferred from his Department to other Departments in the past six months; the reasons they were transferred; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21149/12]

Written Answers — Parliamentary Questions: Parliamentary Questions (26 Apr 2012)

Micheál Martin: Question 198: To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the number of Parliamentary Questions transferred from his Department to other Departments in the past six months; the reasons they were transferred; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21154/12]

Written Answers — Parliamentary Questions: Parliamentary Questions (26 Apr 2012)

Micheál Martin: Question 200: To ask the Minister for Defence the number of Parliamentary Questions transferred from his Department to other Departments in the past six months; the reasons they were transferred; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21147/12]

Written Answers — Parliamentary Questions: Parliamentary Questions (26 Apr 2012)

Micheál Martin: Question 208: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the number of Parliamentary Questions transferred from his Department to other Departments in the past six months; the reasons they were transferred; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21143/12]

Written Answers — Parliamentary Questions: Parliamentary Questions (26 Apr 2012)

Micheál Martin: Question 210: To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the number of Parliamentary Questions transferred from her Department to other Departments in the past six months; the reasons they were transferred; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [21145/12]

Written Answers — Parliamentary Questions: Parliamentary Questions (26 Apr 2012)

Micheál Martin: Question 226: To ask the Minister for Health the number of Parliamentary Questions transferred from his Department to other Departments in the past six months; the reasons they were transferred; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21152/12]

Written Answers — Parliamentary Questions: Parliamentary Questions (26 Apr 2012)

Micheál Martin: Question 234: To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the number of Parliamentary Questions transferred from his Department to other Departments in the past six months; the reasons they were transferred; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21157/12]

Written Answers — EU Funding: EU Funding (25 Apr 2012)

Micheál Martin: Question 96: To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation if he has requested assistance from the EU in relation to tackling youth unemployment; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [15193/12]

Written Answers — Job Creation: Job Creation (25 Apr 2012)

Micheál Martin: Question 97: To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the actions he has taken in relation to reducing costs for business to enable job creation; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [15192/12]

Social Welfare Fraud (25 Apr 2012)

Micheál Martin: Question 6: To ask the Minister for Social Protection her plans for control savings this year; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [20561/12]

Leaders' Questions (25 Apr 2012)

Micheál Martin: It would need to.

Order of Business (25 Apr 2012)

Micheál Martin: Not agreed. Yesterday we raised the issue of the guillotining of Second Stage of the Social Welfare and Pensions Bill. What is proposed today is to take Committee and Remaining Stages of the Bill today and tomorrow. No separate time has been allocated between Committee Stage and Report Stage and 23 pages of amendments were presented to the parties in the House this morning. Yesterday we...

Order of Business (25 Apr 2012)

Micheál Martin: I put it to the Taoiseach that we are not happy with the way the Social Welfare and Pensions Bill is being treated.

Order of Business (25 Apr 2012)

Micheál Martin: Spokespeople deserve adequate treatment and time to consider amendments to the Bill between today and tomorrow. It is being rushed through and guillotined. How it has been handled to date is a disgrace and it makes a complete mockery of so-called Dáil reform procedures.

Order of Business (25 Apr 2012)

Micheál Martin: There is a guillotine.

Order of Business (25 Apr 2012)

Micheál Martin: You can make that technical distinction but it is not the point. I said today and tomorrow.

Order of Business (25 Apr 2012)

Micheál Martin: I will be here tomorrow actually.

Order of Business (25 Apr 2012)

Micheál Martin: I am not starting again.

Order of Business (25 Apr 2012)

Micheál Martin: I want to continue the point I am making on the Bill. It is unacceptable that 23 pages of amendments were tabled this morning. At the very minimum there must be a separation between Committee Stage and Report Stage-----

Order of Business (25 Apr 2012)

Micheál Martin: -----to facilitate the Bill being further amended on Report Stage. It is unacceptable how the House has been treated with regard to this Bill. Every week the Minister for Social Protection does a U-turn on section 4, which is the section that tells lone parents they must get back to work when their youngest child reaches seven years of age.