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- Leaders' Questions (15 Jul 2015)
Willie O'Dea: What about the 2 million who have not?
- Leaders' Questions (15 Jul 2015)
Willie O'Dea: It is a terrific success. Will the Taoiseach pull the other one?
- Leaders' Questions (15 Jul 2015)
Willie O'Dea: Modest if you have it.
- Leaders' Questions (15 Jul 2015)
Willie O'Dea: The Government is spending less and wasting money.
- Leaders' Questions (15 Jul 2015)
Willie O'Dea: Will the Taoiseach answer the question he was asked?
- Leaders' Questions (15 Jul 2015)
Willie O'Dea: He will quit when he is behind.
- Leaders' Questions (15 Jul 2015)
Willie O'Dea: The Taoiseach does it for us.
- Leaders' Questions (15 Jul 2015)
Willie O'Dea: It sounds like something the Taoiseach would say.
- Leaders' Questions (15 Jul 2015)
Willie O'Dea: How about the question the Taoiseach was asked?
- Leaders' Questions (15 Jul 2015)
Willie O'Dea: We want the Taoiseach to answer the question he was asked.
- Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Garda Vetting of Personnel (14 Jul 2015)
Willie O'Dea: 457. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality further to Parliamentary Question No. 303 of 10 March 2015, the reason a decision has not been reached regarding Garda Síochána vetting of a person (details supplied) in County Limerick who now faces the real possibility of losing his business; if she considers this time frame to be appropriate; and if she will make a statement on...
- Gender Recognition Bill 2014 [Seanad]: Report and Final Stages (9 Jul 2015)
Willie O'Dea: When that marriage equality legislation is before the House, will the Government be prepared to allow that Bill to be used as a vehicle for other changes that have become necessary in this area? Will the gender component of the marriage equality Bill be confined to the forced divorce clause, or can we look forward to other progressive changes in the area of gender in that Bill?
- Gender Recognition Bill 2014 [Seanad]: Report and Final Stages (9 Jul 2015)
Willie O'Dea: I move amendment No. 2:In page 5, to delete lines 26 to 28.
- Gender Recognition Bill 2014 [Seanad]: Report and Final Stages (9 Jul 2015)
Willie O'Dea: I move amendment No. 3:In page 6, to delete lines 3 to 6.
- Gender Recognition Bill 2014 [Seanad]: Report and Final Stages (9 Jul 2015)
Willie O'Dea: I move amendment No. 5:In page 6, to delete lines 14 to 21.
- Gender Recognition Bill 2014 [Seanad]: Report and Final Stages (9 Jul 2015)
Willie O'Dea: I support the amendment. Section 7 introduces the obligation on the Government to review this within two years. The wording is that it must "commence" the review not later than two years after the Bill passes and a review could take some time. It could be three or more years before we get the results of that review. When we look at how fast this issue is moving and how other jurisdictions...
- Gender Recognition Bill 2014 [Seanad]: Report and Final Stages (9 Jul 2015)
Willie O'Dea: To avoid confusion, I understand from the Minister of State's reply that it is an either-or situation between a medical report and going to court. A person aged between 16 and 18 years of age has to jump both hurdles. One of the documents one must present to the Circuit Court if one hopes to be successful in one's application is a medical report. Circuit courts are currently fairly...
- Gender Recognition Bill 2014 [Seanad]: Report and Final Stages (9 Jul 2015)
Willie O'Dea: I move amendment No. 1:In page 5, to delete line 20.We discussed this amendment at some length both on Second Stage and Committee Stage. The position was that for anybody wishing to transition from one gender to another there was an objectionable obstacle, namely, a medical assessment. Following various representations, and I recognise the distance the Government has come in this regard,...
- Leaders' Questions (9 Jul 2015)
Willie O'Dea: Questions and no answers.
- Leaders' Questions (9 Jul 2015)
Willie O'Dea: This is cold comfort to people who are losing €80 a week.