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Order of Business (3 Dec 2015)

Jonathan O'Brien: I do not know if your Christmas night out is tonight and you want to have early of a half day.

Order of Business (3 Dec 2015)

Jonathan O'Brien: There is serious legislation to come before this House and you want to go home.

Order of Business (3 Dec 2015)

Jonathan O'Brien: My party colleagues were here for the debate. The Minister of State should have been in here this morning and organising a revised Order of Business, instead of taking a half day.

Rent Certainty and Prevention of Homelessness Bill 2015: Second Stage (Resumed) [Private Members] (2 Dec 2015)

Jonathan O'Brien: Is the Deputy serious? In all fairness we should not have to listen to this crap.

Rent Certainty and Prevention of Homelessness Bill 2015: Second Stage (Resumed) [Private Members] (2 Dec 2015)

Jonathan O'Brien: I will start with some of the comments made by the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government last night. If he is not listening the Minister of State, Deputy Coffey, can bring them back to him. I wish to examine some of the solutions he claims to have brought forward. First, he has stated he has sent a directive to local authorities that they are to have a 50% allocation...

Equality (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2013 [Seanad]: Committee and Remaining Stages (2 Dec 2015)

Jonathan O'Brien: What are they?

Equality (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2013 [Seanad]: Committee and Remaining Stages (2 Dec 2015)

Jonathan O'Brien: Is the Minister of State serious?

Equality (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2013 [Seanad]: Committee and Remaining Stages (2 Dec 2015)

Jonathan O'Brien: She is not and I tell the Minister of State that as education spokesperson for my party.

Equality (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2013 [Seanad]: Committee and Remaining Stages (2 Dec 2015)

Jonathan O'Brien: It is about equality.

Equality (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2013 [Seanad]: Committee and Remaining Stages (2 Dec 2015)

Jonathan O'Brien: And we all support it.

Equality (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2013 [Seanad]: Committee and Remaining Stages (2 Dec 2015)

Jonathan O'Brien: He is not talking about amendment No. 1. We would like to vote on it.

Equality (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2013 [Seanad]: Committee and Remaining Stages (2 Dec 2015)

Jonathan O'Brien: The argument has already been made by previous speakers. We are under time constraint and there is a guillotine at 9 p.m. We should at least have the opportunity to vote on the amendments. Therefore, I will not speak further and I ask everyone else who is due to speak to limit it so we can at least have the opportunity to vote on the amendment.

Rent Certainty and Prevention of Homelessness Bill 2015: Second Stage [Private Members] (1 Dec 2015)

Jonathan O'Brien: That will be tomorrow night.

Rent Certainty and Prevention of Homelessness Bill 2015: Second Stage [Private Members] (1 Dec 2015)

Jonathan O'Brien: The Minister has not become any less arrogant.

Order of Business (1 Dec 2015)

Jonathan O'Brien: On 25 November, I raised with the Taoiseach the issue of supervising injecting centres and I received a response from the Minister of State at the Department of Justice and Equality, Deputy Aodhán Ó Ríordáin. He outlined that he proposes to include additional heads in the misuse of drugs (amendment) Bill, which is being drafted by the Office of the Parliamentary Counsel....

Order of Business (1 Dec 2015)

Jonathan O'Brien: Just not important enough.

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Direct Provision Expenditure (1 Dec 2015)

Jonathan O'Brien: 105. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the amounts paid to the companies contracted to run each State-owned direct provision centre, from the inception of the system to present, by centre, by contractor and by start and end dates of each contract, in tabular form; and her plans to read this into the record of Dáil Éireann. [42438/15]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Religious Discrimination (1 Dec 2015)

Jonathan O'Brien: 524. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the status of students not wishing to study religion at a school (details supplied) in County Limerick and related matters. [42667/15]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Adult Education (1 Dec 2015)

Jonathan O'Brien: 527. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the funding allocated to adult literacy and basic skills during each year since 2007. [42738/15]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Road Projects Status (1 Dec 2015)

Jonathan O'Brien: 627. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the status of the construction of the north ring road in Cork; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [43021/15]