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Liquor Licensing Laws: Motion. (14 Jun 2005)

Jim O'Keeffe: Produced from the conjuror's hat.

Liquor Licensing Laws: Motion. (14 Jun 2005)

Jim O'Keeffe: I move: That Dáil Éireann, concerned by: —plans by the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform to increase the number of outlets selling alcohol by providing licences for the opening of café bars; —the strong opposition to such plans expressed by leading health professionals and their consistent advice and evidence that greater supply of alcohol leads to greater consumption; and...

Liquor Licensing Laws: Motion. (14 Jun 2005)

Jim O'Keeffe: The Minister of State, as messenger for the Minister, should hear it out.

Liquor Licensing Laws: Motion. (14 Jun 2005)

Jim O'Keeffe: It is a disgrace that it takes a Fine Gael Private Members' motion and the threat of 40 Fianna Fáil backbenchers crossing the floor and voting with us to get the Minister to act. It shows scant regard for the intelligence of the public for the Minister, fresh from his defeat, to tell us that his climb down and adoption of the Licensed Vintners Association's proposals on restaurants is a more...

Liquor Licensing Laws: Motion. (14 Jun 2005)

Jim O'Keeffe: We will give the Minister a chance. I am not sure whether the Minister got some of that at the Fianna Fáil parliamentary party meeting.

Liquor Licensing Laws: Motion. (14 Jun 2005)

Jim O'Keeffe: Where are the Government's proposals on community initiatives designed to curb demand from young people in this area? Why, in 2005, with the country awash with money can we not boast a world-class local sporting infrastructure? The Minister described the Taoiseach's Abbotstown proposal as being worthy of Ceausescu. Did he think beyond that sound bite to what the money should be spent on? The...

Liquor Licensing Laws: Motion. (14 Jun 2005)

Jim O'Keeffe: Deputy Costello is right. The facts speak for themselves. Taking retirements into account, since 2002, the Government has put only an average of 81 extra gardaí per year on the streets. That is roughly three for every county. That is a disgrace. That is the only way to classify that deployment. It does not take a rocket scientist to understand that we can have all the law we want, but...

Liquor Licensing Laws: Motion. (14 Jun 2005)

Jim O'Keeffe: With friends like those, who needs enemies?

Liquor Licensing Laws: Motion. (14 Jun 2005)

Jim O'Keeffe: The Minister is rewriting history.

Liquor Licensing Laws: Motion. (14 Jun 2005)

Jim O'Keeffe: The Minister is game to the last.

Liquor Licensing Laws: Motion. (14 Jun 2005)

Jim O'Keeffe: Who is supporting who?

Leaders' Questions. (14 Jun 2005)

Jim O'Keeffe: He has a lot of company. The Taoiseach should look over his shoulder.

Written Answers — Social Welfare Benefits: Social Welfare Benefits (2 Jun 2005)

Jim O'Keeffe: Question 183: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs the estimated cost of extending the free travel companion pass scheme to persons who are aged 70 years and over and who are medically certified as unfit to travel alone. [18814/05]

Written Answers — Crime Levels: Crime Levels (2 Jun 2005)

Jim O'Keeffe: Question 221: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the crime statistics for Bantry Garda district in west Cork for the years 2000 to 2004 respectively; and if he will give consideration to establishing a further Garda presence in the area. [18805/05]

Written Answers — School Staffing: School Staffing (2 Jun 2005)

Jim O'Keeffe: Question 242: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if her attention has been drawn to the difficulties from the implementation of the general allocation model for special education needs teachers for young junior teachers in larger schools; if this anomaly was an unintended outcome; if the present low-incidence special needs posts will be continued as permanent posts where the...

Written Answers — School Curriculum: School Curriculum (2 Jun 2005)

Jim O'Keeffe: Question 243: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if parents of children at second level schools, who believe that it is not in the interests of their children to complete transition year, are entitled to have their children transferred straight into the leaving certificate programme after junior certificate year; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [18813/05]

United Nations Reform. (2 Jun 2005)

Jim O'Keeffe: Question 84: To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs the contact he has had with other EU Governments regarding UN reform; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18608/05]

Written Answers — Department Accommodation: Department Accommodation (1 Jun 2005)

Jim O'Keeffe: Question 63: To ask the Minister for Finance the details of the proposed move of the Department of Health and Children from Hawkins House to a new location; and if this project will go ahead. [18397/05]

Leaders' Questions. (1 Jun 2005)

Jim O'Keeffe: It is time to send this Government to a nursing home.

Written Answers — Appointments to State Boards: Appointments to State Boards (31 May 2005)

Jim O'Keeffe: Question 247: To ask the Minister for Communications, Marine and Natural Resources the name of the chairman of a company (details supplied); the process by which he was appointed; the person by whom he was appointed; and the date he was appointed. [18315/05]