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Joint Oireachtas Committee on Education and Social Protection: Social Welfare Entitlements for Self-Employed: ISME, SEA and SFA (26 Mar 2014)

Ray Butler: I thank the various groups for coming today. I wish to give some insight into what has been happening in this committee over the past three years. This was a huge issue in the 2011 general election. I have been pushing this because it affects me personally. I come from a self-employed background. I had a shoe shop for 24 years, which unfortunately had to close because of the recession....

Order of Business (25 Mar 2014)

Ray Butler: In the light of media reports on the number of people out on bail, when is the Bill to consolidate and amend the bail laws due to be published?

Order of Business (12 Mar 2014)

Ray Butler: I ask the Taoiseach when publication is expected of the legal aid Bill to update and strengthen the system of granting criminal legal aid and to transfer responsibility for the administration of the main scheme and ad hoc schemes to the Legal Aid Board.

Order of Business (12 Mar 2014)

Ray Butler: Yes, it is the criminal justice (legal aid) Bill.

Order of Business (12 Mar 2014)

Ray Butler: It is 54.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Education and Social Protection: Pensions Reform: Discussion (5 Mar 2014)

Ray Butler: I apologise for my late arrival and wish to raise the aspect of this question that pertains to the self-employed. I was delighted to hear Mr. Phelan's observation that the self-employed were completely ignored in respect of pensions. I come from a self-employed background and spent 24 years in the shoe business. One good measure implemented by the present Government was that current...

Order of Business (5 Mar 2014)

Ray Butler: When is it expected that the reform of appeals process of tax matters will be published to provide for amendments to existing legislation on the appeals process?

Business of Dáil (4 Mar 2014)

Ray Butler: It would not have happened in Deputy Martin's time.

Order of Business (20 Feb 2014)

Ray Butler: When is the family law Bill, to make provision for pension adjustments in the context of separation agreements and certain other reforms in family law, expected to be published?

Other Questions: Road Projects Expenditure (18 Feb 2014)

Ray Butler: 99. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport his views on whether local authorities should be given greater discretion with regard to spending on regional and local roads; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [7673/14]

Leaders' Questions (13 Feb 2014)

Ray Butler: The gate is broken and the bull is out.

Order of Business (13 Feb 2014)

Ray Butler: What an opposition.

Order of Business (13 Feb 2014)

Ray Butler: What an jolly mixture.

Order of Business (12 Feb 2014)

Ray Butler: When will the adoption (tracing and information) Bill be published? It will provide for an information and tracing service on a statutory basis through which applicants can seek information about adoptions. We all watched Philomena Lee on the "The Late Late Show" and how heart wrenching it was.

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Public Sector Staff Issues (5 Feb 2014)

Ray Butler: 76. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if full-time public service employees with a disability are obliged to work the additional two working hours as set out in the context of the Haddington Road agreement; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [5748/14]

Order of Business (4 Feb 2014)

Ray Butler: I wish to ask about two Bills. When will the trust Bill, which will reform and consolidate the law relating to trustees and require them to deal better with and protect trust assets, be published? Also, when will the family leave Bill, which will amend and consolidate all family leave legislation, be published?

Order of Business (28 Jan 2014)

Ray Butler: When is publication expected of the greyhound industry (amendment) Bill to amend and extend the Greyhound Industry Act 1958 and the Greyhound Industry (Amendment) Act 1993 and related matters? An Irish group has submitted a plan to bring Wimbledon Greyhound Stadium in London up to a world standard.

Order of Business (28 Jan 2014)

Ray Butler: We would like to back this venture as the Irish taxpayer owns Wimbledon Greyhound Stadium.

Committee on Education and Social Protection: Select Sub-Committee on Education and Skills: Estimates for Public Services 2014
Vote 26 - Department of Education and Skills (Revised) (22 Jan 2014)

Ray Butler: We will now consider the Revised Estimate and proposed expenditure and performance for 2014 by programme. To get our discussion under way, we will first consider programme A, second and early schools education. I refer the members to page 7 of the Department's briefing material and page 8 of the document from the committee secretariat.

Committee on Education and Social Protection: Select Sub-Committee on Education and Skills: Estimates for Public Services 2014
Vote 26 - Department of Education and Skills (Revised) (22 Jan 2014)

Ray Butler: I welcome the Minister, Deputy Quinn, and his officials to the meeting. The Revised Estimates contains information on how money allocated to each programme will be spent in 2014, along with the Estimate for 2013; the number of staff assigned to work on each programme in 2014 and how this compares with the previous year; performance related information, including departmental key outputs and...