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Leaders' Questions (17 Oct 2013)

Willie O'Dea: The people are not interested in this. They are interested in what the Government is doing. The Government is in charge.

Leaders' Questions (17 Oct 2013)

Willie O'Dea: I am sorry but the Government is not doing nearly enough.

Leaders' Questions (17 Oct 2013)

Willie O'Dea: I must congratulate the Tánaiste and the Government on the budget presentation which was a masterpiece in spin and public relations. However, reality is dawning more quickly than could have been foreseen. For example, people are reading today about the nefarious consequences of the cap on tax relief for those with private health insurance. Premiums will increase immediately. This is...

Leaders' Questions (17 Oct 2013)

Willie O'Dea: The Labour Party is getting excited. To answer the question, I will provide the Tánaiste with a copy of our budget proposals as an alternative to his.

Leaders' Questions (17 Oct 2013)

Willie O'Dea: They involve taxing the wealthy, making the wealthy pay more and the poor less. That is what they are about and precisely what the Labour Party should be doing. What the last Government would, should or might have done is history. In the last general election the people gave their verdict on the Government of the day and entrusted the Labour Party and Fine Gael with governance of the country.

Leaders' Questions (17 Oct 2013)

Willie O'Dea: On behalf of the people who are watching these proceedings and none too impressed with the Tánaiste's aggressive, bullying and hectoring response to any question -----

Leaders' Questions (17 Oct 2013)

Willie O'Dea: I have three simple questions. First, does the Tánaiste agree -----

Order of Business (16 Oct 2013)

Willie O'Dea: The Government has introduced a number of schemes to extend credit, particularly to SMEs, and they have been less than successful, to put it mildly. The Government acknowledges that because it is proposing legislation, the Credit Guarantee (Amendment) Bill, to "enhance the success of those schemes". That is urgent legislation so when can we expect to see it?

Leaders' Questions (16 Oct 2013)

Willie O'Dea: How many jobs have the labour activation measures created?

Leaders' Questions (16 Oct 2013)

Willie O'Dea: There are 32 applicants for every job vacancy. It is a joke.

Financial Resolutions 2014 - Budget Statement 2014 (15 Oct 2013)

Willie O'Dea: The media are more important.

Financial Resolutions 2014 - Budget Statement 2014 (15 Oct 2013)

Willie O'Dea: That is a cut.

Financial Resolutions 2014 - Budget Statement 2014 (15 Oct 2013)

Willie O'Dea: Now for the bad news.

Financial Resolutions 2014 - Budget Statement 2014 (15 Oct 2013)

Willie O'Dea: Get off the stage.

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Schools Building Projects Status (15 Oct 2013)

Willie O'Dea: 62. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if a decision has been made regarding funding for a school (details supplied) in County Limerick; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [43266/13]

Other Questions: Seed Capital Scheme (10 Oct 2013)

Willie O'Dea: 6. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the way the venture capital fund he recently announced will operate; the process to ensure it does not suffer from a slow take-up similar to the microfinance fund; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [42737/13]

Topical Issue Debate: Industrial Disputes (9 Oct 2013)

Willie O'Dea: Is the Minister aware that at the recent talks, which he welcomed, the company took some of their favourable proposals off the table and offered worse terms to the workers? Is the Minister also aware that the company advanced as one of its reasons for changing tack on the redundancy payment, the change in the statutory rebate that goes to employers that was introduced in the last budget? I...

Topical Issue Debate: Industrial Disputes (9 Oct 2013)

Willie O'Dea: The workers are watching and listening to what the Minister has to say here. Can he offer them any comfort or do anything to assist them in their present plight?

Topical Issue Debate: Industrial Disputes (9 Oct 2013)

Willie O'Dea: I thank the Ceann Comhairle's office for allowing me to raise this issue and I thank the Minister for attending. I wish to draw his attention to a gross injustice being perpetrated by a wealthy, large, multinational conglomerate against a group of some of the most decent, loyal and hard working people I am privileged to know. I am referring to the Wallis dispute in Limerick. The Wallis...

Order of Business (9 Oct 2013)

Willie O'Dea: The Deputy is right.