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Competition (Amendment) Bill 2010: Report and Final Stages (26 May 2010)

Arthur Morgan: I support the principle of Deputy Leo Varadkar's amendment. It is clear there is no glasnost in this area and certainly no Gorbachev to give leadership and open the doors to let some light into the process. As stated on Committee Stage, we are not looking for an interrogation or inquisition but some level of openness where questions can be aired in public, the questions that members of the...

Competition (Amendment) Bill 2010: Report and Final Stages (26 May 2010)

Arthur Morgan: I move amendment No. 2: In page 3, line 18, to delete "appoint" and substitute "nominate". The purpose of this amendment is to have the Minister nominate rather than appoint directors to the authority. This is appropriate as it facilitates the Minister's say in making an appointment and the nomination can then be interviewed by the Oireachtas Committee on Enterprise, Trade and Employment....

Competition (Amendment) Bill 2010: Report and Final Stages (26 May 2010)

Arthur Morgan: I wish first to reply to the Minister of State. I fully understand why the Minister of State, who was probably asked at very short notice, would rely on the notes given by officials and I have no qualms with that. However, the reply appears to have been constructed by someone swotting over and trying to find gaps or a comma missing in the legislation and to come up with some excuse why the...

Competition (Amendment) Bill 2010: Report and Final Stages (26 May 2010)

Arthur Morgan: I move amendment No. 3: In page 3, between lines 25 and 26, to insert the following: "(c) The nominees of the Minister for appointment or reappointment to the Authority shall appear before the relevant Joint Oireachtas Committee. (d) A person to whom paragraph (a) applies shall, on the request of the Joint Oireachtas Committee on Enterprise, Trade and Innovation, give evidence to the...

Competition (Amendment) Bill 2010: Report and Final Stages (26 May 2010)

Arthur Morgan: I move amendment No. 4: In page 4, line 10, after "Minister" to insert "and the relevant Joint Oireachtas Committee".

Written Answers — Departmental Agencies: Departmental Agencies (26 May 2010)

Arthur Morgan: Question 110: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food the number of persons employed by the Sea Fisheries Protection Authority; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21841/10]

Written Answers — Departmental Correspondence: Departmental Correspondence (26 May 2010)

Arthur Morgan: Question 112: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food the communication he has had with the forum that was set up at European level to oversee the implementation of the high level group on the competitiveness of the EU agri-food industry of July 2009; if there are Irish representatives on this forum; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [19061/10]

Written Answers — Pension Provisions: Pension Provisions (25 May 2010)

Arthur Morgan: Question 51: To ask the Minister for Social Protection if he will give a commitment not to cut the State pension. [21613/10]

Constitutional Amendment on Children: Motion (Resumed) (19 May 2010)

Arthur Morgan: Yesterday the Tánaiste stated that it was her personal view that the referendum on children's rights was very important and should be a stand-alone referendum, not held on the same day as by-elections. I welcome that statement and I hope it is more than a personal view, that it is shared by her Government colleagues. Let me say to the Government on behalf of Sinn Féin that we will not...

Written Answers — Tax Refunds: Tax Refunds (19 May 2010)

Arthur Morgan: Question 96: To ask the Minister for Finance the amount of money that has been repaid to PAYE workers in respect of the tax relief on trade union subscriptions each year since the tax relief was introduced; the amount he estimates that should have been repaid in each of those years in respect of the number of PAYE workers who are trade union members and did not claim the relief in tabular...

Written Answers — Complaints Procedure: Complaints Procedure (19 May 2010)

Arthur Morgan: Question 166: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform if there is a complaints procedure in place in his Department for persons who feel aggrieved; if he will outline any such procedure and the way it functions; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21014/10]

Written Answers — Rockall Island: Rockall Island (19 May 2010)

Arthur Morgan: Question 172: To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs if the State has any sovereign claim to Rockall; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21066/10]

Euro Area Loan Facility Bill 2010: Committee and Remaining Stages (19 May 2010)

Arthur Morgan: I regret I was missing yesterday for the Minister's Second Stage speech. I was caught at the Select Committee on Enterprise, Trade and Innovation. I had tabled amendments to the Competition (Amendment) Bill 2101, so it was unavoidable. I hope the Minister enjoys the pressures of a very small parliamentary party with a very small number of colleagues in the very near future as it would be a...

Euro Area Loan Facility Bill 2010: Committee and Remaining Stages (19 May 2010)

Arthur Morgan: The UK is not Greece just yet.

Euro Area Loan Facility Bill 2010: Committee and Remaining Stages (19 May 2010)

Arthur Morgan: It is €2.5 billion.

Euro Area Loan Facility Bill 2010: Committee and Remaining Stages (19 May 2010)

Arthur Morgan: Would one frigate not suffice?

Euro Area Loan Facility Bill 2010: Committee and Remaining Stages (19 May 2010)

Arthur Morgan: If it is spending €2.5 billion and we are providing €1.3 billion, the Minister will be aware of the point I am making.

Euro Area Loan Facility Bill 2010: Committee and Remaining Stages (19 May 2010)

Arthur Morgan: I am concerned about the finance element.

Euro Area Loan Facility Bill 2010: Committee and Remaining Stages (19 May 2010)

Arthur Morgan: Greece is evidently being pressured by Germany and France to proceed with these purchases. I ask the Minister to use his considerable political weight to ask Germany and France to end this pressure.

Euro Area Loan Facility Bill 2010: Committee and Remaining Stages (19 May 2010)

Arthur Morgan: To clarify, I am not suggesting that the Minister should tell Greece how to spend the money. However, I am asking him to intervene with France and Germany so that they ease their pressure on Greece to purchase this military equipment. Evidently, Greece does not want to purchase these frigates and other armaments but it is under pressure from the two big states to do so.