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Joint Oireachtas Committee on Education and Social Protection: Third Level Student Grant System: Discussion with SUSI (19 Jun 2013)

Ray Butler: One would have expected officials from the Department and staff from SUSI to have met representatives of the 26 local authorities and vocational education committees which previously operated the student grant system. Unfortunately that was not the case, and it was a matter of having all hands on deck. We have learned a great deal and moved on. The documentation provided to students was a...

Order of Business (12 Jun 2013)

Ray Butler: When is publication expected of the trusts Bill, to reform and consolidate the general law relating to trustees so as to deal better with and protect trust assets?

Social Welfare and Pensions (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2013: Second Stage (Resumed) (30 May 2013)

Ray Butler: I welcome the Bill and the improvements it provides to certain sectors in respect of social protection. In the course of the debate, many Members have spoken on the subject of entitlements for the self-employed. I have been waiting for the forthcoming report from the departmental working group on the future status of self-employed people and social protection. If this country is to move...

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Energy and Natural Resources: Job Creation Targets (30 May 2013)

Ray Butler: 174. To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources the current figures in relation to direct job creation and sustainability associated with the industrialisation of the wind energy project, applicable specifically to the midlands counties' 1150 turbines and broken down under headings (details supplied), as well as distinguishing between imported labour and indigenous...

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Energy and Natural Resources: National Wind Energy Strategy (30 May 2013)

Ray Butler: 180. To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources his views in relation to the electricity market here, which is a single 5000 MW market covering the Republic of Ireland and Northern Ireland; the amount of electricity sourced from wind energy currently connected into the grid here; the proportion available from the Republic of Ireland and the proportion from Northern...

Order of Business (Resumed) (29 May 2013)

Ray Butler: Bring them back. We will be here.

Order of Business (22 May 2013)

Ray Butler: When is the publication of the consumer and competition Bill expected? It has been reported in the media that motorists in Ireland may have been paying too much for petrol for the past decade as the EU probes a potential European-wide price rigging scam.

Order of Business (22 May 2013)

Ray Butler: Many Deputies have asked whether a regulator should be appointed to look at fuel prices in this country.

Order of Business (22 May 2013)

Ray Butler: It is a significant issue because multinationals rule the market.

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Adventure Centres (15 May 2013)

Ray Butler: 77. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport his plans top introduce legislation to regulate commercial centres that provide activity sports, for example, canoeing, kayaking and so on; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22682/13]

Order of Business (8 May 2013)

Ray Butler: When is publication of the landlord and tenant Bill expected? It will reform and consolidate the general law on landlords and tenants in the context of tenants likely to be displaced by banks.

Leaders' Questions (8 May 2013)

Ray Butler: A new Sir Alex Ferguson.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Education and Social Protection: Managing Back to School Costs: Discussion (8 May 2013)

Ray Butler: I am sure the Chairman will allow me to finish this very important point. The message is not getting through. Parents are going in one direction, principals in another and boards of management are acting in accordance with the status quo. It is not good enough.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Education and Social Protection: Managing Back to School Costs: Discussion (8 May 2013)

Ray Butler: I thank the delegates for coming before the committee and for their presentations. I worked in retail for 24 years before I was elected to the Dáil. I had a shoe shop. I have seen all perspectives on uniforms and school shoes. It is a closed shop when it comes to school uniforms and shoes. One hears from people in the retail trade that they have a school on their books which they...

Order of Business (2 May 2013)

Ray Butler: When is publication of the road traffic Bill expected? I seek the inclusion of a provision that in locations in which there is no public lighting and on rural roads and in rural areas, high visibility jackets and armbands be compulsory with the use of on-the-spot fines and discretion. This is a huge issue.

Order of Business (1 May 2013)

Ray Butler: When will we have the promised valuation Bill? We have a serious problem with regard to sporting and voluntary groups which place small bars in facilities and find it very difficult to pay rates. In my area the rates amount to €22,500 a year. These groups have no problem paying rates, but because many of these premises have bars, they are being rated-----

Order of Business (1 May 2013)

Ray Butler: -----on their courts, showers and the entire area. They have no problem if they are evaluated on the bar itself but not on the entire area. It is ludicrous and many fine facilities built during the Celtic tiger throughout the country are being closed.

Order of Business (1 May 2013)

Ray Butler: I will raise this as a Topical Issue matter.

Order of Business (25 Apr 2013)

Ray Butler: The Deputies should give us all a chance to speak.

Order of Business (25 Apr 2013)

Ray Butler: When will the Housing (Miscellaneous Provisions)(No. 1) Bill and the Housing (Miscellaneous Provisions)(No. 2) Bill to further strengthen the regulatory framework of social housing be brought forward? We saw the documentary shown the other night. Many counties, including County Meath, do not have ghost estates and housing waiting lists are very long. We have 7,000 to 8,000 people on...