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Leaders' Questions (10 Oct 2012)

Willie O'Dea: A selective interpretation.

Leaders' Questions (10 Oct 2012)

Willie O'Dea: Surprise, surprise.

Leaders' Questions (10 Oct 2012)

Willie O'Dea: He is taking his time.

Leaders' Questions (10 Oct 2012)

Willie O'Dea: Forget about the history; action is needed now.

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Performance Management and Development System (10 Oct 2012)

Willie O'Dea: To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if he will subject the reformed Performance Management and Development System within the Civil Service to ongoing external monitoring and review; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [43411/12]

Topical Issue Debate: Pension Provisions (9 Oct 2012)

Willie O'Dea: I could not agree more.

Topical Issue Debate: Pension Provisions (9 Oct 2012)

Willie O'Dea: The pension time bomb has never ticked more loudly. A recent unpublished report commissioned by the Government indicates that the gap between future social welfare liabilities, of which pensions are a large part, and the revenue to fund them stands at a staggering €324 billion. The time was never less appropriate for people to make provision for themselves. We are living through the...

Topical Issue Debate: Pension Provisions (9 Oct 2012)

Willie O'Dea: Despite the changes the Minister has outlined, which are welcome as far as they go, the problem remains that at least four out of every five defined benefit pension schemes are technically insolvent and a number are in imminent danger of closing down. I do not understand why he stated "The existence of the standard is not the central issue in whether a scheme is properly funded because the...

Order of Business (9 Oct 2012)

Willie O'Dea: On the Government's commitment to transfer responsibility for accommodation under the rent allowance scheme from the Department of Social Protection to local authorities-----

Order of Business (9 Oct 2012)

Willie O'Dea: I am referring to a firm Government commitment. Will legislation be required to implement it? Is the Taoiseach optimistic that the Government will meet the timetable it has set for doing so, namely, 1 January 2013?

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Adult Education (9 Oct 2012)

Willie O'Dea: To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he will ensure that community and adult education has a strong role to play within the new education and training authority SOLAS; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [43076/12]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Languages Programme (9 Oct 2012)

Willie O'Dea: To ask the Minister for Education and Skills his views on whether primary level children should be given the opportunity to learn foreign languages; the steps he has taken to improve the learning and teaching of foreign languages both at primary and post primary level; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [43082/12]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Redundancy Payments (9 Oct 2012)

Willie O'Dea: To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he will honour the commitment he made, when he met with representatives of the former workers of St. Enda's Sports Complex, Limerick, on 21 of March 2012, to resolve the issue of the outstanding redundancy payments owed to the former workers by his Department as a result of a Labour Court recommendation of 19 May 2011; if he will honour the...

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Carer's Allowance Applications (9 Oct 2012)

Willie O'Dea: To ask the Minister for Social Protection when a decision will issue on a carer's allowance application in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Limerick; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [43022/12]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: National Pensions Reserve Fund Administration (4 Oct 2012)

Willie O'Dea: To ask the Minister for Finance the procedures that have been put in place to prevent a recurrence of the overcharging of the National Pension Reserve Fund in respect of a portfolio liquidation as highlighted by the recent report of the Comptroller and Auditor General. [42318/12]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Bank Debt Restructuring (4 Oct 2012)

Willie O'Dea: To ask the Minister for Finance if he is satisfied that adequate oversight exists in terms of the asset disposal programme being undertaken by the covered banks in order to protect the interests of the taxpayer; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [42314/12]

Private Notice Questions: Primary Care Centres Provision (3 Oct 2012)

Willie O'Dea: Pistols at dawn.

Private Notice Questions: Primary Care Centres Provision (3 Oct 2012)

Willie O'Dea: He is asking a question.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Education and Social Protection: Entitlements for Self-Employed: Discussion with Self-Employed Alliance Dundalk (3 Oct 2012)

Willie O'Dea: I thank the delegation for its presentation. While it was quite succinct, it was very clear and comprehensive. When the delegation referred to the context of job losses, etc., it could have been talking about my town. I know exactly where it is coming from. One will have noted from the discussion with the officials that we are all aware of the imbalance between the treatment of the...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Education and Social Protection: Policy to Minimise Unemployment: Discussion with Department of Social Protection (3 Oct 2012)

Willie O'Dea: Is it demand-led?