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Prison Development (Confirmation of Resolutions) Bill 2013: Committee and Remaining Stages (27 Jun 2013)

Billy Kelleher: I have spoken on this previously in respect of the motion of referral to the joint committee. I welcome the fact that the prison is being developed. The Minister is putting in place a liaison officer for the residents of Brandon Crescent and elsewhere. I hope monitoring will ensure the existence of an orderly construction site that will not affect the quality of life of residents in the...

Order of Business (27 Jun 2013)

Billy Kelleher: Cyprus; it is a large island.

Order of Business (27 Jun 2013)

Billy Kelleher: We do not oppose the Order of Business, but we are beginning to find that there is a lack of order to the business at the end of sessions. Legislation seems to be pushed through during Monday sittings, to which I am not objecting, but at other stages during the year we have a difficulty in keeping the House going. Would the Government be able to streamline the presentation of work to the...

Order of Business (27 Jun 2013)

Billy Kelleher: They have waited many years. Is there a need for legislation to address the difficulties they have experienced?

Leaders' Questions (27 Jun 2013)

Billy Kelleher: Tell the Taoiseach that.

Leaders' Questions (27 Jun 2013)

Billy Kelleher: The Minister has said the banks sucked the lifeblood out of the country. She is now setting out a code of conduct for the banks to suck the lifeblood out of families. There is no independent oversight. She spoke about sustainable solutions and resolution mechanisms, but the banks will be deciding what is sustainable. Families will have no role in defending or arguing their case. The bank...

Leaders' Questions (27 Jun 2013)

Billy Kelleher: I remind the Deputies opposite that the election took place two and a half years ago.

Leaders' Questions (27 Jun 2013)

Billy Kelleher: The solutions-----

Leaders' Questions (27 Jun 2013)

Billy Kelleher: We still have no solutions.

Leaders' Questions (27 Jun 2013)

Billy Kelleher: The Minister does not get it.

Leaders' Questions (27 Jun 2013)

Billy Kelleher: Approximately 145,000 families are in mortgage distress. Looking for scapegoats or pointing fingers is not a solution for those families who are watching this debate and hoping a solution will be found. Even at this stage, is it possible to include something in the code of conduct that would, at least, allow independent oversight and evaluation of proposals for sustainable solutions? It is...

Leaders' Questions (27 Jun 2013)

Billy Kelleher: The banks will decide at the end of the day.

Leaders' Questions (27 Jun 2013)

Billy Kelleher: The new Central Bank code on mortgage arrears favours banks, and the balance of power still lies with the banks in regard to repossessions. This new code leaves families all over the country who are currently in arrears in huge difficulty. It is a charter for home repossessions. It favours the banks and there is no independent oversight. Will the Minister agree that banks, because of...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Departmental Funding (27 Jun 2013)

Billy Kelleher: 274. To ask the Minister for Health the reason €300,000 of €3 million funding that he announced in January 2013 has only been spent to date; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [31422/13]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Departmental Funding (27 Jun 2013)

Billy Kelleher: 275. To ask the Minister for Health the catchment areas that will benefit from the staff recruited at the Health Service Executive therapeutic unit for children with autism at (details supplied) in Dublin 9 following his allocation of €300,000 for north Dublin; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [31423/13]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Departmental Funding (27 Jun 2013)

Billy Kelleher: 276. To ask the Minister for Health the reason 30% of the €1 million funds spent on autism in 2013 went to north Dublin; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [31424/13]

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Northern Ireland Issues (26 Jun 2013)

Billy Kelleher: 44. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade his views on the recent economic package announced by the British Government for Northern Ireland; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [30794/13]

An Bille um an Dara Leasú is Tríocha ar an mBunreacht (Deireadh a Chur le Seanad Éireann) 2013: Céim an Choiste agus na Céimeanna a bheidh Fágtha - Thirty-second Amendment of the Constitution (Abolition of Seanad Éireann) Bill 2013: Committee and Remaining Stages (25 Jun 2013)

Billy Kelleher: We have no choice as they are abolishing the Seanad.

An Bille um an Dara Leasú is Tríocha ar an mBunreacht (Deireadh a Chur le Seanad Éireann) 2013: Céim an Choiste agus na Céimeanna a bheidh Fágtha - Thirty-second Amendment of the Constitution (Abolition of Seanad Éireann) Bill 2013: Committee and Remaining Stages (25 Jun 2013)

Billy Kelleher: I did. It is the Whip system that is the problem.

An Bille um an Dara Leasú is Tríocha ar an mBunreacht (Deireadh a Chur le Seanad Éireann) 2013: Céim an Choiste agus na Céimeanna a bheidh Fágtha - Thirty-second Amendment of the Constitution (Abolition of Seanad Éireann) Bill 2013: Committee and Remaining Stages (25 Jun 2013)

Billy Kelleher: We could not do so at present.