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Financial Resolutions 2012: Financial Resolution No. 13: General (Resumed) (7 Dec 2011)

Willie O'Dea: This is no joke.

Financial Resolutions 2012: Financial Resolution No. 13: General (Resumed) (7 Dec 2011)

Willie O'Dea: This is a big laugh for the ex-Marxists.

Order of Business (7 Dec 2011)

Willie O'Dea: There is currently in force a directive in respect of agency workers despite that no legislation has yet been produced. According to the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation that directive came into force last Monday. Therefore, the people operating it are working in the dark. When will the relevant legislation be brought before us? Also, when will legislation to reform joint...

Order of Business (7 Dec 2011)

Willie O'Dea: What Bill?

Leaders' Questions (7 Dec 2011)

Willie O'Dea: Here comes the history lesson.

Leaders' Questions (7 Dec 2011)

Willie O'Dea: The Minister for Finance, Deputy Michael Noonan, is the conscience of the Labour Party.

Leaders' Questions (7 Dec 2011)

Willie O'Dea: This is a diversion.

Leaders' Questions (7 Dec 2011)

Willie O'Dea: Answer the question.

Leaders' Questions (7 Dec 2011)

Willie O'Dea: "Yes" or "no"?

Financial Resolution No. 4: Value Added Tax (6 Dec 2011)

Willie O'Dea: It is strange, to say the least, that a Labour Party Minister was sent in here yesterday to do all the heavy lifting and that the most unpopular of the financial resolutions is also being advocated tonight by a Labour Party Minister. Everyone who has commented on this measure has condemned it in the most trenchant terms possible and Fianna Fáil opposes it absolutely. I heard the Minister...

Financial Resolution No. 4: Value Added Tax (6 Dec 2011)

Willie O'Dea: The Tánaiste is misleading the House again.

Financial Resolution No. 7: Stamp Duties (6 Dec 2011)

Willie O'Dea: The Minister should answer for himself.

Financial Resolution No. 7: Stamp Duties (6 Dec 2011)

Willie O'Dea: You are very churchy.

Written Answers — Social Welfare Code: Social Welfare Code (6 Dec 2011)

Willie O'Dea: Question 129: To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the effect on competitiveness, as reported to him by Forfás, if businesses must pay in full for employees' sick leave; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [38384/11]

Written Answers — Social Welfare Code: Social Welfare Code (6 Dec 2011)

Willie O'Dea: Question 130: To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the effect on employment and the number of jobs which could be lost, as reported to him by Forfás, if businesses must pay in full for employees' sick leave; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [38385/11]

Written Answers — Social Welfare Code: Social Welfare Code (6 Dec 2011)

Willie O'Dea: Question 131: To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the effect on wages, as reported to him by Forfás, if businesses must pay in full for employees' sick leave; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [38386/11]

Written Answers — Air Accident Investigations: Air Accident Investigations (6 Dec 2011)

Willie O'Dea: Question 484: To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the position regarding the publication of the report regarding the crash of IAC PC9 aircraft (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [38729/11]

Written Answers — Higher Education Grants: Higher Education Grants (30 Nov 2011)

Willie O'Dea: Question 64: To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if students covered under the LMA 2 programme to diploma level (details supplied) at the University of Limerick might be considered for an extension under the programme to cover the costs of their education to degree level; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [37850/11]

Written Answers — Social Welfare Offices: Social Welfare Offices (30 Nov 2011)

Willie O'Dea: Question 96: To ask the Minister for Social Protection the reason for the delays now occurring in the local social welfare office at Dominic Street, Limerick, where persons seeking means-tested payments are waiting anything from three to six months for decisions and where persons seeking review have to wait up to 12 months; her views on whether this situation is acceptable; if her attention...

Written Answers — Medical Cards: Medical Cards (30 Nov 2011)

Willie O'Dea: Question 206: To ask the Minister for Health if he will explain the delays being experienced by applicants for medical cards and by persons who are appealing decisions not to grant medical cards; his views on whether this situation is acceptable; his plans to alleviate the misery being endured by those who are most vulnerable; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [37797/11]