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Job Creation (19 Jul 2011)

Willie O'Dea: I am not suggesting for a moment that we create another agency. We want to see fewer agencies and not more of them. Is the Minister aware of the recommendations for the sector in the Forfás report about making it happen? I refer specifically to the proposal that the Government should facilitate networking and collaboration across sub-sectors of the creative industries, such as digital...

Written Answers — Departmental Bodies: Departmental Bodies (14 Jul 2011)

Willie O'Dea: Question 25: To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform his involvement in the work of the tax strategy group. [20302/11]

Written Answers — Ministerial Functions: Ministerial Functions (14 Jul 2011)

Willie O'Dea: Question 28: To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the powers beyond those contained in the Act establishing his Department which he expects to have transferred to him in the coming months. [20301/11]

Written Answers — Homeless Persons: Homeless Persons (12 Jul 2011)

Willie O'Dea: Question 35: To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the steps she will take to tackle homelessness for children leaving care at 18 years of age. [19837/11]

Written Answers — European Globalisation Adjustment Fund: European Globalisation Adjustment Fund (12 Jul 2011)

Willie O'Dea: Question 190: To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the progress made on the application by a company (details supplied) for European Globalisation Fund expenses; and when a decision will be finalised. [19917/11]

Order of Business (12 Jul 2011)

Willie O'Dea: It was not dealt with. It was raised under Standing Order 32 but the Ceann Comhairle refused permission for a debate.

Order of Business (12 Jul 2011)

Willie O'Dea: It is.

Order of Business (12 Jul 2011)

Willie O'Dea: The Ceann Comhairle is confused.

Order of Business (12 Jul 2011)

Willie O'Dea: Last Friday the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation, Deputy Bruton, promised the trade unions and the public, through the media, that he would introduce emergency legislation in the House this week to protect people working in the JLC system from the consequences of the High Court decision. He made that specific and unambiguous promise. Could the Taoiseach explain the current position?

Order of Business (12 Jul 2011)

Willie O'Dea: He has not. We were labouring under the delusion, a Cheann Comhairle, that no such promise had been made. The promise was made and I am asking the Taoiseach what is the position.

Order of Business (12 Jul 2011)

Willie O'Dea: It certainly was not.

Order of Business (12 Jul 2011)

Willie O'Dea: It was raised under section 32 but it was not allowed.

Order of Business (12 Jul 2011)

Willie O'Dea: Will we get an emergency provision? Was it a promise, a commitment, a metaphor or perhaps the Minister promised it in some other capacity?

Order of Business (12 Jul 2011)

Willie O'Dea: So there will not be emergency legislation.

Order of Business (12 Jul 2011)

Willie O'Dea: Another one bites the dust.

Order of Business (12 Jul 2011)

Willie O'Dea: There is a lot of contagion around.

Requests to move Adjournment of Dáil under Standing Order 32 (12 Jul 2011)

Willie O'Dea: I seek the adjournment of the Dáil under Standing Order 32 to discuss a matter of major national importance, namely, the very serious situation that has arisen following the recent High Court decision on the joint labour committee system, the impact of this ruling and the anxiety it has caused to thousands of vulnerable workers and their families throughout the country.

Written Answers — School Curriculum: School Curriculum (7 Jul 2011)

Willie O'Dea: Question 21: To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he has received the report of the National Council for Curriculum and Assessment on reform of the junior certificate; and when he will publish the recommendations of the NCCA. [19183/11]

Special Educational Needs (7 Jul 2011)

Willie O'Dea: Question 9: To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the progress made in relation to the publication of a plan to implement the Education for People with Special Education Needs Act 2004; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [19174/11]

Order of Business (6 Jul 2011)

Willie O'Dea: When the Minister for Education and Skills was standing in for the Taoiseach on Leaders' Questions approximately three weeks ago, I asked about the proposals in the programme for Government to assist people who have difficulty paying their mortgages. The Minister, Deputy Quinn, undertook to get back to me within a week. That promise seems to have had the same status as Deputy Reilly's...