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Order of Business (18 Oct 2012)

Ruairi Quinn: It will be taken next year.

Order of Business (18 Oct 2012)

Ruairi Quinn: The recommendations will be implemented. I will get back to the Deputy and confirm this but my understanding is the Minister is looking at whether to vest that recommendation within An Bord Pleanála or another statutory officeholder or agency.

Order of Business (18 Oct 2012)

Ruairi Quinn: A parliamentary question would elicit more information.

Order of Business (18 Oct 2012)

Ruairi Quinn: I am not sure if it was announced but it might have been announced on the Deputy's side by somebody who thought Fianna Fáil was still in government.

Order of Business (18 Oct 2012)

Ruairi Quinn: The first Bill to which he referred is on Committee Stage in the Seanad and will come back to the House in due course. I will bring to the attention of the Minister for Justice and Equality the points raised by both the Deputy and Deputy McDonald.

Order of Business (18 Oct 2012)

Ruairi Quinn: I share the Deputy's concern about this matter, as do many other Members. Work is ongoing on that important legislation and it will be ready early next year.

Order of Business (18 Oct 2012)

Ruairi Quinn: I would not for one moment suggest that I have more expertise about problems relating to slurry than Deputy McGrath.

Order of Business (18 Oct 2012)

Ruairi Quinn: I am aware of the difficulties farmers are experiencing in this regard because of the weather and the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine has informed me that there has been an extension of two weeks and there will be a further extension-----

Order of Business (18 Oct 2012)

Ruairi Quinn: Next year.

Order of Business (18 Oct 2012)

Ruairi Quinn: No.

Leaders' Questions (18 Oct 2012)

Ruairi Quinn: I thank the Deputy for raising this matter which, I think, is a concern to everyone in this House and is a legacy none us can be proud of. The Minister, Deputy Shatter, informed the Cabinet on Tuesday of this matter and the report. We agreed instantly to his recommendation that it should be published immediately, which he did the following day. His statement is very extensive and it is...

Leaders' Questions (18 Oct 2012)

Ruairi Quinn: I can assure the Deputy that all necessary steps required to deal with this issue will be taken. This Fine Gael-Labour Party Government is the first one to establish a dedicated Department of Children and Youth Affairs under the management and control of the Minister, Deputy Fitzgerald. The Minister for Justice and Equality, Deputy Shatter, has probably introduced more reforms in the area...

Order of Business (18 Oct 2012)

Ruairi Quinn: It is proposed to take No. 1, Health (Pricing and Supply of Medical Goods) Bill 2012 Seanad - Second Stage (resumed), and No. 17 - statements on the report of the pyrite panel, to be taken not later than 12.30 p.m. and the order shall not resume thereafter. It is proposed, notwithstanding anything in Standing Orders, that No. 17 shall be taken on the conclusion of No. 1 or at 12.30 p.m.,...

Order of Business (18 Oct 2012)

Ruairi Quinn: The programme for Government set out that the Government would conduct a fundamental review of remuneration at banks subject to State support. The exact wording of the programme for Government is: "All remuneration schemes at banks subject to state support will undergo a fundamental review to ensure an alignment of interest between banks, their staff and the taxpayer." This is another...

Leaders' Questions (18 Oct 2012)

Ruairi Quinn: If I was representing the Fianna Fáil Party, I would not be referring to a "lap of honour". This House can long remember the long extended lap by that party. It was longer than Frank Sinatra's last concert.

Leaders' Questions (18 Oct 2012)

Ruairi Quinn: We had the long lap of honour for Bertie and a hand-over in slow motion while this economy was going down the tubes.

Leaders' Questions (18 Oct 2012)

Ruairi Quinn: The Deputy referred to a lap of honour twice. I am reminding him of how-----

Leaders' Questions (18 Oct 2012)

Ruairi Quinn: -----Micawber this was, all the way to Clara.

Leaders' Questions (18 Oct 2012)

Ruairi Quinn: With regard to the question-----

Leaders' Questions (18 Oct 2012)

Ruairi Quinn: -----we are continuing to negotiate the stringent components of the memorandum of understanding on which the previous Government signed off and which this House supported.