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Unemployment Rate: Motion (Resumed). (3 Apr 2008)

Peter Power: I wish to share time with Deputies Haughey, Conlon, Collins, Fleming and O'Rourke.

Unemployment Rate: Motion (Resumed). (3 Apr 2008)

Peter Power: I pay tribute to the Taoiseach on his leadership of my party. He was the seminal politician of his generation and, during his tenure as Taoiseach and party leader, he displayed considerable political and personal skills. He will leave a great and unique legacy in terms of peace, prosperity, partnership and Ireland's standing internationally. For this I compliment him and wish him the very...

Written Answers — Architectural Heritage: Architectural Heritage (5 Mar 2008)

Peter Power: Question 315: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the schemes or programmes open to villages and small towns seeking to have the brand of Heritage Town; if there is a scheme in place to allow such branding; the way a town can seek such recognition; if there is a funding scheme available to preserve buildings of merit in the town; if funding is available for...

Written Answers — Citizenship Applications: Citizenship Applications (4 Mar 2008)

Peter Power: Question 503: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform when he expects a decision to be made on the application by a person (details supplied) in County Limerick for the honour of receiving Irish citizenship; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [9117/08]

Immigration, Residence and Protection Bill 2008: Second Stage (Resumed) (21 Feb 2008)

Peter Power: I welcome the opportunity to speak on one of the most important Bills to come before the House for some time, perhaps one of the most important Bills we will deal with in this Dáil term. I compliment the Minister, the Minister of State and their officials who have worked long and hard on producing the proposal in legislative form. Ireland has seen two sides of this issue. In the 19th and...

Special Educational Needs: Motion (Resumed) (13 Feb 2008)

Peter Power: I thank my colleagues for sharing the limited time. Any discussion involving the educational needs of children can be emotive and any debate involving the education of children with special educational needs, especially those with autism, is particularly emotive. As a public representative and as a parent, I recognise and acknowledge the determination of all parents to do what is best by...

Special Educational Needs: Motion (Resumed) (13 Feb 2008)

Peter Power: ——especially in the face of complex, often conflicting, expert opinion. I am not an expert in this area. Most Members of the House are not experts. I have heard experts differ significantly on what is the appropriate response of Government and the Department on this issue, and we should recognise that nobody has a monopoly of wisdom on this issue. The experts agree, however, that the...

Special Educational Needs: Motion (Resumed) (13 Feb 2008)

Peter Power: In this regard, I am delighted with the announcement this week that Rehab in Limerick has received special recognition from the Department of Education and Science to proceed with the development of a new pre-school and primary school for children with autism. The new school in Limerick will adopt a range of innovative methodologies and interventions used to promote the maximum learning...

Special Educational Needs: Motion (12 Feb 2008)

Peter Power: Deputy Hayes should relax. This is the House of Parliament.

Finance Bill 2008: Second Stage (Resumed) (6 Feb 2008)

Peter Power: It is far from me to say.

Finance Bill 2008: Second Stage (Resumed) (6 Feb 2008)

Peter Power: I thank Deputy Blaney for sharing the very limited time that is available. It is regrettable that there has been so much negative comment on the economy by the Opposition and the media in the debate over the past two days. It is clear that there is confusion between instability in the financial markets and national economic instability. Those who are confusing the concepts would have done...

Finance Bill 2008: Second Stage (Resumed) (6 Feb 2008)

Peter Power: We will take no lectures from that quarter. The electorate has not elected the Deputy's party since.

Tribunals of Inquiry: Motion (Resumed) (31 Jan 2008)

Peter Power: I thank my colleagues for sharing time. In advance of this debate Fine Gael spokespersons were at pains to suggest that this motion is in direct response to criticism of the tribunal by members of the Government, as if to imply that criticism of the methodology and functioning of the tribunal in some way equates with sleaze or planning corruption. Indeed, this was one of the central planks...

Tribunals of Inquiry: Motion (Resumed) (31 Jan 2008)

Peter Power: Hardly a day went by in December without Senator Regan going on the national airwaves and pronouncing at great length on the veracity or the credibility——

Tribunals of Inquiry: Motion (Resumed) (31 Jan 2008)

Peter Power: ——I did not interrupt Deputy Coveney — of each and all of the witnesses who came before the tribunal, yet their party brings a motion——

Tribunals of Inquiry: Motion (Resumed) (31 Jan 2008)

Peter Power: ——before this House deigning that the tribunal should be independent of this House. It is not for me or any Member of this House to go through the various and varied allegations of Mr. Tom Gilmartin. It is not for me or any Member of this House to pass judgment at this stage on the credibility or otherwise of any witness.

Tribunals of Inquiry: Motion (Resumed) (31 Jan 2008)

Peter Power: That is a function that we, by resolution of this House, have delegated to others to do. Deputy Varadkar and his ilk want to be judge, jury and executioner in this entire process.

Tribunals of Inquiry: Motion (Resumed) (31 Jan 2008)

Peter Power: Do Members opposite not understand the hypocrisy that is involved in this?

Tribunals of Inquiry: Motion (Resumed) (31 Jan 2008)

Peter Power: I suggest that new members of Fine Gael are far removed from the concepts of due process, fair play and equality before the law——

Tribunals of Inquiry: Motion (Resumed) (31 Jan 2008)

Peter Power: ——which their predecessors enunciated in a document entitled "The Just Society". They have left those high-minded principles which good-minded members of Fine Gael set out many years ago.