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Departmental Funding (5 May 2011)

Willie O'Dea: I thank the Minister for his response. He seems to be saying that these agencies will not be exempt from the general spending review, which I accept. However, that would indicate that the rate of spending on those agencies is not going to increase, indeed it is possibly going to decrease. How does the Government hope to achieve its optimistic job-creation plans if it is possibly reducing...

Departmental Funding (5 May 2011)

Willie O'Dea: I accept and understand that.

Departmental Funding (5 May 2011)

Willie O'Dea: Will the Minister accept that there has been a substantial improvement in competitiveness in recent times, as well as a substantial improvement in our export performance, as a direct result of the policies of the previous Government? Does the Minister definitely intend to transfer the functions of county and city enterprise boards to local authorities?

Departmental Funding (5 May 2011)

Willie O'Dea: It is a fair question.

Departmental Funding (5 May 2011)

Willie O'Dea: Is it the case that there has been no final decision to transfer the county enterprise boards to local authorities?

Order of Business (5 May 2011)

Willie O'Dea: Is legislation necessary to accompany the jobs initiative? If so, when can we expect it?

EU-IMF Programme: Statements (4 May 2011)

Willie O'Dea: I welcome the opportunity to contribute to the debate on this important matter. The kindest remark I can make about the document with which we have been presented is that it constitutes a gigantic anti-climax, particularly in the context of the boasting, pose-striking and breast-beating we witnessed and the grandiloquent phrases such as "Labour's way or Frankfurt's way" and "Not a red cent"...

EU-IMF Programme: Statements (4 May 2011)

Willie O'Dea: This will be a very dog-eared document in about 12 months' time. I have one final question for the Minister. The programme for Government states that it is "committed to maintain the current rates of income tax, together with bands and credits". Yet page 32 of this agreement states that the Government is committed to a lowering of personal income tax bands and credits. In his reply, I...

EU-IMF Programme: Statements (4 May 2011)

Willie O'Dea: I meant €8.65.

EU-IMF Programme: Statements (4 May 2011)

Willie O'Dea: The Deputy is not too bad at it himself.

EU-IMF Programme: Statements (4 May 2011)

Willie O'Dea: This will last for another seven to eight weeks.

EU-IMF Programme: Statements (4 May 2011)

Willie O'Dea: I did not deny that.

Order of Business (4 May 2011)

Willie O'Dea: I ask about the commitment in the programme for Government to introduce legislation to allow small and medium enterprises to restructure their debts without recourse to expensive court proceedings. Will that provision be part of the bankruptcy legislation or is a separate Bill planned and, if so, when can we expect to see it?

Leaders' Questions (4 May 2011)

Willie O'Dea: He said that.

Written Answers — Departmental Bodies: Departmental Bodies (3 May 2011)

Willie O'Dea: Question 282: To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Innovation the total amount of funding the Industrial Development Agency, Enterprise Ireland and the county enterprise boards received in the years 2010 and 2011. [9811/11]

Written Answers — Departmental Bodies: Departmental Bodies (3 May 2011)

Willie O'Dea: Question 283: To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Innovation the total funding Science Foundation Ireland received in each of the years 2007, 2008, 2009 and 2010. [9812/11]

Order of Business (20 Apr 2011)

Willie O'Dea: When can we expect to see the consumer and competition Bill that will merge the Competition Authority and the National Consumer Agency?

Written Answers — Financial Services Regulation: Financial Services Regulation (19 Apr 2011)

Willie O'Dea: Question 67: To ask the Minister for Finance his plans to establish a task force on the future of the financial services sector. [8277/11]

Written Answers — Banks Recapitalisation: Banks Recapitalisation (19 Apr 2011)

Willie O'Dea: Question 82: To ask the Minister for Finance his plans to pursue the objective of obtaining a medium term affordable facility from the European Central Bank to replace emergency funding to Ireland's banks. [8278/11]

Written Answers — Fiscal Policy: Fiscal Policy (19 Apr 2011)

Willie O'Dea: Question 83: To ask the Minister for Finance, in view of the fact that the International Monetary Fund has revised downward its estimate for growth in this country over the next three years and the EU is expected to do likewise, if further expenditure cuts or tax increases will be necessary to meet the target of reducing the budget deficit to 3% of GDP by 2015; and if he will make a...