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Order of Business (3 Oct 2012)

Ruairi Quinn: All I can say to the Deputy is that work is ongoing within the Department of Finance on this measure but legislation is not expected until next year.

Order of Business (3 Oct 2012)

Ruairi Quinn: The forestry Bill is due this session and all the issues the Deputy has raised can be debated during its passage.

Order of Business (3 Oct 2012)

Ruairi Quinn: I am told that the housing Bill per se will not be ready until next year but if the Deputy has specific questions regarding aspects of it I suggest he puts down a question to the Minister responsible.

Order of Business (3 Oct 2012)

Ruairi Quinn: I am sorry to hear that the Deputy has parted company with his colleagues.

Order of Business (3 Oct 2012)

Ruairi Quinn: I gather Deputy Ross is going to stay beside the Deputy and keep him company.

Order of Business (3 Oct 2012)

Ruairi Quinn: With regard to the reform of local government, discussions are ongoing and I gather progress is being made and the matter will be brought in as soon as possible but we have no precise date yet for it.

Order of Business (3 Oct 2012)

Ruairi Quinn: I am aware the Deputy was one of the first Deputies in the House to advocate this issue and he has been doing it for a long time. I consulted briefly with the Chief Whip. Time will be found, with the agreement of the Whips, to have a discussion on this matter and the Deputy will be able to explore in detail the issues he has been pursuing for a long time.

Order of Business (3 Oct 2012)

Ruairi Quinn: With regard to local government reform, the legislation to give effect to the education and training boards, which will unite Tipperary north and south, will be taken in this House in the next few weeks, unlike what was promised when the Deputy was supporting the party in opposition which intended to divide Tipperary into two.

Leaders' Questions (3 Oct 2012)

Ruairi Quinn: Which question would the Deputy like me to answer?

Leaders' Questions (3 Oct 2012)

Ruairi Quinn: I am guided by the Chair. I have no doubt that the Minister for Health, Deputy Reilly, will deal with all the questions around the issue of primary care centres when he deals with the private notice question. He has already done that on a number of occasions.

Leaders' Questions (3 Oct 2012)

Ruairi Quinn: The fact that Deputies opposite may not be satisfied with the quality or quantity of the reply is for them to pursue. I have been asked whether I am satisfied that the Minister, Deputy Reilly, will deal comprehensively with the issues this afternoon, and my answer is "Yes".

Leaders' Questions (3 Oct 2012)

Ruairi Quinn: If I were Deputy Adams, I would hesitate to refer to baggage and other Deputies in this House.

Leaders' Questions (3 Oct 2012)

Ruairi Quinn: I would hesitate to refer to baggage.

Leaders' Questions (3 Oct 2012)

Ruairi Quinn: The Labour Party and Fine Gael are attempting to rebuild the sovereign independence of this Republic following the disaster we inherited from the party opposite. That will not be done overnight. The last time we were in government we handed over a vibrant economy with a planned surplus.

Leaders' Questions (3 Oct 2012)

Ruairi Quinn: Within 12 years, this was driven into the ground.

Leaders' Questions (3 Oct 2012)

Ruairi Quinn: We never got any economic help or support from Sinn Féin-----

Leaders' Questions (3 Oct 2012)

Ruairi Quinn: -----and we will continue with our mandate to repair the extraordinary damage done to this country. We lost over 250,000 jobs between 2007 and 2009.

Leaders' Questions (3 Oct 2012)

Ruairi Quinn: We are moving slowly but surely, and with great difficulty, to undo the damage done in the past. I am quite sure that all the Labour Party elected Members in this House and elsewhere will ensure that we will meet targets when we have to account for our service at the end of our mandate.

Leaders' Questions (3 Oct 2012)

Ruairi Quinn: The Deputy has spoken about the fear and worry which people have across this country and I understand what he is saying. We have a right to be fearful because of the state in which this country found itself over 18 months ago.

Leaders' Questions (3 Oct 2012)

Ruairi Quinn: Let me answer. Deputy Boyd Barrett constantly railed against the adjustments, corrections and additional costs being imposed on this country by the troika because we lost our economic sovereignty. So far this year we have borrowed €11 billion, and we will probably have to borrow another €4.5 billion. Nobody else in the world will lend us money at rates we can afford and we are...