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Residential Institutions Statutory Fund Bill 2012: Second Stage (Resumed) (14 Jun 2012)

Ruairi Quinn: The Deputy should engage in the Committee Stage debate, when we will go through the Bill line by line.

Residential Institutions Statutory Fund Bill 2012: Second Stage (Resumed) (14 Jun 2012)

Ruairi Quinn: I welcome that.

Residential Institutions Statutory Fund Bill 2012: Second Stage (Resumed) (14 Jun 2012)

Ruairi Quinn: If the Deputy has better proposals, I will listen to them.

Residential Institutions Statutory Fund Bill 2012: Second Stage (Resumed) (14 Jun 2012)

Ruairi Quinn: Deputy, that is the starting point of all of us.

Residential Institutions Statutory Fund Bill 2012: Second Stage (Resumed) (14 Jun 2012)

Ruairi Quinn: Actually I did but the Deputy was not present.

Residential Institutions Statutory Fund Bill 2012: Second Stage (Resumed) (14 Jun 2012)

Ruairi Quinn: No, I am not.

Residential Institutions Statutory Fund Bill 2012: Second Stage (Resumed) (14 Jun 2012)

Ruairi Quinn: It is the Deputy's use of the possessive pronoun.

Residential Institutions Statutory Fund Bill 2012: Second Stage (Resumed) (14 Jun 2012)

Ruairi Quinn: How did Deputy McGrath get through?

Residential Institutions Statutory Fund Bill 2012: Second Stage (Resumed) (14 Jun 2012)

Ruairi Quinn: They will have the chance when we hold a referendum.

Residential Institutions Statutory Fund Bill 2012: Second Stage (Resumed) (14 Jun 2012)

Ruairi Quinn: Will Deputy Finian McGrath be clear in his support for the referendum? Will he come out early in favour of it, unlike the last referendum?

Residential Institutions Statutory Fund Bill 2012: Second Stage (Resumed) (14 Jun 2012)

Ruairi Quinn: Limbo got the heave-ho in Vatican II.

Leaders' Questions (14 Jun 2012)

Ruairi Quinn: I thank the Deputy for raising this matter, which is of concern to many people. I can assure him, on the basis of what I have been told by the Minister of State, Deputy Kathleen Lynch, that the service will continue. Negotiations with the Daughters of Wisdom have been taking place since last April. There has been no distinction or discrimination in relation to the allocation of funding for...

Leaders' Questions (14 Jun 2012)

Ruairi Quinn: We need to make a distinction between the delivery of the service and who is actually delivering the service. The Daughters of Wisdom, for whatever reason, have chosen to-----

Leaders' Questions (14 Jun 2012)

Ruairi Quinn: I am not an expert on the detail. The Daughters of Wisdom know that the service will be continued and will be provided.

Leaders' Questions (14 Jun 2012)

Ruairi Quinn: It simply will not be provided by them. I remind the House that in other aspects of social life in this country, religious orders have chosen to withdraw from the provision of service for various reasons. This is clearly the case in the education sector, with which I am familiar. On the basis of what I have been told by the Minister of State, Deputy Kathleen Lynch, I can assure Deputy...

Leaders' Questions (Resumed) (14 Jun 2012)

Ruairi Quinn: I thank the Deputy for raising this matter. I can understand there is concern out there because of the work that has been provided by the Daughters of Wisdom over many years. They have been in discussion with the Department of Health since April, as I said to Deputy McConalogue. There is, as we speak, a transition team from the HSE that has been in negotiations recently with the Daughters...

Leaders' Questions (Resumed) (14 Jun 2012)

Ruairi Quinn: If I were Deputy Kelleher, I would not say very much about the legacy of Fianna Fáil.

Leaders' Questions (Resumed) (14 Jun 2012)

Ruairi Quinn: The legacy of the Fianna Fáil Party was the destruction of Ireland's economic sovereignty - the destruction of our sovereignty.

Leaders' Questions (Resumed) (14 Jun 2012)

Ruairi Quinn: I can assure Deputy Ó Snodaigh that the Department of Health will be issuing a statement later today and will deal with all of the details of the issue. I know it is of concern to the people in the area and I have been assured by the Minister of State, Deputy Kathleen Lynch, that the services will continue.

Leaders' Questions (Resumed) (14 Jun 2012)

Ruairi Quinn: The service will continue. It will be delivered by the HSE. I do not have the details of that at present but those details will be revealed later today in the statement the Department will issue. I can assure the Deputy there will be no automatic increase because of a transfer of the agent which is delivering the service. The services are funded and will continue to be funded by the State.