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An Bille um an gCeathrú Leasú is Tríocha ar an mBunreacht (Comhaltaí de Thithe an Oireachtais) 2014: An Dara Céim [Comhaltaí Príobháideacha] - Thirty-fourth Amendment of the Constitution (Members of the Houses of the Oireachtas) Bill 2014: Second Stage [Private Members] (23 Jan 2015)

Paul Kehoe: The Government will oppose this Bill for a number of reasons including the confusion that such a wording would introduce into our Constitution, the impact it could have on the working of this Parliament and the fact that it would not be in line with the Government's Oireachtas reform policies. Since taking office in March 2011, the Government has been more committed to reforming the...

An Bille um an gCeathrú Leasú is Tríocha ar an mBunreacht (Comhaltaí de Thithe an Oireachtais) 2014: An Dara Céim [Comhaltaí Príobháideacha] - Thirty-fourth Amendment of the Constitution (Members of the Houses of the Oireachtas) Bill 2014: Second Stage [Private Members] (23 Jan 2015)

Paul Kehoe: Surely an individual's conscience is a matter for that individual. Should we risk putting into our Constitution a provision that could force the courts into a position where they must decide what is, and what is not, a matter of conscience for an individual once they are elected to the Oireachtas? Are we going to ask the Judiciary, through the Constitution, to define in case law what is and...

An Bille um an gCeathrú Leasú is Tríocha ar an mBunreacht (Comhaltaí de Thithe an Oireachtais) 2014: An Dara Céim [Comhaltaí Príobháideacha] - Thirty-fourth Amendment of the Constitution (Members of the Houses of the Oireachtas) Bill 2014: Second Stage [Private Members] (23 Jan 2015)

Paul Kehoe: I believe that this Bill and the wording it proposes to insert into the Constitution, while well-intentioned, is not suitable. A sentence from the basic law of the Federal Republic of Germany cannot be transplanted into the Irish Constitution without any attempt to recognise the very different political, social and institutional structures that exist in Ireland.

An Bille um an gCeathrú Leasú is Tríocha ar an mBunreacht (Comhaltaí de Thithe an Oireachtais) 2014: An Dara Céim [Comhaltaí Príobháideacha] - Thirty-fourth Amendment of the Constitution (Members of the Houses of the Oireachtas) Bill 2014: Second Stage [Private Members] (23 Jan 2015)

Paul Kehoe: The Bill may be read, by some, as an effort to remove the Whip from Parliament.

An Bille um an gCeathrú Leasú is Tríocha ar an mBunreacht (Comhaltaí de Thithe an Oireachtais) 2014: An Dara Céim [Comhaltaí Príobháideacha] - Thirty-fourth Amendment of the Constitution (Members of the Houses of the Oireachtas) Bill 2014: Second Stage [Private Members] (23 Jan 2015)

Paul Kehoe: The Whip system has Irish roots. Charles Stewart Parnell took a disorganised group of Irish MPs in the House of Commons and turned them into the Irish Party under a pledge to sit, act and vote together. He perfected the concept of the parliamentary party and Parnell-style parliamentary parties now exist in parliaments around the world. Some commentators, usually those with little or no...

An Bille um an gCeathrú Leasú is Tríocha ar an mBunreacht (Comhaltaí de Thithe an Oireachtais) 2014: An Dara Céim [Comhaltaí Príobháideacha] - Thirty-fourth Amendment of the Constitution (Members of the Houses of the Oireachtas) Bill 2014: Second Stage [Private Members] (23 Jan 2015)

Paul Kehoe: My surname is "Kehoe".

Order of Business (22 Jan 2015)

Paul Kehoe: This is outrageous.

Order of Business (22 Jan 2015)

Paul Kehoe: It is absolutely outrageous.

Garda Síochána (Amendment) (No. 3) Bill 2014: Referral to Select Committee (22 Jan 2015)

Paul Kehoe: I move:That the Bill be referred to the Select Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality pursuant to 82A(3)(a) and 126(1) of the Standing Orders relative to Public Business and paragraph (8) of the Order of Reference of Select Committees.

Order of Business (21 Jan 2015)

Paul Kehoe: Deputy Brian Walsh is back.

Written Answers — Department of An Taoiseach: Employment Data (20 Jan 2015)

Paul Kehoe: The exact information requested by the Deputy is not available. The Quarterly National Household Survey (QNHS) is the official source of estimates of employment in the State. Estimates of employment are produced by NUTS2 and NUTS3 regions. Due to methodology and sample size it is not possible to produce reliable county level estimates from the QNHS. In addition, data is only available from...

Written Answers — Department of An Taoiseach: Job Creation Data (20 Jan 2015)

Paul Kehoe: The exact information requested by the Deputy is not available. The Quarterly National Household Survey (QNHS) is the official source of estimates of employment in the State. The most recent figures available are for Q3 2014. Estimates of employment are produced by NUTS 3 Regions. The NUTS 3 Mid-West region includes Clare, Limerick City, Limerick County and North Tipperary. Due to methodology...

Written Answers — Department of An Taoiseach: Employment Data (20 Jan 2015)

Paul Kehoe: The Quarterly National Household Survey (QNHS) is the official source of estimates of employment in the State. The latest figures available from the QNHS are for Quarter 3 of 2014. Table 1a below shows the number of persons aged 15 years and over in employment in the Services sectors, classified by NACE Rev. 2. in Quarter 3 of each year from 2010 to 2014. Table 1b shows the annual change...

Proposed Approval by Dáil Éireann of the Terms of the Association Agreements between the European Union and Georgia, the Republic of Moldova and Ukraine: Referral to Select Committee (14 Jan 2015)

Paul Kehoe: I move:That the proposal that Dáil Éireann approves:(i) the terms of the Association Agreement between the European Union and the European Atomic Energy Community and their Member States, of the one part, and Georgia, of the other part, signed at Brussels on 27th June, 2014, (ii) the terms of the Association Agreement between the European Union and the European Atomic Energy...

An Bille um an gCeathrú Leasú is Tríocha ar an mBunreacht (Síocháin agus Neodracht), 2014: An Chéad Chéim - Thirty-fourth Amendment of the Constitution (Peace and Neutrality) Bill 2014: First Stage (18 Dec 2014)

Paul Kehoe: No.

Membership of Committees: Motion (18 Dec 2014)

Paul Kehoe: I move:That Deputy Brian Stanley be discharged from the Select Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform and that Deputy Peadar Tóibín be appointed in substitution for him. That Deputy Peadar Tóibín be appointed to the Select Sub-Committee on the Department of the Taoiseach.

Council of Europe: Appointment of Representatives (18 Dec 2014)

Paul Kehoe: I wish to inform the House that the following persons have been selected and nominated as representatives and alternates for Ireland to the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe until the end of 2015. The full representatives are Deputy Joe O'Reilly, who will be leader of the delegation, Deputy Michael McNamara, Deputy Olivia Mitchell and Senator Terry Leyden. The alternates are...

Leaders' Questions (18 Dec 2014)

Paul Kehoe: Deputy Ellis did not ask a question.

Leaders' Questions (18 Dec 2014)

Paul Kehoe: The question was not asked by Deputy Ellis.

Leaders' Questions (18 Dec 2014)

Paul Kehoe: The Deputy should be careful what he wishes for.