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Order of Business (28 Feb 2013)

Dara Calleary: We want to vote.

Order of Business (28 Feb 2013)

Dara Calleary: We will be here tomorrow but you will not.

Leaders' Questions (28 Feb 2013)

Dara Calleary: If Sinn Féin is Fr. Ted, the Tánaiste is Fr. Jack.

Leaders' Questions (28 Feb 2013)

Dara Calleary: They are ignored.

Leaders' Questions (28 Feb 2013)

Dara Calleary: Today's edition of The Irish Times carries a report of a letter that the chief executive of the Health and Safety Authority has been forced to write to the Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation about the devastation of the authority and its staff due to the "accelerated and additional cut in resources proposed" for the authority. He further warns that the proposed cuts will lead to...

Leaders' Questions (28 Feb 2013)

Dara Calleary: There are no guarantees in that answer. Yes, the HSA and all of its staff are doing a very good job, but the chief executive has been forced to write to the Secretary General of the Department to say that the target proposed is not achievable, based on his experience of current processes and mechanisms. The man whom we charge with heading up the authority that has done such a good job is...

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Sale of State Assets (28 Feb 2013)

Dara Calleary: To ask the Minister for Finance if he has sought assurances that employment levels at Irish Life will be protected following its sale to Great-West Lifeco; if an understanding has been reached that there will not be any compulsory redundancies; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10596/13]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Tax Code (28 Feb 2013)

Dara Calleary: To ask the Minister for Finance if he will clarify if credit union special share dividends are exempt from DIRT tax for persons over 65 years of age. [10861/13]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Student Grant Scheme Eligibility (28 Feb 2013)

Dara Calleary: To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he will clarify that students who have previously completed a post-graduate course and who are now returning to college to undertake an undergraduate course (details supplied) in a new discipline are eligible for higher education grant funding; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10863/13]

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Education and Training Provision (28 Feb 2013)

Dara Calleary: To ask the Minister for Social Protection if he will outline the supports available for persons registering to participate in springboard; if rent allowance is available for persons registering to participate on a course in an area other than where they presently reside; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [10864/13]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Rural Development Programme (28 Feb 2013)

Dara Calleary: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the reason funding under the common agricultural policy was not available to allow farmers here to cover the cost of advice from the Agricultural Consultants Association who are approved advisors under the ccFÁS scheme operated under Article 13 of Council Regulation (EC) No. 1782/2006 by his Department; and if he will make a...

Further Education and Training Bill 2013: Second Stage (27 Feb 2013)

Dara Calleary: I am taking the debate on behalf of my colleague, Deputy McConalogue, who is unavailable. On behalf of my party, I welcome the publication of the Bill and acknowledge the work the Minister of State, in particular, put into its preparation, work which was commenced by our former colleague and former Tánaiste, Mary Coughlan, during her time in the Department. This Bill and the Education...

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Small and Medium Enterprises Supports (27 Feb 2013)

Dara Calleary: To ask the Minister for Finance his views that the pillar banks are fulfilling their obligations to the small and medium enterprise sector; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [9087/13]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Small and Medium Enterprises Supports (27 Feb 2013)

Dara Calleary: To ask the Minister for Finance the amount of new lending to small and medium enterprise by the pillar banks in 2012; if he will outline the value of facilities renewed in 2012; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [9070/13]

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Community Employment Schemes Funding (27 Feb 2013)

Dara Calleary: To ask the Minister for Social Protection the provisions being made for community employment scheme sponsors to avail of assistance in meeting the cost of rent of premises; her views on whether the cessation of rent payment under materials claims is putting the future of many schemes in jeopardy; if she will outline the circumstances in which rent can be paid; and if she will make a statement...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Action Plan for Jobs 2012 and 2013: Discussion with Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation (26 Feb 2013)

Dara Calleary: The private sector involvement in structural reforms will be a monitoring committee. Will individuals not champion each of the reforms?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Action Plan for Jobs 2012 and 2013: Discussion with Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation (26 Feb 2013)

Dara Calleary: Is it a polite form of disruption?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Action Plan for Jobs 2012 and 2013: Discussion with Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation (26 Feb 2013)

Dara Calleary: Will they be formally represented on this committee?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Action Plan for Jobs 2012 and 2013: Discussion with Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation (26 Feb 2013)

Dara Calleary: I welcome the Minister and his officials, Mr. William Parnell and Ms Gráinne O'Carroll. Over the weekend the Minister and I discussed the action plan for jobs. There is nothing wrong with it and I welcome the plan's approach. With regard to the Action Plan on Jobs 2012, at the end of the year we had 429,000 people on the live register of which 329,000 people were full-time...

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Energy and Natural Resources: Television Licence Fee Collection (26 Feb 2013)

Dara Calleary: To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources his plans to replace the television licence; the number of other EU Member States that impose such a charge in order to provide revenues to a commercial broadcaster; the way charges here compare in real terms with charges in other countries; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10074/13]