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Other Questions: Waterways Ireland Remit (6 Mar 2014)

Anthony Lawlor: I am happy with the Minister's response.

Other Questions: Waterways Ireland Remit (6 Mar 2014)

Anthony Lawlor: 11. To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht if he will provide an update on the review to the draft canal by-laws taking into account that the public submission process was recently closed; the number of submissions that were received; when he expects the review to be completed; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10741/14]

Other Questions: Waterways Ireland Remit (6 Mar 2014)

Anthony Lawlor: I welcome the Minister. Deputy Martin Heydon and Deputy Bernard J. Durkan have met boat dwellers on the canals. We are anxious to get a resolution to the issue. The proposals as put forward by Waterways Ireland were not acceptable from a financial point of view and from the perspective of the boat dwellers staying in situ. They were not suitable at all. I hope the Minister will come...

Other Questions: Waterways Ireland Remit (6 Mar 2014)

Anthony Lawlor: I welcome the Minister's response. It is noteworthy that there were more than 2,000 submissions. I gather that most of those people have attended a number of meetings in my constituency where there are two canals and the Barrow system. Whether the bulk of the submissions are in favour of an increase in the rate or in favour of some of the proposed regulations, the scale of what is being...

Protection of Residential Mortgage Account Holders Bill 2014: Second Stage [Private Members] (4 Mar 2014)

Anthony Lawlor: I compliment Deputy Michael McGrath on bringing forward this legislation. In the context of the debate in the last couple of weeks on the loan books of the former IBRC, a good strong debate on this is welcome. As the Minister said earlier, little did we realise that when banks were issuing bonds to generate capital so they could lend on further, these bonds were secured on mortgages. One...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Action Plan for Jobs: Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation (4 Mar 2014)

Anthony Lawlor: The Minister misunderstood my question. I asked about the uptake of the youth guarantee.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Action Plan for Jobs: Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation (4 Mar 2014)

Anthony Lawlor: It should be on everything.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Action Plan for Jobs: Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation (4 Mar 2014)

Anthony Lawlor: Only last night I came across someone who did not know about JobsPlus. It should be widely advertised. This individual runs ten or 11 Centra stores but he says the Musgrave Group did not know the scheme was available.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Action Plan for Jobs: Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation (4 Mar 2014)

Anthony Lawlor: They are still working in silos, however.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Action Plan for Jobs: Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation (4 Mar 2014)

Anthony Lawlor: The Departments should take the lead, however.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Action Plan for Jobs: Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation (4 Mar 2014)

Anthony Lawlor: In response to Deputy Conaghan’s point, there is an action in the plan on fish processing, with a target of approximately 100 jobs. It is great that the committee has a major input into this plan. We have talked a lot here about youth entrepreneurship. Will the Minister have some way of measuring the take-up of the micro-finance, and come back to us if it needs to be reformed or...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Student Grant Scheme Eligibility (27 Feb 2014)

Anthony Lawlor: 106. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if any financial assistance is available for mature students who are in receipt of jobseeker's payments, and are undertaking a part-time course in an approved institution in another EU country which is not available here, and due to commitments in Ireland are unable to move abroad and participate in the course on a full-time basis; and if he...

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: State Airports (25 Feb 2014)

Anthony Lawlor: 739. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport in view of the decision by SIPTU union members of the Dublin Airport Authority to partake in industrial or strike action over a pension dispute, the contingency plans that are in place to minimise disruption in the event of strike action to ensure that the tourism industry is not adversely affected; and if he will make a statement on...

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Planning Issues (20 Feb 2014)

Anthony Lawlor: 161. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government if there is a proposal to bring forward legislation to deal with the Supreme Court's decision in the McHugh v. Kildare County Council, 2005 IEHC 356 (2005), case; his views on the implications to date of this decision; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [8661/14]

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Social and Affordable Housing Provision (20 Feb 2014)

Anthony Lawlor: 162. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government if his Department has explored alternative ways in which local authorities can acquire land, as a consequence of the McHugh v. Kildare County Council, 2005 IEHC 356 (2005) Supreme Court decision, and the proposals in place to deal with the lack of housing stock within local authorities; and if he will make a statement on...

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Tote Licences (19 Feb 2014)

Anthony Lawlor: 88. To ask the Minister for Finance further to Parliamentary Question No. 50 of 5 February 2014, if only one application for the renewal of the licence for the tote was received by his Department; if he will provide details surrounding the application process and if the renewal was up for public tender; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [8496/14]

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Forthcoming Competitiveness Council: Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation (18 Feb 2014)

Anthony Lawlor: So the concern is that we will lose jobs to the US on the basis of the TTIP negotiations.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Forthcoming Competitiveness Council: Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation (18 Feb 2014)

Anthony Lawlor: I welcome the Minister and wish him the best of luck at the Competitiveness Council. I understand negotiations are ongoing between the United States and the European Union on the proposed Transatlantic Trade and Investment Partnership, TTIP. Colleagues have outlined the concerns regarding Ireland's ability to compete, particularly in high energy sectors. The energy cost differential...

Early Childhood Care and Education: Motion (Resumed) [Private Members] (12 Feb 2014)

Anthony Lawlor: I welcome this debate because it gives us an opportunity to speak once again about the opportunistic approach Fianna Fáil takes to everything. I will read a quote from October 2007, when the community child care programme was introduced. It was said to be "seriously flawed" and that it "will force low income parents to stop working as they won't be able to afford to pay for creche...

Early Childhood Care and Education: Motion (Resumed) [Private Members] (12 Feb 2014)

Anthony Lawlor: If the Deputy read the Standing Orders, he might understand what is going on. The point I was making was that when Fianna Fáil was in power, its child care policies were quite simple - they were non-existent. It was a real crisis at the time because, if both parents were working, nothing could be given to them even if they were paying excessively for child care. There were neither tax...