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Order of Business (1 Apr 2009)

David Stanton: I believe a bilateral agreement on adoption between the Irish and Vietnamese authorities is to be laid before the House at some stage. There is a hold up in the Department on that issue, and it would be good if the Taoiseach could expedite it. We have been promised proposals on Dáil reform by the Government for some time. Will we see them this side of Easter, or is there any sign of them...

Order of Business (1 Apr 2009)

David Stanton: When will that happen?

Order of Business (1 Apr 2009)

David Stanton: So it will be sometime in the next year and a half.

School Accommodation. (31 Mar 2009)

David Stanton: I thank the Ceann Comhairle's office for choosing this matter this evening, thereby allowing me to raise it. I thank the Minister of State for taking this debate. Unfortunately, his ministerial colleagues in the Department of Education and Science, which has one Minister and two Ministers of State, could not be present. However, the Minister of State who is present is most competent to...

School Accommodation. (31 Mar 2009)

David Stanton: Nor his deputies.

Written Answers — Nursing Homes Repayment Scheme: Nursing Homes Repayment Scheme (31 Mar 2009)

David Stanton: Question 49: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the details of the people who are regarded as having full eligibility to repayment of long stay charges under the Health (Repayment Scheme) Act 2006; if her Department has conducted research into the number eligible for repayments under this scheme and the potential cost of same; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [13095/09]

Written Answers — Nursing Homes Repayment Scheme: Nursing Homes Repayment Scheme (31 Mar 2009)

David Stanton: Question 67: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the deadlines which have been set for the repayment of charges to persons or estates of persons under the Health (Repayment Scheme) Act 2006; the number of claims received under the repayment scheme; the number approved for payment; the number which have been paid to date; the number pending; and if she will make a statement on the...

Departmental Staff. (31 Mar 2009)

David Stanton: It was about the work they do.

Written Answers — Foreign Direct Investment: Foreign Direct Investment (26 Mar 2009)

David Stanton: Question 37: To ask the Minister for Finance his latest assessment of tax changes in the USA which might adversely affect Irish interests; and the initiatives he has taken to try to pre-empt such moves; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [12603/09]

Written Answers — Proposed Legislation: Proposed Legislation (26 Mar 2009)

David Stanton: Question 151: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the progress he has made in drafting the Sale of Alcohol Bill; when he expects to publish same; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [12756/09]

Oireachtas Reform: Motion (Resumed) (25 Mar 2009)

David Stanton: I am aghast that two Ministers of State who were supposed to speak have not appeared for tonight's debate. They must be so extraordinarily busy that they did not need to turn up. Ministers should be here for the entire debate. I sat here through the debate last night and tonight. Ministers come and go. They come in, make a brief contribution and leave again. It shows the contempt with...

Oireachtas Reform: Motion (Resumed) (25 Mar 2009)

David Stanton: I was due to sum up but no speakers were present on the other side. I do not know how I can sum up a second time. Does this mean I can continue until 8.30 p.m.?

Oireachtas Reform: Motion (Resumed) (25 Mar 2009)

David Stanton: If I give way to the Minister of State, I cannot respond again.

Oireachtas Reform: Motion (Resumed) (25 Mar 2009)

David Stanton: In order to be helpful, would it be in order if I gave way to the Minister of State and I then came in a second time?

Oireachtas Reform: Motion (Resumed) (25 Mar 2009)

David Stanton: It was not our problem because we were here when the Government people were not. I will continue and to be fair to the Minister of State——

Oireachtas Reform: Motion (Resumed) (25 Mar 2009)

David Stanton: That is fair enough. I will continue. We welcome what is happening with regard to Seanad reform. The only Dáil reform I have seen in my time in the House has been the arrangement for the Taoiseach not to attend the Dáil on Thursdays and Leaders' Questions being introduced, which was a motion put forward by Fine Gael. There is talk of extending the sitting time to Fridays but I...

Oireachtas Reform: Motion (Resumed) (25 Mar 2009)

David Stanton: Quangos should be subject to scrutiny in this House by way of parliamentary questions. These are three areas in which change could be introduced immediately. In fairness to the Ceann Comhairle — I do not wish to draw him into the debate too much — he facilitated a discussion between us in this regard. Currently there exists an official standing sub-committee on Dáil reform, namely, the...

Oireachtas Reform: Motion (Resumed) (25 Mar 2009)

David Stanton: We are being listened to.

Oireachtas Reform: Motion (Resumed) (25 Mar 2009)

David Stanton: If the Minister of State had been in the House earlier, he could have listened to the debate.

Oireachtas Reform: Motion (Resumed) (25 Mar 2009)

David Stanton: Absolutely.