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Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform: Insolvency Service of Ireland: Discussion (17 Jul 2013)

Arthur Spring: Is it best practice internationally?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform: Insolvency Service of Ireland: Discussion (17 Jul 2013)

Arthur Spring: Mr. O'Connor said he has worked in corporate insolvency. It is very beneficial for us to have met people who are financially distressed, including some of our colleagues, but what level of personal exposure has Mr. O’Connor had to individuals who are financially distressed?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform: Insolvency Service of Ireland: Discussion (17 Jul 2013)

Arthur Spring: I am of the opinion that this is the most significant Act for the people of my generation who are currently in financial distress. I do not think there is anything else the Government can do to give people more hope that they can resolve their personal indebtedness. Mr. O'Connor has been entrusted by the State with an enormous task, and I wish him the very best of luck in his job. We have...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform: Insolvency Service of Ireland: Discussion (17 Jul 2013)

Arthur Spring: I believe that the salient skill a personal insolvency practitioner will need is the ability to broker a deal. Barristers, solicitors, accountants and mortgage providers are often the kinds of people who have not been making deals at this level and may not have the required level of financial nous, and I am worried that people could end up with a personal insolvency practitioner who might...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform: Insolvency Service of Ireland: Discussion (17 Jul 2013)

Arthur Spring: Most of the people who access our offices ask us to help them with appeals mechanisms, or look to leverage off the State. As one of my colleagues pointed out earlier on, there is a lack of awareness of how the State mechanisms genuinely work. There is no appeals mechanism in the Personal Insolvency Act. Why is that the case and does Mr. O’Connor think that is appropriate?

Written Answers — Department of Health: Nursing Education (16 Jul 2013)

Arthur Spring: 1089. To ask the Minister for Health if a person (details supplied) in County Kerry who sat the written assessment for application to pre-registration nursing and midwifery degree programmes commencing in September 2013 may be considered for a waiting list for the Programme in view of the the applicants exam average over all subjects. [34838/13]

Mortgage Arrears Proposals: Motion (Resumed) [Private Members] (10 Jul 2013)

Arthur Spring: I previously worked in a bank, but I have never provided a mortgage for anybody. Unfortunately, I took out a mortgage in 2006 and still feel the legacy. Like my colleague, I find it a bit rich that the people in the Galway tent-----

Mortgage Arrears Proposals: Motion (Resumed) [Private Members] (10 Jul 2013)

Arthur Spring: -----who allowed the developers to ride into the sunset with all their money are now telling us they have a solution for the 140,000 families in mortgage arrears. That is harsh but fair. The only thing missing from Fianna Fáil's motion is the apology its leader gave for what he did to the country. I am sorry, but it will not go away because every day I meet people who are dealing...

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Social Insurance Issues (10 Jul 2013)

Arthur Spring: 170. To ask the Minister for Social Protection if a person who paid class S stamps while self-employed is entitled to pay PRSI contributions on unearned income derived from letting of the farm land having retired on the early retirement scheme; the benefits the PRSI payments will provide the person; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [33702/13]

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Social Insurance Issues (10 Jul 2013)

Arthur Spring: 171. To ask the Minister for Social Protection if a person who previously had paid class S stamps while self employed is entitled to receive full PRSI credits towards a contributory pension when reclassified to class M due to reduction in income; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [33703/13]

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Invalidity Pension Eligibility (9 Jul 2013)

Arthur Spring: 335. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the social benefit entitlements a person who entered the work force prior to 1995 is entitled to, with special reference to invalidity pension, following the awarding of a change of status credits to that person and considering that the change of status credits are awarded back to the beginning of the contribution year during which that person's...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Admissions (9 Jul 2013)

Arthur Spring: 507. To ask the Minister for Health if the Health Service Executive has a record of a person (details supplied) in County Kerry being admitted to casualty in Kerry General Hospital in August or September 2012; if there is a record of an ambulance being called to their residence; if a follow up visit, an appointment for an MRI or referral to a consultant was advised by medical staff in the...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Nursing Education (9 Jul 2013)

Arthur Spring: 550. To ask the Minister for Health when the result of the re-check of the verbal assessment examination as part of the process for application to pre-registration of the Nursing/Midwifery Degree Programmes (Mature Code Nursing 2013) requested by a person (details supplied) in County Kerry will be released. [33445/13]

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Overseas Development Aid Provision (4 Jul 2013)

Arthur Spring: 63. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade Ireland's current strategy to overseas aid; and if Ireland's commitment to overseas aid until 2015 will be met. [32691/13]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Long-Term Illness Scheme Eligibility (4 Jul 2013)

Arthur Spring: 260. To ask the Minister for Health the criteria that applied for inclusion of conditions that are covered by the long term illness scheme [32673/13]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Vaccination Programme (4 Jul 2013)

Arthur Spring: 264. To ask the Minister for Health if the new vaccine for menigitis B, called Bexsero, will be introduced into the childhood immunisation schedule as it has recently been licensed by the European Commission; and the time frame expected for its introduction [32683/13]

Leaders' Questions (3 Jul 2013)

Arthur Spring: It stays in the Central Bank.

Leaders' Questions (3 Jul 2013)

Arthur Spring: The Deputy made a big mess of the economy.

Topical Issue Debate: Ambulance Service Response Times (25 Jun 2013)

Arthur Spring: The core issue is that the people of County Kerry are worried about whether the emergency services can provide them with an adequate ambulance service. From what we have seen in recent weeks, there is no evidence to suggest people's lives are not in jeopardy. We have a problem, but it is not one that cannot be solved; however, it needs the attention of Department of Health. There are...

Topical Issue Debate: Ambulance Service Response Times (25 Jun 2013)

Arthur Spring: I, too, thank the Minister for attending the Chamber to discuss this matter. The integrity of the ambulance despatch system has been undermined as a result of events in recent days in County Kerry. I have no aspiration to condemn the idea of a centralised despatch system, but the one we have is not working. In the recent awful and tragic death of a four-week-old baby in Tralee, it has been...