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Electoral (Amendment) (Political Funding) Bill 2011 [Seanad]: Second Stage (Resumed) (22 Mar 2012)

Regina Doherty: This Bill includes a measure to introduce a 30% gender balance requirement for political party candidates at the next general election, rising to 40% a further seven years later, and it is this aspect on which I want to concentrate. The Dáil currently has 25 women TDs, which is just over 15% of the representation of Dáil Éireann. This is the highest percentage ever achieved, but it is...

Electoral (Amendment) (Political Funding) Bill 2011 [Seanad]: Second Stage (Resumed) (22 Mar 2012)

Regina Doherty: It is the same thing.

Electoral (Amendment) (Political Funding) Bill 2011 [Seanad]: Second Stage (Resumed) (22 Mar 2012)

Regina Doherty: At the outset, I thank Deputy Healy for his concern with regard to young women Members with children in this House. For the record, I point out that I approach the organisation of child care for my four small children in exactly the same way as my husband does and there is no difference.

Private Members' Business. European Stability Mechanism: Motion (Resumed) (22 Mar 2012)

Regina Doherty: I am grateful for the opportunity to speak in this debate. I agree with a comment by Deputy Dominic Hannigan earlier in that I do not think Sinn Féin quite knows what it wants aside from publicity and notoriety. Sinn Féin would have us believe that the inclusion of Article 136 is intended to frighten the public into supporting the fiscal stability treaty in the event a referendum is...

Written Answers — School Staffing: School Staffing (21 Mar 2012)

Regina Doherty: Question 186: To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the criteria the appeals board will apply when dealing with appeals for staffing in primary schools; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [15605/12]

Written Answers — Telecommunications Services: Telecommunications Services (21 Mar 2012)

Regina Doherty: Question 180: To ask the Minister for Education and Skills when he anticipates that a school (details supplied) in County Meath will benefit from the roll-out of broadband. [15595/12]

Written Answers — Schools Building Projects: Schools Building Projects (21 Mar 2012)

Regina Doherty: Question 184: To ask the Minister for Education and Skills when a building grant application will be approved and financed in respect of a school (details supplied) in County Dublin; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [15603/12]

Written Answers — Social Welfare Benefits: Social Welfare Benefits (21 Mar 2012)

Regina Doherty: Question 282: To ask the Minister for Social Protection the number of recipients of domiciliary care allowance for children on the autism spectrum who have had their allowance withdrawn or refused in the past six months in County Meath. [15607/12]

Written Answers — Health Services: Health Services (21 Mar 2012)

Regina Doherty: Question 693: To ask the Minister for Health the number of children aged five to 18 years awaiting physiotherapy services in the Health Service Executive, especially in the Meath region; the shortest, longest and average waiting times for such services in the Meath area; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [15609/12]

Written Answers — Services for People with Disabilities: Services for People with Disabilities (21 Mar 2012)

Regina Doherty: Question 704: To ask the Minister for Health the number of children aged between five and 18 awaiting speech and language services in the Health Service Executive especially in the County Meath region; the shortest, longest and average waiting times for such services in the County Meath area; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [15674/12]

Electoral (Amendment) (Political Funding) Bill 2011 [Seanad]: Second Stage (21 Mar 2012)

Regina Doherty: It does say that.

Electoral (Amendment) (Political Funding) Bill 2011 [Seanad]: Second Stage (21 Mar 2012)

Regina Doherty: We need a few of you guys around as well.

Symphysiotomy: Statements (15 Mar 2012)

Regina Doherty: I am grateful for the opportunity to speak on this matter but I do so with a genuinely heavy heart. I welcome all of the ladies and their families to Dáil Éireann but I wish their visit was under different circumstances. Nothing in the year I have been a Member of this House has affected me as much as this matter. I have huge respect for the courage and bravery shown by the women we have...

Clotting Factor Concentrates and Other Biological Products Bill 2012: Second Stage (Resumed) and Subsequent Stages (14 Mar 2012)

Regina Doherty: This Bill will allow St. James's Hospital, at which the national haemophilia centre is based, to procure and supply the national stocks of clotting factor concentrate products used in the treatment of haemophilia and other clotting factor disorders. The new arrangements will result in a more streamlined system of procurement for the products and will also achieve significant financial...

Public Sector Numbers: Statements (8 Mar 2012)

Regina Doherty: I am grateful for this opportunity to talk about the public service and its staffing levels. We are all very proud of the public service and I particularly appreciate the work carried out by it in our schools, hospitals, in the justice system and even in this building where all rely on the high calibre of the staff, their skills and the services they provide to us. The real picture is that...

Public Sector Numbers: Statements (8 Mar 2012)

Regina Doherty: At Department level, a series of high level units have been set up in various Departments to determine how the public services could accommodate the retirements with the least disruption to public services. Those units are working with the Departments, Ministers and local managers to ensure the smooth transition to the new staffing arrangements. Within the health sector in particular there...

Public Sector Numbers: Statements (8 Mar 2012)

Regina Doherty: It is not. It has experienced some teething difficulties.

Public Sector Numbers: Statements (8 Mar 2012)

Regina Doherty: The Deputy should visit the unit and he will understand exactly the transition the staff have gone through and the immense commitment they make to provide the best service the people require.

Public Sector Numbers: Statements (8 Mar 2012)

Regina Doherty: Perhaps there is a reason for that. An Garda Síochána is taking a number of steps to improve the quality of the policing service it provides, including outsourcing the operation of safety cameras, the introduction of new ICT and implementation of new working rosters, all of which have been very successful in local stations. This is another example of how successful the Croke Park agreement...

Euro Area Loan Facility (Amendment) Bill 2012: Second Stage (Resumed) (7 Mar 2012)

Regina Doherty: I welcome the opportunity to speak to the Bill, the purpose of which is not simply to bail out Greece. It is also in the interests of the Irish economy by ensuring the financial stability of the European Union and safeguarding the financial stability of the euro as a whole. It is in all our interests to support Greece because we have been supported. I disagree with Deputy Catherine Murphy's...