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Electoral (Amendment) (Dáil Constituencies) Bill 2012: Second Stage (Resumed) (17 Jan 2013)

Dara Calleary: I welcome the chance to speak on this legislation. Any chance to engage in constituency reform is to be welcomed, as it gives us a chance to examine how we do business. I object to the manner in which part of south Mayo has been discommoded and detached.

Further Education and Training: Motion (Resumed) [Private Members] (17 Jan 2013)

Dara Calleary: I had not wanted to be a teacher up to five minutes ago because, with respect to my colleague, the chairman of the Joint Committee on Education and Skills, there is a lack of understanding of the actual impact of what will happen. I thank Deputy Charlie McConalogue for giving us the opportunity to discuss the issue. This is not about putting 19 people into a classroom where there were...

Further Education and Training: Motion (Resumed) [Private Members] (17 Jan 2013)

Dara Calleary: Many of them will have to be cancelled-----

Further Education and Training: Motion (Resumed) [Private Members] (17 Jan 2013)

Dara Calleary: -----because of the way the courses are designed, as some of the 500 people whose jobs will be lost will not be in a position to provide the modules for courses that are currently necessary. This is the big danger. We have heard much, particularly from the Labour Party, about discrimination. This is discrimination. This time last year we were talking about the attack by the Labour Party...

Further Education and Training: Motion (Resumed) [Private Members] (17 Jan 2013)

Dara Calleary: We have had the usual choir from the Government backbenches about 14 years of nothing happening, but during the time when Deputy Micheál Martin was Minister for Education and Skills this sector was given huge resources and huge independence, which allowed it to be as flexible as it has been.

Further Education and Training: Motion (Resumed) [Private Members] (17 Jan 2013)

Dara Calleary: That is why it was so responsive. Today the Government will meet at 2.30 p.m. for a special meeting on the jobs action plan. The only thing that will come out of that meeting is headlines and it will be forgotten about again. I said already this morning that I tabled a parliamentary question to each Minister on what their Departments did in 2012 on the jobs action plan. I have received...

Further Education and Training: Motion (Resumed) [Private Members] (17 Jan 2013)

Dara Calleary: Donogh O'Malley would not have attacked DEIS schools and he would not have attacked those seeking to improve their skills. Let us look at the people who use PLC courses. They are people who are taking a second chance - people who may have been out of employment for some time and have decided to follow all the advice, to improve their skills and gain new ones and see where the demand is....

Further Education and Training: Motion (Resumed) [Private Members] (17 Jan 2013)

Dara Calleary: When is Fine Gael going to pay for PLC courses again?

Further Education and Training: Motion (Resumed) [Private Members] (17 Jan 2013)

Dara Calleary: The Minister of State was a PD. He was the party leader.

Further Education and Training: Motion (Resumed) [Private Members] (17 Jan 2013)

Dara Calleary: Probably. He has been everywhere else.

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Credit Availability (17 Jan 2013)

Dara Calleary: To ask the Minister for Finance if he will ensure that the acquisition of near to maturity loans by the SME Credit Fund established recently by the National Pension Reserve Fund will be done in a manner that does not disadvantage small and medium enterprises; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [1996/13]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Student Grant Scheme Eligibility (17 Jan 2013)

Dara Calleary: To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the reason a person (details supplied) in County Mayo is still awaiting the processing of their higher education grant application; if he will expedite the application; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [2096/13]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Student Grant Scheme Appeals (17 Jan 2013)

Dara Calleary: To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the reason a person (details supplied) in County Mayo has been denied the higher education grant; if he will have Student Universal Support Ireland re-examine their application with a view to awarding the grant as a matter of urgency; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [2158/13]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Student Grant Scheme Applications (17 Jan 2013)

Dara Calleary: To ask the Minister for Education and Skills when a person (details supplied) in County Mayo may expect a decision to be made on their higher education grant application; the reason the application has not yet been processed; if he will expedite the application; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [2235/13]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Universal Health Insurance (17 Jan 2013)

Dara Calleary: To ask the Minister for Health when free general practitioner care as outlined in the Programme for Government will be introduced; the timeframe for same; the illnesses and disabilities that will be covered under the new provision; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [2169/13]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Disability Support Service (17 Jan 2013)

Dara Calleary: To ask the Minister for Health the personal assistant hours provided nationally by the Health Service Executive in 2010, 2011 and 2012; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [2170/13]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Disability Support Service (17 Jan 2013)

Dara Calleary: To ask the Minister for Health the personal assistant hours provided by the Health Service Executive in County Donegal in 2010, 2011 and 2012; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [2171/13]

Leaders' Questions (16 Jan 2013)

Dara Calleary: There are more police officers per head of population in Scotland.

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: EU Presidency (16 Jan 2013)

Dara Calleary: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the number of additional staff hired by his Department for the duration of the Irish Presidency of the EU Council; the total anticipated costs; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [1566/13]

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Action Plan for Jobs (16 Jan 2013)

Dara Calleary: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the 2012 targets set for his Department for implementation of the Jobs Action Plan; if he will report on the attainment or otherwise of these targets; the reason targets were not met; the steps he is taking within his Department to create new jobs; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [1283/13]