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Witness Protection Programme (29 Mar 2012)

Dara Calleary: I thank the Ceann Comhairle's office for allowing me to raise this issue. Anybody who has not lost a child cannot imagine the grief that Steve and Carmel Collins and their family have gone through following the murder of their son, Roy. To have this grief added to by being forced to leave their city and country because of being afraid to remain is unimaginable. I acknowledge the work done...

Witness Protection Programme (29 Mar 2012)

Dara Calleary: I accept and fully support the programme. However, it is not only me who is expressing concerns about it. I direct the Minister to the remarks of the former Director of Public Prosecutions who said in 2009 it was of limited use in tackling organised crime. Has the Minister reviewed those remarks and has he internally within the Garda Síochána made changes to the programme? The Minister...

Witness Protection Programme (29 Mar 2012)

Dara Calleary: Limited use.

Witness Protection Programme (29 Mar 2012)

Dara Calleary: Yes. We put the gardaí in Limerick.

Poolbeg Incinerator (29 Mar 2012)

Dara Calleary: Poolbeg is a big issue.

Written Answers — Air Services: Air Services (28 Mar 2012)

Dara Calleary: Question 27: To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will rule out the loss of control of the slots at Heathrow; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [16871/12]

Central Bank and Financial Services Authority of Ireland (Amendment) Bill 2011: Second Stage (Resumed) (28 Mar 2012)

Dara Calleary: I am sharing time with Deputies Troy, Kitt and Ó Cuív.

Central Bank and Financial Services Authority of Ireland (Amendment) Bill 2011: Second Stage (Resumed) (28 Mar 2012)

Dara Calleary: I welcome the Bill and congratulate my colleague, Deputy Michael McGrath, on introducing it. I commend the Minister for Finance, Deputy Noonan, and the Government on their acceptance of the Bill. Deputy Michael McGrath is not a recent convert. He has campaigned on this issue for some time. If we return to debating the Bill's contents, it might be helpful. Last year, €2.25 million was...

Landlord and Tenant (Business Leases Rent Review) Bill 2012: First Stage (28 Mar 2012)

Dara Calleary: I move: That leave be granted to introduce a Bill entitled an Act to make provision for the prohibition of clauses within business leases which provide exclusively for the upward review of the rent payable under the lease and to ensure that all existing business leases may be reviewed in a manner that allows for the fixing of a rent which is less than, greater than or the same as the amount...

Landlord and Tenant (Business Leases Rent Review) Bill 2012: First Stage (28 Mar 2012)

Dara Calleary: I move: "That the Bill be taken in Private Members' time."

Mahon Tribunal Report: Statements (Resumed) (28 Mar 2012)

Dara Calleary: I welcome the opportunity to speak on the Mahon report. Since we as Members were elected to both this House and the other House we have been placed in a very challenging position with the publication of the Mahon tribunal report but also with the publication of the Moriarty tribunal report. I cannot imagine that any Oireachtas in the history of this institution had before it in one term two...

Written Answers — Betting Regulations: Betting Regulations (27 Mar 2012)

Dara Calleary: Question 129: To ask the Minister for Finance the level of potential revenue losses to the Exchequer as a result of on-line betting; and if he will consider addressing the issue. [16365/12]

Written Answers — Training Programmes: Training Programmes (27 Mar 2012)

Dara Calleary: Question 191: To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the eligibility criteria for those 9,000 construction workers who were included in the globalisation funding; and who defined who was eligible and who was excluded under the European Globalisation Adjustment Fund scheme and those who are not [16389/12]

Written Answers — Social Welfare Appeals: Social Welfare Appeals (27 Mar 2012)

Dara Calleary: Question 336: To ask the Minister for Social Protection the position regarding an appeal in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Mayo [16920/12]

Written Answers — Repatriation Flights: Repatriation Flights (27 Mar 2012)

Dara Calleary: Question 468: To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if he has sought a report into an incident involving an injury to a member of An Garda Síochána on a repatriation flight on 8 March; if he will publish that report; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [16795/12]

Written Answers — Repatriation Flights: Repatriation Flights (27 Mar 2012)

Dara Calleary: Question 469: To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the number of repatriation flights that left Ireland in 2011 and to date in 2012; the total number of persons repatriated; the number of security personnel on board each in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [16796/12]

Written Answers — Deportation Orders: Deportation Orders (27 Mar 2012)

Dara Calleary: Question 470: To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the facilities in place at Lagos Airport, Nigeria, to treat those arriving on repatriation flights who may have taken ill or been injured during the flight; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [16797/12]

Written Answers — Departmental Funding: Departmental Funding (27 Mar 2012)

Dara Calleary: Question 506: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the level of State funding being made available in 2012 to Horse Racing Ireland, the Irish National Stud Company Ltd and Bord na gCon. [16363/12]

Written Answers — Horse Racing Ireland: Horse Racing Ireland (27 Mar 2012)

Dara Calleary: Question 507: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the number of racecourses under the ownership of Horse Racing Ireland; if each racecourse is making a profit and in the case of the ongoing losses at any race course if he will outline the extent of those losses. [16364/12]

Written Answers — Grant Payments: Grant Payments (27 Mar 2012)

Dara Calleary: Question 516: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the reason agri environment option scheme applications have been delayed in respect of persons (details supplied) in County Mayo; if he will expedite these claims; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [16572/12]