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Garda Promotions (7 Feb 2012)

Dara Calleary: There is no transition team in place

Garda Promotions (7 Feb 2012)

Dara Calleary: Bring back the Leas-Cheann Comhairle.

Garda Promotions (7 Feb 2012)

Dara Calleary: The Minister was shamed into it by the Commissioner.

Garda Promotions (7 Feb 2012)

Dara Calleary: They had to come in and beg.

Garda Promotions (7 Feb 2012)

Dara Calleary: They were supposed to come forward in January.

Garda Promotions (7 Feb 2012)

Dara Calleary: No thanks to the Minister.

Garda Promotions (7 Feb 2012)

Dara Calleary: For the record of the House, it should be noted that the Garda Commissioner was forced to come to the Committee of Public Accounts meeting last Thursday to ask for these vacancies to be filled.

Garda Promotions (7 Feb 2012)

Dara Calleary: There is no good news about being embarrassed into it.

Garda Promotions (7 Feb 2012)

Dara Calleary: Is there a transition team in place in the Department of Justice and Equality-----

Garda Promotions (7 Feb 2012)

Dara Calleary: -----such as that announced by the Taoiseach?

Garda Promotions (7 Feb 2012)

Dara Calleary: I took lessons from the Minister.

Legislative Programme (7 Feb 2012)

Dara Calleary: I compliment the Minister on the initiative of placing the heads of Bills before committees which will make the legislative process a lot easier. Would he consider also giving the Bill to the Joint Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform and perhaps the Joint Committee on Jobs, Social Protection and Education to get their input? We would probably have a finer process at that stage.

Family Home Protection (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2011: Second Stage (3 Feb 2012)

Dara Calleary: On a point of order, Deputy Ó Fearghaíl is here and Deputy Kelleher was in the House.

Family Home Protection (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2011: Second Stage (3 Feb 2012)

Dara Calleary: On a point of order, the Ceann Comhairle pulled up a Deputy for making comments that were not relevant to the Bill. The Minister has spent the past five minutes making comments that are completely irrelevant to the content of the Bill.

Family Home Protection (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2011: Second Stage (3 Feb 2012)

Dara Calleary: None of the points he has made was raised during the debate.

Family Home Protection (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2011: Second Stage (3 Feb 2012)

Dara Calleary: I compliment Deputy Donnelly on bringing forward this Bill and Fianna Fáil will support it when it comes to a vote. The Bill is similar in content and intent to the Bill proposed by my colleagues, Senators Marc MacSharry and Thomas Byrne, in the Seanad in July last year. Looking at this Bill in conjunction with the Minister's Personal Insolvency Bill, I am hopeful that we are finally...

Family Home Protection (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2011: Second Stage (3 Feb 2012)

Dara Calleary: We have an opportunity with regard to the content of this legislation and that of the Personal Insolvency Bill to make a difference to those who elected us less than a year ago. Many people, and perhaps some of those who voted for us last year, did not realise then they would be in the situation they are in today. We must think of those people and get away from the obsession with headlines...

Written Answers — Social Welfare Benefits: Social Welfare Benefits (2 Feb 2012)

Dara Calleary: Question 130: To ask the Minister for Social Protection the number of rent supplement recipients in County Donegal; the total number who now face cuts to their payments; and the average level of the proposed cuts for each recipient. [5965/12]

Written Answers — Social Welfare Benefits: Social Welfare Benefits (2 Feb 2012)

Dara Calleary: Question 131: To ask the Minister for Social Protection the number of rent supplement recipients in County Mayo; the total number who now face cuts to their payments; and the average level of the proposed cuts for each recipient. [5966/12]

Written Answers — Special Areas of Conservation: Special Areas of Conservation (2 Feb 2012)

Dara Calleary: Question 144: To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the number of the objections made by landowners to the proposed inclusion of land in the special protection areas in County Donegal that were accepted, excluding the proposed land from an SPA area; and the number of individual one-to-one consultations or meetings with landowners that were held before these decisions were...