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Independent Inquiries into Planning Irregularities: Motion (Resumed) (13 Jun 2012)

Dara Calleary: I did not mention the Labour Party.

Independent Inquiries into Planning Irregularities: Motion (Resumed) (13 Jun 2012)

Dara Calleary: What I am saying is that we have faced up to this as a party and dealt with it in the most severe way we could. We have a right to stand here and make suggestions on the future of planning in the country. For Deputies in the Labour Party to throw across the floor that it is all our fault is wrong.

Independent Inquiries into Planning Irregularities: Motion (Resumed) (13 Jun 2012)

Dara Calleary: We have taken action and it must be acknowledged that as a party we took very strong action as soon as the report from the Mahon tribunal was available to us.

Independent Inquiries into Planning Irregularities: Motion (Resumed) (13 Jun 2012)

Dara Calleary: There is a thing called justice, Deputy Dowds.

Independent Inquiries into Planning Irregularities: Motion (Resumed) (13 Jun 2012)

Dara Calleary: There is court procedure. As I stated at the outset, we need to consider where we are going with regard to planning. Let us forget about the personalities and everything else. We must consider what to do to repair the damage that has been done and give those living in unfinished estates throughout the country some idea that their investments will be protected and the estates will be...

Independent Inquiries into Planning Irregularities: Motion (Resumed) (13 Jun 2012)

Dara Calleary: Yours too.

Independent Inquiries into Planning Irregularities: Motion (Resumed) (13 Jun 2012)

Dara Calleary: The Minister has started very well.

Independent Inquiries into Planning Irregularities: Motion (Resumed) (13 Jun 2012)

Dara Calleary: The Moriarty tribunal, for example.

Independent Inquiries into Planning Irregularities: Motion (Resumed) (13 Jun 2012)

Dara Calleary: What about big extensions for Ministers' houses?

Independent Inquiries into Planning Irregularities: Motion (Resumed) (13 Jun 2012)

Dara Calleary: Cheered on by Fine Gael.

Independent Inquiries into Planning Irregularities: Motion (Resumed) (13 Jun 2012)

Dara Calleary: We have to get the facts correct.

Independent Inquiries into Planning Irregularities: Motion (Resumed) (13 Jun 2012)

Dara Calleary: She is afraid.

Public Sector Staff (13 Jun 2012)

Dara Calleary: Question 8: To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the number of agency and contract staff currently employed in the public sector; the mechanism in place for monitoring and managing the associated costs; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [28294/12]

Criminal Justice (Amendment) Act 2009: Motion (13 Jun 2012)

Dara Calleary: My party will support this motion. I wish to pay tribute to the Garda for its work in this area during the past 12 months. Anybody who read about the case in Galway last Monday, to which the Minister referred, will look at the detail and the work that had to go into the prosecution of that case on the part of gardaí. Although some of the provisions of the Act overall enabled the...

Offences Against the State (Amendment) Act 1998: Motion (13 Jun 2012)

Dara Calleary: We are all agreed that one of the challenges of this sustained period of peace on our island is complacency. We cannot assume that it will always be this way. For this reason, Fianna Fáil will be supporting renewal of this legislation. The Minister outlined seven incidents, all of which were serious and had the capacity to maim, damage or, in some instances, result in mass murder. I...

Written Answers — Job Initiatives: Job Initiatives (12 Jun 2012)

Dara Calleary: Question 137: To ask the Minister for Social Protection the progress made in developing the pathways to work plan; if a decision has been made on the use of private contractors; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [28092/12]

Written Answers — Planning Issues: Planning Issues (12 Jun 2012)

Dara Calleary: Question 432: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government the progress being made to issue new guidelines to assist in allowing landowners with land along national secondary routes to obtain access for planning purposes on such roads. [28005/12]

Written Answers — State Bodies: State Bodies (12 Jun 2012)

Dara Calleary: Question 494: To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the total cost savings envisaged by the amalgamation of the Human Rights Commission and the Equality Authority; the budget of the Human Rights Commission in 2011, the budget of the Equality Authority in 2011; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [28147/12]

Written Answers — State Bodies: State Bodies (12 Jun 2012)

Dara Calleary: Question 495: To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the additional powers to be given to the new merged body of the Human Rights Commission and the Equality Authority; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [28148/12]

Written Answers — State Bodies: State Bodies (12 Jun 2012)

Dara Calleary: Question 509: To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the total number of staff in the new merged body of the Human Rights Commission and the Equality Authority; the current number of staff in the Human Rights Commission; the total number of staff in the Equality Authority; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [28284/12]