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Social Welfare Code: Motion (Resumed) (3 Nov 2011)

Ciarán Lynch: Do not forget the past, then.

Social Welfare Code: Motion (Resumed) (3 Nov 2011)

Ciarán Lynch: You must have been a terrible Opposition that day.

Written Answers — Freedom of Information: Freedom of Information (2 Nov 2011)

Ciarán Lynch: Question 109: To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform his plans to reform the Freedom of Information Act as outlined in the Programme for Government; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [31812/11]

Written Answers — Election Management System: Election Management System (2 Nov 2011)

Ciarán Lynch: Question 277: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government his plans for reform of the electoral system; if he intends to introduce a system of gender quotas for candidates standing for election; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [31874/11]

Written Answers — Medical Cards: Medical Cards (2 Nov 2011)

Ciarán Lynch: Question 554: To ask the Minister for Health when a determination will be made regarding an application for a medical card submitted in August in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Cork; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [32535/11]

Written Answers — Social Welfare Appeals: Social Welfare Appeals (26 Oct 2011)

Ciarán Lynch: Question 57: To ask the Minister for Social Protection the reason rent supplement payment was refused to a person (details supplied); when a determination will be made regarding an appeal; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [31592/11]

Written Answers — Local Authority Housing: Local Authority Housing (26 Oct 2011)

Ciarán Lynch: Question 79: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government his plans to introduce a ministerial order to allow the sale of local authority flats as provided for in the Housing (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act 2009; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [31597/11]

Written Answers — Hospital Waiting Lists: Hospital Waiting Lists (26 Oct 2011)

Ciarán Lynch: Question 139: To ask the Minister for Health if an appointment for April 2013 in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Cork in the ophthalmology department at Cork University Hospital will be brought forward in view of the debilitating condition; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [31660/11]

Written Answers — Social Welfare Benefits: Social Welfare Benefits (25 Oct 2011)

Ciarán Lynch: Question 282: To ask the Minister for Social Protection the number of households in receipt of mortgage interest supplement, MIS, the number in positive equity; the number in negative equity; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [31142/11]

Written Answers — Planning Issues: Planning Issues (25 Oct 2011)

Ciarán Lynch: Question 366: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government If he has any plans to review the retail planning guidelines; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [31147/11]

Written Answers — Adoption Services: Adoption Services (25 Oct 2011)

Ciarán Lynch: Question 517: To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the way and where a person may access medical records relevant to a period spent in an institution (details supplied) prior to adoption; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [31419/11]

Written Answers — Medical Cards: Medical Cards (25 Oct 2011)

Ciarán Lynch: Question 577: To ask the Minister for Health when a decision will issue on an application for a medical card in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Cork; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [31251/11]

Report by the Interdepartmental Working Group on Mortgage Arrears: Statements (Resumed) (20 Oct 2011)

Ciarán Lynch: I very much welcome the opportunity to speak on this issue. Members might recall that in November 2009 the Labour Party tabled a Private Members' motion on increasing mortgage arrears. We did so because the crisis was developing and every examination of the problem was showing it would get worse. We warned of an impending crisis and argued for the creation of a mediation service based on a...

Debt Settlement and Mortgage Resolution Office Bill 2011: Second Stage (Resumed) (19 Oct 2011)

Ciarán Lynch: I welcome the proposals put forward by Fianna Fáil. It cannot go without comment that in the autumn of 2009, I, on behalf of the Labour Party, introduced a Private Members' motion that indicated the crisis coming down the tracks and the necessity for a structure to deal with stressed mortgages. Regrettably, on that evening Fianna Fáil, which was then in government, talked down the extent...

Debt Settlement and Mortgage Resolution Office Bill 2011: Second Stage (Resumed) (19 Oct 2011)

Ciarán Lynch: What happened during the past 14 years?

Debt Settlement and Mortgage Resolution Office Bill 2011: Second Stage (Resumed) (19 Oct 2011)

Ciarán Lynch: The Deputy is dead right. It should have been done two years ago.

Debt Settlement and Mortgage Resolution Office Bill 2011: Second Stage (Resumed) (19 Oct 2011)

Ciarán Lynch: The previous Government should have acted two years ago.

Debt Settlement and Mortgage Resolution Office Bill 2011: Second Stage (Resumed) (19 Oct 2011)

Ciarán Lynch: The Cooney report was not discussed in the House.

Debt Settlement and Mortgage Resolution Office Bill 2011: Second Stage (Resumed) (19 Oct 2011)

Ciarán Lynch: The Deputy's party failed to do it in government.

Debt Settlement and Mortgage Resolution Office Bill 2011: Second Stage (Resumed) (19 Oct 2011)

Ciarán Lynch: That is correct.