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Written Answers — Grant Payments: Grant Payments (24 Apr 2007)

Jim O'Keeffe: Question 782: To ask the Minister for Agriculture and Food the reason for the delay in the payment of a single farm payment following the transfer of entitlements on an application made in April 2006 in respect of a person (details supplied) in Cork south west; and if payment will be arranged without further delay. [14903/07]

Written Answers — Higher Education Grants: Higher Education Grants (24 Apr 2007)

Jim O'Keeffe: Question 852: To ask the Minister for Education and Science her views on whether it is unfair to exclude mature students from the maintenance grant scheme for those attending post-leaving certificate courses in a situation where such students have attended such courses years ago and wish to retrain and improve their skills; and if she will examine in particular in this regard the case of a...

Written Answers — Higher Education Grants: Higher Education Grants (24 Apr 2007)

Jim O'Keeffe: Question 925: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the reason the number of dependants is not taken into account in calculating entitlements for the special rate top up maintenance grant under the higher education grants scheme; and her views on whether this provision impacts adversely on large families, where the household income is relatively low. [15103/07]

Written Answers — Higher Education Grants: Higher Education Grants (24 Apr 2007)

Jim O'Keeffe: Question 966: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the reason farm assist is not included in the list of social welfare payments which are excluded in calculation of reckonable income for the purpose of special rate top up maintenance grant under the higher education grants scheme; and her views on whether this approach militates against access to third level education by farm...

Written Answers — Heritage Sites: Heritage Sites (24 Apr 2007)

Jim O'Keeffe: Question 1021: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the estimated cost to the taxpayer of the decisions in the High Court and Supreme Court arising out of the refusal by him to grant a licence to the owner of the [i]Lusitania[/i] under section 3(5) of the National Monuments (Amendment) Act 1987; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [14803/07]

Criminal Justice Bill 2007: Report Stage (Resumed) and Final Stage (24 Apr 2007)

Jim O'Keeffe: How ridiculous.

Criminal Justice Bill 2007: Report Stage (Resumed) and Final Stage (24 Apr 2007)

Jim O'Keeffe: It is in the Bill. We had three hours in which to deal with 173 amendments and approximately 20 seconds per amendment were allowed.

Criminal Justice Bill 2007: Report Stage (Resumed) and Final Stage (24 Apr 2007)

Jim O'Keeffe: We have not examined approximately 20 amendments.

Criminal Justice Bill 2007: Report Stage (Resumed) and Final Stage (24 Apr 2007)

Jim O'Keeffe: That was not the question.

Criminal Justice Bill 2007: Report Stage (Resumed) and Final Stage (24 Apr 2007)

Jim O'Keeffe: Where stands the Minister?

Criminal Justice Bill 2007: Report Stage (Resumed) and Final Stage (24 Apr 2007)

Jim O'Keeffe: In the middle.

Criminal Justice Bill 2007: Report Stage (Resumed) and Final Stage (24 Apr 2007)

Jim O'Keeffe: Will the Tánaiste explain this new proposal?

Criminal Justice Bill 2007: Report Stage (Resumed) and Final Stage (24 Apr 2007)

Jim O'Keeffe: The more I hear from the Minister, the more I realise that a genuine and reasoned debate is needed on the issue of sentencing, with advice sought from experienced lawyers and others. A considerable difference exists between my approach to sentencing and the Minister's, who appears to use a smoke and mirrors strategy. He adopts a tough approach to mandatory sentencing while building the...

Criminal Justice Bill 2007: Report Stage (Resumed) and Final Stage (24 Apr 2007)

Jim O'Keeffe: I am not objecting to that. My approach is entirely different and, with respect, better than the Minister's. It would not give rise to a situation in which I or anybody else has to examine or openly criticise the conduct of the Judiciary. It provides for the establishment of a registered database of sentences because it is beyond me to explain how we can proceed on sentencing without such...

Criminal Justice Bill 2007: Report Stage (Resumed) and Final Stage (24 Apr 2007)

Jim O'Keeffe: The Minister is a great man in theory.

Criminal Justice Bill 2007: Report Stage (Resumed) and Final Stage (24 Apr 2007)

Jim O'Keeffe: One further issue occurs to me regarding these amendments. Buried in the middle of amendment No. 50 in the name of the Minister is a definition of remission from sentence. It states: "remission from the sentence" means, in relation to the sentence imposed on a person, the remission which he or she may earn from that sentence under the rules or practice whereby prisoners generally may earn...

Criminal Justice Bill 2007: Report Stage (Resumed) and Final Stage (24 Apr 2007)

Jim O'Keeffe: This appears to accord with the approach I and others in my party have been advocating. Is this an indication of a further conversion of the Tánaiste?

Criminal Justice Bill 2007: Report Stage (Resumed) and Final Stage (24 Apr 2007)

Jim O'Keeffe: It looks suspiciously like it.

Criminal Justice Bill 2007: Report Stage (Resumed) and Final Stage (24 Apr 2007)

Jim O'Keeffe: Why is the Tánaiste including it here?

Criminal Justice Bill 2007: Report Stage (Resumed) and Final Stage (24 Apr 2007)

Jim O'Keeffe: Which one earns.