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Order of Business (4 Mar 2010)

Noel Dempsey: Has the Deputy finished using the families concerned? What I am prepared to say is that we can look to see what information we can obtain. If it is possible to provide accurate information, we will try to arrange something for this afternoon. If not, I suggest that the Government provide time on Tuesday for this matter.

Order of Business (4 Mar 2010)

Noel Dempsey: That is at the end of the document.

Order of Business (4 Mar 2010)

Noel Dempsey: If Members opposite were listening, I stated that if full information can be obtained and provided to the House, it will be provided this evening. I am sure Members do not want incomplete information.

Order of Business (4 Mar 2010)

Noel Dempsey: If it is possible to do so, it will be done this evening.

Order of Business (4 Mar 2010)

Noel Dempsey: After Question Time.

Order of Business (4 Mar 2010)

Noel Dempsey: The national pension framework will be before the committee in the post-Easter period and can be discussed thereafter.

Order of Business (4 Mar 2010)

Noel Dempsey: No legislation is required.

Order of Business (4 Mar 2010)

Noel Dempsey: No legislation is necessary. The measures will be worked out through a memorandum of understanding.

Order of Business (4 Mar 2010)

Noel Dempsey: The Bill will be published later this year.

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Noel Dempsey: There would be no problem with that. It is an important policy statement that will require much debate.

Order of Business (4 Mar 2010)

Noel Dempsey: It will be in the middle of this year.

Order of Business (4 Mar 2010)

Noel Dempsey: To be helpful, the Government gave-----

Order of Business (4 Mar 2010)

Noel Dempsey: The Government gave time to this matter in the Dáil and the Seanad and we will not provide further time. If this is such an important issue for the Opposition, it knows what it can do, that is, put it down for Private Members' business.

Order of Business (4 Mar 2010)

Noel Dempsey: That Bill will be published later this year.

Order of Business (4 Mar 2010)

Noel Dempsey: The report has not been fully considered by the Government. The matter will be discussed in the House next week and that debate will be also taken into account.

Order of Business (4 Mar 2010)

Noel Dempsey: We expect the heads of the mental health Bill this year. The Minister of State with responsibility for mental health made announcements about funding for that area earlier this week. The heads of the biological weapons Bill have been cleared and we expect it to be taken during the course of this year. There is no final date for the Údarás na Gaeltachta Bill. It is dependent on the draft...

Order of Business (4 Mar 2010)

Noel Dempsey: I will get clarification for Deputy Higgins. It is my understanding that the Údarás na Gaeltachta Bill must be considered in the context of the ongoing discussion of the 20 year strategy. Some measures in the Bill must be considered in the context of that strategy. That is why decisions are not finalised with regard to it. I will clarify the matter for the Deputy.

Order of Business (4 Mar 2010)

Noel Dempsey: I am not sure this refers to promised legislation. However, I am very much in favour of Dáil reform and was active in this area when I was Chief Whip, as were my colleagues to my left at various times. I am not in favour of piecemeal reform. I would prefer to put a full package before the House.

Order of Business (4 Mar 2010)

Noel Dempsey: I know, from my time as a Whip, that it is not a good idea for governments to decide to reform the Dáil because they would not get co-operation from the Opposition. It takes two to tango.

Order of Business (4 Mar 2010)

Noel Dempsey: The committee orders its business and not the Government.