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Written Answers — Department of Finance: IBRC Loans (4 Mar 2014)

Brendan Ryan: 30. To ask the Minister for Finance if further consideration will be given to offering discounts to persons who have individual loans with the former Irish Bank Resolution Corporation; if this can be done without conflicting with the previously stated need by his Department to protect commercially sensitive information for bulk loan sales; if he will examine the possibility of recommending...

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Economic Data (4 Mar 2014)

Brendan Ryan: 32. To ask the Minister for Finance if his Department has records of the performance of Irish companies in terms of net profit or net loss for the purposes of measuring or indicating economic performance; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10510/14]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Irish Airlines Superannuation Scheme (4 Mar 2014)

Brendan Ryan: 497. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the measures his Department are taking regarding the IASS superannuation pension scheme deficit issue; if his Department are working on measures to ensure deferred members can be included in the ongoing negotiations; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10800/14]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Enrolments (26 Feb 2014)

Brendan Ryan: 81. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if a pupil (details supplied) in a school in County Dublin will have a place in that school this coming September; if not, the alternatives that are in place; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [9783/14]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Garda Recruitment (26 Feb 2014)

Brendan Ryan: 160. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality in view of ongoing Garda recruitment, if any consideration is being given to the experience of Garda Reserve personnel as part of the recruitment process; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [9738/14]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Road Projects Status (26 Feb 2014)

Brendan Ryan: 284. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the position regarding funding for a road (details supplied) in County Dublin; when the project will commence; the reason this project has been started; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [9970/14]

Topical Issue Debate: Pension Provisions (25 Feb 2014)

Brendan Ryan: I, together with my colleague, Deputy Kevin Humphreys, welcome the opportunity to speak on this matter and I acknowledge the presence of Deputy Aodhán Ó Ríordáin. My position is simple. I thank the Minister of State for attending on behalf of the Minister, Deputy Varadkar. I would like the Minister, given the State's share in Aer Lingus and the Dublin Airport Authority,...

Topical Issue Debate: Pension Provisions (25 Feb 2014)

Brendan Ryan: I thank the Minister of State for his response. I welcome that he said that the Deputy of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation actively considering issues in regard to the provision of access to former employees generally. However, this will take some time in terms of changes to the law and it will not benefit the workers in Aer Lingus at this time. I ask that the Minister would use the...

Topical Issue Debate: Pension Provisions (25 Feb 2014)

Brendan Ryan: I encourage the Department to see what, if anything, can be done at this stage to ensure their voices are heard.

Protected Disclosures Bill 2013 [Seanad]: Second Stage (Resumed) (20 Feb 2014)

Brendan Ryan: I am delighted to see this Bill before the House for debate and equally delighted to have an opportunity to speak on it. It is a pity, but I suppose understandable, that those in opposition are deciding to speak further on GSOC rather than the merits of the Bill and what it sets out to achieve. This Bill is the delivery on a commitment within the programme for Government to put in place...

Recent Flooding: Statements (12 Feb 2014)

Brendan Ryan: Today we awoke to news of a status red wind warning for Counties Cork and Kerry, with weather systems bashing the coasts throughout the morning and into this afternoon. The past two months have been incessant for so many communities around the country. In my own constituency we have seen severe flooding in Portmarnock, Malahide and Swords as well as spot flooding in almost every other town....

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Education and Social Protection: Implications for Employees of Changes to Pension Age: Discussion (12 Feb 2014)

Brendan Ryan: On the abolition of the transition pension, an individual who reaches his or her 65th birthday in 2014 and has been working up to that point will receive jobseeker's benefit for the full year but somebody who has put in the years of work required for a contributory pension is entitled to apply for jobseeker's allowance if he or she is not working at the age of 65 years and may not qualify for...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Education and Social Protection: Implications for Employees of Changes to Pension Age: Discussion (12 Feb 2014)

Brendan Ryan: I refer to cases in which jobseeker's benefit has expired.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Education and Social Protection: Implications for Employees of Changes to Pension Age: Discussion (12 Feb 2014)

Brendan Ryan: That change will make people feel hard done by.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Education and Social Protection: Implications for Employees of Changes to Pension Age: Discussion (12 Feb 2014)

Brendan Ryan: They will have an additional year in which they will get nothing, despite having a legitimate expectation of receiving a transition pension.

Order of Business (5 Feb 2014)

Brendan Ryan: The Immigration, Residence and Protection Bill 2010 aims to bring much needed reform to our immigration and asylum systems. The Minister for Justice and Equality indicated in the middle of last year that he hoped to bring a revised Bill to the Government before the end of 2013. Can the Taoiseach report any progress on this much needed and long overdue legislation?

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Tenant Purchase Scheme Administration (4 Feb 2014)

Brendan Ryan: 442. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government when the next tenant purchase scheme will be launched. [4961/14]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Oireachtas Joint Committee Reports (4 Feb 2014)

Brendan Ryan: 548. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality further to Parliamentary Question No. 812 of 5 November 2013, if he has received the clarification and advice sought from the chairman of the joint committee, Attorney General and the Minister for Health; and if not when he expects to receive same. [5666/14]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Oireachtas Joint Committee Reports (4 Feb 2014)

Brendan Ryan: 549. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality in relation to the report of the Oireachtas Joint Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality on the current review of prostitution legislation, the timetable for his response to the report's recommendations; if, in view of the political consensus on this issue at committee, he intends to make provision for the report's recommendations; and if...

Order of Business (29 Jan 2014)

Brendan Ryan: Many people who are currently prevented from applying for certain jobs are anxiously waiting for the passage of the Spent Convictions Bill, which is awaiting Report Stage. In the middle of the last term it was on the Order Paper but was withdrawn. What is the reason for the delay? When will it return to the House so that we can complete the passage of the Bill?