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- EU-IMF Programme: Statements (14 Nov 2013)
Robert Dowds: The Deputy is a disgrace.
- EU-IMF Programme: Statements (14 Nov 2013)
Robert Dowds: Deputy Martin and his party dragged our country into the dirt.
- EU-IMF Programme: Statements (14 Nov 2013)
Robert Dowds: Deputy Martin and his party dragged our country into the dirt.
- EU-IMF Programme: Statements (14 Nov 2013)
Robert Dowds: Deputy Martin and his party dragged our country into the dirt. How dare he.
- Order of Business (12 Nov 2013)
Robert Dowds: In light of yesterday's Lissadell judgment, will the Government consider-----
- Order of Business (12 Nov 2013)
Robert Dowds: This relates to legislation.
- Order of Business (12 Nov 2013)
Robert Dowds: Will the Government consider looking at the Bill I brought to the floor of the House before the summer recess? There are serious questions on access.
- Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Sentencing Policy (12 Nov 2013)
Robert Dowds: 314. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality his view on whether Ireland has adequate legislation in terms of prosecuting white collar crime; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [47978/13]
- Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Sentencing Policy (12 Nov 2013)
Robert Dowds: 315. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the sanctions that can be imposed on persons found guilty of white collar crime; and the length of sentence that can be imposed. [47979/13]
- Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Sentencing Policy (12 Nov 2013)
Robert Dowds: 316. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if he will clarify which white collar offences are civil and which are criminal. [47980/13]
- Cannabis Regulation: Motion (Resumed) [Private Members] (6 Nov 2013)
Robert Dowds: In my remarks on this subject, I really want to dwell on the wider issue rather than just cannabis. In that sense, I welcome the fact there is a motion on drugs being discussed, even if that motion is only on one drug that is deemed relatively minor in terms of the harm it does. I call on the Government to set up a high-powered committee to report within a year on how best to tackle illegal...
- Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Office of Public Works Properties (5 Nov 2013)
Robert Dowds: 357. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if he will provide a breakdown of the cost per Civil Service employee of office space; and the way this compares to similar figures in the private sector. [46371/13]
- Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Office of Public Works Properties (5 Nov 2013)
Robert Dowds: 358. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if he will provide figures for the past three years for which data are available of the occupancy rate of property owned by Departments. [46372/13]
- Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Social Insurance Rates (5 Nov 2013)
Robert Dowds: 412. To ask the Minister for Social Protection if she will confirm the employer PRSI at the lower rate will return to 8.5% from January 2014 at the expiry of the special rate of 4.25%. [46373/13]
- Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Community Welfare Services (5 Nov 2013)
Robert Dowds: 526. To ask the Minister for Social Protection in relation to the centralisation of community welfare officers in Intreo offices, if the new offices will provide space for private discussion between a local resident and a community welfare officer. [46374/13]
- Written Answers — Department of Communications, Energy and Natural Resources: Energy Resources (5 Nov 2013)
Robert Dowds: 608. To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources the reasons energy resources lying within the territory of the State, including its territorial waters, cannot be nationalised and exploited by the State itself for the benefit of the Irish people as is the practice in other European states; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [45672/13]
- Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Cash for Gold Trade (5 Nov 2013)
Robert Dowds: 787. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if he is considering mandating identification checks on persons selling items at cash for gold outlets, following on from his Department's report on this issue last year. [46370/13]
- Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Rail Services (5 Nov 2013)
Robert Dowds: 1294. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the conditions for carriage of bicycles on Irish Rail, both DART and Intercity services; and if the conditions could be loosened on intercity services in order to facilitate cycle tourism. [47054/13]
- Social Welfare and Pensions Bill 2013: Second Stage (Resumed) (24 Oct 2013)
Robert Dowds: Having listened to the last few speakers, one would think that the Minister, Deputy Burton, sat up in bed at night thinking about how she could punish people. I happened to meet her a few days before the budget and she was clearly distressed by the fact that she would have to cut anything at all. Every effort of hers was aimed at minimising the budget's negative impact. That is the type of...
- Social Welfare and Pensions Bill 2013: Second Stage (Resumed) (24 Oct 2013)
Robert Dowds: It was guns Sinn Féin brought into the country.