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Order of Business (2 Oct 2008)

Ruairi Quinn: I also asked whether it was still the policy to provide for the sale of local authority flats and, if so, if the Bill would be amended in the Seanad to provide for it adequately.

Credit Institutions (Financial Support) Bill 2008: From the Seanad (2 Oct 2008)

Ruairi Quinn: That is the sort of argument that leads to the logic of the one-party state.

Credit Institutions (Financial Support) Bill 2008: From the Seanad (2 Oct 2008)

Ruairi Quinn: I have a procedural question for the Minister of State. Seldom have we debated regulations in the House following the passage of primary legislation. In this instance, the text of the amendment states, "he or she shall cause a draft of the proposed scheme to be laid before each House of the Oireachtas". Perhaps the Ceann Comhairle, the Chief Whip or the Minister of State, Deputy Mansergh,...

Credit Institutions (Financial Support) Bill 2008: Committee Stage (Resumed) (1 Oct 2008)

Ruairi Quinn: The Labour Party never said that.

Credit Institutions (Financial Support) Bill 2008: Committee Stage (Resumed) (1 Oct 2008)

Ruairi Quinn: The road to Damascus is long but fruitful.

Credit Institutions (Financial Support) Bill 2008: Committee Stage (Resumed) (1 Oct 2008)

Ruairi Quinn: Exactly.

Credit Institutions (Financial Support) Bill 2008: Committee Stage (Resumed) (1 Oct 2008)

Ruairi Quinn: Exactly.

Credit Institutions (Financial Support) Bill 2008: Committee Stage (Resumed) (1 Oct 2008)

Ruairi Quinn: I sympathise with the Ceann Comhairle's difficulties in managing this debate and will be as brief as possible. I have listened to the debate all morning and am pleased to be associated with the points made by my Labour Party colleagues. The Minister was not in the Chamber when my party leader, Deputy Gilmore, reiterated the conditions and provisions we seek to have included in the Bill...

Written Answers — Light Rail Project: Light Rail Project (1 Oct 2008)

Ruairi Quinn: Question 44: To ask the Minister for Transport if he will support the development of Luas systems for Cork, Galway and Limerick; the stage these plans are at; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [32514/08]

Written Answers — Light Rail Project: Light Rail Project (1 Oct 2008)

Ruairi Quinn: Question 63: To ask the Minister for Transport the position regarding the major excavation relating to metro north, the Dublin rail interconnector and the Luas link-up; if all of these projects will proceed on time and on budget; the agencies and companies he and his Department have recently met in preparation for the excavation works; when he will begin a public information campaign for...

Credit Institutions (Financial Support) Bill 2008: Second Stage (30 Sep 2008)

Ruairi Quinn: I wish to share time with Deputy Rabbitte.

Credit Institutions (Financial Support) Bill 2008: Second Stage (30 Sep 2008)

Ruairi Quinn: This is not a night for recriminations, but we cannot pretend that this problem fell from the sky. We have had a failure of regulation in this country in the sense that the advice of the regulator — Deputy Bruton has already cited this — to curtail the massive lending and extreme extension of funding into the construction sector was consistently ignored by the lending institutions and by...

Credit Institutions (Financial Support) Bill 2008: Second Stage (30 Sep 2008)

Ruairi Quinn: That is what I am asking. There are many banks in this country with a large number of employees and customers who have been here for a long time, and who see this as blatant discrimination. Time prevents me from proceeding, but I would like to see those questions examined and answered.

Written Answers — Data Collection: Data Collection (30 Sep 2008)

Ruairi Quinn: Question 120: To ask the Minister for Health and Children her plans to develop data collection systems that are in accordance with the standards of the World Health Organisation; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [32167/08]

Written Answers — Social Inclusion: Social Inclusion (30 Sep 2008)

Ruairi Quinn: Question 174: To ask the Minister for Health and Children her views on the findings of a report in August 2008 by the Institute of Public Health and the Combat Poverty Agency which indicates that 5,400 people here die prematurely each year as a result of social inequality and deprivation; the plans she has to address the problem; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [32168/08]

Written Answers — Data Protection: Data Protection (30 Sep 2008)

Ruairi Quinn: Question 193: To ask the Taoiseach the policies in place to secure portable electronic data devices in his Department; if those policies have been published; if so, the locations where they can be viewed; if a system of whole disk encryption has been rolled out to all laptops in his Department; the date by which he expects a satisfactory security policy on portable electronic data devices to...

Written Answers — Data Protection: Data Protection (30 Sep 2008)

Ruairi Quinn: Question 194: To ask the Taoiseach the number of Department owned computer desktops or laptops or other data devices, such as blackberries and memory keys, reported lost, missing or stolen from his Department to date in 2008; the number of same later recovered or found; the number still missing; if sensitive or private data was compromised; and if he will make a statement on the matter....

Written Answers — Data Protection: Data Protection (30 Sep 2008)

Ruairi Quinn: Question 206: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the policies in place to secure portable electronic data devices in her Department; if those policies have been published; if so, the locations where they can be viewed; if a system of whole disk encryption has been rolled out to all laptops in her Department; the date by which she expects a satisfactory...

Written Answers — Data Protection: Data Protection (30 Sep 2008)

Ruairi Quinn: Question 207: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the number of Department owned computer desktops or laptops or other data devices, such as blackberries and memory keys, reported lost, missing or stolen from her Department to date in 2008; the number of same later recovered or found; the number still missing; if sensitive or private data was compromised;...

Written Answers — Data Protection: Data Protection (30 Sep 2008)

Ruairi Quinn: Question 243: To ask the Minister for Finance the policies in place to secure portable electronic data devices in his Department; if those policies have been published; if so, the locations where they can be viewed; if a system of whole disk encryption has been rolled out to all laptops in his Department; the date by which he expects a satisfactory security policy on portable electronic...