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Joint Oireachtas Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality: VFM Review of Reserve Defence Force: Discussion with Minister for Defence and RDFRA (24 Apr 2013)

Éamon Ó Cuív: That should have been reorganised years ago. The Minister is dead right there. I have no problem with that. My party accepts that.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality: VFM Review of Reserve Defence Force: Discussion with Minister for Defence and RDFRA (24 Apr 2013)

Éamon Ó Cuív: Who was on the steering committee? In my experience of Departments when they do these VFMs they make sure the steering committee is designed in such a way that they know beforehand what answer they want and they make sure that they get that answer.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality: VFM Review of Reserve Defence Force: Discussion with Minister for Defence and RDFRA (24 Apr 2013)

Éamon Ó Cuív: That is very different from the Oireachtas Joint Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality: VFM Review of Reserve Defence Force: Discussion with Minister for Defence and RDFRA (24 Apr 2013)

Éamon Ó Cuív: The Minister is absolutely correct. I did not get an opportunity to read the report because as I explained when I came in-----

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality: VFM Review of Reserve Defence Force: Discussion with Minister for Defence and RDFRA (24 Apr 2013)

Éamon Ó Cuív: Does the Minister read all the reports published by every Department all the time?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality: VFM Review of Reserve Defence Force: Discussion with Minister for Defence and RDFRA (24 Apr 2013)

Éamon Ó Cuív: As the Minister might be aware, this is not my brief.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality: VFM Review of Reserve Defence Force: Discussion with Minister for Defence and RDFRA (24 Apr 2013)

Éamon Ó Cuív: I thank the Minister for reading out the list of names. It seems extraordinary to me that this VFM is basically the Department and the Army looking at the Department and the Army. Steering committees, as I know from experience as a Minister, tend to be totally dominated by the system and get the answer the system wants. Was the wider good to society in general of the training and...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality: VFM Review of Reserve Defence Force: Discussion with Minister for Defence and RDFRA (24 Apr 2013)

Éamon Ó Cuív: I will be deputising for Deputy Ó Feargháil.

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Employment Support Services (24 Apr 2013)

Éamon Ó Cuív: 11. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the number of staff within her Department committed to employer engagement as part of the pathways to work strategy, the use of private contractors in the INTREO activation service; the number of INTREO offices opened across the State; the amount planned in the future; the amount of money spent on INTREO offices across the State to date in 2013;...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Disadvantaged Areas Scheme Appeals (24 Apr 2013)

Éamon Ó Cuív: 209. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine when a decision will be made on an appeal to the 2012 disadvantaged area scheme appeal committee by a person (details supplied) in County Galway; the reason for the delay in deciding this appeal; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [19168/13]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Limistéir faoi Mhíbhuntáiste (24 Apr 2013)

Éamon Ó Cuív: 210. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine cén uair a dhéanfar cinneadh ar achomharc faoi scéim na limistéar faoi mhíbhuntáiste 2012 atá déanta ag duine i nGaillimh (sonraí tugtha); cén fáth go bhfuil móill leis an gcinneadh seo; agus an ndéanfaidh sé ráiteas ina thaobh. [19175/13]

Written Answers — Department of Children and Youth Affairs: Childcare Education and Training Scheme (24 Apr 2013)

Éamon Ó Cuív: 223. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the reason persons on the jobbridge schemes are treated differently from other persons on activation schemes and persons in receipt of social welfare for the purposes of the childcare subvention scheme; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [19409/13]

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Groceries Sector: Discussion (Resumed) with FDII and IFA (23 Apr 2013)

Éamon Ó Cuív: I do not think Senator Pat O'Neill would be too keen on that one.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Groceries Sector: Discussion (Resumed) with FDII and IFA (23 Apr 2013)

Éamon Ó Cuív: I am not talking about containers.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Groceries Sector: Discussion (Resumed) with FDII and IFA (23 Apr 2013)

Éamon Ó Cuív: So the focus is on the collection.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Groceries Sector: Discussion (Resumed) with FDII and IFA (23 Apr 2013)

Éamon Ó Cuív: No, I did not. I want to correct that.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Groceries Sector: Discussion (Resumed) with FDII and IFA (23 Apr 2013)

Éamon Ó Cuív: No. Let Mr. Smith finish and then we will go back to that.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Groceries Sector: Discussion (Resumed) with FDII and IFA (23 Apr 2013)

Éamon Ó Cuív: Can I come back in again?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Groceries Sector: Discussion (Resumed) with FDII and IFA (23 Apr 2013)

Éamon Ó Cuív: The IFA representative said he would like to see competition law changed here. As he quite rightly pointed out, he has a lot more resources than I do as an Opposition politician. Is it possible for us to do so within European law? I am against it and I will be absolutely blunt about this. One of the worst decisions that was ever made in Europe was the Sutherland competition law. It has...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Groceries Sector: Discussion (Resumed) with FDII and IFA (23 Apr 2013)

Éamon Ó Cuív: I welcome the IFA back before the committee. It is not the first time it has been before us. I have been asking about the consumer and competition Bill for some time. Mr. Bryan will be delighted to hear that there is no need to apply any more pressure. The Taoiseach gave a categoric assurance to me on the floor of the Dáil last week that the Bill would be published in this session....