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- Workers' Remuneration: Motion (Resumed) (22 Jun 2011)
Luke Flanagan: On Monday I had the honour of being asked to visit Abbey national school in Roscommon town to give a talk to 196 young school lads between the ages of six and 12 years. I was asked to explain the position I thought Ireland would be in ten years. The idea was that many of the children listening to me would be adults in ten years going out into the world to look for work by which time it...
- Turbary Rights (22 Jun 2011)
Luke Flanagan: I would need about 25 hours on this issue. I want to clarify something. When one is cutting turf on a high bog, one does not drain the high bog. One would be a fool if one were to do so. It would be the equivalent of trying to make concrete without adding water to the cement and the sand. Water is needed in the high bog to make a brick or sod of turf. We need to get away from the idea...
- Irish Language (22 Jun 2011)
Luke Flanagan: Question 22: To ask the Minister for Arts; Heritage and the Gaeltacht the different methods he will employ from his predecessors in order to revive the Irish language. [13095/11]
- Irish Language (22 Jun 2011)
Luke Flanagan: I thank the Minister of State. First, I apologise that I cannot respond in Irish or as Gaeilge because tá náire mór orm Gaeilge a labhairt because I, like many people, am afraid that I will make an eejit of myself. That is people's main worry about speaking the Irish language. I am not sure whether I should have directed this to the Minister for Education and Skills or to the Minister of...
- Irish Language (22 Jun 2011)
Luke Flanagan: I congratulate the Sinn Féin TDs who, since they have come in here, along with other TDs, have brought the Irish language back here in more of a way than I have ever seen previously.
- Irish Language (22 Jun 2011)
Luke Flanagan: I can actually understand some of it. It is quite hopeful. I would be interested to hear has the Government any innovative plans.
- Written Answers — Financial Services Regulation: Financial Services Regulation (21 Jun 2011)
Luke Flanagan: Question 80: To ask the Minister for Finance when he will publish the Strategic Review of the Credit Union Sector carried out by Grant Thornton on behalf of the Financial Regulator. [16203/11]
- Written Answers — Waste Management: Waste Management (16 Jun 2011)
Luke Flanagan: Question 55: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government his views on the reports in the weekend newspapers regarding waste infrastructure which quoted the president of Covanta Europe when he stated that the situation had changed totally in Ireland with the new Government; and will he confirm or deny that he will be giving the green light to the incineration of...
- Water and Sewerage Services (16 Jun 2011)
Luke Flanagan: I now have about four minutes. I agree fundamentally with the principle that the polluter pays but I do not agree with the Government's interpretation of what a polluter is. If I give my daughter a glass of water I am not polluting. If I give my daughter a glass of water, leaving the tap on for a half hour beforehand, spilling it on the way to her and leaving her with a small bit of water...
- Water and Sewerage Services (16 Jun 2011)
Luke Flanagan: What about the seamless movement from one Government to the other where the policy does not change? No wonder people are cynical about politics.
- Social Welfare and Pensions Bill 2011: Report and Final Stages (16 Jun 2011)
Luke Flanagan: He or she?
- Social Welfare and Pensions Bill 2011: Report and Final Stages (16 Jun 2011)
Luke Flanagan: I am sure the Minister will agree that there are many ways of dealing with different issues, and one does not always have to go down the same road. If a person does not agree with one on a certain course of action, it does not mean he or she is wrong or trying to be bad. There are many different ways of dealing with fraud; I cannot see how the Minister would disagree with that. On that...
- Social Welfare and Pensions Bill 2011: Report and Final Stages (16 Jun 2011)
Luke Flanagan: So we are in favour of fraud - is that what the Minister is saying?
- Social Welfare and Pensions Bill 2011: Committee Stage (Resumed) (15 Jun 2011)
Luke Flanagan: There is another side to this argument. There are good and bad people in all walks of life. There are good and bad people signing on just as there are good and bad people working in the social welfare system. Will everybody be treated equally here? I deal with many people who tell me they have dealt with a bad social welfare official who neglected to advise them of their full entitlements...
- Social Welfare and Pensions Bill 2011: Committee Stage (Resumed) (15 Jun 2011)
Luke Flanagan: We need a better plan for dealing with the economic crisis than hoping to get out of the recession. Hope will not do us any good and we need to plan rather than wish our problems away. Given the limited money left in the State on foot of the Government's capitulation to Europe, would it not have been preferable to use the â¬50 being given to employers for a different purpose? If an...
- Social Welfare and Pensions Bill 2011: Committee Stage (Resumed) (15 Jun 2011)
Luke Flanagan: Why did he change the name and confuse people?
- Social Welfare and Pensions Bill 2011: Committee Stage (Resumed) (15 Jun 2011)
Luke Flanagan: I am somewhat bemused and wondering if someone can set me straight on what benefits arise from raising the pension age. Unless I have missed something, there is not an unlimited amount of work available with many young people looking for work. I am also sure there will be many over 65s in the coming years who would love to retire which could provide work opportunities for our young people....
- Social Welfare and Pensions Bill 2011: Committee Stage (Resumed) (15 Jun 2011)
Luke Flanagan: It is obvious the Minister never worked as a blocklayer.
- Social Welfare and Pensions Bill 2011: Committee Stage (Resumed) (15 Jun 2011)
Luke Flanagan: I had no choice in the matter.
- Social Welfare and Pensions Bill 2011: Committee Stage (Resumed) (15 Jun 2011)
Luke Flanagan: The Government could allow us to continue to cut turf.