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Twenty-ninth Amendment of the Constitution Bill 2009: First Stage (17 Nov 2009)

Alan Shatter: Tairgim: Go gceadófar go dtabharfar isteach Bille dá ngairtear Acht chun an Bunreacht a leasú. I move: That leave be granted to introduce a Bill entitled an Act to amend the Constitution.

Twenty-ninth Amendment of the Constitution Bill 2009: First Stage (17 Nov 2009)

Alan Shatter: Tairgim: "Go dtógfar an Bille in am Comhaltaí Príobháideacha." I move: "That the Bill be taken in Private Members' time."

Written Answers — Public Procurement: Public Procurement (12 Nov 2009)

Alan Shatter: Question 58: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the steps she is taking to streamline the public procurement process for small business; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [40969/09]

Constitutional Amendments. (11 Nov 2009)

Alan Shatter: Question 8: To ask the Taoiseach the referenda he envisages taking place during the lifetime of the current Government; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [35230/09]

Written Answers — Hospital Procedures: Hospital Procedures (10 Nov 2009)

Alan Shatter: Question 208: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the reason the reply to Parliamentary Question No. 443 of 16 September 2009 from the Health Service Executive has not yet been received by this Deputy; the action she will take to ensure that this reply is received. [40200/09]

Order of Business (5 Nov 2009)

Alan Shatter: On promised legislation and in particular the forthcoming budget and promised finance and social welfare Bills that will follow, does the Tánaiste agree that the Minister for Finance, Deputy Brian Lenihan, had an unusual hang-dog expression on his face on the televised portion of the press conference of the Secretary General of the OECD, who launched its report on Ireland yesterday? Does...

Order of Business (5 Nov 2009)

Alan Shatter: I am coming to it. Will the Tánaiste acknowledge that her Government is not only surrendering the independence of this Republic to outside agencies like the OECD, but has abdicated leadership to them so that when, and if, hard measures are introduced in the forthcoming budget, instead of accepting responsibility for what it is doing, it will blame agencies and bodies outside this State?...

Order of Business (5 Nov 2009)

Alan Shatter: My questions relate to forthcoming legislation. We are entitled to know when the legislation will be published. Will it be published in January or February and when can we expect that the predicted harsh measures that the OECD have told the Government this State requires will be implemented? I will conclude by asking the Tánaiste-----

Order of Business (5 Nov 2009)

Alan Shatter: ------if she will explain to the House why the job creation task force has met only once in nine months in circumstances in which we have 420,000 unemployed people in this State? Will that task force submit a report to this House for debate?

Order of Business (5 Nov 2009)

Alan Shatter: The Government ignored its warnings in 2005 and 2006.

Order of Business (5 Nov 2009)

Alan Shatter: Why is it reported that the task force met only once?

Order of Business (5 Nov 2009)

Alan Shatter: Those involved see each other every day.

Order of Business (5 Nov 2009)

Alan Shatter: On promised legislation, there was one thing the Tánaiste said in reply to me that should be clarified. In the context of the promised social welfare Bill that will emerge from the budget, that Bill is usually not published until the following February. Is the Tánaiste indicating to the House that there is a possibility the Bill will be published immediately after the budget and...

Order of Business (5 Nov 2009)

Alan Shatter: That is different.

Order of Business (5 Nov 2009)

Alan Shatter: What about the social welfare Bill? Also, it is scandalous that the HSE, the primary body involved in child protection in the country, is continuing to fail to comply with the Government's child protection guidelines. It would not be tolerated in any other country in the European Union.

Order of Business (5 Nov 2009)

Alan Shatter: Could it be published before Christmas?

Order of Business (5 Nov 2009)

Alan Shatter: So the projected social welfare cuts may be implemented by 1 January and we may have a social welfare Bill guillotined in this House some time between 9 and 18 December.

Order of Business (5 Nov 2009)

Alan Shatter: This is an important issue. It has never happened before that a social welfare Bill has been published within a week of a budget. Is this the Government agenda? Will the social welfare Bill be put through the House before Christmas so cutbacks the Government intends to implement come into operation on 1 January?

Order of Business (5 Nov 2009)

Alan Shatter: It has not been excluded.

National Asset Management Agency Bill 2009: Report Stage (Resumed) and Final Stage (5 Nov 2009)

Alan Shatter: Yesterday evening I raised an issue with the Minister of State at the Department of Foreign Affairs, Deputy Peter Power, who was taking the Bill in the absence of the Minister for Finance. I wish to raise that important issue again to give the Minister for Finance, who is in the House now, an opportunity to respond to it. One of the major difficulties of the operation of NAMA will result...