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Order of Business (10 Feb 2010)

Emmet Stagg: It is appropriate on the Order of Business.

Order of Business (10 Feb 2010)

Emmet Stagg: You are all browned off over there.

Order of Business (10 Feb 2010)

Emmet Stagg: On the same issue, what we find difficult to understand about this matter is that it took the Government four years to produce a Bill.

Order of Business (10 Feb 2010)

Emmet Stagg: Let me make the point. I will be very brief.

Order of Business (10 Feb 2010)

Emmet Stagg: Second Stage of that legislation went through the Seanad. Suddenly, there was a new Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform, all hell broke loose and the Bill was no good anymore.

Order of Business (10 Feb 2010)

Emmet Stagg: It had to go back for consultation with a long list of people who had vested interests, mainly in maintaining the status quo.

Written Answers — Public Sector Pay: Public Sector Pay (9 Feb 2010)

Emmet Stagg: Question 194: To ask the Minister for Finance if he will amend the policy whereby the public service pay cut is applied to civil servants on a split week basis as follows, 5% reduction on earnings up to €15,000 and 7.5% reduction on earnings above €15,000 per year; and his views whether the current policy is inequitable. [6502/10]

Written Answers — Rail Network: Rail Network (9 Feb 2010)

Emmet Stagg: Question 298: To ask the Minister for Transport the cost to date of the Kildare route project; and the expected expenditure to complete the project in full. [6625/10]

Written Answers — Parental Leave: Parental Leave (9 Feb 2010)

Emmet Stagg: Question 313: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform his views on the issue of paternity leave; and if he has had discussions with the Department of Social and Family Affairs on the issue. [6772/10]

Written Answers — Emigrant Support Services: Emigrant Support Services (9 Feb 2010)

Emmet Stagg: Question 373: To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs if funding is available for the construction of the Irish World Heritage Centre in Manchester, England; and the amount available in 2010. [6501/10]

Written Answers — Social Welfare Benefits: Social Welfare Benefits (9 Feb 2010)

Emmet Stagg: Question 463: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs the reason for the delay in awarding carer's allowance in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Kildare. [6376/10]

Written Answers — Social Welfare Code: Social Welfare Code (9 Feb 2010)

Emmet Stagg: Question 506: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs if it is possible for a person to claim family income supplement as well as jobseeker's benefit, where the person is on a three day week and works three days and receives jobseeker's benefit for the other three days. [6684/10]

Written Answers — Schools Building Projects: Schools Building Projects (9 Feb 2010)

Emmet Stagg: Question 699: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if he will sanction funding for the provision of a required extension to a school (details supplied) in County Kildare. [6655/10]

Order of Business (4 Feb 2010)

Emmet Stagg: On a point of order, the Ceann Comhairle seems to be restricting what can be raised on the Order of Business outside of the Standing Orders. Under Standing Order 26, the following can be raised: business on the Order Paper; the taking of business that has been promised - which is what was just raised by my colleague - including legislation promised either within or outside the Dáil; the...

Order of Business (4 Feb 2010)

Emmet Stagg: The Chair must abide by the Standing Orders of the House. It is not a case of the Order of Business turning into Question Time.

Order of Business (4 Feb 2010)

Emmet Stagg: Members are entitled to raise the matters to which I referred on the Order of Business.

Order of Business (4 Feb 2010)

Emmet Stagg: The Tánaiste is one of the crowd who got us into this mess in the first place.

Flood Relief. (4 Feb 2010)

Emmet Stagg: It is unsatisfactory that the Minister, to whom this Adjournment matter is personally addressed, has prepared a script without knowing what I have to say. It is not acceptable and I hope the Dáil reform committee will deal with such situations so that when questions are put to Ministers, they or their juniors would be present. This is no reflection on the Minister of State with...

Flood Relief. (4 Feb 2010)

Emmet Stagg: We are dealing with it and have agreed a proposal to force Ministers and Ministers of State into the House when it is their job to be present, but we have other matters with which to deal before we can finalise it. The Waterways estate in Sallins, County Kildare, was built in 2006 and occupied shortly after late 2007. Planning was done in two phases and matters in the planning files indicate...

Flood Relief. (4 Feb 2010)

Emmet Stagg: May I ask a brief question?