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Criminal Law (Defence and the Dwelling) Bill 2010: Second Stage (20 Oct 2010)

Jimmy Devins: ...Criminal Law (Defence and the Dwelling) Bill. The defence of a person's dwelling house is an issue that arouses great public debate when a person is put in a situation where he or she must defend his or her property or, more importantly, his or her life arising from an attack on his or her property by an intruder, such as a burglar. This interest is not just confined to Ireland but...

Education (Amendment) Bill 2010: Second Stage (Resumed) (13 Oct 2010)

Jimmy Devins: I thank the Minister of State, Deputy Mary White, for sharing time with me. I am pleased to have an opportunity to speak to this important Bill, which gives effect to the provision of primary education by the vocational education committees at the direction of the Minister for Education and Skills or on its own initiative. It also allows a VEC to act as the patron of a primary school. It is...

Accident and Emergency Services (12 May 2010)

Jimmy Devins: I thank the Acting Chairman and the Ceann Comhairle for allowing this motion on the Adjournment tonight. I welcome the Minister for Social Protection, Deputy Ó Cuív, and thank him for attending. We live in times of great financial difficulty. At the moment every citizen of our country is suffering from reduced income, in some cases, much reduced income. The Government is to be commended...

Obesity Levels: Statements (1 Apr 2010)

Jimmy Devins: ...The public has much interest in the obesity issue. Up to 500,000 people watched "Operation Transformation" every week on television while its webpage received over 3 million hits in eight weeks. This has never happened before to a programme on RTE. I pay tribute to the programme, in particular Gerry Ryan, and the experts who helped us when we participated in it. It brought home to me...

Finance Bill 2010: Second Stage (Resumed) (10 Feb 2010)

Jimmy Devins: ...is unsustainable. Our living standards will be severely reduced. Ireland has had its independence for the past 90 years and it is essential that we sort out our financial difficulties. This Bill, the budget and plan which the Minister for Finance has put in place for the next three years, which has been approved by the EU, is the start of the difficult and painful road to recovery....

Written Answers — Garda Stations: Garda Stations (9 Feb 2010)

Jimmy Devins: Question 364: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform his plans to provide alternative accommodation and-or upgrade the existing building in view of the inadequate facilities at Sligo Garda station. [6961/10]

Written Answers — School Staffing: School Staffing (9 Jun 2009)

Jimmy Devins: Question 642: To ask the Minister for Education and Science his views on changing the date for calculation of teacher numbers from September of the previous year to 31 May of the current year, if necessary getting the board of management and the parents to certify that the enrolling pupils are applied to enroll in one school only. [22291/09]

Duchenne Muscular Dystrophy: Motion (21 May 2009)

Jimmy Devins: I thank Deputy Blaney for sharing his time with me. At the outset, I congratulate the Minister of State, Deputy Moloney, who is doing a wonderful job in a challenging and difficult brief. I am delighted to have the opportunity to say a few words on this important motion. Muscular dystrophy is a very disabling condition. Unlike many conditions in medicine, unfortunately, it does not have a...

Home Help Service. (10 Feb 2009)

Jimmy Devins: I am taking this Adjournment matter on behalf of my colleague, the Minister for Health and Children, Deputy Harney. I thank Deputy Crawford for raising this issue, as it provides me with an opportunity to reaffirm the Government's continued commitment to providing services for older people generally and, in particular, the important area of the home help service. Government policy is to...

Small and Medium Enterprise. (10 Dec 2008)

Jimmy Devins: ...institutions. While the banking sector is the responsibility of my colleague the Minister for Finance, Deputy Brian Lenihan, my Department has worked closely with the Minister and officials of his Department on encouraging the banks to assume their responsibility to provide support to economic development and to provide credit to SMEs in particular. The Deputy will no doubt be aware that...

Seanad: Harbours (Amendment) Bill 2008: Second Stage (8 Oct 2008)

Jimmy Devins: I thank those Senators who contributed to the debate for the constructive manner in which they have approached the Second Stage of this Bill. We all realise the critical importance of the State's commercial ports to our economy and the vital role they play in facilitating growth and prosperity. The Minister of State outlined to the House his belief that this Bill will further enhance the...

Community Employment Schemes. (24 Sep 2008)

Jimmy Devins: I thank the Deputy for his suggestions. It is important to stress again that FÁS, because of the downturn in the construction industry in particular, is actively engaged in meeting people who have been, unfortunately, made redundant and providing them with a personal work programme to assist them in returning to employment. All of the suggestions made must be considered in the context of...

Job Losses. (19 Jun 2008)

Jimmy Devins: ...to resources as a normal course of operations to meet changing business requirements in a very dynamic industry. The company has decided to streamline its cellular design centres and as part of this decision is proposing that all programmes in its Cork design facility be transferred to other locations and the facility be closed. The closure of the facility is expected in September 2008...

Seanad: Bullying in the Workplace (19 Jun 2008)

Jimmy Devins: .... I want, at the outset of my response to Senator Norris, to make it clear to the House that my Department did not make any allegations against the individual involved and never sought to question his good name. These matters have been the subject of a number of parliamentary questions in the Dail and the position of my Department has been fully explained, most recently in reply to...

Health Services: Motion (22 Apr 2008)

Jimmy Devins: I am happy to avail of the opportunity this debate provides to clearly outline the Government's commitment to providing a high quality rehabilitation service for all people with acquired brain injury, as well as disability services generally. As we are all aware, an acquired brain injury can occur at any time as a result of an accident, assault, fall, brain haemorrhage or viral infection....

Child Protection Issues. (17 Apr 2008)

Jimmy Devins: I thank Deputy Shatter for raising this issue and welcome the opportunity to respond on behalf of my colleague, Deputy Brendan Smith, Minister of State with responsibility for children, who is in Armagh at a North-South function and cannot attend the debate. The Minister welcomes the publication by the Health Service Executive on 15 April 2008 of the review inquiry into child protection...

Written Answers — Health Research Funding: Health Research Funding (4 Mar 2008)

Jimmy Devins: ...funding of health research being carried out in the UK is not appropriate to the Good Friday Agreement, North South Ministerial Council or the INTERREG Programme, as referred to by the Deputy in his questions. The Department of Health and Children does not directly fund research and I have recommended that the researchers apply to the Health Research Board for joint funding of the proposed...

Written Answers — Medicinal Products: Medicinal Products (4 Mar 2008)

Jimmy Devins: ...the Department have been in touch with Dr Peter Kohler, Stockholm, Sweden and I understand that he is willing to undertake the clinical assessment at the Red Cross Hospital, Stockholm and provide his expert opinion on each individual case. The Department is in contact with Dr Kohler with regard to his requirements prior to assessment and arrangements for carrying out the assessment. The...

Courts Service. (28 Feb 2008)

Jimmy Devins: ...according to location. While some venues are in a position to schedule cases for the next sittings, others are experiencing delays due to a variety of factors. The president of each court has at his disposal unassigned judges who can be used to assist permanently assigned judges where pressure of work demands it. If more judges are required, they will be appointed. The Deputy referred...

Citizenship Applications. (28 Feb 2008)

Jimmy Devins: ...for applications for certificates of naturalisation is approximately 30 months from the date the application is received until such time as the applicant is informed of the Minister's decision. This is primarily due to the significant increase in the volume of applications received in recent years. The number of applications received in 2007 was 8,003, an increase of almost 100% on the...