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Financial Stability Development in Ireland and Elsewhere: Statements (16 Nov 2010)

Michael Woods: Withdraw that statement.

Financial Stability Development in Ireland and Elsewhere: Statements (16 Nov 2010)

Michael Woods: On a point of order-----

Financial Stability Development in Ireland and Elsewhere: Statements (16 Nov 2010)

Michael Woods: Has the Deputy withdrawn his statement?

Social Welfare Cuts: Motion (Resumed) (16 Dec 2009)

Michael Woods: I will refer on the Deputy's request.

Social Welfare Cuts: Motion (Resumed) (16 Dec 2009)

Michael Woods: The Deputy has one minute left.

Social Welfare Cuts: Motion (Resumed) (16 Dec 2009)

Michael Woods: I understand Deputy Denis Naughten is sharing his time with Deputy Terence Flanagan and Deputy Alan Shatter. Is that agreed? Agreed.

Social Welfare Cuts: Motion (Resumed) (16 Dec 2009)

Michael Woods: I understand the Minister of State, Deputy John Moloney, is sharing time with Deputies Mary O'Rourke, M.J. Nolan and Cyprian Brady.

Social Welfare Cuts: Motion (Resumed) (16 Dec 2009)

Michael Woods: Under the sharing arrangement I now call Deputy Mary O'Rourke who has five minutes.

Social Welfare Cuts: Motion (Resumed) (16 Dec 2009)

Michael Woods: One minute remains to the Deputy.

Social Welfare Cuts: Motion (Resumed) (16 Dec 2009)

Michael Woods: The Deputy's time is up.

Social Welfare Cuts: Motion (Resumed) (16 Dec 2009)

Michael Woods: It is. That is the reason I indicated that one minute remained, just to let the Deputy know.

Social Welfare Cuts: Motion (Resumed) (16 Dec 2009)

Michael Woods: Deputy Stanton wishes to share time with Deputies Paul Kehoe, Olivia Mitchell, Joe McHugh and George Lee. Is that agreed? Agreed.

Ryan Report on the Commission to Inquire into Child Abuse: Motion (Resumed) (12 Jun 2009)

Michael Woods: There has been a great deal of poorly informed comment on the agreement the Government made with the religious congregations in 2002. I wish to place on the record of the House the facts regarding that agreement. It was my privilege as Minister for Education and Science to bring through the Oireachtas, in the timescale set by the Government and requested by the victims, two seminal and...

Ryan Report on the Commission to Inquire into Child Abuse: Motion (Resumed) (12 Jun 2009)

Michael Woods: On 20 February 2002, the Final Stages of the Residential Institutions Redress Bill were taken in Dáil Éireann. The CORI package and indemnity were discussed again. It was estimated at the time that the overall cost could be up to €500 million. However, since neither the number of victims who were abused nor the extent of injuries was known, the figure could be considerably higher.

Ryan Report on the Commission to Inquire into Child Abuse: Motion (Resumed) (12 Jun 2009)

Michael Woods: I am not and Deputy Shortall will find much of this information in the Ryan report. The Bill passed its Final Stages with the stated agreement of all parties. Deputy Michael Creed, on behalf of the Fine Gael Party, and Deputy Róisín Shortall, on behalf of the Labour Party, thanked me, as Minister, and my officials for the work done on this complex Bill and both Deputies regretted that day...

Ryan Report on the Commission to Inquire into Child Abuse: Motion (Resumed) (12 Jun 2009)

Michael Woods: While I understood the Deputies' concern, I stated we were only dealing with the residential schools and reformatories which were under complete, 24-hour control of the Department of Education. On 8 March 2002, the CORI package was outlined in Seanad Éireann and fully discussed and approved by the House. The Bill was finalised in Seanad Éireann on 22 March 2002 and in Dáil Éireann on 28...

Ryan Report on the Commission to Inquire into Child Abuse: Motion (Resumed) (12 Jun 2009)

Michael Woods: It is his confusion, not mine. Once again, the Deputy is wrong. The indemnity was before the Dáil and Seanad committee and it was fully and openly discussed-----

Ryan Report on the Commission to Inquire into Child Abuse: Motion (Resumed) (12 Jun 2009)

Michael Woods: -----and had the benefit of the advice of the Attorney General-----

Ryan Report on the Commission to Inquire into Child Abuse: Motion (Resumed) (12 Jun 2009)

Michael Woods: -----of his office and of the experts in the Department of Finance, the Department of Education and Science and others.

Ryan Report on the Commission to Inquire into Child Abuse: Motion (Resumed) (12 Jun 2009)

Michael Woods: The indemnity is in the legislation. What the Deputies are referring to is the final details which the Attorney General -----