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Order of Business (5 May 2011)

Mary Lou McDonald: In a sense, every day is Europe day. Can the Tánaiste enlighten us as to when the committees will be established? On the revised memorandum of understanding, the suggestion is to bring forward legislation to increase the current rate of carbon tax. I do not have to tell the Tánaiste or his colleagues about the issue of fuel poverty. More than 115,000 customers of Bord Gáis are behind...

Order of Business (5 May 2011)

Mary Lou McDonald: Families are struggling. Given that the Labour Party and Fine Gael were very strident on this matter in the last Dáil, when is it proposed to bring forward legislation on it?

Written Answers — Public Procurement: Public Procurement (5 May 2011)

Mary Lou McDonald: Question 26: To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Innovation if he has received the report and data from the National Procurement Service in relation to public procurement here, in particular in relation to quantifying the numbers of contracts which are being competed for, and won by, small and medium enterprise; the date on which the NPS will carry out surveys to ascertain the...

Written Answers — Jobs Initiative: Jobs Initiative (5 May 2011)

Mary Lou McDonald: Question 101: To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the measures included in the jobs initiative to ensure the target of an additional 15,000 jobs in the hospitality sector as contained within the Strategy and Action Plan for Trade, Tourism and Investment to 2015 is met; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10145/11]

Departmental Schemes (10 May 2011)

Mary Lou McDonald: Question 45: To ask the Minister for Social Protection if she will provide the guidelines and criteria that will govern the targeting and selection of persons to participate in Tús; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [10452/11]

Written Answers — Employment Support Services: Employment Support Services (10 May 2011)

Mary Lou McDonald: Question 59: To ask the Minister for Social Protection if responsibility for the local employment service will transfer to her Department; and if so, the date of same. [10451/11]

Written Answers — Consultancy Contracts: Consultancy Contracts (10 May 2011)

Mary Lou McDonald: Question 95: To ask the Minister for Finance the positions held by a person (details supplied) and the consultancy contracts undertaken by a company on behalf of his Department over the past ten years. [10416/11]

Written Answers — Training Programmes: Training Programmes (10 May 2011)

Mary Lou McDonald: Question 422: To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the reason the Fáilte Ireland training centre at a location (details supplied) closed last month; the action he will take to provide for the 250 bar, restaurant and culinary training places lost following the closure of the training centre; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10553/11]

Jobs Initiative 2011: Statements (Resumed) (11 May 2011)

Mary Lou McDonald: I wish to share time with Deputy Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin. For the purposes of clarity it is only fair that I clarify a point. Deputy Sean Sherlock has stated the Fine Gael-Labour Party programme for Government was mandated by the House. It is more correct to say the Fine Gael-Labour Party programme for Government was mandated by Fine Gael and the Labour Party in this House.

Jobs Initiative 2011: Statements (Resumed) (11 May 2011)

Mary Lou McDonald: I note the irony-----

Jobs Initiative 2011: Statements (Resumed) (11 May 2011)

Mary Lou McDonald: Yes. Not to split hairs, but it is a Fine Gael-Labour Party-----

Jobs Initiative 2011: Statements (Resumed) (11 May 2011)

Mary Lou McDonald: With all due respect, I am not. For all the Minister of State's talk about innovation which is, naturally, welcome, this jobs initiative represents more of the same. It is most unambitious. There are 104,684 people jobless in Dublin alone and almost 500,000 throughout the State and the Government trumpets plans to spend paltry sums of money in response. Nero fiddles while Rome burns. As...

Written Answers — Legislative Programme: Legislative Programme (11 May 2011)

Mary Lou McDonald: Question 63: To ask the Minister for Finance the date he will publish the Ministers Secretaries (Amendment) Bill which will provide for the establishment of a Department of Public Expenditure and Reform; the location of the Department of Public Expenditure and Reform; the number of staff that will be allocated to the Department; and the number of advisers for same. [10796/11]

Written Answers — Garda Recruitment: Garda Recruitment (11 May 2011)

Mary Lou McDonald: Question 128: To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the number of persons currently on the panel of Garda trainees awaiting to commence training; when the Garda college in Templemore, County Tipperary, will begin accepting applicants from the panel, some of whom have been on the panel for over two years; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10914/11]

Order of Business (12 May 2011)

Mary Lou McDonald: I see that questions will be taken at 3.30 p.m. What will be the duration of Question Time?

Order of Business (12 May 2011)

Mary Lou McDonald: My understanding is that questions may be put to the Minister for Finance. Is that the case and how long will that question and answer session be?

Order of Business (12 May 2011)

Mary Lou McDonald: Given the length of the statements made on the jobs initiative, allocating half an hour at the tail end for questions to the Minister for Finance is completely inadequate. We ask that the period be extended. It is hardly longer than the speaking slots given to Members.

Order of Business (12 May 2011)

Mary Lou McDonald: Yes.

Order of Business (12 May 2011)

Mary Lou McDonald: On promised legislation, the heads of Bill have not yet been agreed for the personal insolvency Bill. All of us will agree that yesterday the Master of the High Court set out very clearly the catastrophic consequences of aggressive banks pursuing desperate people laden with debts they cannot meet. The law is clearly inadequate. It is agreed by the Government that we need an overhaul of...

Order of Business (12 May 2011)

Mary Lou McDonald: Given that the Government was so swift to pump billions of euro of taxpayers' money into banks, and given the failure of this Administration so far to act to protect the interests of distressed debtors and mortgage holders, which I have raised before with the Tánaiste, I ask that he would address this matter with some urgency and that he give a commitment to the House that the legislation...