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Joint Oireachtas Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Scrutiny of EU Legislative Proposals (18 Dec 2012)

Anthony Lawlor: In the slide on the Ban of the Big Four clauses.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Scrutiny of EU Legislative Proposals (18 Dec 2012)

Anthony Lawlor: We do not have a copy of the presentation.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Scrutiny of EU Legislative Proposals (18 Dec 2012)

Anthony Lawlor: I thank the witnesses for attending the committee. I have a number of points. There is no trust with the auditing companies and accountancy firms. The Nyborg report clarified that the auditors had a major role to play in the banking crisis here. When one looks at the responsibility in the food chain, IAASA is at the top and, therefore, it has responsibility for its failure. I acknowledge...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Scrutiny of EU Legislative Proposals (18 Dec 2012)

Anthony Lawlor: This makes me nervous.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Scrutiny of EU Legislative Proposals (18 Dec 2012)

Anthony Lawlor: The point is where it is coming from. The ICAI was mentioned. The institute has a view, which depends on its members who pay a levy. The organisation is dictated to by the membership. I am nervous about where the funding will come from as IASA seeks to increase in size. I would rather it came from the Exchequer, which is independent. We might not be able to afford it at the moment but...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Scrutiny of EU Legislative Proposals (18 Dec 2012)

Anthony Lawlor: I am sorry; I did not realise that. What legislation will we have to introduce as a result of this directive being adopted? What are the implications of the proposed legislation?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Scrutiny of EU Legislative Proposals (18 Dec 2012)

Anthony Lawlor: They should make that point.

Written Answers — Department of Health: General Practitioner Services (16 Jan 2013)

Anthony Lawlor: To ask the Minister for Health the number of general practitioners who have been reported to the Health Service Executive for charging medical card holders for blood tests; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [1690/13]

Written Answers — Department of Health: General Medical Services Scheme (16 Jan 2013)

Anthony Lawlor: To ask the Minister for Health the progress that has been made between his Department, the Health Service Executive and the Irish Medical Orgainsation to review the GMS contract with general practitioners; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [1691/13]

Electoral (Amendment) (Dáil Constituencies) Bill 2012: Second Stage (Resumed) (17 Jan 2013)

Anthony Lawlor: I appreciate that. I will postpone my slot and take it up later on.

Written Answers — Department of Health: Motorised Transport Scheme (22 Jan 2013)

Anthony Lawlor: 606. To ask the Minister for Health if he will update Dáil Éireann on the motorised transport grant scheme; if he will declare the number of participants annually in the years 2007 to-date and the value of these grants annually in the last five years; if eligibility criteria have changed in the last five years and if there are plans to review the criteria in future; and if he will...

Euro Area Loan Facility (Amendment) Bill 2013: Second Stage (Resumed) (23 Jan 2013)

Anthony Lawlor: Deputy Ó Cuív was asleep for 14 years.

Euro Area Loan Facility (Amendment) Bill 2013: Second Stage (Resumed) (23 Jan 2013)

Anthony Lawlor: Why is the Deputy bringing this up?

Euro Area Loan Facility (Amendment) Bill 2013: Second Stage (Resumed) (23 Jan 2013)

Anthony Lawlor: Confidence.

Euro Area Loan Facility (Amendment) Bill 2013: Second Stage (Resumed) (23 Jan 2013)

Anthony Lawlor: In the markets.

Euro Area Loan Facility (Amendment) Bill 2013: Second Stage (Resumed) (23 Jan 2013)

Anthony Lawlor: This is part of an ongoing process and is the second or third Euro Area Loan Facility Bill we have had before us. This Bill deals with the current situation in Greece. This time last year, commentators and economists, and even politicians, feared the Greek situation was getting out of hand and that Greece would leave the euro, having a detrimental effect on the entire eurozone. Now,...

Euro Area Loan Facility (Amendment) Bill 2013: Second Stage (Resumed) (23 Jan 2013)

Anthony Lawlor: Mr. Foley was discussing the talks that happened at the ECOFIN meeting. He came across in a very positive manner and explained it so simply that a layman like myself could understand exactly what was going on. I am delighted that we are here today to support our Greek colleagues. Unlike Deputy Boyd Barrett who, if there was a fire in the house of my neighbour, would be running around to...

Euro Area Loan Facility (Amendment) Bill 2013: Second Stage (Resumed) (23 Jan 2013)

Anthony Lawlor: As a stanch European, I will do whatever I can in this Parliament to help our colleagues who sometimes are in difficulty, like our colleagues in Europe helped us. I welcome this Bill and I will be supporting it wholeheartedly.

Electoral (Amendment) (Dáil Constituencies) Bill 2012: Second Stage (Resumed) (24 Jan 2013)

Anthony Lawlor: That sends a message.

Electoral (Amendment) (Dáil Constituencies) Bill 2012: Second Stage (Resumed) (24 Jan 2013)

Anthony Lawlor: I, too, am pleased to speak on the Electoral (Amendment) (Dáil Constituencies) Bill 2012. I wonder, however, if the Bill is premature. One of the key elements of the recently established Constitutional Convention is to look at the electoral system and possibly change the way we vote and elect our TDs. We are probably premature in looking at this issue. As a result, counties will be...