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Banking Sector: Statements (3 Mar 2021)

Willie O'Dea: ...very appropriately named because, in Greek mythology, Cerberus was the monstrous creature that guarded the gates of hell and prevented its inmates from escaping. It was supposed to have had three dog's heads, snakes growing from its body and a serpent's tail. The vulture funds, including the latter-day Cerberus, have a long and distinguished record of consigning people to a living hell...

Correcting Pension Inequities: Motion [Private Members] (18 Oct 2017)

Willie O'Dea: ...before 2012 will remember that we used to get the odd complaint about the averaging system because averaging systems give rise to incidents of inherent unfairness. Complaints have multiplied since 2012, however. We, in Fianna Fáil, doggedly opposed these changes in debate after debate in this House, in Question Time after Question Time and in committee meeting after committee...

Questions on Proposed Legislation (7 Dec 2016)

Willie O'Dea: ...cost of rectifying the damage they have done. What is the status of that commitment? I assure the Taoiseach that criminals in Limerick will be well able to afford to pay as they are now in the dog racing business.

One-Parent Family Payment Scheme: Motion [Private Members] (30 Jun 2015)

Willie O'Dea: ...not doing cartwheels of delight, given the golden age which the Minister has announced will be ushered in for them from next Monday on. I am positively flabbergasted at the Government's mulish, dogged and persistent refusal to face reality here. The reality is that at least 10,000 families, who are already living in or near poverty, will be substantially worse off as a result of those...

Older Citizens: Motion [Private Members]: Motion [Private Members] (22 Oct 2013)

Willie O'Dea: ...revolution before the election, then God help Ireland. I was talking to a woman in her 80s yesterday in Limerick who was living in a very cold house. Her husband is dead 20 years and her only company is a little dog which she keeps as a pet. She told me that she has to go to the dog shelter in Limerick next week to hand over the dog. She can no longer afford to feed him because she...

Microenterprise Loan Fund Bill 2012: Second Stage (27 Jun 2012)

Willie O'Dea: ...to and beyond the limits of their endurance. I concede that the Government has made some efforts to deal with the crisis, but there is a certain incoherence to its approach. I am reminded of the dog who, when he eventually caught up with the car he was chasing. did not know what to do with it. There is also a remarkable media phenomenon to contend with. Unemployment is the greatest...

Written Answers — Animal Welfare: Animal Welfare (10 May 2011)

Willie O'Dea: Question 318: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food his views on reports that the Irish Greyhound Board, a semi-State body, plans to export Irish dogs to China, a country which has a very poor animal welfare record; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10400/11]

EU-IMF Programme: Statements (4 May 2011)

Willie O'Dea: This will be a very dog-eared document in about 12 months' time. I have one final question for the Minister. The programme for Government states that it is "committed to maintain the current rates of income tax, together with bands and credits". Yet page 32 of this agreement states that the Government is committed to a lowering of personal income tax bands and credits. In his reply, I...

Bank Reorganisation: Statements (6 Apr 2011)

Willie O'Dea: ...I note too the Irish Central Bank has rebated very substantially downwards the figure put forward by the consultants in regard to potential losses on mortgages. That is a classic case of having a dog and barking oneself. I would like to know on what basis that was done. Concerning what the Minister stated about the medium facility, there is a commitment in the programme for Government...

Marine Accidents. (4 Feb 2009)

Willie O'Dea: One does not have a dog and bark oneself. We get advice from the board. I can only give a rough estimate of the salvage cost due to the way the system operates. When the salvage operation is commissioned, from the time they start mobilising, one is paying for it. Even if a salvage operation were to take place, our advice is to delay it for a while until the weather improves. There is no...

Overseas Missions. (1 Feb 2007)

Willie O'Dea: ...running. The hot food to which Deputy Costello refers is provided from within the camp. It is not as though Lebanon is the sort of place in which one encounters people selling hamburgers and hot dogs on the side of the street. It is somewhat too dangerous for such activity

Bullying in the Workplace. (12 Oct 2004)

Willie O'Dea: ...with Deputy McGinley that the problem to which he referred is ongoing. A number of improvements have been made since the original administrative instruction in 2002 but the problem continues to dog the Defence Forces. While a lot has been done, to paraphrase a certain election manifesto, a lot more needs to be done. A number of initiatives are in place which will improve the situation...