To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the number of persons expected to seek assistance from the Personal Insolvency Agency in 2013; the expected time frame in which the Personal Insolvency Agency will deal with individual cases and therefore an appropriate waiting time for persons to be dealt with once the process is underway; the order persons will be seen; and if he will make a statement on the matter.

We are here to pay tribute to our friend and colleague Shane and, importantly, to support his family.

Fine Gael Limerick TD, Patrick O’Donovan, has today (Wednesday) said the Government is making progress on introducing reforms to the social welfare system to combat fraud. In a Parliamentary Question to the Minister for Social Protection, Joan Burton TD, Deputy O’Donovan asked for an update on a number of measures aimed at combatting fraud, including ICT improvements and the introduction of bio-metric cards.

He was an outstanding Minister of State in terms of his own portfolios and as a support to everyone in the Department

He was an outstanding Minister of State in terms of his own portfolios and as a support to everyone in the Department

He was an outstanding Minister of State in terms of his own portfolios and as a support to everyone in the Department

He was an outstanding Minister of State in terms of his own portfolios and as a support to everyone in the Department

To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources his views on the EC targets to increase the number of charging points for electric cars here by 2020; his plans in relation to this policy; if he will be engaging in talks with the industry; if there has been a projected cost of this policy to the Exchequer; and if he will make a statement on the matter.