Emer Higgins, TD

To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the extent to which he sees the possibility of prudently selected public capital works such as hospitals, schools and road projects as a means of further economic expansion...

To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the extent to which he has evaluated the value of savings and reform in the context of a contribution to National recovery...

To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the extent to which public procurement remains a central feature of the control of costs...

I welcome the Bill which will make a long-sought change from the use of imprisonment for the failure to pay debts.

“Fixed Charge Notices (FCNs) for cyclists who commit certain road traffic offences will make the roads safer for drivers and cyclists alike”, says Fine Gael TD for Louth, Peter Fitzpatrick. Deputy Fitzpatrick was speaking following the introduction of FCNs by the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport, Paschal Donohoe TD.

To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the extent to which he continues to have ongoing dialogue for the farming community in regard to their concerns regarding the Beef Data and Genomic Scheme...

To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the extent to which he remains satisfied that farm families here will continue to benefit from Common Agricultural Policy reform...

To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he is satisfied regarding the development of the fishing industry here in the wake of revised EU agreements...

To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the extent to which he remains satisfied regarding the development of, and future prospects for, the beef, lamb, dairy, pigmeat and poultry industries...

To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the extent to which the numbers employed in the agri-food industry here continue to remain constant or have increased...