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Grocery Sector (4 Nov 2010)

Seán Sherlock: With all due respect, a Leas-Cheann Comhairle-----

Grocery Sector (4 Nov 2010)

Seán Sherlock: The Government should put its money where its mouth is.

Grocery Sector (4 Nov 2010)

Seán Sherlock: The Minister is well aware that it is knocking on the door. If he is not aware of this, he should be.

School Accommodation (4 Nov 2010)

Seán Sherlock: I raise this matter in the context of the fact that €300 million is spent annually in Cork on prefabricated buildings in the primary school sector. Today, we learned through RTE that €330 million of the budget of the Department of Education and Skills has not yet been spent. I use the particular example of Midleton because three primary schools are housed in inadequate conditions. I...

Written Answers — Direct Payment Schemes: Direct Payment Schemes (4 Nov 2010)

Seán Sherlock: Question 13: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food the amount of interest payment due to the 17,400 farmers whose farm waste management payments were delayed; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [40629/10]

Written Answers — Poultry Industry: Poultry Industry (4 Nov 2010)

Seán Sherlock: Question 63: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food the incentives in place to promote poultry egg breeding activities here; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [40659/10]

Written Answers — Forestry Sector: Forestry Sector (4 Nov 2010)

Seán Sherlock: Question 230: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food if he is committed to maintaining funding to the forestry sector in view of the potential for job creation in this indigenous industry; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [41016/10]

Written Answers — Public Sector Pay: Public Sector Pay (9 Nov 2010)

Seán Sherlock: Question 83: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Education and Skills if she has submitted proposals to the Croke Park Public Service Agreement Implementation Body chaired by Mr. P.J. Fitzpatrick; if she will outline those proposals; the position regarding implementation of the agreement between her Department and the relevant trade unions; and if she will make a statement on the matter....

Written Answers — Garda Vetting: Garda Vetting (9 Nov 2010)

Seán Sherlock: Question 265: To ask the Minister for Justice and Law Reform the numbers of persons awaiting a decision on Garda clearance; the number of applications that are in respect of a job application; the average processing time of applications; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [41134/10]

Written Answers — Animal Welfare Regulations: Animal Welfare Regulations (9 Nov 2010)

Seán Sherlock: Question 339: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government his plans to introduce a system of compulsory microchipping for dogs; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [41135/10]

Written Answers — Grant Payments: Grant Payments (9 Nov 2010)

Seán Sherlock: Question 386: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food the reason for the delay in dealing with an application for a REP scheme payment, a single farm payment and an area-based compensation payment in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Kerry despite the fact that all details for redigitisation were submitted in May 2010; and if he will make a statement on the...

Reform of Structures of Government: Motion (Resumed) (10 Nov 2010)

Seán Sherlock: I will follow on from the theme as espoused by Deputy McManus on the role of the Ombudsman. In a speech given by her recently on her office and this institution, she quoted from a speech made by the Minister for Transport, Deputy Noel Dempsey, in which he stated: [W]e should ... return Dáil Éireann to a central place in public thinking. It should be the battleground for ideas, the...

Written Answers — Banking Sector Regulation: Banking Sector Regulation (10 Nov 2010)

Seán Sherlock: Question 93: To ask the Minister for Finance if he will provide an update on the progress with the restructuring and consolidation of the Irish banking system; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [41633/10]

Written Answers — Health Services: Health Services (10 Nov 2010)

Seán Sherlock: Question 170: To ask the Minister for Health and Children when a report (details supplied) will be made available; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [41756/10]

Written Answers — Medical Cards: Medical Cards (10 Nov 2010)

Seán Sherlock: Question 173: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the position regarding a medical card appeal in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Cork; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [41819/10]

Written Answers — Medical Cards: Medical Cards (10 Nov 2010)

Seán Sherlock: Question 175: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if she will expedite the issuing of a medical card in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Cork; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [41831/10]

Written Answers — Passport Applications: Passport Applications (10 Nov 2010)

Seán Sherlock: Question 216: To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs if a person from the United Kingdom whose father is from Northern Ireland and whose grandparents were both Irish is entitled to apply for an Irish passport; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [41743/10]

Requests to move Adjournment of Dáil under Standing Order 32 (11 Nov 2010)

Seán Sherlock: I seek the adjournment of the Dáil under Standing Order 32 to raise a matter of public interest requiring urgent attention, namely, the report published yesterday by the European Court of Auditors stating the closure of the Greencore sugar factory in Mallow in 2006 with the loss of over 300 jobs may not have been necessary. I ask for a debate on the report in this House so the Tánaiste can...

Requests to move Adjournment of Dáil under Standing Order 32 (11 Nov 2010)

Seán Sherlock: -----and an industry that sustained thousands of jobs were sent to their demise. We still do not know what happened on that night.

Requests to move Adjournment of Dáil under Standing Order 32 (11 Nov 2010)

Seán Sherlock: We have an opportunity today to ask the Tánaiste to give an account of her actions on that night and of why the Fianna Fáil Government consigned an industry to it death.