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- Employment Law Compliance Bill: Second Stage (Resumed) (11 Feb 2009)
John Perry: Certainly not.
- Visa Applications. (11 Feb 2009)
John Perry: I wish to share time with Deputy Noel O'Flynn. I welcome the opportunity to raise an issue of some practical significance to the country and the economy. Ireland has a practical and developing relationship with Taiwan within the framework of its overall policy position on relations with countries in the region. Many European countries have established a well-staffed representative office...
- Written Answers — Grant Payments: Grant Payments (11 Feb 2009)
John Perry: Question 250: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food when a person (details supplied) in County Sligo will receive their REP scheme four payment; if he will ensure payment as soon as possible; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [5070/09]
- Written Answers — Grant Payments: Grant Payments (11 Feb 2009)
John Perry: Question 251: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food when a person (details supplied) in County Sligo will receive their REP scheme four payment and their organic grant payment; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [5071/09]
- Nursing Homes Support Scheme Bill 2008: Second Stage (Resumed). (17 Feb 2009)
John Perry: Yes.
- Nursing Homes Support Scheme Bill 2008: Second Stage (Resumed). (17 Feb 2009)
John Perry: I welcome the opportunity to speak on this Bill and have listened to Deputy Kathleen Lynch's contribution. As the Deputy who first brought to public attention the fact that old people in publicly funded long-term residential care were being forced to pay charges that had no legal basis, I welcome this new legislation. I broadly support the proposal, but I am concerned that the delay in...
- Financial Institutions Support Scheme. (18 Feb 2009)
John Perry: Question 42: To ask the Minister for Finance the receipts to date from the guarantee provided on covered bank liabilities in each of the six institutions; and if he plans changes to any element of the scheme. [6281/09]
- Written Answers — Financial Institutions Regulation: Financial Institutions Regulation (18 Feb 2009)
John Perry: Question 104: To ask the Minister for Finance if he is monitoring charges made to bank customers over inter-bank rates set by the European Central Bank; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [6282/09]
- Written Answers — Hospital Services: Hospital Services (19 Feb 2009)
John Perry: Question 38: To ask the Minister for Health and Children her views on the fact that a total of 16,316 operations were cancelled here in 2008 and that this is a 10% increase on 2007 when 14,903 operations were cancelled; the actions she will take to address same; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [6684/09]
- Financial Emergency Measures in the Public Interest Bill 2009: Second Stage (Resumed) (24 Feb 2009)
John Perry: Last week, one of the national newspapers featured a piece by a commentator which concluded with the words, "As we approach the inferno we see Dante's injunction: "Abandon hope all ye who enter here."" Has the nation come to this point? Irish people have a tendency to swing between the outer limits of optimism and pessimism and spend little time in the middle ground. In retrospect, it is...
- Written Answers — Business Regulation: Business Regulation (24 Feb 2009)
John Perry: Question 73: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the requests for additional support that her Department has received from the Office of the Director of Corporate Enforcement since 2004; the details of those requests; the extra resources given to the Office of the Director of Corporate Enforcement for each year since 2004; if the Director of Corporate...
- Written Answers — Grant Payments: Grant Payments (24 Feb 2009)
John Perry: Question 427: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food if he will ensure that the farm waste management grant is awarded in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Sligo in view of the fact that inspection and audit has already taken place and that the person was informed that their grant had been approved for payment; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
- School Staffing. (25 Feb 2009)
John Perry: I thank Deputy O'Mahony for sharing time on this important issue. The Minister for Education and Science, Deputy Batt O'Keeffe, gave an undertaking that DEIS schools would not be subject to cutbacks. This offered some comfort to schools, staff and parents in disadvantaged areas. We are now witnessing the rolling back of this undertaking by the Minister with the axing of the vital service...
- Diabetic Retinopathy Screening Programme: Statements (26 Feb 2009)
John Perry: I am pleased to have the opportunity to speak on diabetic retinopathy screening programme. Deputy Deenihan's last point is very valid. In the last economic recession, Cadburys sales doubled as people ate more high-fat content and unnecessary foods. The diabetic retinopathy screening programme is an important national initiative based on pioneering work carried out in the north west....
- Nursing Education. (26 Feb 2009)
John Perry: This issue is of national importance and is critical to St. Angela's College in Sligo. I have great admiration for those who choose a career in the medical and caring professions. It is a most noble and worthy career path and marks these individuals out as true custodians of our health and well-being. Graduates from the general nursing programme in St. Angela's College are employed...
- Written Answers — Grant Payments: Grant Payments (26 Feb 2009)
John Perry: Question 155: To ask the Minister for Community, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs if he will ensure that a farm electrification grant is awarded to a person (details supplied) in County Leitrim; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [8078/09]
- Written Answers — Grant Payments: Grant Payments (26 Feb 2009)
John Perry: Question 183: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food if he will ensure that the farm waste management grant is awarded to a person (details supplied) in County Sligo; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [8079/09]
- Written Answers — Grant Payments: Grant Payments (26 Feb 2009)
John Perry: Question 184: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food if he will ensure that a person (details supplied) in County Sligo receives their farm waste management scheme grant payment; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [8080/09]
- Public Finances: Motion (4 Mar 2009)
John Perry: Deputy Bannon set out a major agenda.
- Public Finances: Motion (4 Mar 2009)
John Perry: I thank Deputies Bruton and O'Donnell for tabling this motion on the state of the public finances. This gives us the opportunity to point out that the Government's finance decisions make for foolish economics and make the unemployment situation even worse. I refer to the specific issue of the Government's proposed cut in the number of undergraduate nursing education places. Speaking in the...