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Seanad: Housing Policy: Motion. (7 Jun 2006)

James Bannon: That is nonsense. The Minister of State should not hoodwink the people.

Seanad: Housing Policy: Motion. (7 Jun 2006)

James Bannon: The Government has hoodwinked the citizens of this country for the past eight years and they will not tolerate it any longer.

Seanad: Housing Policy: Motion. (7 Jun 2006)

James Bannon: The Minister of State will have his chance to respond.

Seanad: Housing Policy: Motion. (7 Jun 2006)

James Bannon: Even a couple on a combined income of only €50,000 are considered too rich for the shared ownership and affordable housing schemes. In addition, we need to make it easier and fairer for people who are sharing ownership with local authorities. At the moment, we have a crazy system under which one not only pays a mortgage for the portion of the house one owns under the shared ownership...

Seanad: Health (Repayment Scheme) Bill 2006: Second Stage (Resumed). (7 Jun 2006)

James Bannon: I welcome the Minister of State at the Department of Health and Children, Deputy Séan Power, to the House to debate this important Bill. That the Bill is before the House is a miracle in itself given the number of major health Bills that go through the House each year. It is amazing that the Minister and her lame-duck Government was able to have it here at all. Apart from amending...

Seanad: Health (Repayment Scheme) Bill 2006: Second Stage (Resumed). (7 Jun 2006)

James Bannon: I am pointing out the incompetence of the Government.

Seanad: Health (Repayment Scheme) Bill 2006: Second Stage (Resumed). (7 Jun 2006)

James Bannon: I am not blaming the Tánaiste alone. However, she bears a large amount of responsibility for problems we have encountered in the health service. There is nothing perfect about this Bill. The explanatory memorandum is totally inadequate and is almost identical to the press release announcing the publication of the Bill. The purpose of the explanatory memorandum is to explain the Bill section...

Seanad: Health (Repayment Scheme) Bill 2006: Second Stage (Resumed). (7 Jun 2006)

James Bannon: Even today the Taoiseach said that for 25 years he has been either part of the Cabinet or on the Front Bench. The health boards have not been set up all that long. Consider how many years Fianna Fáil and the Progressive Democrats have been in Government since the health boards were set up in the 1970s.

Seanad: Health (Repayment Scheme) Bill 2006: Second Stage (Resumed). (7 Jun 2006)

James Bannon: They have been in Government for over 20 years of that period.

Seanad: Health (Repayment Scheme) Bill 2006: Second Stage (Resumed). (7 Jun 2006)

James Bannon: They must take responsibility for their neglect and wastefulness. The opinion polls indicate that it will not be long before the public tells this Government to get out and get lost.

Seanad: Order of Business. (13 Jun 2006)

James Bannon: I would like the Leader to invite the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children to the House to debate the inadequacy of the nursing home subvention. This might help to relieve the hardship and financial stress imposed on families throughout the country. I know families and relatives that have mortgaged their homes to pay for elderly parents and relatives in nursing homes. The subvention...

Seanad: Order of Business (Resumed). (21 Jun 2006)

James Bannon: We need the truth in respect of the Mullingar General Hospital, which services counties Longford and Westmeath. This issue has been prolonged time and again and the debacle that is the hospital's future has lasted for almost two decades. Ten or 11 years ago, we were promised that the hospital would be upgraded to a standard acceptable by the people of those counties. When I was a member of...

Seanad: Order of Business (Resumed). (21 Jun 2006)

James Bannon: Very little has happened in rural Ireland and we need more flexibility.

Seanad: Order of Business (Resumed). (21 Jun 2006)

James Bannon: It has been slimmed down.

Seanad: Order of Business. (28 Jun 2006)

James Bannon: I ask the Leader to invite the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government to the House for a debate on water quality. A recent global report showed that 40 million citizens in Europe do not have access to safe drinking water. Some 85 million people lack basic sanitation. The infrastructure in this country is deteriorating. Water supplies in many rural areas are the product of...

Seanad: Order of Business. (28 Jun 2006)

James Bannon: We were not told about it.

Seanad: Order of Business. (28 Jun 2006)

James Bannon: Perhaps Senator O'Rourke was not there.

Seanad: Order of Business. (28 Jun 2006)

James Bannon: I was there and they wanted to know where was Senator Bannon. I said perhaps he was busy in the Seanad.

Seanad: Order of Business. (28 Jun 2006)

James Bannon: Tomorrow morning Senator O'Rourke has kindly facilitated attendance at the opening of the slip road in Mullingar, although I will not be there.

Seanad: Order of Business. (28 Jun 2006)

James Bannon: I will not be in Mullingar in the morning but Senator O'Rourke will be there.