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Written Answers — School Staffing: School Staffing (13 Apr 2005)

Paul Kehoe: Question 255: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the status of the application for a special needs assistant for a person (details supplied) in County Wexford; when a decision will be made available to the school; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [11369/05]

Written Answers — School Accommodation: School Accommodation (13 Apr 2005)

Paul Kehoe: Question 256: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the action which is being taken to reduce classroom sizes to deal with the serious overcrowding at a school (details supplied) in County Wexford; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [11370/05]

Order of Business. (14 Apr 2005)

Paul Kehoe: The Tánaiste is probably aware of the bed crisis in Wexford General Hospital over the past number of years. Are any Bills being brought forward that will improve the position in Wexford General Hospital because——

Order of Business. (14 Apr 2005)

Paul Kehoe: I have gone through the legislative programme and I cannot find anything——

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Paul Kehoe: I will not sit down until I get an answer because the crisis in Wexford General Hospital has gone out of control.

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Paul Kehoe: There were 35 people on trolleys last week.

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Paul Kehoe: I was elected to represent the people of Wexford here.

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Paul Kehoe: This has gone on for too long. I am not sitting down until I get an answer.

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Paul Kehoe: I am not sitting down until I get an answer.

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Paul Kehoe: I am not sitting down until I get an answer.

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Paul Kehoe: It is absolutely scandalous. It is not just happening in Wexford but throughout the country.

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Paul Kehoe: It is an absolute disgrace. If the Ceann Comhairle could see what is happening——

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Paul Kehoe: It is an absolute scandal in Wexford General Hospital.

Order of Business. (14 Apr 2005)

Paul Kehoe: This cannot continue. We had 35 people on trolleys last week and they have run out of beds. They have to use trolleys. There is no money for them.

Order of Business. (14 Apr 2005)

Paul Kehoe: I am not leaving the House until I get an answer.

Garda Síochána Bill 2004 [Seanad]: Second Stage (Resumed). (20 Apr 2005)

Paul Kehoe: I am delighted with the opportunity to speak on this Bill. I hope when it is implemented there will be some major changes within the Garda Síochána. They are badly needed. The manner in which the Garda protects the people is close to my heart. Fine Gael welcomes the Bill and the prospect of community policing. Our society has changed dramatically in recent years. Crimes that were crimes...

Social and Affordable Housing: Motion (Resumed). (20 Apr 2005)

Paul Kehoe: I congratulate my colleague Deputy O'Dowd for tabling this motion. I am maddened that those Members who will vote with the Government amendment tonight are the ones who gave out about the former Minister for Finance, Mr. McCreevy, for abolishing the first-time buyer's grant. Those Members now have an opportunity to re-introduce the first-time buyer's grant. The Minister of State at the...

Social and Affordable Housing: Motion (Resumed). (20 Apr 2005)

Paul Kehoe: The housing list in County Wexford gets longer by the day. First-time buyers cannot afford to buy homes because of the abolition of the first-time buyer's grant and increases in VAT and development charges. These are stealth taxes on every young house buyer. Last week, the Government had the audacity to publish new planning guidelines. One would think it had produced the Bible.

Social and Affordable Housing: Motion (Resumed). (20 Apr 2005)

Paul Kehoe: I am glad the Minister of State said so because the Minister of State at the Department of Agriculture and Food, Deputy Browne, went on Wexford local radio to rubbish the guidelines. Does the Minister of State, Deputy Batt O'Keeffe, understand the significance of this?

Social and Affordable Housing: Motion (Resumed). (20 Apr 2005)

Paul Kehoe: The Minister of State, Deputy Browne, claimed the new guidelines will make no difference. On Monday afternoon I telephoned a senior planner in Wexford County Council regarding 13 pending planning applications. I know they will not get approval due to the hypocrisy within the planning departments. However when I asked the senior planner if the new guidelines might make a difference, he replied...