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Requests to move Adjournment of Dáil under Standing Order 32 (8 Dec 2009)

James Bannon: I seek the adjournment of the Dáil under Standing Order 32 to raise a matter of national importance, namely, the danger to public health that will be caused by the estimated 12% drop in income for the Irish Cancer Society this year, given that 7,000 people died from cancer last year, the number of newly diagnosed cancer cases is increasing by 7% each year and the survival rate in this...

Written Answers — Cancer Screening Programme: Cancer Screening Programme (8 Dec 2009)

James Bannon: Question 59: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the reason she has not published the Health Information and Quality Authority Report, which was promised in September 2009, to identify the way a national programme of colorectal cancer screening could be delivered within existing resources; the date the national programme of colorectal screening will commence; and if she will make a...

Written Answers — Health Service Allowances: Health Service Allowances (8 Dec 2009)

James Bannon: Question 203: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the reason a child (details supplied) in County Longford has had their domiciliary allowance withdrawn; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [45443/09]

Order of Business (9 Dec 2009)

James Bannon: There is more money as it is.

Budget Statement 2010 (9 Dec 2009)

James Bannon: The Minister should be given more garlic.

Budget Statement 2010 (9 Dec 2009)

James Bannon: Pass the buck to the Green Party.

Financial Resolution No. 3: Value-Added Tax (9 Dec 2009)

James Bannon: Failure has become the driver of this Fianna Fáil-Green Party Government. The Green Party, which has behaved in a mean spirited manner towards the electorate, should have walked last October but refused to do so.

Financial Resolution No. 3: Value-Added Tax (9 Dec 2009)

James Bannon: I have no doubt that come February or March 2010, when we experience civil unrest, the Green Party will be forced out of office by good, decent people who have been crippled by its reign in power. The midlands counties of Longford and Westmeath suffered the largest fall in VAT receipts last year and the position will be much worse in the next county survey. Since the Minister for Defence,...

Financial Resolution No. 3: Value-Added Tax (9 Dec 2009)

James Bannon: I have no doubt that come the next election, which will take place sooner than the Tánaiste believes, the electorate will give the Government an answer by putting it out of office. The budget fails to give any practical assistance to business people who urgently require support. The Government has failed dismally on this issue. We are experiencing one company closure after another as the...

Financial Resolution No. 3: Value-Added Tax (9 Dec 2009)

James Bannon: The Minister should not speak of travelling shows. This began more than two years ago.

Written Answers — Medical Cards: Medical Cards (9 Dec 2009)

James Bannon: Question 144: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the reason the medical card of a person (details supplied) in County Westmeath has been withdrawn; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [46320/09]

Social Welfare and Pensions (No. 2) Bill 2009: Second Stage (Resumed) (10 Dec 2009)

James Bannon: There were no cuts to social welfare.

Social Welfare and Pensions (No. 2) Bill 2009: Second Stage (Resumed) (10 Dec 2009)

James Bannon: Has the Minister of State any shame about the way he has attacked the carers?

Social Welfare and Pensions (No. 2) Bill 2009: Second Stage (Resumed) (10 Dec 2009)

James Bannon: The way he attacked the carers-----

Social Welfare and Pensions (No. 2) Bill 2009: Second Stage (Resumed) (10 Dec 2009)

James Bannon: This Bill is another example of the Government's rushed legislation presented to the House with the principle of striking while the iron is hot. Legislation to copper fasten the cutbacks in welfare such as that contained in budget 2010 should never have to be debated in a 21st century parliament. The inequality that results from the Government's heartless cutbacks recalls the era of indoor...

Social Welfare and Pensions (No. 2) Bill 2009: Second Stage (Resumed) (10 Dec 2009)

James Bannon: This budget does not cut Minister's expenses nor does it impact on the wealthy.

Social Welfare and Pensions (No. 2) Bill 2009: Second Stage (Resumed) (10 Dec 2009)

James Bannon: Last night, I met a man in this House who earns €400,000 per annum, but this budget will not see him lose one cent. Shame on the Government again for that.

Social Welfare and Pensions (No. 2) Bill 2009: Second Stage (Resumed) (10 Dec 2009)

James Bannon: The budget is not in spite of Government policy but because of it. A strong stench of failure and hopelessness is hanging over the Government side of the House. Sadly, that stench has escaped from this House and made its way into the public arena. People who have worked hard and achieved a reasonable standard of living are being ground down by a failure that is directing and dictating...

Social Welfare and Pensions (No. 2) Bill 2009: Second Stage (Resumed) (10 Dec 2009)

James Bannon: Those waiting include elderly inner city dwellers, non-nationals and well-dressed, middle class young men in their 20s and 30s, who are the new poor of Ireland. In my constituency of Longford-Westmeath, the midlands Simon Community has experienced a 25% increase in referrals for settlement services from local authorities and community leaders. Yesterday, the Minister provided no information...

Social Welfare and Pensions (No. 2) Bill 2009: Second Stage (Resumed) (10 Dec 2009)

James Bannon: In Longford-Westmeath there are 3,202 people under 25 years of age out of work, 2,124 in Westmeath and 1,078 in Longford. One in four young people is out of work throughout the country. This budget has left them only one option, namely, emigration. No Government in the history of the State has done more to foster a rich-poor divide in our society. We have never been saddled with a more...