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Written Answers — Rural Environment Protection Scheme: Rural Environment Protection Scheme (30 Mar 2010)

James Bannon: Question 395: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food his plans to lessen the negative impact of the proposed new agri-environment options scheme on small and medium sized farms involved in REP schemes for a number of years; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [13855/10]

Written Answers — Rural Environment Protection Scheme: Rural Environment Protection Scheme (30 Mar 2010)

James Bannon: Question 396: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food if he will make provision under the new agri-environmental options scheme for farms to continue to be managed in a REP scheme mode; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [13856/10]

Written Answers — Rural Environment Protection Scheme: Rural Environment Protection Scheme (30 Mar 2010)

James Bannon: Question 397: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food his plans to offset the impact of the new agri-environment options scheme, which as proposed, will be another blow to the rural economy, and will in no way deliver the €50 million promised in budget 2010; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [13857/10]

Requests to move Adjournment of Dáil under Standing Order 32 (31 Mar 2010)

James Bannon: I seek the Adjournment of the Dáil under the Standing Order 32 to raise a matter of national importance, namely, the fact that the incineration of waste, in particular at large facilities, will become significantly more expensive under the proposed system of financial levies announced under the draft environment Bill by the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government, which...

Special Educational Needs: Motion. (31 Mar 2010)

James Bannon: I thank my colleague, Deputy Brian Hayes, for bringing this important matter before the House. The withdrawal of SNAs and classes from schools with pupils whose integration into mainstream education is dependent on such provision is unbelievable and must be reversed this evening. To remove this help flies in the face of logic and basic decency. Is the Minister suggesting "the survival of...

Requests to move Adjournment of Dáil under Standing Order 32 (1 Apr 2010)

James Bannon: I seek the Adjournment of the Dáil under Standing Order 32 to raise a matter of national importance, namely, the inequality of provision by the Fianna Fáil-Green Party Government, which sees social welfare benefits being cut across the board, while taxpayers' money to the tune of €8.3 billion is being ploughed into Anglo Irish Bank, which had——

Requests to move Adjournment of Dáil under Standing Order 32 (1 Apr 2010)

James Bannon: Will I have the protection of the Chair?

Requests to move Adjournment of Dáil under Standing Order 32 (1 Apr 2010)

James Bannon: Will I have to start again?

Requests to move Adjournment of Dáil under Standing Order 32 (1 Apr 2010)

James Bannon: It is no laughing matter for the public. The Deputies opposite can snigger all they like here but the people of Ireland will give an answer in the not too distant future.

Requests to move Adjournment of Dáil under Standing Order 32 (1 Apr 2010)

James Bannon: We have the——

Requests to move Adjournment of Dáil under Standing Order 32 (1 Apr 2010)

James Bannon: A sum of €8.3 billion is being ploughed into Anglo Irish Bank, which has recorded the largest corporate loss in Irish history of €12.7 billion, in what is a blatant exercise in cronyism, while those in extreme poverty are being refused their entitlements for the most suspect reasons. Shame on the Government for the way it behaved and shame on Government Deputies for the way they react to...

Requests to move Adjournment of Dáil under Standing Order 32 (1 Apr 2010)

James Bannon: Deputy Timmy Dooley has the knives out for the Taoiseach.

Order of Business (1 Apr 2010)

James Bannon: Hear, hear.

Request to move Adjournment of Dáil under Standing Order 32 (20 Apr 2010)

James Bannon: I seek the adjournment of the Dáil under Standing Order 32 to debate the following urgent matter: the dreadful impact of the new carbon tax, which is to apply from 01 May 2010 to kerosene, marked gas oil, liquid petroleum gas, fuel oil and natural gas at between 6% and 7% plus VAT, to the detriment of the already decimated farming and business sectors under the stewardship of the Government.

Order of Business (20 Apr 2010)

James Bannon: It is Punchestown festival week.

Order of Business (20 Apr 2010)

James Bannon: Given the recent announcement by the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government of a list of heritage sites proposed for world heritage status, the failure to publish a national monuments Bill is a major stumbling block to the preservation of our heritage. The Bill has again been put at the hind tit of the legislative programme. When can we expect this long overdue...

Order of Business (20 Apr 2010)

James Bannon: -----all of which is degrading the rural environment. When will he do something constructive for the country?

Schools Building Projects. (20 Apr 2010)

James Bannon: I thank the Ceann Comhairle for affording me time to discuss this very important matter, namely, the urgent need for the Minister for Education and Science to provide the essential funding for Melview national school, Melview, County Longford, which has been sought since the mid-1980s. Despite an unacceptable deterioration in the built environment, this school has not received permission to...

Written Answers — Social Welfare Benefits: Social Welfare Benefits (20 Apr 2010)

James Bannon: Question 63: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs the processing time it takes for each individual social welfare office to deal with a claim for jobseeker's benefit to date in 2010 [15483/10]

Written Answers — Health Services: Health Services (20 Apr 2010)

James Bannon: Question 298: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the reason persons (details supplied) in County Longford have been unable to get help from the Health Service Executive; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [14959/10]