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Tax Code. (13 Dec 2005)

Paudge Connolly: Question 51: To ask the Minister for Finance if he will consider the indexation of tax bands and thresholds with a view to protecting taxpayers from inflationary pressures; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [39141/05]

Tax Code. (13 Dec 2005)

Paudge Connolly: I am sure the Minister will agree that there are a number of workers who appear to be in a permanent state of confusion regarding their pay. They are earning much more money yet they are still no better off. They are constantly playing catch-up and never appear to gain any benefit from increases in pay. I am sure the Minister will agree that this is due to hidden costs, one of which is...

Tax Code. (13 Dec 2005)

Paudge Connolly: Will the Minister examine the position of our near neighbour regarding the benefits of the indexation order of 1987 for workers in the UK? Will he agree that order was brought in for good reason in a time of high inflation? Will he agree also that in 2002, one in four workers were in the top rate of tax but now one in three workers are in the top rate of tax? That represents an extra 160,000...

Tax Code. (13 Dec 2005)

Paudge Connolly: I have acknowledged that.

Tax Code. (13 Dec 2005)

Paudge Connolly: I am talking about indexation.

Tax Code. (13 Dec 2005)

Paudge Connolly: I will disregard the Minister's last comment.

Tax Code. (13 Dec 2005)

Paudge Connolly: In 2002, one in four people were in the top rate of tax. Today, the figure is one in three. There was a promise that we would work towards a figure of one in five. Will the Minister not agree we are heading in the wrong direction in terms of top tax bands?

Coroners (Amendment) Bill 2005: Second Stage. (13 Dec 2005)

Paudge Connolly: I, too, welcome the Bill, which I obviously support. The legislation, which has particular relevance in the Cavan-Monaghan area at the moment, must be reviewed. In such a situation, one must establish the cause of death rather than lay blame at anyone's door. In many situations it can be quite straightforward to establish cause of death, but there are some situations where it is quite...

Written Answers — Swimming Pool Projects: Swimming Pool Projects (13 Dec 2005)

Paudge Connolly: Question 272: To ask the Minister for Arts, Sport and Tourism if he will provide a progress report on the redevelopment of the Monaghan town swimming pool; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [38694/05]

Written Answers — Social Welfare Benefits: Social Welfare Benefits (13 Dec 2005)

Paudge Connolly: Question 289: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs the number availing of, and the levels of funding for the farm assist scheme for counties Cavan and Monaghan respectively from 2002 to date in 2005 on a yearly basis; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [38678/05]

Written Answers — Social Welfare Benefits: Social Welfare Benefits (13 Dec 2005)

Paudge Connolly: Question 290: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs the number in receipt of fuel allowance on a yearly basis between 2000 and to date in 2005; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [38679/05]

Written Answers — Social Welfare Benefits: Social Welfare Benefits (13 Dec 2005)

Paudge Connolly: Question 291: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs his proposals to address the problem of fuel poverty; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [38680/05]

Requests to move Adjournment of Dáil under Standing Order 31. (15 Dec 2005)

Paudge Connolly: I seek the adjournment of the Dáil under Standing Order 31 to discuss the following matter of urgent public and national concern, namely, the urgent necessity for a total ban on Brazilian beef and meat imports into the European Union in light of the serious foot and mouth disease outbreaks in that country, in which 11 outbreaks have been confirmed in the mid-western region of Matto Gross do...

Written Answers — School Accommodation: School Accommodation (15 Dec 2005)

Paudge Connolly: Question 56: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if priority will be accorded to the provision of sports hall facilities to those schools which have been in excess of ten years on the waiting list; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [35009/05]

Written Answers — Hospital Services: Hospital Services (15 Dec 2005)

Paudge Connolly: Question 126: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children if she will ensure that the Health Service Executive north-east area, in its procurement of a consultancy to examine acute hospital services in the north east, will take on board the unanimous views of the consultant surgeons who are delivering the services on the ground in Cavan and Monaghan hospitals, and who indicated...

Written Answers — Hospital Services: Hospital Services (15 Dec 2005)

Paudge Connolly: Question 127: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children the plans that the Health Service Executive north-east area has, in its procurement of a consultancy, to examine acute hospital services in the north east (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [39804/05]

Requests to move Adjournment of Dáil under Standing Order 31. (25 Jan 2006)

Paudge Connolly: I wish to propose the adjournment of Dáil Éireann under Standing Order 31 to discuss the following matter of urgent public and national concern, namely, the protracted and inexplicable delay in the publication of the report of the independent external inquiry into the circumstances surrounding the death in Monaghan General Hospital in October 2005 of Mr. Patrick Joe Walsh for which a...

EU Services Directive: Motion. (25 Jan 2006)

Paudge Connolly: The proposal for a new services directive, the brainchild of former EU Commissioner Bolkestein, is under attack from all sides. It has been called the "Frankenstein directive" and the "directive from hell". It even emerged as an issue in the French referendum campaign on the EU constitutional treaty. It represents a declaration of war on working men and women and their social, health care and...

Written Answers — Civil Registration: Civil Registration (25 Jan 2006)

Paudge Connolly: Question 255: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children if members of the Muslim community here, many of whom have acquired Irish citizenship, are exempt from registration of their marriages here, as provided for by the Civil Registration Bill 2003, Part 6, sections 45 to 50, inclusive; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [2136/06]

Written Answers — Hospitals Building Programme: Hospitals Building Programme (25 Jan 2006)

Paudge Connolly: Question 403: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children the commencement date for the refurbishment of the acute medical and surgical units at Monaghan General Hospital; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [1686/06]