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Joint Oireachtas Committee on Environment, Culture and the Gaeltacht: Climate Change: Discussion (21 May 2013)

James Bannon: We seem to have been unable to bring states like America, China and India on board.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Environment, Culture and the Gaeltacht: Climate Change: Discussion (21 May 2013)

James Bannon: Can the question raised earlier, regarding bringing countries like the USA, China and India on board, be addressed? How will that happen in a global context? Those countries are quite greedy and have put up a huge amount of resistance in the past. Has there been any positive movement in terms of getting them on board?

Order of Business (22 May 2013)

James Bannon: We are all aware of the ongoing problem of the sale of cheap alcohol, the result of which is clogging up our accident and emergency and casualty units at weekends. When can we expect to see the sale of alcohol Bill brought before the House because it is long overdue?

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Social Insurance Issues (22 May 2013)

James Bannon: 148. To ask the Minister for Social Protection her plans for persons who may not have sufficient PRSI contributions due to breaks in employment, for home-makers who worked in the home, for those who took a break from employment to care for family members and now find themselves without sufficient PRSI contributions to obtain the State pension transition, due to be abolished in January 2014...

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Disability Allowance Applications (22 May 2013)

James Bannon: 167. To ask the Minister for Social Protection when an application for disability allowance will be decided on in respect of a person (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [24790/13]

Order of Business (23 May 2013)

James Bannon: There is a great deal of public interest across the midlands on the topic of wind energy and wind turbines. It is a highly controversial issue as the Tánaiste may know from the media. There has been very little public consultation with communities on the issue. Will the EirGrid Bill that is coming before the House deal with these issues? My colleague, Deputy Penrose, is bringing...

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Social Welfare Appeals Status (23 May 2013)

James Bannon: 86. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the reason for the delay in having an oral hearing which was adjourned, rescheduled in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Longford; the reason for the correspondence from her offices stating that it has been decided to hold an oral hearing, when in actual fact it is an adjournment of an oral hearing; and if she will make a statement...

Order of Business (28 May 2013)

James Bannon: I had wished to raise a similar point on the sale of alcohol Bill, because Ireland has the greatest binge-drinking population in Europe.

Order of Business (28 May 2013)

James Bannon: On another item of legislation, when is it proposed to replace the Irish Sports Council and the National Sports Campus Development Authority with the new sport Ireland Bill?

Confidence in the Minister for Justice and Equality: Motion [Private Members] (28 May 2013)

James Bannon: Maybe Deputy Cowen could-----

Confidence in the Minister for Justice and Equality: Motion [Private Members] (28 May 2013)

James Bannon: Why?

Financial Emergency Measures in the Public Interest Bill 2013: Second Stage (Resumed) (28 May 2013)

James Bannon: This is a very significant Bill which is being introduced as a financial emergency measure in the public interest to try to stabilise the public finances and meet our obligations in terms of the reduction of our deficit. Everyone is aware that we are in difficult economic times and our financial circumstances mean we face tough choices. If we do not make the correct decisions now, it will...

Financial Emergency Measures in the Public Interest Bill 2013: Second Stage (Resumed) (28 May 2013)

James Bannon: While I was going to move on to the subject of white-collar crime, I hope to have an opportunity to do so on another day.

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Jobseeker's Allowance Eligibility (29 May 2013)

James Bannon: 135. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the reason a person (details supplied) in County Westmeath has been refused jobseeker's allowance, which they are seeking to enable them to take up an apprenticeship in Germany, having regard to the fact that it is a precondition of his apprenticeship that he must be on jobseeker's allowance and despite the fact that he is eligible for both....

Order of Business (11 Jun 2013)

James Bannon: So did Fianna Fáil.

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Banking Sector Investigations (11 Jun 2013)

James Bannon: 189. To ask the Minister for Finance if he will immediately establish an independent body to investigate the full circumstances of the banking collapse and bring those responsible to justice. [27524/13]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Tax Avoidance Issues (11 Jun 2013)

James Bannon: 190. To ask the Minister for Finance his plans, if any, to increase corporation tax on large food supplying corporations within our domestic economy who are re-investing their profits abroad, much to the cost of our economy and our small shopkeepers; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [27525/13]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Departmental Expenditure (11 Jun 2013)

James Bannon: 291. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the amount that is being spent on renting prefab units in counties Longford and Westmeath; the rental cost per prefab unit; the names of the companies that have the contracts; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [27520/13]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Transport Provision (11 Jun 2013)

James Bannon: 292. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the reason for the delay in responding to representations regarding transport for children (details supplied) in County Longford; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [27527/13]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Transport Provision (11 Jun 2013)

James Bannon: 293. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the reason for the delay in responding to representations with regard to transport for children (details supplied) in County Longford; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [27528/13]