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- Order of Business (12 Feb 2014)
James Bannon: There is a bottleneck between Mullingar and Longford because the motorway was never completed. When will the road traffic Bill be introduced? The travelling public needs a wider choice. I also refer to the road transport Bill. Last weekend, the Taoiseach visited the midlands and turned the sod for Jazz Pharmaceuticals in Athlone-----
- Order of Business (12 Feb 2014)
James Bannon: -----and a director of the company pointed out how important good connectivity is to the midlands. There is a motorway between Dublin and Galway but the motorway has not been completed between Dublin and Sligo and this is a problem for the north midlands.
- Recent Flooding: Statements (12 Feb 2014)
James Bannon: I welcome the opportunity to speak on this important debate on the recent flooding and severe weather conditions. I welcome the Minister of State, Deputy Perry, to the House. When severe weather conditions hit, it is essential that the State bodies act on the principle that fore-warned is fore-armed, be well prepared and in a position to react efficiently and promptly. The management of...
- Order of Business (13 Feb 2014)
James Bannon: Fuel laundering is costing the State millions of euro and black market operators pose a major threat to the economy. At least four fillings stations have closed in my constituency.
- Order of Business (13 Feb 2014)
James Bannon: This is impacting greatly on jobs.
- Order of Business (13 Feb 2014)
James Bannon: The energy (miscellaneous provisions) Bill will impose financial penalties for the infringement of energy undertakings. When is it due?
- Public Health (Sunbeds) Bill 2013: Second Stage (Resumed) (13 Feb 2014)
James Bannon: I am pleased to have an opportunity to contribute to the debate. I commend the Minister on bringing this important, life-saving legislation before the House. No one in this country has not in some way or another been affected by cancer, whether in his or her own home as he or she witnessed the downward spiral of a family member or through the death of a loved one. Cancer treatment is a...
- Order of Business (18 Feb 2014)
James Bannon: The sale and consumption of alcohol is a serious problem in this country.
- Order of Business (18 Feb 2014)
James Bannon: As far back as 2002, when I was a member of the Midland Health Board, the strategic task force published its report and recommended an outright ban on alcohol advertising. We have the largest binge-drinking population in Europe, something we cannot be proud of.
- Order of Business (18 Feb 2014)
James Bannon: Hardly a week goes by without a number of fatalities and murders occurring in our country.
- Order of Business (18 Feb 2014)
James Bannon: When will we have the sale of alcohol Bill? It is important that it be brought forward.
- Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Back to Education Allowance Eligibility (18 Feb 2014)
James Bannon: 355. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the reason an application for the back to school grant was denied in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Longford; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [7876/14]
- Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Invalidity Pension Eligibility (19 Feb 2014)
James Bannon: 122. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the reason a person (details supplied) in County Westmeath who has been diagnosed with a long-term illness which causes them to undergo bone marrow transplants and will never work again, has been denied entitlement to an invalidity pension; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [8493/14]
- Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Waiting Lists (19 Feb 2014)
James Bannon: 197. To ask the Minister for Health the reason a person (details supplied) in County Limerick has had to wait over a year in relation to an outpatient's appointment, such a delay is unacceptable; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [8405/14]
- Protected Disclosures Bill 2013 [Seanad]: Second Stage (Resumed) (20 Feb 2014)
James Bannon: I welcome the Minister, Deputy Brendan Howlin, to the House and compliment him on the fine job of work he is doing in his portfolio. The purpose of the Bill is to put in place a whistleblowers Act. This is an important Bill and I am delighted to see it before the House. It will provide for further protection of workers who make disclosures of certain information in the public interest and...
- Protected Disclosures Bill 2013 [Seanad]: Second Stage (Resumed) (20 Feb 2014)
James Bannon: I am glad to hear that. The protection of whistleblowers is central to the struggle against corruption and is important in prompting higher standards. The Bill strikes a fair balance between the interest of the whistleblower who discloses wrongdoing and the employer who could be damaged by unfounded allegations. It is important that the legislation sends positive signals to international...
- Order of Business (20 Feb 2014)
James Bannon: Insult.
- Order of Business (20 Feb 2014)
James Bannon: The HEA is totally at odds with the agency's stated aims regarding enhancing the skills and competence of individual enterprises. We need to develop Ireland as a competitive knowledge-based economy.
- Order of Business (20 Feb 2014)
James Bannon: The Minister, Deputy Quinn-----
- Order of Business (20 Feb 2014)
James Bannon: When will we have the Higher Education Authority Bill before us?