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Financial Resolution No. 5: General (Resumed). (8 Dec 2005)

Paul Kehoe: What about hospitals?

Financial Resolution No. 5: General (Resumed). (8 Dec 2005)

Paul Kehoe: It is like the Tops of the Towns.

Financial Resolution No. 5: General (Resumed). (8 Dec 2005)

Paul Kehoe: The Minister of State was taking them down last night.

Financial Resolution No. 5: General (Resumed). (8 Dec 2005)

Paul Kehoe: He took them down last night.

Financial Resolution No. 5: General (Resumed). (8 Dec 2005)

Paul Kehoe: Deputy Ring is a difficult act to follow. Some of the Deputies opposite are also very hard to follow because they really believe in their own rhetoric. It will be very hard to convince some of them that this was not such a great budget. It was a headline-grabbing, cautious, pre-election budget. I welcome the elements of the budget that look after people on social welfare but overall, it is a...

Financial Resolution No. 5: General (Resumed). (8 Dec 2005)

Paul Kehoe: They might not have too many celebrations afterwards. This Government has done very little for County Wexford. There was more done for that county between 1994 and 1997 than there has been since.

Financial Resolution No. 5: General (Resumed). (8 Dec 2005)

Paul Kehoe: If the Minister of State conducted a poll this evening, most people would say that Mr. Ivan Yates was one of the most-liked and strongest Ministers for Agriculture this State ever had. He did a lot for agriculture, unlike the current Minister. One only has to look at the beet industry — for the first time in the history of the State, an agricultural crop has totally disappeared. I would...

Financial Resolution No. 5: General (Resumed). (8 Dec 2005)

Paul Kehoe: Every time there is an announcement, it involves a five-year plan or a ten-year plan. I cannot understand this. The Minister for Finance has drawn up another plan for third and fourth level education, which I welcome. However, the Government should focus on primary and secondary education in the first instance. I presume it drew up a plan for those sectors years ago but it has not been...

Financial Resolution No. 5: General (Resumed). (8 Dec 2005)

Paul Kehoe: Ivan Yates brought that about. What would we do without him? What would we do if Fine Gael had not been in Government from 1994 to 1997 to ensure Wexford was not neglected? I am glad the Minister of State raised Johnstown Castle and said that a Fine Gael Government located it there.

Financial Resolution No. 5: General (Resumed). (8 Dec 2005)

Paul Kehoe: He said Johnstown Castle.

Financial Resolution No. 5: General (Resumed). (8 Dec 2005)

Paul Kehoe: It was a Fine Gael Government that set up Teagasc in Johnstown Castle. I thank the Minister of State for reminding the House of that. I do not wish to blow our trumpet too much about what we have done for County Wexford because it makes the other side of the House look bad. We handed the present Government a healthy economy in 1997 but it has squandered it and neglected this country.

Written Answers — Sugar Beet Industry: Sugar Beet Industry (8 Dec 2005)

Paul Kehoe: Question 81: To ask the Minister for Agriculture and Food her position regarding the implementation of the EU sugar reforms; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [37707/05]

Written Answers — Agricultural Exports: Agricultural Exports (8 Dec 2005)

Paul Kehoe: Question 78: To ask the Minister for Agriculture and Food the steps she is taking ensure that the Irish Ferries dispute does not threaten the export of stock and food produce; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [37706/05]

Written Answers — Hospital Accommodation: Hospital Accommodation (8 Dec 2005)

Paul Kehoe: Question 127: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children the failure of the Government to provide in the Estimates for 2006 moneys for a significant investment in additional hospital beds; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [38533/05]

Written Answers — Care of the Elderly: Care of the Elderly (8 Dec 2005)

Paul Kehoe: Question 130: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children the projections that have been made by her Department for the annual increase in the proportion of senior citizens in County Wexford due to the increasing numbers of retired people moving there from other parts of the country; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [38548/05]

Written Answers — Care of the Elderly: Care of the Elderly (8 Dec 2005)

Paul Kehoe: Question 131: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children her plans for new health infrastructure and resources, specific to County Wexford in view of the increasing numbers of retired people moving to County Wexford from other parts of the country to cope with the exceptionally high proportion of people in a vulnerable age bracket who are, or will be, resident in the county;...

Written Answers — Social Welfare Benefits: Social Welfare Benefits (8 Dec 2005)

Paul Kehoe: Question 159: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs the number of heroin addicts who have been resettled in Gorey, County Wexford under the auspices of and with assistance by his Department; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [38547/05]

Written Answers — Social Welfare Benefits: Social Welfare Benefits (8 Dec 2005)

Paul Kehoe: Question 162: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs the number of persons evicted from private or local authority housing for anti-social behaviour in other parts of the country who have been resettled in County Wexford under the auspices of any of his Department's current programmes or procedures; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [38604/05]

Written Answers — Sugar Beet Industry: Sugar Beet Industry (8 Dec 2005)

Paul Kehoe: Question 173: To ask the Minister for Agriculture and Food if compensation will be awarded to landowners whose land was used to grow beet as part of the overall compensation scheme arising from the recent EU talks on the future of the sugar beet industry here (details supplied). [38531/05]

Written Answers — Grant Payments: Grant Payments (8 Dec 2005)

Paul Kehoe: Question 191: To ask the Minister for Agriculture and Food when a person (details supplied) in County Wexford will receive their full single farm payment; if they will receive same before mid-December; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [38644/05]