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

Arthur Morgan: I seek the adjournment of the Dáil under Standing Order 31 to raise the following matter of urgent public concern, namely, the abject failure of the Government to take any action to tackle house prices; the fact that claims by the Minister of State with responsibility for housing that house prices would stabilise have been proven false by figures which show that in 2005 prices for...

Competition (Amendment) Bill 2005 [Seanad]: Second Stage (Resumed). (31 Jan 2006)

Arthur Morgan: My party does not support the primary purpose of the Bill, which is the revocation of the groceries order. Sinn Féin supported the retention of the order because it was introduced to address the fact that large supermarket chains would, in its absence, use loss leaders — products sold for less than the cost of production — to lure customers into stores by creating a distorted impression...

Written Answers — Hospital Services: Hospital Services (31 Jan 2006)

Arthur Morgan: Question 190: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children when Louth County Hospital will receive the promised CT scanner; and when breast surgery services will be restored. [2990/06]

Written Answers — Hospital Services: Hospital Services (31 Jan 2006)

Arthur Morgan: Question 205: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children the terms of reference, the cost and the deadline for conclusion of the consultancy report on hospital services in the north-east region commissioned by the Health Service Executive. [2989/06]

Written Answers — Local Authorities: Local Authorities (31 Jan 2006)

Arthur Morgan: Question 547: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government if an assessment has or will be carried out on the extent to which section 142(5)([i]f[/i]) of the Local Government Act 2001, which states where a member of an elected council attends a meeting or event by virtue of an authorisation under this section, he or she shall submit a summary of the proceedings to...

Written Answers — Light Rail Project: Light Rail Project (1 Feb 2006)

Arthur Morgan: Question 179: To ask the Minister for Transport the length of time he has been aware of the problems with the Luas tracks; and the efforts which have been made to find out what went wrong. [3323/06]

Written Answers — Light Rail Project: Light Rail Project (1 Feb 2006)

Arthur Morgan: Question 200: To ask the Minister for Transport his plans to recoup the cost of replacing or otherwise repairing the defective Luas tracks from persons responsible for this debacle. [3322/06]

Written Answers — Prisoner Rehabilitation Programmes: Prisoner Rehabilitation Programmes (2 Feb 2006)

Arthur Morgan: Question 11: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform his views on whether his failure to ensure the reinvestment of savings in spending on prison officers' overtime directly into rehabilitation measures demonstrates his lack of commitment to rehabilitation programmes for prisoners. [3530/06]

Written Answers — State Airports: State Airports (2 Feb 2006)

Arthur Morgan: Question 17: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform if he has had or intends to have discussions with the Garda Commissioner regarding inspecting planes at Shannon Airport. [3531/06]

Written Answers — Energy Resources: Energy Resources (2 Feb 2006)

Arthur Morgan: Question 109: To ask the Minister for Communications, Marine and Natural Resources his Department's view on the possibility of multinational companies controlling huge energy production resources here. [3657/06]

Written Answers — Alternative Energy Projects: Alternative Energy Projects (2 Feb 2006)

Arthur Morgan: Question 110: To ask the Minister for Communications, Marine and Natural Resources the reason for the delay in publishing the wind energy strategy document. [3658/06]

Written Answers — Alternative Energy Projects: Alternative Energy Projects (2 Feb 2006)

Arthur Morgan: Question 111: To ask the Minister for Communications, Marine and Natural Resources his plans for the Government to publish a comprehensive alternative energy strategy. [3659/06]

Job Protection. (7 Feb 2006)

Arthur Morgan: Question 115: To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the actions he is taking to protect migrant workers who are employed as domestic workers; and his plans to introduce employment regulation orders outlining rates of pay and minimum standards for domestic workers in light of increasing evidence that these workers are being exploited and mistreated. [4143/06]

Job Protection. (7 Feb 2006)

Arthur Morgan: Has the Minister plans to ensure that domestic workers are made aware of their rights? It is fine to stand here and quote the Constitution. Many Irish workers do not know what is in the Constitution, much less domestic workers coming here from abroad on work permits. Has the Minister plans to make these workers aware of the rates of pay and minimum standards that should apply, for example? Is...

Job Protection. (7 Feb 2006)

Arthur Morgan: Through what means?

Job Protection. (7 Feb 2006)

Arthur Morgan: Quite a number of workers are in that category and we should be dealing with them. The position is that we can only deal with those workers who have work permits. When can we expect to see some protections emerging on foot of the University of Limerick study?

Employment Legislation. (7 Feb 2006)

Arthur Morgan: I am concerned the Government is increasingly using the partnership talks process as an excuse to hold back on urgently needed legislation. We heard it in the response to the previous question, when Deputy Howlin and I were told that partnership talks were being used to negotiate protection for domestic workers. In this case the talks are being used to negotiate harsher penalties for rogue...

Employment Legislation. (7 Feb 2006)

Arthur Morgan: Unfortunately we saw in that case how Gama was rewarded for its waywardness by receiving the contract for the Castleblaney bypass. When will we see the results of this search for new ways of enforcing labour law? Ministers say they are looking at this, studying that or have commissioned a report from the other. When will something be done to change the actions of these rogue employers? There...

Employment Legislation. (7 Feb 2006)

Arthur Morgan: I told the Minister what SIPTU said.

Request to move Adjournment of Dáil under Standing Order 31. (7 Feb 2006)

Arthur Morgan: I seek the adjournment of the Dáil under Standing Order 31 to discuss the following matter of urgent public concern, namely, the necessity for the Minister for Finance to make a statement explaining how and why the Government allowed €3 billion in tax revenue to be lost to the State as a result of property based tax reliefs while in excess of 43,000 households continue to languish on...