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Mid-West Task Force: Statements (28 Jan 2010)

Noel Coonan: -----stated that-----

Mid-West Task Force: Statements (28 Jan 2010)

Noel Coonan: -----reformation takes place not by contemplation but by action. What we want from the Minister is action, not guff or words.

Mid-West Task Force: Statements (28 Jan 2010)

Noel Coonan: In north Tipperary, as Deputy Noonan stated, we are getting rubbish and guff.

Mid-West Task Force: Statements (28 Jan 2010)

Noel Coonan: Jobs have been lost in the Garda College in Templemore. The college is for the next two years virtually like a ghost college. What is happening in it? What are the Government's proposals for it? Why not give meaningful employment to the people,-----

Mid-West Task Force: Statements (28 Jan 2010)

Noel Coonan: -----with crime rampant in the country and murder on a daily basis?

Mid-West Task Force: Statements (28 Jan 2010)

Noel Coonan: There are 1,000 retired this year. Does Deputy O'Dea know how many the Government is training? It is training 198 in Templemore who will not be ready in two years' time. At the same time 1,000 gardaí a year retiring. What the Garda College and the Garda Force needs - I spoke to a chief superintendent outside the gate here yesterday - is experience. There has been a drain of experience...

Mid-West Task Force: Statements (28 Jan 2010)

Noel Coonan: It is from the man who set up this State, the first Minister for Finance, Michael Collins, who stated: What we must aim at is the building of a sound economic life in which great discrepancies cannot occur. We must not have destitution or poverty at one end, and at the other an excess of riches in the possession of a few individuals, beyond what they can spend with satisfaction and justification.

Mid-West Task Force: Statements (28 Jan 2010)

Noel Coonan: This is what the Minister is doing.

Job Losses. (2 Feb 2010)

Noel Coonan: The Tánaiste should not forget north Tipperary.

Written Answers — Flood Relief: Flood Relief (2 Feb 2010)

Noel Coonan: Question 251: To ask the Minister for Finance if he will provide capital funding for proposed flood relief works at a location (details supplied) in County Tipperary; when works will commence; the timeframe for completion; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [5117/10]

Written Answers — Job Losses: Job Losses (2 Feb 2010)

Noel Coonan: Question 386: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the number of employees that have lost their jobs in an establishment (details supplied) since the moratorium on recruitment announced in March 2009; the number of employees that work there at present; his long term plans for the establishment; his views on whether the current staff level will decrease or increase; and if...

Written Answers — Fire Stations: Fire Stations (2 Feb 2010)

Noel Coonan: Question 579: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government when an application for funding for a new fire station facility (details supplied) in County Tipperary will be approved; the timeframe for the provision of the funding; the reason for the delay; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [5114/10]

Written Answers — Telecommunications Services: Telecommunications Services (2 Feb 2010)

Noel Coonan: Question 590: To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources the percentage of broadband suppliers listed on a website (details supplied) that no longer exist; the number of times amendments to the supplier list are made to the website; his views on considering permitting a company to update his Department's website; his further views on the fact that this is an...

Written Answers — Animal Identification Scheme: Animal Identification Scheme (2 Feb 2010)

Noel Coonan: Question 623: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food if he will delay the introduction of the new sheep tagging system, mandatory electronic identification, for two years as recommended by the EU Commissioner for Agriculture and Rural Development in order to allow the sheep industry to recover in tough economic times; his views on whether the system will impose a burden on...

Order of Business (4 Feb 2010)

Noel Coonan: Operation Transformation in County Kerry.

Written Answers — Social Welfare Appeals: Social Welfare Appeals (9 Feb 2010)

Noel Coonan: Question 412: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs when an application for disability allowance appeal will be finalised in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Tipperary; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [6079/10]

Written Answers — Social Welfare Benefits: Social Welfare Benefits (9 Feb 2010)

Noel Coonan: Question 459: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs when an application for invalidity allowance will be finalised in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Tipperary; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [6345/10]

Written Answers — Social Welfare Benefits: Social Welfare Benefits (9 Feb 2010)

Noel Coonan: Question 527: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs when an application for jobseeker's allowance will be finalised in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Tipperary; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [6778/10]

Written Answers — Social Welfare Benefits: Social Welfare Benefits (9 Feb 2010)

Noel Coonan: Question 528: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs when a State pension will be awarded to a person (details supplied) in County Tipperary; the reason for the delay in payment; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [6779/10]

Written Answers — Schools Building Projects: Schools Building Projects (9 Feb 2010)

Noel Coonan: Question 709: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the number of north Tipperary schools that have applied for and are awaiting capital funding for school building projects; the band rating and stage of these projects; the works that are to be carried out; the date of first application; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [6767/10]