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Recall of Irish Pork and Bacon Products: Statements (9 Dec 2008)

Tom Hayes: On a point of clarification——

Recall of Irish Pork and Bacon Products: Statements (9 Dec 2008)

Tom Hayes: Many people want to ask questions. Is the time being kept separate for questions?

Recall of Irish Pork and Bacon Products: Statements (9 Dec 2008)

Tom Hayes: If the time the Minister takes to answer is also taken, we will not get around the House.

Recall of Irish Pork and Bacon Products: Statements (9 Dec 2008)

Tom Hayes: I ask the Minister about the issue of product displacement from the shelves, which is the major concern. Is there any way the Minister can protect the industry here particularly from imports? On my way to Dublin I spoke to a small food producer who produces sausages, rashers and black puddings. It is a very small industry outside Cashel with traceability. It is wrong to say there is no...

Recall of Irish Pork and Bacon Products: Statements (9 Dec 2008)

Tom Hayes: They are displacing our good food, whether we like it or not.

Recall of Irish Pork and Bacon Products: Statements (9 Dec 2008)

Tom Hayes: I agree with that.

Recall of Irish Pork and Bacon Products: Statements (9 Dec 2008)

Tom Hayes: That is happening. That is the problem.

Hospital Services. (9 Dec 2008)

Tom Hayes: I thank the Acting Chairman and the Ceann Comhairle for the opportunity to raise on the Adjournment the important issue of South Tipperary General Hospital. It employs 450 people and has a 275 bed capacity. More than 1,100 babies were delivered there last year and the level of surgical procedures, including day cases, is extremely high. As a teaching hospital which has worked to incorporate...

Hospital Services. (9 Dec 2008)

Tom Hayes: There was a great deal in that reply.

Written Answers — Pension Provisions: Pension Provisions (9 Dec 2008)

Tom Hayes: Question 328: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs if a person who is job sharing, working one week on and one week off, and paying a class D contribution and is working on the farm owned by the person and the spouse on alternate weeks, is entitled to pay a contribution entitling them to a pension for their years working the farm. [44878/08]

Health Bill 2008: Second Stage (Resumed) (11 Dec 2008)

Tom Hayes: I thank my colleagues for sharing time in this important debate. Having spoken on many Bills, I do not believe this legislation should have come before the House. We are all aware of the worry caused to pensioners by the budget measure on medical cards for those aged over 70 years. We saw the protest on Kildare Street and heard people from across the political divide state the measure was...

Written Answers — Public Sector Staff: Public Sector Staff (11 Dec 2008)

Tom Hayes: Question 25: To ask the Minister for Finance when it is proposed that staff mobility across the various segments of the public service will commence; and the statutory provisions that will be required to implement it. [45186/08]

Leaders' Questions (16 Dec 2008)

Tom Hayes: That man behind the Taoiseach.

Requests to move Adjournment of Dáil under Standing Order 32 (16 Dec 2008)

Tom Hayes: I seek the adjournment of the Dáil under Standing Order 32 to discuss a matter of national importance, namely, the cap or limit on the number of discretionary medical cards given to people with serious or terminal illnesses who require these cards to cover the inordinate medical expenses they would otherwise face. This is a shocking development which will impact on seriously ill patients...

Written Answers — Private Health Insurance: Private Health Insurance (16 Dec 2008)

Tom Hayes: Question 121: To ask the Minister for Health and Children her views on whether the VHI will not meet the requirement to achieve solvency of 40% by the end of 2008; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [45632/08]

Written Answers — Asylum Applications: Asylum Applications (16 Dec 2008)

Tom Hayes: Question 274: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the position in the case of a person (details supplied) in County Tipperary who has applied for a subsidiary protection order. [45926/08]

Written Answers — Road Traffic Offences: Road Traffic Offences (16 Dec 2008)

Tom Hayes: Question 282: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the number of drug driving prosecutions taken by the traffic corps here each year for the past three years; the number of these which succeeded in a conviction; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [46003/08]

Written Answers — Road Safety: Road Safety (16 Dec 2008)

Tom Hayes: Question 283: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the number of accidents which have been investigated by the traffic corps here each year for the past three years. [46004/08]

Written Answers — Drug Seizures: Drug Seizures (16 Dec 2008)

Tom Hayes: Question 284: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the number of seizures of drugs which have been made by the traffic corps here each year for the past three years; and the value of drugs seized each year. [46005/08]

Written Answers — Physical Education Facilities: Physical Education Facilities (16 Dec 2008)

Tom Hayes: Question 503: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the position regarding an application by a school (details supplied) in County Tipperary for the provision of a sports hall at the school. [46152/08]