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- Seanad: Waste Management: Statements. (2 Mar 2005)
James Bannon: There are no markets for recycled products.
- Seanad: Waste Management: Statements. (2 Mar 2005)
James Bannon: The Minister is used to celebrating.
- Seanad: Waste Management: Statements. (2 Mar 2005)
James Bannon: The Environmental Protection Agency has not one qualified health professional on its staff.
- Seanad: Waste Management: Statements. (2 Mar 2005)
James Bannon: What about the incinerator at Karlsrühe in Germany which closed shortly after councillors visited it?
- Seanad: Waste Management: Statements. (2 Mar 2005)
James Bannon: That agency has no health professional on its board.
- Seanad: Waste Management: Statements. (2 Mar 2005)
James Bannon: Why are they being closed all over America?
- Seanad: Waste Management: Statements. (2 Mar 2005)
James Bannon: Not in the Senator's back yard.
- Seanad: Waste Management: Statements. (2 Mar 2005)
James Bannon: On a point of order, the Minister did not deal with the health risks relating to incineration.
- Seanad: Waste Management: Statements. (2 Mar 2005)
James Bannon: He did not deal with it.
- Seanad: Order of Business. (3 Mar 2005)
James Bannon: It is the result of seven years of bad Government.
- Seanad: Order of Business. (3 Mar 2005)
James Bannon: I agree with our deputy Leader on the public disquiet over the shabby handling of the helplines set up by the Health Service Executive to provide information on securing for the elderly those moneys that were taken illegally from them by various health boards. Many constituents have contacted me about the lengthy periods they have had to wait on the helplines. Will the Leader ask the...
- Seanad: Order of Business. (3 Mar 2005)
James Bannon: Other executives are quite negligent and are not implementing council policy.
- Seanad: Order of Business. (3 Mar 2005)
James Bannon: The Senator should withdraw that remark.
- Seanad: Order of Business. (3 Mar 2005)
James Bannon: The Senator is out of order.
- Seanad: Order of Business. (8 Mar 2005)
James Bannon: I support the call for a debate on the Travers report as there is a great deal of public disquiet about the manner in which the Government is handling the issue. It was twice brought to my notice at recent clinics that there are patients in long-stay institutions in the midlands who found no reference to this fact upon contacting the Health Service Executive. This is alarming as the only...
- Seanad: Order of Business. (8 Mar 2005)
James Bannon: I also call for a debate on the Hanly report and on the Minister for Health and Children's actions in dismantling services throughout the country.
- Seanad: Order of Business. (8 Mar 2005)
James Bannon: Senator Finucane spoke on events in Cork and Limerick. Services provided by ear, nose and throat clinics have been withdrawn from three main midland towns since the week beginning 28 February 2005. The towns involved are the Leader's home town of Athlone, Senator Glynn's town of Mullingar and my own town of Longford.
- Seanad: Order of Business. (8 Mar 2005)
James Bannon: This is causing the region's public great alarm. Two weeks ago saw the withdrawal of the taxi service for elderly people attending a clinic. This issue must be put on the record when the Minister for Health and Children clarifies the situation regarding the Longford-Westmeath General Hospital, which will come under significant threat after the next general election.
- Seanad: Order of Business (Resumed). (8 Mar 2005)
James Bannon: On a point of order, Senators do not hold clinics on that issue. The general public visit them to raise it and that is a reflection on the Government.
- Seanad: Rural Renewal Schemes. (8 Mar 2005)
James Bannon: The upper Shannon rural renewal tax incentive has been a very beneficial incentive for County Longford. Since its introduction, it has brought about major increases in business, tourism and building development. All of this work has been undertaken by many people within Longford. Some of these projects have been completed, while others have yet to be completed or are at the planning stage....