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Written Answers — Hospital Maintenance: Hospital Maintenance (20 Jun 2006)

Seymour Crawford: Question 191: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children the way in which she intends to reduce maintenance costs in Cavan General Hospital and Monaghan General Hospital; the expected reduction; the locations where maintenance will be carried out; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [23579/06]

Written Answers — Decentralisation Programme: Decentralisation Programme (20 Jun 2006)

Seymour Crawford: Question 259: To ask the Minister for Communications, Marine and Natural Resources the number of civil servants who have requested a place in Cavan under the decentralisation programme; if that number includes transfers from the Department of Agriculture and Food offices in Cavan; if so, the number of transfers; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [23529/06]

Written Answers — Grant Payments: Grant Payments (20 Jun 2006)

Seymour Crawford: Question 362: To ask the Minister for Agriculture and Food the reason a person (details supplied) in County Cavan has not been awarded their headage and premium as agreed by the appeals office; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [23334/06]

Written Answers — Departmental Staff: Departmental Staff (20 Jun 2006)

Seymour Crawford: Question 366: To ask the Minister for Agriculture and Food the number of personnel employed in her Department office in Cavan on 1 January 2000; the number there are at the present time; the efforts been made to find alternative work in these offices as some work has ended as a result of single payment scheme and other work has been transferred out; and if she will make a statement on the...

Written Answers — Schools Building Projects: Schools Building Projects (20 Jun 2006)

Seymour Crawford: Question 466: To ask the Minister for Education and Science further to Parliamentary Question No. 219 of 1 June 2006 and your letter, when the funding will be available so that work can commence on this vital life saving project; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [23465/06]

Written Answers — School Transport: School Transport (20 Jun 2006)

Seymour Crawford: Question 467: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if she will make a personal intervention in the ongoing impasse regarding the collection of students (details supplied) from Latton village in the interest of fair play and above all safety; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [23466/06]

Road Traffic Bill 2006 [Seanad]: Second Stage (Resumed). (20 Jun 2006)

Seymour Crawford: I wish to share time with Deputy Connaughton.

Road Traffic Bill 2006 [Seanad]: Second Stage (Resumed). (20 Jun 2006)

Seymour Crawford: I welcome the opportunity to speak on this Bill. As the Minister stated in his speech, it is the sixth Bill to deal with road traffic and infrastructure generally. I wish to pick up on a couple of issues at the outset. The previous speaker discussed the amount of money to be spent on the roads over the coming years and that it is not the issue. As one who lived a mile and a half from Swann's...

Requests to move Adjournment of Dáil under Standing Order 31. (20 Jun 2006)

Seymour Crawford: I seek the adjournment of the Dáil under Standing Order 31 to discuss a matter of national importance, namely, the proposal of the Health Service Executive to centralise all tertiary care in the north-eastern region into Our Lady of Lourdes Hospital, Drogheda within three months; the absence of facilities to deal with the increased load on the staff in Drogheda; the absence of advanced...

Written Answers — Departmental Programmes: Departmental Programmes (14 Jun 2006)

Seymour Crawford: Question 55: To ask the Minister for Community, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs the reason the funding for CLÁR has not been proportionately increased in view of the decision to double the population which is eligible under the scheme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22860/06]

Written Answers — Departmental Programmes: Departmental Programmes (14 Jun 2006)

Seymour Crawford: Question 181: To ask the Minister for Community, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs the amount he has available through CLÁR for community groups; the way in which such groups can draw down funds in areas such as Cavan and Monaghan where funds from LEADER groups that are normally used as lead funds have already dried up; if this means that the recent extensions to CLÁR areas will be of little...

Written Answers — Departmental Schemes: Departmental Schemes (14 Jun 2006)

Seymour Crawford: Question 180: To ask the Minister for Community, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs the number of personnel involved in the rural employment scheme; if there are sufficient funds to allow an increase in numbers; and if he has satisfied himself that there are sufficient funds available to provide for an active work programme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [23145/06]

Written Answers — Noise Pollution: Noise Pollution (13 Jun 2006)

Seymour Crawford: Question 106: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government if he will make a statement on the way in which he is tackling noise pollution. [22570/06]

Planning and Development (Strategic Infrastructure) Bill 2006 [Seanad]: Second Stage (Resumed). (13 Jun 2006)

Seymour Crawford: I welcome the opportunity to speak on the Planning and Development (Strategic Infrastructure) Bill 2006. We have heard much in the past few years about plans for infrastructure and about the billions that will be spent on roads, railways and so forth. However, if one looks at what has happened in recent years, for example, the picture is not so positive. One only has to look at the delays on...

Planning and Development (Strategic Infrastructure) Bill 2006 [Seanad]: Second Stage (Resumed). (13 Jun 2006)

Seymour Crawford: I am very proud of the fact that I was part of the group which campaigned for this. This year——

Planning and Development (Strategic Infrastructure) Bill 2006 [Seanad]: Second Stage (Resumed). (13 Jun 2006)

Seymour Crawford: ——we are getting over €51 million for the M2. That will make a major difference. Other issues must be examined. A deal was done before the last general election by the IFA and the Government on the purchase of property for infrastructure. Having dealt with many farmers in County Monaghan in recent months, I am sad to see that deal has been completely ignored. The Government must look...

Planning and Development (Strategic Infrastructure) Bill 2006 [Seanad]: Second Stage (Resumed). (13 Jun 2006)

Seymour Crawford: We are not talking about interference but about the Minister telling us the facts of how and why something is being done, something to which people are entitled. If the Minister of State was in my situation, representing a constituency such as Cavan-Monaghan — the Minister for Health and Children did not even think it worth her while to visit either hospital in the area — he would wonder...

Order of Business. (13 Jun 2006)

Seymour Crawford: What is the situation with regard to health? We have been summoned by the Health Service Executive——

Order of Business. (13 Jun 2006)

Seymour Crawford: ——to attend a meeting tomorrow. Is the Minister in charge or not?

Written Answers — State Claims Agency: State Claims Agency (8 Jun 2006)

Seymour Crawford: Question 115: To ask the Minister for Finance the expected cost to date of the legal advisor employed by the State Claims Agency to contest a case (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21999/06]