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Written Answers — Northern Ireland Issues: Northern Ireland Issues (7 Dec 2005)

Finian McGrath: Question 161: To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs to request that the British Government disband all Unionist paramilitaries and other instruments of their own creation. [38426/05]

Written Answers — Northern Ireland Issues: Northern Ireland Issues (7 Dec 2005)

Finian McGrath: Question 204: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform if the maximum support will be given to a victim of the Dublin bombings (details supplied) in relation to expenses for consultation fees and hearing aids to resolve other matters. [38431/05]

Budget Statement 2005. (7 Dec 2005)

Finian McGrath: In this House last week, Deputy Gregory stated that if the Government cared about educational disadvantage, these inner city schools would get more resources rather than less. Putting resources into disadvantaged primary education would be a real investment in the future. The Government also claims to be tackling the drugs crisis yet the community representative on the Government's national...

Budget Statement 2005. (7 Dec 2005)

Finian McGrath: I ask that I be allowed to continue and that the Minister of State, Deputy Treacy, stop heckling me. My colleague from County Clare, Deputy James Breen, has pointed out that €20.8 million or £15 million promised by former Minister for Health and Children, Deputy Martin, in 2000, for the upgrading of Ennis General Hospital has not been delivered. This is the same promise made by the...

Budget Statement 2005. (7 Dec 2005)

Finian McGrath: This could easily have resulted in the loss of life. This is the type of health service to which the people of Clare are subjected. My colleague, Deputy Connolly, has informed me that the Royal College of Surgeons in Ireland has recently recommended that Monaghan General Hospital be deprived of all acute surgical services and that such services be based in Cavan instead. This recommendation...

Budget Statement 2005. (7 Dec 2005)

Finian McGrath: It is not good enough.

Budget Statement 2005. (7 Dec 2005)

Finian McGrath: Furthermore, the Government has excluded children over six in its child care provisions. The budget for 2006 comes at a testing time for homeless people and those in need of housing. My test for the budget is clear: deliver decent homes, not temporary beds, and end homelessness and housing need in Ireland. Being homeless or in need of housing means living in damp, cold and infested housing,...

Budget Statement 2005. (7 Dec 2005)

Finian McGrath: There is also no eye unit in Mayo so the poor man had to travel to Sligo. Today's budget will not help him.

Budget Statement 2005. (7 Dec 2005)

Finian McGrath: Deputy Cowley has also spearheaded the campaign for a helicopter emergency medical service for this country for several years. As an experienced rural GP he knows of too many families robbed of their loved ones owing to the lack of such a service which is available in every other country in Europe. Deputy Cowley began speaking of the need for a helicopter emergency medical service when Deputy...

Budget Statement 2005. (7 Dec 2005)

Finian McGrath: A revamping of the courthouse in Cork, estimated to cost €6.5 million, ended up costing the taxpayer €26.5 million. What a waste of public money.

Budget Statement 2005. (7 Dec 2005)

Finian McGrath: The Minister knows from Loughrea that 30 road projects——

Budget Statement 2005. (7 Dec 2005)

Finian McGrath: ——which were estimated to cost €932 million are costing the taxpayer and the Government €2.97 billion. Road projects were 86% over budget and the Minister knows that. Trim Castle was another fiasco——

Budget Statement 2005. (7 Dec 2005)

Finian McGrath: ——a waste of taxpayers' money. The amount involved could have ended the scandal of patients on trolleys forever, bought all the new schools we wanted, made a major dent on our housing waiting lists, developed child care services, even for those over six, and assisted the elderly. Poverty among people with disabilities has not been dealt with in this budget. The fact that 38% of people...

Budget Statement 2005. (7 Dec 2005)

Finian McGrath: I thank the Leas-Cheann Comhairle for the opportunity to address the House on the budget. It is a great honour and privilege to put forward the views of Independent Deputies on our current financial situation and the announcements in today's budget. It is a missed opportunity to develop further strategies to solve poverty once and for all and to wipe out waiting lists for people with...

Budget Statement 2005. (7 Dec 2005)

Finian McGrath: Hats off to the artists.

Commemorative Events. (7 Dec 2005)

Finian McGrath: Question 6: To ask the Taoiseach the position regarding plans to commemorate the 1916 Rising; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [32456/05]

Commemorative Events. (7 Dec 2005)

Finian McGrath: Question 8: To ask the Taoiseach if Independent Deputies will be involved in discussions to progress the 90th anniversary of the 1916 Rising. [33756/05]

Commemorative Events. (7 Dec 2005)

Finian McGrath: Will the Taoiseach ensure maximum support among all Oireachtas Members for the 1916 celebrations? Will he ensure that the voluntary and community sectors are invited to take part? Will he include Independent Deputies in the planning process? In line with the 1916 vision and its core democratic principles, will he implement the recommendations of the Oireachtas joint committee on the inclusion...

Written Answers — Northern Ireland Issues: Northern Ireland Issues (6 Dec 2005)

Finian McGrath: Question 156: To ask the Taoiseach if all Northern elected representatives are invited to speak in the Houses of the Oireachtas. [37536/05]

Written Answers — Jobs for People with Disabilities. : Jobs for People with Disabilities. (6 Dec 2005)

Finian McGrath: Question 165: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children if assistance will be given to a person (details supplied) in Dublin 9 with a disability in getting employment as part of the 3% quota for persons with disabilities; and if this person will be given the maximum support. [37559/05]