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Order of Business (8 Apr 2008)

Arthur Morgan: It is a question on legislation.

Order of Business (8 Apr 2008)

Arthur Morgan: Will the Ceann Comhairle get the Taoiseach to answer that question, please?

Order of Business (8 Apr 2008)

Arthur Morgan: The question is on legislation and I ask the Taoiseach to answer it.

Order of Business (8 Apr 2008)

Arthur Morgan: The confusion is on the other side of the House. Ministers have been saying totally different things, while the head of the HSE has said something else, yet the Ceann Comhairle is accusing me of causing confusion. He needs to get this matter sorted out now. The best course of action is to have the Taoiseach clear it up in the House before we go any further.

Order of Business (8 Apr 2008)

Arthur Morgan: I ask the Ceann Comhairle to give the Taoiseach an opportunity to clear up this matter once and for all. Will he, please, give the Taoiseach an opportunity to clarify this very important matter for the people of the north east?

Order of Business (8 Apr 2008)

Arthur Morgan: It would not exactly terrify me if the Ceann Comhairle were to do that.

Order of Business (8 Apr 2008)

Arthur Morgan: However, I would prefer to stay in the House and hear what the Taoiseach has to say.

Order of Business (8 Apr 2008)

Arthur Morgan: I am extremely disappointed that I am not being given clarification. I do not know what the bloody hell is the point of being here when we cannot get an explanation.

Requests to move Adjournment of Dáil under Standing Order 32 (8 Apr 2008)

Arthur Morgan: I seek the adjournment of the Dáil under Standing Order 32 to debate the following urgent matter, namely the increase by 12,000 in this month's live register figures; the sustained loss of jobs in vulnerable sectors such as the construction industry; the Government's failure to identify in advance of, and prepare for, the slowdown in the economy when all economic indicators pointed to its...

Written Answers — National Drugs Strategy: National Drugs Strategy (3 Apr 2008)

Arthur Morgan: Question 24: To ask the Minister for Community, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs the steps he is taking, on top of and in addition to awareness campaigns, to address the cocaine problem here specifically. [12265/08]

Written Answers — Social Welfare Budget: Social Welfare Budget (2 Apr 2008)

Arthur Morgan: Question 105: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs if he has received a projection of the amount that may be needed to cope with rising unemployment. [12087/08]

Written Answers — Social Welfare Budget: Social Welfare Budget (2 Apr 2008)

Arthur Morgan: Question 142: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs his views on a recent report which revealed Government officials believe that significant extra funds will be needed to meet the rising cost of unemployment benefit in the coming months. [12086/08]

Written Answers — Cancer Screening Programme: Cancer Screening Programme (2 Apr 2008)

Arthur Morgan: Question 308: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the number of patients who presented at the Dóchas Centre, Our Lady of Lourdes Hospital, Drogheda in each of the past three years or for the most recent date for which figures are available; the number who were found to have breast cancer or another form of cancer; the number of patients from the north east region, in so far as the...

Written Answers — Employment Rights: Employment Rights (2 Apr 2008)

Arthur Morgan: Question 515: To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if his attention has been drawn to the anomaly whereby trade unions with members who work on a self-employed basis, face the prospect of being subject to competition law and consequently liable to prosecution for price fixing if they try to negotiate for minimum rates and conditions; and if he will intervene in the...

Written Answers — State Examinations: State Examinations (2 Apr 2008)

Arthur Morgan: Question 763: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the number of applications received for reader assistance at State examinations in each of the past five years, including the current academic year to date; the number of those applications that have been approved in each of those years, including the current year to date; the number refused in each of those years, including the...

Requests to move Adjournment of Dáil under Standing Order 32 (2 Apr 2008)

Arthur Morgan: I seek the adjournment of the Dáil to discuss the following matter of urgent national importance, namely, the serious cases of misdiagnosis of cancer in the north east and the lack of clarity surrounding the nature of the misdiagnosis together with the HSE's handling of the issue, which has alarmed many patients and their families throughout the region; the vague statement issued by the HSE...

Written Answers — Asylum Applications: Asylum Applications (13 Mar 2008)

Arthur Morgan: Question 182: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the position of an appeal by a person (detail supplied) in County Louth; and when a decision might be expected in this case. [11057/08]

Written Answers — Departmental Programmes: Departmental Programmes (12 Mar 2008)

Arthur Morgan: Question 219: To ask the Minister for Community, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs if funding for an agency (detail supplied) in County Louth is to be withdrawn; if so, when and the reason for same; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10997/08]

Requests to move Adjournment of Dáil under Standing Order 32 (11 Mar 2008)

Arthur Morgan: I seek the adjournment of the Dáil under Standing Order 32 to raise a matter of national importance, namely, the announcement by SIPTU that it is to serve strike notice on the HSE on behalf of its 1,200 emergency ambulance workers, following the unilateral decision of the HSE to sign contracts with three private ambulance operators last December, which, of course, is a continuation of the...

Finance Bill 2008: Report Stage (Resumed) and Final Stages (6 Mar 2008)

Arthur Morgan: I am acutely aware that palliative care is needed. Every single extended family in my constituency has been touched in one way or another by cancer. I do not want only those who are rich to be able to afford palliative care. I do not want those people who are on very low incomes putting themselves into debt, in some cases serious debt, to try and buy proper palliative care for their loved...