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

Arthur Morgan: They might not have robbed banks, but they robbed the people and gave the bank owners the people's money. That is what the Government and its predecessors have done over ten years now. What else have they done? They have presided over thousands of people dying on hospital trolleys and old people dying in their homes because of a lack of home support and a lack of proper help being given to...

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

Arthur Morgan: After 2003 and all that has happened it takes some brass neck to come back here with an amendment like this. It is nothing short of scandalous. The Dóchas centre in Our Lady of Lourdes Hospital in Drogheda is a one-stop shop for cancer patients, mostly women. Last year 102 new patients presented in the centre. It is regarded by people in the region who have used that service and by many...

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

Arthur Morgan: That is the weakest argument I have heard in a long time.

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

Arthur Morgan: More is the pity.

Order of Business (6 Mar 2008)

Arthur Morgan: I object to the guillotine on the Finance Bill. It is an interesting debate but at our current rate of progress we will not even get to the crucial amendment referred to by the previous speaker. On the roll-out of this, just yesterday it was disclosed that land at Beaumont Hospital was gifted to private developers as well. This was instead of developing a necessary psychiatric unit for...

Order of Business (6 Mar 2008)

Arthur Morgan: The Tánaiste knows we all support the hospice movement.

Written Answers — Hospital Services: Hospital Services (5 Mar 2008)

Arthur Morgan: Question 90: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the discussions she has had with the Health Service Executive in relation to its plans for cuts in hospital services in the north east region; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [9286/08]

Written Answers — Mental Health Services: Mental Health Services (5 Mar 2008)

Arthur Morgan: Question 134: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if she has received the report of the Irish Psychiatric Association published on 24 January 2008; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [9285/08]

Written Answers — Hospital Services: Hospital Services (5 Mar 2008)

Arthur Morgan: Question 200: To ask the Minister for Health and Children when oncology services will transfer from Our Lady of Lourdes Hospital, Drogheda; the part of the service that will be retained at the hospital site; and when staff, including professional, administrative and medical will be advised or consulted on any proposed transfer of services. [9524/08]

Written Answers — Telecommunications Services: Telecommunications Services (5 Mar 2008)

Arthur Morgan: Question 326: To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources when broadband will be available to a company (detail supplied) in County Louth; the measures he is taking to ensure businesses can access broadband; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [9523/08]

Finance Bill 2008: Report Stage (Resumed) (5 Mar 2008)

Arthur Morgan: The tax relief in respect of the waste collection charge is somewhat questionable. Virtually everybody is charged. I, therefore, wonder how beneficial it is. Would it be more productive or worthy to consider the introduction of a threshold below which relief would be available and above which it would not, or the subvention of families on very low incomes? The number who do not need a bin...

Finance Bill 2008: Report Stage (Resumed) (5 Mar 2008)

Arthur Morgan: I can confirm that in the parts of this State outside Dublin, with which I am familiar, it is almost impossible to get that sharing arrangement except in the unregistered crèches which present their own challenges and dangers. The Oireachtas crèche costs €694 per month. The other difficulty is that if both parties are working they lose their home makers' allowance. Then to rub salt in...

Finance Bill 2008: Report Stage (Resumed) (5 Mar 2008)

Arthur Morgan: I commend Deputy Bruton not so much on his amendment, although I fully support it, but rather on his somewhat novel idea of lobbying a future Taoiseach and of trying to instil or develop a social conscience in Fianna Fáil. This is particularly useful and I wish him well in his endeavour; indeed I might join in with him and extend it to paternity leave, for example, as there is not a single...

Finance Bill 2008: Report Stage (Resumed) (5 Mar 2008)

Arthur Morgan: It is a matter of striking a balance, as the Minister knows.

Finance Bill 2008: Report Stage (Resumed) (5 Mar 2008)

Arthur Morgan: It is about making this country a better place for all, including the less well-off.

Finance Bill 2008: Report Stage (5 Mar 2008)

Arthur Morgan: I support the amendment and marvel at the fact that less than a year ago a number of parties in this House were advocating significant tax cuts. Of course, the difference is that this time last year we were facing into a general election and with the fear that the people might realise what was going on, it is probably understandable, if not forgivable, that tax cuts were being advocated in...

Requests to move Adjournment of Dáil under Standing Order 32 (5 Mar 2008)

Arthur Morgan: I seek the adjournment of the Dáil under Standing Order 32 to discuss the following matter of urgent national importance, namely, the haemorrhaging of jobs from Tallaght with the loss of another 130 jobs this week at the Microprint plant, the fact that Tallaght has one of the highest levels of unemployment in the State, the need for this Government and the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and...

Written Answers — Drug Seizures: Drug Seizures (4 Mar 2008)

Arthur Morgan: Question 95: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform his views on the recent increase in the amount of heroin being seized in view of the fact that this is an indication of the increase in the amount of heroin making it into the market here; and his further views on whether the Garda have sufficient resources and are giving sufficient priority to tackling the supply of...

Written Answers — Prison Accommodation: Prison Accommodation (4 Mar 2008)

Arthur Morgan: Question 169: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform if he will phase out the practice of slopping out in prisons; and if so, the time-frame within which he will do so. [9002/08]

Written Answers — Employment Rights: Employment Rights (4 Mar 2008)

Arthur Morgan: Question 348: To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if there is legislation pending that would allow unions to check employers to ascertain if they are paying union rates, complementing the spot checks that are currently carried out by his Department. [8780/08]