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Written Answers — Residency Permits: Residency Permits (4 Mar 2008)

Arthur Morgan: Question 470: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform when a decision will be made in the case of a person (details supplied) in County Louth, who applied for permission to remain in the State under the IBC/05 scheme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [8781/08]

Requests to move Adjournment of Dáil under Standing Order 32 (4 Mar 2008)

Arthur Morgan: I wish to try to continue discussion on the crisis in the health service. I seek the adjournment of the Dáil under Standing Order 32 to discuss the following matter of urgent national importance, namely, to call on the Government and the Minister for Health and Children to change their plans for the removal of the Dóchas centre, a one-stop-shop for breast cancer patients, from Our Lady of...

Written Answers — Industrial Relations: Industrial Relations (28 Feb 2008)

Arthur Morgan: Question 38: To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment his views on whether it is acceptable for a company (details supplied) operating all over this island and with multiple bases, to engage with union representatives for its workers in the North of Ireland but to refuse to do so for its workers in the South. [8250/08]

Written Answers — Trade Union Recognition: Trade Union Recognition (28 Feb 2008)

Arthur Morgan: Question 63: To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if he will introduce measures that will oblige employers to recognise trade unions. [8249/08]

Written Answers — Tax Code: Tax Code (26 Feb 2008)

Arthur Morgan: Question 74: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Finance his views on whether the work of the working group on Common Consolidated Corporation Tax Base chaired by an official from the Taxation and Customs Union Directorate General of the EU Commission is leading towards the introduction of such a CCCTB across the EU. [7688/08]

Written Answers — Fiscal Policy: Fiscal Policy (26 Feb 2008)

Arthur Morgan: Question 62: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Finance his views on the warning from the European Commission in its annual report on the Irish economy under the Stability and Growth Pact, that the Government faces several economic challenges and a noticeable deterioration in its budgetary position in coming years. [7689/08]

Written Answers — Departmental Schemes: Departmental Schemes (26 Feb 2008)

Arthur Morgan: Question 100: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Finance if his attention has been drawn to plans to introduce a savings scheme for low-income households on a pilot basis for two years to address the fact that low-income families which have no savings are at a particularly high risk of falling into debt. [4617/08]

Requests to move Adjournment of Dáil under Standing Order 32 (26 Feb 2008)

Arthur Morgan: I seek the adjournment of the Dáil under Standing Order 32 to debate the following urgent matter, namely, the chronic shortage of home support hours available from the HSE in County Louth, the consequent suffering of those in need of home support, especially elderly people, and the need to ensure appropriate funding is made available without delay from the Department of Health and Children,...

Written Answers — Higher Education Grants: Higher Education Grants (20 Feb 2008)

Arthur Morgan: Question 123: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the way she will address the low financial supports available to third level and further education students on low income but above the social welfare threshold. [6769/08]

Agency Workers: Motion (Resumed) (20 Feb 2008)

Arthur Morgan: It cannot deal with those cases of outlaw dealings.

Agency Workers: Motion (Resumed) (20 Feb 2008)

Arthur Morgan: That is true.

School Funding. (20 Feb 2008)

Arthur Morgan: Question 100: To ask the Minister for Education and Science her views on the fact that nearly half the State's private fee-paying schools are claiming to be charities to avail of tax exemptions; if she will withdraw State funding for these schools; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [6768/08]

School Funding. (20 Feb 2008)

Arthur Morgan: The denomination of such schools is of little interest to me. However, these schools receive taxpayers' money on the double. They are in receipt of the €80 million pot earmarked by the Department for private post-primary schools. Would the Minister consider deducting from that contribution of taxpayers' money to them an amount equivalent to the money they receive under the tax exemption...

School Funding. (20 Feb 2008)

Arthur Morgan: Does the Minister believe we should be trying to move towards circumstances in which there is no need for private schools and in which public schools will deliver adequate education and facilities for all pupils in the State? Would this not be the ideal model? Is the Minister doing anything to move the education sector in this direction?

Inservice Training. (20 Feb 2008)

Arthur Morgan: Can we just focus for a moment on primary English language support teachers? My understanding is that seminars had been arranged for teachers in that category for some considerable time. My colleague, Deputy Aengus Ó Snodaigh, tabled a question to the Minister in November 2007, at which point it was established that no seminars were scheduled. No seminars for primary English language...

Inservice Training. (20 Feb 2008)

Arthur Morgan: Will the Minister please confirm that her Department intends to hold no further seminars for primary English support teachers and that the seminar scheme, which was poor enough in its own right, will be replaced by the issuing of a language resource kit? Will she accept that this is the cutback of all cutbacks? As regards her earlier reference to the INTO-Marino College course, my...

Inservice Training. (20 Feb 2008)

Arthur Morgan: It was paid for by the teachers.

Written Answers — Health Services: Health Services (19 Feb 2008)

Arthur Morgan: Question 200: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the number of applications for the domiciliary care allowance in County Louth; and the number of applicants successfully awarded the grant. [5947/08]

Written Answers — Trade Union Recognition: Trade Union Recognition (19 Feb 2008)

Arthur Morgan: Question 377: To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if his attention has been drawn to of the situation where a company (details supplied) is refusing to recognise union representatives for its workers from south of the border, while willingly dealing with union representatives for workers north of the border; and his views on whether this kind of double standard is a form...

Written Answers — Public Private Partnerships: Public Private Partnerships (19 Feb 2008)

Arthur Morgan: Question 481: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the terms of the public private partnership contract that has been agreed between her Department and a construction company for the provision of two secondary schools at Borris Road, Portlaoise, including but not restricted to the length of the lease, tax incentives, any initial payment, the ongoing cost of the lease and any final...