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Requests to move Adjournment of Dáil under Standing Order 32 (1 Jul 2010)

James Bannon: I take exception to the Tánaiste smiling at this news this morning. It is a tragedy for the people of County Longford.

Requests to move Adjournment of Dáil under Standing Order 32 (1 Jul 2010)

James Bannon: The people of Longford will take this out on Fianna Fáil at the next general election.

School Transport (30 Jun 2010)

James Bannon: I thank the Ceann Comhairle for affording me the opportunity to raise this important matter, namely, the need for the Minister for Education and Skills, Deputy Mary Coughlan, to explain why a child, who heretofore has travelled the six miles to her school on a school bus which passes her gate, as did both her older siblings, has been told to move to a new school over 15 miles away. Her...

Written Answers — Social Welfare Appeals: Social Welfare Appeals (30 Jun 2010)

James Bannon: Question 224: To ask the Minister for Social Protection the reason illness benefit in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Longford is being delayed; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [28774/10]

Written Answers — Social Welfare Benefits: Social Welfare Benefits (30 Jun 2010)

James Bannon: Question 230: To ask the Minister for Social Protection the position regarding an application for jobseeker's allowance in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Westmeath; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [28773/10]

Written Answers — School Accommodation: School Accommodation (30 Jun 2010)

James Bannon: Question 273: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Education and Skills if she will provide all records regarding details of payments by her Department in respect of the rental of prefabricated buildings for national and secondary schools in County Longford and County Westmeath over a five-year period from 1 January 2004 to 31 December 2009, consisting of a breakdown of the amount paid for...

Written Answers — National Carer's Strategy: National Carer's Strategy (29 Jun 2010)

James Bannon: Question 50: To ask the Minister for Social Protection the future plans he has for carers following the decision not to publish the national carer's strategy; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [27885/10]

Patient Safety: Motion (29 Jun 2010)

James Bannon: The horrific problems of women who were told they had miscarried their babies but subsequently gave birth to healthy children have raised a number of questions about our maternity care, not least about its exorbitant cost in our republic. In a move that mirrors cross-Border shopping expeditions, women are halving the cost of giving birth by going to Northern Ireland. When one considers...

Wildlife (Amendment) Bill 2010: Committee and Remaining Stages (29 Jun 2010)

James Bannon: It would be better to look after human beings.

Wildlife (Amendment) Bill 2010: Committee and Remaining Stages (29 Jun 2010)

James Bannon: Closing down eel farming in Westmeath.

Wildlife (Amendment) Bill 2010: Second Stage (24 Jun 2010)

James Bannon: I know that well. The Minister is interrupting me. Why did he not interrupt the two previous speakers? What the Minister fails to acknowledge is that hunting creates a sense of community in rural areas. My farm has facilitated hunting throughout my life and both my father and grandfather before him allowed the hunts to pass through our lands. I will continue to allow them do so. Hunting...

Wildlife (Amendment) Bill 2010: Second Stage (24 Jun 2010)

James Bannon: The Government has presided over the destruction of the REP scheme for farmers. It was a wonderful rural incentive to clean up the community and to help farmers to deal with problems arising in the countryside. The Government has decimated this great scheme and I am surprised the Minister was not more voluble on this issue. He has let people down badly in this regard. Furthermore, in an...

Wildlife (Amendment) Bill 2010: Second Stage (24 Jun 2010)

James Bannon: Moreover, I expect them to be men and women enough to do so in the interest of fair play and of the citizens and communities they represent.

Wildlife (Amendment) Bill 2010: Second Stage (24 Jun 2010)

James Bannon: That is a cop out.

Wildlife (Amendment) Bill 2010: Second Stage (24 Jun 2010)

James Bannon: Hear, hear.

Wildlife (Amendment) Bill 2010: Second Stage (24 Jun 2010)

James Bannon: I welcome the contributions of Deputy Wallace and Deputy Mattie McGrath. The first shots in the next general election are being fired here this evening. Deputy Wallace and Deputy McGrath, among others on the Fianna Fáil backbenches, will have their opportunity here on Tuesday evening to vote against this Bill and I hope they will do so in the interests of rural Ireland. I advise them not...

Requests to move Adjournment of Dáil under Standing Order 32 (24 Jun 2010)

James Bannon: I seek the Adjournment of the Dáil under Standing Order 32 to raise a matter of local and national importance, namely, the determination by the Minister for Health and Children to close Loughloe House, Athlone, County Westmeath, with the initial reason being the findings of the Health Information and Quality Authority report which was interpreted to justify closure. Despite these findings...

Requests to move Adjournment of Dáil under Standing Order 32 (24 Jun 2010)

James Bannon: Other care centres around the country will suffer the same fate.

Requests to move Adjournment of Dáil under Standing Order 32 (24 Jun 2010)

James Bannon: I represent the constituency of Longford-Westmeath and not the Ceann Comhairle or anybody in his office.

Requests to move Adjournment of Dáil under Standing Order 32 (24 Jun 2010)

James Bannon: This is a shortened version of what I submitted. I will not stand for it and I will-----