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Written Answers — Social Welfare Appeals: Social Welfare Appeals (20 Apr 2010)

James Bannon: Question 704: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs when a person (details supplied) in County Longford will be awarded a carer's allowance in respect of her spouse; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [15190/10]

Written Answers — Social Welfare Benefits: Social Welfare Benefits (20 Apr 2010)

James Bannon: Question 705: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs the position regarding an application for jobseeker's allowance in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Longford; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [15191/10]

Written Answers — Social Welfare Benefits: Social Welfare Benefits (20 Apr 2010)

James Bannon: Question 706: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs the position regarding a continuation of illness benefit in respect of a person (details supplied in County Longford; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [15192/10]

Written Answers — Social Welfare Benefits: Social Welfare Benefits (20 Apr 2010)

James Bannon: Question 707: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs if he will increase the carer's allowance awarded in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Leitrim; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [15194/10]

Written Answers — School Transport: School Transport (20 Apr 2010)

James Bannon: Question 912: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Education and Science the reason a licence in respect of a school transport service from Fore to Mullingar has been revoked or withdrawn in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Westmeath; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [14963/10]

Written Answers — Vocational Education Committees: Vocational Education Committees (20 Apr 2010)

James Bannon: Question 934: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Education and Science if she will increase the number of post leaving certificate places in Longford Vocational Education Committee by an additional 30 and provide for two new courses for 2010/2011, photography and engineering technology, which are required to meet demand in view of the fact that County Longford does not have a third level...

Schools Building Projects. (20 Apr 2010)

James Bannon: I thank the Ceann Comhairle for affording me time to discuss this very important matter, namely, the urgent need for the Minister for Education and Science to provide the essential funding for Melview national school, Melview, County Longford, which has been sought since the mid-1980s. Despite an unacceptable deterioration in the built environment, this school has not received permission to...

Order of Business (20 Apr 2010)

James Bannon: It is Punchestown festival week.

Order of Business (20 Apr 2010)

James Bannon: Given the recent announcement by the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government of a list of heritage sites proposed for world heritage status, the failure to publish a national monuments Bill is a major stumbling block to the preservation of our heritage. The Bill has again been put at the hind tit of the legislative programme. When can we expect this long overdue...

Order of Business (20 Apr 2010)

James Bannon: -----all of which is degrading the rural environment. When will he do something constructive for the country?

Request to move Adjournment of Dáil under Standing Order 32 (20 Apr 2010)

James Bannon: I seek the adjournment of the Dáil under Standing Order 32 to debate the following urgent matter: the dreadful impact of the new carbon tax, which is to apply from 01 May 2010 to kerosene, marked gas oil, liquid petroleum gas, fuel oil and natural gas at between 6% and 7% plus VAT, to the detriment of the already decimated farming and business sectors under the stewardship of the Government.

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

James Bannon: I seek the Adjournment of the Dáil under Standing Order 32 to raise a matter of national importance, namely, the inequality of provision by the Fianna Fáil-Green Party Government, which sees social welfare benefits being cut across the board, while taxpayers' money to the tune of €8.3 billion is being ploughed into Anglo Irish Bank, which had——

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

James Bannon: Will I have the protection of the Chair?

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

James Bannon: Will I have to start again?

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

James Bannon: It is no laughing matter for the public. The Deputies opposite can snigger all they like here but the people of Ireland will give an answer in the not too distant future.

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

James Bannon: We have the——

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

James Bannon: A sum of €8.3 billion is being ploughed into Anglo Irish Bank, which has recorded the largest corporate loss in Irish history of €12.7 billion, in what is a blatant exercise in cronyism, while those in extreme poverty are being refused their entitlements for the most suspect reasons. Shame on the Government for the way it behaved and shame on Government Deputies for the way they react to...

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

James Bannon: Deputy Timmy Dooley has the knives out for the Taoiseach.

Order of Business (1 Apr 2010)

James Bannon: Hear, hear.

Special Educational Needs: Motion. (31 Mar 2010)

James Bannon: I thank my colleague, Deputy Brian Hayes, for bringing this important matter before the House. The withdrawal of SNAs and classes from schools with pupils whose integration into mainstream education is dependent on such provision is unbelievable and must be reversed this evening. To remove this help flies in the face of logic and basic decency. Is the Minister suggesting "the survival of...