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Grant Payments. (4 May 2005)

Seymour Crawford: I refer to the Teagasc office in Bailieboro, which is to close. How can small farmers survive if advice is not available within 20 or 30 miles of their homes? This is unacceptable and cannot be tolerated. If small farmers are to remain in business, they must be given realistic grant aid and advice regarding alternatives to generate income outside farming. If that is not done, the industry...

Grant Payments. (4 May 2005)

Seymour Crawford: I have been saying that for 12 years but nobody will listen.

Grant Payments. (4 May 2005)

Seymour Crawford: It is ridiculous. Teagasc is short of money.

EU Directives. (4 May 2005)

Seymour Crawford: I appreciate the Minister has had ongoing meetings with the personnel from Teagasc, especially in her constituency regarding pigs and poultry. Some issues, such as the technicality of transferring slurry and manure of a definite value from one farm to another, need not be significant and could be solved, but it is now tied up in red tape. An elderly farmer who is not fully utilising his land...

EU Directives. (4 May 2005)

Seymour Crawford: They are afraid that they will break a rule as that would mean they would lose their single premium.

Written Answers — Foreign Conflicts: Foreign Conflicts (28 Apr 2005)

Seymour Crawford: Question 23: To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs if he will report on the security situation in Afghanistan; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [13500/05]

Written Answers — Overseas Development Aid: Overseas Development Aid (28 Apr 2005)

Seymour Crawford: Question 33: To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs the level of assistance from Ireland to Uganda; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [13486/05]

Written Answers — Medical Cards: Medical Cards (28 Apr 2005)

Seymour Crawford: Question 106: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children the criteria which have to be met by an English citizen who has worked in the UK for 31 years, is married to an Irish citizen who worked in the UK for 11 years, is now living here but has been refused a medical card due to the fact that they are not receiving an EU pension; if such a person is covered under agreements...

Written Answers — Social Welfare Benefits: Social Welfare Benefits (28 Apr 2005)

Seymour Crawford: Question 157: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs if he will reconsider the situation of a person (details supplied) in County Monaghan; the reason a special needs supervisor on a school bus is treated differently from a home help; if this situation will be rectified; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [13741/05]

Written Answers — Grant Payments: Grant Payments (28 Apr 2005)

Seymour Crawford: Question 178: To ask the Minister for Agriculture and Food when she intends to make the single payment in order that farm families can plan their financial budget not only from a banking point of view but also from a taxation point of view; if her attention has been drawn to the fact that payments made after 1 January 2005, for instance, for the 2004 livestock year, will be added to the...

Written Answers — Grant Payments: Grant Payments (28 Apr 2005)

Seymour Crawford: Question 185: To ask the Minister for Agriculture and Food the payments which will issue to a person (details supplied) in County Monaghan; when they will issue; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [13759/05]

Written Answers — Public Sector Employment: Public Sector Employment (27 Apr 2005)

Seymour Crawford: Question 78: To ask the Minister for Finance his policy on public service employment. [13268/05]

Written Answers — Ministerial Appointments: Ministerial Appointments (26 Apr 2005)

Seymour Crawford: Question 125: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if she has received any communication from any current or former member of the HEA with regard to the recent appointment of the former Secretary General of the Department of Health and Children to the authority; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [12963/05]

Written Answers — Nursing Home Charges: Nursing Home Charges (26 Apr 2005)

Seymour Crawford: Question 199: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children if forms are available to patients or their relatives to claim back their rights, as decided by the Supreme Court for payments for nursing home charges; if they are not available, when she expects they will be; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [13171/05]

Written Answers — Postal Services: Postal Services (26 Apr 2005)

Seymour Crawford: Question 249: To ask the Minister for Communications, Marine and Natural Resources if post offices will be supported to expand their banking operations and other public services; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [12820/05]

Written Answers — Social Welfare Benefits: Social Welfare Benefits (26 Apr 2005)

Seymour Crawford: Question 290: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs the criteria which will be used for the respite grant as was raised in the budget for 2005; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [12788/05]

Written Answers — Social Welfare Benefits: Social Welfare Benefits (26 Apr 2005)

Seymour Crawford: Question 291: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs the criteria which will be used for the respite grant, as announced in the budget for 2005, in the Social Welfare Bill; if a person who is giving full-time care but has been refused the carer's allowance owing to the means test will be eligible for the respite grant; if the application forms are available; the way in which...

Written Answers — Social Welfare Benefits: Social Welfare Benefits (26 Apr 2005)

Seymour Crawford: Question 293: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs the number of savings he will make for his Department by forcing all social welfare recipients to accept their payments through a bank rather than the post office network; the damage that will be done, especially to rural communities, if post offices are forced to close; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [12820/05]

Written Answers — Veterinary Inspection Service: Veterinary Inspection Service (26 Apr 2005)

Seymour Crawford: Question 329: To ask the Minister for Agriculture and Food if her attention has been drawn to the delay in her Department passing out the annual round of testing dates for tuberculosis for veterinary surgeons; if the test will be advised at an earlier date in order that it can be carried out on a more even basis; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [12914/05]

Written Answers — School Staffing: School Staffing (26 Apr 2005)

Seymour Crawford: Question 454: To ask the Minister for Education and Science when a school (details supplied) in County Cavan will receive the services of a part-time teacher for the remainder of the year 2004-05 as indicated verbally by the inspector; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [13254/05]