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Order of Business (14 Feb 2007)

Arthur Morgan: I support the amendment although I know that while there will be many questions there will be very few answers.

Written Answers — Higher Education Grants: Higher Education Grants (13 Feb 2007)

Arthur Morgan: Question 98: To ask the Minister for Education and Science her views on whether the cost of child care represents a considerable barrier to lower income students in participating in third level education; and if she will ensure that the maintenance grant system, through reform, will recognise same. [5048/07]

Written Answers — School Staffing: School Staffing (13 Feb 2007)

Arthur Morgan: Question 106: To ask the Minister for Education and Science her proposals to ensure that teachers are attracted to taking up employment in schools in areas of high disadvantage and for teachers to remain in such employment. [5047/07]

Written Answers — Hospital Services: Hospital Services (13 Feb 2007)

Arthur Morgan: Question 331: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if the paediatric transfer protocol in operation at Louth County Hospital, Dundalk is due for further review; when it was last reviewed; if steps will be taken to bring it into line with the Teamworks report; when this will happen; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [4689/07]

Written Answers — Northern Ireland Issues: Northern Ireland Issues (13 Feb 2007)

Arthur Morgan: Question 424: To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs when construction will commence on the Narrow Water Bridge at Omeath, County Louth as announced in the national development plan; the steps that need to be taken for construction to commence; the length of time it will take to construct; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [4749/07]

Written Answers — Greenhouse Gas Emissions: Greenhouse Gas Emissions (13 Feb 2007)

Arthur Morgan: Question 602: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government when his Department will publish a revised climate change strategy. [4830/07]

Written Answers — Homelessness Strategy: Homelessness Strategy (13 Feb 2007)

Arthur Morgan: Question 603: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government when he will convene a national consultative committee to guide the development of a new national homelessness strategy; the length of time it will take this committee to complete its work; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [4858/07]

Written Answers — Housing Policy: Housing Policy (13 Feb 2007)

Arthur Morgan: Question 605: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the date his Department will publish its new housing policy statement. [5112/07]

Requests to move Adjournment of Dáil under Standing Order 31 (13 Feb 2007)

Arthur Morgan: I wish to seek the adjournment of the Dáil under Standing Order 31 to raise a matter of urgent public concern, namely, that the Government recognise the chaos in the health service and the fact that the HSE has acknowledged that conditions are so bad by stating that it is a testament to staff that no fatalities have resulted to date at the accident and emergency unit in Our Lady of Lourdes...

Requests to move Adjournment of Dáil under Standing Order 31 (13 Feb 2007)

Arthur Morgan: ——where there is no capacity for them while, at the same time, Louth County Hospital and Monaghan General Hospital——

Requests to move Adjournment of Dáil under Standing Order 31 (13 Feb 2007)

Arthur Morgan: As a result of the policies of this Government, those people had to go to the edge of——

Requests to move Adjournment of Dáil under Standing Order 31 (13 Feb 2007)

Arthur Morgan: I hope the House will heed my call and that the Ceann Comhairle will provide an opportunity to debate my motion.

Requests to move Adjournment of Dáil under Standing Order 31 (13 Feb 2007)

Arthur Morgan: A Cheann Comhairle, I am seeking a debate because this is one of the most important issues facing the State.

Order of Business (13 Feb 2007)

Arthur Morgan: No. This motion is to be referred to the committee without debate. In our view there should be a comprehensive debate on aid and trade in this House. People demonstrated their interest in this matter during the Jubilee 2000 campaign, which culminated in a substantial petition, and during the subsequent Make Poverty History campaign, which urged conditions-free debt cancellation and fair...

Order of Business (13 Feb 2007)

Arthur Morgan: I am not happy but I will not press it.

Active Citizenship. (13 Feb 2007)

Arthur Morgan: I wish the leader of our party in the Dáil well. He has been ill recently and we in Sinn Féin wish him a speedy recovery. Will the task force address the need for a more democratic approach to running our schools, involving the parents and the community? Many parents feel cut off from the schools their children attend.

Active Citizenship. (13 Feb 2007)

Arthur Morgan: I want to know if the task force will examine this area, as one in which many would actively participate if given the opportunity. Surely facilitating a more central role for parents in the life of the school would be an excellent way to demonstrate active citizenship?

Written Answers — International Agreements: International Agreements (8 Feb 2007)

Arthur Morgan: Question 78: To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs his views on whether cheap medicines are vital to the provision of health care in the developing world, that this was recognised by the Doha Declaration on the TRIPS Agreement and Public Health, and that no extra burdens should be placed on developing countries in the proposed new EU free trade agreements which might hinder such access;...

Written Answers — International Agreements: International Agreements (8 Feb 2007)

Arthur Morgan: Question 99: To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs his views on whether no extra burdens should be placed on African, Caribbean and Pacific countries in relation to intellectual property rules, for example in the area of medicines, in the current Economic Partnership Agreement negotiations with the European Union; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [4375/07]

Written Answers — Social and Affordable Housing: Social and Affordable Housing (7 Feb 2007)

Arthur Morgan: Question 349: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government when the text of the Social Housing (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2006 will be finalised; and the date on which the Bill will be published by his Department. [4216/07]