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Order of Business (28 Apr 2009)

James Bannon: I thank the Taoiseach and I hope he will intervene.

Leaders' Questions (28 Apr 2009)

James Bannon: We already knew that.

Leaders' Questions (28 Apr 2009)

James Bannon: She is like a prisoner in the Cabinet.

Requests to move Adjournment of Dáil under Standing Order 32 (28 Apr 2009)

James Bannon: I seek the adjournment of the Dáil under Standing Order 32 to raise a matter of national importance, namely, the danger posed to rural communities by the Government's reduction of Garda numbers in order to centralise personnel to fight urban gangland crime rather than providing the promised extra gardaí. This is now particularly relevant, given the recessionary influence on criminal...

Social Welfare Bill 2009: Second Stage (Resumed) (22 Apr 2009)

James Bannon: He is trying to explain the reason he gave a standing ovation to the budget on the day.

Social Welfare Bill 2009: Second Stage (Resumed) (22 Apr 2009)

James Bannon: This Bill could be more aptly described as the "Hanafin Anti-Welfare Bill 2009". It is an exercise in removing essential allowances for low and middle income families. To make good the gaping hole in the Exchequer caused by blatant Government squandering and mismanagement of the country's public purse, the Minister for Finance has once again hit those least able to bear the brunt. This is...

Order of Business (22 Apr 2009)

James Bannon: Given the lack of priority this Government gives to the consumer and competition Bill, when can we expect the publication of this long overdue Bill? I refer to the issue my good friend Deputy Crawford raised. There is dreadful duplication of inspections in the farming community.

Order of Business (22 Apr 2009)

James Bannon: What instructions have been given from this House?

Order of Business (22 Apr 2009)

James Bannon: I think the Ceann Comhairle can.

Order of Business (22 Apr 2009)

James Bannon: Of course the Ceann Comhairle can. Every single farmer, the length and breadth of Ireland, has double inspections. This is a waste of public funding at a time when the Taoiseach is paying off-----

Order of Business (22 Apr 2009)

James Bannon: -----the Ministers of State he sacked today with a contribution that is outraging people countrywide.

Written Answers — Grant Payments: Grant Payments (9 Apr 2009)

James Bannon: Question 129: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food when a person (details supplied) in County Westmeath will receive payment under the farm waste management grant scheme in respect of a slatted shed; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [14995/09]

Order of Business (9 Apr 2009)

James Bannon: Contractors around the country have taken a major hit and are being driven out of business. Three have folded up in my constituency in the past week. In times of crisis there is an obligation on us to protect our own, particularly contractors.

Order of Business (9 Apr 2009)

James Bannon: When can we expect the publication of the urgently needed consumer and competition Bill and will it include protection for contractors, or will other legislation be published to do so? They employ many people around the country and what is happening to them is very unfair.

Requests to move Adjournment of Dáil under Standing Order 32 (9 Apr 2009)

James Bannon: I thank the Ceann Comhairle.

Requests to move Adjournment of Dáil under Standing Order 32 (9 Apr 2009)

James Bannon: Am I going to have ciúnas?

Requests to move Adjournment of Dáil under Standing Order 32 (9 Apr 2009)

James Bannon: The Government side has a new lease of life after the other day, but I do not think it will last for very long.

Requests to move Adjournment of Dáil under Standing Order 32 (9 Apr 2009)

James Bannon: I wish to seek the adjournment of the Dáil under Standing Order 32 to raise a matter of national importance, namely, the threat to health care in this country from the embargo on recruiting frontline medical staff to the health system, which will have a devastating effect on the provision of emergency services, in-hospital care, surgical procedures, the care of the elderly and the disabled,...

Requests to move Adjournment of Dáil under Standing Order 32 (9 Apr 2009)

James Bannon: The threat to such services is indicative of the mismanagement of the Department of Health and Children and the Health Service Executive, which are retaining top-heavy managerial and administrative positions and reducing the number of essential health care workers, to the detriment of the health of this nation.

Requests to move Adjournment of Dáil under Standing Order 32 (9 Apr 2009)

James Bannon: I am glad the Minister is here to listen to me.