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Written Answers — Overseas Missions: Overseas Missions (27 Jan 2009)

James Bannon: Question 124: To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs the recent requests he has received seeking participation by the Defence Forces in peacekeeping duties.. [1874/09]

Written Answers — Employment Rights: Employment Rights (27 Jan 2009)

James Bannon: Question 184: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the reason a company (details supplied) has failed to pay their workers for the past six to eight weeks despite the company having received payment from the local authority for contracted work completed; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [47913/08]

Written Answers — Car Scrappage Scheme: Car Scrappage Scheme (27 Jan 2009)

James Bannon: Question 230: To ask the Minister for Finance if he will restart the car scrappage scheme which was available in the early 1990s, in order to create movement in the motor industry; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [1060/09]

Written Answers — Hospital Accommodation: Hospital Accommodation (27 Jan 2009)

James Bannon: Question 376: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the position regarding St. Loman's Psychiatric Hospital, Mullingar, County Westmeath, in view of the fact that the 40-bed admission unit at Longford-Westmeath Hospital phase 2B has been put on hold; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [1061/09]

Written Answers — Vaccination Programme: Vaccination Programme (27 Jan 2009)

James Bannon: Question 377: To ask the Minister for Health and Children her plans to roll back on her decision taken in 2008, with regard to the provision of the HPV vaccine; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [1062/09]

Written Answers — Health Service Staff: Health Service Staff (27 Jan 2009)

James Bannon: Question 378: To ask the Minister for Health and Children when she will fund staff for a care centre (details supplied) in County Longford; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [1063/09]

Written Answers — Social Welfare Benefits: Social Welfare Benefits (27 Jan 2009)

James Bannon: Question 919: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs the reason a person (details supplied) in County Westmeath has been refused a supplementary welfare allowance in view of the fact that a court has ordered the sale of the person's home and the person requires a rent supplement to obtain accommodation; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [1141/09]

Written Answers — Army Barracks: Army Barracks (27 Jan 2009)

James Bannon: Question 1017: To ask the Minister for Defence his views on using Longford Barracks as a centre of excellence for the training of the Defence Forces as it is centrally located with a good transport network and excellent facilities; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [48119/08]

Written Answers — Schools Refurbishment: Schools Refurbishment (27 Jan 2009)

James Bannon: Question 1459: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the position with regard to the refurbishment of a school (details supplied) in County Longford; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [48118/08]

Residential Tenancies (Amendment) Bill 2009: Second and Subsequent Stages (27 Jan 2009)

James Bannon: When speaking in the Seanad on the Residential Tenancies Bill 2003, I pointed out that the Bill contained 11 additional pages that had not been debated in the Dáil and that it was imperative we prevented it being rushed through or being merely rubber-stamped by the House. The guillotine of the Dáil Report Stage led to 37 Government amendments being passed without debate, many of which were...

Child Protection: Motion (27 Jan 2009)

James Bannon: I thank Deputy Shatter for placing this very important motion before the House. What has become known as the Roscommon incest case is a tragedy for all concerned. It is a case that generates anger, revulsion and pity in equal measure. More than any other emotion, sympathy should be to the forefront of our reactions: sympathy for the children let down by the system and also sympathy for the...

Order of Business (27 Jan 2009)

James Bannon: What is needed is honest government.

Schools Building Projects. (17 Dec 2008)

James Bannon: I thank the Ceann Comhairle for allowing me to raise this matter on the Adjournment. It is an important issue in my area given the urgent need for the Minister for Education and Science to provide funding for a new school building for St. Mary's national school, Edgeworthstown, County Longford. I seek an update on the loss of essential teaching staff at the school despite rising roll...

Housing: Motion (Resumed) (17 Dec 2008)

James Bannon: I thank the Labour Party and Sinn Féin for bringing this important motion before the House, which Fine Gael supports. Homelessness in 21st century Ireland has taken on a whole new meaning and reality for a broad-based spectrum of people who are falling victim to the current economic crisis. We are seeing a new threat of homelessness generated by house repossessions. The social wreckage...

Housing: Motion (Resumed) (17 Dec 2008)

James Bannon: An alternative viewpoint to the emphasis on home ownership asserts that by taking a comprehensive view of the rental as well as the ownership occupation markets, a strong case could be made for new affordable housing initiatives being directed in equal measure and perhaps even primarily at the rental sector. I would also support the acceleration of social and affordable housing, although...

Air Services. (17 Dec 2008)

James Bannon: Question 64: To ask the Minister for Transport his plans to develop the aviation industry here; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [46416/08]

Requests to Move Adjournment of Dáil under Standing Order 32 (17 Dec 2008)

James Bannon: I seek the Adjournment of the Dáil under Standing Order 32 to raise a matter of extreme national importance, namely, the huge risk posed to public health by the announcement that the HSE must save up to €900 million in 2009, with acute services in the midlands and the south east facing review next year and many developments uncertain.

Written Answers — Road Network: Road Network (16 Dec 2008)

James Bannon: Question 408: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government if his attention has been drawn to the fact that the proposed N4 route from Mullingar to Longford will impact adversely on some of the county's most scenic and environmentally significant countryside and on heritage sites including the Black Pig's Dyke which runs from Lough Derravarragh to Lough Owel, a cist...

Order of Business (16 Dec 2008)

James Bannon: It is over two weeks since the Nursing Homes Support Scheme Bill, which is an urgent measure, was debated in the House. Why was the Bill not placed on the Order Paper for this week or last week? When will the Second Stage debate on the Bill be resumed? The Government slashed funding for heritage projects throughout the country by 38% in the recent budget.

Order of Business (16 Dec 2008)

James Bannon: Will the Taoiseach indicate when the heritage fund Bill will come before the House?