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Health Bill 2008: Second Stage (Resumed) (11 Dec 2008)

James Bannon: I cannot stand hypocritical statements.

Health Bill 2008: Second Stage (Resumed) (11 Dec 2008)

James Bannon: People out there have given up their VHI membership.

Health Bill 2008: Second Stage (Resumed) (11 Dec 2008)

James Bannon: He was not in the House.

Health Bill 2008: Second Stage (Resumed) (11 Dec 2008)

James Bannon: On a point of order, our spokesperson was not in the House——

Health Bill 2008: Second Stage (Resumed) (11 Dec 2008)

James Bannon: Ceann Comhairle, have we a Minister?

Requests to move Adjournment of Dáil under Standing Order 32 (11 Dec 2008)

James Bannon: I seek the adjournment of the Dáil under Standing Order 32 to discuss a matter of national importance, namely, that fewer than 50% of households have a broadband Internet connection, according to the Central Statistics Office, with the State lagging behind the average across the 27 European Union member states.

Health Bill 2008: Second Stage (Resumed) (10 Dec 2008)

James Bannon: The Minister of State, Deputy Moloney, always had that support when I was around when we were on the health board together.

Health Bill 2008: Second Stage (Resumed) (10 Dec 2008)

James Bannon: None of us here now said that.

Health Bill 2008: Second Stage (Resumed) (10 Dec 2008)

James Bannon: These are the people who paid high taxes in the 1960s, 1970s and 1980s.

Health Bill 2008: Second Stage (Resumed) (10 Dec 2008)

James Bannon: I am trying to be fair to the elderly.

Health Bill 2008: Second Stage (Resumed) (10 Dec 2008)

James Bannon: The Minister of State did so. He clapped.

Health Bill 2008: Second Stage (Resumed) (10 Dec 2008)

James Bannon: The Minister of State agrees it was rushed.

Health Bill 2008: Second Stage (Resumed) (10 Dec 2008)

James Bannon: Does the Minister of State believe the voting machines could have supplied——

Health Bill 2008: Second Stage (Resumed) (10 Dec 2008)

James Bannon: What is the Minister of State's view on the money that was wasted on the PPARS?

Health Bill 2008: Second Stage (Resumed) (10 Dec 2008)

James Bannon: I mean that——

Health Bill 2008: Second Stage (Resumed) (10 Dec 2008)

James Bannon: The Minister of State is implying that the Minister for Finance is inexperienced.

Health Bill 2008: Second Stage (Resumed) (10 Dec 2008)

James Bannon: It was not the Opposition that guillotined the debate. It was the Government.

Health Bill 2008: Second Stage (Resumed) (10 Dec 2008)

James Bannon: We would have plenty of time if the Government gave it to us.

Order of Business (10 Dec 2008)

James Bannon: When can we expect publication of the landlord and tenant Bill? I made inquiries about this Bill more than 12 months ago and was told it would come before the House in 2008.

Request to move Adjournment of Dáil under Standing Order 32 (10 Dec 2008)

James Bannon: I seek the adjournment of the Dáil under Standing Order 32 to raise a matter of national importance, namely, the failure to prevent 1,200 licensed guns falling into the hands of criminals over the past five years, which have made their way onto our streets and led to 20 gun murders this year alone.