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Dormant Accounts (Amendment) Bill 2004 [Seanad]: Second Stage. (3 Feb 2005)

Dinny McGinley: Most of it was already committed to these communities and very little additional money has been channelled through RAPID. It appears that through this legislation the Government is attempting to pull a second quick stroke on disadvantaged communities. The legislation attempts to undermine the process of ensuring that the moneys contained in the dormant accounts fund are allocated to...

Dormant Accounts (Amendment) Bill 2004 [Seanad]: Second Stage. (3 Feb 2005)

Dinny McGinley: The message is clear: Fianna Fáil is prepared to distort the good workings of the dormant accounts fund and its board for its own ends. That is the crux and core of the matter. That very philosophy is the real reason for this legislation. We are now less than two years away from a general election and it is clear that the need to start granting political favours is a high priority in the...

Dormant Accounts (Amendment) Bill 2004 [Seanad]: Second Stage. (3 Feb 2005)

Dinny McGinley: It has been set out in the disbursement plan, drawn up the Dormant Accounts Fund Disbursements Board and approved by the Minister, that 40% of the moneys should go to disadvantaged areas, 25% to tackle educational disadvantage and 25% to fund disability projects and initiatives. If the Bill is passed, no guarantee exists that this money will go to these areas or to projects and organisations...

Dormant Accounts (Amendment) Bill 2004 [Seanad]: Second Stage. (3 Feb 2005)

Dinny McGinley: They will have as much as the people who robbed the bank.

Dormant Accounts (Amendment) Bill 2004 [Seanad]: Second Stage. (3 Feb 2005)

Dinny McGinley: Where will that leave us? The PDs have their rich friends.

Dormant Accounts (Amendment) Bill 2004 [Seanad]: Second Stage. (3 Feb 2005)

Dinny McGinley: €30 million is €30 million in any man's language.

Dormant Accounts (Amendment) Bill 2004 [Seanad]: Second Stage. (3 Feb 2005)

Dinny McGinley: They got it right the first time.

Dormant Accounts (Amendment) Bill 2004 [Seanad]: Second Stage. (3 Feb 2005)

Dinny McGinley: It is usual for spokespersons and other contributors on Second Stage to welcome a Bill and in the past I have often had occasion to do so. However, this is a Bill I do not welcome into the House. Fine Gael was in favour of the first Bill dealing with dormant accounts when it was introduced in 2001 because it thought it had a new, honest and above board approach to the distribution of these...

Agri-food Sector: Motion (Resumed). (2 Feb 2005)

Dinny McGinley: Is that agreed? Agreed.

Humanitarian Relief. (2 Feb 2005)

Dinny McGinley: Question 141: To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs the amount that has been dispersed by the Government to aid agencies working in response to the Asia tsunami; the agencies that have received moneys; the broad uses that these moneys have been put to; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [2620/05]

Leaders' Questions. (2 Feb 2005)

Dinny McGinley: It was canvassing equipment, in other words.

Job Losses. (26 Jan 2005)

Dinny McGinley: I thank the Chair for allowing me to raise this important matter on the Adjournment. Last week's announcement by Donegal Parian China that its factory in Ballyshannon is to close with a loss of 44 full-time and ten part-time jobs is a severe blow not alone to Ballyshannon but to all of County Donegal. Parian China has been producing ceramic ware in Ballyshannon for more than 23 years and has...

Job Losses. (23 Nov 2004)

Dinny McGinley: Go raibh maith agat, a Cheann Comhairle as deis a thabhairt dom an t-ábhar tábhachtach seo a thógáil ar an Athló. Gabhaim buíochas leis an Aire as ucht a bheith i láthair. Cuirim fáilte roimh an Aire ar ais go dtí an Dáil an tseachtain seo. Chuir sé isteach go mór orainn an timpist a bhí aige atá seachtain ó shin ach tá lúcháir orainn gur éirigh leis éalú slán. Tá súil...

Written Answers — Capital Projects: Capital Projects (23 Nov 2004)

Dinny McGinley: Question 94: To ask the Minister for Finance if he has satisfied himself with the effectiveness of the process whereby different funding options are being assessed for capital projects; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [29903/04]

Written Answers — Job Creation: Job Creation (23 Nov 2004)

Dinny McGinley: Question 275: To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the number of IDA supported jobs that were created in Donegal in 2001, 2002, 2003 and to date in 2004, respectively; the locations in which they were created; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [29829/04]

Written Answers — Unemployment Levels: Unemployment Levels (23 Nov 2004)

Dinny McGinley: Question 276: To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if his attention has been drawn to the serious unemployment crisis in County Donegal; the reason the unemployment rate in the county is four times the national unemployment average; the measures he proposes to adopt to replace the thousands of jobs that have been lost there during the past number of years; and if he will...

Written Answers — Schools Building Projects: Schools Building Projects (23 Nov 2004)

Dinny McGinley: Question 431: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the stage an application for a school (details supplied) in County Donegal is at under the small schools initiative; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [29762/04]

Tax Yield. (23 Nov 2004)

Dinny McGinley: I am sorry, Deputy——

Tax Yield. (23 Nov 2004)

Dinny McGinley: We have spent eight minutes on this question so we will proceed to Question No. 60.

Financial Services Regulation. (23 Nov 2004)

Dinny McGinley: Ceist 61——