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Student Support Bill 2008: Second Stage (Resumed) (13 Mar 2008)

Tom Hayes: He knows there are ten races in Cheltenham today.

Student Support Bill 2008: Second Stage (Resumed) (13 Mar 2008)

Tom Hayes: We know now where the Deputy got it.

Student Support Bill 2008: Second Stage (Resumed) (13 Mar 2008)

Tom Hayes: I thank the Deputy for the information. I would not even get that information in reply to a parliamentary question.

Student Support Bill 2008: Second Stage (Resumed) (13 Mar 2008)

Tom Hayes: I welcome the opportunity to speak on the Student Support Bill. Our attitude to education is one thing that unifies this House. It goes back many years, with successive Ministers with responsibility for education who have made various changes to create what is an education system of which we are proud. Like anything, it needs alteration as time goes by. Varying circumstances lead to us...

Hospital Services. (12 Mar 2008)

Tom Hayes: I wish to share time with Deputy Mattie McGrath.

Hospital Services. (12 Mar 2008)

Tom Hayes: I thank the Ceann Comhairle for the opportunity to raise this important issue for my constituents in south Tipperary. A 23-bed unit that was completed in July 2007 lies idle. This is an utter disgrace. It is one of the issues which has been highlighted in the debate on the HSE. Why would anybody spend money on developing a unit only to leave it idle when patients lie on trolleys in South...

Written Answers — Alternative Energy Projects: Alternative Energy Projects (12 Mar 2008)

Tom Hayes: Question 88: To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources the plans he has in place to deal with the situation where there are almost 8000 MW of wind energy projects in the queue for the gate three connection process; his views on whether it will be necessary to prioritise some of these projects over others in order to maximise the benefit to the country; his further...

Written Answers — Overseas Development Aid: Overseas Development Aid (11 Mar 2008)

Tom Hayes: Question 151: To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs the criteria used by his Department to identify countries to receive Irish Government overseas aid; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10349/08]

Written Answers — Rural Environment Protection Scheme: Rural Environment Protection Scheme (11 Mar 2008)

Tom Hayes: Question 359: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food when she communicated the change of payment timetable for REP schemes to the relevant farming organisations. [10414/08]

Written Answers — Rural Environment Protection Scheme: Rural Environment Protection Scheme (11 Mar 2008)

Tom Hayes: Question 360: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food when her attention was first drawn to the change of payment timetable for REP schemes. [10415/08]

Overseas Development Aid. (11 Mar 2008)

Tom Hayes: Question 91: To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs the proportion of overseas aid paid to each of the top 12 recipient countries that was channelled through the Government of each of those countries in 2007; the proportion of planned overseas aid expenditure in each of the years 2008 to 2012 that will be channelled through each of those Governments; and if he will make a statement on the...

Leaders' Questions (11 Mar 2008)

Tom Hayes: The Taoiseach should answer the question.

Leaders' Questions (11 Mar 2008)

Tom Hayes: It has thousands of them.

Leaders' Questions (11 Mar 2008)

Tom Hayes: We did not say it was.

Order of Business (11 Mar 2008)

Tom Hayes: Some years ago when the dual mandate was being abolished the then Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government gave an assurance to Members of this House that all questions to the Department relating to local authorities would be answered. This week I submitted ten questions on sewerage and water schemes that are of vital importance to my constituency and the last line of the...

Order of Business (11 Mar 2008)

Tom Hayes: How in the name of God can we perform our parliamentary duties——

Order of Business (11 Mar 2008)

Tom Hayes: ——on behalf of our constituents——

Order of Business (11 Mar 2008)

Tom Hayes: ——if we do not get answers to these questions?

Order of Business (11 Mar 2008)

Tom Hayes: How are we to do our business?

Order of Business (11 Mar 2008)

Tom Hayes: This was the second time I tried to ask these questions. I worded these questions in a different way. It is frustrating to be a backbencher in this House when we just get replies like this. Is it the policy of the Green Party to stop Members getting information?