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Written Answers — Higher Education Grants: Higher Education Grants (10 Oct 2007)

James Bannon: Question 276: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the timeframe for the transfer of higher education grants from county councils to VECs; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [23069/07]

Written Answers — Local Authority Funding: Local Authority Funding (10 Oct 2007)

James Bannon: Question 304: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the position regarding funding for village enhancement programmes on a county basis. [23014/07]

Written Answers — Local Authority Staff: Local Authority Staff (10 Oct 2007)

James Bannon: Question 305: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the arrangements being made to lift the embargo on the recruitment of council staff in view of the increased emphasis on health and safety for staff and public. [23015/07]

Charities Bill 2007: Second Stage (Resumed) (10 Oct 2007)

James Bannon: Deputy Mary O'Rourke misinterpreted the bishop. He was very annoyed at the wastage by the Government and then it having the cheek to stand outside church gates and collect money.

Charities Bill 2007: Second Stage (Resumed) (10 Oct 2007)

James Bannon: I propose to share my time with Deputy Burke.

Charities Bill 2007: Second Stage (Resumed) (10 Oct 2007)

James Bannon: I welcome the Minister of State, Deputy Pat Carey, and wish him well in his new portfolio. Last year we had Senator O'Rourke versus Deputy Cassidy. In 2008, probably, it will be Deputy O'Rourke versus the bishop. Watch this slot.

Charities Bill 2007: Second Stage (Resumed) (10 Oct 2007)

James Bannon: The purpose of this Bill is to enact a reform of the law relating to charities to ensure accountability and protect against abuse of charitable status and against fraud. It will enhance public trust and confidence in charities and increase transparency in the sector. An oft-quoted proverb regularly trotted out in reply to requests to people to part with money is, "Charity begins at home"....

Death of Former Member: Expressions of Sympathy (10 Oct 2007)

James Bannon: I wish to be associated with the expressions of sympathy on the death of the former Deputy and Senator, Seán Keegan, who represented my constituency. I sincerely extend my condolences to his wife, Mary; his children, Gearóid, Tom, Nan, Marie and Nuala; his sisters; his brother, Father Tom, who lives in Australia; and the Fianna Fáil Party. Seán was a representative of Longford-Westmeath...

Written Answers — General Medical Services Scheme: General Medical Services Scheme (9 Oct 2007)

James Bannon: Question 230: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the way the Health Service Executive can justify the reduction in profit margins in relation to medicines purchased from wholesalers and supplied under the GMS and community drugs schemes which is impacting adversely on community pharmacists and which will force many of them to close and those that remain open would be dispensing the...

Written Answers — Health Services: Health Services (9 Oct 2007)

James Bannon: Question 259: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if she will provide funding for the provision of an Alzheimer's residential unit at St. Joseph's Hospital, Dublin Road, County Longford to provide facilities for the 385 people who have been diagnosed with the disease in Longford as currently the only facility available to them in the psychiatric hospital in Mullingar; and if she will...

Written Answers — Animal Diseases: Animal Diseases (9 Oct 2007)

James Bannon: Question 360: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food the measures she has put in place to counteract the joint threat from foot and mouth and bluetongue diseases and in particular in relation to the need for the eradication of the threat from Brazilian beef; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [22467/07]

Written Answers — School Curriculum: School Curriculum (9 Oct 2007)

James Bannon: Question 389: To ask the Minister for Education and Science her plans for a new curriculum for leaving certificate agricultural science in the light of the excessively difficult paper in June 2007, which impacted adversely on rural and urban students and particularly on those seeking a career in the farming industry; her views on a greater input into the setting of this exam from farming...

Written Answers — School Enrolments: School Enrolments (4 Oct 2007)

James Bannon: Question 90: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the grounds on which it is morally or legally right for a child (details supplied) in County Longford to be refused entry to three national schools and to be left without a junior infant place to enable them to start their education with other children in 2007; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [22174/07]

Control of Exports Bill 2007 [Seanad]: Second Stage (4 Oct 2007)

James Bannon: I wish the Minister of State, Deputy McGuinness, well in his new portfolio. This is my first opportunity to congratulate him on taking up the mantle. On 10 August 2006, the Minister of State at the Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment, Deputy Michael Ahern, stated that Ireland does not have an arms trade nor does it want to promote one. In reply, Amnesty International said the...

Tackling Crime: Statements (Resumed) (3 Oct 2007)

James Bannon: I wish to share time with Deputy Clune. I welcome the chance to speak on this important matter that has implications for every man, woman and child in this country. Few citizens have not been adversely affected by crime in the past decade and by the scandalous inability of the Fianna Fáil Government to tackle the changing face of criminal activity, which seems to indicate that life is cheap...

Tackling Crime: Statements (Resumed) (3 Oct 2007)

James Bannon: Tell us that again.

Tackling Crime: Statements (Resumed) (3 Oct 2007)

James Bannon: We are moving all over the place.

Written Answers — School Accommodation: School Accommodation (2 Oct 2007)

James Bannon: Question 438: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the reason a school (details supplied) in County Westmeath which is accommodated in an old building not able to sustain current needs, has not received funding for an urgently needed extra classroom and toilets despite application under a number of schemes and being promised the necessary €480,000; and if she will make a statement...

Written Answers — Waterways Ireland: Waterways Ireland (27 Sep 2007)

James Bannon: Question 41: To ask the Minister for Community, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs the timescale for the extension of the Royal Canal to Longford Town; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [19220/07]

Written Answers — Water and Sewerage Schemes: Water and Sewerage Schemes (27 Sep 2007)

James Bannon: Question 199: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the reason the new Legan and Kenagh Water Schemes have not been provided despite a two year wait and the fact that 200 houses have no sewerage facilities due to overload of the existing schemes and that raw sewerage is flowing into the River Inny which supplies domestic water for the whole of the south...