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Written Answers — Sugar Beet Industry: Sugar Beet Industry (20 Jun 2006)

Tom Hayes: Question 363: To ask the Minister for Agriculture and Food when payment of a beet grant will issue to a person (details supplied) in County Tipperary. [23361/06]

Written Answers — School Accommodation: School Accommodation (20 Jun 2006)

Tom Hayes: Question 480: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if a decision has been made in relation to an application for temporary classroom accommodation at a school (details supplied) in County Tipperary for the school year 2006 to 2007, while awaiting commencement of works on permanent accommodation approved by her Department. [23686/06]

Leaders' Questions. (20 Jun 2006)

Tom Hayes: Very bright.

Site Acquisitions. (14 Jun 2006)

Tom Hayes: I thank the Ceann Comhairle for providing the opportunity to discuss this matter, which has been an issue for a considerable time. As a member of the county council 12 years ago, I remember its decision on whether the building would be knocked or left to the gaelscoil for a year or two. The council voted on the issue. We have been waiting for an alternative site for 12 years. It is...

Written Answers — Greenhouse Gas Emissions: Greenhouse Gas Emissions (13 Jun 2006)

Tom Hayes: Question 78: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government if he will make a statement on his Department's emissions trading policy. [22566/06]

Written Answers — National Spatial Strategy: National Spatial Strategy (13 Jun 2006)

Tom Hayes: Question 96: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government if, in view of the continuing expansion of the growth in the Dublin region, he will review the national spatial strategy; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22547/06]

Written Answers — School Accommodation: School Accommodation (13 Jun 2006)

Tom Hayes: Question 387: To ask the Minister for Education and Science when work will begin on providing additional accommodation to a school (details supplied) in County Tipperary. [22643/06]

Greyhound Industry (Doping Regulation) Bill 2006: Second Stage (Resumed). (8 Jun 2006)

Tom Hayes: I am pleased to have the opportunity to say a few words on this important Bill. I commend Deputy Deenihan for having the courage to table a Bill that we can discuss. We all have the opportunity to discuss an industry about which much has been written, some of it unfair. This industry is vital to the economy. It brings in €300 million in revenue and over 1.3 million people attend dog tracks...

Written Answers — Health Services: Health Services (7 Jun 2006)

Tom Hayes: Question 187: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children the reason a family (details supplied) are to lose their home help allocation from 2 June 2006; and the number of people in South Tipperary who are to lose their home help allocation or have their home help hours reduced within the next three months. [21620/06]

Written Answers — Grant Payments: Grant Payments (7 Jun 2006)

Tom Hayes: Question 304: To ask the Minister for Agriculture and Food when a person (details supplied) in County Tipperary can expect payment of the 2005 decoupled dairy premium. [21632/06]

Written Answers — Visa Applications: Visa Applications (7 Jun 2006)

Tom Hayes: Question 319: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform when a holiday visa will issue to a person (details supplied) in County Tipperary. [21582/06]

Criminal Law (Sexual Offences) Bill 2006: Second Stage. (2 Jun 2006)

Tom Hayes: The Government cannot pay the photocopying bill.

Written Answers — Hospitals Building Programme: Hospitals Building Programme (1 Jun 2006)

Tom Hayes: Question 75: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children if the plan to put private hospitals on the grounds of public hospitals is still Government policy; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [21253/06]

Written Answers — National Health Strategy: National Health Strategy (1 Jun 2006)

Tom Hayes: Question 50: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children the reason the regional imbalance in the provision of health services is still a major issue five years after the publication of the health strategy; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [21252/06]

Health (Nursing Homes) (Amendment) Bill 2006 [Seanad]: Second Stage (Resumed). (1 Jun 2006)

Tom Hayes: This is a great opportunity for us to have our say on a Bill for many elderly people we represent in our communities. When this Bill was published, I was looking forward to the many areas it could cover. On reading it, I was disappointed. The contents of the Bill show more of what is not there than what it contains. A glorious opportunity to address the huge issues concerning elderly people...

Health (Nursing Homes) (Amendment) Bill 2006 [Seanad]: Second Stage (Resumed). (1 Jun 2006)

Tom Hayes: Home helps — we could mention the whole range of services.

Health (Nursing Homes) (Amendment) Bill 2006 [Seanad]: Second Stage (Resumed). (1 Jun 2006)

Tom Hayes: They have all been cut, which creates problems for those trying to care for the older people who live with them. The country needs more public health nurses because they would reduce the cost of care to the State but, as Deputy Michael D. Higgins said, home help has been cut. The quality of care has been discussed. Reports have surfaced about private nursing homes which failed to provide...

Written Answers — Grant Payments: Grant Payments (31 May 2006)

Tom Hayes: Question 112: To ask the Minister for Agriculture and Food when payment will issue to a person (details supplied) in County Tipperary under the single payment scheme. [21149/06]

Planning and Development (Strategic Infrastructure) Bill 2006 [Seanad]: Second Stage (Resumed). (31 May 2006)

Tom Hayes: I am pleased to have the opportunity to say a few words on this important Bill. I welcome it and its primary purpose, the introduction of a streamlined planning consent procedure for strategic infrastructural developments. The commitment to streamline the consent procedure for vital infrastructural development has not come before time. While acknowledging the rapid pace of economic...

Lisbon Agenda. (31 May 2006)

Tom Hayes: The Minister of State is attracting the well-off now.