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Written Answers — Grant Payments: Grant Payments (29 Nov 2005)

Michael Moynihan: Question 335: To ask the Minister for Agriculture and Food when the single payment entitlement will be finalised for a person (details supplied) in County Cork. [36918/05]

Written Answers — Grant Payments: Grant Payments (29 Nov 2005)

Michael Moynihan: Question 336: To ask the Minister for Agriculture and Food when the special beef premia outstanding from 2004 will be awarded to a person (details supplied) in County Cork. [36919/05]

Written Answers — Grant Payments: Grant Payments (29 Nov 2005)

Michael Moynihan: Question 337: To ask the Minister for Agriculture and Food when REP scheme payment for 2005 will issue to persons (details supplied) in County Cork. [36920/05]

Estimates for Public Services 2006: Motion (Resumed). (23 Nov 2005)

Michael Moynihan: I thank the Minister of State, Deputy Treacy, for sharing time. I wish to discuss a number of issues on the Estimates, namely, education and agriculture. The Estimate for the Department of Education and Science has increased to €7.2 billion for the first time. This is to be spent on projects throughout the country and in the next two years 500 extra teachers will be employed in primary...

Housing Policy: Statements (Resumed). (16 Nov 2005)

Michael Moynihan: I thank the Acting Chair for the opportunity to speak to the House on the issue of housing. Housing, be it social, affordable or whatever is one of the most important issues facing our communities throughout the country. In the time allotted to me, I wish to discuss housing in rural Ireland. In particular, I wish to speak about the small villages throughout the country which, over the past...

Housing Policy: Statements (Resumed). (16 Nov 2005)

Michael Moynihan: It is vitally important that the planning guidelines are adhered to by all local authorities and that once-off houses are achievable and sustainable in rural Ireland.

Hospitals Building Programme. (15 Nov 2005)

Michael Moynihan: I thank the Leas-Cheann Comhairle for the opportunity to raise the important matter of the future of Kanturk community hospital and the plans of the Department of Health and Children and the Health Service Executive. I will outline the current position on the planned extension to the hospital. This proposed extension has been on the cards for quite a long time. Kanturk community hospital,...

Written Answers — Disadvantaged Areas Scheme: Disadvantaged Areas Scheme (3 Nov 2005)

Michael Moynihan: Question 214: To ask the Minister for Agriculture and Food when area based payment for 2005 will issue to a person (details supplied) in County Cork. [32264/05]

Written Answers — Citizenship Applications: Citizenship Applications (25 Oct 2005)

Michael Moynihan: Question 510: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform when a certificate of Irish citizenship will issue to a person (details supplied). [30673/05]

Draft Animal Remedies Regulations 2005: Motion (Resumed). (19 Oct 2005)

Michael Moynihan: I welcome the opportunity to speak on the motion before the House this evening. At the outset, I compliment the Minister, Deputy Coughlan, and Ministers of State, Deputies Browne and Smith, for the excellent work they are doing in the Department and indeed, the Chairman of the Joint Committee on Agriculture and Food, Deputy Johnny Brady, for the work he is doing in steering agriculture. In...

Schools Building Projects. (4 Oct 2005)

Michael Moynihan: I take this opportunity to congratulate the Leas-Cheann Comhairle on the great and singular honour of completing 44 years service to this House. I speak on behalf of the people of Kanturk and ask the Minister for Education and Science the current position on the amalgamation of the two national schools in Kanturk. This proposal has been ongoing between the Department and the boards of...

Schools Building Projects. (28 Jun 2005)

Michael Moynihan: I thank the Leas-Ceann Comhairle for allowing me to raise this issue on the provision of a new school at Gaelscoil Uí Ríordáin in Ballincollig, County Cork. Gaelscoil Uí Ríordáin is an excellent school which is operation for over 20 years. It is a testimony to the work that has been put in by the staff, management, the parents and pupils of the school. Unfortunately, the building in...

Written Answers — Disadvantaged Areas Scheme: Disadvantaged Areas Scheme (14 Jun 2005)

Michael Moynihan: Question 523: To ask the Minister for Agriculture and Food her plans to extend the disadvantaged area in any new negotiations with the European Commission. [19173/05]

Child Care Services. (18 May 2005)

Michael Moynihan: I am delighted to be able to raise this issue. Tír na nÓg in Ballydesmond is a voluntary group that applied for community based capital funding to put in place this community based project in Ballydesmond, a small village on the Cork-Kerry border servicing the community on both sides of the border. It applied for staffing funding, which was made available. I congratulate the people behind...

Electoral (Amendment) Bill 2005: Second Stage (Resumed). (12 May 2005)

Michael Moynihan: I welcome the opportunity to speak on the Electoral (Amendment) Bill. Many constituencies and boundaries have been changed which adds to the intrigue and the difficulties facing political parties and candidates. This is particularly so in my constituency of Cork North West which will be one of the most interesting and complex constituencies in the next election. We have reviewed...

Electoral (Amendment) Bill 2005: Second Stage (Resumed). (12 May 2005)

Michael Moynihan: ——and ensure I have the opportunity to represent them to the best of my ability. I have certainly enjoyed the opportunity of representing them here during the past seven years. The people can rest assured I will work tirelessly on their behalf.

Class Sizes: Motion (Resumed). (27 Apr 2005)

Michael Moynihan: I welcome the opportunity to speak in this debate. In my sixth class in the national school in Boherbue we had 43 pupils, 24 boys and 19 girls. That was a while ago and things have improved since. We can all make political points about what has and has not happened. However, we must accept that much has changed in the past ten years in the education system particularly in primary education. I...

Health Services. (27 Apr 2005)

Michael Moynihan: I wish to share time with Deputy Sherlock. One of the issues Deputy Sherlock and I have in common is Mallow General Hospital. I congratulate Deputy Sherlock on his efforts for the hospital over many years. Mallow General Hospital is just outside my constituency but serves many people from Cork North-West stretching back to Limerick West. Once, Mallow General Hospital was threatened with...

Special Educational Needs: Motion (Resumed). (23 Feb 2005)

Michael Moynihan: I welcome the opportunity to contribute to this debate and thank Sinn Féin for tabling the motion. Provision for those with special needs, particularly in education, has been neglected by the State for a long number of years and its record on providing for children with special needs has been poor. We are now trying to catch up and in recent years considerable work has been done and...

Finance Bill 2005: Second Stage (Resumed). (9 Feb 2005)

Michael Moynihan: I welcome the opportunity to contribute on the Bill. I congratulate the Minister on his first budget and Finance Bill and wish him well. He is probably one of the first Ministers of Finance to introduce a budget on which there was no vote on budget day. The Bill provides for a number of changes to enact the budget of 1 December last and it must be enacted by the Oireachtas before 1 April. The...