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Order of Business (8 Jul 2009)

Shane McEntee: Businesses are closing in Kells and Trim. By next October, banks will have taken all our deposits and will have given nothing back.

Order of Business (8 Jul 2009)

Shane McEntee: I ask the Taoiseach to respond to this. Business after business is closing down. The banks are taking our money and giving nothing back. There will be nothing left when we return in the autumn, even to pay our wages.

Written Answers — Financial Services Regulation: Financial Services Regulation (8 Jul 2009)

Shane McEntee: Question 51: To ask the Minister for Finance his plans to make institutional changes in the arrangements for financial regulation; if he will publish an assessment of issues in advance of presenting proposals to Government; and if he will present the heads of any legislative Bill to the committees of the Houses of the Oireachtas which are investigating regulatory failure for early...

Commissions of Inquiry: Motion (Resumed) (1 Jul 2009)

Shane McEntee: I thank the Leas-Cheann Comhairle for giving me the opportunity to speak. Some of my speech will be directed at the Minister for Health and Children, but I am glad the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform is present because he is a man for whom I have much time. I thank him for arranging the meeting at which he outlined to us how he felt this should run. I very much respected and...

Written Answers — Farm Waste Management: Farm Waste Management (30 Jun 2009)

Shane McEntee: Question 49: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food the progress made with regard to farm waste management inspections and payments; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [26015/09]

Written Answers — Referendum Commission: Referendum Commission (24 Jun 2009)

Shane McEntee: Question 44: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government when a referendum Commission will be established on the Lisbon treaty; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [25174/09]

Written Answers — Energy Regulation: Energy Regulation (18 Jun 2009)

Shane McEntee: Question 15: To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources the level of price reduction consumers can expect from regulated gas prices in September 2009; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [24187/09]

Written Answers — Waste Management: Waste Management (17 Jun 2009)

Shane McEntee: Question 149: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government if all plastic bag levy receipts together with landfill levy receipts are paid into a ring fenced environment fund; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [23994/09]

Small Claims (Protection of Small Businesses) Bill 2009: Second Stage (10 Jun 2009)

Shane McEntee: I thank Deputy Varadkar for acknowledging in this Bill the plight of farmers. It is high time that the farming and food processing industry were treated the same as other sectors. Agribusiness employs 200,000 people but over the past 12 months, farmers have gone to the wall on a daily basis. In the parish of my wife's family, the number of dairy farmers have decreased from 40 to three over...

Written Answers — Human Rights Issues: Human Rights Issues (28 May 2009)

Shane McEntee: Question 17: To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs his position with respect to the issue of Armenia's claim of genocide by Turkey in 1917; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21779/09]

Written Answers — School Accommodation: School Accommodation (27 May 2009)

Shane McEntee: Question 210: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the steps being taken to address the accommodation crisis at a school (details supplied) in County Meath; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21681/09]

Road Traffic Offences. (26 May 2009)

Shane McEntee: Question 54: To ask the Minister for Transport the progress made to date in relation to resolving the issue of the application of penalty points to drivers from the UK and Northern Ireland; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21200/09]

Written Answers — EU Funding: EU Funding (20 May 2009)

Shane McEntee: Question 80: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food the areas of investment he is considering for unused CAP funds available in 2010; when he will make an announcement in this regard; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [20277/09]

Written Answers — Road Safety: Road Safety (20 May 2009)

Shane McEntee: Question 188: To ask the Minister for Transport the criteria for designating an accident black spot; if all accident black spots here are catalogued; the number of same; the person with whom responsibility for this lies; if there is a programme currently in place to deal with accident black spots specifically; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [20389/09]

Written Answers — Election Management System: Election Management System (12 May 2009)

Shane McEntee: Question 354: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the locations of the storage facilities for the e-voting machines; the names of the owners of these storage facilities; the names of persons to whom rent was paid; the amount of rent paid to each since the e-voting machines were put into storage; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18793/09]

Written Answers — Departmental Expenditure: Departmental Expenditure (12 May 2009)

Shane McEntee: Question 438: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the names of the companies contracted to provide prefabricated buildings for use in schools here; the amount paid to each of these companies over the past five years; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18792/09]

Written Answers — Higher Education Courses: Higher Education Courses (12 May 2009)

Shane McEntee: Question 439: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if information on the way to access further and higher education courses as outlined in the supplementary budget 2007, annex F has been published (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18824/09]

Order of Business (Resumed) (7 May 2009)

Shane McEntee: Is the Tánaiste aware that the cheapest loan available to any small business from the four banks that we have propped up has an interest rate of 4.8%? The people who borrowed billions of euro to buy property outside the country have a rate of 2.1%.

Order of Business (Resumed) (7 May 2009)

Shane McEntee: Until such time as the Minister for Finance ensures the fair treatment of all businesses, it will not be safe.

Order of Business (Resumed) (7 May 2009)

Shane McEntee: It is covered in the Finance Bill and is truthful. A rate of 4.8% is the cheapest at which most people can get money, but the people with the large borrowings can get a rate of 2.1%.