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Dog Breeding Establishments Bill 2009 [Seanad]: Committee and Remaining Stages (8 Jul 2010)

Tom Sheahan: Evidence exists to demonstrate the public's fears. Consider the Minister's approach to Poolbeg, for example, in light of his talk about principles. I read an article recently in which it was stated a Green Party member in a country I cannot recall wants to black out one side of goldfish tanks. This rubbish and áiféis is why the public is afraid of the Green Party.

Dog Breeding Establishments Bill 2009 [Seanad]: Committee and Remaining Stages (8 Jul 2010)

Tom Sheahan: Absolutely. This is the cuckoo stuff the Green Party is saying. I am just trying to make the point-----

Dog Breeding Establishments Bill 2009 [Seanad]: Committee and Remaining Stages (8 Jul 2010)

Tom Sheahan: I will revert to the House on the relevant member of the Green Party who wants goldfish tanks blacked out on one side. He only wants three sides through which goldfish can look out. This is why the rural public is afraid of the Minister and the Green Party. It regards this legislation as a stepping stone to other legislation that the Minister will more than likely introduce to-----

Dog Breeding Establishments Bill 2009 [Seanad]: Committee and Remaining Stages (8 Jul 2010)

Tom Sheahan: -----abolish rural pursuits and rural people's way of life.

Dog Breeding Establishments Bill 2009 [Seanad]: Committee and Remaining Stages (8 Jul 2010)

Tom Sheahan: I must correct myself. I was incorrect last week when I quoted Deputy Gogarty as saying he was 50% homosexual. He actually said he was 25% homosexual.

Dog Breeding Establishments Bill 2009 [Seanad]: Committee and Remaining Stages (8 Jul 2010)

Tom Sheahan: I just want to correct the record.

Order of Business (7 Jul 2010)

Tom Sheahan: I note a slight trepidation in the Ceann Comhairle's voice when he called me.

Order of Business (7 Jul 2010)

Tom Sheahan: Will the Taoiseach give a commitment on regional airports and their public service obligations, PSOs? I raise this under No. 37 in the legislation programme, the national tourism development authority amendment Bill. The PSO for Kerry Regional Airport has been reduced from €3 million to €1.75 million. Hence, services and passenger numbers have been reduced.

Order of Business (7 Jul 2010)

Tom Sheahan: This is the closure of regional airports by stealth. Will the Taoiseach give a commitment to the future of regional airports and their PSOs? In Cloghane, Corca Dhuibhne, 150 households are without any television reception. We had the Green Minister in the House talking about pay-per-view-----

Order of Business (7 Jul 2010)

Tom Sheahan: -----and free-to-air television services yet these poor people in Cloghane have no television. RTE technicians have picked out a site for-----

Order of Business (7 Jul 2010)

Tom Sheahan: I tried to raise the matter on the Adjournment but you, a Cheann Comhairle, refused me. I feel you are being very hard on me for some reason or other. Will the Taoiseach used his esteemed position to put the fires under RTE to get a television service to the people of Cloghane?

Order of Business (7 Jul 2010)

Tom Sheahan: What about the PSOs and the legislation I raised?

Written Answers — Overseas Development Aid: Overseas Development Aid (6 Jul 2010)

Tom Sheahan: Question 40: To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs the funding provided from the overseas aid budget to non-governmental organisations in 2009; the reductions in NGO funding in 2010; the way these reductions will be implemented; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [27558/10]

Written Answers — Visa Applications: Visa Applications (6 Jul 2010)

Tom Sheahan: Question 361: To ask the Minister for Justice and Law Reform if he will investigate the case regarding a visa application in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Kerry; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [29710/10]

Economic Issues: Motion (6 Jul 2010)

Tom Sheahan: Many homemakers in this country would have made a better Minister for Finance than the current or the former Minister because they would have dealt with the issues of the day. They would not have spent as Charlie McCreevy we did, where we have it we will spend it. They would have put some aside. Some 450,000 people are unemployed and 250,000 people are in negative equity. Thousands of...

Order of Business (6 Jul 2010)

Tom Sheahan: I always believed there was an automatic eligibility to a medical card for persons suffering from cancer. A lady came to me this week who last-----

Order of Business (6 Jul 2010)

Tom Sheahan: I have a question on promised legislation. Please, a Cheann Comhairle.

Order of Business (6 Jul 2010)

Tom Sheahan: It is No. 63, the Eligibility for Health and Personal Social Services Bill. A lady came to see me who qualified for a medical card last year after being diagnosed with cancer.

Order of Business (6 Jul 2010)

Tom Sheahan: She has since-----

Order of Business (6 Jul 2010)

Tom Sheahan: She has since had a mammogram. She is the mother of two children.