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Order of Business (17 Dec 2008)

Seymour Crawford: It may not be relevant here but it is certainly relevant to the people of Monaghan. When will the eligibility for health and personal social services Bill be brought to the House? Lastly, in light of the fact farmers in REPS 4 were promised their money last September and are now told they will not get it until the end of January, when will there be a debate on that whole issue——

Order of Business (17 Dec 2008)

Seymour Crawford: ——so these people will know when they will be paid?

Leaders' Questions. (17 Dec 2008)

Seymour Crawford: What about beds?

Leaders' Questions. (17 Dec 2008)

Seymour Crawford: Tell that to my constituent who cannot get one this morning.

Leaders' Questions. (17 Dec 2008)

Seymour Crawford: You claimed we were.

Written Answers — Financial Institutions Support Scheme: Financial Institutions Support Scheme (11 Dec 2008)

Seymour Crawford: Question 22: To ask the Minister for Finance if he has set specific requirements in the bank plans submitted under the guarantee scheme for the handling of mortgage arrears and repossessions. [45160/08]

Health Bill 2008: Committee Stage (11 Dec 2008)

Seymour Crawford: No legislation has caused as much anger among the elderly and their support structures as this has done. Only last week my secretary got an urgent call to help a couple — a man in his 80s and his wife in her mid 70s — fill in a form. My secretary could not understand what they were talking about it. The form turned out to be a medical card review form. Has that form been sent out to...

Order of Business (11 Dec 2008)

Seymour Crawford: The issue may be a joke for some but not for others.

Order of Business (11 Dec 2008)

Seymour Crawford: She does not have answers.

Order of Business (11 Dec 2008)

Seymour Crawford: We are approaching Christmas which should be a time of goodwill. Can we have an indication of when the matter of the George Mitchell scholarship fund will come before the House? He did a great deal for the peace process in this country and it is sad that the fund is being constantly delayed. Given that the next meeting between Members of the Oireachtas and the HSE is in St. Agnes complex in...

Health Bill 2008: Second Stage (Resumed) (10 Dec 2008)

Seymour Crawford: While I welcome the opportunity to speak on this Bill, I do not agree with its contents. When it suited Fianna Fáil and the Progressive Democrats to encourage people over the age of 70 to vote for them in the 2002 general election, they offered free medical cards to all such people without a means test. We were advised that the measure would cost approximately €17 million per annum....

Order of Business (10 Dec 2008)

Seymour Crawford: In light of the serious animal welfare situation in the pig industry, when will the animal health and welfare Bill be introduced in the House to allow us to discuss this issue? Given that patients in Drogheda are being forced this week to undergo operations to have their arms broken and reset under local instead of general anaesthetic, when will the health information Bill be introduced?

Consumer Issues: Motion (9 Dec 2008)

Seymour Crawford: I thank the Tánaiste and Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment for participating in this debate. She is no stranger to the difficulties experienced in Border areas and she is also in a position to do something about them. Whether we like it or not, consumers are travelling north of the Border to shop. Like the Minister, I would like to encourage them to be patriotic. However, one...

Consumer Issues: Motion (9 Dec 2008)

Seymour Crawford: They are much cheaper than in Northern Ireland because they went about their business in the right way. It is important to see people making an effort. However, the smaller shops are in dire straits. The big multiples can make money on either side of the Border and are not too worried. They will balance their books, which is all they want. Even at this late stage, the Government can do...

Recall of Irish Pork and Bacon Products: Statements (9 Dec 2008)

Seymour Crawford: The Minister says he will come to an agreement with the industry as soon as possible. We are now in a crisis. Pig farmers and workers in the industry are desperate. Can the Minister get this sorted out today? It will have to be sorted some day and it is better done now. When was the first test carried out on farms other than pig farms? Can the Minister confirm that it was the last week...

Written Answers — Departmental Funding: Departmental Funding (4 Dec 2008)

Seymour Crawford: Question 17: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if he had meetings with the managers of the Protestant fee-paying schools to discuss the implications of budget 2009; if not, if he will meet them; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [44317/08]

Written Answers — Departmental Funding: Departmental Funding (4 Dec 2008)

Seymour Crawford: Question 25: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if he had a meeting with the Church of Ireland bishops regarding the €2.8 million cut in grants to Protestant secondary schools; if further meetings are planned; his views on whether the cuts will have serious effects on many of these individual schools; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [44318/08]

Social Welfare (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2008: Report Stage (Resumed) and Final Stages (4 Dec 2008)

Seymour Crawford: I will be as brief as possible. Like most other Deputies, I have some experience of the difficulties faced by people in this regard. I wish to mention a particular case that has come to a conclusion. In this case a couple went to Start Mortgages when they were under pressure to meet payments other than their loan repayments. They were encouraged by advertisements to put all their...

Order of Business (4 Dec 2008)

Seymour Crawford: As the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources, Deputy Eamon Ryan, has advised Monaghan County Council that the North-South interconnector should run overground——

Order of Business (4 Dec 2008)

Seymour Crawford: Absolutely. When will the electricity (transfer of transmission assets) Bill come before this House in order that Members can discuss this issue?