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Agriculture: Motion (2 Dec 2008)

Seymour Crawford: The Deputy should write to the Minister about that.

Agriculture: Motion (2 Dec 2008)

Seymour Crawford: Is this debate on planning or agriculture?

Agriculture: Motion (2 Dec 2008)

Seymour Crawford: What about early retirement?

Agriculture: Motion (2 Dec 2008)

Seymour Crawford: The Minister did not turn up to meet the farmers in the Deputy's constituency.

Agriculture: Motion (2 Dec 2008)

Seymour Crawford: I welcome my colleagues in the farm organisations in the Gallery. I thank Deputy Creed for giving us the opportunity to say a few words on the matter. The Minister and I were elected to the Dáil 16 years ago last week. Let us consider what has happened in the meantime. Ordinary family pig farms are closed. Mushroom units across our constituency are closed. Poultry units are under...

Agriculture: Motion (2 Dec 2008)

Seymour Crawford: They are worth nothing.

Ombudsman (Amendment) Bill 2008: Second Stage (2 Dec 2008)

Seymour Crawford: While I have not engaged in much preparation on this issue, I felt obliged to say a few words on this Bill because the Office of the Ombudsman has provided a tremendous service over the years. The 2,500 complaints per year and 10,000 telephone inquiries per year give an indication of how the service is respected throughout the country and how people use it. Unfortunately, up until now there...

Electricity Generation. (2 Dec 2008)

Seymour Crawford: As one living in the Border area I welcome that there will be a connection at some stage but we must make every effort to ensure the issues raised in the ASKON report and others be fully looked into. Will the Minister advise if he will make every effort in instructing that the ASKON report be discussed at the relevant committee level so that all aspects of it can be looked into? Will he...

Electricity Generation. (2 Dec 2008)

Seymour Crawford: What of the letter to Monaghan County Council?

Electricity Generation. (2 Dec 2008)

Seymour Crawford: What of the letter?

Leaders' Questions (2 Dec 2008)

Seymour Crawford: There are two issues.

Motor Vehicle (Duties and Licences) (No. 2) Bill 2008: Second Stage (Resumed) (27 Nov 2008)

Seymour Crawford: I welcome the opportunity to speak on this Bill, but I do not welcome the increases in it. The only bit of good news in it is the fact that there is no increase for electric vehicles. I welcome the idea of electric vehicles. They have a major role to play in the towns and cities of our country. When the Minister launched it he said it was possible to use it on a trip to Galway or...

Order of Business (27 Nov 2008)

Seymour Crawford: Chop the home help.

Order of Business (27 Nov 2008)

Seymour Crawford: I will try to be as in line as possible. On a number of occasions in this House we discussed the issue of the attachment of fines and were promised that a Bill would be introduced to deal with that issue. I notice that debt collectors have been appointed instead. Can the Minister assure us that some effort will be made to bring in an attachment of fines Bill to sort out the problem? In...

Order of Business (27 Nov 2008)

Seymour Crawford: When will the health information Bill be introduced so that we can discuss these issues?

Written Answers — Departmental Expenditure: Departmental Expenditure (26 Nov 2008)

Seymour Crawford: Question 83: To ask the Minister for Defence the way it is intended to achieve the 19% reduction in medical expenses projected in the Estimates for defence; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [42832/08]

Finance (No. 2) Bill 2008: Second Stage (Resumed) (26 Nov 2008)

Seymour Crawford: The Finance Bill 2008 is the last section of a completely discredited budget, with many U-turns and a total failure to face reality. Since last July, the Taoiseach and his Ministers prepared the country for what they said would be a tough but fair budget. They would look after those in need, but instead the budget attacked the medical card for the elderly, the education of our children, and...

Leaders' Questions (26 Nov 2008)

Seymour Crawford: What about the Greens?

Written Answers — Army Barracks: Army Barracks (25 Nov 2008)

Seymour Crawford: Question 440: To ask the Minister for Defence his plans to deal with the disposal of the Army campsite at Monaghan town; if and when it is fully closed, will special arrangements be made for those who have lived on the site for a long number of years; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [42686/08]

Written Answers — Overseas Missions: Overseas Missions (25 Nov 2008)

Seymour Crawford: Question 441: To ask the Minister for Defence when he last visited the Irish Army personnel (details supplied) in Liberia; the number of personnel he had accompanying him; the cost of the travel and the hotel accommodation; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [42687/08]