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Electoral, Local Government and Planning and Development Bill 2013: Second Stage (12 Jul 2013)

James Bannon: I am speaking about this issue because the register is very important as it is the same register we use when we go to the polls.

Electoral, Local Government and Planning and Development Bill 2013: Second Stage (12 Jul 2013)

James Bannon: It is the same register we use when we vote in European elections-----

Electoral, Local Government and Planning and Development Bill 2013: Second Stage (12 Jul 2013)

James Bannon: -----general and local elections.

Electoral, Local Government and Planning and Development Bill 2013: Second Stage (12 Jul 2013)

James Bannon: It is important that I flag the issue in order that we can get it right. I know I have the support of the Minister in this regard. The register should be updated and published yearly, with a system of continuous registration to be devised. The European elections provide us with an opportunity to look after our emigrants abroad. It is our duty to care for Irish people abroad. It is bad...

Electoral, Local Government and Planning and Development Bill 2013: Second Stage (12 Jul 2013)

James Bannon: I welcome the opportunity to speak on the Bill. I thank the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government, Deputy Phil Hogan, and the Constituency Commission for their hard work and equitable conclusions within geographical constraints. On the law of averages, we will see some discontent at the end of the process, particularly in the loss of one MEP serving the country. It...

Electoral, Local Government and Planning and Development Bill 2013: Second Stage (12 Jul 2013)

James Bannon: They were in collusion with some senior bankers and executives and responsible for the illegal theft of taxpayers' money and the downfall of the economy which we are trying to fix. Every time Fianna Fáil took office in recent years, it dragged us down. I hope the people will be aware of this next year when the local and European elections are held. Fianna Fáil has had a history...

Courts and Civil Law (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2013: Second Stage (Resumed) (12 Jul 2013)

James Bannon: I welcome the Bill, which will improve the State's response to people experiencing violence and unfair treatment, such as emotional, physical and financial abuse. The Minister has worked extremely hard since taking office to address domestic violence in Ireland. He is the ideal person to handle this, in that he has built up a huge body of experience and expertise on the issue. He is an...

Protection of Life During Pregnancy Bill 2013: Report Stage (Resumed) (10 Jul 2013)

James Bannon: I am not going to delay the House too long because I have spoken several times on this issue, back in December when it was first mooted and again on Second Stage. I am happy that I live in a country that has so far not allowed abortion. I understand we have been in a very difficult position for the past 21 years since the Supreme Court's decision in the X case. That judgment found that...

Committee on Environment, Culture and the Gaeltacht: Select Sub-Committee on the Environment, Community and Local Government: Estimates for Public Services 2013
Vote 25 - Environment, Community and Local Government (Revised) (9 Jul 2013)

James Bannon: It is similar.

Committee on Environment, Culture and the Gaeltacht: Select Sub-Committee on the Environment, Community and Local Government: Estimates for Public Services 2013
Vote 25 - Environment, Community and Local Government (Revised) (9 Jul 2013)

James Bannon: Many of the trustees have passed away. The Minister of State made an interesting point about the fact that there was a significant reduction in water wastage in Cavan-Monaghan once meters were installed. It is a constituency that borders my own, Longford-Westmeath, where the experience has been similar. He may not have factored in the fact that a considerable number of farmers are...

Committee on Environment, Culture and the Gaeltacht: Select Sub-Committee on the Environment, Community and Local Government: Estimates for Public Services 2013
Vote 25 - Environment, Community and Local Government (Revised) (9 Jul 2013)

James Bannon: The Department has requested local authorities-----

Committee on Environment, Culture and the Gaeltacht: Select Sub-Committee on the Environment, Community and Local Government: Estimates for Public Services 2013
Vote 25 - Environment, Community and Local Government (Revised) (9 Jul 2013)

James Bannon: Sorry-----

Committee on Environment, Culture and the Gaeltacht: Select Sub-Committee on the Environment, Community and Local Government: Estimates for Public Services 2013
Vote 25 - Environment, Community and Local Government (Revised) (9 Jul 2013)

James Bannon: The Department has requested that local authorities take over those schemes prior to their being taken over by Irish Water. Local authorities do not have the funding to touch those schemes because it would cost too much to upgrade them.

Committee on Environment, Culture and the Gaeltacht: Select Sub-Committee on the Environment, Community and Local Government: Estimates for Public Services 2013
Vote 25 - Environment, Community and Local Government (Revised) (9 Jul 2013)

James Bannon: What were known as group water schemes were a godsend in the 1950s and 1960s when they were put in place by many local volunteers. Many of the trustees have passed on and we are now left with a situation where there is no ownership of these schemes. Many of them need serious upgrading and local authorities will not touch them until they are upgraded. There are insufficient funds to upgrade...

Committee on Environment, Culture and the Gaeltacht: Select Sub-Committee on the Environment, Community and Local Government: Estimates for Public Services 2013
Vote 25 - Environment, Community and Local Government (Revised) (9 Jul 2013)

James Bannon: Some local authorities already operate a system in which there is a claw-back.

Committee on Environment, Culture and the Gaeltacht: Select Sub-Committee on the Environment, Community and Local Government: Estimates for Public Services 2013
Vote 25 - Environment, Community and Local Government (Revised) (9 Jul 2013)

James Bannon: I thank the Ministers of State for their most informed and interesting presentation. There is a departmental policy, with which I do not agree, that one cap fits all. There are areas of the country where one can purchase houses quite cheaply. In the midlands, in particular, one can buy a house for one fifth of what one would pay in the larger towns and cities. This option should be...

Written Answers — Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Industrial Development (9 Jul 2013)

James Bannon: 265. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the number of business plans assessed by Enterprise Ireland for County Longford in the past two years; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [33131/13]

Written Answers — Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Microenterprise Loan Fund Application Numbers (9 Jul 2013)

James Bannon: 266. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the number of micro finance/loan guarantee applications assessed for County Longford; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [33132/13]

Written Answers — Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: County and City Enterprise Boards Abolition (9 Jul 2013)

James Bannon: 267. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the number of County Longford clients transferred to Enterprise Ireland by the enterprise board, Longford Community Resources Limited; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [33133/13]

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: One-Parent Family Payment Appeals (9 Jul 2013)

James Bannon: 333. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the scheduled date for an oral hearing for a person (details supplied) in relation to their one parent family payment in view of the fact that their previous hearing was adjourned due to insufficient information; if she accepts that this is not a new hearing but a relisting of a previous hearing; that this person is now waiting in excess of 12...