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Northern Ireland Issues: Motion (Resumed). (9 Feb 2005)

Paudge Connolly: I will leave it at that. I believe the President was 50% correct but there is a two-way process involved. I regret that I was not aware that I could not make reference to this matter. Some 95% of people in Northern Ireland, both Catholic and Protestant, want to co-exist with one another. The feeling of hatred is restricted to small areas. It is sometimes fed to the communities in question and...

Requests to move Adjournment of Dáil under Standing Order 31. (9 Feb 2005)

Paudge Connolly: I propose the adjournment of the Dáil under Standing Order 31 to discuss a matter of urgent public and national concern, namely, the funding crisis that has existed at St. John of God's north-east services at St. Mary's in Drumcar, Dunleer, County Louth, for many years, particularly since 2000, which has been exacerbated by serious under-staffing and financial cutbacks which have threatened...

Hospital Procedures. (8 Feb 2005)

Paudge Connolly: I welcome the opportunity to debate the ongoing difficulties, suffering and trauma experienced by more than 100 women arising from their maltreatment at Our Lady of Lourdes Hospital, Drogheda. Recently, I was invited to a meeting in Drogheda by a group called Patient Focus in Drogheda which wanted assistance in having its members experience at the hands of a consultant obstetrician and...

Written Answers — Farm Retirement Scheme: Farm Retirement Scheme (8 Feb 2005)

Paudge Connolly: Question 386: To ask the Minister for Agriculture and Food if she proposes to review the farm retirement scheme with a view to resolving and correcting its inconsistencies; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [3437/05]

Finance Bill 2005: Second Stage. (8 Feb 2005)

Paudge Connolly: This year's Finance Bill is characterised by anti-avoidance rules as opposed to anti-evasion measures. It is an effort to close the loopholes that accountants are paid to find, but we will see what they come up with during the year. The Bill is also driven by the necessity for a level playing field for taxation across the EU. The 2004 Act was notable for its measures to make Ireland more...

Finance Bill 2005: Second Stage. (8 Feb 2005)

Paudge Connolly: It is regrettable that we must wait 12 months for it. The old reliables were not touched and I welcome the fact that petrol and diesel, fuels that are needed to get people to and from work, were not increased. Year after year, however, cigarette duty was increased for different reasons, principally because they were bad for our health. Once, the price of a packet of cigarettes was increased...

European Council Meetings: Statements. (2 Feb 2005)

Paudge Connolly: Why is the EU Commissioner for Enlargement seeking to cancel accession talks with Croatia scheduled for 17 March? Why is the EU making Croatia's accession contingent on the capture of fugitive general, Ante Gotovina? It is similar to having deferred Ireland's application for EU membership until people such as the Border Fox were caught. It is not fair, helpful or logical. There is no proof...

European Council Meetings: Statements. (2 Feb 2005)

Paudge Connolly: I note that accession talks for the expansion of the EU will begin this year for Romania, Bulgaria and Croatia. The Taoiseach stated, in the case of Croatia's accession talks which are due to start on 17 March this year, that he had a friendly word of advice for his Croatian counterpart, Mr. Ivo Sanader. His friendly words in Mr. Sanader's ear were that Mr. Sanader should improve his...

Written Answers — Dormant Accounts Fund: Dormant Accounts Fund (1 Feb 2005)

Paudge Connolly: Question 56: To ask the Minister for Finance the amount transferred in surplus dormant funds from financial institutions throughout the country to the dormant accounts fund for disbursement by the Dormant Accounts Fund Disbursements Board; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [2407/05]

Written Answers — Health Service Staff: Health Service Staff (1 Feb 2005)

Paudge Connolly: Question 100: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children her views on the failure of the chief executive of the north eastern area of the Health Service Executive to lift the suspension of a person (details supplied) as directed by her; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [2336/05]

Written Answers — Hospital Cleaning Services: Hospital Cleaning Services (1 Feb 2005)

Paudge Connolly: Question 101: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children if cleaning services in hospitals have been reduced within the past 20 years; her views on the direct link between hospital cleaning, declining hygiene standards and the potentially fatal MRSA infection; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [2337/05]

Written Answers — Bovine Diseases: Bovine Diseases (1 Feb 2005)

Paudge Connolly: Question 240: To ask the Minister for Agriculture and Food if a bounty is available to farmers for killing badgers; if there is a licence available to farmers to cull badgers; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [2358/05]

Written Answers — Bovine Diseases: Bovine Diseases (1 Feb 2005)

Paudge Connolly: Question 241: To ask the Minister for Agriculture and Food if pilot schemes of badger culling have been introduced here to combat the spread of tuberculosis in cattle; the number of badgers killed to date; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [2359/05]

Written Answers — Bovine Diseases: Bovine Diseases (1 Feb 2005)

Paudge Connolly: Question 242: To ask the Minister for Agriculture and Food the number of badgers culled in the interests of eradicating bovine tuberculosis; the methods of killing used; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [2360/05]

Request to move Adjournment of Dáil under Standing Order 31. (1 Feb 2005)

Paudge Connolly: I seek the adjournment of the Dáil under Standing Order 31 to discuss the following matter of national concern, namely, the decision of the Health Service Executive to cease holding regional monthly media briefing meetings in the absence of monthly health board meetings and to call on the Health Service Executive immediately to reinstate formal monthly information briefings for public...

Disability Bill 2004: Second Stage (Resumed). (27 Jan 2005)

Paudge Connolly: I propose to share time with Deputies Sargent and Ó Caoláin.

Disability Bill 2004: Second Stage (Resumed). (27 Jan 2005)

Paudge Connolly: The Disability Bill has at last come before this House. For the disabled, it should be vitally important and serve as a landmark but, unfortunately for them, it falls remarkably short on both counts. Before I address the Bill, I must acknowledge the recent establishment of a databank for the disabled. Much valuable work was done in this regard. It allows us to ascertain the extent of the...

Accident and Emergency Services: Motion (Resumed). (27 Jan 2005)

Paudge Connolly: He played very well.

Accident and Emergency Services: Motion (Resumed). (27 Jan 2005)

Paudge Connolly: At times accident and emergency departments and football matches go hand in hand. I formally congratulate the press on its victory. It had a total of 53 players on its panel. It is a panel of 14 hard triers. I wish to share time with Deputies Harkin and Finian McGrath.

Accident and Emergency Services: Motion (Resumed). (27 Jan 2005)

Paudge Connolly: The crisis appears to be an ongoing saga. Depending on the day of week, there may be between 200 and 400 people on hospital trolleys. Given that most of these hospitals are designed to cater for approximately four people in cubicles, this gives one some idea of the crisis. In the past this was a winter crisis or a Monday morning phenomenon and the position would be sorted out within a given...