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Order of Business (29 Oct 2008)

Paul Kehoe: He better hurry on. The Taoiseach is just about to sack him.

Order of Business (29 Oct 2008)

Paul Kehoe: Is the Taoiseach going to sack Deputy Finian McGrath like he will sack the teachers?

Order of Business (29 Oct 2008)

Paul Kehoe: What about Deputy McGrath?

Order of Business (29 Oct 2008)

Paul Kehoe: The Taoiseach is sacking him like the teachers.

Leaders' Questions (29 Oct 2008)

Paul Kehoe: The Taoiseach should try telling that to the teachers.

Health and Safety Issues. (29 Oct 2008)

Paul Kehoe: Question 112: To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources the progress he has made in assessing the compensation claims of former miners who suffer severe health problems as a direct result of their time in the mines; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [37208/08]

Written Answers — School Staffing: School Staffing (23 Oct 2008)

Paul Kehoe: Question 276: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if a school (details supplied) in County Wexford will retain it's current teaching staff based on the number of pupils enrolled at 30 September 2008; if not, the reason in view of the clear promise to reduce class sizes from 27:1 to 24:1 within three years of being elected; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [36687/08]

Order of Business (23 Oct 2008)

Paul Kehoe: It was not agreed. We were informed.

Written Answers — School Transport: School Transport (22 Oct 2008)

Paul Kehoe: Question 211: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the reason a student (details supplied), who previously received a bus pass for the past two years, has been refused school transport; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [36342/08]

Written Answers — School Transport: School Transport (22 Oct 2008)

Paul Kehoe: Question 212: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the reason students (details supplied) who received bus passes for previous years have been refused school transport; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [36343/08]

Medical Cards: Motion (Resumed) (22 Oct 2008)

Paul Kehoe: For the aged and elderly of this country, I propose that under Standing Orders the vote be taken by other than electronic means. I ask the Government to walk through the lobbies. If the Greens wish to cycle through the lobbies, they are welcome to.

Medical Cards: Motion (Resumed) (22 Oct 2008)

Paul Kehoe: As provided for under Standing Orders, we are giving the Government one more chance to support the Fine Gael motion, especially the backbenchers who have been so vocal over the past week, saying one thing in their constituencies and another in Dublin. I call a vote to be taken by other than electronic means.

Medical Cards: Motion (Resumed) (22 Oct 2008)

Paul Kehoe: The Deputy should say what she said on local radio in Wexford this morning. The Green Party is the junior partner in Government.

Medical Cards: Motion (Resumed) (22 Oct 2008)

Paul Kehoe: The Deputy should repeat what she said on local radio this morning.

Medical Cards: Motion (Resumed) (22 Oct 2008)

Paul Kehoe: She said she had not said it in the budget speech.

Medical Cards: Motion (Resumed) (22 Oct 2008)

Paul Kehoe: The Deputy said the same about Shannon.

Medical Cards: Motion (Resumed) (22 Oct 2008)

Paul Kehoe: I very much appreciate having the opportunity to speak on this motion. It saddens me to need to come to the House to speak on such a motion which arises because the Government is so shameless. Thousands of people over 70 years of age were on the streets of Dublin today. I heard on the news this morning that some of them had got out of their beds at 3 a.m. I am sure the Minister, Deputy...

Medical Cards: Motion (Resumed) (22 Oct 2008)

Paul Kehoe: In his Budget Statement the Minister for Finance told the House: "The Government has decided to abolish the automatic entitlement to a medical card for those over 70 who are above the eligibility criteria". How plainly can the Minister put it for Deputy White to understand?

Medical Cards: Motion (Resumed) (22 Oct 2008)

Paul Kehoe: Deputy White is like a junior infant partner in Government who claims that it was the bigger boys and girls in the Fianna Fáil Party who got it wrong. If there is collective Cabinet responsibility, what about the Ministers, Deputies Gormley and Ryan? What are they doing at the Cabinet table? Are they there just holding up the table for the Government? The Green Party is like global...

Written Answers — Social Welfare Code: Social Welfare Code (21 Oct 2008)

Paul Kehoe: Question 122: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs if she will reform the rent supplement scheme; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [34806/08]