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Written Answers — Garda Investigations: Garda Investigations (13 Nov 2008)

Arthur Morgan: Question 73: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform if he will enter discussions with the Garda Commissioner aimed at launching an effective Garda operation targeting groups and businesses that fraudulently collect second-hand clothes from householders under the guise of being charities in view of the growing scale of the problem, which has recently been reported to net...

Written Answers — Taxi Regulations: Taxi Regulations (12 Nov 2008)

Arthur Morgan: Question 106: To ask the Minister for Transport his views on the proposed taxi sharing scheme. [40033/08]

Written Answers — Rural Transport Services: Rural Transport Services (12 Nov 2008)

Arthur Morgan: Question 127: To ask the Minister for Transport if there are demand-responsive-type taxi systems operating in the rural transport programme. [40034/08]

Written Answers — Employment Rights: Employment Rights (12 Nov 2008)

Arthur Morgan: Question 211: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform his views on whether fathers here are discriminated against by the non-availability of paid paternity leave. [39490/08]

Social Welfare (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2008: Second Stage (Resumed) (12 Nov 2008)

Arthur Morgan: I thank Deputies Upton and Wall, and the Labour Party, for sharing time. I welcome the opportunity to address Second Stage of the social welfare Bill. The Bill amounts to a serious attack on the income and welfare of some of the most vulnerable groups in society and, unless it is substantially amended, Sinn Féin will vote against it. It highlights the Government's disconnect from the...

Written Answers — Social Welfare Code: Social Welfare Code (11 Nov 2008)

Arthur Morgan: Question 134: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs the rationale behind changing the PRSI qualification for jobseeker's benefit from the standard 52 weeks to 104 weeks. [39483/08]

Written Answers — Social Welfare Code: Social Welfare Code (11 Nov 2008)

Arthur Morgan: Question 137: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs his views on whether the new PRSI requirements for jobseeker's benefit unfairly penalises young people who may have lost their first jobs due to the economic downturn. [39484/08]

Written Answers — Hospital Services: Hospital Services (11 Nov 2008)

Arthur Morgan: Question 250: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if the external review into the procedure of symphysiotomy in some Irish hospitals (details supplied) is complete; if not, when it is expected to be complete; the person who is conducting this external review; when they were appointed; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [39261/08]

Written Answers — Hospital Waiting Lists: Hospital Waiting Lists (11 Nov 2008)

Arthur Morgan: Question 307: To ask the Minister for Health and Children when appointments will be made for women who have been referred by their general practitioners to Dochas Centre, Drogheda and Beaumont Hospital Breast Clinic for consultation; the reason no one has been designated to arrange appointments for many of these women; her views on whether no transfer of services from Dochas Centre to...

Written Answers — Residency Permits: Residency Permits (11 Nov 2008)

Arthur Morgan: Question 372: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the status of a person (details supplied) in County Louth; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [39726/08]

Social Welfare Benefits. (11 Nov 2008)

Arthur Morgan: Is the Minister aware of the great difficulty in which many low-income families are placed by side deals — under the table payments, as described by Deputy Enright a moment ago — which are put in by landlords? Is she aware that this is a consequence of what she is doing? Would she accept that the €400 million paid annually in rent supplement is money squandered because of the...

Requests to move Adjournment of Dáil under Standing Order 32 (11 Nov 2008)

Arthur Morgan: I seek the adjournment of the Dáil under Standing Order 32 to discuss a matter of national importance, namely, the need for the Minister for Health and Children to apologise to the House for misleading it last week when she denied in reply to a parliamentary question that she had received a copy of the report into the circumstances of the death of Tania McCabe and her baby son at Our Lady of...

Requests to move Adjournment of Dáil under Standing Order 32 (11 Nov 2008)

Arthur Morgan: It is not an accusation, it is a fact. I can show the Leas-Cheann Comhairle the evidence.

Requests to move Adjournment of Dáil under Standing Order 32 (11 Nov 2008)

Arthur Morgan: I have the evidence here that the Minister told lies.

Requests to move Adjournment of Dáil under Standing Order 32 (11 Nov 2008)

Arthur Morgan: I do not want to argue with the Leas-Cheann Comhairle, who is generally fair and impartial.

Requests to move Adjournment of Dáil under Standing Order 32 (11 Nov 2008)

Arthur Morgan: I will not deny what the Minister has done. I will withdraw nothing.

Requests to move Adjournment of Dáil under Standing Order 32 (11 Nov 2008)

Arthur Morgan: There has been a lot worse happening in the north east——

Requests to move Adjournment of Dáil under Standing Order 32 (11 Nov 2008)

Arthur Morgan: ——where report after report is sitting on the shelves and the Minister is neither implementing them nor doing anything about them.

Requests to move Adjournment of Dáil under Standing Order 32 (11 Nov 2008)

Arthur Morgan: That is a far greater offence than breaking the rules of the House.

Requests to move Adjournment of Dáil under Standing Order 32 (11 Nov 2008)

Arthur Morgan: It is a fact, not an accusation.