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Written Answers — Tourism Industry: Tourism Industry (24 Mar 2005)

Jerry Cowley: Question 107: To ask the Minister for Arts, Sport and Tourism his views on whether the importance of tourism as a driver for economic survival is being adequately recognised by Government, as reflected in the struggle for survival being experienced by tourism providers, especially in the west and in areas of Mayo which are heavily dependent on tourism; the steps he will take to rectify the...

Written Answers — School Accommodation: School Accommodation (24 Mar 2005)

Jerry Cowley: Question 172: To ask the Minister for Education and Science further to Parliamentary Question No. 3 of 3 February 2005 and the securing of a new site and permanent accommodation for a school (details supplied) in County Mayo, when the property management section of the Office of Public Works, on behalf of her Department, will announce the sites suitable in its view for a permanent school...

Written Answers — Anti-Poverty Strategy: Anti-Poverty Strategy (24 Mar 2005)

Jerry Cowley: Question 196: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the status of the commitment in the national anti-poverty strategy framework document published in November 2001 that by the end of 2002 a special needs housing management allowance would be provided by health boards for the management of supported and sheltered housing schemes provided by the voluntary and...

Airport Development Projects. (23 Mar 2005)

Jerry Cowley: I am grateful for the opportunity to raise this important matter on the Adjournment and thank the Ceann Comhairle for allowing me to do so. Knock is Ireland's fourth international airport serving up to 13 counties. Some 21 million passengers a year travel through airports in the south and east. Six million passengers travel through airports in Northern Ireland, which has almost the same...

Written Answers — Health Service Staff: Health Service Staff (23 Mar 2005)

Jerry Cowley: Question 140: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children further to Parliamentary Question No. 182 of 15 February 2005, the way in which a person (details supplied) in County Mayo can achieve five years work experience if they are unable to obtain employment in the first place with the western area of the Health Service Executive; and if she will make a statement on the matter....

Irish Language: Statements. (23 Mar 2005)

Jerry Cowley: Tá áthas orm caint mar gheall ar an Ghaeilge. Tá sé an tábhachtach don tír teanga a bheith againn. Ar feadh na mblianta bhí ar na daoine troid chun an Ghaeilge a shábháil, agus tá eolas againn faoin tally stick a bhí á usáid sna blianta chrua. Tá cultúir an saibhir againn. Is rud náireach é go raibh an Ghaeilge mar colceathair bocht uair amháin. Inniu tá athrú tagtha ar an...

Tribunals of Inquiry: Motion (Resumed). (23 Mar 2005)

Jerry Cowley: It is important to get the truth, where deaths are unaccounted for. People are putting forward the proposition that there has been collusion as regards the deaths of these two RUC officers. Judge Cory was frustrated by the British Government in his attempts to find out what he needed to know in the past. There is a great need to find out whether collusion has taken place. I have been reading...

Tribunals of Inquiry: Motion. (23 Mar 2005)

Jerry Cowley: That is not relevant.

Tribunals of Inquiry: Motion. (23 Mar 2005)

Jerry Cowley: Is that agreed? Agreed.

Requests to move Adjournment of Dáil under Standing Order 31. (23 Mar 2005)

Jerry Cowley: I seek the adjournment of the Dáil under Standing Order 31 to raise a matter of national importance, namely, the spending of €150 million to further congest Dublin Airport and its surroundings when Ireland's fourth international airport at Knock lies under-developed and under-utilised with 400,000 passengers compared to 38 million passengers projected for Dublin Airport by 2025, which...

Requests to move Adjournment of Dáil under Standing Order 31. (23 Mar 2005)

Jerry Cowley: If Knock had the second terminal or the money for it, that would do fine. Some €40 million would be fine.

Order of Business. (23 Mar 2005)

Jerry Cowley: Given that 20 million passengers are landing on one side of the country while only 400,000 land on the other, will equality legislation be introduced to bring about some semblance of balanced regional development? Perhaps the Government should be compelled to implement the national development plan to achieve balanced regional development.

Order of Business. (23 Mar 2005)

Jerry Cowley: It is.

Written Answers — Hospital Waiting Lists: Hospital Waiting Lists (22 Mar 2005)

Jerry Cowley: Question 118: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children the reason a person (details supplied) in County Mayo is still waiting to see a consultant; if she will fast-track the proposed pilot scheme to ensure that this person is called for essential treatment. [9119/05]

Written Answers — Community Development: Community Development (22 Mar 2005)

Jerry Cowley: Question 367: To ask the Minister of State at the Department of Community, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs the reason his Department withdrew funding from the Community Workers Co-operative; if his attention has been drawn to the fact that this funding has provided key supports for local groups working against poverty for more than 20 years; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [9226/05]

Written Answers — Visa Applications: Visa Applications (22 Mar 2005)

Jerry Cowley: Question 426: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the reason a person (details supplied) has been refused a holiday visa to this country; if his Department will review this case; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [8648/05]

Written Answers — Visa Applications: Visa Applications (22 Mar 2005)

Jerry Cowley: Question 427: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the reason a person (details supplied) has been refused a holiday visa to this country; if his Department will review this case; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [8649/05]

Written Answers — Special Educational Needs: Special Educational Needs (22 Mar 2005)

Jerry Cowley: Question 540: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if her Department will implement the proposed changes in the provision of special needs education in mainstream primary schools in September 2005; if so, the reason children who have been identified as having mild general learning difficulties and children who have been identified as having severe specific learning difficulties, that...

Fur Farming (Prohibition) Bill 2004: Second Stage. (22 Mar 2005)

Jerry Cowley: I congratulate the Green Party, in particular Deputy Boyle, on introducing this important Bill. I also congratulate Compassion in World Farming and Respect for Animals for bringing this issue to the fore. This is the way we should proceed. We have power over dumb animals, which gives us responsibility. While we may choose to close our eyes to many world issues such as deprivation, poverty and...

National Development Plan: Statements. (22 Mar 2005)

Jerry Cowley: I am glad to have the opportunity to speak on this motion. I have spoken in the House many times about the under spending outlined in the mid-term review of the national development plan. It is an utter scandal that a part of the country ignored by successive Governments continues to be ignored. Despite the national development plan and spatial strategy that are supposed to redress regional...