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Order of Business (20 Oct 2010)

Arthur Morgan: Is the Taoiseach aware of this matter and will he intervene to prevent the closure of this important facility?

Statements re Minister for Finance's announcement on banking of 30 September 2010: Questions (20 Oct 2010)

Arthur Morgan: They promote them instead.

Statements re Minister for Finance's announcement on banking of 30 September 2010: Questions (20 Oct 2010)

Arthur Morgan: On my and my party's behalf I offer my condolences to the Minister on his recent family bereavement. My question relates to the bondholders, both senior and subordinate. Is the Minister aware that the terms of securities allow for the possibility of them not being paid back if a bank is insolvent? Clearly, that was the case here. Is he familiar with the term "the value of your investment...

Statements re Minister for Finance's announcement on banking of 30 September 2010: Questions (20 Oct 2010)

Arthur Morgan: Does the Minister have a legal opinion on that?

Statements re Minister for Finance's announcement on banking of 30 September 2010: Questions (20 Oct 2010)

Arthur Morgan: Can the Minister share it with us?

Statements re Minister for Finance's announcement on banking of 30 September 2010: Questions (20 Oct 2010)

Arthur Morgan: I had not taken the Minister to be a wee Englander. I always thought he was reasonably sound on the national question but I will watch that space in future. Does the Minister accept that he could have introduced emergency legislation before he nationalised Anglo Irish Bank to ensure that the taxpayers of this State would not be in hock to the bondholders of Anglo Irish Bank to the tune of...

Statements re Minister for Finance's announcement on banking of 30 September 2010: Questions (20 Oct 2010)

Arthur Morgan: It is not loose talk; it is public debate.

Statements re Minister for Finance's announcement on banking of 30 September 2010: Questions (20 Oct 2010)

Arthur Morgan: The Minister is close.

Written Answers — Computerisation Programme: Computerisation Programme (19 Oct 2010)

Arthur Morgan: Question 133: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Education and Skills when each classroom in the State will be supplied with a laptop and overhead projector; if she is satisfied that every school has sufficient broadband connection for best use of interactive teaching and learning resources [37138/10]

Written Answers — State Examinations: State Examinations (19 Oct 2010)

Arthur Morgan: Question 134: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Education and Skills if her Department or the State Examinations Commission is aware of the confusion and anxiety which was caused by the late delivery of sample examination papers for junior certificate Gaeilge last year and if she is committed to avoiding a similar situation with leaving certificate Gaeilge [37139/10]

Written Answers — State Examinations: State Examinations (19 Oct 2010)

Arthur Morgan: Question 135: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Education and Skills to provide information to múinteoirí Gaeilge on the format and materials for the leaving certificate Gaeilge béalscrúdú 2012 which was referred to in her circular letter 0020/2010, if CDs of samples béalscrúdaithe will be provided and when this material will be available [37140/10]

Written Answers — School Curriculum: School Curriculum (19 Oct 2010)

Arthur Morgan: Question 136: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Education and Skills the membership of the National Council for Curriculum and Assessment course committee for leaving certificate Gaeilge detailing the organisations represented and if she or her officials have met representatives of these organisations with a view to altering the leaving certificate Gaeilge course as detailed in circular...

Written Answers — Schools Amalgamation: Schools Amalgamation (19 Oct 2010)

Arthur Morgan: Question 169: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Education and Skills her plans for the amalgamation of small rural schools; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [37623/10]

Written Answers — Hospital Services: Hospital Services (19 Oct 2010)

Arthur Morgan: Question 296: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the reason persons who use the Minor Injuries Unit at Louth County Hospital, Dundalk are charged €100 per visit when people who use the Minor Injuries Unit at Monaghan General Hospital have no charges imposed on them; if her Department has any input into whether or not charges are applied; if there are other discriminatory practices...

Written Answers — Social Welfare Benefits: Social Welfare Benefits (19 Oct 2010)

Arthur Morgan: Question 381: To ask the Minister for Social Protection when a decision will made on an application for supplementary welfare allowance in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Donegal; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [37245/10]

Written Answers — Local Authority Funding: Local Authority Funding (19 Oct 2010)

Arthur Morgan: Question 419: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the reason Louth County Council is restricted from lowering capital account balances below 2008 year end amounts and if he is satisfied that this local authority was forced to raise a loan for €1,521,000 as its contribution towards the water services capital programme. [37143/10]

Written Answers — Local Authority Staff: Local Authority Staff (19 Oct 2010)

Arthur Morgan: Question 420: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government if he is aware of any instance whereby a county councillor has failed to provide a report to the next ordinary council meeting of any conferences attended as required by the Local Government Act; if his officials consider this requirement when carrying out audits of accounts; and if he will make a statement...

Loan Guarantee Scheme: Motion (19 Oct 2010)

Arthur Morgan: I thank Deputy Seán Sherlock in the Labour Party for sharing his time with me. I very much support this Fine Gael motion moved by Deputy John Perry. He has a way with understatement, given that one of the his bullet points in the motion states "- notes with concern that small businesses are still having difficulty accessing credit through financial institutions for a variety of reasons"....

Loan Guarantee Scheme: Motion (19 Oct 2010)

Arthur Morgan: -----to dealing with the outflow of credit." Some 20 cases have been referred to that office since it opened and it has dealt with ten of them. It found in favour of five and in the other five cases it found in favour of the banks. What should we take from the message that sends to the sector? If the Minister of State does not know the answer to that, I will give him a hint. It means...

Loan Guarantee Scheme: Motion (19 Oct 2010)

Arthur Morgan: Where did we here the words that the "worst is over" before? The last time we heard those words was from the Minister for Finance when he had introduced the bank guarantee scheme and was introducing the legislation setting out the terms and conditions of it, which left the option wide open for the banks to continue to play their merry jig and thumb their noses not only at the taxpayers but...