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Dog Breeding Establishments Bill 2009 [Seanad]: Committee and Remaining Stages (8 Jul 2010)

Seymour Crawford: The Minister does not trust him.

Dog Breeding Establishments Bill 2009 [Seanad]: Committee and Remaining Stages (8 Jul 2010)

Seymour Crawford: Where are the Minister's principles?

Dog Breeding Establishments Bill 2009 [Seanad]: Committee and Remaining Stages (8 Jul 2010)

Seymour Crawford: We care about it and do not just talk about it.

Dog Breeding Establishments Bill 2009 [Seanad]: Committee and Remaining Stages (8 Jul 2010)

Seymour Crawford: We live it every day.

Dog Breeding Establishments Bill 2009 [Seanad]: Committee and Remaining Stages (8 Jul 2010)

Seymour Crawford: We will take no lectures from the Minister on animal welfare.

Order of Business (8 Jul 2010)

Seymour Crawford: The dogs are more important.

Requests to move Adjournment of Dáil under Standing Order 32 (8 Jul 2010)

Seymour Crawford: I seek the adjournment of the Dáil under Standing Order 32 to discuss an issue of local and national importance; namely, the urgent need for this House to have a full and frank discussion on the farming crisis. Farm incomes have dropped by more than 40% on average, but in many difficult wetland areas that figure is much higher. Even more serious are the unworkable regulations that have...

Economic Issues: Motion (Resumed) (7 Jul 2010)

Seymour Crawford: I welcome the opportunity to contribute to this debate. It is incredible that net income has reduced by 28% in the past two years. The average drop in farm income for the same period is 40% while in wet land areas it is far higher. In my own constituency 14,500 people are out of work, 1,030 of those having joined the dole queue in the past 12 months. No other economy has experienced such...

Planning Issues (6 Jul 2010)

Seymour Crawford: Deputy English is giving way to Deputy McEntee. I wish to thank the Ceann Comhairle for allowing me and my Oireachtas colleagues to raise the extremely important issue of the 400 kV Meath-Tyrone interconnector passing through Cavan-Monaghan. We want to know where the Minister stands on this issue given that EirGrid withdrew its application on 29 June due to misinformation that was put on the...

Written Answers — Ambulance Service: Ambulance Service (6 Jul 2010)

Seymour Crawford: Question 312: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the capital cost of the new Ambulance Centre on the St. Davnet's complex, Monaghan; the number of vehicles, and at what cost, were provided for the site and the number still there; the number of personnel and their status and if she is satisfied that the service is working; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [30096/10]

Written Answers — Electricity Generation: Electricity Generation (6 Jul 2010)

Seymour Crawford: Question 561: To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources the amount an application by a company (details supplied) has cost to date; if he is satisfied with the way the company put forward their application; when they will be eligible to reapply; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [29871/10]

Written Answers — Community Employment Schemes: Community Employment Schemes (6 Jul 2010)

Seymour Crawford: Question 682: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Education and Skills her views on the possibility of increasing the number of personnel involved in community type work through FÁS or any other structure in view of the fact that there is now almost 440,000 persons unemployed; her views on whether it would not only be in the interests of the participants to have the opportunity to work 19...

Order of Business (6 Jul 2010)

Seymour Crawford: I appreciate the fact that, a Cheann Comhairle, you are allowing the matter to be raised on the Adjournment tonight, in light of the fact that EirGrid withdrew its application for planning.

Order of Business (6 Jul 2010)

Seymour Crawford: This is to do with the Bill. When will the Electricity (Transmission on Assets) Bill be brought before the House? While I appreciate being able to raise the matter on the Adjournment, we need a full debate on the despicable action of this group.

Order of Business (6 Jul 2010)

Seymour Crawford: Like many of my colleagues I was in the Mansion House today where the first Dáil met. We were meeting members of farming organisations about the nitrates directives. Those people are in desperation about the future. When can we have a full debate in the House on issues surrounding the nitrates directive and other farm income problems? It is the single biggest industry in this country yet...

Dog Breeding Establishments Bill 2009 [Seanad]: Second Stage (2 Jul 2010)

Seymour Crawford: While I welcome the opportunity to speak on this Bill, it is extraordinary that Dáil Éireann should sit on a Friday to deal with such legislation when the Government cannot provide time to discuss serious health issues, the 40% drop in farm income, the extraordinary economic problems that many mortgage holders are experiencing and, especially, the cutbacks in support for those who are...

Dog Breeding Establishments Bill 2009 [Seanad]: Second Stage (2 Jul 2010)

Seymour Crawford: There are clearly major concerns among those in the dog-breeding industry regarding who will control this system. Section 17 outlines the different ways that a person breeding dogs with six bitches or more can be controlled. It is vital that only veterinary surgeons authorised by a local authority should have the final say. The breeders are rightly very worried that others outside the...

Written Answers — Dormant Accounts Fund: Dormant Accounts Fund (1 Jul 2010)

Seymour Crawford: Question 14: To ask the Minister for Community, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs the amount of funds, if any, that are available from the dormant accounts structures; if some of this funds will be used for cross-Border communities and the encouragement of peace building in the border areas; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [28661/10]

Civil Partnership Bill 2010: Report and Final Stages (1 Jul 2010)

Seymour Crawford: I do not have any problem with civil partnership, as I said on Second Stage.

Civil Partnership Bill 2010: Report and Final Stages (1 Jul 2010)

Seymour Crawford: I know. I want to comment on the issue of cohabitation, which has already been mentioned. I welcome the rights that people will now enjoy in that regard. A change was needed in that respect. Individual Deputies are familiar with the cases of couples who lived together for years and had children. When one of them died in an accident, for example, the other one did not have any rights. We...