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Order of Business. (16 Jun 2010)

Seymour Crawford: It is in order to ask about the health information Bill.

Order of Business. (16 Jun 2010)

Seymour Crawford: If the Ceann Comhairle would listen, we would have some chance of getting on with the Order of Business.

Order of Business. (16 Jun 2010)

Seymour Crawford: The health information Bill is extremely important because we are not getting the true facts at present. We need to be able to get them. I would also like to ask about the Bill that will give people eligibility for health and personal social services. When will that be before the House?

Confidence in the Taoiseach and the Government: Motion (15 Jun 2010)

Seymour Crawford: The Minister is not one but there are plenty of others.

Confidence in the Taoiseach and the Government: Motion (15 Jun 2010)

Seymour Crawford: I thank the Acting Chairman and my colleague, Deputy Timmins, for allowing me some time. I have no confidence in our present Taoiseach, his party or his Green Party colleagues. Having listened to the Green Party personnel some minutes ago, it is clear to me they are much more committed to wildlife, bogs and dogs than to the 440,000 people who have no jobs. From the first day I met him,...

Written Answers — Schools Building Projects: Schools Building Projects (3 Jun 2010)

Seymour Crawford: Question 17: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Education and Skills when permission will be given to a school (details supplied) in County Monaghan to allow them to go ahead with restructuring and extension for the sake of health and safety; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [23646/10]

Written Answers — FÁS Training Programmes: FÁS Training Programmes (3 Jun 2010)

Seymour Crawford: Question 27: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Education and Skills the effort being made to ensure that persons are trained and skilled for the jobs available; if her attention has been drawn to the fact that in the meat industry qualified boners still have to be brought in from abroad in spite of the fact that there are 450,000 unemployed persons here; if her further attention has been...

Health (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2010: Second Stage (3 Jun 2010)

Seymour Crawford: While the HSE media personnel continues to pump out guarantees, we know what those guarantees have meant in the past. The Pathways rehabilitation centre in Cavan provided tremendous support for those who had strokes and other problems and helped restore many people to full health. We were told it would only be closed until extra staff were appointed to it, but it was never reopened. People...

Health (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2010: Second Stage (3 Jun 2010)

Seymour Crawford: I thank Deputy McGinley for sharing his time with me and allowing me to speak on this important issue. He said he had been visiting St. Luke's for 40 years. I cannot say I have been doing it as long, but I have been visiting it for a long time. Many relations and close friends have spent some time in St. Luke's. I recall something a neighbour of mine who was in St. Luke's 20 years ago...

Financial Emergency Measures in the Public Interest Bill 2010: Second Stage (Resumed) (2 Jun 2010)

Seymour Crawford: I welcome the opportunity to say a few words on this Bill. I cannot help but refer to some of the comments made earlier. Deputy O'Kennedy was very worried about the ideological differences between Fine Gael and the Labour Party. I cannot think of any greater difference than that between Fianna Fáil and the Green Party. Fianna Fáil has rolled over in many areas and it has caused some of...

Social Welfare Benefits (2 Jun 2010)

Seymour Crawford: I thank the Ceann Comhairle for the opportunity to raise this issue and the Minister for Social Protection for staying in the Chamber to respond to my comments. An ongoing issue over the past 12 months is that the earnings of many farm families and self-employed people are being assessed on previous years' income rather than actual income. The drop in income for farm families came as a...

Written Answers — Northern Ireland Issues: Northern Ireland Issues (2 Jun 2010)

Seymour Crawford: Question 32: To ask the Minister for Defence if he is satisfied that sufficient personnel are in place in the Border region in view if the recent information regarding dissident activities; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [23239/10]

Written Answers — Skill Shortages: Skill Shortages (2 Jun 2010)

Seymour Crawford: Question 185: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Education and Skills if her attention has been drawn to the lack of skilled workers available for many manufacturing industries such as food and engineering; the way she proposes to deal with this in view of the fact that the current structures have failed; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [23664/10]

Order of Business. (2 Jun 2010)

Seymour Crawford: It is 63 days today since the Financial Regulator stopped Quinn Insurance from doing commercial business in the UK and Northern Ireland. Can we have a discussion on this matter-----

Order of Business. (2 Jun 2010)

Seymour Crawford: -----through either the Central Bank (No. 2) Bill or the company law regulation Bill? People must be answerable for their decisions in their dealings with the general public. Recently, we learned that, in spite of promises that surgical services would be maintained at Cavan hospital-----

Order of Business. (2 Jun 2010)

Seymour Crawford: It is on the Order of Business.

Order of Business. (2 Jun 2010)

Seymour Crawford: I am extremely sorry, but this matter is equally as important as any other issue.

Order of Business. (2 Jun 2010)

Seymour Crawford: We cannot get answers from her in any shape or form. When will the health information Bill be before the House so that we can get legal and correct answers to questions? We are not being told the truth.

Written Answers — Alternative Energy Projects: Alternative Energy Projects (1 Jun 2010)

Seymour Crawford: Question 447: To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources if he or his Department have examined the support structures that are available in other EU countries which allow farmers and other small businesses to generate electricity from farm waste and wind in a way that farmers here and small businesses cannot do; if he will ensure that the necessary changes are put...

Written Answers — Telecommunications Services: Telecommunications Services (1 Jun 2010)

Seymour Crawford: Question 448: To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources further to Parliamentary Question No. 333 of 27 April 2010, if he will justify the fact that some individuals cannot get broadband in the area or have to pay significant prices for a booster box; his views on whether it is fair that a national organisation should advise that the area is covered with broadband...