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Written Answers — Social Welfare Benefits: Social Welfare Benefits (15 Dec 2009)

Seymour Crawford: Question 290: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs the number of civil servants granted the three year incentivised career break who were granted one parent family payment while on a career break who took a career break for educational reasons; the number who were refused one parent family payment who took a career break for educational reasons; and if she will make a statement...

Written Answers — Social Welfare Benefits: Social Welfare Benefits (15 Dec 2009)

Seymour Crawford: Question 291: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs the number of civil servants granted the three year incentivised career break who were granted a social welfare payment under each type of social welfare payment; the weekly amount payable; the breakdown on the number of civil servants granted three year incentivised career break who were refused a social welfare payment under...

Written Answers — Afforestation Programme: Afforestation Programme (15 Dec 2009)

Seymour Crawford: Question 358: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food the number of hectares of forestry planted here for each of the past 15 years; the number of hectares that will be planted in 2010; if he is satisfied that enough is being done to encourage and promote forestry; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [46702/09]

Social Welfare Cuts: Motion (15 Dec 2009)

Seymour Crawford: I welcome the opportunity to speak on this important motion and I congratulate my colleague on introducing it. It is difficult to believe that the blind, the disabled, carers and widows are among those who must carry the can for the bankers, builders and developers. It should be remembered that the €4 billion that had to be saved in the budget corresponds directly to the first amount paid...

Social Welfare Cuts: Motion (15 Dec 2009)

Seymour Crawford: -----with three children in another room, it is an issue. This lady was told she will not suffer because of this cut but it will mean €1,000 per year to her between the cut in her pension and those in the other areas. I fully appreciate when the Minister comes through and I do not make light of that story.

Social Welfare Cuts: Motion (15 Dec 2009)

Seymour Crawford: I am talking about an individual who has to have a car and is not eligible for a medical card so must pay the inflated school bus rates. She must pay for everything. It is a problem and should not be made light of. As did my colleague, Deputy Naughten, I shall comment on the fair deal. We were told this would be a fair budget and we all appreciate that €4 billion in savings had to be...

Social Welfare and Pensions (No. 2) Bill 2009: Committee and Remaining Stages (11 Dec 2009)

Seymour Crawford: They are very angry.

Social Welfare and Pensions (No. 2) Bill 2009: Committee and Remaining Stages (11 Dec 2009)

Seymour Crawford: We did not say that.

Social Welfare and Pensions (No. 2) Bill 2009: Committee and Remaining Stages (11 Dec 2009)

Seymour Crawford: I strongly oppose this section. It must be recognised that if it was not for the late Ernest Blythe cutting the old age pension 80 years ago, for which he has been condemned by Fianna Fáil ever since, the old age pension would have been cut by the Government. These cutbacks are even worse. Elderly people are reasonably well off in comparison to others. However, a widow with three young...

Order of Business (11 Dec 2009)

Seymour Crawford: In light of the new health policy announced by Deputy Healy-Rae whereby the Government is now building small hospitals, when will the Minister introduce the health information Bill so we can find out the truth about what is happening in the health service? Those of us having our services removed feel very aggrieved that Deputy Healy-Rae has such power.

Social Welfare and Pensions (No. 2) Bill 2009: Second Stage (Resumed) (10 Dec 2009)

Seymour Crawford: For NAMA.

Social Welfare and Pensions (No. 2) Bill 2009: Second Stage (Resumed) (10 Dec 2009)

Seymour Crawford: I wish to share time with Deputies P.J. Sheahan, Ulick Burke and James Bannon. It is very interesting to sit here in the House and listen to some of the rhetoric of the past few hours. What has brought us to this situation? It has been a combination of the builders, the developers and the bankers. They are the ones who have brought us to absolute catastrophe, not those on social welfare or...

Written Answers — Rail Network: Rail Network (9 Dec 2009)

Seymour Crawford: Question 35: To ask the Minister for Transport the progress of the DART underground project; the associated works that have been completed; when the project will be fully finished; the method chosen for financing this project; the cost to date; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [45934/09]

Written Answers — Grant Payments: Grant Payments (9 Dec 2009)

Seymour Crawford: Question 216: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food when a REP scheme payment will be issued to a person (details supplied) in County Monaghan; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [46208/09]

Financial Resolution No. 2: Excise (Mineral Oil) (9 Dec 2009)

Seymour Crawford: It is insulting to farmers.

Financial Resolution No. 3: Value-Added Tax (9 Dec 2009)

Seymour Crawford: I welcome any reduction in costs. The increase from 21% to 21.5% in the second last budget was unreal at the time. Subsequently the Minister did admit that it cost the country €700 million in a year. It has caused much damage to the nation because, as Deputy Penrose said, it was not altogether the amount but it happened at the same time as Mr. Alistair Darling reduced the rate by 2% in...

Financial Resolution No. 2: Excise (Mineral Oil) (9 Dec 2009)

Seymour Crawford: I will not take lectures from the Green Party about a carbon tax. When we were in Government, 25,000 hectares of forestry was planted annually, not 5,000 hectares, and there was little money in the country. I have been involved in the organisation of wind farms, biomass plants and green energy production. I was successful in regard to the largest wind farm in the State but unsuccessful...

Financial Resolution No. 2: Excise (Mineral Oil) (9 Dec 2009)

Seymour Crawford: It will increase the cost of transport in an area like mine where there is no rail or other form of transport. We depend on haulage transport to import and export our goods. County Monaghan has some of the largest poultry and pig meat producers in the country and I know a little about the costs involved. Increasing costs at a time those in the industry are losing at least 30% of their...

Financial Resolution No. 1: Excise (Alcohol Products) (9 Dec 2009)

Seymour Crawford: I will have no problem in doing that. On the one hand I welcome the recognition given by the Government to the fact that there has been a major problem of cross-Border shopping of which alcohol has been one of its main components. However, this could have been done in a much fairer and even-handed way by dealing with the VAT section of it which would have dealt with many areas, other than...

Budget Statement 2010 (9 Dec 2009)

Seymour Crawford: What about those on middle incomes?