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Social Welfare (Miscellaneous Provisions) (No. 2) Bill 2010: Second Stage (Resumed) (24 Nov 2010)

Seymour Crawford: I am well aware of that. If it is properly overseen and worked it is valuable. I have no objection to using electronics so long as it is done properly. The Minister mentioned rent supplement charges and the fact that someone should have a tax certificate. This should have been part of legislation long ago. It is ridiculous that someone could have an income, through rent allowance, from...

Order of Business (24 Nov 2010)

Seymour Crawford: In light of the fact dairy farmers are only given 25% of what the consumer pays for milk, when will the consumer and competition Bill be brought in so that something can be done to regulate what Tesco and others are doing to that industry? I have raised the following matter on numerous occasions. NAMA and all the inquiries are costing millions of euro and yet the legal costs Bill to regulate...

Departmental Schemes (23 Nov 2010)

Seymour Crawford: Like the other speakers, I understood the Minister was to introduce a scheme with 10,000 places. It is very disappointing that has not happened because it is the way forward. The real reason I want to speak is to put the record straight in that many of those who were self-employed still have great difficulty getting social welfare.

Departmental Schemes (23 Nov 2010)

Seymour Crawford: I know that but I wanted to put it on the record that everything is not sorted out. It is important for those who are in a bad way that the facts are set out.

Written Answers — Hospital Services: Hospital Services (18 Nov 2010)

Seymour Crawford: Question 102: To ask the Minister for Health and Children when a person (details supplied) in County Monaghan can expect to get their MRI scan which was first arranged for January 2009; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [43499/10]

Written Answers — Northern Ireland Issues: Northern Ireland Issues (17 Nov 2010)

Seymour Crawford: Question 75: To ask the Minister for Justice and Law Reform the number of meetings he has had with the new Northern Ireland Minister for Justice, David Ford, MLA; if he is satisfied with the amount of personnel available in the Border region to maintain the necessary surveillance and security that is needed to continue the good work which has already been carried out to ensure that those who...

Written Answers — Health Services: Health Services (17 Nov 2010)

Seymour Crawford: Question 142: To ask the Minister for Health and Children when a person (details supplied) in County Monaghan can expect to receive a decision on an application for dental treatment; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [43370/10]

Grant Payments (16 Nov 2010)

Seymour Crawford: I thank the Ceann Comhairle for the opportunity to raise this important issue. I have been trying to discuss this matter with the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food, Deputy Brendan Smith, for two years. As a result of the failure of those discussions I have been obliged to bring the matter to the House tonight. I thank the Minister for the fact that some money has been made...

Written Answers — Road Network: Road Network (16 Nov 2010)

Seymour Crawford: Question 61: To ask the Minister for Transport if the road from Aughnacloy on the Border to Clontibret, County Monaghan has been discussed at any of the North-South Government meetings; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [42441/10]

Written Answers — Penalty Points System: Penalty Points System (16 Nov 2010)

Seymour Crawford: Question 210: To ask the Minister for Transport the progress, if any, that has been made with the Northern Ireland and UK authorities regarding the problems of speeding and other activities where penalty points should be applicable either north or south of the Border so as to minimise the risks of accident and death especially along the motorways; and if he will make a statement on the...

Written Answers — Grant Payments: Grant Payments (16 Nov 2010)

Seymour Crawford: Question 375: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food when a person (details supplied) in County Monaghan will be paid their single farm premium and the remainder of their area aid; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [42762/10]

Nursing Home Care: Motion (16 Nov 2010)

Seymour Crawford: I welcome the opportunity to speak on this important motion regarding Who Cares? - An Investigation into the Right to Nursing Home Care in Ireland by Ms Emily O'Reilly, the Ombudsman. I watched with horror the "Prime Time" programme in which the Ombudsman tried to put across the failure of the Government and the Health Service Executive to co-operate with her investigation while, from another...

Written Answers — Hospital Accommodation: Hospital Accommodation (11 Nov 2010)

Seymour Crawford: Question 32: To ask the Minister for Health and Children her views on the situation which is now prevalent in both Cavan and Drogheda hospitals where patients, some of them a great age, have to wait on trolleys for days and some have to be brought home at night only to find themselves rejoining the end of the queue the next morning at a time when wards are lying empty in Monaghan, Dundalk...

Written Answers — Health Service Staff: Health Service Staff (11 Nov 2010)

Seymour Crawford: Question 134: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the progress that has been made regarding the implementation of the Croke Park agreement and if changes will be made to it to allow for essential redundancies which need to take place at the higher administration levels within the Health Service Executive; her views that without such redundancies the frontline services provided by the...

Written Answers — Medical Cards: Medical Cards (11 Nov 2010)

Seymour Crawford: Question 135: To ask the Minister for Health and Children when a person (details supplied) in County Monaghan can expect to have their medical card reinstated; the reason they received no correspondence to say that it was being stopped; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [42117/10]

Written Answers — Grant Payments: Grant Payments (11 Nov 2010)

Seymour Crawford: Question 286: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food when a person (details supplied) in County Monaghan will be paid the remaining part of their area aid and single farm payment; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [42214/10]

Written Answers — Grant Payments: Grant Payments (11 Nov 2010)

Seymour Crawford: Question 287: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food when a person (details supplied) in County Cavan will be paid their single farm payment; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [42215/10]

Order of Business. (11 Nov 2010)

Seymour Crawford: Suspend the House.

Order of Business. (11 Nov 2010)

Seymour Crawford: The Minister, Deputy Gormley, has increased by 300% the rate of taxation that applies to vans and similar vehicles. He has also classified privately owned vans as private vehicles. Why is he continuing to insist that such vehicles be classified as commercial vehicles for test purposes?

Order of Business. (11 Nov 2010)

Seymour Crawford: When will a new motor vehicle (duties and licenses) Bill be brought to the House to allow us to discuss the matter properly?