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Planning and Development (Amendment) Bill [Seanad] 2009: Report and Final Stages (1 Jul 2010)

Seymour Crawford: ...into the box. Only for the planning that was given in Monaghan to small industries on people's own farms, we would have very little industry today. There has been much talk about the hub towns and other things, but no industry has ever been provided in them to facilitate the houses that have been built on them. We need to be much more positive in how we deal with things as they happen....

Adoption Bill 2009 [Seanad]: Second Stage (Resumed) (18 Nov 2009)

Seymour Crawford: Adoption is an emotive issue and I appreciate the problems in it which other Members already have raised. Deputy Kathleen Lynch pointed out that two mothers are involved in the process. I recall how my next door neighbour lost her husband at an early age. She already had four children and was expecting another. Due to her changed economic circumstances, it was agreed the best outcome for...

Children's Hospital Funding: Motion (23 Jun 2009)

Seymour Crawford: I thank my colleague, Deputy James Reilly, for raising this issue. In no small way, he, with others, had a role to play in making sure that at least some of the worst cutbacks planned for Crumlin hospital have been eased. The Minister has a major role to play in this regard. On behalf of the Government, she can decide whether the ward is re-opened and the funds are made available. I...

Social Welfare (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2008: Second Stage (Resumed) (12 Nov 2008)

Seymour Crawford: .... That cannot be entirely attributed to outside economic issues. Some people have to answer for what has happened. I welcome the fact the social welfare budget has increased by between 15% and 17%, depending on how one interprets the figures. That increase was necessary, unfortunately, as a result of this country's economic problems. I listened with interest to the complaint made by...