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Dáil Éireann - Volume 387 - 02 March, 1989 Order of Business. The Taoiseach Charles J. Haughey The Taoiseach: It is proposed to take Nos. 4, 1, 8 and 9. It is also proposed that the Dáil shall sit later than 5.30 p.m. today and business shall be interrupted at 8 p.m. It is further proposed that the proceedings on No. 4 and the Second Stage of No. 1 if not previously concluded, shall be brought to a conclusion at 11.30 a.m. and 2.30 p.m. respectively. An Ceann Comhairle Seán Treacy An Ceann Comhairle: Is the proposal for a late sitting today agreed? Agreed. Are the proposals for dealing with Nos. 4 and I agreed? Agreed. Mr. Dukes Mr. Dukes Mr. Dukes: With your permission Sir, I seek to raise on the Adjournment the matter of the use of national lottery funds to install computers in the Taoiseach's Office? An Ceann Comhairle Seán Treacy An Ceann Comhairle: I will communicate with the Deputy. Mr. M. Higgins Mr. M. Higgins Mr. M. Higgins: With your permission a Cheann Comhairle, I wish to raise on the Adjournment the appalling level of services available for the aged in the Western Health Board area. An Ceann Comhairle Seán Treacy An Ceann Comhairle: I will be in touch with the Deputy concerning that matter. Mr. Deehihan Mr. Deehihan 2154 [2154] Mr. Deehihan: I wish to ask the Taoiseach when he intends to give time in this House to discuss the recommendations of the special Dáil Committee on the disposal of national lottery funds. An Ceann Comhairle Seán Treacy An Ceann Comhairle: Deputy Deenihan, this is clearly not a matter for the Order of Business. You must find some other way of adverting to the matter. Mr. Quinn Mr. Quinn Mr. Quinn: In view of the Government's intention to submit to the EC before Easter, at the latest, the national development plan for structural funds, may I now ask the Taoiseach if he has decided that this House will debate the document before it goes to Brussels or shall we debate it afterwards? The Taoiseach Charles J. Haughey The Taoiseach: I have not come to any decision as to the final timing, but my undertaking to the House is that it will have an opportunity to discuss it. Mr. Griffin Mr. Griffin Mr. Griffin: With your permission, Sir, may I raise on the Adjournment the situation in which farmers in milk production now find themselves as a result of the national milk quota being oversubscribed by 2 per cent, approximately 17 million gallons. Could the Department of Agriculture and Food, or the Departments of Health and Social Welfare, devise a scheme to purchase all or part of the surplus—— An Ceann Comhairle Seán Treacy An Ceann Comhairle: The Deputy need not elaborate. Mr. Griffin Mr. Griffin Mr. Griffin: ——and distribute it to schools, welfare homes and hospitals. An Ceann Comhairle Seán Treacy An Ceann Comhairle: I will communicate with the Deputy. Mrs. Doyle Mrs. Doyle Mrs. Doyle: I would like to ask the Taoiseach when we might expect the dairy produce consolidation Bill that has been promised? The Taoiseach Charles J. Haughey 2155 The Taoiseach: I cannot give the [2155] Deputy an exact date, but the Bill is in the course of preparation at the moment. Mrs. Doyle Mrs. Doyle Mrs. Doyle: This session? Mr. Harte Mr. Harte Mr. Harte: As is customary for Taoisigh visiting the United States on St. Patrick's Day, may I ask the Taoiseach if he intends to extend an invitation to President Bush to address both Houses of the Oireachtas? An Ceann Comhairle Seán Treacy An Ceann Comhairle: Deputy Harte, please desist. Surely the Deputy can find a more appropriate way of raising this important matter. Mr. Harte Mr. Harte Mr. Harte: I think it is a very fair question. Mr. Crotty Mr. Crotty Mr. Crotty: A Cheann Comhairle, I wish to raise on the Adjournment the problems in the Stamp Duty Office. An Ceann Comhairle Seán Treacy An Ceann Comhairle: I will be in touch with the Deputy concerning the matter. Mr. Cosgrave Mr. Cosgrave Mr. Cosgrave: In view of the high rate of unemployment and social deprivation in the Kilbarrack area, I wish to raise on the Adjournment the proposed staff cuts, especially the reduction in the number of remedial teachers, when Scoil Iosagáin and Scoil Lorcáin are amalgamated later this year? An Ceann Comhairle Seán Treacy An Ceann Comhairle: I will communicate with the Deputy. Mr. Noonan (Limerick East) Mr. Noonan (Limerick East) Mr. Noonan (Limerick East): May I ask the Taoiseach if he has yet decided when legislation to abolish Fóir Teoranta will be brought before the House? An Ceann Comhairle Seán Treacy An Ceann Comhairle: Is this legislation promised? The Taoiseach Charles J. Haughey The Taoiseach: It is. It will be necessary eventually and I have already answered questions on it several times a Cheann Comhairle. The point is that it is something that will be the final step in a fairly long procedure. Dáil Éireann 387 Order of Business. General Debate 19890302
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