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Hospital Services (22 Jun 2010)

Martin Ferris: Question 48: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the measures she will take to help prevent misdiagnosis of miscarriages; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [25967/10]

Written Answers — Children in Care: Children in Care (22 Jun 2010)

Martin Ferris: Question 56: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if she will publish the legal advice on which is based the claim that the files for children who died in State care or when known to child care services cannot be passed to the special investigation team established by the Minister of State with responsibility for children; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [25966/10]

Written Answers — Tourism Industry: Tourism Industry (22 Jun 2010)

Martin Ferris: Question 157: To ask the Minister for Finance if he will restore the full season at Skellig Michael which has been reduced by the Office of Public Works by three months with serious consequences for the local tourism sector. [26886/10]

Written Answers — Hospital Services: Hospital Services (22 Jun 2010)

Martin Ferris: Question 212: To ask the Minister for Health and Children when a person (details supplied) in County Kerry will be facilitated with an appointment. [26503/10]

Written Answers — Land Aggregation Scheme: Land Aggregation Scheme (22 Jun 2010)

Martin Ferris: Question 406: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government if he will guarantee that local authorities will have first option on lands that they surrender to the agency under the proposed land aggregation scheme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [26549/10]

Written Answers — Medical Cards: Medical Cards (24 Jun 2010)

Martin Ferris: Question 60: To ask the Minister for Health and Children when an application for a medical card in respect of a person (details supplied) will be decided on. [27266/10]

Written Answers — Medical Aids and Appliances: Medical Aids and Appliances (24 Jun 2010)

Martin Ferris: Question 70: To ask the Minister for Health and Children when orthopaedic shoes will be granted to a person (details supplied). [27309/10]

Written Answers — Social Welfare Benefits: Social Welfare Benefits (24 Jun 2010)

Martin Ferris: Question 202: To ask the Minister for Social Protection when a person (details supplied) in County Kerry will receive their backdated rent supplement. [27265/10]

Wildlife (Amendment) Bill 2010: Committee and Remaining Stages (29 Jun 2010)

Martin Ferris: I take issue with some of the comments of the previous speaker that those who are opposed to the Bill condone wanton cruelty. I assure him that is not the case. However, his party has no concept of what rural Ireland is like, its traditions or the value to the local economy of various aspects of rural life, including hunting, coursing, fishing and shooting. They are big part of rural...

Wildlife (Amendment) Bill 2010: Committee and Remaining Stages (29 Jun 2010)

Martin Ferris: As Deputy Hogan stated, this could have been done by regulation. This Bill is divisive. It is quite obvious that it is divisive within Fianna Fáil but I have no doubt that each Deputy will row in as the whip is applied. They speak out of two sides of their mouths; they tell their constituents that they are against it but they will vote for it here. They did the same on drift net salmon...

Foreshore Licences (29 Jun 2010)

Martin Ferris: The Department of the Environment, Heritage and Local Government confirmed on 22 April this year that it had given preliminary approval for a foreshore licence for an LNG project in Tarbert, County Kerry, the application for which was made two years prior to that. The project was unveiled in 2006. It was held up during that period primarily by objections despite the fact that it was one of...

Written Answers — Employment Action Plan: Employment Action Plan (29 Jun 2010)

Martin Ferris: Question 40: To ask the Minister for Social Protection the estimated cost of the activation scheme contained in the Social Welfare (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2010; and to make a statement including a detailed breakdown of same. [27970/10]

Written Answers — Employment Action Plan: Employment Action Plan (29 Jun 2010)

Martin Ferris: Question 43: To ask the Minister for Social Protection his views on the assessment of Aontas that the education and training providers will not have the capacity to meet the demand that will be created if the changes proposed by the Social Welfare (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2010 proceed; if he has discussed this with the Department of Education and Skills; and the outcome of those...

Written Answers — Job Creation: Job Creation (29 Jun 2010)

Martin Ferris: Question 98: To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Innovation his plans regarding the latest recommendations of the mid-west task force; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [27762/10]

Written Answers — Job Creation: Job Creation (29 Jun 2010)

Martin Ferris: Question 99: To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Innovation the position regarding Limerick and north Kerry being designated as Objective 1 regions in view of the unemployment figures in the area and in particular following recent public statements from the Industrial Development Authority that the infrastructure in County Kerry is hindering job creation. [27763/10]

Written Answers — Garda Investigations: Garda Investigations (29 Jun 2010)

Martin Ferris: Question 383: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform if he will release the Garda report into claims that Government officials were buying guns (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [28304/10]

Written Answers — Drugs in Prisons: Drugs in Prisons (30 Jun 2010)

Martin Ferris: Question 61: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the number on a duration of waiting lists for drugs related services in prison and the steps he will be take to address current breaks in supports experienced during the transition from prison based to community based services. [28293/10]

Written Answers — Garda Deployment: Garda Deployment (30 Jun 2010)

Martin Ferris: Question 78: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform if his attention has been drawn to the media reports that Garda rank and file instead of the forensic science laboratory are to conduct drugs analyses ; his views on whether this might leave future prosecutions and convictions vulnerable to challenge. [28294/10]

Written Answers — Community Development: Community Development (1 Jul 2010)

Martin Ferris: Question 42: To ask the Minister for Community, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs if he will make a commitment that any future funding programme resulting from the review of the scheme to support national organisations in the community and voluntary sector will prioritise a focus on combatting poverty, exclusion and inequality by supporting organisations that represent, empower and respond to the...

Written Answers — Dormant Accounts Fund: Dormant Accounts Fund (1 Jul 2010)

Martin Ferris: Question 109: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the position regarding an application for funding under strand 2 of the Dormant Accounts Fund 2010 to an organisation (details supplied) to provide a specialised mobile youth cafe; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [28947/10]