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Written Answers — Social Welfare Code: Social Welfare Code (3 Oct 2006)

Michael Ring: Question 400: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs if he will amend the €100 disregard of means from employment in respect of non-contributory pensioners and widows to include self-employment or farming income; if the disregard criteria is discriminatory against farming widows; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [30762/06]

Written Answers — Social Welfare Benefits: Social Welfare Benefits (3 Oct 2006)

Michael Ring: Question 407: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs the date a person (details supplied) in County Mayo made a claim for unemployment; the date their payment commenced; if there is money due to them for the period from when the claim was lodged to when their payment actually started. [30864/06]

Written Answers — Farm Waste Management: Farm Waste Management (3 Oct 2006)

Michael Ring: Question 443: To ask the Minister for Agriculture and Food if she will review the farm waste management scheme to allow for grant assistance towards an air agitator system, with the agitating point inside the slatted shed in cases where the slatted shed is more than ten years old in view of the health and safety benefits of such systems; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [30581/06]

Written Answers — Special Educational Needs: Special Educational Needs (3 Oct 2006)

Michael Ring: Question 486: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if there is help or assistance available to parents whose children are availing of extra tuition in view of the fact that this tuition should be provided by her Department; if there is grant aid available for them; and the help which is available for parents whose children have dyslexia. [30854/06]

Written Answers — Road Network: Road Network (3 Oct 2006)

Michael Ring: Question 521: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government if he will sanction a grant for the improvement of a road (details supplied) in County Mayo; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [30726/06]

Greenhouse Gas Emissions. (4 Oct 2006)

Michael Ring: Question 220: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the further action he will take to reduce the emission of CO2 and other greenhouse gases; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [30974/06]

Written Answers — Greenhouse Gas Emissions: Greenhouse Gas Emissions (4 Oct 2006)

Michael Ring: Question 213: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the developments which have taken place since the introduction of the emissions trading scheme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [30973/06]

Written Answers — Vocational Training Opportunities Scheme: Vocational Training Opportunities Scheme (4 Oct 2006)

Michael Ring: Question 309: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if she will increase an allowance (details supplied) for VTOS participants in view of the fact that the current rates of payment are in effect since 1 January 2002 and are no longer reasonable. [31126/06]

Civil Law (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2006: Second Stage (Resumed) (5 Oct 2006)

Michael Ring: I welcome the opportunity to speak briefly on this Bill and the ombudsman in particular. There is no point in having jobs for the boys and the girls in the form of the ombudsman if the position does not have authority or the necessary powers. We have many of those jobs. Recently, I wrote to the Minister of State, Deputy Brian Lenihan, regarding a case and the Ombudsman for Children, who...

Civil Law (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2006: Second Stage (Resumed) (5 Oct 2006)

Michael Ring: ——goes to court, the victim gets nothing whereas the murderer or rapist gets everything, including free legal aid and the country's top barristers paid the top prices by the State. The ordinary citizen who does not have enough resources but who needs justice, law and support cannot go to court because he or she cannot afford it.

Civil Law (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2006: Second Stage (Resumed) (5 Oct 2006)

Michael Ring: The citizen will go to a solicitor who will say that he or she wants €5,000 up front for taking the case. The citizens in question do not have that type of money. If they had, they would not go to such a solicitor. They would go directly to the top in Dublin. I hope we will have a system with some fairness because this country has become unfair. I love putting on the record that the...

Civil Law (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2006: Second Stage (Resumed) (5 Oct 2006)

Michael Ring: That is wrong.

Written Answers — Health Services: Health Services (5 Oct 2006)

Michael Ring: Question 106: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the average length of time it takes for smear test results to be returned to the doctor who took the smear test. [31345/06]

Written Answers — Grant Payments: Grant Payments (5 Oct 2006)

Michael Ring: Question 156: To ask the Minister for Agriculture and Food if she will review a grant application for the farm waste management scheme to allow a person (details supplied) in County Mayo install an air agitation system in view of the health and safety benefit of the system; and if she will disregard the location of the old agitation point in view of the system being proposed for...

Written Answers — Wildlife Study: Wildlife Study (5 Oct 2006)

Michael Ring: Question 191: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the system in place for funding and carrying out post mortems on whales and dolphins in Irish waters; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [31386/06]

Written Answers — Residency Permits: Residency Permits (10 Oct 2006)

Michael Ring: Question 220: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform when an application for long-term residency and an exemption from employment permit requirements will be approved for a person (details supplied) in County Mayo; when the application was received in his Department; and the stage it is currently at. [31588/06]

Written Answers — Residency Permits: Residency Permits (10 Oct 2006)

Michael Ring: Question 221: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the number of applications for long-term residency and exemptions from employment permit requirements which are currently lodged with his Department; the average processing time of these applications; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [31589/06]

Written Answers — Road Traffic Offences: Road Traffic Offences (10 Oct 2006)

Michael Ring: Question 245: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the reason no response issued from An Garda Síochána to this Deputy's representations for a person (details supplied) in County Mayo regarding the incorrect endorsement of their driving licence. [32080/06]

Written Answers — Flood Relief: Flood Relief (10 Oct 2006)

Michael Ring: Question 254: To ask the Minister for Finance if he will instruct the Office of Public Works to call to a person (details supplied) in County Mayo in relation to a flooding problem created by the OPW; and the way this matter will be resolved. [31520/06]

Written Answers — Flood Relief: Flood Relief (10 Oct 2006)

Michael Ring: Question 255: To ask the Minister for Finance if he will ascertain from the Office of Public Works the work it carried out to a river (details supplied) in County Mayo in each of the past five years; if the OPW has been notified of any flooding problems since it last carried out this work; if so, the plans it has to resolve the flooding problems. [31521/06]