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Offshore Exploration (7 Mar 2012)

Martin Ferris: Question 2: To ask the Minister for Communications; Energy and Natural Resources the position regarding the proposed LNG project. [13109/12]

Offshore Exploration (7 Mar 2012)

Martin Ferris: As the Minister will be aware, this issue has been ongoing for more than 18 months. I do not know how many times I have tabled it as a Topical Issue Debate matter or raised it on the Order of Business. This is the second time I have raised it with him at Priority Question Time. He is also well aware of expectations in north Kerry which has been devastated by unemployment. The value of the...

Offshore Exploration (7 Mar 2012)

Martin Ferris: I attended a meeting last Thursday morning which included a briefing session that involved the regulator. In answer to a question from the floor from one of the groups supporting the Shannon LNG project about who was responsible for policy, the regulator said he was. I assume policy is determined by elected representatives, not the regulator. Is it possible in the short term to facilitate...

Offshore Exploration (7 Mar 2012)

Martin Ferris: I still cannot understand why a person with the Minister's authority cannot convene a meeting of all the stakeholders around the table which is the only way he will resolve this issue. Making submissions is a delaying tactic that will push out the boat all the time. It is within the Minister's remit to convene such a meeting. If it happened, it would clear the muddy waters and people would...

Offshore Exploration (7 Mar 2012)

Martin Ferris: Are the promoters in compliance with the policy direction of the regulator?

Offshore Exploration (7 Mar 2012)

Martin Ferris: The Minister does not sound certain.

Public Service Contracts (7 Mar 2012)

Martin Ferris: Question 5: To ask the Minister for Communications; Energy and Natural Resources if he has received a report on the safety record of Balfour Beatty which has been awarded the maintenance contract for Bord Gáis; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [13108/12]

Public Service Contracts (7 Mar 2012)

Martin Ferris: The last time I raised this issue with the Minister, he asked that I forward the evidence I had available, which I did. The Minister of State, Deputy O'Dowd, asked that I do the same and I also forwarded it to him and the regulator. I am not certain that enough attention has been given to the safety aspect of the matter. The Minister has mentioned that the issues I have raised date back...

Public Service Contracts (7 Mar 2012)

Martin Ferris: In the light of this how can Balfour Beatty be deemed to be in compliance when it is not in compliance with paragraph 3.9 of the Department of Finance's guidelines which reads: "Candidates or tenderers who have been convicted of involvement in organised crime, fraud, corruption or money laundering must be excluded from performing a public [service]"? How can Balfour Beatty be deemed to be in...

Public Service Contracts (7 Mar 2012)

Martin Ferris: I refer to the criminal conviction guidelines of the Department of Finance which provide that if somebody has been convicted of fraud, that person is precluded from participating in a public contract. It is clear that Balfour Beatty was fined £2.25 million sterling in 2008 after it had been charged by the British Serious Fraud Squad and found guilty of false accounting, yet it has now been...

Public Service Contracts (7 Mar 2012)

Martin Ferris: I raised that issue also.

Hydraulic Fracturing (7 Mar 2012)

Martin Ferris: The Minister has said the EPA is carrying out a study and is using the study of the University of Aberdeen as part of it. Have there been consultations with the EPA's counterpart in the Six Counties, given that the fracking project will straddle the Border? Have there been consultations with the EPA's equivalent in France on the reasoning behind the ban imposed on fracking by the French...

Sale of State Assets: Statements (8 Mar 2012)

Martin Ferris: I wish to share time with Deputies Stanley and Healy-Rae.

Sale of State Assets: Statements (8 Mar 2012)

Martin Ferris: The Government's progress report, published yesterday, is interesting for many reasons, and whoever wrote it ought to be congratulated on his or her skill. It has made out that U-turns and reneging on promises equate to some kind of achievements.

Sale of State Assets: Statements (8 Mar 2012)

Martin Ferris: A similar spin has been applied to the issue discussed today, the sale of State assets. We have been told that the Government has now agreed the shape and scale of the asset disposal programme, which is now set at the more ambitious target of €3 billion. It can be recalled that the programme for Government set a limit of €2 billion on the value of the sell-off. In itself, that flew in...

Written Answers — Unfinished Housing Estates: Unfinished Housing Estates (8 Mar 2012)

Martin Ferris: Question 34: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government if he will outline county by county the draw down of funds for the making safe of unfinished estates; and the works these funds were used for. [13087/12]

Written Answers — Departmental Reports: Departmental Reports (8 Mar 2012)

Martin Ferris: Question 44: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government if he will provide a detailed update on the progress made in implementing the recommendations made in the July 2010 report by the local government efficiency review group, particularly in the establishment on a regional basis of a single building inspectorate service to streamline the approach to the...

Written Answers — Energy Conservation: Energy Conservation (8 Mar 2012)

Martin Ferris: Question 122: To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources the date on which an application to the warmer home scheme that was originally made with Cunamh in April 2011 and was transferred over to the Sustainable Energy Authority Ireland in June 2010 will be dealt with (details supplied). [13415/12]

Asylum Support Services (13 Mar 2012)

Martin Ferris: Question 69: To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if he will carry out an audit of policy of direct provision and dispersal to ensure it meets human rights standards in Irish law and in international human rights treaties that Ireland has ratified. [13854/12]

Written Answers — Hospital Waiting Lists: Hospital Waiting Lists (13 Mar 2012)

Martin Ferris: Question 538: To ask the Minister for Health when a person (details supplied) in County Kerry will receive an appointment at Cork University Hospital; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [13520/12]