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Private Members' Business. National Monuments: Motion (22 May 2012)

Martin Ferris: He is a man I commemorate every year along with Eddie Carmody, who was also from Ballylongford. It would be an awful indictment of the Minister and his Government if they failed in their responsibility to protect the great legacy of the men and women of 1916 and their courageous and determined efforts to bring about a real Republic that would do justice of all the people of Ireland, cherish...

Written Answers — Fiscal Policy: Fiscal Policy (23 May 2012)

Martin Ferris: Question 22: To ask the Minister for Finance if the State has met the targets set out in the Memorandum of Understanding with respect to the Fiscal Advisory Council and the reform of the legal, medical and accounting professions. [25640/12]

Written Answers — EU-IMF Agreement: EU-IMF Agreement (23 May 2012)

Martin Ferris: Question 43: To ask the Minister for Finance the number of the targets set out in the original Memorandum of Understanding signed in December 2010 that have been fully met; the number of targets to date that have been deferred; and the number of targets that have been missed. [25639/12]

Electricity Regulation (Carbon Revenue Levy) (Amendment) Bill 2012: Second and Subsequent Stages (24 May 2012)

Martin Ferris: Sinn Féin will not oppose the Bill nor will it table any amendments to it. We welcome the opportunity to have it passed speedily, in the interests of everybody concerned. Given that the purpose of the Bill is to forestall a situation in which electricity suppliers can include the "opportunity" cost of the carbon allowances and the CER levy in the prices they charge to customers, there is...

Special Educational Needs (24 May 2012)

Martin Ferris: Question 7: To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he will ensure that in the review of the school funding due to be carried out by the National Council for Special Education that no further cuts will be applied that will reduce the number of special needs assistants at schools (details supplied) in County Wexford. [25798/12]

Written Answers — Departmental Funding: Departmental Funding (24 May 2012)

Martin Ferris: Question 18: To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he will commit to ring-fencing the moneys allocated by FÁS for the refurbishment of Lourdes Youth and Community Services until such time as the ownership of the property has been resolved. [25799/12]

Written Answers — Medical Aids and Appliances: Medical Aids and Appliances (24 May 2012)

Martin Ferris: Question 171: To ask the Minister for Health when orthopaedic shoes will be available in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Kerry [25962/12]

Written Answers — Architectural Heritage: Architectural Heritage (6 Jun 2012)

Martin Ferris: Question 32: To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the availability of funding for restoration works on protected buildings throughout Ireland. [27103/12]

Written Answers — Social Welfare Benefits: Social Welfare Benefits (6 Jun 2012)

Martin Ferris: Question 372: To ask the Minister for Social Protection when a decision on carer's allowance will issue in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Kerry and if same will be expedited. [26815/12]

Written Answers — Residency Permits: Residency Permits (6 Jun 2012)

Martin Ferris: Question 683: To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the position regarding a residency application in respect of a person (details supplied). [26808/12]

Job Losses (7 Jun 2012)

Martin Ferris: Question 41: To ask the Minister for Jobs; Enterprise and Innovation if the reduction of more than €1billion on exports in medical and pharmaceutical products to the United States of America in the first three months of 2012 as compared to the same period in 2011 has resulted or may result in job losses in this sector. [27331/12]

Written Answers — Job Statistics: Job Statistics (7 Jun 2012)

Martin Ferris: Question 18: To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the numbers of jobs lost or created in foreign direct investment companies since 2008; and the number lost in the domestic economy over the same period. [27332/12]

Common Fisheries Policy: Statements (13 Jun 2012)

Martin Ferris: It is only right and proper to welcome what has happened in the past 24 hours and acknowledge the role of the Minister, on which I commend him. I understand from Conor Heaney, who works in the office of the Northern Ireland Minister, Michelle O'Neill, that an all-Ireland approach was taken during the negotiations on this. That is a welcome development. During any negotiations, it is...

Common Fisheries Policy: Statements (13 Jun 2012)

Martin Ferris: What happens if a country goes back to the Commission, but the Commission does not agree with it? Will the decision be imposed on it?

Written Answers — Appointments to State Boards: Appointments to State Boards (13 Jun 2012)

Martin Ferris: Question 25: To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform his plans to legislate for reform of the appointment process of persons to the boards of statutory agencies. [28241/12]

Written Answers — State Agencies: State Agencies (13 Jun 2012)

Martin Ferris: Question 48: To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if he will provide a list of the State agencies in which the Government has not made an appointment to a State body when a vacancy has arisen in view of the fact that it is clearly necessary to consider changes in the function or structure of the Board. [28240/12]

Written Answers — Special Educational Needs: Special Educational Needs (13 Jun 2012)

Martin Ferris: Question 70: To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the reason the special resource available to a person (details supplied) has ceased. [28478/12]

Written Answers — Hospital Services: Hospital Services (13 Jun 2012)

Martin Ferris: Question 208: To ask the Minister for Health when a person (details supplied) will receive an MRI scan [28476/12]

Residential Institutions Statutory Fund Bill 2012: Second Stage (Resumed) (14 Jun 2012)

Martin Ferris: The Residential Institutions Statutory Fund Bill legislates for the provision of support for some of our most vulnerable citizens who, under the State-run institutions, suffered appalling mental, physical and sexual abuse. It left a harrowing legacy where lives were blighted and ruined, and the scars of the sadistic cruelty inflicted have never healed. The failure of successive Governments...

Residential Institutions Statutory Fund Bill 2012: Second Stage (Resumed) (14 Jun 2012)

Martin Ferris: His father was an alcoholic, his mother was dead and he was put into the institution.