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Constituency Commission Report: Statements (Resumed) (28 May 2008)

Michael Ring: I want to put that interest on the record. When I go to Europe I will try to stop some of the stupid regulations——

Constituency Commission Report: Statements (Resumed) (28 May 2008)

Michael Ring: I come from a constituency where farmers cannot farm, fishermen cannot fish, turf cannot be cut and the fauna and the bees are more important than the people.

Constituency Commission Report: Statements (Resumed) (28 May 2008)

Michael Ring: I will be well capable of doing that because I will have the backup and the manpower and the womanpower to deal with that. I will have people like Deputy Perry in Sligo whom I am sure will give me great support if I choose to go down that road. I have a great interest in Europe and it is something that I am looking at and trying to broaden my horizons. I know Jim Higgins, MEP, will be...

Constituency Commission Report: Statements (Resumed) (28 May 2008)

Michael Ring: My main platform will be to stop these stupid directives from coming into this country. People are being deprived because the constituency is so big and it is very difficult, even for an MEP to try to represent all these counties and all these constituencies. The members of the commission are independent people and they do not have a political agenda. I would like to know if they went down...

Constituency Commission Report: Statements (Resumed) (28 May 2008)

Michael Ring: He is like all of them, the minute he goes away he forgets about it. When he comes up here he thinks he is among the people, but he is not really. The minute one leaves the west, one leaves the people and the country. I hope the Minister will not forget his roots, like Deputy Gormley. He seems to have forgotten his roots since he left Limerick. When he was in Opposition he had many...

Constituency Commission Report: Statements (Resumed) (28 May 2008)

Michael Ring: I am on the trail.

Constituency Commission Report: Statements (Resumed) (28 May 2008)

Michael Ring: When will we have the report?

Written Answers — Hospital Waiting Lists: Hospital Waiting Lists (28 May 2008)

Michael Ring: Question 216: To ask the Minister for Health and Children when a person (details supplied) in County Mayo can expect to be called for vital surgery in view of the fact that it has been cancelled twice. [21236/08]

Written Answers — Hospital Waiting Lists: Hospital Waiting Lists (28 May 2008)

Michael Ring: Question 217: To ask the Minister for Health and Children when a person (details supplied) in County Mayo will be called to Dublin for an MRI scan. [21237/08]

Written Answers — Hospital Waiting Lists: Hospital Waiting Lists (28 May 2008)

Michael Ring: Question 218: To ask the Minister for Health and Children when a person (details supplied) in County Mayo will be called to Galway in relation to their thyroid problems. [21238/08]

Written Answers — Social Welfare Benefits: Social Welfare Benefits (28 May 2008)

Michael Ring: Question 252: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs the way a person (details supplied) in County Mayo was assessed for disability allowance; the way their payment rate was calculated; and if this person is entitled to a higher rate of disability allowance. [21341/08]

Written Answers — Schools Building Projects: Schools Building Projects (28 May 2008)

Michael Ring: Question 322: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the reason he did not answer a parliamentary question (details supplied) put to him; and if he will answer the question that was asked. [21340/08]

Written Answers — Cancer Screening Programme: Cancer Screening Programme (29 May 2008)

Michael Ring: Question 70: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the number of persons who have been called for and have undergone a procedure (details supplied). [21609/08]

Written Answers — Social Welfare Benefits: Social Welfare Benefits (29 May 2008)

Michael Ring: Question 87: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs the changes in the way that farm assist is assessed; and if she will provide a copy of the assessment regulations that indicate the way claimants are now assessed and the changes that were introduced. [21529/08]

Written Answers — Hospital Services: Hospital Services (4 Jun 2008)

Michael Ring: Question 201: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the reason surgery for a person (details supplied) in County Mayo has been cancelled for the third time. [21750/08]

Written Answers — Work Permits: Work Permits (4 Jun 2008)

Michael Ring: Question 264: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if she will instruct the work permit section to re-issue a work permit in respect of a person (details supplied) as the permit which issued had the incorrect date of birth on it. [21733/08]

Written Answers — Social Welfare Benefits: Social Welfare Benefits (4 Jun 2008)

Michael Ring: Question 280: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs the reason a person (details supplied) in County Mayo who had been in receipt of illness benefit has been told that they do not qualify for it when they applied for disability allowance. [21781/08]

Written Answers — Social Welfare Benefits: Social Welfare Benefits (4 Jun 2008)

Michael Ring: Question 281: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs when a person (details supplied) in County Mayo will be granted the arrears of carer's allowance which is due to them. [21784/08]

Written Answers — Social Welfare Benefits: Social Welfare Benefits (4 Jun 2008)

Michael Ring: Question 285: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs the way a person (details supplied) in County Mayo was assessed for disability allowance; if she will provide a full and total breakdown of all the income for the household; if there is anything that was not taken into consideration which would allow them to be approved even a nominal payment. [22049/08]

Written Answers — Proposed Legislation: Proposed Legislation (4 Jun 2008)

Michael Ring: Question 291: To ask the Minister for Community, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs when the section of an Act (details supplied) will be implemented. [21785/08]