Results 921-940 of 5,550 for speaker:Martin Ferris

Written Answers — Fisheries Protection: Fisheries Protection (23 Oct 2007)

Martin Ferris: Question 414: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food if, in view of the Commission proposals of 17 October 2007, she has an estimate of the scale of illegal fishing within Irish waters both by non EU and EU based vessels. [25442/07]

Written Answers — Fisheries Protection: Fisheries Protection (23 Oct 2007)

Martin Ferris: Question 512: To ask the Minister for Defence if he is satisfied that the Naval Service is adequately resourced to deal with illegal fishing within Irish waters. [25444/07]

Written Answers — Proposed Legislation: Proposed Legislation (23 Oct 2007)

Martin Ferris: Question 538: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform if he will use his influence to ensure that the Criminal Evidence Act, 1992 is amended in order to ensure that persons with intellectual disabilities are provided with greater protection with regard to sexual abuse and specifically to ensure that the section that refers to sexual intercourse is amended to include other...

Written Answers — Proposed Legislation: Proposed Legislation (24 Oct 2007)

Martin Ferris: Question 126: To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if he will bring in legislation to provide equal treatment to agency workers; and his views on a European Directive to give effect to equal treatment across the EU. [25416/07]

Written Answers — Labour Force Upskilling: Labour Force Upskilling (24 Oct 2007)

Martin Ferris: Question 121: To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the training that has been put in place to upskill vulnerable workers in the construction sector to facilitate them accessing alternative employment in the event that they lose their jobs due to the decline in that sector; and the number of workers that have availed of such training to date. [25417/07]

Written Answers — Alternative Farm Enterprises: Alternative Farm Enterprises (24 Oct 2007)

Martin Ferris: Question 219: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food the number of acres devoted to the growing of energy crops; and the projected growth for this sector over the next five years. [25731/07]

Written Answers — Electricity Generation: Electricity Generation (24 Oct 2007)

Martin Ferris: Question 271: To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources the plans in place to facilitate net metering for those who generate small amounts of renewable energy to be incorporated into the all-island single electricity market. [25732/07]

Written Answers — Flood Relief: Flood Relief (25 Oct 2007)

Martin Ferris: Question 62: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Finance if funding will be made available to refurbish the bank of the River Feale and its tributaries in 2008. [25797/07]

Written Answers — Flood Relief: Flood Relief (25 Oct 2007)

Martin Ferris: Question 63: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Finance if he will release funds for the refurbishment of the banks of the River Brick between Lixnaw Bridge and Ballingar Bridge in order to prevent flooding that would threaten local housing. [25798/07]

Written Answers — Medical Cards: Medical Cards (25 Oct 2007)

Martin Ferris: Question 76: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if she will put in place a review of the conditions governing qualification for the medical card. [25806/07]

Written Answers — Hospitals Building Programme: Hospitals Building Programme (25 Oct 2007)

Martin Ferris: Question 77: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if she will guarantee that the new hospital to be built in Cork in place of the Mercy will be located on the north side of the city which is without a hospital. [25803/07]

Written Answers — Schools Amalgamation: Schools Amalgamation (25 Oct 2007)

Martin Ferris: Question 129: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if she will make a statement on the proposed amalgamation of the primary schools in Lixnaw. [25795/07]

Written Answers — Social Insurance: Social Insurance (31 Oct 2007)

Martin Ferris: Question 89: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs his views on the publication of the latest actuarial review of the Social Insurance Fund. [25887/07]

Written Answers — Social Welfare Code: Social Welfare Code (31 Oct 2007)

Martin Ferris: Question 114: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs his views on whether it is time to develop a new longer term benchmark against which the evolution of social welfare rates can be measured. [25888/07]

Written Answers — Air Services: Air Services (31 Oct 2007)

Martin Ferris: Question 288: To ask the Minister for Transport if he will confirm that the airport coordinator, as defined by Council Regulation 95/93 and amended by EC 793/2004, has a veto on transferring routes to second airports. [26587/07]

Written Answers — Air Services: Air Services (31 Oct 2007)

Martin Ferris: Question 289: To ask the Minister for Transport if the airport coordinator can reject a route change on the basis that the proposed change would be detrimental to the vital interests of the region from which the route would be transferred. [26588/07]

Written Answers — Air Services: Air Services (31 Oct 2007)

Martin Ferris: Question 290: To ask the Minister for Transport if the airport coordinator or Aer Lingus is required to carry out an impact study on the Shannon region to assess the affects of the proposed transfer. [26589/07]

Written Answers — Air Services: Air Services (31 Oct 2007)

Martin Ferris: Question 291: To ask the Minister for Transport if grandfather rights adhere to the airline or the route in view of the fact that Regulation 790/2004 states that the system provides for the reallocation of slots with established precedence to incumbent carriers. [26590/07]

Written Answers — Drug Seizures: Drug Seizures (31 Oct 2007)

Martin Ferris: Question 501: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the number of houses that were searched for drugs in each of the Kerry Garda divisional areas in the past year; the number of arrests made for possession of drugs; and the quantity and type of drug seized. [26293/07]

Written Answers — Housing Grants: Housing Grants (31 Oct 2007)

Martin Ferris: Question 553: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government if he will provide an undertaking to reintroduce a grant scheme to provide funding for householders to allow them to install protective systems in their homes to prevent the harmful effects of radon gas. [26022/07]