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Written Answers — Schools Planning: Schools Planning (18 Dec 2007)

Martin Ferris: Question 446: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if her Department have contacted Kerry County Council with regard to areas zoned educational in the county development plan. [35398/07]

Written Answers — Schools Planning: Schools Planning (18 Dec 2007)

Martin Ferris: Question 447: To ask the Minister for Education and Science her Department's source for demographic trends and housing developments in the Tralee area. [35399/07]

Written Answers — Schools Recognition: Schools Recognition (18 Dec 2007)

Martin Ferris: Question 448: To ask the Minister for Education and Science when her Department will be in a position to determine the long-term projected staff figure for a school (details supplied) in County Kerry. [35400/07]

Written Answers — Naval Service: Naval Service (18 Dec 2007)

Martin Ferris: Question 464: To ask the Minister for Defence if Irish naval officers can board vessels in the hours of darkness. [35310/07]

Alternative Energy Projects. (19 Dec 2007)

Martin Ferris: Question 63: To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources his views on whether public funding and involvement in research into tidal and wave energy is adequate in view of the targets set for renewable energy sources. [35172/07]

Alternative Energy Projects. (19 Dec 2007)

Martin Ferris: Given the potential in this area, current investment is somewhat small. In particular, I refer to the Shannon Estuary, which experiences an 8 knot tide. Such a tide could allow for the use of reversible turbines to generate electricity and it offers huge potential. Does the Minister agree research facilities in University College Cork and the University of Limerick could be expanded so...

Alternative Energy Projects. (19 Dec 2007)

Martin Ferris: I will be brief. While I welcome the Minister's indication that funding will be made available, the amount of funding that will be required is ambiguous, to say the least, given the huge potential that exists and the knock-on effect such development will have for the State as well as for the security of resources. As this type of technology is only in its infancy, I would not like its...

Written Answers — Telecommunications Services: Telecommunications Services (19 Dec 2007)

Martin Ferris: Question 119: To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources if he will make a statement on the rolling out of broadband for County Kerry. [35171/07]

Requests to move Adjournment of Dáil under Standing Order 32 (30 Jan 2008)

Martin Ferris: I seek the adjournment of the House under Standing Order 32 to discuss the refusal of the Health Service Executive to attend a meeting with Kerry county councillors in regard to serious issues confronting the health service in the county and the implications this has with regard to the accountability of the HSE and the Department of Health and Children to locally elected representatives, much...

Written Answers — Tax Code: Tax Code (30 Jan 2008)

Martin Ferris: Question 112: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Finance his views on whether the work of the working group on common consolidated corporation tax base chaired by an official from the taxation and customs union directorate general of the commission is leading towards the introduction of such a CCCTB across the EU. [2395/08]

Written Answers — Tax Code: Tax Code (30 Jan 2008)

Martin Ferris: Question 110: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Finance if, in view of recent economic developments and the forecast made in Budget 2008 for Exchequer deficit of €4,866 billion in 2008, he accepts that the commitments to cut income tax contained in the Programme for Government are not viable; and if he will make a statement outlining that it is not his intention to implement these...

Written Answers — Airport Customs Controls: Airport Customs Controls (30 Jan 2008)

Martin Ferris: Question 180: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Finance the extent to which private airfields may have been used for the importation of illegal drugs into this jurisdiction over the past five years. [1006/08]

Written Answers — HIV Infection: HIV Infection (30 Jan 2008)

Martin Ferris: Question 288: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the number of people being treated in this country for AIDS. [1004/08]

Written Answers — HIV Infection: HIV Infection (30 Jan 2008)

Martin Ferris: Question 289: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the number of people who have died in this country since 2003 from AIDS. [1005/08]

Written Answers — Health Service Staff: Health Service Staff (30 Jan 2008)

Martin Ferris: Question 314: To ask the Minister for Health and Children when the position of consultant orthodontist for Kerry was last advertised. [1243/08]

Written Answers — Private Airports: Private Airports (30 Jan 2008)

Martin Ferris: Question 521: To ask the Minister for Transport if the flight plans of aircraft landing at private airports have to be notified; and if a record is kept of such notifications. [1007/08]

Written Answers — Coast Guard Service: Coast Guard Service (30 Jan 2008)

Martin Ferris: Question 524: To ask the Minister for Transport if the jobs in Valentia Coast Guard Radio Station are safe; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [1041/08]

Written Answers — Coast Guard Service: Coast Guard Service (30 Jan 2008)

Martin Ferris: Question 525: To ask the Minister for Transport the decision made and the reasoning behind the closing of Valentia Coast Guard station; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [1042/08]

Written Answers — Coast Guard Service: Coast Guard Service (30 Jan 2008)

Martin Ferris: Question 526: To ask the Minister for Transport if the 2002 Deloitte and Touche report on the Coast Guard has been updated in the past six years; and if he has taken all the current facts into his decision. [1043/08]

Written Answers — Coast Guard Service: Coast Guard Service (30 Jan 2008)

Martin Ferris: Question 527: To ask the Minister for Transport the benefit of moving the Coast Guard operation from Valentia to a new location. [1044/08]