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Written Answers — School Transport: School Transport (4 Nov 2008)

Martin Ferris: Question 112: To ask the Minister for Education and Science his views on whether the budget 2009 decision to increase the cost of school transport will cause more people to use their cars to bring their children to school, causing more traffic congestion and delays on roads. [38211/08]

Written Answers — Fishing Fleet Modernisation: Fishing Fleet Modernisation (4 Nov 2008)

Martin Ferris: Question 429: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food if he will make a statement on the situation in which fishing vessels have to be refurbished in order to qualify for decommissioning, a process which entails the actual destruction of the refurbished vessel. [38118/08]

Written Answers — Schools Building Projects: Schools Building Projects (5 Nov 2008)

Martin Ferris: Question 361: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if a commitment given on 24 April 2007 to a school (details supplied) in County Kerry that it was one of 56 large scale building projects approved will be delivered upon; when the school will be advanced to the next stage of the design and building process; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [38606/08]

Cancer Vaccine: Statements (6 Nov 2008)

Martin Ferris: The figures for 2006 alone are the latest figures available. The Government gave away €10.6 million in tax breaks for developers of for-profit hospitals. How can the Minister justify giving this away when a smaller sum would have provided a vaccination programme to prevent cancer in women? The Minister should go back to the drawing board, scrap the tax breaks and put the money where it...

Cancer Vaccine: Statements (6 Nov 2008)

Martin Ferris: How can the Minister justify tax breaks when we cannot provide the vaccine?

Tribunals of Inquiry Bill 2005: Second Stage (Resumed). (6 Nov 2008)

Martin Ferris: As my colleague, Deputy Ó Snodaigh, indicated, Sinn Féin must oppose the Bill as currently drafted. My party is concerned that the proposed legislation could be used by Governments to prevent public inquiries delivering the truth to members of the public and the families of victims of collusion. Arguably, certain collusion findings which should be made public in the interests of truth and...

Tribunals of Inquiry Bill 2005: Second Stage (Resumed). (6 Nov 2008)

Martin Ferris: I am not the only person who would say this about the Minister for Justice in question.

Tribunals of Inquiry Bill 2005: Second Stage (Resumed). (6 Nov 2008)

Martin Ferris: The events of the time are well documented. The heavy gang operated under the then Minister for Justice, Mr. Paddy Cooney, and we had brutality, seven days' detention and the denial of basic human rights. These are known facts. Part 4 includes provisions for appointments to tribunals. The absence of a requirement to secure Oireachtas approval gives the Minister too much discretion in the...

Written Answers — Financial Institutions Support Scheme: Financial Institutions Support Scheme (6 Nov 2008)

Martin Ferris: Question 13: To ask the Minister for Finance if, in view the recent losses announced by a company (details supplied) he has made contact with other major credit institutions to discuss their financial positions going forward; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [38665/08]

Written Answers — Budgetary Projections: Budgetary Projections (6 Nov 2008)

Martin Ferris: Question 18: To ask the Minister for Finance if his Department is revising Irish GDP and GNP forecasts in view of the GDP figures in the USA and Britain; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [38667/08]

Job Creation. (11 Nov 2008)

Martin Ferris: I wrote to the chief executive of IDA Ireland last January, Mr. Barry O'Leary, requesting a meeting about the decision to put the Tralee-based company Telestone on the market, and about growing unemployment figures. In my six years in this House I have pointed out that Kerry and the south west have been neglected by IDA Ireland and by the Government. There is almost twice the national...

Written Answers — Social Welfare Benefits: Social Welfare Benefits (11 Nov 2008)

Martin Ferris: Question 99: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs the increase in the take-up of the family income supplement payment since budget 2008. [39487/08]

Written Answers — Social Welfare Benefits: Social Welfare Benefits (11 Nov 2008)

Martin Ferris: Question 118: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs the measures she will take in the next 12 months to increase the take-up of family income supplement. [39488/08]

Written Answers — Financial Services Regulation: Financial Services Regulation (11 Nov 2008)

Martin Ferris: Question 209: To ask the Minister for Finance if he will make a statement on the practice of mortgage providers failing to pass on interest cuts to customers who are on variable mortgage rates when they had previously increased payments after ECB rate increases. [39256/08]

Written Answers — Social Welfare Code: Social Welfare Code (11 Nov 2008)

Martin Ferris: Question 467: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs the qualifying criteria for mortgage interest relief. [39874/08]

Written Answers — Animal Feedstuffs: Animal Feedstuffs (11 Nov 2008)

Martin Ferris: Question 564: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food his view on whether the use of short rotation coppice willow would be a suitable material to be added to poultry litter in order to facilitate its use in anaerobic digestion. [39255/08]

Written Answers — Rural Transport Services: Rural Transport Services (12 Nov 2008)

Martin Ferris: Question 122: To ask the Minister for Transport if the rural transport programme has been expanded to wider social groups as recommended in the 2006 discussion paper Progressing Rural Public Transport in Ireland. [40028/08]

Written Answers — Fish Stocks: Fish Stocks (12 Nov 2008)

Martin Ferris: Question 249: To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources the statistics on the number of salmon recorded coming up rivers for each year since 2005 to date in 2008. [40109/08]

Written Answers — Farm Retirement Scheme: Farm Retirement Scheme (12 Nov 2008)

Martin Ferris: Question 253: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food if he will make a statement on whether the closure of the early retirement scheme is compatible with the terms of EU Directive 1698/2005. [40111/08]

Written Answers — Schools Refurbishment: Schools Refurbishment (12 Nov 2008)

Martin Ferris: Question 265: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the status of an application for a furniture replacement grant by a school (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [40100/08]