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Written Answers — Services for People with Disabilities: Services for People with Disabilities (9 Jun 2009)

Martin Ferris: Question 223: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if funding will be made available to enable a person (details supplied) in County Kerry to continue their education. [22521/09]

Written Answers — Public Order Offences: Public Order Offences (9 Jun 2009)

Martin Ferris: Question 379: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the number of times the gardaí have been called to tackle anti social behaviour in an area (details supplied) in County Kerry within the past three months; and the number of arrests that have been made in connection with these incidents. [22512/09]

Written Answers — Human Rights Issues: Human Rights Issues (9 Jun 2009)

Martin Ferris: Question 418: To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs if his attention has been drawn to the latest reports on human rights abuses in prison camps in North Korea; if he has had representations from human rights groups on this issue; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22920/09]

Written Answers — Residential Institutions Redress Scheme: Residential Institutions Redress Scheme (9 Jun 2009)

Martin Ferris: Question 648: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the reason a former orphanage (details supplied) in County Galway did not come under the remit of the redress board. [22348/09]

Order of Business (11 Jun 2009)

Martin Ferris: On the same issue, is the Taoiseach aware that at 2 a.m. today, four masked, armed security people boarded the Iona Isle?

Order of Business (11 Jun 2009)

Martin Ferris: On the same issue, they boarded the Iona Isle and the boat sank, almost with the loss of two lives. Is the Taoiseach aware that the skipper and the crewman on the boat are currently in Castlebar hospital, having been almost drowned after four masked, armed men took over the boat and, apparently, deliberately sank it?

Written Answers — Inter-Country Adoptions: Inter-Country Adoptions (16 Jun 2009)

Martin Ferris: Question 94: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if she has received recent communication from the Vietnamese Government regarding the interim arrangement on adopted children. [23479/09]

Offences against the State (Amendment) Act 1998: Motion (17 Jun 2009)

Martin Ferris: It is.

Unemployment Levels: Motion (Resumed) (17 Jun 2009)

Martin Ferris: The purpose of this Private Members' motion is to highlight the root cause of our economic and social problems. The tsunami of unemployment that is spreading throughout the country is causing the economy the grind to a halt. The unemployment figures for my own county are startling. There are currently 15,204 people signing on the Live Register, which is almost double the figure for the...

Housing Grants. (24 Jun 2009)

Martin Ferris: Question 60: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the number of loans which have been drawn down under the home choice loan scheme since its inception; the cost of establishing and maintaining the home choice loan scheme to date; and the projected costs for the remainder of 2009 and 2010. [25112/09]

Written Answers — Local Authority Housing: Local Authority Housing (24 Jun 2009)

Martin Ferris: Question 74: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the reason he will not collect data on the proportion of housing allocated by local authorities to people with disabilities; and if he will collect this information in future. [25111/09]

Requests to move Adjournment of Dáil under Standing Order 32 (25 Jun 2009)

Martin Ferris: I seek the adjournment of the House under Standing Order 32 to discuss the arrival of the Solitaire at Broadhaven Bay yesterday afternoon to begin laying a pipe for the Corrib gas field, the fact that there is strong local opposition to the project for health, safety and economic reasons and the fact that local campaigners, some of whom were arrested last night, have been recently targeted in...

Written Answers — Social Welfare Benefits: Social Welfare Benefits (25 Jun 2009)

Martin Ferris: Question 20: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs the measures being taken to ensure that persons who have experienced a reduction in their rent supplement are availing of lower rents; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [23144/09]

Crime Prevention. (30 Jun 2009)

Martin Ferris: I thank the Leas-Cheann Comhairle for this opportunity to raise this matter which relates to problems facing Caher outside Abbeyfeale, County Limerick, on which Deputy Deenihan, other elected representatives and I met with local people last night. I had previously met with the people from the area and this was a follow-up meeting to it. What has been happening there for the past 12 months...

Written Answers — Hospitals Building Programme: Hospitals Building Programme (30 Jun 2009)

Martin Ferris: Question 222: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the projects listed for the Health Service Executive south; and the location of same. [26125/09]

Written Answers — Hospitals Building Programme: Hospitals Building Programme (30 Jun 2009)

Martin Ferris: Question 224: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the capital projects which will proceed in the Health Service Executive south in 2009. [26127/09]

Written Answers — Hospitals Building Programme: Hospitals Building Programme (30 Jun 2009)

Martin Ferris: Question 223: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the position regarding proposals for a new maternity unit at Kerry General Hospital. [26126/09]

Written Answers — Health Services: Health Services (30 Jun 2009)

Martin Ferris: Question 241: To ask the Minister for Health and Children when a person (details supplied) in County Kerry will receive orthodontic treatment. [26237/09]

Written Answers — Asylum Applications: Asylum Applications (30 Jun 2009)

Martin Ferris: Question 311: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the position regarding an application for family reunification in the case of a person (details supplied). [26260/09]

Written Answers — Fisheries Protection: Fisheries Protection (30 Jun 2009)

Martin Ferris: Question 454: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food if the 2007 Poseidon report has been implemented. [26290/09]