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Written Answers — Rural Environment Protection Scheme: Rural Environment Protection Scheme (10 Nov 2009)

Martin Ferris: Question 429: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food if all outstanding REP scheme payments will be made available before the end of 2009. [40466/09]

Social Welfare Benefits. (11 Nov 2009)

Martin Ferris: Any cut to the income of the most vulnerable in our society and communities is bad but this is made worse at Christmas, as we are talking about people on the lowest income who are barely surviving. They are not living, they are just surviving. As Deputy Naughten said, families who want some kind of Christmas will be driven to moneylenders as a consequence. It also has a knock-on effect of...

Written Answers — Social Welfare Benefits: Social Welfare Benefits (11 Nov 2009)

Martin Ferris: Question 99: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs her plans to withdraw the free television licence from old age pensioners. [40668/09]

Written Answers — Social Welfare Benefits: Social Welfare Benefits (11 Nov 2009)

Martin Ferris: Question 118: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs if her attention has been drawn to the fact that most pensioners use the Christmas bonus to heat their homes over the extended Christmas period. [40669/09]

Written Answers — Departmental Expenditure: Departmental Expenditure (11 Nov 2009)

Martin Ferris: Question 136: To ask the Minister for Finance the funding given from the Exchequer to non-governmental organisations over the past five years; and if the same level of funding will continue. [40743/09]

Written Answers — Fishing Industry Development: Fishing Industry Development (11 Nov 2009)

Martin Ferris: Question 244: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food if he will ensure the opening of the operational programme for fisheries in order to ensure funding for the aquaculture sector. [40815/09]

Written Answers — Fishing Industry Development: Fishing Industry Development (11 Nov 2009)

Martin Ferris: Question 248: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food if he will honour the commitments made in the Crawley Report; if funding for the operational programme will be made available in 2010. [40830/09]

Written Answers — Job Creation: Job Creation (12 Nov 2009)

Martin Ferris: Question 67: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the number of company start ups there been since 1 January 2009; the way this compares to the figures from past years; her plans to encourage company start ups and thus job creation; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [40766/09]

Written Answers — Technical Employment Support Grant: Technical Employment Support Grant (12 Nov 2009)

Martin Ferris: Question 98: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the number of persons who were assisted under the technical employment support grant since its inception; the number of persons assisted under the technical employment support grant since 1 January 2009; if she will increase the budget for the technical employment support grant in view of the fact that...

Written Answers — Water and Sewerage Schemes: Water and Sewerage Schemes (12 Nov 2009)

Martin Ferris: Question 200: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government if priority will be given to the Listowel main drainage scheme, County Kerry, in the upcoming water services assessment of needs in view of the scale of problems the town has been suffering due to the age of the existing system; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [41112/09]

Written Answers — Emigrant Support Services: Emigrant Support Services (17 Nov 2009)

Martin Ferris: Question 316: To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs the contacts he has had recently with the US authorities regarding undocumented Irish citizens living in that country. [41463/09]

Written Answers — Industrial Development: Industrial Development (18 Nov 2009)

Martin Ferris: Question 127: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if a company based in Northern Ireland qualifies for the same capital grant aid from the Industrial Development Authority as overseas companies. [42061/09]

Requests to move Adjournment of Dáil under Standing Order 32 (19 Nov 2009)

Martin Ferris: Under Standing Order 32, I wish to seek the adjournment of the Dáil to debate the laying off by the BERU plant in Tralee of 80 workers and the impact that will have, particularly at this time of the year, on so many families in the Tralee area and of the need to ensure that the remaining 120 jobs at the factory are protected and that steps are taken to address the overall problem of high...

Written Answers — Rural Environment Protection Scheme: Rural Environment Protection Scheme (24 Nov 2009)

Martin Ferris: Question 509: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food when a person (details supplied) in County Kerry will receive their REP scheme payment. [43159/09]

Farming and Agri-Food Sector: Statements (25 Nov 2009)

Martin Ferris: In common with tens of thousands of other people, large numbers of farmers are suffering the consequences of the flooding which occurred during the past week and which will continue, depending on weather conditions, to pose a severe threat in parts of the country in the coming days. The problems that have arisen range from loss of animal feed, a need to move animals and damage to machinery...

Order of Business (26 Nov 2009)

Martin Ferris: Given the projections of terrible weather for the weekend and a continuation of what has happened over the past week, and the high tides next week, has------

Order of Business (26 Nov 2009)

Martin Ferris: Yes, I will come to it in a moment. Has the Government put any provisions in place in regard to mobilising the Civil Defence, in particular to areas in need which have been drastically affected over the past number of weeks? Given the fact that many peoples' homes haves been destroyed, farmers have lost-----

Order of Business (26 Nov 2009)

Martin Ferris: -----livestock, feed and so forth, is it intended to introduce legislation to put in place a national insurance fund to protect people who have been affected and will continue to be affected in the future by what has happened over the past week? Insurance companies have made it clear that these people are not covered by insurance.

Adoption Bill 2009 [Seanad]: Second Stage (Resumed) (26 Nov 2009)

Martin Ferris: I welcome the opportunity to speak on this Bill. I welcome the Bill, which finally provides for the Irish Government to ratify the Hague convention on inter-country adoptions. This is a progressive step forward and it is the right way to go, albeit the Bill is long overdue. The Hague Convention is designed to ensure that inter-country adoptions are made in the best interests of the child,...

Written Answers — Banking Sector Regulation: Banking Sector Regulation (26 Nov 2009)

Martin Ferris: Question 85: To ask the Minister for Finance if persons recently appointed to the boards of banks covered by the National Asset Management Agency are paid from the Exchequer; if he will provide details of same. [43484/09]