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Written Answers — Grant Payments: Grant Payments (26 Jan 2010)

Martin Ferris: Question 574: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food the proportion of REP scheme four applicants who have received their full payment to date in 2010. [3721/10]

Written Answers — Grant Payments: Grant Payments (26 Jan 2010)

Martin Ferris: Question 575: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food when REP scheme payment will issue to a person (details supplied). [3725/10]

Written Answers — Hospital Services: Hospital Services (27 Jan 2010)

Martin Ferris: Question 219: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if a person (details supplied) will be given a date for an MRI scan. [3919/10]

Written Answers — Asylum Applications: Asylum Applications (27 Jan 2010)

Martin Ferris: Question 244: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the position regarding an asylum application (details supplied). [3926/10]

Requests to move Adjournment of Dáil under Standing Order 32 (28 Jan 2010)

Martin Ferris: I seek the adjournment of the Dáil under Standing Order 32 to raise a matter of national importance, namely, the cutbacks in the CSP project which means that Kerry respite care will lose €42,481 in grant funding, endangering the continued position of over 30 employees and the care provided for between 80 to 90 clients each week in their own homes and communities, and the huge blow that any...

Mid-West Task Force: Statements (28 Jan 2010)

Martin Ferris: The first point to be made about the task force report is that six months after it made its recommendations, not a single proposal has been implemented.

Mid-West Task Force: Statements (28 Jan 2010)

Martin Ferris: This illustrates the failure of the Government to tackle this problem seriously as it promised following the massive job losses in the region in companies such as Dell which gave rise to the worst unemployment crisis in a generation. This pertains both to the unemployment created directly by Dell's closure and the knock-on effect on other small businesses that were ancillaries to that major...

Planning and Development (Amendment) Bill 2009 [Seanad]: Second Stage (Resumed) (28 Jan 2010)

Martin Ferris: The recent flooding in many parts of the country, leading in some cases to the virtual destruction of people's homes, has highlighted several deficiencies in local planning. It raised serious questions over where housing developments were allowed to be located and the procedures that resulted in permission being granted. Before Christmas, I raised the issue of the building of houses in...

Planning and Development (Amendment) Bill 2009 [Seanad]: Second Stage (Resumed) (28 Jan 2010)

Martin Ferris: Section 22 refers to public authorities placing documentation related to an application on its website. Obviously, the more information available to the public the greater the degree of transparency there will be, consistent obviously with the privacy of individuals who are making planning applications. It is vital, as we have seen in relation to the proposed Corrib gas pipeline, that the...

Written Answers — Higher Education Grants: Higher Education Grants (28 Jan 2010)

Martin Ferris: Question 20: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if he will reverse the decision of budget 2010 to remove the eligibility criteria of those availing of the back to education allowance to the student maintenance grant. [4236/10]

Written Answers — Schools Refurbishment: Schools Refurbishment (28 Jan 2010)

Martin Ferris: Question 28: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if he will reverse the proposed budget cut of 27% for new school buildings and repairs in primary schools. [4235/10]

Inland Fisheries Bill 2009: Second Stage (Resumed) (2 Feb 2010)

Martin Ferris: It has taken an inordinate time for this legislation to come before the House. In introducing the Bill, the Minister made the valid point that the bodies responsible for the sector needed to be restructured but it has certainly taken time to do so, this at a time when the inland fisheries are facing serious problems, but also great potential in some areas which require that such an authority...

Written Answers — Community Employment Schemes: Community Employment Schemes (2 Feb 2010)

Martin Ferris: Question 115: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the consultations she has had with FÁS, community sector groups and unemployment groups prior to Budget 2010 in view of her decision to cut the FÁS training allowances for community employment and jobs initiatives participants and to cut funding for training and materials in respect of those on CE...

Written Answers — Community Employment Schemes: Community Employment Schemes (2 Feb 2010)

Martin Ferris: Question 142: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the location of the additional 500 community employment scheme places; if the additional 500 places will be allocated in blackspots of long-term unemployment; if they will be spread equally across the regions; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [4682/10]

Written Answers — Drug Seizures: Drug Seizures (2 Feb 2010)

Martin Ferris: Question 361: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the breakdown of each category of illegal drug seized in the Tralee and Listowel Garda Divisions, County Kerry, over the past five years; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [4548/10]

Written Answers — Pension Provisions: Pension Provisions (3 Feb 2010)

Martin Ferris: Question 123: To ask the Minister for Finance his projections for the level of funding in the National Pension Reserve Fund over the next three years; if he will continue to divert funding from and payments to the NPRF; and if he envisages the NPRF meeting the demands made upon it at its end date in 2025. [5103/10]

Written Answers — Tax Code: Tax Code (3 Feb 2010)

Martin Ferris: Question 138: To ask the Minister for Finance if he has any plans to adjust the stamp duty regime to take account of the drop in house prices and the collapse in the property market. [5104/10]

Written Answers — Schools Building Projects: Schools Building Projects (3 Feb 2010)

Martin Ferris: Question 387: To ask the Minister for Education and Science when approval will be given for a new building in respect of a school (details supplied) in County Kerry which was committed to by his predecessor in 2007 in view of the overcrowding and unacceptable conditions of the school; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [5514/10]

Written Answers — Schools Building Projects: Schools Building Projects (3 Feb 2010)

Martin Ferris: Question 388: To ask the Minister for Education and Science when approval will be given for a new building in respect of a school (details supplied) in County Kerry; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [5515/10]

Special Ombudsman's Report: Statements (4 Feb 2010)

Martin Ferris: As the two previous speakers indicated, we are talking about a tragic event where two of the Byrne family and three of their crew lost their lives. We must not lose sight of that tragedy and other tragedies that occur at sea. Our deepest sympathy goes to the families of all victims. The fact that the Ombudsman has felt that she needed to submit this report to the Oireachtas is sufficient...