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Written Answers — Local Authority Services: Local Authority Services (6 Apr 2011)

Tom Barry: Question 97: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the cost of flood hazard maps, produced by a company for Cork County Council and incorporated in Cork's draft local area plans; if the requirement for these maps can be reviewed, in view of inaccuracies that have been highlighted. [6979/11]

Criminal Justice (Community Service) (Amendment) (No. 2) Bill 2011: Second Stage (7 Apr 2011)

Tom Barry: I would like to share time with Deputies Doyle and McHugh.

Criminal Justice (Community Service) (Amendment) (No. 2) Bill 2011: Second Stage (7 Apr 2011)

Tom Barry: I congratulate the new Minister, Deputy Shatter, on the first Bill he has brought before the House since he was appointed. As this is my first time to address the Dáil, I would like to thank everyone who worked with me during the recent election for their hard work and their faith in my ability to represent them. I thank the electorate of Cork East for putting their trust in me. I will...

Written Answers — Sports Funding: Sports Funding (21 Apr 2011)

Tom Barry: Question 152: To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport his views on any potential national funding streams for sporting and community organisations in 2011. [8959/11]

EU-IMF Programme: Statements (4 May 2011)

Tom Barry: It is clear that many Members of the House have not run or are not running a solvent business. The only job some of them have created is their own. They have spoken highly of Iceland, but we are not in Iceland. We live and trade in this country. It is easy to be critical and difficult to be constructive. I will speak about the systematic destruction of our indigenous industries, such as...

EU-IMF Programme: Statements (4 May 2011)

Tom Barry: On a point of order, I am curious to know why Deputy O'Dea specified on two occasions that the minimum wage is €8.40. Why is the Deputy implementing a 3% cut in the minimum wage? It is actually €8.65.

Written Answers — Adult Literacy: Adult Literacy (4 May 2011)

Tom Barry: Question 25: To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if adult literacy programmes are restricted by staff embargos and funding restrictions from answering the mushrooming demand for their services. [9754/11]

Official Engagements (11 May 2011)

Tom Barry: I would like to take this opportunity to invite a member of President Obama's visiting party to County Cork to visit the ancestral home of an Irishman who exerted considerable influence on the formative years of the United States of America, that is, Edmund Burke. If Burke's vision of co-operation and trade had been embraced and implemented earlier, it would have dramatically changed the...

Official Engagements (11 May 2011)

Tom Barry: Edmund Burke wrote: "Politics ought to be adjusted, not to human reasonings, but to human nature; of which the reason is but a part, and by no means the greatest part". Edmund's mother was Mary Nagle, whose people, a large extended family, were the leading Catholics in what is still known as Nagle country in the Blackwater Valley. The poet Edmund Spenser was married to a member of the family...

Written Answers — Rural Development: Rural Development (17 May 2011)

Tom Barry: Question 54: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government if he will address restrictions under the rural development programme which preclude hub towns from accessing certain funding streams because of their status under the national development plan. [11379/11]

Written Answers — Plant Variety Development Office: Plant Variety Development Office (17 May 2011)

Tom Barry: Question 449: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food if his Department has a shareholding in a company (details supplied); if so, the percentage of same; if there was a tendering process prior to the appointment of the company to its role in the monitoring of the use of farm-saved seed and the collection of royalties for same; if there is a cost to the State associated with...

Criminal Justice Bill 2011: Second Stage (18 May 2011)

Tom Barry: I welcome the introduction of the Bill, which coming 60 days into the new Government shows its priorities and honours the commitment in the programme for Government. I agree with the previous speaker that it is unbelievable that the Opposition benches are empty and that only Government Members are speaking. It shows that our priority is to tackle white-collar crime. It should be remembered...

Written Answers — Garda Deployment: Garda Deployment (18 May 2011)

Tom Barry: Question 62: To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if he will ensure that the distribution of Garda resources will adequately reflect changing criminal patterns, when travelling gangs of criminals are making the short journey to rural towns and communities and contributing to escalated burglary rates; and if he will ensure that the allocation of Garda resources now and in the future...

Written Answers — Prison Building Programme: Prison Building Programme (18 May 2011)

Tom Barry: Question 64: To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the position regarding the Kilworth prison project, County Cork. [11717/11]

Official Engagements (25 May 2011)

Tom Barry: What is the definition of an "inkling"?

Finance (No. 2) Bill 2011: Second Stage (Resumed) (25 May 2011)

Tom Barry: I wish to share time with Deputy Paschal Donohoe.

Finance (No. 2) Bill 2011: Second Stage (Resumed) (25 May 2011)

Tom Barry: I welcome the Bill, which gives effect to the measures in the jobs initiative. Four main areas are covered, namely, the research and development, or R&D, tax credit, the suspension of the air travel tax, the introduction of the lower VAT rate and the introduction of a pension levy. Similar to the position with corporation tax, which is very important for attracting foreign direct investment...

Written Answers — Milk Quota: Milk Quota (25 May 2011)

Tom Barry: Question 50: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food if he will consider forming a delegation to travel to Europe to discuss the possibility of acquiring additional milk quota for Ireland to lessen the potential imposition and impact of a super-levy situation for 2011; if he will further consider this in view of Europe-wide under-production in the dairy industry and the...

Written Answers — Official Engagements: Official Engagements (25 May 2011)

Tom Barry: Question 82: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food his plans to visit China to further assist the opening up of food markets in the world's fastest growing major economy. [12444/11]

Written Answers — School Staffing: School Staffing (31 May 2011)

Tom Barry: Question 140: To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he will allocate an additional English language teaching provision as a matter of urgency for a school (details supplied) in County Cork. [13524/11]