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Written Answers — Department of Communications, Energy and Natural Resources: Exploration Licences (9 Oct 2012)

Martin Ferris: To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources the persons who will have rights to any gas extracted from beneath Coillte owned lands in the Lough Allen Basin. [43213/12]

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Nitrates Action Programme Review (9 Oct 2012)

Martin Ferris: To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government if he will consider a further extension beyond the end of October for the spreading of slurry. [43174/12]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Single Payment Scheme Payments (9 Oct 2012)

Martin Ferris: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine when area aid will be paid to a person (details supplied) in County Kerry. [43284/12]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Single Payment Scheme Payments (9 Oct 2012)

Martin Ferris: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will provide a breakdown of the total funds paid to Irish recipients under the SFP in 2011, broken down for those receiving more than €99,999.99; those receiving between €50,000 and €99,999.99; those receiving between €5,000 and €49,999.99 and those receiving sums less than that. [43466/12]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Drugs Payment Scheme Administration (9 Oct 2012)

Martin Ferris: To ask the Minister for Health if Omacol tablets for heart problems were previously issued under the medical card scheme; and the reason it is no longer so [43013/12]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Ambulance Service Provision (9 Oct 2012)

Martin Ferris: To ask the Minister for Health if a directive has been issued to ambulance personnel in the Health Service Executive Southern Region not to engage the fire service, outside of Cork City, to assist them; and if so, the reason such a directive has been given. [43023/12]

Order of Business (3 Oct 2012)

Martin Ferris: -----the irresponsible action in order to transfer people from a coastal community?

Order of Business (3 Oct 2012)

Martin Ferris: I have submitted as a topical issue but it has not been accepted.

Order of Business (3 Oct 2012)

Martin Ferris: I have had one issue accepted in the past six weeks.

Order of Business (3 Oct 2012)

Martin Ferris: That is the one.

Order of Business (3 Oct 2012)

Martin Ferris: Last week, the workers in the veterinary section of the agriculture office in Clonakilty were told they are to move almost immediately to Cork city from a building that had been refurbished by the Department at the taxpayer's expense to a building that is being rented by the State. Can the Minister try to justify-----

Written Answers — Department of Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Scéimeanna Teanga (3 Oct 2012)

Martin Ferris: To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht cé mhéid scéimeanna teanga atá fós le daingniú aige; cé mhéid scéimeanna atá imithe in éag; agus cé chomh fada a bhfuil siad imithe in éag. [41968/12]

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Foresty Industry: Discussion with Coillte (2 Oct 2012)

Martin Ferris: Are these Mick McCarthy's assumptions?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Foresty Industry: Discussion with Coillte (2 Oct 2012)

Martin Ferris: Did Mr. Gunning say Coillte owns 2 million acres?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Foresty Industry: Discussion with Coillte (2 Oct 2012)

Martin Ferris: The McCarthy report identified that 500,000 acres of this was unviable for forestry. That leaves 720,000 acres viable. No one is going to buy unviable land. Depending on what the company sells off, it could be left with 500,000 unviable acres, making it unviable itself. Has Coillte factored that into its deliberations?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Foresty Industry: Discussion with Coillte (2 Oct 2012)

Martin Ferris: The problem is that the afforestation part is being sold off. If the lands are sold on afterwards by the Government, without a geological survey having been carried out, this could benefit a private buyer rather than the people. This is a concern.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Foresty Industry: Discussion with Coillte (2 Oct 2012)

Martin Ferris: Has Coillte carried out any geological surveys?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Foresty Industry: Discussion with Coillte (2 Oct 2012)

Martin Ferris: I thank Mr. Gunning for his presentation which was very informative. I have serious political reservations about the sale of Coillte. My party considers it politically irresponsible to sell off an enterprise such as Coillte which has performed so well and made a profit of €19.9 million in 2011 when the outlay included the €34 million spent on the road infrastructure. The...

Written Answers — Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Small and Medium Enterprises Closures (2 Oct 2012)

Martin Ferris: To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the number of enterprises that have closed since January 2011; and the programmes in place to support struggling small to medium enterprises [41617/12]

Written Answers — Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Advisory Group on Small Business Recommendations (2 Oct 2012)

Martin Ferris: To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the number of recommendations of the Advisory Group for Small Business that have been implemented by him. [41618/12]