Results 2,721-2,740 of 4,491 for speaker:John Perry
- Written Answers — Alternative Farm Enterprises: Alternative Farm Enterprises (27 Mar 2007)
John Perry: Question 495: To ask the Minister for Agriculture and Food the steps she is taking to promote wood energy in County Sligo; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [11290/07]
- Written Answers — Farm Waste Management: Farm Waste Management (27 Mar 2007)
John Perry: Question 496: To ask the Minister for Agriculture and Food the grant aid which will be made available to small farmers in County Sligo to manage rainwater under the nitrates action plan; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [11291/07]
- Written Answers — Farm Retirement Scheme: Farm Retirement Scheme (27 Mar 2007)
John Perry: Question 497: To ask the Minister for Agriculture and Food the number of persons in County Sligo who received the maximum pension payable under the 1994 to 1999 scheme of early retirement from farming; the maximum pension payable under the scheme; the number that will not receive the backdate of the top up payment under the farm retirement scheme; and if she will make a statement on the...
- Written Answers — Afforestation Programme: Afforestation Programme (27 Mar 2007)
John Perry: Question 498: To ask the Minister for Agriculture and Food if she will ensure that a forestry application by a person (details supplied) is accepted on the old scheme as it was lodged in 2006; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [11301/07]
- Written Answers — Direct Payment Schemes: Direct Payment Schemes (27 Mar 2007)
John Perry: Question 499: To ask the Minister for Agriculture and Food if she will ensure that the single farm payment for a person (details supplied) is released in view of the fact that all documentation has been lodged for previous entitlements and no changes have occurred; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [11305/07]
- Written Answers — Grant Payments: Grant Payments (27 Mar 2007)
John Perry: Question 511: To ask the Minister for Agriculture and Food the reason a person (details supplied) did not receive an installation aid payment; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [11790/07]
- Written Answers — School Staffing: School Staffing (27 Mar 2007)
John Perry: Question 556: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the number of additional language resource teachers that have been appointed for schools in County Sligo; the steps she has taken in relation to the difficulties being experienced by students and teachers in many schools in relation to English language learning; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [11286/07]
- Written Answers — Home Tuition Scheme: Home Tuition Scheme (27 Mar 2007)
John Perry: Question 557: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the number of students being taught by home tuition in County Sligo; the training persons who provide home tuition must have; the checks her Department carry out in order to ensure that the required number of hours tuition is being provided; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [11298/07]
- Fisheries Protection. (27 Mar 2007)
John Perry: Why does BIM reserve the right to amend the conditions of the scheme? It is quite unfair that when people sign up for the hardship scheme, they forfeit the right to apply for any future commercial salmon licences. I see the Minister of State has stipulated up to the 31 December as regards the evaluation period and for acceptance. In certain cases fishermen are sending back the application...
- Fisheries Protection. (27 Mar 2007)
John Perry: On the evaluation, as regards the level of compensation on offer, it is totally inadequate in that this is a hardship scheme and yet it is not tax-free. The benchmark period adopted was very inappropriate and in certain cases people will receive as little as â¬2,000 and â¬3,000, while forfeiting the right to apply for any licence, even for draft netting. This is an appalling scheme....
- Fisheries Protection. (27 Mar 2007)
John Perry: As regards the flawed mythology used for the evaluation and the payment, the manner in which tags are issued to fishermen is totally in appropriate. In certain cases tags may be bought in five different towns without any central data record being accountable and that is the situation pertaining in a modern technologically-based economy. Does the Minister of State not agree that the â¬3,000...
- Fisheries Protection. (27 Mar 2007)
John Perry: Very unhappy meetings.
- Fisheries Protection. (27 Mar 2007)
John Perry: They would want to be very receptive on the doors.
- Fisheries Protection. (27 Mar 2007)
John Perry: Question 78: To ask the Minister for Communications, Marine and Natural Resources if, in view of the short timeframe for fishermen to examine its future implications, he will extend the submission date for the salmon hardship scheme; the reason fishermen have to submit to never applying for a commercial salmon licence in the future in view of the fact the independent group's recommendation...
- Written Answers — Pupil-Teacher Ratio: Pupil-Teacher Ratio (22 Mar 2007)
John Perry: Question 83: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the method through which the number of teachers to be allocated to all primary schools is calculated by her Department; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [10769/07]
- Written Answers — School Transport: School Transport (22 Mar 2007)
John Perry: Question 217: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the financial assistance that will be provided by her Department officials for the school transport of a person (details supplied) in County Sligo as their nearest school is closing and is not accepting first year students; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [10936/07]
- Written Answers — Residency Permits: Residency Permits (21 Mar 2007)
John Perry: Question 182: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform further to Parliamentary Question No. 221 of 27 February 2007, the progress made on this application regarding permission to remain in the State (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10609/07]
- Written Answers — Fisheries Protection: Fisheries Protection (21 Mar 2007)
John Perry: Question 230: To ask the Minister for Communications, Marine and Natural Resources if, in view of the very short timeframe for fishermen to examine its future implications, he will extend the submission date for the salmon hardship scheme in view of the fact that in order to gain compensation fishermen must give up their right to apply for any future commercial salmon licence and that the...
- Written Answers — Fisheries Protection: Fisheries Protection (21 Mar 2007)
John Perry: Question 231: To ask the Minister for Communications, Marine and Natural Resources further to the salmon hardship scheme, what will happen in the situation where salmon stocks might recover and certain nets may be needed to take a quota of salmon in view of the fact that all those who accept compensation must undertake not to make a future application for a commercial licence if they want to...
- Written Answers — Tax Code: Tax Code (20 Mar 2007)
John Perry: Question 334: To ask the Minister for Finance the measures he will introduce following the Irish charities campaign to have the Government introduce a VAT compensation scheme which will save the sector close to â¬20 million per annum; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10483/07]