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Energy Resources: Motion (Resumed) (20 Apr 2011)

Martin Ferris: That is the Fianna Fáil way.

Energy Resources: Motion (Resumed) (20 Apr 2011)

Martin Ferris: The Government has adopted the Fianna Fáil approach.

Written Answers — Departmental Reports: Departmental Reports (19 Apr 2011)

Martin Ferris: Question 71: To ask the Minister for Finance if the report of the Special Group on Public Service Numbers and Expenditure Programmes on State assets and liabilities will be published or made available to Dáil Éireann. [8134/11]

Written Answers — Departmental Reports: Departmental Reports (19 Apr 2011)

Martin Ferris: Question 72: To ask the Minister for Finance the proposals the report of the Special Group on Public Service Numbers and Expenditure Programmes on State assets and liabilities has made in respect of Coillte and land and forestry under Coillte control. [8135/11]

Written Answers — Tax Code: Tax Code (19 Apr 2011)

Martin Ferris: Question 91: To ask the Minister for Finance if there will be an increase in import duty on motor vehicles. [8437/11]

Written Answers — Social Welfare Code: Social Welfare Code (19 Apr 2011)

Martin Ferris: Question 152: To ask the Minister for Social Protection if she will bring forward an emergency amendment to assist previously self-employed persons who through no fault of their own may owe money to the Revenue and because of current legislation are unable to access their non-contributory old age pension. [8412/11]

Energy Resources: Motion (19 Apr 2011)

Martin Ferris: I move: That Dáil Éireann: conscious of the declaration in the Democratic Programme that 'the Nation's sovereignty extends not only to all men and women of the Nation, but to all its material possessions, the Nation's soil and all its resources, all the wealth and all the wealth-producing processes within the Nation'; and in view of the vast untapped potential that exists off our shores in...

Energy Resources: Motion (19 Apr 2011)

Martin Ferris: Ten.

Energy Resources: Motion (19 Apr 2011)

Martin Ferris: In reply to a priority question of mine on 5 April, the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources, Deputy Rabbitte, stated the Irish offshore is relatively unexplored. While it would be true to say it is relatively underdeveloped, it is not quite accurate to use the word "unexplored", in that we have a fair idea of what lies off our coast. The generally accepted estimate is...

Energy Resources: Motion (19 Apr 2011)

Martin Ferris: What about the money the Government put into the banks?

Written Answers — Community and Voluntary Sector: Community and Voluntary Sector (14 Apr 2011)

Martin Ferris: Question 18: To ask the Minister for Community, Equality and Gaeltacht Affairs if she plans to modify the funding mechanism for the community and voluntary sector in order to rectify the unacceptable situation in which voluntary organisations must survive on bank overdrafts despite having funding approved. [7973/11]

Written Answers — Community and Voluntary Sector: Community and Voluntary Sector (14 Apr 2011)

Martin Ferris: Question 25: To ask the Minister for Community, Equality and Gaeltacht Affairs if she will reverse the cuts in funding to the community and voluntary sector and move towards a multi-annual minimum funding. [7972/11]

Order of Business (14 Apr 2011)

Martin Ferris: Yesterday, negotiations with over 100 workers at Aetna Limited in Castleisland broke down, despite tremendous efforts by the workers representatives to facilitate the company.

Order of Business (14 Apr 2011)

Martin Ferris: I am coming to the point. Is there any legislation promised to protect the rights of workers or does the Government have any intention of trying to compel the company to meet the demands and entitlements of the workers at this premises who will almost certainly lose their jobs in the next two weeks?

Mortgage Arrears (13 Apr 2011)

Martin Ferris: Mortgage arrears and house repossessions present an increasing problem for tens of thousands of families. According to the most recent statistics, 5.7% of residential mortgages, or 44,508 mortgage accounts, are in arrears for longer than 90 days, an increase of 25,000 since 2009. Given the recent European Central Bank interest rate increases, with current levels of unemployment and wage...

Order of Business (13 Apr 2011)

Martin Ferris: Current legislation provides that self employed people who on retirement owe tax or PRSI to the Revenue Commissioners cannot be paid the old age pension. Will the Government introduce legislation to amend this provision so that people who are destitute, old age pensioners, are allowed to draw their old age pension.

Order of Business (13 Apr 2011)

Martin Ferris: With respect, what are old age pensioners to do while waiting for that to happen?

Order of Business (13 Apr 2011)

Martin Ferris: What about people who currently cannot put food on the table because they cannot access their old age pensions?

Order of Business (13 Apr 2011)

Martin Ferris: This is causing difficulty. It is a life or death issue.

Order of Business (13 Apr 2011)

Martin Ferris: I am talking about people who cannot afford to be bread on the table.