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Wildlife (Amendment) Bill 2010: Committee and Remaining Stages (29 Jun 2010)

Martin Ferris: I take issue with some of the comments of the previous speaker that those who are opposed to the Bill condone wanton cruelty. I assure him that is not the case. However, his party has no concept of what rural Ireland is like, its traditions or the value to the local economy of various aspects of rural life, including hunting, coursing, fishing and shooting. They are big part of rural...

Wildlife (Amendment) Bill 2010: Committee and Remaining Stages (29 Jun 2010)

Martin Ferris: As Deputy Hogan stated, this could have been done by regulation. This Bill is divisive. It is quite obvious that it is divisive within Fianna Fáil but I have no doubt that each Deputy will row in as the whip is applied. They speak out of two sides of their mouths; they tell their constituents that they are against it but they will vote for it here. They did the same on drift net salmon...

Written Answers — Medical Cards: Medical Cards (24 Jun 2010)

Martin Ferris: Question 60: To ask the Minister for Health and Children when an application for a medical card in respect of a person (details supplied) will be decided on. [27266/10]

Written Answers — Medical Aids and Appliances: Medical Aids and Appliances (24 Jun 2010)

Martin Ferris: Question 70: To ask the Minister for Health and Children when orthopaedic shoes will be granted to a person (details supplied). [27309/10]

Written Answers — Social Welfare Benefits: Social Welfare Benefits (24 Jun 2010)

Martin Ferris: Question 202: To ask the Minister for Social Protection when a person (details supplied) in County Kerry will receive their backdated rent supplement. [27265/10]

Written Answers — Children in Care: Children in Care (22 Jun 2010)

Martin Ferris: Question 56: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if she will publish the legal advice on which is based the claim that the files for children who died in State care or when known to child care services cannot be passed to the special investigation team established by the Minister of State with responsibility for children; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [25966/10]

Written Answers — Tourism Industry: Tourism Industry (22 Jun 2010)

Martin Ferris: Question 157: To ask the Minister for Finance if he will restore the full season at Skellig Michael which has been reduced by the Office of Public Works by three months with serious consequences for the local tourism sector. [26886/10]

Written Answers — Hospital Services: Hospital Services (22 Jun 2010)

Martin Ferris: Question 212: To ask the Minister for Health and Children when a person (details supplied) in County Kerry will be facilitated with an appointment. [26503/10]

Written Answers — Land Aggregation Scheme: Land Aggregation Scheme (22 Jun 2010)

Martin Ferris: Question 406: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government if he will guarantee that local authorities will have first option on lands that they surrender to the agency under the proposed land aggregation scheme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [26549/10]

Hospital Services (22 Jun 2010)

Martin Ferris: Question 48: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the measures she will take to help prevent misdiagnosis of miscarriages; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [25967/10]

Written Answers — Stability and Growth Pact: Stability and Growth Pact (17 Jun 2010)

Martin Ferris: Question 18: To ask the Minister for Finance the approach being taken by him in respect of the Stability and Growth Pact; the timeframe he envisages for returning within the terms of the pact; the actions that need to be taken by him to bring Ireland back within the terms of the pact; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [24535/10]

Written Answers — Tax Code: Tax Code (17 Jun 2010)

Martin Ferris: Question 40: To ask the Minister for Finance if the €200 levy on car parking facilities provided to employees by their employers will apply to Members of the Houses of the Oireachtas; if this levy will apply to former Oireachtas Members who still have parking rights; if this levy will be reclaimable as an expense item; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [24536/10]

Social Welfare (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2010: Second Stage (Resumed) (17 Jun 2010)

Martin Ferris: This Government's claim to be introducing measures to discourage people from defrauding the taxpayer might carry more weight were it not for its actions in other areas. Only yesterday, the new management at Anglo Irish Bank admitted that we are unlikely ever to see a return on much of the money that has been pumped into repairing the criminal negligence of those who were there before the...

Written Answers — Industrial Development: Industrial Development (16 Jun 2010)

Martin Ferris: Question 55: To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Innovation the action he is taking to ensure that the targets set by the Industrial Development Authority to attract foreign direct investment are met after it was revealed that developers cannot secure finance to build appropriate properties for multinational companies; the way the IDA document Horizon 2020 is being re-evaluated...

Written Answers — Job Creation: Job Creation (16 Jun 2010)

Martin Ferris: Question 70: To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Innovation if he will elaborate on his policy for job creation, specifically the approach recently announced by the Taoiseach to improve competitiveness by allowing wages to fall; if he intends to cut the minimum wage; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [24294/10]

Written Answers — Defence Forces Investigations: Defence Forces Investigations (16 Jun 2010)

Martin Ferris: Question 159: To ask the Minister for Defence if he will confirm that the person (details supplied) named and implicated with regard to arms sales in the Seychelles has been suspended from their duties in the weapons wing, which buys weapons for the Defence Forces, pending the outcomes of these investigations. [25972/10]

Written Answers — Defence Forces Investigations: Defence Forces Investigations (16 Jun 2010)

Martin Ferris: Question 160: To ask the Minister for Defence if persons (details supplied) who were serving members of the Defence Forces at the time of alleged arms sales to the Seychelles have been suspended from their duties pending the outcome of these investigations. [25973/10]

Written Answers — Asylum Applications: Asylum Applications (15 Jun 2010)

Martin Ferris: Question 325: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform if a person (details supplied) in County Kerry has had their application for asylum accepted. [25465/10]

Written Answers — Appointments to State Boards: Appointments to State Boards (15 Jun 2010)

Martin Ferris: Question 454: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food the reason he appointed a person (details supplied) as the new chief executive officer of the Irish National Stud. [25093/10]

Written Answers — Garda Investigations: Garda Investigations (15 Jun 2010)

Martin Ferris: Question 455: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food if his attention has been drawn to a Garda investigation into a person (details supplied) of the Irish National Stud and that a file has gone to the Director of Public Prosecutions, and the Boards's denial of any case to answer. [25094/10]