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Sea Fisheries and Maritime Jurisdiction (Fixed Penalty Notice) (Amendment) Bill 2009: Second Stage (11 May 2010)

Martin Ferris: I assure Deputy Aylward, from my experience on the ground, that in the year salmon drift net fishing was outlawed, there was a huge run of salmon. Deputy Dooley would know from his contacts in west Clare - people who continue to do a small bit of fishing illegally, if that is the word one wants to use - that the salmon are running as well as they were back in the 1970s and 1980s. It is...

Written Answers — Employment Rights: Employment Rights (11 May 2010)

Martin Ferris: Question 104: To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Innovation his views on the fact that employers are allowed to claim an inability to pay agreed wage rates; and that the State will in effect be forced to subsidise them through the family income supplement. [19083/10]

Written Answers — Free Travel Scheme: Free Travel Scheme (11 May 2010)

Martin Ferris: Question 283: To ask the Minister for Social Protection the reason funding can not be made available to private transport providers in order to subsidise the cost of bus travel for persons attending cancer care treatment from the Kerry region. [18902/10]

Requests to move Adjournment of Dáil under Standing Order 32. (11 May 2010)

Martin Ferris: I seek to adjourn the House under Standing Order 32 in order to discuss the impact the budgetary cuts are having on the Brothers of Charity in County Limerick and their ability to provide much-needed facilities for people with special needs; and the negative impact the cuts will have on both the people receiving care from the Brothers of Charity and on their families and the need to reverse...

Energy (Biofuel Obligation and Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2010 [Seanad]: Second Stage (Resumed) (11 May 2010)

Martin Ferris: The fact that this Bill sets out the objective of achieving a 4% market penetration of transport fuel usage is in itself an admission that previous targets have not been met and is a less ambitious target than was referred to several years ago, with 2010 set as the target date. The figure of 5.75% was targeted as a staging post towards 10% by 2010, in line with EU targets. A figure of 2%...

Written Answers — School Curriculum: School Curriculum (6 May 2010)

Martin Ferris: Question 16: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Education and Skills the steps she will take in order to make science subjects more appealing to secondary school students in view of revelations that growing numbers of students are not taking any science subjects. [18316/10]

Written Answers — School Curriculum: School Curriculum (6 May 2010)

Martin Ferris: Question 26: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Education and Skills if, in view of the provisions available to Gaelscoileanna to practice early total immersion education, this practice will be replicated in Gaeltacht schools; if she has any objection to Gealtacht schools following suit; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [18315/10]

Written Answers — Redundancy Payments: Redundancy Payments (5 May 2010)

Martin Ferris: Question 104: To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Innovation when a person (details supplied) in County Kerry will receive their 60% reimbursement for redundancy payment. [18129/10]

Rural Environment Protection Scheme. (29 Apr 2010)

Martin Ferris: The Minister will agree that the farmers in Kerry would not be too disappointed if they received a penalty of 1% given that they have been waiting since 15 December to receive their REPS payments. Over €8 million is owed to REPS farmers in Kerry. Is it possible that payment could be speeded up? Some farmers are heavily in debt to the banks and the banks are putting pressure on them to...

Rural Environment Protection Scheme. (29 Apr 2010)

Martin Ferris: I welcome the fact that the issue has been resolved because there has been no change to the figure of 60% that I received about six weeks ago.

Written Answers — Common Agricultural Policy: Common Agricultural Policy (29 Apr 2010)

Martin Ferris: Question 33: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food his views on the future of the Common Agricultural Policy; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [16699/10]

Written Answers — Common Fisheries Policy: Common Fisheries Policy (29 Apr 2010)

Martin Ferris: Question 43: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food the position he will be taking during negotiations on the reform of the Common Fisheries Policy. [16698/10]

Fiscal Policy. (28 Apr 2010)

Martin Ferris: Question 48: To ask the Minister for Finance his views on the Mazars review of lending to small and medium-sized enterprise in the final quarter of 2009 which showed that SME lending was down by 3.6% in the year; when Bank of Ireland is required to submit its SME lending plan to his Department, as required under the terms of recapitalisation of the institution; if this lending plan will be...

Written Answers — Small Business Finance: Small Business Finance (28 Apr 2010)

Martin Ferris: Question 48: To ask the Minister for Finance his views on the Mazars review of lending to small and medium enterprise in the final quarter of 2009 which showed that SME lending was down by 3.6% in the year; when Bank of Ireland is required to submit its SME lending plan to his Department, as required under the terms of recapitalisation of the institution; if this lending plan will be...

Written Answers — Employment Support Services: Employment Support Services (28 Apr 2010)

Martin Ferris: Question 121: To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the numbers of persons who have been placed in jobs through the work placement programme over the past three years. [17238/10]

Written Answers — Waste Disposal: Waste Disposal (27 Apr 2010)

Martin Ferris: Question 328: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government if he will confirm and name the 20 sites that have been identified in the north of Ireland that contain around 250,000 tonnes of waste illegally transported from the south of Ireland. [16819/10]

Written Answers — Waste Disposal: Waste Disposal (27 Apr 2010)

Martin Ferris: Question 329: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government if he will provide a copy of the framework agreement which paves the way for work to begin on putting in place contractual arrangements to remove the waste illegally dumped in the 20 sites. [16820/10]

Written Answers — Waste Disposal: Waste Disposal (27 Apr 2010)

Martin Ferris: Question 330: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government if he will provide a timescale for the removal of waste at Patrick's Road, Ballymartin, County Down. [16821/10]

Written Answers — Homeless Persons: Homeless Persons (22 Apr 2010)

Martin Ferris: Question 38: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the number of additional homeless households that were housed in 2009 and in the first quarter of 2010 above the allocation pattern from 2005 to 2008 in line with the commitments outlined in The Way Home Homeless Strategy, to end long term homelessness by the end of 2010. [15935/10]

Written Answers — Proposed Legislation: Proposed Legislation (22 Apr 2010)

Martin Ferris: Question 65: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government his plans to bring forward legislation to allow existing local authority mortgage holders to remortgage without triggering the clawback; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [15934/10]