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Housing Grants. (24 Jun 2009)

Martin Ferris: Question 60: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the number of loans which have been drawn down under the home choice loan scheme since its inception; the cost of establishing and maintaining the home choice loan scheme to date; and the projected costs for the remainder of 2009 and 2010. [25112/09]

Unemployment Levels: Motion (Resumed) (17 Jun 2009)

Martin Ferris: The purpose of this Private Members' motion is to highlight the root cause of our economic and social problems. The tsunami of unemployment that is spreading throughout the country is causing the economy the grind to a halt. The unemployment figures for my own county are startling. There are currently 15,204 people signing on the Live Register, which is almost double the figure for the...

Offences against the State (Amendment) Act 1998: Motion (17 Jun 2009)

Martin Ferris: It is.

Written Answers — Inter-Country Adoptions: Inter-Country Adoptions (16 Jun 2009)

Martin Ferris: Question 94: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if she has received recent communication from the Vietnamese Government regarding the interim arrangement on adopted children. [23479/09]

Order of Business (11 Jun 2009)

Martin Ferris: On the same issue, is the Taoiseach aware that at 2 a.m. today, four masked, armed security people boarded the Iona Isle?

Order of Business (11 Jun 2009)

Martin Ferris: On the same issue, they boarded the Iona Isle and the boat sank, almost with the loss of two lives. Is the Taoiseach aware that the skipper and the crewman on the boat are currently in Castlebar hospital, having been almost drowned after four masked, armed men took over the boat and, apparently, deliberately sank it?

Written Answers — Redundancy Payments: Redundancy Payments (9 Jun 2009)

Martin Ferris: Question 63: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment when a person (details supplied) in County Kerry will receive their statutory redundancy payment. [22515/09]

Written Answers — Services for People with Disabilities: Services for People with Disabilities (9 Jun 2009)

Martin Ferris: Question 223: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if funding will be made available to enable a person (details supplied) in County Kerry to continue their education. [22521/09]

Written Answers — Public Order Offences: Public Order Offences (9 Jun 2009)

Martin Ferris: Question 379: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the number of times the gardaí have been called to tackle anti social behaviour in an area (details supplied) in County Kerry within the past three months; and the number of arrests that have been made in connection with these incidents. [22512/09]

Written Answers — Human Rights Issues: Human Rights Issues (9 Jun 2009)

Martin Ferris: Question 418: To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs if his attention has been drawn to the latest reports on human rights abuses in prison camps in North Korea; if he has had representations from human rights groups on this issue; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22920/09]

Written Answers — Residential Institutions Redress Scheme: Residential Institutions Redress Scheme (9 Jun 2009)

Martin Ferris: Question 648: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the reason a former orphanage (details supplied) in County Galway did not come under the remit of the redress board. [22348/09]

Written Answers — Foreign Conflicts: Foreign Conflicts (28 May 2009)

Martin Ferris: Question 26: To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs the initiatives that he and the EU will undertake in response to the massacre of thousands of Tamil civilians by the Sri Lankan government. [21712/09]

Written Answers — Human Rights Issues: Human Rights Issues (28 May 2009)

Martin Ferris: Question 38: To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs if he will follow the French lead and without further delay make arrangements to offer protection to some of the innocent men in Guantanamo who will not be charged but have nowhere to go. [21711/09]

Written Answers — Telecommunications Services: Telecommunications Services (26 May 2009)

Martin Ferris: Question 386: To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources when it is envisaged that the roll out of the national broadband scheme will be available to the residents of the Creeslough electoral division in County Donegal; the timeframe for the availability of broadband in this area; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21045/09]

Written Answers — Services for People with Disabilities: Services for People with Disabilities (21 May 2009)

Martin Ferris: Question 24: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if she will introduce a mechanism for independent inspections of care facilities for people with disabilities. [20660/09]

Written Answers — Mental Health Services: Mental Health Services (21 May 2009)

Martin Ferris: Question 46: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if she will make a statement on the annual report on the Mental Health Commission. [20659/09]

Requests to move Adjournment of Dáil under Standing Order 32 (19 May 2009)

Martin Ferris: I seek the adjournment of the Dáil under Standing Order 32 to debate the following urgent matter, namely, the claim that illegal undersized mesh for gill nets, which were seized and put into storage over the past three years under a third party by the Sea Fisheries Protection Authority have recently been sold back to Spanish trawlers, some of whom may have had them seized from them in the...

Order of Business (19 May 2009)

Martin Ferris: Is the Taoiseach aware that a number of raids were carried out last week in the west Cork area, in Baltimore, Union Hall and Castletownbere?

Order of Business (19 May 2009)

Martin Ferris: Members of the armed special branch were involved in raiding houses belonging to fishermen.

Order of Business (19 May 2009)

Martin Ferris: Just one second, a Cheann Comhairle, you are from a coastal and fishing community-----