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Written Answers — Medical Cards: Medical Cards (25 Oct 2007)

Martin Ferris: Question 76: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if she will put in place a review of the conditions governing qualification for the medical card. [25806/07]

Written Answers — Hospitals Building Programme: Hospitals Building Programme (25 Oct 2007)

Martin Ferris: Question 77: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if she will guarantee that the new hospital to be built in Cork in place of the Mercy will be located on the north side of the city which is without a hospital. [25803/07]

Written Answers — Schools Amalgamation: Schools Amalgamation (25 Oct 2007)

Martin Ferris: Question 129: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if she will make a statement on the proposed amalgamation of the primary schools in Lixnaw. [25795/07]

Written Answers — Proposed Legislation: Proposed Legislation (24 Oct 2007)

Martin Ferris: Question 126: To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if he will bring in legislation to provide equal treatment to agency workers; and his views on a European Directive to give effect to equal treatment across the EU. [25416/07]

Written Answers — Labour Force Upskilling: Labour Force Upskilling (24 Oct 2007)

Martin Ferris: Question 121: To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the training that has been put in place to upskill vulnerable workers in the construction sector to facilitate them accessing alternative employment in the event that they lose their jobs due to the decline in that sector; and the number of workers that have availed of such training to date. [25417/07]

Written Answers — Alternative Farm Enterprises: Alternative Farm Enterprises (24 Oct 2007)

Martin Ferris: Question 219: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food the number of acres devoted to the growing of energy crops; and the projected growth for this sector over the next five years. [25731/07]

Written Answers — Electricity Generation: Electricity Generation (24 Oct 2007)

Martin Ferris: Question 271: To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources the plans in place to facilitate net metering for those who generate small amounts of renewable energy to be incorporated into the all-island single electricity market. [25732/07]

Written Answers — Pesticide Residues: Pesticide Residues (23 Oct 2007)

Martin Ferris: Question 395: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food the number of mushrooms that tested positively for carcinogenic substances in 2006; and the number that were tested in total. [24715/07]

Written Answers — Fisheries Protection: Fisheries Protection (23 Oct 2007)

Martin Ferris: Question 398: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food if an ICES report on fish stocks in Irish coastal waters is in the process of being prepared; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [24842/07]

Written Answers — Fisheries Protection: Fisheries Protection (23 Oct 2007)

Martin Ferris: Question 414: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food if, in view of the Commission proposals of 17 October 2007, she has an estimate of the scale of illegal fishing within Irish waters both by non EU and EU based vessels. [25442/07]

Written Answers — Fisheries Protection: Fisheries Protection (23 Oct 2007)

Martin Ferris: Question 512: To ask the Minister for Defence if he is satisfied that the Naval Service is adequately resourced to deal with illegal fishing within Irish waters. [25444/07]

Written Answers — Proposed Legislation: Proposed Legislation (23 Oct 2007)

Martin Ferris: Question 538: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform if he will use his influence to ensure that the Criminal Evidence Act, 1992 is amended in order to ensure that persons with intellectual disabilities are provided with greater protection with regard to sexual abuse and specifically to ensure that the section that refers to sexual intercourse is amended to include other...

Search and Rescue Service. (23 Oct 2007)

Martin Ferris: On 17 October, a decision was announced, via e-mail, to all staff by the director of the Irish Coast Guard, Mr. Chris Reynolds, to the effect that a two-tier operation will come into being, that the marine rescue co-ordination centre will be co-located with headquarters in Drogheda and that a second centre will be established at a new west coast location. This decision was apparently taken...

Agrifood Industry: Motion (23 Oct 2007)

Martin Ferris: I thank the Labour Party for sharing some of its time with me. While I express my support for this motion, I have one reservation about it, to which I will come in due course. Like my colleagues in this House, I have raised the issue of food labelling on numerous occasions. This extremely important issue unites food producers, retailers and consumers. Last week, an IFA delegation of pig...

Agrifood Industry: Motion (23 Oct 2007)

Martin Ferris: The Minister should come to the meetings I have mentioned to listen to her backbenchers. It is obvious that they are speaking out of both sides of their mouths. They agree with farmers that the importation of Brazilian beef is undermining this country's cattle sector, but when they come to this Chamber they back the position that has been adopted by the Minister at EU level.

Agrifood Industry: Motion (23 Oct 2007)

Martin Ferris: I trust that this debate and the continued representations being made by farmers will persuade the Minister to change her mind and try to convince the Commission to reverse its current position, in the interests of domestic and EU producers. While I hope that will happen, I doubt that it will. The motion before the House refers to the importation of animal feed, presumably with regard to...

Agrifood Industry: Motion (23 Oct 2007)

Martin Ferris: The Deputies who took the time to speak to the pig producers last week will have heard them say they believe they are prohibited from feeding genetically modified feedstuffs to their pigs. They are quite right, in one sense, but I disagree with their position because I am looking at it from a different perspective. When people buy food in shops, in some instances they are buying food that...

Agrifood Industry: Motion (23 Oct 2007)

Martin Ferris: Recent increases in the price of grain and other feedstuffs are affecting pig producers, who are finding it difficult to compete. The greed of the companies which produce the feedstuffs on which pig producers rely is putting pressure on the producers, which is totally and absolutely wrong. They should be given some support, but they should not be allowed to import genetically modified...

Requests to move Adjournment of Dáil under Standing Order 32 (23 Oct 2007)

Martin Ferris: I seek the adjournment of the Dáil under Standing Order 32 to raise a matter of national importance, namely, the proposal to decommission the coastguard stations at Dublin, Malin Head and Valentia Island; the proposed decentralisation of coastguard stations to Drogheda on the east coast and an unspecified location on the west coast; the lack of consultation that has taken place with the...

Written Answers — Child Care Services: Child Care Services (17 Oct 2007)

Martin Ferris: Question 96: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the number of community child care facilities which have received staffing grants under the equal opportunities child care programme since its inception; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [24057/07]