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Written Answers — Car Pooling: Car Pooling (3 Apr 2007)

Martin Ferris: Question 94: To ask the Minister for Transport the Government's policy on car pooling; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [12591/07]

Written Answers — Harbours and Piers: Harbours and Piers (3 Apr 2007)

Martin Ferris: Question 368: To ask the Minister for Communications, Marine and Natural Resources when the fendering work will be carried out at Rathmullen Pier (details supplied). [12467/07]

Written Answers — Fishing Quotas: Fishing Quotas (3 Apr 2007)

Martin Ferris: Question 380: To ask the Minister for Communications, Marine and Natural Resources the quota for the different species allocated to a vessel (details supplied). [12803/07]

Written Answers — Fishing Quotas: Fishing Quotas (3 Apr 2007)

Martin Ferris: Question 381: To ask the Minister for Communications, Marine and Natural Resources the amount of the quota allocated to a vessel (details supplied) that was unused at the time it came off the register. [12804/07]

Written Answers — Health Service Staff: Health Service Staff (29 Mar 2007)

Martin Ferris: Question 66: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the number of advanced paramedics trained by the Health Service Executive in 2006; the target number for 2006; the target number for 2007; if additional resources are being made available to ensure that the target for 2007 is reached; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [11813/07]

Schools Building Projects. (27 Mar 2007)

Martin Ferris: I have had the benefit of hearing the Minister's answer to the matter raised by Deputy Deenihan on O'Brennan national school. That answer does not offer great hope for the school. The school authorities indicated in or around 2000 that the school was in need of refurbishment and that they required a new school. They wanted this project to be progressed because the roof was leaking, the...

Requests to move Adjournment of Dáil under Standing Order 31 (27 Mar 2007)

Martin Ferris: I seek the adjournment of the Dáil under Standing Order 31 to debate the following urgent matter: the serious concerns in County Wexford, particularly in the vicinity of Wellington Bridge, about the spreading of human waste on land; the fact that nobody in authority can ascertain whether the waste has been treated; the horrendous smell emanating from the waste; the profound implications for...

Fishing Fleet Protection. (27 Mar 2007)

Martin Ferris: Question 79: To ask the Minister for Communications, Marine and Natural Resources the situation regarding the implications the sale of the [i]Atlantic Dawn[/i] will have on the Irish fleet particularly on the allocation of quota; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [11773/07]

Fishing Fleet Protection. (27 Mar 2007)

Martin Ferris: The Atlantic Dawn, as I am told, has been purchased by a Dutch consortium, and I understood the Minister of State to say the quota stays with the vessel for two years. Is that correct?

Fishing Fleet Protection. (27 Mar 2007)

Martin Ferris: He is therefore talking about a national asset being exploited by a Dutch consortium for two years when in fact it should be divided among the Irish fleet. Does the Minister of State accept the implications of the decision to allocate so much of the national quota to one vessel and consider that fair? In allocating that quota the Government has discriminated primarily against the greater...

Written Answers — Computerisation Programme: Computerisation Programme (22 Mar 2007)

Martin Ferris: Question 21: To ask the Minister for Education and Science her views on whether there has been serious under investment by the Government in information and communications technology in schools over the past five years; and if the new funding ring-fenced for ICT improvements will be sufficient to radically improve poor ICT provision and quality in schools. [10810/07]

Written Answers — Third Level Charges: Third Level Charges (22 Mar 2007)

Martin Ferris: Question 38: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if third level registration fees are in contravention of the Government's policy of free fees. [10809/07]

Written Answers — Care of the Elderly: Care of the Elderly (22 Mar 2007)

Martin Ferris: Question 142: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if there are plans to appoint a psycho-geriatrician to Kerry General Hospital; and if so, when. [10874/07]

Written Answers — Overseas Development Aid: Overseas Development Aid (21 Mar 2007)

Martin Ferris: Question 147: To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs the cost of producing and distributing to every household in the State — every day he is helping the world's poorest people — a summary of the Government's White Paper on Irish Aid recently. [10452/07]

Written Answers — Human Rights Issues: Human Rights Issues (21 Mar 2007)

Martin Ferris: Question 158: To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs if his attention has been drawn to the ongoing human rights abuses in Guinea; if steps are being taken here and at European Union level to condemn the brutal killings of innocent civilians; and if he will use Ireland's influence to encourage the EU to hear the grievances of the people of Guinea and to enforce financial sanctions on the...

Written Answers — Telecommunications Services: Telecommunications Services (21 Mar 2007)

Martin Ferris: Question 228: To ask the Minister for Communications, Marine and Natural Resources if and when the next round of the regional broadband scheme will be announced; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10660/07]

Written Answers — Telecommunications Services: Telecommunications Services (21 Mar 2007)

Martin Ferris: Question 229: To ask the Minister for Communications, Marine and Natural Resources if he will include Duagh, County Kerry in the next round of the regional broadband scheme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10661/07]

Written Answers — Consumer Credit: Consumer Credit (20 Mar 2007)

Martin Ferris: Question 124: To ask the Minister for Finance his views on the potential economic implications of record levels of personal indebtedness which have now been reached in this State. [10184/07]

Written Answers — Tax Code: Tax Code (20 Mar 2007)

Martin Ferris: Question 149: To ask the Minister for Finance the reasons for his failure to introduce increased restrictions on the use of specified tax reliefs by high income individuals as part of recent finance legislation. [10183/07]

Written Answers — Health Services: Health Services (20 Mar 2007)

Martin Ferris: Question 387: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the reason a person (details supplied) in County Kerry who has been four years on a waiting list for orthodontic treatment has been informed that they have been put on the five-year waiting list; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [9565/07]