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Written Answers — Community Employment Schemes: Community Employment Schemes (26 Mar 2009)

Michael Ring: Question 78: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment his views, in respect of the present unemployment situation, on abolishing an age rule to a scheme (details supplied). [12691/09]

Order of Business (26 Mar 2009)

Michael Ring: It used to be "Scrap Saturday", now it is scrap RTE.

REPS Payments. (25 Mar 2009)

Michael Ring: I thank Deputy Calleary for allowing me two minutes of his time. He and I attended a meeting recently in Castlebar and he is quite correct that there was much anger there from farmers about the REPS 4 scheme. As Deputy Calleary said, 1,353 farmers from Mayo are in that scheme and 212 have been paid to date. This is a very important scheme for the west. REPS is a good scheme and it has...

Written Answers — Community Development: Community Development (25 Mar 2009)

Michael Ring: Question 154: To ask the Minister for Community, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs the cost of each office to his Department in tabular form in respect of a company (details supplied). [12485/09]

Written Answers — Community Development: Community Development (25 Mar 2009)

Michael Ring: Question 155: To ask the Minister for Community, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs the number of staff in each office, including the grade of staff, and the cost of those offices to his Department in tabular form in respect of a company (details supplied). [12486/09]

Written Answers — Community Development: Community Development (25 Mar 2009)

Michael Ring: Question 156: To ask the Minister for Community, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs the number of offices in operation for a company (details supplied) and the location at which they are placed in the county in tabular form. [12487/09]

Written Answers — Social Welfare Benefits: Social Welfare Benefits (25 Mar 2009)

Michael Ring: Question 158: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs when a person (details supplied) in County Mayo will be approved jobseeker's benefit. [12408/09]

Written Answers — Grant Payments: Grant Payments (25 Mar 2009)

Michael Ring: Question 191: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food the number of people who have yet to be paid in a scheme (details supplied) up until 20 March 2009 in tabular form. [12479/09]

Written Answers — Grant Payments: Grant Payments (25 Mar 2009)

Michael Ring: Question 192: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food the reason for the delay in payment of a scheme (details supplied). [12480/09]

Written Answers — Grant Payments: Grant Payments (25 Mar 2009)

Michael Ring: Question 193: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food the number of people who have applied for a scheme (details supplied) and have been paid with a breakdown by county in tabular form. [12481/09]

Written Answers — Grant Payments: Grant Payments (25 Mar 2009)

Michael Ring: Question 194: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food the number of people in the country who have applied for a scheme (details supplied) in tabular form. [12482/09]

Written Answers — Grant Payments: Grant Payments (25 Mar 2009)

Michael Ring: Question 195: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food the number of people who have been paid in a scheme (details supplied) up until 20 March 2009 in tabular form. [12483/09]

Written Answers — Grant Payments: Grant Payments (25 Mar 2009)

Michael Ring: Question 196: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food when a person (details supplied) in County Mayo will receive their REP scheme payment. [12484/09]

Oireachtas Reform: Motion (Resumed) (25 Mar 2009)

Michael Ring: I would like to begin by saying that the two Ministers of State have shown their total disrespect for the House and for the Ceann Comhairle. Neither of them came in on time to listen to this debate. They missed their slot. When they finally came in, they started lecturing the Opposition about the motion we have brought before the House.

Oireachtas Reform: Motion (Resumed) (25 Mar 2009)

Michael Ring: This motion is not about what we——

Oireachtas Reform: Motion (Resumed) (25 Mar 2009)

Michael Ring: The Minister of State lectured us.

Oireachtas Reform: Motion (Resumed) (25 Mar 2009)

Michael Ring: The Minister of State told us that there were far more important things we could have raised.

Oireachtas Reform: Motion (Resumed) (25 Mar 2009)

Michael Ring: It just shows how out of touch the Deputies on the other side of the House are.

Oireachtas Reform: Motion (Resumed) (25 Mar 2009)

Michael Ring: They are out of touch with the people and with the country as a whole. We are being told on a regular basis that there are too many Ministers of State in this small country of 3.5 million people.

Oireachtas Reform: Motion (Resumed) (25 Mar 2009)

Michael Ring: This country has the same population as the greater Manchester area, so it should not take 15 Ministers and 20 Ministers of State to run it.