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Financial Resolution No. 2: Stamp Duty (5 Dec 2007)

Michael Ring: No, they are being moved.

Budget Statement 2008 (5 Dec 2007)

Michael Ring: They will pass it on, legally or illegally.

Budget Statement 2008 (5 Dec 2007)

Michael Ring: They will pass it on, legally or illegally. SUPPORTING HOME OWNERSHIP Mortgage Interest Relief

Budget Statement 2008 (5 Dec 2007)

Michael Ring: There was not a word about decentralisation. CONCLUSION

Budget Statement 2008 (5 Dec 2007)

Michael Ring: Deputies opposite are clapping in the same way they clapped about decentralisation.

Community Development. (5 Dec 2007)

Michael Ring: Question 49: To ask the Minister for Community, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs if existing inter-county Leader programmes will cease under the delivery of the new Leader programme in favour of single county structures; if existing rural development programmes will finish as a result; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [32628/07]

Community Development. (5 Dec 2007)

Michael Ring: How many current inter-county programmes will be affected by this change in the structure? Could the Minister also tell me how many people working with existing Leader companies will be affected by job losses? A suggestion has been made by Leader groups, particularly in Cavan-Monaghan, that what the Minister is doing breaches EU regulations. Will the Minister respond to this?

Community Development. (5 Dec 2007)

Michael Ring: The Minister accepts that the Leader companies have done a good job where they have been working even if there were two in particular counties. Now that they are being amalgamated, people are concerned that there will be job losses but the Minister has confirmed that most of these people will move in with the company that is selected. When is it expected to announce Leader IV and its...

Irish Language. (5 Dec 2007)

Michael Ring: Question 92: To ask the Minister for Community, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs when Fóram na Gaeilge last met; when it will meet again; the advice he has received from them to date; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [32476/07]

Irish Language. (5 Dec 2007)

Michael Ring: Has the Minister had discussions with the Minister for Education and Science on immersion education for gaelscoileanna? If he has not, why not? This is a big issue for gaelscoileanna. The Minister for Education and Science has taken one view, but this Minister has another view. We were promised a dedicated civil servant to work in the Department daily to prepare the strategy. Has that...

Irish Language. (5 Dec 2007)

Michael Ring: Would Deputy Ó Cúiv's personal view be stronger than her personal view?

Community Development. (5 Dec 2007)

Michael Ring: To be fair to the Minister, he has done some very good work for the islands and I could not take that away from him. There are three islands in my constituency and the Minister knows that the number one issue for many years has been infrastructure and getting on and off the islands. What are the Minister's key priorities for the islands for next year? Will the Leader partnership for the...

Volunteer Movement. (5 Dec 2007)

Michael Ring: People are busier but they want to support, help and get involved in their communities. The major problem is people are afraid that if they get involved through bringing children to sporting events they will be sued. Recently, the Law Reform Commission issued a report stating that the Government must introduce legislation to protect people doing work on a voluntary basis and that it is...

Volunteer Movement. (5 Dec 2007)

Michael Ring: It certainly does.

National Drugs Strategy. (5 Dec 2007)

Michael Ring: Last week's edition of The Sunday Tribune reported that drugs are available through the Internet. What proposals do the Government and the Garda Síochána have to stop this? It is bad enough that drug pushers are in every corner of the country but now drugs can be bought over the internet and received through the post. Is the Customs and Excise being given the support and finances it needs...

Competitiveness of the Economy: Motion (Resumed) (5 Dec 2007)

Michael Ring: I congratulate my party's spokesperson on enterprise, trade and employment, Deputy Leo Varadkar, on tabling the motion. It is time the Government started to live in the real world. The serious economic problems being experienced daily were evident yesterday when Abbott Ireland in Galway announced it would close. I knew something was afoot when the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and...

Freedom of Information. (5 Dec 2007)

Michael Ring: It is a great honour to be elected to this House and to be able to ask the Taoiseach of this country a question. Does he believe it is right that I, as an elected representative for the people of County Mayo, should have to pay for information that concerns a citizen in this State? Will he consider that in the context of the freedom of information legislation? I made a freedom of...

Freedom of Information. (5 Dec 2007)

Michael Ring: I made the request to the Minister's colleague beside him and I was asked to pay €400 for the information.

Freedom of Information. (5 Dec 2007)

Michael Ring: I am talking about public information.

Written Answers — Flood Relief: Flood Relief (4 Dec 2007)

Michael Ring: Question 179: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Finance if in relation to a previous parliamentary question (details supplied) the proposed survey has taken place; the outcome of same; and the action that will be taken to reduce the flooding risk in the future at this location. [32115/07]