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Written Answers — Debt Issues: Debt Issues (26 Sep 2007)

Seán Sherlock: Question 173: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs when the promised new legislation to place the Money Advice and Budgeting Service on a statutory basis will be published; the principal areas in which it will differ from the Bill published in 2002; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [20731/07]

Written Answers — Rail Network: Rail Network (26 Sep 2007)

Seán Sherlock: Question 480: To ask the Minister for Transport and the Marine when work will begin on the reopening of the Cork-Midleton railway line. [19891/07]

Written Answers — Swimming Pool Projects: Swimming Pool Projects (26 Sep 2007)

Seán Sherlock: Question 551: To ask the Minister for Arts, Sport and Tourism when the provision of €184 million towards the local authority swimming pool programme under the National Development Plan 2007 to 2013 will be allocated. [19892/07]

Written Answers — School Transport: School Transport (26 Sep 2007)

Seán Sherlock: Question 696: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if there are plans for a nationwide review of the school catchment boundaries which have not been reviewed since 1969 (details supplied). [19893/07]

Written Answers — School Staffing: School Staffing (26 Sep 2007)

Seán Sherlock: Question 697: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if she has considered the application from a school (details supplied) in County Cork for an additional teacher for the school. [19894/07]

Written Answers — Citizenship Applications: Citizenship Applications (26 Sep 2007)

Seán Sherlock: Question 891: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform if he will expedite an application for Irish citizenship by a person (details supplied) in County Cork. [19836/07]

Requests to Move Adjournment of Dáil under Standing Order 32 (27 Sep 2007)

Seán Sherlock: I seek the adjournment of the Dáil to discuss the following urgent matter: the proposal under the national cancer strategy to close 13 cancer services located throughout the country, particularly breast cancer services at Mallow General Hospital.

Written Answers — Rural Development: Rural Development (27 Sep 2007)

Seán Sherlock: Question 42: To ask the Minister for Community, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs the steps he will take to ensure the retention of the maximum number of rural households and family farms; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [20976/07]

Written Answers — Ministerial Meetings: Ministerial Meetings (27 Sep 2007)

Seán Sherlock: Question 36: To ask the Minister for Community, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs if he will make a statement on the outcome of his meeting with the Northern Ireland Minister for the Department of Agriculture and Rural Development on 11 September 2007. [20979/07]

Death of Former Member: Expressions of Sympathy (2 Oct 2007)

Seán Sherlock: I sincerely thank the leaders of all the political parties, of all persuasions, for those kind and wonderful words. I thank too the staff of the House whose expressions of sympathy in the past few weeks have made us proud of the fact that when our father was a Member, he acquitted himself well, was well liked and did his best for the people he represented. Our grief for our father is...

Written Answers — Residential Institutions Redress Scheme: Residential Institutions Redress Scheme (2 Oct 2007)

Seán Sherlock: Question 111: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the amount paid out to date in regard to compensation payments and legal fees by the Residential Institutions Redress Board; if an estimate is available of the expected final costs in regard to each category; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [21620/07]

Written Answers — School Curriculum: School Curriculum (2 Oct 2007)

Seán Sherlock: Question 128: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the action she will take to ensure that sex education is available to all school children; her views on a recent survey which indicated that boys who attend all boys schools are unlikely to have adequate sex education provided; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [21619/07]

Noxious Weed Control. (3 Oct 2007)

Seán Sherlock: We have heard the quintessential civil servant's answer. Every farmer takes responsibility for ragwort or any noxious weed. Nevertheless, it exists extensively throughout the country. One can have all the public awareness and information campaigns in the world, but action is needed. Would the Minister consider funding local authorities to ensure this blight is wiped out, particularly on...

Common Agricultural Policy. (3 Oct 2007)

Seán Sherlock: I take the view that the glass is half full but there is a trend in Irish agriculture of flight from the land. This is largely due to global trends.

Common Agricultural Policy. (3 Oct 2007)

Seán Sherlock: The WTO is influenced mainly by global corporations and that has an effect on small Irish family farms. Will the Minister bear that in mind when she attends WTO talks or Council of Ministers' meetings?

Written Answers — Farm Structures Survey: Farm Structures Survey (3 Oct 2007)

Seán Sherlock: Question 123: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food her views on the further significant decline in the number of farms reported in the recent Farm Structure Survey published by the Central Statistics Office; her plans to reverse this decline; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [21783/07]

Written Answers — Food Labelling: Food Labelling (3 Oct 2007)

Seán Sherlock: Question 132: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food if her attention has been drawn to the recent survey (details supplied), showing that fewer than one in five consumers here have full confidence in fresh food imported from outside the EU; if she is satisfied with the level of labelling of fresh foodstuffs imported from abroad; her plans for improved labelling; and if she...

Requests to move Adjournment of Dáil under Standing Order 32 (4 Oct 2007)

Seán Sherlock: I seek the adjournment of the Dáil to discuss the following urgent matter of public interest: the serious economic and employment implications for the Cork East constituency and Cork in general following the announcement that the Amgen project which was to deliver more than 1,000 jobs is not to proceed, the need for the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment to outline the background...

Order of Business (4 Oct 2007)

Seán Sherlock: On a point of order, considerable amounts of taxpayers' money have been expended on attracting this industry to Cork East and the people of the region——

Order of Business (4 Oct 2007)

Seán Sherlock: ——want to know exactly how much was spent. We are seeking to bring the Minister before the House so that we can have an opportunity to ask him those relevant questions.