41 Deputy Martin Ferris asked the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the annual saving to the public sector pension bill if all public sector pension payments were capped at €60,000.
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31 Deputy Martin Ferris asked the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the annual salary of a Secretary General; the number of pay points for a Secretary General; the number of years it will take for a Secretary General to reach his or her maximum pay point; the annual salary of a clerical officer; the number of pay points for a clerical officer; and the number of years it will take for a clerical officer to reach his or her maximum pay point.
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261 Deputy Martin Ferris asked the Minister for Education and Skills the reason a person (details supplied) in County Limerick was refused a special needs assistant.
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214 Deputy Martin Ferris asked the Minister for Education and Skills the funding available for after school support services, involving child care and help with homework (details supplied).
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136 Deputy Martin Ferris asked the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport in view of changes at Shannon Airport, the way he will ensure and facilitate adequate access and continuous development and improvement of tourism figures and the tourism product to the mid west and the west; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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16 Deputy Martin Ferris asked the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government the steps he is taking to ensure that housing secured for leasing under the National Asset Management Agency will not leave tenants isolated from community and services.
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595 Deputy Martin Ferris asked the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 215 of 26 April 2012, when an answer will be forthcoming from the Health Service Executive.
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107 Deputy Martin Ferris asked the Minister for Communications; Energy and Natural Resources his views on whether there should be a universal service obligation imposed on mobile phone service providers. [30797/12]
168 Deputy Martin Ferris asked the Minister for Health the position regarding home help refusal in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Kerry
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96 Deputy Martin Ferris asked the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources the number of persons who have been refused the better energy home scheme grant because they were late in submitting their paper work.
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29 Deputy Martin Ferris asked the Minister for Justice and Equality if his attention has been drawn to an increase in the number of strip searches taking place in Belmullet Garda station, County Mayo, since the rape tape incident; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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24 Deputy Martin Ferris asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the proposals he has for opening the agri environmental option scheme for land outside of special areas of conservation and commonage for farmers who have left the REP scheme 3; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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15 Deputy Martin Ferris asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if there is an appeal system set up for farmers who lost payments under the disadvantaged areas scheme; if there will be a maximum turnaround timeframe for dealing with appeals; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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70 Deputy Martin Ferris asked the Minister for Education and Skills the reason the special resource available to a person (details supplied) has ceased.
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48 Deputy Martin Ferris asked the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if he will provide a list of the State agencies in which the Government has not made an appointment to a State body when a vacancy has arisen in view of the fact that it is clearly necessary to consider changes in the function or structure of the board.
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25 Deputy Martin Ferris asked the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform his plans to legislate for reform of the appointment process of persons to the boards of statutory agencies.
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41 Deputy Martin Ferris asked the Minister for Jobs; Enterprise and Innovation if the reduction of more than €1billion on exports in medical and pharmaceutical products to the United States of America in the first three months of 2012 as compared to the same period in 2011 has resulted or may result in job losses in this sector. [27331/12]
18 Deputy Martin Ferris asked the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the numbers of jobs lost or created in foreign direct investment companies since 2008; and the number lost in the domestic economy over the same period.
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683 Deputy Martin Ferris asked the Minister for Justice and Equality the position regarding a residency application in respect of a person (details supplied).
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372 Deputy Martin Ferris asked the Minister for Social Protection when a decision on carer’s allowance will issue in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Kerry and if same will be expedited.
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32 Deputy Martin Ferris asked the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the availability of funding for restoration works on protected buildings throughout Ireland.
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D’fhiafraigh Martin Ferris den Aire Ealaíon, Oidhreachta agus Gaeltachta cén sciar de bhuiséad Údarás na Gaeltachta a chaitear ar phinsin daoine atá fós fostaithe, agus ar phinsin daoine atá tar éis éirí as an Údarás.
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171 Deputy Martin Ferris asked the Minister for Health when orthopaedic shoes will be available in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Kerry.
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18 Deputy Martin Ferris asked the Minister for Education and Skills if he will commit to ring-fencing the moneys allocated by FÁS for the refurbishment of Lourdes Youth and Community Services until such time as the ownership of the property has been resolved.
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7 Deputy Martin Ferris asked the Minister for Education and Skills if he will ensure that in the review of the school funding due to be carried out by the National Council for Special Education that no further cuts will be applied that will reduce the number of special needs assistants at schools (details supplied) in County Wexford. [25798/12]
43 Deputy Martin Ferris asked the Minister for Finance the number of targets set out in the original Memorandum of Understanding signed in December 2010 that have been fully met; the number of targets to date that have been deferred; and the number of targets that have been missed.
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22 Deputy Martin Ferris asked the Minister for Finance if the State has met the targets set out in the Memorandum of Understanding with respect to the Fiscal Advisory Council and the reform of the legal, medical and accounting professions.
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15 Deputy Martin Ferris asked the Minister for Defence his plans to increase training on military vehicle safety in view of the high level of compensation paid out by his Department arising from accidents involving Defence Force vehicles.
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14 Deputy Martin Ferris asked the Minister for Defence the average cost of deploying the explosive ordnance disposal team on a single occasion.
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148 Deputy Martin Ferris asked the Minister for Justice and Equality the options open to a person who has been deported in the past but now has residency in Ireland to prevent them from being questioned at airports because of the deportation on their passport; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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87 Deputy Martin Ferris asked the Minister for Finance if he will undertake to legislate in the area of debt collection in line with the Fine Gael Private Members ’ motion of 30 March 2009, which inter alia pointed out that unlike many other EU countries, Ireland has no system of regulation of debt collectors and called on the then Government to introduce legislation to regulate debt collection and to ensure that debt collectors are registered and vetted; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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63 Deputy Martin Ferris asked the Minister for Health if he will ensure continuing and adequate funding for the established organisations for those women whose health has been damaged by infected blood products; the meetings he has held to address the funding issue and their outcome; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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31 Deputy Martin Ferris asked the Minister for Health if he will confirm that a FETAC level 5 qualification is not required for long-standing care staff including multi-task assistants and or carers on night duty in community hospitals or otherwise; the qualifications required for such staff; if such standards are applied consistently across the State; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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507 Deputy Martin Ferris asked the Minister for Health when a person (details supplied) in County Limerick will be called for a cataract operation in view of the fact that they are blind in one eye and the other is deteriorating.
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307 Deputy Martin Ferris asked the Minister for Social Protection when a person (details supplied) will receive a decision on their carer’s allowance application.
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269 Deputy Martin Ferris asked the Minister for Social Protection if her attention had been drawn to the fact a recent survey of 1,421 former community employment scheme participants found that 54% had found employment or moved into further education; and if she agrees that this supports the maintenance of the programme.
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127 Deputy Martin Ferris asked the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs if she has replaced the 31 social worker staff that retired in February 2012; and if she will make a statement on the matter.
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95 Deputy Martin Ferris asked the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the date on which she will publish her Department’s Early Years Strategy. [23962/12]
117 Deputy Martin Ferris asked the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government if his Department has contracted companies to collect outstanding household charges.
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112 Deputy Martin Ferris asked the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources if he is satisfied that a company (details supplied) that is contracted to collect debts for Bord Gáis is fully in compliance with the Irish code of practise governing this area.
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111 Deputy Martin Ferris asked the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources if his attention has been drawn to complaints made about, and media stories regarding, a company (details supplied) that has been contracted by Bord Gáis to collect debts; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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108 Deputy Martin Ferris asked the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources if his attention has been drawn to the fact that a company (details supplied) that is contracted to collect debts by Bord Gáis is not in compliance with existing domestic legislation and codes of practice.
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56 Deputy Martin Ferris asked the Minister for Finance if he will make a statement on the legislation and codes of practice governing debt collection; and if he is satisfied that companies contracted to collect debts by public companies are in compliance with those regulations.
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21 Deputy Martin Ferris asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if there will be any impact on the wild salmon stocks by the introduction of fish farms to the west coast of Ireland; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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15 Deputy Martin Ferris asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he foresees the Common Agriculture Policy negotiations to be completed during Ireland’s Presidency of the EU in 2013; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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187 Deputy Martin Ferris asked the Minister for Health the position regarding a medical card application in respect of a person (details supplied).
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186 Deputy Martin Ferris asked the Minister for Health the position regarding a medical card application in respect of a person (details supplied).
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185 Deputy Martin Ferris asked the Minister for Health the position regarding a medical card application in respect of a person (details supplied).
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