78 Deputy Martin Ferris asked the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food the amount of forestry and land under Coillte’s control that has been sold since 1989; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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41 Deputy Martin Ferris asked the Minister for Education and Skills the steps he will take to ensure that a person (details supplied) in County Kerry will be provided with a reader for their leaving certificate in June 2011.
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23 Deputy Martin Ferris asked the Minister for Tourism, Culture and Sport the date on which he will publish legislation to update the National Cultural Institutions Act in order to put the Genealogical Office on a statutory footing.
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39 Deputy Martin Ferris asked the Minister for Social Protection if she will reverse the cuts to disability payment rates introduced by the previous Government in budget 2011 and if so, when.
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209 Deputy Martin Ferris asked the Minister for Health and Children when a person (details supplied) in County Kerry will receive an appointment.
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180 Deputy Martin Ferris asked the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food when a REP scheme payment will issue in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Kerry.
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179 Deputy Martin Ferris asked the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food if his attention has been drawn to the closure of the district veterinary office (DVO) in Portlaoise, County Laois, and the fact that this will mean that there will be no DVO in counties Laois, Carlow, Kilkenny, Westmeath and north Tipperary; and the measures he will take to address this void.
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173 Deputy Martin Ferris asked the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food when a person (details supplied) in County Kerry will receive their single farm payment.
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122 Deputy Martin Ferris asked the Minister for Social Protection when a decision will be made on a social welfare appeal in respect of a person (details supplied).
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46 Deputy Martin Ferris asked the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Innovation his plans to strengthen the protections available for domestic workers against abusive employers; his plans to criminalise forced labour; if he plans to opt into Directive 2009/52/EC which provides protection for undocumented third party nationals against exploitative employers; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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42 Deputy Martin Ferris asked the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Innovation if he will ratify the UN Convention on the Protection of the Rights of all Migrant Workers and Members of their Families; if he will change the employment permits system to grant permits to workers within designated job categories with the right to freely change employer; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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28 Deputy Martin Ferris asked the Minister for Education and Skills when the forum on patronage and pluralism in the primary sector, as per the programme for Government, will be undertaken; when the terms of reference will be available; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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36 Deputy Martin Ferris asked the Minister for Finance when the comprehensive spending review will be undertaken; the persons who will make up this comprehensive spending review; the deadline for the review to be completed; the terms of reference for the review; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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33 Deputy Martin Ferris asked the Minister for Finance when the McCarthy Review Group on State Assets will publish their report; if he has received a copy of this report; when it is envisioned that he will target the €2 billion in sales of State assets; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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329 Deputy Martin Ferris asked the Minister for Health and Children when a person (details supplied) in County Kerry may expect to have a scan carried out at Kerry General Hospital; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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269 Deputy Martin Ferris asked the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food if the proposed merger of Coillte and Bord na Móna in a new biotechnology company will entail either company selling any of the land currently under its control; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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244 Deputy Martin Ferris asked the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food when a grant for a milk parlour will issue to a person (details supplied) in County Kerry.
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241 Deputy Martin Ferris asked the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food if he will provide a guarantee that Coillte land or other assets will not be sold off in whole or in part to private investors; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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240 Deputy Martin Ferris asked the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food if Coillte has sold trees to any pension company; and if so, the value and the extent of the trees sold to date.
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232 Deputy Martin Ferris asked the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food when REP scheme payments will issue in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Kerry.
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231 Deputy Martin Ferris asked the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food when REP scheme 4 payments will issue in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Kerry.
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139 Deputy Martin Ferris asked the Minister for Social Protection when a decision on an appeal for a disability allowance will issue in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Kerry.
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88 Deputy Martin Ferris asked the Minister for Education and Skills if the commitment for a new building in respect of a school (details supplied) in County Kerry will be kept; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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87 Deputy Martin Ferris asked the Minister for Education and Skills if a school (details supplied) in County Kerry which was promised a new school in 2007, will be included in the next capital programme for school buildings; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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84 Deputy Martin Ferris asked the Minister for Education and Skills if he will reverse the cuts to third level grants, the impact of which will force thousands of students out of college.
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49 Deputy Martin Ferris asked the Minister for Finance his views on the sale of Coillte forestry or land in whole or in part if such an action was recommended by the Review Group on State Assets and Liabilities.
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48 Deputy Martin Ferris asked the Minister for Finance if he has received a copy of the report of the Review Group on State Assets and Liabilities and if not, when he expects to receive a copy of the report.
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143 Deputy Martin Ferris asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children when a person (details supplied) will be supplied with hearing aids.
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142 Deputy Martin Ferris asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children when a person (details supplied) will receive an appointment to see an ear, nose, throat specialist.
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69 Deputy Martin Ferris asked the Minister for Social Protection when a person (details supplied) in County Kerry will receive rent allowance
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68 Deputy Martin Ferris asked the Minister for Social Protection when a person (details supplied) in County Kerry will receive disability allowance.
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28 Deputy Martin Ferris asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children when a person (details supplied) in County Kerry will be awarded a medical card.
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462 Deputy Martin Ferris asked the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food the reason moneys due under the sheep grassland scheme have not been paid and when payments will issue.
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414 Deputy Martin Ferris asked the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government his plans for the proposed reorganisation of local government social housing provision with specific reference to the transfer of social housing provision powers from town councils to county councils; the transfer of social housing provision powers from city and county council to new regional housing bodies and whether these new regional bodies will be contiguous with existing regional authority boundaries
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179 Deputy Martin Ferris asked the Minister for Social Protection when a decision will issue on an application for farm assist in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Limerick.
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137 Deputy Martin Ferris asked the Minister for Justice and Law Reform if the Garda was aware that a person (details supplied), a member of the British police force, was operating here as an undercover agent; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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130 Deputy Martin Ferris asked the Minister for Justice and Law Reform if he has contacted his British counterparts in relation to the disclosure that a British undercover policeman (details supplied) was operating in this jurisdiction for several years.
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56 Deputy Martin Ferris asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Education and Skills, further to Parliamentary Question No. 78 of 13 January 2011, if she will issue an authorisation to allow a person (details supplied) in County Kerry to avail of transport to a school which fulfils the criteria outlined in the response.
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27 Deputy Martin Ferris asked the Taoiseach and Minister for Foreign Affairs the extent of aid provided to Haiti by Ireland to date to help deal with the devastation from the earthquake in January 2010.
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44 Deputy Martin Ferris asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs if there have been any recent developments in attempts to secure an end to Israeli settlement building in the Occupied Territories; and if he will support a call for sanctions on Israel if they continue to ignore international demands for an end to settlements.
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197 Deputy Martin Ferris asked the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Innovation the position regarding claims made by employers to the Labour Relations Commission seeking to avoid paying agreed wage increases and to opt out of wage orders; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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115 Deputy Martin Ferris asked the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Innovation the way he intends to enlarge the scope of the inability to pay clause; the limits he intends to set on the number of times this clause can be invoked; the way this will affect the responsibility of employers to pay minimum rates; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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71 Deputy Martin Ferris asked the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Innovation the status of the review of the framework of registered employment agreements and employment regulation orders as outlined in the national recovery plan; the person who is conducting this review; if there is a consultation process as part of this review; if any impact analysis is being carried out to complement this review; the consultation and dialogue that have been undertaken between him and the European Commission services; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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242 Deputy Martin Ferris asked the Minister for Health and Children when a person (details supplied) in County Kerry will receive dental treatment prior to the orthodontic treatment for which they have been waiting seven years.
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241 Deputy Martin Ferris asked the Minister for Health and Children when a person (details supplied) will receive an appointment with a dietician.
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78 Deputy Martin Ferris asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Education and Skills the reason an exception cannot be made to the catchment area rule when a child’s special educational needs cannot be met at their current catchment school.
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35 Deputy Martin Ferris asked the Minister for Health and Children if she will, without further delay and on a statutory basis, put in place regulations for the home care sector, to empower and resource the Health Information and Quality Authority to monitor compliance with these regulations, to establish proper qualifications, pay and conditions for home care workers and to change her policy from privatisation to one of direct provision of home care by the Health Service Executive.
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14 Deputy Martin Ferris asked the Minister for Health and Children if all the recommendations of the Pandemic Influenza Expert Group which reported in 2007 have been implemented; and if she will make a statement on the matter.
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850 Deputy Martin Ferris asked the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food if the report of the special group on public service numbers on expenditure, in recommending that the Department of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food review the operations of Coillte with a view to realising optimal return through rationalisation, asset disposal and, possibly, privatisation, was contravening Coillte’s status as a private company, and if he or his colleague the Minister for Finance has the power to act as recommended by the report.
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