82 Deputy Martin Ferris asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if she will carry out an independent review of the training and education programmes operating under the FÁS organisation.
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389 Deputy Martin Ferris asked the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food the reason no letter stating the nature of a complaint (details supplied) was sent.
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388 Deputy Martin Ferris asked the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food if he will make a statement on the fact that an inspector (details supplied) from his Department made an initial verbal claim that a farm was in breach of animal welfare guidelines as a reason for imposing a penalty and then later on a further visit to the farm changed the nature of the complaint to one concerning good agricultural practice.
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196 Deputy Martin Ferris asked the Minister for Health and Children if the bilateral arrangement on adoptions between Ireland and Vietnam, due to end in April 2009, will be renewed.
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174 Deputy Martin Ferris asked the Minister for Education and Science if he will confirm that FÁS recognises the trade qualification received by Irish people in the US who wish to work here; if mutual recognition of Irish qualifications has been secured by FÁS for Irish trades people who wish to work in the US; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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172 Deputy Martin Ferris asked the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food if he will make a statement regarding a person (details supplied) in County Tipperary.
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231 Deputy Martin Ferris asked the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food when payments due under REP scheme four will be made to participants.
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227 Deputy Martin Ferris asked the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources if he will confirm that any potential new owner of assets (details supplied) in the Celtic Sea will continue to operate the assets in a manner which secures the vital strategic role of the Kinsale facilities in providing existing security of supply.
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226 Deputy Martin Ferris asked the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources if he will be requesting that any potential new owner of assets (details supplied) in the Celtic Sea will re-invest a proportion of its revenues in exploration, appraisal and development activity in the Celtic Sea to secure additional gas supplies.
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225 Deputy Martin Ferris asked the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources the figures on the level of direct investment in the Celtic Sea in appraisal and exploration drilling over the past ten years by Irish domiciled companies versus multinational companies.
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130 Deputy Martin Ferris asked the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food the position he will be taking in relation to the latest cuts proposed in the quota allocated to Irish fishermen in Irish waters.
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125 Deputy Martin Ferris asked the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food if he agrees with fishing representatives that the Hague Preferences should be placed on a statutory basis rather than being subject to annual negotiation.
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177 Deputy Martin Ferris asked the Minister for Education and Science his plans to visit Kerry in the near future; if he will include a visit to schools (details supplied) in County Kerry in the visit; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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45 Deputy Martin Ferris asked the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the impact of the nitrates directive since it was implemented.
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232 Deputy Martin Ferris asked the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food the position regarding a waste management scheme payment 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 the position regarding disadvantaged area payments in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Kerry.
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218 Deputy Martin Ferris asked the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government his views on local authorities rehousing people from Limerick in other counties.
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180 Deputy Martin Ferris asked the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform if he will make a statement on the visa application of a person (details supplied).
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152 Deputy Martin Ferris asked the Minister for Health and Children if the medical card covers the cost of a general practitioner issuing a sick certificate.
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527 Deputy Martin Ferris asked the Minister for Education and Science if he will ensure that a school (details supplied) will be allowed to proceed with the appointment of a new teacher in view of the fact that it is now required to have one extra pupil on the roll and that this means that a new prefab will lie unused.
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147 Deputy Martin Ferris asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if she will make a statement on the threat to jobs at a plant (details supplied) in County Limerick; and if her Department is involved in efforts to save the 800 jobs at the plant.
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135 Deputy Martin Ferris asked the Minister for Health and Children if she will provide a breakdown of the budget 2009 allocation for cancer care; and if she will make a statement on the matter.
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131 Deputy Martin Ferris asked the Minister for Health and Children the administrative and other arrangements that have been put in place to implement the changes to the over 70 year olds medical card entitlement announced in budget 2009; and if she will make a statement on the matter.
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85 Deputy Martin Ferris asked the Minister for Health and Children if she will introduce legislation to ban the practice of female genital mutilation here in view of recent reports of its prevalence.
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50 Deputy Martin Ferris asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if the Industrial Development Authority has made contact with representatives of a company (details supplied); and if she will disclose to Dáil Éireann the company’s plans for its operations here.
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24 Deputy Martin Ferris asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the work being undertaken by her Department to increase the number of exports made by Irish owned companies.
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501 Deputy Martin Ferris asked the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food when a dredging licence will be issued under the Foreshore Acts in order that the urgent and overdue dredging of Arklow Harbour can begin; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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487 Deputy Martin Ferris asked the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food if he will examine the overdue dredging of Arklow Harbour and the plans for the disposal of the materials dredged from the harbour to ensure that it is disposed of safely and in the most environmentally appropriate manner; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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253 Deputy Martin Ferris asked the Minister for Transport the status of implementing the aspect of the ports policy statement regarding transfer of harbours, particularly Arklow Harbour, to the local authorities; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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48 Deputy Martin Ferris asked the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform if he will reverse the decision contained in Budget 2009 to cut funding to the National Consultative Committee on Racism and Interculturalism, the result of which will be the closure of their office and laying off of all staff, the potential loss of a €4 million EU funding programme and ultimately the loss of the collective expertise built up by them.
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9 Deputy Martin Ferris asked the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform if he has had discussions with the Garda Commissioner following the Supreme Court ruling (details supplied) on the matter of the loss of or failure to preserve evidence by members of the Garda; and if he will take steps to minimise such losses in the future either through Garda training, changes to evidence storage facilities and procedures or the upgrading of stations to ensure that the secure accommodation of evidence is feasible.
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265 Deputy Martin Ferris asked the Minister for Education and Science the status of an application for a furniture replacement grant by a school (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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253 Deputy Martin Ferris asked the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food if he will make a statement on whether the closure of the early retirement scheme is compatible with the terms of EU Directive 1698/2005.
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249 Deputy Martin Ferris asked the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources the statistics on the number of salmon recorded coming up rivers for each year since 2005 to date in 2008.
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122 Deputy Martin Ferris asked the Minister for Transport if the rural transport programme has been expanded to wider social groups as recommended in the 2006 discussion paper Progressing Rural Public Transport in Ireland.
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564 Deputy Martin Ferris asked the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food his view on whether the use of short rotation coppice willow would be a suitable material to be added to poultry litter in order to facilitate its use in anaerobic digestion.
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209 Deputy Martin Ferris asked the Minister for Finance if he will make a statement on the practice of mortgage providers failing to pass on interest cuts to customers who are on variable mortgage rates when they had previously increased payments after ECB rate increases.
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118 Deputy Martin Ferris asked the Minister for Social and Family Affairs the measures she will take in the next 12 months to increase the take-up of family income supplement.
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99 Deputy Martin Ferris asked the Minister for Social and Family Affairs the increase in the take-up of the family income supplement payment since budget 2008.
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18 Deputy Martin Ferris asked the Minister for Finance if his Department is revising Irish GDP and GNP forecasts in view of the GDP figures in the USA and Britain; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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13 Deputy Martin Ferris asked the Minister for Finance if, in view the recent losses announced by a company (details supplied) he has made contact with other major credit institutions to discuss their financial positions going forward; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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361 Deputy Martin Ferris asked the Minister for Education and Science if a commitment given on 24 April 2007 to a school (details supplied) in County Kerry that it was one of 56 large scale building projects approved will be delivered upon; when the school will be advanced to the next stage of the design and building process; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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429 Deputy Martin Ferris asked the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food if he will make a statement on the situation in which fishing vessels have to be refurbished in order to qualify for decommissioning, a process which entails the actual destruction of the refurbished vessel.
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112 Deputy Martin Ferris asked the Minister for Education and Science his views on whether the budget 2009 decision to increase the cost of school transport will cause more people to use their cars to bring their children to school, causing more traffic congestion and delays on roads.
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544 Deputy Martin Ferris asked the Minister for Education and Science the position regarding a school (details supplied) in County Kerry which was informed on 24 April 2007 that it had been project approved.
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523 Deputy Martin Ferris asked the Minister for Education and Science the number of primary schools that applied for furniture replacement grants between 1 January and 30 September 2008.
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522 Deputy Martin Ferris asked the Minister for Education and Science the number of applications granted and refused in respect of furniture replacement grants for primary schools in 2008.
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519 Deputy Martin Ferris asked the Minister for Education and Science if he will review the case of a person (details supplied) in County Kerry who is appealing a refusal to award them a full rate grant while attending Tralee Institute of Technology on the grounds that their route is just under the 15 mile designation.
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459 Deputy Martin Ferris asked the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food when a person (details supplied) in County Tipperary will receive their installation aid.
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