1557 Deputy Martin Ferris asked the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food the number of farmers using their land for the production of alternative energy sources with details of the type of production involved and a breakdown for different counties.
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1582 Deputy Martin Ferris asked the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food if he will make a statement on the value of fish taken from Irish waters by non Irish fleets since 1973 in view of the huge discrepancy between estimates as low as €16 billion to as high as €200 billion.
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1556 Deputy Martin Ferris asked the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food the proportion of the EU quota for fish caught in Irish waters that was awarded to Ireland for 2008.
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1555 Deputy Martin Ferris asked the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food the proportion of the overall EU fishing quota for 2007, as awarded in December 2007, given to Ireland.
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1554 Deputy Martin Ferris asked the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food the volume of food produce sold through local farmers markets.
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1544 Deputy Martin Ferris asked the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food the volume and value of fish imported through Cork Airport in the past year.
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1542 Deputy Martin Ferris asked the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food if he will extend the farm waste management scheme beyond the end of 2008 to accommodate all farmers who wish to participate.
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1540 Deputy Martin Ferris asked the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food the reason a farmer who imports calves from the Six Counties and keeps them for two years during which period they are tested twice cannot receive blue cards for these animals and thus sell them on the same basis to processors.
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1584 Deputy Martin Ferris asked the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food the value of fish caught in Irish waters by Norwegian vessels on an annual basis since 2001.
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1558 Deputy Martin Ferris asked the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food the proportion of the total annual catch in fishing zones outside the EU which accrues to Irish vessels.
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1539 Deputy Martin Ferris asked the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food if he will provide figures for the total landings in tonnage and value for all Irish fishing boats for the most recent year available.
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1537 Deputy Martin Ferris asked the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food the gross output for the fish processing sector in 2007 or the most recent year for which statistics are available.
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1536 Deputy Martin Ferris asked the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food the number of people employed in the fish processing sector; and the numbers employed on a county basis.
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1452 Deputy Martin Ferris asked the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government if he will be making funding available to local authorities in respect of the purchase of high volume pumps for use by local fire brigade services in order to meet the demand of recent flooding.
[30210/08]
1444 Deputy Martin Ferris asked the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government if he is satisfied that waste collected by private companies here is not exported in order to be illegally dumped in other jurisdictions.
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1405 Deputy Martin Ferris asked the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government if he will increase his Department’s 2008 housing construction and regeneration allocation to Tralee Town Council; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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1192 Deputy Martin Ferris asked the Minister for Community, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs if an application for Leader funding has been made by a group (details supplied) in County Kerry; and when a decision will be made on the application.
[31207/08]
603 Deputy Martin Ferris asked the Minister for Health and Children if a decision has been made in relation to an application for lottery funding by a group (details supplied) in County Kerry; and if she will make a statement on the matter.
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602 Deputy Martin Ferris asked the Minister for Health and Children if she will address the shortfall in funding from the Health Service Executive to a group (details supplied) in County Kerry which is having a serious affect on their ability to provide essential services to people with intellectual disabilities in the area; and if she will make a statement on the matter.
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743 Deputy Martin Ferris asked the Minister for Education and Science, further to Parliamentary Question No. 79 of 9 April 2008 on the circular regarding early immersion education, the basis on which his Department has concluded that a research project to ascertain the impact on student performance of various models of immersion education research was likely to be inconclusive in view of the many variables at play.
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742 Deputy Martin Ferris asked the Minister for Education and Science if the advice of a body with the necessary expertise to carry out a research project into immersion education was consulted by his Department before it made the assessment that such research was likely to be inconclusive.
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741 Deputy Martin Ferris asked the Minister for Education and Science, further to Parliamentary Question No. 79 of 9 April 2008 on the circular regarding early immersion education, the significantly wider public policy matters other than the subset of learning impact that were considered by him before it was decided to issue the circular.
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740 Deputy Martin Ferris asked the Minister for Education and Science if he will review the decisions made by a special education needs organiser which confirmed reduced access to special needs assistants for pupils in a school (details supplied) in County Galway; and if he will treat the situation in the school as a matter of priority.
[29005/08]
592 Deputy Martin Ferris asked the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food the number of farmers who have ceased production since the introduction of the single farm payment.
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591 Deputy Martin Ferris asked the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food the number of farmers in each of the Munster, Ulster and Connacht counties who have ceased production since the introduction of the single farm payment.
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590 Deputy Martin Ferris asked the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food the number of people currently employed on a full-time or part-time basis in fish processing; and the counties in which they are employed.
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589 Deputy Martin Ferris asked the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food the number of people employed in fish processing; and the counties in which they were employed in 1998.
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588 Deputy Martin Ferris asked the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food his views on the introduction of a country of origin labelling system for all fish products sold here.
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73 Deputy Martin Ferris asked the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government his views on a claim (details supplied) that the report of an archaeologist regarding the M3 motorway at Tara, County Meath was falsified; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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18 Deputy Martin Ferris asked the Minister for Education and Science if he will review the recent decision by a special educational needs organiser to confirm reduced access to special needs assistants for pupils in schools, such as a school (details supplied) in Inisowen, County Donegal.
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15 Deputy Martin Ferris asked the Minister for Education and Science if he has further plans to reform the provision of English as an additional language education in schools to cater for the varying levels of English of international students.
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95 Deputy Martin Ferris asked the Minister for Defence if he will explain the loss of one of two unmanned air vehicle spy drones purchased in 2007 at a cost of €800,000; if the reason for it going missing has been established; and if the costs can be recouped from the Israeli arms manufacturing company from whom it was purchased.
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417 Deputy Martin Ferris asked the Minister for Education and Science the number of students currently studying agricultural science and rural agribusiness courses.
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389 Deputy Martin Ferris asked the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food if he will push for the Irish Government to demand a complete reform of the Common Fisheries Policy in order to revise the allocation of quota and access by non-Irish fleets to Irish waters.
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382 Deputy Martin Ferris asked the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food the designation for shellfish in Lough Foyle; and if there are changes expected to this designation in the near future.
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377 Deputy Martin Ferris asked the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food the number of farmers who are also engaged in off-farm employment; and the proportion of farm incomes generated in this way.
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376 Deputy Martin Ferris asked the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food the number of farmers who are engaged in directly selling to consumers through farmers markets.
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374 Deputy Martin Ferris asked the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food if he will make a statement on regional and local food branding initiatives.
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373 Deputy Martin Ferris asked the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food the proportion of food sold and consumed here that is produced in Ireland.
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142 Deputy Martin Ferris asked the Taoiseach the number of people who have left farming in Counties Cork, Kerry, Clare, Limerick, Galway, Mayo, Sligo, Leitrim, Roscommon and Donegal since 1998; and the type of employments most have moved into.
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135 Deputy Martin Ferris asked the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food the proportion of the fish landed in Irish ports processed in this country as opposed to exported raw.
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110 Deputy Martin Ferris asked the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food if he has proposals to introduce a ban on the importation of pate foie gras in view of the fact that it is illegal to produce it in this country.
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95 Deputy Martin Ferris asked the Minister for Social and Family Affairs her views on mailing every older person a booklet highlighting their entitlements upon their becoming eligible for a pension, as suggested recently by numerous age action groups.
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75 Deputy Martin Ferris asked the Minister for Social and Family Affairs her views on paying the fuel allowance during the summer months to take into consideration both the nature of the summer here and the spiralling cost of fuel.
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58 Deputy Martin Ferris asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if she will draft legislation that will enshrine the right to collective bargaining and the right to strike for Irish workers.
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