53 Deputy Martin Ferris asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment her views on legislation in Dáil Éireann that would provide workers with the right to strike and collectively bargain.
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907 Deputy Martin Ferris asked the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the grounds on which a polling station for the Lisbon referendum was moved (details supplied).
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622 Deputy Martin Ferris asked the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food if he will provide relief to fishermen here in view of the crisis exacerbated by rising fuel costs and the fact that other EU states have provided such aid to their fishermen.
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99 Deputy Martin Ferris asked the Minister for Transport the amount of money that has been spent on public transport projects under Transport 21 in Counties Kerry, Limerick, Clare, Galway, Mayo, Sligo and Leitrim.
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6 Deputy Martin Ferris asked the Minister for Health and Children if she will establish a national working group comprising children with specific speech and language impairments and their parents and key agencies involved in service provision including her Department, the Department of Education and Science and the Health Service Executive, with a view to reviewing and establishing agreed terminology and diagnostic criteria for specific speech and language impairments and addressing policy and service development.
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150 Deputy Martin Ferris asked the Minister for Finance his views on whether changes could be made in relation to taxation and VAT which might provide relief for fishermen currently feeling the impact of rising fuel prices.
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144 Deputy Martin Ferris asked the Minister for Finance his view of the French call on the EU to sanction a reduction in VAT on fuel in order to alleviate the increased costs imposed on fishermen and farmers.
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68 Deputy Martin Ferris asked the Minister for Health and Children if she will guarantee that funding for renovations at Ennis Hospital will be delivered in full and on time; the projects this money will be used to complete; and if the costings of these works are based on current estimates and not old estimates drawn up some years ago when improvements were originally promised.
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32 Deputy Martin Ferris asked the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources his views on the proposal that the Corrib refinery be moved from Bellanaboy to an alternative site in County Mayo.
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7 Deputy Martin Ferris asked the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources his views on whether private companies will be able to ensure that all parts of rural Ireland receive broadband.
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363 Deputy Martin Ferris asked the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources if he will make a statement on the environmental benefits and disadvantages of biofuels.
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166 Deputy Martin Ferris asked the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform his views on the assessment of COSC by the National Domestic Violence Intervention Agency that the office has not made the impact it promised and the Government have not displayed a commitment to effecting real change; and if he will take on board and roll-out the model for dealing with cases of domestic violence developed by the NDVIA without further unnecessary delay.
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118 Deputy Martin Ferris asked the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform his views on the absence of legislation or guidelines governing covert surveillance by gardaí highlighted as a serious shortcoming by Justice Morris in his sixth report; the timeframe within which he will introduce legislation rectifying this deficit; and if his legislative proposals will include a requirement for judicial authorisation.
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279 Deputy Martin Ferris asked the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government if the list of playgrounds in County Kerry awarded grants in 2007 is available.
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220 Deputy Martin Ferris asked the Minister for Education and Science when he will allow a school (details supplied) in County Donegal to proceed to the next stage which is the tender stage for the necessary extension to the school; if his attention has been drawn to the fact that the first application for the new school was made 11 years ago and that many obstacles have been put in the board of management’s way over this time; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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203 Deputy Martin Ferris asked the Minister for Community, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs when the Ballynoneen, Asdee, County Kerry group water scheme will commence.
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159 Deputy Martin Ferris asked the Minister for Transport the amount of money that has been spent on public transport projects in Counties Kerry, Limerick, Clare, Galway, Mayo, Sligo and Leitrim, respectively, under Transport 21 since its launch.
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388 Deputy Martin Ferris asked the Minister for Education and Science if he has received a request from a school (details supplied) in County Kerry for extra accommodation at its existing rented premises for the school year starting September 2008 as its current premises is unsuitable to meet its needs; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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223 Deputy Martin Ferris asked the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the position of the residency application from a person (details supplied).
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149 Deputy Martin Ferris asked the Minister for Health and Children if funding will be made available to an organisation (details supplied) in County Kerry in order that they can provide support for people in need of support.
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148 Deputy Martin Ferris asked the Minister for Health and Children if funding will be made available to ensure a person (details supplied) in County Kerry will receive the necessary support.
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126 Deputy Martin Ferris asked the Minister for Social and Family Affairs if there are plans to withdraw funds from the social insurance fund to pay for rising unemployment costs; and if so, the amount that will need to be withdrawn.
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110 Deputy Martin Ferris asked the Minister for Social and Family Affairs if her Department engaged in a process of consultation before proposing the upcoming lone parents Bill; and if so, the persons with whom it consulted.
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552 Deputy Martin Ferris asked the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources if his Department has been informed of positive results from the drilling for oil and gas which has commenced off the coast of Donegal.
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545 Deputy Martin Ferris asked the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources the number of the Foyle fishermen who applied for compensation under the salmon hardship scheme who have received their payments to date; and the number awaiting payment.
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266 Deputy Martin Ferris asked the Minister for Transport the amount of money under Transport 21 that has been spent in Donegal on public transport projects since its launch.
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255 Deputy Martin Ferris asked the Minister for Transport if he is satisfied that all appropriate investigative procedures were followed by the relevant authorities after the drowning of persons (details supplied) on 14 March 2008.
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516 Deputy Martin Ferris asked the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform his views on the application of a person (details supplied) in County Cork for a permanent visa.
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436 Deputy Martin Ferris asked the Minister for Education and Science the position regarding the new building proposed for a school (details supplied) in County Kerry.
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419 Deputy Martin Ferris asked the Minister for Education and Science the position regarding the amalgamation of schools (details supplied) in County Kerry.
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376 Deputy Martin Ferris asked the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food if copies of the recent report by the Sea Fisheries Protection Authority are available to Members of Dáil Éireann or to the public.
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362 Deputy Martin Ferris asked the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food if he will make a statement regarding the application by a person (details supplied) in County Kerry for a waste management grant.
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295 Deputy Martin Ferris asked the Minister for Arts, Sport and Tourism his views on the implications Article 149 of the Lisbon Treaty will have with regard to the future direction and administration of sport here in view of the fact that it appears to set out the parameters for a European model of sport, and that sport will be one of the areas in which national states will not have a veto.
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165 Deputy Martin Ferris asked the Minister for Health and Children if she will make a statement on the delay in getting through the waiting list for repeat assessments for autistic children in the Kerry area.
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164 Deputy Martin Ferris asked the Minister for Health and Children if there will be no financial cuts to the Health Service Executive budget regarding primary community continuous care for the Kerry area.
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163 Deputy Martin Ferris asked the Minister for Health and Children when the vacancy for a psychologist by the Health Service Executive in the Kerry region will be filled.
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162 Deputy Martin Ferris asked the Minister for Health and Children when she will fill the vacant psychologist position at the Brothers of Charity, Kerry.
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61 Deputy Martin Ferris asked the Minister for Transport if he will formally commit to a plan to develop a rail line from Sligo to the city of Derry, creating an all-Ireland rail loop.
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197 Deputy Martin Ferris asked the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government if he will support the inclusion of a binding waste hierarchy in the proposed Waste Framework Directive.
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196 Deputy Martin Ferris asked the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the position the Government will take on the reclassification of incineration as energy recovery at Council level in decisions on the new proposed Waste Framework Directive when it returns to Council.
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195 Deputy Martin Ferris asked the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the position the Government took on the reclassification of incineration as energy recovery at European Council level in decisions on the new proposed Waste Framework Directive.
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136 Deputy Martin Ferris asked the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food the number of vessels detained since 1 January 2008; and the origins of each vessel.
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135 Deputy Martin Ferris asked the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food the number of verbal warnings and written warnings issued by the Sea Fisheries Protection Authority since 1 January 2008.
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12 Deputy Martin Ferris asked the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if the growing strength of the euro, which is projected by economists to reach above $1.60 in the months ahead, is having an impact on Ireland’s trade links with the US; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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72 Deputy Martin Ferris asked the Minister for Health and Children if she will require the Health Service Executive to urgently address the acute staff shortage at Tralee General Hospital; and if she will make a statement on the matter.
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64 Deputy Martin Ferris asked the Minister for Health and Children the cost-cutting measures imposed by the Health Service Executive in the southern region since September 2007; and if she will make a statement on the matter.
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34 Deputy Martin Ferris asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Finance his views on whether the failure to address the fact that for the past five years economic growth was driven by domestic consumption rather than by exports is partly to blame for the current economic situation and that if steps had been taken to address this matter at an early stage the prospects for the Irish economy would be better than they now are.
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25 Deputy Martin Ferris asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Finance his views on whether the commitments to reduce the standard rate of income tax to 18% and the top rate of income tax to 40% contained in the programme for Government are viable; and if he will make a statement outlining that it is not his intention to implement these proposed cuts.
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