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Wed, 24 Apr 2013
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Departmental Staff Data
Martin Ferris
34. Deputy Martin Ferris asked the Minister for Social Protection the number of unfilled positions within her Department and their titles; and the dates on which she expects to fill these positions. [18838/13]
Wed, 24 Apr 2013
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Community Employment Schemes Places
Martin Ferris
41. Deputy Martin Ferris asked the Minister for Social Protection if she will provide details on the operation of the proposed local authority community employment scheme; if she will provide the timetable for its roll out; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [18839/13]
Tue, 23 Apr 2013
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Job Creation
Martin Ferris
111. Deputy Martin Ferris asked the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation in view of the centrality of business and trade to economic recovery across the island, the proposals he has developed to extend the budget and remit of Intertrade Ireland. [18632/13]
Tue, 23 Apr 2013
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Job Creation
Martin Ferris
132. Deputy Martin Ferris asked the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the steps he has taken to ensure that where there is job creation policy alignment North and South that joint working is developed. [18633/13]
Tue, 23 Apr 2013
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Property Taxation Collection
Martin Ferris
247. Deputy Martin Ferris asked the Minister for Finance if persons paying property tax through the post office are subject to a transaction charge. [18892/13]
Tue, 23 Apr 2013
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Home Tuition Scheme Provision
Martin Ferris
279. Deputy Martin Ferris asked the Minister for Education and Skills when a decision on a home tuition grant will be made in repsect of a person (details supplied) [18772/13]
Tue, 23 Apr 2013
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Domiciliary Care Allowance Applications
Martin Ferris
378. Deputy Martin Ferris asked the Minister for Social Protection when a decision on an application for domiciliary care in repsect of a person (details supplied) will be made. [18771/13]
Wed, 17 Apr 2013
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State Examinations
Martin Ferris
50. Deputy Martin Ferris asked the Minister for Education and Skills his views on whether the proposed changes to the Junior Certificate cycle will devalue the status of the exam amongst students, parents and teachers; and if he will respond to the view expressed by the Teachers Union of Ireland that the Junior Certificate is to be downgraded from a high stakes exam to an internal school assessment process. [17577/13]
Tue, 16 Apr 2013
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Children and Family Services
Martin Ferris
170. Deputy Martin Ferris asked the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the progress achieved towards a resolution of the issue of the proposed transfer of community psychology services from the Health Service Executive to the new Child and Family Support Agency; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [17279/13]
Tue, 16 Apr 2013
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Revenue Commissioners Operations
Martin Ferris
283. Deputy Martin Ferris asked the Minister for Finance in the plan to move the Revenue Commissioners payroll from Ennis to the Shared Services Centre in Killarney, if there are any proposals to redeploy staff from Tralee; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [16628/13]
Tue, 16 Apr 2013
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Common Agricultural Policy Reform
Martin Ferris
999. Deputy Martin Ferris asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will legislate to impose a limit on the amount of farm payments accruing to one individual once an agreement has been concluded. [16370/13]
Thu, 28 Mar 2013
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Official Engagements
Martin Ferris
18. Deputy Martin Ferris asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if he discussed issues which are directly affecting the Irish peace process and the difficulties that have been experienced recently with loyalist protest with the American Secretary of State John Kerry during their meeting on 18 March. [15526/13]
Thu, 28 Mar 2013
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Food Labelling
Martin Ferris
43. Deputy Martin Ferris asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if his attention has been drawn to the proposal by the Dutch government to ask retail chains in the Netherlands to state the origin of products from Israeli settlements in the West Bank, East Jerusalem and the Golan Heights; and if he will consider following the Dutch Government’s example. [15532/13]
Wed, 27 Mar 2013
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Tourism Promotion
Martin Ferris
38. Deputy Martin Ferris asked the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he acknowledges the unique and rich history of Cobh, County Cork and the town’s potential to become one of the main tourist destinations outside of Dublin; the reason thus far no plans have been put in place by his Department to develop it as an significant tourist destination; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [15313/13]
Wed, 27 Mar 2013
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Tourism Promotion
Martin Ferris
45. Deputy Martin Ferris asked the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the way he intends to respond to the official data which indicates that overseas visitors to the Republic of Ireland were flat for 2012 when compared with 2011; his plans to ensure growth as opposed to a flattening out or deterioration in the number of overseas visitors for 2013; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [15309/13]
Tue, 26 Mar 2013
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Agriculture Schemes Payments
Martin Ferris
102. Deputy Martin Ferris asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the amount of SFP and other Common Agricultural Policy payments that are paid to registered companies not directly involved in farm production; and if he will support the ending of such payments. [15061/13]
Tue, 26 Mar 2013
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Food Labelling
Martin Ferris
111. Deputy Martin Ferris asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine his plans to ensure that food processors and traders are obliged in future to report the results of tests that they conduct themselves and which indicate irregularities or contamination. [14996/13]
Tue, 26 Mar 2013
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Food Labelling
Martin Ferris
115. Deputy Martin Ferris asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he supports the proposal to introduce new legislation, in view of the food contamination cases, to tighten up traceability and country of origin labelling. [14668/13]
Tue, 26 Mar 2013
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Home Help Service Provision
Martin Ferris
514. Deputy Martin Ferris asked the Minister for Health if he will provide a breakdown of the number of home help hours delivered in County Kerry in 2010, 2011, 2012 and the number that will be delivered in 2013. [14758/13]
Thu, 21 Mar 2013
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Departmental Contracts
Martin Ferris
35. Deputy Martin Ferris asked the Minister for Finance his views on the fact that the State awarded Ernst and Young almost €7 million in public contracts in 2011 and 2012, despite the fact the company has an investigation pending from Chartered Accountants Regulatory Board regarding its role as Anglo Irish Bank’s auditors before and during the banking crisis. [14078/13]