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Topical Issue Debate: Site Acquisitions (26 Feb 2013)

Martin Ferris: In looking for a suitable site for a new building, Kerry Education Service and the board of management of Gaelcholáiste Chiarraí were offered a site by Tralee Town Council as part of the regeneration project in Tralee in 2012. Based on the offer and the preliminary consultation with all parties at executive, school and local levels, Kerry Education Service brought the offer to the...

Topical Issue Debate: Site Acquisitions (26 Feb 2013)

Martin Ferris: I thank the Minister of State for his reply. I beg to differ with him because post-primary schools in Tralee are at bursting point. People are queuing up well in advance to get their child enrolled in Mercy Secondary School in Mounthawk. I mentioned the four feeder schools for Gaelcholáiste Chiarraí. There are also 15 other primary schools who are prepared to send students...

State Forestry: Motion [Private Members] (26 Feb 2013)

Martin Ferris: I welcome this motion as it is a timely opportunity to highlight a potentially disastrous decision to go ahead with the sale of harvesting rights in State-owned forests. This is an issue that has caught the public attention and the highlighting by people like the Woodland League, Deputies, myself and others in recent years of the likely move on Coillte has had the positive effect of holding...

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Energy and Natural Resources: Exploration Licences (26 Feb 2013)

Martin Ferris: To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources the amount of money that has been received from companies holding a licencing option in the past three years; if he will provide a breakdown of same; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [9978/13]

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Energy and Natural Resources: Prospecting Licences (26 Feb 2013)

Martin Ferris: To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources if companies (details supplied) hold a petroleum prospecting licence; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [9977/13]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Single Payment Scheme Payments (26 Feb 2013)

Martin Ferris: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will provide a breakdown of the numbler of farmers receiving €50,000 in single farm payment in County Clare; the number receiving below €5,000 per year. [9962/13]

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Use of Commonage Lands: Discussion (Resumed) with UFA and IFA (26 Feb 2013)

Martin Ferris: I thank Mr. Wall and Mr. Guerin for the presentation, which was well laid out, particularly the legal position on commonages and so forth. That is helpful for all of us who make decisions. Everything on a commonage is dependent on a commonsense approach because, as Deputy Ó Cuív said, one person can cause havoc as a shareholder on a commonage. The west is probably the area most...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Use of Commonage Lands: Discussion (Resumed) with UFA and IFA (26 Feb 2013)

Martin Ferris: It cannot be purchased.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Use of Commonage Lands: Discussion (Resumed) with UFA and IFA (26 Feb 2013)

Martin Ferris: It is questionable to tell farmers they must have four different breeds of sheep or cattle on the mountain. It takes between five and ten years for a new breed to integrate and become accustomed to the area. Sheep know their area and they go back there all the time. They develop an immunity to diseases that may prevail there. I thank the UFA for the presentation, which was informative and...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Use of Commonage Lands: Discussion (Resumed) with UFA and IFA (26 Feb 2013)

Martin Ferris: Does the witness have figures for the number of stakeholdings for which there is no longer a living person who has a claim to the stakeholding? Currently there is a large number of dormant stakeholders. Some families have died out or moved to another country and there is no actual connection with the stakeholding. Are there any figures for those?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Use of Commonage Lands: Discussion (Resumed) with UFA and IFA (26 Feb 2013)

Martin Ferris: It is 3,414 feet high.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Use of Commonage Lands: Discussion (Resumed) with UFA and IFA (26 Feb 2013)

Martin Ferris: I thank the IFA delegation for its presentation today and concur with much of what was said. Mr. Tom Fadian put it very well when he spoke about the west of Ireland, the interdependency of coastal communities and so forth. I refer to the huge damage that has been done to the west in particular with the economic decline and so forth. Many young people who potentially are good farmers have...

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Small and Medium Enterprises Supports (27 Feb 2013)

Martin Ferris: To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if he is encouraging small and medium enterprises to form consortiums when bidding for larger public procurement contracts; and in such instances the monetary value of a large contract. [10435/13]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Accommodation (27 Feb 2013)

Martin Ferris: To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he will ensure that a grant for prefab rental to a school (details supplied) in County Kerry is not withdrawn in Summer 2013. [10454/13]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Horticulture Sector (27 Feb 2013)

Martin Ferris: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if there will be a grant scheme for horticulture, including mushrooms, for 2014 following the close of the NDP funded scheme. [10473/13]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Mortgage Resolution Processes (28 Feb 2013)

Martin Ferris: To ask the Minister for Finance if has considered the impact of Irish Banking Federation’s Protocol of 31 January 2013 on the Credit Union movement. [10569/13]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Mortgage Resolution Processes (28 Feb 2013)

Martin Ferris: To ask the Minister for Finance if he has had contact with the Governor of the Central Bank on the issue of the Irish Banking Federation’s Protocol of 31January 2013; and his views on whether the Protocol will contribute to the ending of the mortgage crisis. [10568/13]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Accommodation (28 Feb 2013)

Martin Ferris: To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he has yet replied to correspondence from a school (details supplied) in County Kerry in relation to the withdrawal of a prefab grant and if not, when a reply will issue. [10846/13]

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Diseases of Animals Act 1966: Motion (28 Feb 2013)

Martin Ferris: I have no problem with that.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Business of Joint Committee (28 Feb 2013)

Martin Ferris: I requested that the Minister or some of his officials respond to the horse meat situation. I understand that he cannot do so today.