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Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Trade Agreements (13 Nov 2013)

Martin Ferris: 149. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the actions he is taking to prevent the same market access concessions as were given to Canada in the Comprehensive Economic and Trade Agreement being made available to the United States during its current negotiations of a trade deal with the EU. [48558/13]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Milk Quota Trading Scheme (13 Nov 2013)

Martin Ferris: 150. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the volume of milk quota being offered, and being sought, by Irish farmers in circumstances where the State has exceeded its quota six months before the quota year ends. [48559/13]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Horse Racing Industry Development (13 Nov 2013)

Martin Ferris: 151. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will provide in tabular form, on an annual basis for the past five years, the value of exports of thoroughbred horses and the number of horses being exported. [48560/13]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Fish Quotas (13 Nov 2013)

Martin Ferris: 152. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if the Sentinel herring quota for small vessels in the Dunmore box will be lost if the quota is not fulfilled in the period specified in 2013. [48561/13]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Fish Quotas (13 Nov 2013)

Martin Ferris: 153. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if the sentinel herring quota for small vessels in the Dunmore box is not fulfilled before 27 December 2013 he will allow a period in January 2014 for the quota to be fulfilled. [48562/13]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Fish Quotas (13 Nov 2013)

Martin Ferris: 154. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if the Sentinel herring quota for small vessels in the Dunmore box is not fulfilled in 2013, that it will not be reduced in 2014. [48563/13]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Fish Quotas (13 Nov 2013)

Martin Ferris: 156. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine his views on the situation whereby Dutch factory vessels in Irish waters remain at sea for an entire year with half the mackerel quota that Irish vessels have, while Irish vessels may remain at sea for only half a year, due to lack of quota. [48565/13]

Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: Trade Agreements (14 Nov 2013)

Martin Ferris: 2. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the health information Canadian beef and pork producers will be obliged to provide before their exports will be allowed onto the Irish market. [48506/13]

Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: Trade Agreements (14 Nov 2013)

Martin Ferris: The Canada-European Union Free Trade Agreement, CETA, was welcomed by the Canadian establishment and particularly by the Canadian Prime Minister. It means the removal of all tariffs from much Canadian produce on the EU market. What will this mean for Irish industry, particularly farming? I recollect that when John Bryan was chairman of the Irish Farmers' Association, IFA, livestock...

Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: Trade Agreements (14 Nov 2013)

Martin Ferris: What will it mean for Ireland?

Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: Trade Agreements (14 Nov 2013)

Martin Ferris: The Minister will be aware that the second largest beef producer in Canada, XL Foods Inc., had its operation closed down due to an E.coli outbreak. A $10 million court case was brought by people who became ill due to the outbreak. The plant owners have claimed that the Canadian Food Inspection Agency's testing practices at the time were not stringent enough to protect consumers from the...

Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: Trade Agreements (14 Nov 2013)

Martin Ferris: As the Minister said, the concern is that it opens the door and once the door is opened, where does it end? The concern for Irish producers is whether they can compete, given the traceability and stringent measures that are applicable here, with countries over which the EU has no control and which do not have a very good track record.

Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: Sugar Industry (14 Nov 2013)

Martin Ferris: 5. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the position regarding restarting the beet industry as a result of the proposed end of the beet quota in 2017; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [48507/13]

Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: Sugar Industry (14 Nov 2013)

Martin Ferris: We in Sinn Féin, and many others, totally opposed the closure of the sugar beet industry. It should never have been privatised but should have remained in public ownership. That industry served rural Ireland very well. Sugar beet should have been retained as a rotation crop for corn and wheat producers. There are encouraging signs at the moment, so can the Minister provide an update...

Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: Sugar Industry (14 Nov 2013)

Martin Ferris: I welcome that people are attempting to make this happen. It would appear from the Minister's reply that those attempts are credible and that the project is being advanced. The Minister mentioned that the State would not provide financial support. I ask that if some support is required to get it over the line the Minister would reconsider that decision. I am not suggesting that this will...

Business of Dáil (14 Nov 2013)

Martin Ferris: This is a terrible way to do business. In ten minutes, an announcement will be made with five minutes allocated to Opposition parties to respond without even knowing what is the announcement. It is disgraceful and the Government is treating the House with contempt given it can come in here and do this without accountability. It is a bad way to do business and it sets a bad example. This...

Local Government Bill 2013: Second Stage (Resumed) (14 Nov 2013)

Martin Ferris: There is no doubt that our system of local government needed overhauling and we would not argue otherwise. Local government is one of the most important of any type of democracy and if it was properly reformed it would have a good deal to offer. Successive Governments have talked about the need for reform and then used that concept to cut the heart and soul out of the system. There has...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Land Parcel Review (14 Nov 2013)

Martin Ferris: 154. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the position regarding the clawback of single farm payments and the ongoing land parcel review; if he will clarify the number of land parcels that have been reviewed to date; of those reviewed to date, the number that had over claims; the number of farmers to which this relates; the average and range of the over claim in percentage...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Charges (19 Nov 2013)

Martin Ferris: 720. To ask the Minister for Health if it is normal practice for public hospitals to send accident and emergency bills to the next of kin of those who die as a result of road traffic accidents; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [49588/13]

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Annual Report 2011: Discussion with Marine Institute (19 Nov 2013)

Martin Ferris: I congratulate the delegates on the tremendously exciting discovery at the Goban Spur. I am trying to figure out how oysters can survive and spawn in these water temperatures and at such depths. It seems to go against much of what fishermen know. Will the delegates elaborate on the discovery and its potential? With the shelf wall around the Porcupine Bank and further south down to the...