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- Select Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Estimates for Public Services 2014
Vote 30 - Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine (Revised) (21 Jan 2014) Martin Ferris: Are the criteria different here?
- Select Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Estimates for Public Services 2014
Vote 30 - Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine (Revised) (21 Jan 2014) Martin Ferris: That is scandalous.
- Select Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Estimates for Public Services 2014
Vote 30 - Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine (Revised) (21 Jan 2014) Martin Ferris: It is scandalous.
- ESB (Electronic Communications Networks) Bill 2013: Second Stage (Resumed) (23 Jan 2014)
Martin Ferris: On behalf of Sinn Féin, I welcome the Bill. Ireland has been far behind in the provision of broadband services compared to other European countries, a fault that can be traced back, as has been referred to by previous speakers, to the privatisation of eircom in the late 1990s. Since that time, Ireland has being playing catch-up with our European neighbours in providing broadband...
- Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Departmental Properties (28 Jan 2014)
Martin Ferris: 321. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if he has given consideration to the possibility of handing over the former Garda station in Moyvane village, County Kerry to the local community; and if he will provide a timeline for same. [4007/14]
- Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Direct Payment Schemes Data (28 Jan 2014)
Martin Ferris: 641. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will provide in tabular form the number of farmers by county, holders of up to five hectares, affected by land eligibility imaging issues and so, subject to claw back of single farm payments. [4269/14]
- Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Direct Payment Schemes Data (28 Jan 2014)
Martin Ferris: 642. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will provide in tabular form the number of farmers by county, holders between five and ten hectares, affected by land eligibility imaging issues and so, subject to claw back of single farm payments. [4270/14]
- Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Direct Payment Schemes Data (28 Jan 2014)
Martin Ferris: 643. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will provide in tabular form the number of farmers by county, holders of between 10 and 15 hectares, affected by land eligibility imaging issues and so, subject to claw back of single farm payments. [4271/14]
- Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Direct Payment Schemes Data (28 Jan 2014)
Martin Ferris: 644. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will provide in tabular form the number of farmers by county, holders between 15 and 20 hectares, affected by land eligibility imaging issues and so, subject to claw back of single farm payments. [4272/14]
- Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Direct Payment Schemes Data (28 Jan 2014)
Martin Ferris: 645. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the percentage of each group which has been subjected to a claw back of 3% or less. [4273/14]
- Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Direct Payment Schemes Data (28 Jan 2014)
Martin Ferris: 646. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the percentage of each group which has been subjected to a claw back of over 20%. [4274/14]
- Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Direct Payment Schemes Data (28 Jan 2014)
Martin Ferris: 647. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the number of appeals against claw back of single farm payment, due to land eligibility issues that have been received by this Department. [4275/14]
- Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Direct Payment Schemes Data (28 Jan 2014)
Martin Ferris: 648. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the amount of money that has been clawed back from farmers as a result of land eligibility issues as a result of new imaging technology in use by his Department. [4276/14]
- Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Waiting Lists (28 Jan 2014)
Martin Ferris: 746. To ask the Minister for Health if his attention has been drawn to the fact that there is a six-month wait for outpatient cardiology appointments at Cork University Hospital; and if this length of time is putting patients with heart problems at serious risk in the Health Service Executive south region. [4009/14]
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Forestry Bill 2013: Discussion (Resumed) (28 Jan 2014)
Martin Ferris: I thank the witnesses for their presentations. The onus is on us as legislators to get the Bill right and to listen attentively to all sides of the argument. I am conscious of the importance of forestry to the west, particularly the south west, where there is a great deal of marginal land with no prospect of an income other than from forestry. It is of benefit to local communities and the...
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Forestry Bill 2013: Discussion (Resumed) (28 Jan 2014)
Martin Ferris: That is good to know. Has any of the witnesses spoken to the Department or the Minister about felling licences and the lack of a compensation procedure put in place? If people are denied a felling licence or if, for whatever reason, their forestry has no future value, has the issue of compensation been raised? What has the response been?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Forestry Bill 2013: Discussion (Resumed) (28 Jan 2014)
Martin Ferris: On that issue, the delegation has informed us that in the past three years 7,000 ha were not planted because sufficient funding was not provided in the budgetary allocation for the afforestation programme. Did the budget provide for the planting of 7,000 ha?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Forestry Bill 2013: Discussion (Resumed) (28 Jan 2014)
Martin Ferris: To return to the budget, is it the case that a budgetary allocation was made?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Forestry Bill 2013: Discussion (Resumed) (28 Jan 2014)
Martin Ferris: The reason it was not drawn down is that the people Mr. Fleming represents are demoralised.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Forestry Bill 2013: Discussion (Resumed) (28 Jan 2014)
Martin Ferris: That is the problem