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Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Agriculture and Fisheries Councils and Report on Promoting Sustainable Rural Coastal and Island Communities: Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine (10 Jun 2014)

Martin Ferris: I am referring to a closing date for applications.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Agriculture and Fisheries Councils and Report on Promoting Sustainable Rural Coastal and Island Communities: Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine (10 Jun 2014)

Martin Ferris: On the practice of V-notching, I welcome the decision to increase the current maximum of 55% to a new maximum of 75%. I am at a loss, however, to understand the position regarding large lobsters. The figure is either 127 mm or 128 mm.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Agriculture and Fisheries Councils and Report on Promoting Sustainable Rural Coastal and Island Communities: Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine (10 Jun 2014)

Martin Ferris: Is there evidence to prove that they-----

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Agriculture and Fisheries Councils and Report on Promoting Sustainable Rural Coastal and Island Communities: Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine (10 Jun 2014)

Martin Ferris: Okay.

Death and Burial of Children in Mother and Baby Homes: Motion (Resumed) [Private Members] (11 Jun 2014)

Martin Ferris: It is a cliché to say that a society is judged by how it treats its most vulnerable but it is true. God knows but we have many reasons to come up wanting in that judgment, not just in the past but today, when sick people have to fight, beg and shout to get help. There is a lot of talk about the times that were in it then, when women who were pregnant outside the strict rules of Irish...

Written Answers — Department of Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Special Areas of Conservation Designation (11 Jun 2014)

Martin Ferris: 15. To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the reason no compensation was paid to land designated as a special protection area for the hen harrier despite the fact that applicants were promised €14,000 for the first 100 acres. [20213/14]

Leaders' Questions (17 Jun 2014)

Martin Ferris: Who will get the gas?

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Property Taxation Yield (17 Jun 2014)

Martin Ferris: 144. To ask the Minister for Finance the amount raised through the local property tax in County Kerry in 2013 and to date in 2014; and the amount expected to be raised for the remainder of 2014. [25248/14]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Property Taxation Yield (17 Jun 2014)

Martin Ferris: 166. To ask the Minister for Finance the amount raised through the local property tax in County Tipperary in 2013 and to date in 2014; and the amount expected to be raised for the remainder of 2014. [25677/14]

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Carer's Allowance Appeals (17 Jun 2014)

Martin Ferris: 350. To ask the Minister for Social Protection when a decision will be made on a carer's allowance appeal in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Kerry who submitted their appeal in October 2013. [25825/14]

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Carer's Allowance Appeals (17 Jun 2014)

Martin Ferris: 351. To ask the Minister for Social Protection when a decision on a carer's allowance appeal in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Kerry will issue. [25831/14]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Services (17 Jun 2014)

Martin Ferris: 697. To ask the Minister for Health when a person (details supplied) in County Kerry will receive an MRI scan [25851/14]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Medical Card Applications (17 Jun 2014)

Martin Ferris: 698. To ask the Minister for Health if he will consider returning a discretionary medical card on medical not financial grounds, to a person (details supplied) in County Kerry [25852/14]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Services Provision (17 Jun 2014)

Martin Ferris: 739. To ask the Minister for Health his views on the treatment of a person (details supplied), who is a patient diagnosed with a neurological condition, in Kerry General Hospital and currently being treated in the psychiatric unit there. [26082/14]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Services Provision (17 Jun 2014)

Martin Ferris: 740. To ask the Minister for Health his views on plans to treat a person (details supplied) in a medical ward at Kerry General Hospital or a specialist centre such as Beaumont Hospital [26083/14]

Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: Beef Industry (19 Jun 2014)

Martin Ferris: 2. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine his plans to remedy the situation whereby the traditional trade in live cattle exports to the Northern Ireland has collapsed due to the penalisation of nomadic cattle by retail multiples there, due to the labelling problem which arises from cattle being born in the 26 counties and slaughtered in the North; if he has consulted with...

Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: Beef Industry (19 Jun 2014)

Martin Ferris: Are there any plans to remedy the situation regarding the traditional trade of sending live cattle from the South to the North? These cattle are known as nomadic cattle and this trade has effectively collapsed. What does the Minister intend to do about it? Has he met with the Minister in Northern Ireland, Michelle O'Neill? Have they formulated any plan to help remedy the situation?

Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: Beef Industry (19 Jun 2014)

Martin Ferris: Dialogue and serious dialogue are two different things. I cannot understand why the two Ministers on this island cannot resolve this issue. The people who are most affected by this are the smaller beef producers on the west coast. Traditionally, buyers from the Six Counties bought the cattle and that trade benefited everybody. It does not make sense that the two Ministers cannot resolve...

Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: Beef Industry (19 Jun 2014)

Martin Ferris: The Minister of State and I are on a different planet. His statement this morning that the Minister has the confidence of the farming community is not correct. Why have there been two protests in this city this week by the farmers most affected, that is, those in the beef sector and hill farmers, the people most in need? At this point, we need leadership. I cannot understand why the...

Other Questions: Beef Data Programme (19 Jun 2014)

Martin Ferris: 7. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine his views on data management and transparency within the beef industry, specifically the beef factories' access to the AIMS database and farm financial data, while farmers are not given access to the figures, collected by his Department, for the number of cattle slaughtered weekly or the level of inter-trading between meat factories;...