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Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Landing Obligation Update and Fishing Fleet Management: Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine (30 Jun 2015)

Martin Ferris: They are under quota. The argument is flawed. They are not asking for extra quota.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Landing Obligation Update and Fishing Fleet Management: Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine (30 Jun 2015)

Martin Ferris: It is for safety reasons.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Landing Obligation Update and Fishing Fleet Management: Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine (30 Jun 2015)

Martin Ferris: From the Minister's responses, he seems to place an awful lot of faith in negotiating with the producer organisations, POs. What is essential here is that whatever submissions are made or whatever talks go on, they must be all-inclusive. The Minister should enter negotiations with an open mind and should try to find an outcome that will have the safety aspects at its centre. There are...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Landing Obligation Update and Fishing Fleet Management: Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine (30 Jun 2015)

Martin Ferris: There is nothing straightforward for fishermen.

Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: Horse Racing Industry Development (1 Jul 2015)

Martin Ferris: 2. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he is aware of the effort of the Irish Harness Racing Association to stage races at Dundalk race track, County Louth, the objection to this by the publicly funded Horse Racing Ireland and the obstacle this is to the development of the sport of harness racing; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [26202/15]

Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: Horse Racing Industry Development (1 Jul 2015)

Martin Ferris: Is the Minister aware of the efforts of the Irish Harness Racing Association, IHRA, to stage races at Dundalk race track? Being an all-weather track, it is the only suitable race track in the State, to my knowledge. Is the Minister aware of the objection by the publicly funded organisation, Horse Racing Ireland, HRI? It is my understanding HRI has members on the board in Dundalk. I have...

Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: Horse Racing Industry Development (1 Jul 2015)

Martin Ferris: I thank the Minister for his reply. A presentation was made here the week before last and it is my understanding the French harness racing association is prepared to make a significant investment and provide prize money for three meetings at Dundalk race track if the IHRA can arrange them. I also understand a harness racing meeting was held before at Dundalk race trace and that it was quite...

Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: Horse Racing Industry Development (1 Jul 2015)

Martin Ferris: I am encouraged by what the Minister has said. The track in Dundalk is privately owned. It is not owned by Horse Racing Ireland, although it has two members on the board. It is disgraceful that HRI can exercise its influence over the track to deny the Irish Harness Racing Association the right to hold an event there. I am disgusted by it because I see it as a status thing. Because HRI is...

Other Questions: Bovine Disease Controls (1 Jul 2015)

Martin Ferris: 9. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will provide an update on the suspected case of bovine spongiform encephalopathy, BSE, in County Louth and its probable consequences for the negligible risk status afforded to Ireland by the World Organisation for Animal Health. [26065/15]

Other Questions: Bovine Disease Controls (1 Jul 2015)

Martin Ferris: The Minister answered most of this question when replying to Deputy Broughan's question but what are the consequences of a negligible risk status following the outbreak of BSE in County Louth? How will it affect our international exports, particularly with the opening of the markets in China?

Other Questions: Bovine Disease Controls (1 Jul 2015)

Martin Ferris: It is very seldom any compliments are thrown around this House but let me say at the outset that the Minister and his Department have done a very good job in this instance and it is worth noting. Regarding the contamination and where it came from and so forth, my understanding is that the animal in question was the daughter of an import or an import itself from Germany.

Other Questions: Bovine Disease Controls (1 Jul 2015)

Martin Ferris: Retrospective testing was done there as well. What about the calves from this cow? She was a six year old cow. I assume she had four calves. Were the calves male or female and did any of those calves find their way into the food chain?

Leaders' Questions (1 Jul 2015)

Martin Ferris: The Taoiseach has no empathy.

Leaders' Questions (1 Jul 2015)

Martin Ferris: He sat there like a lapdog.

Topical Issue Debate: Hospital Facilities (1 Jul 2015)

Martin Ferris: I am raising the issue of the respiratory unit for cystic fibrosis patients in Cork University Hospital for several reasons, not least of which is the current crisis. I knew personally several people who passed away as a consequence of that terrible illness, including Billy Burke who passed away a number of years ago, Mary Hand from Dingle and Kieran Treacy who was a great friend of mine. I...

Topical Issue Debate: Hospital Facilities (1 Jul 2015)

Martin Ferris: 4 o’clock The HSE has been aware of this issue since 2011 and Joe Browne himself said there was no other project on the ground. He said that, since 2011, they knew they had to plan for staffing requirements and staffing has been on the agenda of the project group's monthly meetings since January 2012. How can it be that the HSE was aware of it, the staffing project was aware of...

One-Parent Family Payment Scheme: Motion (Resumed) [Private Members] (1 Jul 2015)

Martin Ferris: 10 o’clock The way we truly measure a caring government or society is how it treats its young, the elderly, people with disabilities and those most discriminated against by the economic system within a state. If we apply this as a benchmark to past Governments and particularly the Government, I can assure the House that they have failed miserably. The Government's latest...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Special Protection Areas Designation (1 Jul 2015)

Martin Ferris: 27. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine following the statement by the European Union Commissioner for Agriculture and Rural Development, Mr. Phil Hogan, regarding compensation to those farmers whose lands were designated a special protection area for the protection of the hen harrier, if he will confirm that funds were allocated by the European Union to compensate these...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Russian Market (1 Jul 2015)

Martin Ferris: 35. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will report on the current situation regarding the Russian ban on food imports from the European Union and how this is affecting Ireland. [26067/15]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Dairy Sector (1 Jul 2015)

Martin Ferris: 37. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he is aware that prices being paid by processors to milk producers are becoming a cause of concern for the prospects of the dairy sector; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [26066/15]