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Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Accommodation (20 Jan 2016)

Martin Ferris: 149. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the status of two applications from a school (details supplied) made in November 2015, one of which is an emergency works and the other of which is an application for additional school accommodation, both of which are to accommodate a new pupil who uses a wheelchair and who will start school in 2016. [2405/16]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Staffing (20 Jan 2016)

Martin Ferris: 150. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will allocate a resource teacher to a school (details supplied) in County Kerry. [2412/16]

Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: Fishing Industry (21 Jan 2016)

Martin Ferris: 2. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will provide compensation for fishermen who, due to bad weather, have been unable to put to sea since November 2015 [2364/16]

Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: Fishing Industry (21 Jan 2016)

Martin Ferris: Like all of us the Minister is aware of the terrible weather conditions at the back of last year. There were six storms in about three months. That had an effect on inshore fishermen, in particular trawlers under 15 m, many of whom had not been able to put to sea from 3 November up to early January. Has the Minister put any compensation packages in place to help the fishermen?

Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: Fishing Industry (21 Jan 2016)

Martin Ferris: I welcome the carryover of the herring fishery. I understand the Minister is talking about 1,300 tones whereas the carryover allocation is only 1,000, so that they are at a loss of 300 tonnes. If that is incorrect I would appreciate if the Minister would correct me. Most boats have been tied up since 3 November and some have not been at sea for 75 days. I am not talking only about the...

Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: Fishing Industry (21 Jan 2016)

Martin Ferris: The difficulty in accessing support from the Department of Social Protection is proving hugely difficulty. I have been working on this issue for quite some. There is another aspect I wish to put on the record.

Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: Fishing Industry (21 Jan 2016)

Martin Ferris: Thank you.

Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: Fishing Industry (21 Jan 2016)

Martin Ferris: The difficulty with the mutual fund is that fishermen have to put money into the fund. I live in the area. I know the difficulties they have and the Minister probably has a good idea of them also. They have insurance and bank loans. They have to replace gear on an annual basis and try to find funding to do that. They are existing, not living. That is the problem. Some 80% of the Irish...

Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: Fishing Industry (21 Jan 2016)

Martin Ferris: I was referring to the Tánaiste and Minister for Social Protection.

Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: Fishing Industry (21 Jan 2016)

Martin Ferris: How much?

Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: Hardship Grant Scheme (21 Jan 2016)

Martin Ferris: 5. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will put a relief or compensation scheme in place for those farmers whose land has suffered severe damage due to recent flooding. [2365/16]

Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: Hardship Grant Scheme (21 Jan 2016)

Martin Ferris: Following the terrible weather conditions in the lead-up to Christmas and afterwards, in many areas, there was unprecedented terrible flooding on farmland and consequential losses incurred. Has the Minister put in place any mechanism whereby people can access support to deal with the vast losses they have incurred?

Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: Hardship Grant Scheme (21 Jan 2016)

Martin Ferris: I thank the Minister. I appreciate the work done during this terrible period by the Minister, the Minister of State, Deputy Simon Harris, the farming organisations and communities to try to help each other in very difficult circumstances. This January and at the end of December, land was flooded that had never been flooded before. Some tens of thousands of acres were damaged. The...

Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: Hardship Grant Scheme (21 Jan 2016)

Martin Ferris: I am disappointed. I would have assumed that grass was feed for the coming months, particularly February and March, when there would be early grass. This is gone for many farmers. Some of those affected are the more marginal and less well-off people. It will cost a lot to plough, rotovate, re-seed and fertilise land and put it back in working use. Many of the people affected do not have...

Leaders' Questions (21 Jan 2016)

Martin Ferris: Will the Tánaiste answer the question?

Transatlantic Trade and Investment Partnership: Statements (21 Jan 2016)

Martin Ferris: It is hard, in such a short time, to express all the concerns I have about TTIP. For a start, the fact that the negotiations are being held in such secrecy creates an uneasy atmosphere about the agreement that will finally emerge. There are threats to workers' rights, to our food safety standards, to agriculture and to our very sovereignty, in the sense that investor state dispute...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Beef Exports (21 Jan 2016)

Martin Ferris: 17. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine why beef exports to the United States of America were worth only €11 million in 2015, when predictions were that sales there would amount to €50 to €100 million. [2277/16]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Beef Industry (21 Jan 2016)

Martin Ferris: 29. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the measures he will take to ensure healthy competition prevails in the Irish beef industry. [2276/16]

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Carer's Allowance Applications (26 Jan 2016)

Martin Ferris: 102. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Social Protection when a decision on an application under the carer's allowance scheme for a person (details supplied) in County Kerry will be made; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [2940/16]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Appointment Status (26 Jan 2016)

Martin Ferris: 323. To ask the Minister for Health when a person (details supplied) in County Kerry will have required surgery carried out at Kerry General Hospital. [2828/16]