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Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: Commission on Domestic Public Water Services (17 Nov 2016)

Martin Ferris: 14. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government when the Independent Commission on Water will report to him; and the timeline and detail for the establishment of the special Oireachtas committee to consider the detail of the report. [35460/16]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government: Private Residential Tenancies Board Data (17 Nov 2016)

Martin Ferris: 85. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government the total number of landlords who currently own more than 20 units of private rented accommodation; the total number of such units and the total number of registered tenancies in these units. [35461/16]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Fisheries Protection (22 Nov 2016)

Martin Ferris: 485. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if his Department will allow for permanent observers on board super trawlers operating within the whale and dolphin sanctuary off the west coast [35747/16]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Immigration Status (29 Nov 2016)

Martin Ferris: 128. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the status of a person (details supplied); the reason there is such a long delay; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [37599/16]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Dental Services (29 Nov 2016)

Martin Ferris: 634. To ask the Minister for Health when a person (details supplied) can expect to receive a dental appointment at Kerry University Hospital; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [37755/16]

Leaders' Questions (1 Dec 2016)

Martin Ferris: Then do something about it.

Written Answers — Department of Health: Medicinal Products Availability (1 Dec 2016)

Martin Ferris: 214. To ask the Minister for Health the status of children with cystic fibrosis who are waiting for treatment with the drug Kalydeco; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [38100/16]

Order of Business (6 Dec 2016)

Martin Ferris: Regarding a commitment in the programme for Government for a sustainable rural Ireland, the Taoiseach will be aware of the huge losses incurred by grain farmers this harvest season, particularly west of the Shannon and in the south west. Many farmers have lost their entire incomes and there does not appear to be any aid package forthcoming to help them. Will the Taoiseach and the Minister...

Order of Business (6 Dec 2016)

Martin Ferris: I asked about the aid package.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Horse and Greyhound Racing Fund Regulations 2016: Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine (6 Dec 2016)

Martin Ferris: I thank the Minister for his presentation and contributions. I am quite conscious of the value that small breeders bring to rural communities and what the greyhound industry means to rural Ireland. I live in an area where every second person I know in the agriculture and farming sector in parts of North Kerry would also be breeding greyhounds, most of them do it at a loss. They do it...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Horse and Greyhound Racing Fund Regulations 2016: Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine (6 Dec 2016)

Martin Ferris: That is in people's memory

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Horse and Greyhound Racing Fund Regulations 2016: Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine (6 Dec 2016)

Martin Ferris: I am sticking to the motion. I would appreciate if I was not interrupted.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Horse and Greyhound Racing Fund Regulations 2016: Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine (6 Dec 2016)

Martin Ferris: Deputy Martin Kenny made a very valuable contribution on the difficulties that arise from a lack of co-operation. He referred to the lack of response to the questions that were put to Horse Racing Ireland when its representatives appeared before the committee in the recent past. Some of the questions remain still to be answered. I have raised the issue of harness racing and how the...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Horse and Greyhound Racing Fund Regulations 2016: Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine (6 Dec 2016)

Martin Ferris: It took ministerial intervention at this committee to get HRI to provide access to Dundalk track for harness races. This left a very bad taste in the mouths of many people.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Sea-Fisheries Sustainability Impact Assessment: Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine (6 Dec 2016)

Martin Ferris: I thank the Minister for his presentation. I concur with the remarks of Deputy Pringle. Each year we get a report suggesting it is hitting the floor and then the Minister comes back with a great success. This is a game plan and it does not wash with me. I imagine it does not wash with anyone who has been involved with the fishing sector over the years. Let us consider area VII. It...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Sea-Fisheries Sustainability Impact Assessment: Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine (6 Dec 2016)

Martin Ferris: I want to tease this out. The evidence I get from the people who are potting crayfish and lobsters is that they have never seen spurdog as thick in the water as they have been in the past two years.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Sea-Fisheries Sustainability Impact Assessment: Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine (6 Dec 2016)

Martin Ferris: I am not talking about one area but about the whole way from Kilmore Quay to Loop Head. I have been in every port and have spoken to people at the coalface. The scientific evidence does not take into account the people who are fishing it. I have had a problem for a long time with scientific evidence because it is not based on the experience of people who are part of the industry. I am...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Sea-Fisheries Sustainability Impact Assessment: Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine (6 Dec 2016)

Martin Ferris: I think-----

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Sea-Fisheries Sustainability Impact Assessment: Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine (6 Dec 2016)

Martin Ferris: I think we are making progress here. I want to see something come out of this meeting. I think we are making progress and that is------

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Sea-Fisheries Sustainability Impact Assessment: Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine (6 Dec 2016)

Martin Ferris: I do not want to be awkward.