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Written Answers — Department of Health: Medical Card Administration (8 Mar 2017)

Martin Ferris: 72. To ask the Minister for Health the data collection processes that exist in respect of the return of medical cards following death; the number of medical cards that were returned and cancelled as a result of patient death in each of the past five years; the number of death certificates signed by general practitioners in respect of GMS patients; the number of medical cards that were not...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Services Funding (8 Mar 2017)

Martin Ferris: 112. To ask the Minister for Health the investment required in the Health Service Executive, HSE, information technology budget to bring it up to the OECD average; the projects that are being held up as a result of lower levels of investment in the HSE information technology budget; the investment that would be required in HSE information technology in order to modernise and bring benefits to...

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: State Properties (21 Mar 2017)

Martin Ferris: 634. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if he will provide a list of all State properties sold in County Kerry between 2011 and February 2017; and the valuation of each at the time of sale. [13642/17]

Questions on Promised Legislation (6 Apr 2017)

Martin Ferris: In January of this year, a woman by the name of Trish Flavin died suddenly leaving five children - twins aged five, a boy aged six and two girls aged 11 and 16. Her husband and I would argue strongly that this was a consequence of them being the victim of the tracker mortgage scandal. In 2016, they received an eviction notice and repossession order from the Bank of Ireland. On 14 February,...

Leaders' Questions (11 Apr 2017)

Martin Ferris: The Taoiseach is a disgrace.

Written Answers — Department of Children and Youth Affairs: School Funding (11 Apr 2017)

Martin Ferris: 807. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the number of schools in County Kerry, both secondary and primary, that have been affected by the cut to the counselling grant. [17728/17]

Written Answers — Department of Children and Youth Affairs: School Funding (11 Apr 2017)

Martin Ferris: 808. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the amount which was allocated to schools in County Kerry for counselling in each of the years, 2011 to 2016, inclusive. [17729/17]

Written Answers — Department of Children and Youth Affairs: School Funding (11 Apr 2017)

Martin Ferris: 809. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the reason the counselling grant is being cut; and the detail of the replacement payment in this regard. [17730/17]

Leaders' Questions (Resumed) (12 Apr 2017)

Martin Ferris: Answer the questions.

Leaders' Questions (Resumed) (12 Apr 2017)

Martin Ferris: Answer the questions.

Inland Fisheries (Amendment) Bill 2017: Second Stage (13 Apr 2017)

Martin Ferris: Like my colleague, Deputy Stanley, I am very supportive of the Bill. We will facilitate its passage through the House without any difficulties. Effectively, the Bill does little more than give actual powers of prosecution to Inland Fisheries Ireland. It puts the onus of responsibility on the latter to ensure that our rivers are properly policed, to protect the environment of those rivers...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Arts, Heritage, Regional, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs: Sustaining Viable Rural Communities: Discussion (Resumed) (26 Apr 2017)

Martin Ferris: I welcome my colleagues from Daingean Uí Chúis in the south west. I also welcome Ms Parke. Did Sean O'Donoghue work for the Department?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Arts, Heritage, Regional, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs: Sustaining Viable Rural Communities: Discussion (Resumed) (26 Apr 2017)

Martin Ferris: Did he work for the European Union as well?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Arts, Heritage, Regional, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs: Sustaining Viable Rural Communities: Discussion (Resumed) (26 Apr 2017)

Martin Ferris: He is in charge of KFO now.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Arts, Heritage, Regional, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs: Sustaining Viable Rural Communities: Discussion (Resumed) (26 Apr 2017)

Martin Ferris: I just wanted to clear that point up.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Arts, Heritage, Regional, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs: Sustaining Viable Rural Communities: Discussion (Resumed) (26 Apr 2017)

Martin Ferris: I come from a fishing background and I am acutely aware of the politicisation of the industry going right back to 1972 when the fishing constituencies in this country were sold out in the negotiation on entering the European Union, which was then the European Economic Community. From the figures, I note that €98.73 million went to the RSW sector last year and €24.056 million to...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Arts, Heritage, Regional, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs: Sustaining Viable Rural Communities: Discussion (Resumed) (26 Apr 2017)

Martin Ferris: This meeting has been very informative. It would be very helpful if the paper that was submitted this morning was given to each member in respect of the further debate we will have with the Minister and his officials. My information from people fishing out of Fenit is that they have never seen so much spurdog there. I raised this with the officials from the Department, Dr. Cecil Beamish...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Arts, Heritage, Regional, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs: Sustaining Viable Rural Communities: Discussion (Resumed) (26 Apr 2017)

Martin Ferris: Yes.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Arts, Heritage, Regional, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs: Sustaining Viable Rural Communities: Discussion (Resumed) (26 Apr 2017)

Martin Ferris: The spurdog.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Arts, Heritage, Regional, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs: Sustaining Viable Rural Communities: Discussion (Resumed) (26 Apr 2017)

Martin Ferris: Does Ms Parke know spurdog is being imported into Europe at the moment? It is even imported into this county. It is on our coast and we cannot fish it.