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Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Housing Data (26 Jul 2017)

Martin Ferris: 1655. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the location by municipal district, town or village of identified vacant properties in County Kerry, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [35832/17]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Appointments Status (11 Sep 2017)

Martin Ferris: 771. To ask the Minister for Health when a person (details supplied) will receive a hearing test at University Hospital Kerry; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [36888/17]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Departmental Properties (11 Sep 2017)

Martin Ferris: 1314. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the properties at Dunmore East fisheries harbour that have lease or rental agreements involving his Department; and if he will provide information on all income received by his Department from the lease or rent of these properties over the past ten years. [37597/17]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Departmental Properties (11 Sep 2017)

Martin Ferris: 1315. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the length of time sites (details supplied) at the entrance to the Dunmore East fisheries harbour have been out of business; and when the last lease or rental income was received by his Department from these properties. [37598/17]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Departmental Properties (11 Sep 2017)

Martin Ferris: 1316. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine when the tendering process on a site (details supplied) on the west pier at Dunmore East will be available for public submission; and the lease, rental and legal status of same. [37599/17]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Nursing Staff Data (26 Sep 2017)

Martin Ferris: 291. To ask the Minister for Health the number of nurse graduates in 2016 and 2017; the number of these nurse graduates offered permanent contracts; and the location by hospital and speciality of these nurse graduates, in tabular form. [40261/17]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Nursing Staff Recruitment (26 Sep 2017)

Martin Ferris: 292. To ask the Minister for Health if the HSE has offered all 2016-2017 nurse graduates permanent contracts as per the memorandum of 26 April 2017; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [40263/17]

Topical Issue Debate: Disease Incidence (27 Sep 2017)

Martin Ferris: Lyme disease is currently the fastest-spreading tick infection in the world. Some 50% of Lyme disease cases in Ireland are detected in the south west. What is also very disturbing, as my two colleagues have said, is that there is a lack of standardisation regarding detection. The Government and the State have not adopted the same urgency that Germany has, which is foremost in the world in...

Topical Issue Debate: Disease Incidence (27 Sep 2017)

Martin Ferris: I thank the Minister of State for a non-response. I do not mean this in a personal way as the response was clearly written by a civil servant to protect the inadequacies of the HSE and the injustices perpetrated by it and the State. Everybody we spoke to today has had a family member with the illness or has had it themselves. Everybody we spoke to told us that the German model is the most...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Harbours and Piers Maintenance (4 Oct 2017)

Martin Ferris: 172. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if his Department will complete the works on the breakwater at Greencastle Harbour, County Donegal to ensure safe access to the harbour. [42053/17]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Harbours and Piers Development (4 Oct 2017)

Martin Ferris: 173. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if his Department has made a submission to the Minister for Finance to ensure that Greencastle Harbour, County Donegal can be further developed under the capital plan 2016 to 2021. [42054/17]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Harbours and Piers Development (4 Oct 2017)

Martin Ferris: 174. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if funding will be provided for the development of Leenan pier, Inishowen, County Donegal; and if Donegal County Council will be advised to make an application in this regard. [42055/17]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Appointments Status (11 Oct 2017)

Martin Ferris: 127. To ask the Minister for Health when a person (details supplied) can expect to have cataracts removed; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [43074/17]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Appointments Status (11 Oct 2017)

Martin Ferris: 137. To ask the Minister for Health when a person (details supplied) can expect to receive an appointment at the urology department at Mercy hospital, Cork. [43118/17]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Family Income Supplement Eligibility (17 Oct 2017)

Martin Ferris: 573. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if she is satisfied that the policy of not awarding FIS to otherwise qualified persons whose renewal date coincides with a period of sick leave is compatible with equality legislation; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [43614/17]

Questions on Promised Legislation (19 Oct 2017)

Martin Ferris: At a meeting last year of the Oireachtas Joint Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine about the sustainability of coastal and rural communities an undertaking was given that a pilot scheme for the fishing of spurdog, also known as rock salmon, might be considered in selected areas. We have not yet heard anything about that. I have asked about it several times. Will a spurdog, rock...

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Disability Allowance Eligibility (24 Oct 2017)

Martin Ferris: 382. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the reason a person (details supplied) who was approved as qualified for disability allowance was subsequently disqualified. [44576/17]

Leaders' Questions (25 Oct 2017)

Martin Ferris: What about the agreement?

Questions on Promised Legislation (25 Oct 2017)

Martin Ferris: For more than a year a state-of-the-art centre for children with autism has been lying idle in Ballyseedy, Tralee, County Kerry. It cost over €1 million but is still lying idle, much to the pain of the parents of autistic children. When will the Taoiseach commit to opening this centre and will he make the funding available for it?

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Sea Lice Controls (7 Nov 2017)

Martin Ferris: 893. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if his attention has been drawn to a closed containment of farm salmon agreement to try to eradicate sea lice between Norway and a company (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [45875/17]