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Questions on Promised Legislation (27 Jun 2018)

Martin Ferris: My question relates to payments under the green low-carbon agri-environment scheme, GLAS. In particular, I refer to the criterion that applicants cut hay from 1 July. Apparently the criterion states that if they cut hay prior to that, there will be penalties affecting their entitlement. I understand that the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine said there was no regulation to that...

Written Answers — Department of Defence: Emigrant Support Services (3 Jul 2018)

Martin Ferris: 56. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the estimated amount it would cost in 2019 to increase the budget allocated to the emigrant support programme by 15%. [29230/18]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Revenue Commissioners (3 Jul 2018)

Martin Ferris: 88. To ask the Minister for Finance the estimated amount it would cost in a full year if funding was allocated to purchase two additional custom cutter vessels for the Revenue Commissioners. [29229/18]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Garda Transport Data (3 Jul 2018)

Martin Ferris: 252. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the number of additional marked and unmarked Garda cars and vans that were allocated to the Kerry Garda division in 2016, 2017 and to date in 2018; and the number of marked and unmarked Garda cars and vans that were withdrawn from the division during the same period. [29231/18]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Admissions (4 Jul 2018)

Martin Ferris: 293. To ask the Minister for Health when a person (details supplied) currently in University Hospital Kerry will receive a bed in Listowel Community Hospital; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [29558/18]

Topical Issue Debate: Emergency Departments Services (5 Jul 2018)

Martin Ferris: On Tuesday, between 12.30 p.m. and 2.30 p.m., nurses in the accident and emergency department in Tralee University Hospital found it necessary to protest against conditions patients in the department have been experiencing over a long period. The problems in the accident and emergency department in Tralee are overcrowding and a shortage of beds. Patients are admitted and are not transferred...

Topical Issue Debate: Emergency Departments Services (5 Jul 2018)

Martin Ferris: It is evident from the Minister of State's reply that there does not appear to be any plan to put in place additional beds within the hospital. That is the crux of the problem. We have 17 to 20 sick patients on a daily basis lying on trolleys waiting for a bed to become available. Those beds should be available. It is not that the physical facilities do not exist within the hospital to...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Appointments Status (7 Sep 2018)

Martin Ferris: 777. To ask the Minister for Health when a person (details supplied) can expect to receive an appointment at the South Infirmary Hospital, Cork; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [36072/18]

Future of the Post Office Network: Motion (18 Sep 2018)

Martin Ferris: I thank Deputy Stanley for bringing this motion forward. All rural Deputies are very taken by this debate because we know the consequences of the closure of a post office for a small village. If one closes the post office, then one effectively closes the village's only pub and shop. The knock-on effect is quite significant. This is all done in the name of viability with the claim these...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Waiting Lists (18 Sep 2018)

Martin Ferris: 388. To ask the Minister for Health when a person (details supplied) can expect to have cataracts removed at the South Infirmary University Hospital, Cork; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [37031/18]

Confidence in the Minister for Housing, Planning and Local Government: Motion [Private Members] (25 Sep 2018)

Martin Ferris: As we sit comfortably in this building, 145 of my constituents - 109 adults and 36 children - are sleeping in hostels and bed and breakfasts. Sixteen families are in emergency accommodation because they cannot find homes, and another 13 families cannot find rental accommodation because they are in transition properties. A total of 3,687 people have applied for social housing in County Kerry...

Confidence in the Minister for Housing, Planning and Local Government: Motion [Private Members] (25 Sep 2018)

Martin Ferris: Will the Minister of State tell me how many houses Kerry County Council built last year?

Confidence in the Minister for Housing, Planning and Local Government: Motion [Private Members] (25 Sep 2018)

Martin Ferris: It built five houses.

Confidence in the Minister for Housing, Planning and Local Government: Motion [Private Members] (25 Sep 2018)

Martin Ferris: Five houses were built in County Kerry at a time when there are 4,000 people on the housing list.

Confidence in the Minister for Housing, Planning and Local Government: Motion [Private Members] (25 Sep 2018)

Martin Ferris: The Minister of State has attacked Sinn Féin for tabling a motion against the Minister, Deputy Eoghan Murphy, and the Government.

Confidence in the Minister for Housing, Planning and Local Government: Motion [Private Members] (25 Sep 2018)

Martin Ferris: The Government has failed the ordinary people of this country, including the 4,000 people on the housing list in County Kerry.

Confidence in the Minister for Housing, Planning and Local Government: Motion [Private Members] (25 Sep 2018)

Martin Ferris: They have failed the 100,000 people on the housing list in the country as a whole. Instead, the Minister of State has come in to this Chamber with his garbage.

Confidence in the Minister for Housing, Planning and Local Government: Motion [Private Members] (25 Sep 2018)

Martin Ferris: I listened to Deputy Cassells. He was talking about a photocopy, but his gob was on the front page of the paper. He castigated Deputy Tóibín for not being present to get his photograph in the newspaper. Instead, Deputy Tóibín was out helping a constituent who is in mortgage difficulties. He was doing the right thing.

Confidence in the Minister for Housing, Planning and Local Government: Motion [Private Members] (25 Sep 2018)

Martin Ferris: He was not worried about getting his puss on the front page of a newspaper.

Confidence in the Minister for Housing, Planning and Local Government: Motion [Private Members] (25 Sep 2018)

Martin Ferris: The Minister of State, Deputy Griffin, is attacking us for doing the right thing. I would much prefer to be standing here in opposition attacking the Minister and holding him to account because that is what must be done. The Government has to be held to account. Fianna Fáil is propping it up and is continuing to prop it up. Fianna Fáil is a disgrace, but it is no different from...