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Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: Nursing Home Accommodation Provision (2 Jul 2019)

Martin Ferris: Angela Fitzgerald, a senior manager overseeing acute hospitals, has highlighted a growth in delays releasing healthy patients from hospitals. She has said that a National Service Plan 2019 target of having fewer than 550 beds subject to the so-called "delayed discharge" is being missed. This is Ms Fitzgerald saying this, not me. The number recorded from Ms Fitzgerald's briefing from April...

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Maritime Jurisdiction (2 Jul 2019)

Martin Ferris: 154. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if the maritime baseline on the east coast is a straight baseline or a low water baseline; and if he will provide a map of the baseline. [28139/19]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Home Care Packages (2 Jul 2019)

Martin Ferris: 371. To ask the Minister for Health when a person (details supplied) who has recently been discharged from hospital will receive an urgently required hospital bed at their home; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [27463/19]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Garda Data (3 Jul 2019)

Martin Ferris: 215. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the number of gardaí in the Kerry Garda division trained as divisional asset profilers as of 31 December 2017, 31 December 2018 and 7 June 2019, in tabular form. [28494/19]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Private Security Industry Regulation (3 Jul 2019)

Martin Ferris: 216. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality his plans to update the Private Security Services Act 2004. [28495/19]

EU-Mercosur Trade Agreement: Statements (Resumed) (9 Jul 2019)

Martin Ferris: Once again, we have a situation where beef farmers are being crucified by the actions of the people we send to represent us in Brussels. The European Commissioner, Phil Hogan, when he was a Minister, was the architect of the disastrous water charges problem which mobilised tens of thousands of people in opposition to them at the time. Now in the European Union he is one of the architects of...

EU-Mercosur Trade Agreement: Statements (Resumed) (9 Jul 2019)

Martin Ferris: I just need a minute. Does the Government have a veto on the deal? Is it prepared to stand up and demand a veto to stop the deal going through? It will take courage and balls to take it on. I hope the Minister and the Government will have the courage of their convictions.

Written Answers — Department of Health: Medicinal Products Supply (9 Jul 2019)

Martin Ferris: 397. To ask the Minister for Health the reason for limiting the supply of cystic fibrosis medication for a person to a three-month supply; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [29368/19]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Appointments Status (9 Jul 2019)

Martin Ferris: 403. To ask the Minister for Health when a person (details supplied) can expect to receive an appointment; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [29404/19]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Appointments Status (9 Jul 2019)

Martin Ferris: 405. To ask the Minister for Health when a person (details supplied) can expect to receive an appointment at Cork University Hospital. [29417/19]

EU-Mercosur Trade Agreement: Motion [Private Members] (10 Jul 2019)

Martin Ferris: The beef and livestock industry is a large part of the rural economy's sustainability. It affects every rural parish. Were it not for its contribution, rural Ireland would be barren. I am conscious of small beef producers. We should not forget their contribution to the dairy sector. They are the ones who are buying up surplus dairy herd calves for the beef herd. Suckler cows are also of...

EU-Mercosur Trade Agreement: Motion [Private Members] (10 Jul 2019)

Martin Ferris: Human rights.

EU-Mercosur Trade Agreement: Motion [Private Members] (10 Jul 2019)

Martin Ferris: Yes.

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Services (6 Sep 2019)

Martin Ferris: 786. To ask the Minister for Health the reason a person (details supplied) has been refused access to genetic testing that was recommended by their treating physician. [34696/19]

Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: Hospital Equipment (17 Sep 2019)

Martin Ferris: The importance of a DEXA scanner, particularly for middle-aged women, cannot be stressed highly enough. A DEXA scanner measures bone density. I was looking at some of the statistics on bone density and the importance of a DEXA scanner, particularly in respect of fractures. The number of fractures, particularly among middle-aged women, exceeds the number of all other conditions. Women are...

Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: Hospital Equipment (17 Sep 2019)

Martin Ferris: I thank the Minister of State for his reply. I am just looking at answers I received when I raised this matter in the past. The answers have been somewhat similar. They stated the hospital hoped to appoint staff within the coming weeks and that it might be in a position to reconsider the service. This is typical Civil Service-speak. There is no substance to it. The response is that the...

Beef Sector: Statements (17 Sep 2019)

Martin Ferris: I knew on the completion of the latest negotiations and the press releases that followed that the assumption of an agreement was false. It was false because the talks did not deal with the main issue, namely, the base price. We would not have a beef industry without beef and suckler farmers. We would not have all of those people employed in the industry. How can farmers continue to...

Agriculture: Motion [Private Members] (18 Sep 2019)

Martin Ferris: I acknowledge the commitment and bravery of all the independent beef farmers, and the movement which is currently protesting, as well as those who stand with them to highlight the conditions they are compelled to live under because of the lack of a decent price for their cattle. I have been on the pickets with these farmers in Rathkeale and Bandon and I am certain that they have been left...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Appointments Status (18 Sep 2019)

Martin Ferris: 140. To ask the Minister for Health when a person (details supplied) can expect to receive an appointment. [37778/19]

Written Answers — Department of Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Animal Disease Controls (24 Sep 2019)

Martin Ferris: 563. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the steps being taken to protect the wild hare population from rabbit haemorrhagic disease; and if animals that have been found with the disease have been sent for independent testing. [38274/19]