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

Martin Ferris: 564. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the counties in which rabbit haemorrhagic disease has been found to date; and if a vaccination scheme for the wild hare population has been explored. [38275/19]

Ceisteanna ar Reachtaíocht a Gealladh - Questions on Promised Legislation (26 Sep 2019)

Martin Ferris: From 1 December until the end of last week, there were 225 patients in Kerry University Hospital on trolleys. On Monday this week, there were 30 patients on trolleys and 70 in the waiting area waiting for a trolley. Circumstances are so bad that the eight beds in the medical assessment unit were being used for patients waiting to be assessed. The situation was chaotic this Monday and...

Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: Cancer Services Funding (3 Oct 2019)

Martin Ferris: If the Minister of State is happy to take my matter, I will go ahead.

Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: Greyhound Industry (3 Oct 2019)

Martin Ferris: The greyhound fraternity and the Irish Greyhound Board have expressed shock and disappointment at the decision of Fáilte Ireland and Tourism Ireland to suspend the promotion of greyhound racing in the national and international tourism markets. This will have a significant impact on many areas in rural Ireland, particularly those that depend on a strong greyhound industry. I do not...

Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: Greyhound Industry (3 Oct 2019)

Martin Ferris: I thank the Minister for his response. I am not so sure about the justification for penalising more than 99% of the people involved in the industry for the actions of what is probably 1%. It is very wrong and is affecting their livelihood. It has a huge impact on the fabric of their communities because the industry is so greatly involved in local economies. I referred in my opening...

Merchant Shipping (Investigation of Marine Casualties) (Amendment) Bill 2019: Second Stage [Private Members] (3 Oct 2019)

Martin Ferris: I thank Deputy Mattie McGrath for introducing this Bill and I thank everybody for supporting it. I am very conscious that it is 20 years, almost to the day, since I lost my best friend, Thomas Kelly. He was one of eight men who drowned 100 miles west of Kerry Head. I am also very conscious that the family members of John O'Brien and Pat Esmonde are in the Gallery. When one comes from a...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Summer Works Scheme Applications (8 Oct 2019)

Martin Ferris: 126. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills when works will take place to ensure the protection of children attending a school (details supplied). [41125/19]

Joint Oireachtas Committee On Key Issues Affecting The Traveller Community: Traveller Mental Health: Discussion (Resumed) (8 Oct 2019)

Martin Ferris: I thank the witnesses for the presentations. The commentary by one of the candidates in the presidential election was probably one of the most disgraceful political contributions I have heard in my lifetime. At the beginning of September this year, I took one of my grandchildren to the local school in Ardfert. He was sitting with Traveller children at one table. When my children went to...

Joint Oireachtas Committee On Key Issues Affecting The Traveller Community: Traveller Mental Health: Discussion (Resumed) (8 Oct 2019)

Martin Ferris: Yes. Do the witnesses see a way of dealing with structural discrimination, which affects education and job opportunities? Could they address the mental health issue also?

Written Answers — Department of Health: State Claims Agency Data (22 Oct 2019)

Martin Ferris: 273. To ask the Minister for Health the number of legal claims taken against University Hospital Kerry in each of the years 2009 to 2018 and to date in 2019, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [42928/19]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Transfers (22 Oct 2019)

Martin Ferris: 400. To ask the Minister for Health when a patient (details supplied) at University Hospital Kerry can expect to be brought to Cork University Hospital to have a pacemaker fitted. [43429/19]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Fish Farming (24 Oct 2019)

Martin Ferris: 202. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the actions taken in respect of the commitment contained in the programme for partnership Government that the potential for the development of onshore close containment fish farming as an emerging technology will be explored; the long-term strategy for the development of onshore close containment fish farming; and if he will make a...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Emergency Departments Waiting Times (5 Nov 2019)

Martin Ferris: 655. To ask the Minister for Health the way in which a situation was allowed to arise on 25 October 2019 at University Hospital Kerry, which at one stage had seven ambulances waiting to offload patients and were unable to do so due to overcapacity in the emergency department; the ambulance cover the rest of County Kerry had while these ambulances were waiting at the hospital; and if he will...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Fishing Industry Data (13 Nov 2019)

Martin Ferris: 188. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the amount of sprat fishery landed by Irish boats at ports here in each of the years 2014 to 2018 and to 31 October 2019, in tabular form; the percentage processed for human consumption versus those processed for fishmeal; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [46835/19]

Joint Oireachtas Committee On Key Issues Affecting The Traveller Community: Traveller Education: Discussion (Resumed) (26 Nov 2019)

Martin Ferris: My apologies for being late. The traffic is unreal.

Joint Oireachtas Committee On Key Issues Affecting The Traveller Community: Traveller Education: Discussion (Resumed) (26 Nov 2019)

Martin Ferris: I thought I would have to come by tractor but what harm. I am very conscious of what Deputy O'Sullivan said about preschool education. Giving Traveller children access to that could be very important. I do not know whether any of the crèches or preschools in my area have Traveller children attending them. Many are privately run and there is a cost factor. Many poor people cannot...

Planning and Development (Amendment) (First-Time Buyers) Bill 2019: Second Stage [Private Members] (27 Nov 2019)

Martin Ferris: While I welcome an opportunity to speak on this Bill, which purports to give first-time buyers an opportunity to buy a house, I agree with Deputy Darragh O'Brien's comments made in the media that it is not acceptable that whole developments and estates are being bought by investment groups and similar to the detriment of first-time buyers. The question the Minister must ask is why that is...

Written Answers — Department of Defence: Civil Defence Data (27 Nov 2019)

Martin Ferris: 88. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence the budget allocation to the Civil Defence in each of the years 2017 to 2020, in tabular form. [49378/19]

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Diplomatic Representation (27 Nov 2019)

Martin Ferris: 91. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade his plans to open a new consulate in Liverpool; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [49377/19]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Tax Code (27 Nov 2019)

Martin Ferris: 98. To ask the Minister for Finance the estimated amount it would cost in a full year if the threshold for both group B and group C of capital acquisitions tax increased by 10%; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [49376/19]