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Select Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Animal Health and Welfare Bill 2012: Committee Stage (Resumed) (5 Dec 2012)

Martin Ferris: I am happy with the Minister's assurance.

Select Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Animal Health and Welfare Bill 2012: Committee Stage (Resumed) (5 Dec 2012)

Martin Ferris: I move amendment No. 29c: In page 18, subsection (7), line 4, after “means.” to insert the following: “It shall also be an offence to knowingly supply, publish, show or display a photograph, image or video of an animal fight without lawful authority or reasonable excuse.”. I will withdraw the amendment for now and re-enter it at a later stage, if necessary.

Topical Issues Debate: Gas and Oil Exploration (4 Dec 2012)

Martin Ferris: Earlier this year, the Oireachtas Joint Committee on Communications, Natural Resources and Agriculture produced a report, which had the unanimous support and backing of its members, on offshore exploration by the oil and gas industries. In preparing this report, the joint committee sought advice from the Norwegian oil ministry and the Norwegian ambassador and other interest groups also...

Topical Issues Debate: Gas and Oil Exploration (4 Dec 2012)

Martin Ferris: The Porcupine Basin was explored in 1978, 1979, 1980 and 1981. A number of exploration wells were drilled there and oil was discovered. However, because of the depth of water at which the oil was discovered - I believe it was approximately 1,700 ft. - modern technology was not then available to deliver the oil to the surface and to the shore and the find was capped and left there. I assume...

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Local Authority Housing Provision (4 Dec 2012)

Martin Ferris: To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government if he will provide an update on his plans to introduce a new statewide uniform scheme of allocations for local authority housing; and the measures that will be put in place to enure it is as transparent and fair as possible. [54243/12]

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Energy and Natural Resources: Energy Resources (29 Nov 2012)

Martin Ferris: To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources if he has received any information regarding the amount of oil that lies off the County Kerry coast; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [53332/12]

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Energy and Natural Resources: Energy Resources (29 Nov 2012)

Martin Ferris: To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources if he knows of any proposed site at which oil would be drilled for off the County Kerry coast; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [53333/12]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Bovine Disease Controls (29 Nov 2012)

Martin Ferris: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will introduce a compensation scheme for suckler producers whose herds have been infected by BVD and who have had multiple PIs taken out of their herd and undertake to ensure the continuation of the €100 compensation on the dams of PI calves plus reduced knackery charges for producers affected in 2013. [53440/12]

Other Questions: Heritage Council (28 Nov 2012)

Martin Ferris: To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht if he will give an undertaking to provide the Heritage Council with additional funding to ensure the continuation of its research, education, and conservation programmes; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [53064/12]

Written Answers — Department of Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Comhairle Aireachta Thuaidh-Theas (28 Nov 2012)

Martin Ferris: To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht cé na himpleachtaí a mheasann an Roinn Ealaíon, Oidhreachta agus Gaeltachta a bheidh mar thoradh ar an tsamhail nua maoinithe atá curtha os comhair na Comhairle Aireachta Thuaidh-Theas do líon agus do chaighdeán na seirbhísí do phobal na Gaeilge agus do chúrsaí fostaíochta na...

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Energy and Natural Resources: Energy Schemes (28 Nov 2012)

Martin Ferris: To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources further to Parliamentary Question No. 96 of 20 June 2012, the grounds in which those applicants that appealed the insulation grant refusal were successful [53279/12]

Other Questions: Sports Capital Programme (27 Nov 2012)

Martin Ferris: To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if his attention has been drawn to the fact that participation in sport has increased from 34% in 2009 to 40% in 2012 and that due to increased concerns around health and obesity, his views on whether funding to community sporting clubs and organisations should be ringfenced; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [52688/12]

Written Answers — Department of Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Grazing Rights (27 Nov 2012)

Martin Ferris: To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht if the terms of the roll-over lease for Drummin Mountain, Laragh, County Wicklow will be made public. [52317/12]

Written Answers — Department of Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Grazing Rights (27 Nov 2012)

Martin Ferris: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the reason the lease for Drummin Mountain, Laragh. Co. Wicklow was not publicly advertised and farmers with grazing rights not been paid, the date on which those with outstanding claims will be paid. [52317/12]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Departmental Staff Remuneration (27 Nov 2012)

Martin Ferris: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will provide in tabular form, the number of staff in his Department, or in bodies which fall under the remit of his Department, whose annual remuneration including salary, pension and benefits at 31 December 2011 fell into bands of €400,000 and above, between €300,000 to €399,999, between €200,000 to...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Departmental Staff Remuneration (27 Nov 2012)

Martin Ferris: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he has made any contacts requesting staff whose annual salary is in excess of €200,000 in his Department or in any body under the remit of his Department, to waive 15% of their salary or such amount in excess of €200,000 whichever is the lesser; if he has, the date on which he first made this contact; the number of...

Written Answers — Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Job Creation (22 Nov 2012)

Martin Ferris: To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the number of jobs announced by the Industrial Development Agency over the past five years and the total number of these additional and new jobs now in place. [51900/12]

Written Answers — Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Job Creation (22 Nov 2012)

Martin Ferris: To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the total number of jobs welcomed by his Department for each of the past three years, and the number of these additional jobs in situ by the end of each year. [51899/12]

Supreme Court Ruling in the X Case: Motion (Resumed) [Private Members] (21 Nov 2012)

Martin Ferris: The Government agreed.

Supreme Court Ruling in the X Case: Motion (Resumed) [Private Members] (21 Nov 2012)

Martin Ferris: It was the Government position.