Results 581-600 of 5,550 for speaker:Martin Ferris

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Basic Payment Scheme (22 Mar 2016)

Martin Ferris: 146. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if European Union legislation or regulations require member states to only accept online applications under the basic payment scheme; and if such a stipulation by his Department facilitates or impedes access to this scheme, especially among older farmers and farmers in areas poorly served by broadband. [4776/16]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Special Educational Needs Service Provision (22 Mar 2016)

Martin Ferris: 442. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills to ensure a person (details supplied) receives the necessary full-time special needs assistant support, as outlined by an occupational therapist, when the person starts school. [4777/16]

National Monuments: Motion [Private Members] (2 Feb 2016)

Martin Ferris: I cannot imagine this scenario in any other country, that a battlefield site of its fight for independence would be destroyed with the encouragement of the government of the day on the centenary of such a momentous event as our 1916 Rising. I cannot imagine any other nation engaging in this erasure of its proud history. The truth is that this Government and the kind of people who support...

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Departmental Bodies Expenditure (2 Feb 2016)

Martin Ferris: 569. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the amount of taxpayers' money that has been spent, that has been committed to be spent and is projected to be spent on legal advice in respect of freedom of information in respect of Sport Ireland and its predecessor the National Sports Campus Development Authority in each of the years, 2012 to 2016. [4486/16]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Departmental Bodies Expenditure (2 Feb 2016)

Martin Ferris: 583. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport in respect of Sport Ireland and its predecessor the National Sports Campus Development Authority, the amount of taxpayers' money that has been spent, that has been committed to be spent and that is projected to be spent on legal advice regarding freedom of information in each of the years, 2012 to 2016. [4210/16]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Departmental Bodies Expenditure (2 Feb 2016)

Martin Ferris: 570. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if the procurement of legal advice in respect to freedom of information by the National Sports Campus Development Authority and Sport Ireland was in accordance with procurement law; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [4487/16]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Departmental Bodies Expenditure (2 Feb 2016)

Martin Ferris: 584. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if the procurement of legal advice in respect of freedom of information by Sport Ireland and by the authority was in accordance with procurement law; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [4211/16]

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Carer's Allowance Applications (26 Jan 2016)

Martin Ferris: 102. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Social Protection when a decision on an application under the carer's allowance scheme for a person (details supplied) in County Kerry will be made; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [2940/16]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Appointment Status (26 Jan 2016)

Martin Ferris: 323. To ask the Minister for Health when a person (details supplied) in County Kerry will have required surgery carried out at Kerry General Hospital. [2828/16]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Appointment Status (26 Jan 2016)

Martin Ferris: 344. To ask the Minister for Health when a person (details supplied) in County Kerry will receive treatment for which the person is waiting since June 2015. [2943/16]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Waiting Lists (26 Jan 2016)

Martin Ferris: 357. To ask the Minister for Health when a person (details supplied) in County Kerry will receive much needed surgery. [3059/16]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: State Examinations Fees (26 Jan 2016)

Martin Ferris: 436. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the reason fees for the correction of mock junior certificate examinations differ from school to school, as evidenced by a differential in County Kerry from €20 to €120 per examination; and if her Department has criteria regarding the cost of correction of these examinations. [2970/16]

Transatlantic Trade and Investment Partnership: Statements (21 Jan 2016)

Martin Ferris: It is hard, in such a short time, to express all the concerns I have about TTIP. For a start, the fact that the negotiations are being held in such secrecy creates an uneasy atmosphere about the agreement that will finally emerge. There are threats to workers' rights, to our food safety standards, to agriculture and to our very sovereignty, in the sense that investor state dispute...

Leaders' Questions (21 Jan 2016)

Martin Ferris: Will the Tánaiste answer the question?

Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: Hardship Grant Scheme (21 Jan 2016)

Martin Ferris: I thank the Minister. I appreciate the work done during this terrible period by the Minister, the Minister of State, Deputy Simon Harris, the farming organisations and communities to try to help each other in very difficult circumstances. This January and at the end of December, land was flooded that had never been flooded before. Some tens of thousands of acres were damaged. The...

Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: Hardship Grant Scheme (21 Jan 2016)

Martin Ferris: I am disappointed. I would have assumed that grass was feed for the coming months, particularly February and March, when there would be early grass. This is gone for many farmers. Some of those affected are the more marginal and less well-off people. It will cost a lot to plough, rotovate, re-seed and fertilise land and put it back in working use. Many of the people affected do not have...

Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: Hardship Grant Scheme (21 Jan 2016)

Martin Ferris: 5. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will put a relief or compensation scheme in place for those farmers whose land has suffered severe damage due to recent flooding. [2365/16]

Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: Hardship Grant Scheme (21 Jan 2016)

Martin Ferris: Following the terrible weather conditions in the lead-up to Christmas and afterwards, in many areas, there was unprecedented terrible flooding on farmland and consequential losses incurred. Has the Minister put in place any mechanism whereby people can access support to deal with the vast losses they have incurred?

Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: Fishing Industry (21 Jan 2016)

Martin Ferris: I was referring to the Tánaiste and Minister for Social Protection.

Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: Fishing Industry (21 Jan 2016)

Martin Ferris: How much?