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Cochlear Implants: Motion [Private Members] (17 Oct 2013)

Martin Ferris: I would like to comment on the response of the Minister of State, Deputy Kathleen Lynch, to the opening remarks from Sinn Féin. Her departure from her prepared speech was encouraging and showed a certain amount of emotion and feeling. This was far different from her prepared speech, which was probably written by a faceless civil servant, lacked emotion and contained statistics and so...

Cochlear Implants: Motion [Private Members] (17 Oct 2013)

Martin Ferris: The Minister of State's party did.

Leaders' Questions (17 Oct 2013)

Martin Ferris: So did the Tánaiste.

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Job Initiatives (17 Oct 2013)

Martin Ferris: 22. To ask the Minister for Social Protection if she will introduce a facility to apply to participate on Gateway and Tús. [43376/13]

Leaders' Questions (16 Oct 2013)

Martin Ferris: Tell that to the Taoiseach.

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Recycling Policy (15 Oct 2013)

Martin Ferris: 95. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the reasons the Office of Public Works is refusing Kerry County Council permission to locate a recycling bring bank on the site of a Garda Station (details supplied) in County Kerry which is jointly owned by the OPW and the Gardaí, in view of the fact that the Gardaí have no objections themselves; if he facilitating the...

Written Answers — Department of Children and Youth Affairs: Youth Services Provision (15 Oct 2013)

Martin Ferris: 372. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs further to Parliamentary Question No. 1244 of 18 September 2013, the reason referrals to the youth advocacy programme are so low in County Kerry; the steps that will be taken to ensure the relevant State agencies are encouraged to use the service more; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [43456/13]

Forestry Bill 2013: Second Stage (Resumed) (10 Oct 2013)

Martin Ferris: I hope I am continuing at the right point because I am not sure where I finished the last day. Therefore, if I read a point twice into the record the Members will understand. Perhaps the wording of section 6 is too vague and might be open to arbitrary compulsory purchases without the need to prove there is a public interest in doing so. Perhaps that section requires amendment to make more...

Written Answers — Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Oireachtas Joint Committee Reports (10 Oct 2013)

Martin Ferris: 40. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation his plans to implement the recommendations of the Joint Committee on Jobs Enterprise and Innovation report into employment in the South East. [42603/13]

Written Answers — Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Job Creation Numbers (10 Oct 2013)

Martin Ferris: 45. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the number of jobs promoted by the Industrial Development Agency that have been filled by the relocation of existing employees. [42602/13]

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Public Sector Staff Remuneration (9 Oct 2013)

Martin Ferris: 13. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if he will provide in tabular form a breakdown of the number of public sector employees within the annual gross salary bands (details supplied). [42518/13]

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Departmental Staff Recruitment (9 Oct 2013)

Martin Ferris: 36. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform his plans to take on additional staff to deliver the recently announced overhaul of the Irish Statute Book to be overseen by his Department. [42523/13]

Forestry Bill 2013: Second Stage (8 Oct 2013)

Martin Ferris: Although it is not directly related to this legislation, the first thing that ought to be said in regard to forestry is to welcome the fact that the Government has ruled out the privatisation and sale of forestry and land under the responsibility of Coillte. It is evident that there was a plan in place to do so, and I am convinced that had it not been for the fact that those plans were...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Scrutiny of EU Legislative Proposals (8 Oct 2013)

Martin Ferris: Nobody here or involved in production would have any issue if we had equivalence across the board, but we do not. It is all very well to have very progressive regulations on animal health and safety and produce within the EU, but the difficultly is that ingredients come from outside which do not have the stringent traceability or environmental controls. I do not believe the EU regulations...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Scrutiny of EU Legislative Proposals (8 Oct 2013)

Martin Ferris: Was this not the case prior to the IFA highlighting the Argentinian beef scandal? Inspections were taking place but it took the IFA to expose it.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Scrutiny of EU Legislative Proposals (8 Oct 2013)

Martin Ferris: Do the standards applied to imports in the regulations include traceability outside the EU as well as environmental controls in jurisdictions outside the EU? I refer to the conditions in which animals imported into the EU are held outside the EU, the environmental situation prevailing and traceability. Many of the problems we have had here relate to the fact that while we might have herd...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Scrutiny of EU Legislative Proposals (8 Oct 2013)

Martin Ferris: It is not quite the same thing.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Scrutiny of EU Legislative Proposals (8 Oct 2013)

Martin Ferris: It is not the case.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Scrutiny of EU Legislative Proposals (8 Oct 2013)

Martin Ferris: I thank the four delegates for their presentations. The principle of intent would be shared by most people, but the questions of implementation and unforeseen consequences must be examined closely. The big concern of farming bodies is unannounced compulsory farm inspections. That is causing a lot of problems. Is this written in stone? Another issue of concern is the standards applied to...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Student Grant Scheme Appeals (8 Oct 2013)

Martin Ferris: 76. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if his attention has been drawn to the case of a person (details supplied) whose application for a grant has been turned down despite the fact the family's net income would place them well below the threshold, leaving the individual in question unable to attend their post-leaving certificate course in Cavan Institute because of the costs...