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Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Schools Guidance Counsellors (8 Oct 2013)

Martin Ferris: 95. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills his plans to introduce guidance for counselling teaching posts; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [42192/13]

Written Answers — Department of Health: HSE Funding (8 Oct 2013)

Martin Ferris: 545. To ask the Minister for Health if he will ensure that the Health Service Executive funding to Kerry Deaf Resource Centre in Tralee is not cut for the fourth consecutive year as to do so could make this valuable service unfeasible. [41989/13]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Central Bank of Ireland IT Operations (3 Oct 2013)

Martin Ferris: 24. To ask the Minister for Finance if he will provide update of the outsourcing of the Central Bank’s IT system; and what steps are being taken to minimise the security risk. [41518/13]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: EU-IMF Programme of Support Issues (3 Oct 2013)

Martin Ferris: 57. To ask the Minister for Finance the options being considered for additional funding or credit lines if Ireland leaves the troika programme and the level of conditionality each option would bring. [41504/13]

Other Questions: Foreign Conflicts (2 Oct 2013)

Martin Ferris: 8. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if his attention has been drawn to the arrest and jailing of five Palestinian fishermen in Egypt in September, for accidently crossing into Egyptian territorial waters; the worsening situation for Gaza’s fishermen, who due to Israel’s blockade of Gaza are being forced to fish closer to the Egyptian border;...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: 2014 Pre-Budget Briefing: Discussion with Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine (2 Oct 2013)

Martin Ferris: There would be cross-party support for some form of sucker scheme some farmers, as it is important for the viability of that sector.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: 2014 Pre-Budget Briefing: Discussion with Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine (2 Oct 2013)

Martin Ferris: In the case of people coming out of REPS 4, there will be a gap in provision. Has the Minister any intention or proposal to fill that gap? In regard to the ceiling on CAP payments of €150,000, what savings will accrue from that and does the Minister propose to redistribute them?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: 2014 Pre-Budget Briefing: Discussion with Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine (2 Oct 2013)

Martin Ferris: The Minister has to save €54 million in the coming year. I would like to see how he intends to do that and the effects that will have in the future. He also said that he hoped to increase the capital spending budget. I would like to see a breakdown of how he intends to do that. We do not have anything at this stage. The suckler cow issue will have devastating consequences if it...

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Foreign Conflicts (2 Oct 2013)

Martin Ferris: 60. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if his attention has been drawn to the upcoming legal trials of Basque political activists; his views on whether they could have a negative affect on the Basque-Spanish peace process; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [41175/13]

Order of Business (1 Oct 2013)

Martin Ferris: Given that the Minister for Education and Skills is beside the Taoiseach, I ask that the Taoiseach try to ensure Bus Éireann is contacted by the Department of Education and Skills in regard to five exchange students in the Ashdee area of north Kerry who are not able to get on a bus, despite having registered for it, due to the fact they were not in the country in time to pay their money....

Order of Business (1 Oct 2013)

Martin Ferris: I have been in contact with the Department and Bus Éireann in this regard. They have told me they need a report so this can be sorted out.

Order of Business (1 Oct 2013)

Martin Ferris: I have already given the information.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Economic Importance of Cattle and Sheep Sectors: Discussion (1 Oct 2013)

Martin Ferris: To return to a reply I received from Mr. Bryan about the milk quota. He referred to the fact that the quota system will be very beneficial but also that for people looking for finance to develop their sector, the smaller farmer will not be on a level playing field. I think he said that a person with about 250 acres will have no problems going to the bank and getting loans but that somebody...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Economic Importance of Cattle and Sheep Sectors: Discussion (1 Oct 2013)

Martin Ferris: Mr. Bryan referred to New Zealand and the milk quota. Is it his opinion that abolition of the milk quota would not bring about any great benefits?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Economic Importance of Cattle and Sheep Sectors: Discussion (1 Oct 2013)

Martin Ferris: I thank Professor Renwick and Mr. Bryan for their presentations. The decline in the suckler cow as a consequence of the terrible winter, spring and early summer we had is quite alarming. There needs to be an incentive to get people back into that sector in the interests of developing the industry. If a sizeable number of people exit the suckler cow business, it will have dire consequences....

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Sporting Organisations (1 Oct 2013)

Martin Ferris: 71. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he has discussed with the Department of Finance the tax relief for donations to sporting bodies contained in section 41 of the 2002 Finance Bill; his views on the scheme; and if it has succeeded in its objectives of maximising donations to sporting bodies and generally contributing to the funding of sport. [40893/13]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Public Transport Issues (1 Oct 2013)

Martin Ferris: 111. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport his plans to introduce a framework for assessment of any proposed policy change by public transport companies which would ensure that the social responsibility of these companies are upheld and service is maintained to an acceptable standard in all cases. [40912/13]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Services Expenditure (26 Sep 2013)

Martin Ferris: 57. To ask the Minister for Health the estimated cost savings he will make in 2013 in charging the full cost of private care in public hospitals; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [40051/13]

Private Members' Business - Cuts in Education: Motion [Private Members] (24 Sep 2013)

Martin Ferris: Éamon de Valera, the founder of the Fianna Fáil Party, whose members are absent, made a speech in the 1930s in which he stated that Fianna Fáil would no longer run a State in which children are reared for export. We all know what happened after that. Like the current Government, the former Fianna Fáil-led Government, decided to put the interests of anonymous bondholders...

Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: Agri-Environment Options Scheme Reopening (24 Sep 2013)

Martin Ferris: The importance of REPS 4 and all of these schemes, particularly in the west and areas in which there is more marginal land, has meant the survival of the family farm. The Minister has referred to the environmental schemes and the new scheme he hopes to bring in, but there will be a gap of approximately six or eight months. What will happen to people who will have no scheme payment coming to...