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Select Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Estimates for Public Services 2013
Vote 30 - Agriculture, Food and the Marine (Revised) (2 Jul 2013)

Martin Ferris: Yes.

Select Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Estimates for Public Services 2013
Vote 30 - Agriculture, Food and the Marine (Revised) (2 Jul 2013)

Martin Ferris: Would the Minister be satisfied that the service provider from the Department is not being adversely affected as a consequence of the reduction in staffing levels?

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Mortgage Arrears Proposals (2 Jul 2013)

Martin Ferris: 118. To ask the Minister for Finance his views on the use of split mortgages as a means of dealing with the mortgage crisis; if he will intervene to prevent some lenders charging interest on the split portion of mortgages; and if he will state how he believes the residual split at the end of the term should be managed. [31864/13]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Tax Code (2 Jul 2013)

Martin Ferris: 89. To ask the Minister for Finance if he has been in contact with any of the treaty countries that the State have tax arrangements with and have been mentioned alongside Ireland as providing the international loopholes for multi national corporations, with a view to curtailing the loopholes. [31878/13]

Joint Oireachtas Committee on the Implementation of the Good Friday Agreement: Impact of Religious Sectarianism, Trauma of Conflict and using the Good Friday Agreement as a Template for International Relations Negotiations: Discussion (27 Jun 2013)

Martin Ferris: Everything we are has been learned. When one is brought up in an environment, a geographical area that is divided along sectarian lines, the way to deal with this is to deal with sectarianism. Sectarianism has been supported by the churches and used historically as a position of supremacy in that way and economically. Therefore, one must deal with it, but how is that to be done? One deals...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on the Implementation of the Good Friday Agreement: Impact of Religious Sectarianism, Trauma of Conflict and using the Good Friday Agreement as a Template for International Relations Negotiations: Discussion (27 Jun 2013)

Martin Ferris: Dr. Mason suggested the committee should facilitate this.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on the Implementation of the Good Friday Agreement: Impact of Religious Sectarianism, Trauma of Conflict and using the Good Friday Agreement as a Template for International Relations Negotiations: Discussion (27 Jun 2013)

Martin Ferris: I thank both witnesses for their presentations. The issues they raise are difficult and they involve significant effort and dialogue to confront the reasons there was so many difficulties in the past. Religious orders and groupings have never taken responsibility for their influence on certain people during conflict. Bono was interviewed on television by Gay Byrne earlier this week and he...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on the Implementation of the Good Friday Agreement: Cross-Border Co-operation in Education: Discussion (27 Jun 2013)

Martin Ferris: I welcome the representatives of both institutions. We spend a good deal of time trying to find ways to bring about situations where people can work together and it is very encouraging that the two institutions represented are signing a memorandum of understanding and are well on the way to creating the type of co-operation and collaboration that we as a committee are about. I wish them...

Leaders' Questions (27 Jun 2013)

Martin Ferris: Stop interrupting her.

Leaders' Questions (27 Jun 2013)

Martin Ferris: The Minister has no consideration for families whatsoever.

Leaders' Questions (27 Jun 2013)

Martin Ferris: The Minister is on the side of the bankers.

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Tourism Policy (27 Jun 2013)

Martin Ferris: 37. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will provide a progress report on the current review of the national tourism policy; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [30947/13]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Light Rail Projects Status (27 Jun 2013)

Martin Ferris: 23. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will provide an update on the progress made with the LUAS Cross City project; and the plans for a north and southbound station at Dawson Street, Dublin 2. [31032/13]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Ambulance Service Provision (27 Jun 2013)

Martin Ferris: 259. To ask the Minister for Health if he will restore local ambulance control to Tralee following the recent error in directing an ambulance to the home of a young child who died [31306/13]

Other Questions: Human Rights Issues (26 Jun 2013)

Martin Ferris: 8. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if his attention has been drawn to the fact that a person (details supplied) who is imprisoned in Lithuania, will have their case heard before the Court of Appeal in Vilnius, on 27 June; and if the Irish Ambassador to Lithuania, or another high ranking embassy official, will attend this hearing. [30773/13]

Other Questions: Human Rights Issues (26 Jun 2013)

Martin Ferris: 24. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if his attention has been drawn to conditions in the Lukiskes prison in Lithuania, in which an Irish citizen (details supplied) is currently imprisoned; and if the Irish Embassy in Lithuania is providing the consular support they need. [30772/13]

Other Questions: Human Rights Issues (26 Jun 2013)

Martin Ferris: I thank the Minister for his response. I understand that the other prison where Michael Campbell is being held is almost as bad as Lukiškės Prison, and the conditions, particularly regarding non-contact visits using a phone through glass or Perspex, along with sanitation conditions in the prison, are a disgrace. In Lukiškės Prison, a number of prisoners in a cell all...

Other Questions: Human Rights Issues (26 Jun 2013)

Martin Ferris: I thank the Minister for the fact that an official will attend the trial. The appeal is not by the prisoner, Michael Campbell, but by the State to increase the sentence he received. There is no doubt that the publicity and interventions, particularly by the Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade, have had a welcome effect on the conditions in which he is held. After tomorrow I will be...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Student Grant Scheme Appeals (26 Jun 2013)

Martin Ferris: 112. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills when a person (details supplied) in County Kerry will receive their Student Universal Support Ireland grant. [31108/13]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Student Grant Scheme Appeals (26 Jun 2013)

Martin Ferris: 113. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills when a person (details supplied) in County Kerry will receive their Student Universal Support Ireland grant. [31109/13]