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Topical Issue Debate: Marine Safety (25 Jun 2013)

Martin Ferris: I thank the Minister for his reply. I reiterate the importance of the use of personal beacons by all fishing crew. Where a vessel flounders, an on-board device is activated immediately which gives its location and thus assists in the rescue effort. However, if a boat sinks and somebody is lost, the chances of recovering his or her remains are not good. In the south east, for example, the...

Topical Issue Debate: Marine Safety (25 Jun 2013)

Martin Ferris: Everybody will be aware of the recent tragedy off the coast of Tramore where the three Bolger brothers lost their lives while fishing. This follows the sinking of the Tit Bonhomme in Glandore Harbour early last year and the loss of the Pere Charles and two other boats in the same area with no bodies recovered. This issue was raised by the Irish Fishermen's Organisation at a recent meeting...

Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Joint Sub-Committee on Fisheries: Fishery Management Plan: Discussion with Iascarí Intíre Cois Cladach na hÉireann (25 Jun 2013)

Martin Ferris: I thank Mr. O'Corcora and Mr. Connolly for the presentation. It is good to have people representing not just vested interests in fishing but the communities they come from. The IIE effectively does that, representing the largest number of people involved in the sector. They all come from the coastal communities most affected by the prevailing policies and the lack of policy to ensure...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Mental Health Services Provision (25 Jun 2013)

Martin Ferris: 130. To ask the Minister for Health the number of children being treated for depression, anxiety and stress; if he will provide information on the direction that is taken for treatment when those diagnosis are made; if he will provide the same information for patients between 18 and 25 years old; if he will outline the guidelines pertaining to the management of these patients; and if he will...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Services Provision (25 Jun 2013)

Martin Ferris: 134. To ask the Minister for Health if he will detail the supports in place for patients with Huntington's Disease; if his attention has been drawn to proposals to develop specialist clinics at Beaumont Hospital, Dublin and University Hospital, Galway; if he will outline his plans to develop and implement these proposals; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [30396/13]

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Energy and Natural Resources: Angling Restrictions (25 Jun 2013)

Martin Ferris: 392. To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources the reason restrictions on salmon and trout fishing remain in force on the River Bride when they have been lifted on other tributaries of the River Blackwater. [30602/13]

Other Questions: Equine Industry Issues (19 Jun 2013)

Martin Ferris: This is a serious problem across the country. In the area I come from there is a large number of horses with which nothing can be done, and many of them are going hungry on the side of the road. Some type of scheme must be put in place, perhaps a scrappage scheme as suggested by Deputy Ó Cuív, or a grant aid scheme to ensure something can be done about the problem.

Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: Departmental Offices (19 Jun 2013)

Martin Ferris: 2. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the number of offices that his Department intends to close around the State. [29620/13]

Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: Departmental Offices (19 Jun 2013)

Martin Ferris: I thank the Minister for his reply. I congratulate the Minister of State at the Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine, Deputy Tom Hayes, on his promotion. I suppose it will be the only medal Tipperary will get this year, but he might think differently about it. The transfer of administrative staff will have a major impact on the people concerned. This goes back to the 45 km...

Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: Departmental Offices (19 Jun 2013)

Martin Ferris: Does the Minister agree? Is there any way this can be looked at again? Is there any way that those being redeployed should be given a transfer in their area? There are other Departments in Tralee where these ten clerical officers could be redeployed rather than putting them through the terrible trauma of travelling to and from Killarney on a daily basis and given the cost factor associated...

Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: Departmental Offices (19 Jun 2013)

Martin Ferris: I understand.

Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: Departmental Offices (19 Jun 2013)

Martin Ferris: I am entitled to ask a supplementary question.

Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: Departmental Offices (19 Jun 2013)

Martin Ferris: I wish to put a supplementary question.

Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: Departmental Offices (19 Jun 2013)

Martin Ferris: The concern I have for these workers is that many have a problem with this. At least one is a single parent with a young daughter and is living off €478.20 per week. That person will be spending a further €60 or €70 per week on transport without any certainty about whether there will be reimbursement. That is a serious problem. One of the people involved has a...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Management of Upland Habitats in County Wicklow: Discussion with Wicklow Uplands Council (18 Jun 2013)

Martin Ferris: I thank the delegates for their presentation. I concur with much of what Senator Brian Ó Domhnaill said, particularly about the uncertainty surrounding the framework for Pillar 2 and the level of funding it will provide. The problems experienced by hill farmers in County Wicklow, as outlined by the delegates, are the same as those facing farmers on the west coast, in my own county of...

Written Answers — Department of Defence: Defence Forces Operations (18 Jun 2013)

Martin Ferris: 38. To ask the Minister for Defence if leave has been cancelled for Irish Defence Forces on 17 and 18 June 2013. [29117/13]

Written Answers — Department of Defence: Overseas Missions (18 Jun 2013)

Martin Ferris: 45. To ask the Minister for Defence if he will list the delegations of Irish troops stationed abroad. [29118/13]

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Child Support (18 Jun 2013)

Martin Ferris: 193. To ask the Minister for Social Protection her views on the impact on families receiving family income supplement if the proposals contained in the report of the Advisory Group on Tax and Welfare on reforming child income supports were to be implemented. [28643/13]

Written Answers — Department of Health: EU Regulations (18 Jun 2013)

Martin Ferris: 497. To ask the Minister for Health if he supports the proposal by the British Government to liberalise EU regulations on genetically modified food products. [29029/13]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Penal Policy Review Group Report (13 Jun 2013)

Martin Ferris: 37. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality his views on the Report on Penal Reform from the Joint Committee on Justice, Equality and Defence from March 2013; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [28242/13]