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Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Transfers (22 Oct 2019)

Martin Ferris: 400. To ask the Minister for Health when a patient (details supplied) at University Hospital Kerry can expect to be brought to Cork University Hospital to have a pacemaker fitted. [43429/19]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Summer Works Scheme Applications (8 Oct 2019)

Martin Ferris: 126. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills when works will take place to ensure the protection of children attending a school (details supplied). [41125/19]

Joint Oireachtas Committee On Key Issues Affecting The Traveller Community: Traveller Mental Health: Discussion (Resumed) (8 Oct 2019)

Martin Ferris: I thank the witnesses for the presentations. The commentary by one of the candidates in the presidential election was probably one of the most disgraceful political contributions I have heard in my lifetime. At the beginning of September this year, I took one of my grandchildren to the local school in Ardfert. He was sitting with Traveller children at one table. When my children went to...

Joint Oireachtas Committee On Key Issues Affecting The Traveller Community: Traveller Mental Health: Discussion (Resumed) (8 Oct 2019)

Martin Ferris: Yes. Do the witnesses see a way of dealing with structural discrimination, which affects education and job opportunities? Could they address the mental health issue also?

Merchant Shipping (Investigation of Marine Casualties) (Amendment) Bill 2019: Second Stage [Private Members] (3 Oct 2019)

Martin Ferris: I thank Deputy Mattie McGrath for introducing this Bill and I thank everybody for supporting it. I am very conscious that it is 20 years, almost to the day, since I lost my best friend, Thomas Kelly. He was one of eight men who drowned 100 miles west of Kerry Head. I am also very conscious that the family members of John O'Brien and Pat Esmonde are in the Gallery. When one comes from a...

Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: Greyhound Industry (3 Oct 2019)

Martin Ferris: I thank the Minister for his response. I am not so sure about the justification for penalising more than 99% of the people involved in the industry for the actions of what is probably 1%. It is very wrong and is affecting their livelihood. It has a huge impact on the fabric of their communities because the industry is so greatly involved in local economies. I referred in my opening...

Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: Cancer Services Funding (3 Oct 2019)

Martin Ferris: If the Minister of State is happy to take my matter, I will go ahead.

Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: Greyhound Industry (3 Oct 2019)

Martin Ferris: The greyhound fraternity and the Irish Greyhound Board have expressed shock and disappointment at the decision of Fáilte Ireland and Tourism Ireland to suspend the promotion of greyhound racing in the national and international tourism markets. This will have a significant impact on many areas in rural Ireland, particularly those that depend on a strong greyhound industry. I do not...

Ceisteanna ar Reachtaíocht a Gealladh - Questions on Promised Legislation (26 Sep 2019)

Martin Ferris: From 1 December until the end of last week, there were 225 patients in Kerry University Hospital on trolleys. On Monday this week, there were 30 patients on trolleys and 70 in the waiting area waiting for a trolley. Circumstances are so bad that the eight beds in the medical assessment unit were being used for patients waiting to be assessed. The situation was chaotic this Monday and...

Written Answers — Department of Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Animal Disease Controls (24 Sep 2019)

Martin Ferris: 563. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the steps being taken to protect the wild hare population from rabbit haemorrhagic disease; and if animals that have been found with the disease have been sent for independent testing. [38274/19]

Written Answers — Department of Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Animal Disease Controls (24 Sep 2019)

Martin Ferris: 564. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the counties in which rabbit haemorrhagic disease has been found to date; and if a vaccination scheme for the wild hare population has been explored. [38275/19]

Agriculture: Motion [Private Members] (18 Sep 2019)

Martin Ferris: I acknowledge the commitment and bravery of all the independent beef farmers, and the movement which is currently protesting, as well as those who stand with them to highlight the conditions they are compelled to live under because of the lack of a decent price for their cattle. I have been on the pickets with these farmers in Rathkeale and Bandon and I am certain that they have been left...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Appointments Status (18 Sep 2019)

Martin Ferris: 140. To ask the Minister for Health when a person (details supplied) can expect to receive an appointment. [37778/19]

Beef Sector: Statements (17 Sep 2019)

Martin Ferris: I knew on the completion of the latest negotiations and the press releases that followed that the assumption of an agreement was false. It was false because the talks did not deal with the main issue, namely, the base price. We would not have a beef industry without beef and suckler farmers. We would not have all of those people employed in the industry. How can farmers continue to...

Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: Hospital Equipment (17 Sep 2019)

Martin Ferris: The importance of a DEXA scanner, particularly for middle-aged women, cannot be stressed highly enough. A DEXA scanner measures bone density. I was looking at some of the statistics on bone density and the importance of a DEXA scanner, particularly in respect of fractures. The number of fractures, particularly among middle-aged women, exceeds the number of all other conditions. Women are...

Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: Hospital Equipment (17 Sep 2019)

Martin Ferris: I thank the Minister of State for his reply. I am just looking at answers I received when I raised this matter in the past. The answers have been somewhat similar. They stated the hospital hoped to appoint staff within the coming weeks and that it might be in a position to reconsider the service. This is typical Civil Service-speak. There is no substance to it. The response is that the...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Services (6 Sep 2019)

Martin Ferris: 786. To ask the Minister for Health the reason a person (details supplied) has been refused access to genetic testing that was recommended by their treating physician. [34696/19]

EU-Mercosur Trade Agreement: Motion [Private Members] (10 Jul 2019)

Martin Ferris: Human rights.

EU-Mercosur Trade Agreement: Motion [Private Members] (10 Jul 2019)

Martin Ferris: Yes.

EU-Mercosur Trade Agreement: Motion [Private Members] (10 Jul 2019)

Martin Ferris: The beef and livestock industry is a large part of the rural economy's sustainability. It affects every rural parish. Were it not for its contribution, rural Ireland would be barren. I am conscious of small beef producers. We should not forget their contribution to the dairy sector. They are the ones who are buying up surplus dairy herd calves for the beef herd. Suckler cows are also of...