Results 341-360 of 5,550 for speaker:Martin Ferris

Order of Business. (8 Nov 2005)

Martin Ferris: I regret having to ask this question. For the past three years I have been trying to obtain an answer from successive Ministers for Health and Children on funding for Kerry General Hospital.

Order of Business. (8 Nov 2005)

Martin Ferris: Yesterday I observed a woman of 74 years of age on a trolley. She had been there since 11 p.m. the previous night. I observed seven people on trolleys in Kerry General Hospital.

Order of Business. (8 Nov 2005)

Martin Ferris: No beds were available. Four people were——

Order of Business. (8 Nov 2005)

Martin Ferris: I have been trying to get an answer in respect of this matter for three years. It is an absolute disgrace.

Order of Business. (8 Nov 2005)

Martin Ferris: I wish to have an answer to my question.

Order of Business. (8 Nov 2005)

Martin Ferris: I wish to have an answer to my question.

Written Answers — Special Educational Needs: Special Educational Needs (8 Nov 2005)

Martin Ferris: Question 165: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the action she intends to take to end the practice of special needs students being referred on to other schools by certain schools resulting in huge disparities between these schools in the amount of special needs students they must cater for. [32748/05]

Written Answers — Early Childhood Education: Early Childhood Education (8 Nov 2005)

Martin Ferris: Question 159: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if she has been in contact with the CDI concerning its initiative A Place for Children: Tallaght West; and the Department which will be co-ordinating the Government's response to same. [32791/05]

Written Answers — Departmental Records: Departmental Records (8 Nov 2005)

Martin Ferris: Question 216: To ask the Taoiseach the number of farmers in County Kerry who have ceased production since 1 January 2003; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [32169/05]

Written Answers — Official Engagements: Official Engagements (8 Nov 2005)

Martin Ferris: Question 224: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children if she will visit Kerry General Hospital so she can see first-hand the problems facing staff and patients at the hospital in particular with the accident and emergency unit, the maternity unit and with cardiology services; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [32377/05]

Written Answers — Special Educational Needs: Special Educational Needs (8 Nov 2005)

Martin Ferris: Question 617: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the number of special needs assistants attached to each school in County Kerry; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [32808/05]

Written Answers — State Airports: State Airports (10 Nov 2005)

Martin Ferris: Question 32: To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs the number of US troops passing through Shannon Airport each month in 2005. [33470/05]

Written Answers — State Airports: State Airports (10 Nov 2005)

Martin Ferris: Question 41: To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs if he will give an update on the use of Shannon Airport by the US military. [33468/05]

Written Answers — Financial Services Regulation: Financial Services Regulation (10 Nov 2005)

Martin Ferris: Question 125: To ask the Minister for Finance if he will make a statement on the fact that many financial institutions apart from National Irish Bank made settlements for DIRT not collected and that many other institutions made settlements much larger than the settlement from National Irish Bank. [33600/05]

Written Answers — Financial Services Regulation: Financial Services Regulation (10 Nov 2005)

Martin Ferris: Question 126: To ask the Minister for Finance if he will make a statement on the fact that An Coiste um Chuntais Phoiblí in its inquiry into DIRT found that the kind of practices discovered in National Irish Bank were widespread in the industry. [33601/05]

Requests to move Adjournment of Dáil under Standing Order 31. (15 Nov 2005)

Martin Ferris: I seek the adjournment of the Dáil under Standing Order 31 to debate the following urgent matter: the need to discuss the crisis in Kerry General Hospital due to lack of resources which is leading to patients spending long hours on trolleys and a shortage of domestic service which operates for only five hours a day.

Hospital Staffing. (15 Nov 2005)

Martin Ferris: I wish to share time with Deputy Moynihan-Cronin. Yesterday I attended a protest meeting outside Kerry General Hospital at which 40 GPs took the serious step of picketing the hospital in support of the staff of the hospital as well as to show their frustration at the lack of proper services available and the lack of funding to deliver those services. Kerry General Hospital has the same number...

Written Answers — World Trade Negotiations: World Trade Negotiations (15 Nov 2005)

Martin Ferris: Question 442: To ask the Minister for Agriculture and Food if she will make a statement on the implications for EU and Irish agriculture of the Trade Commissioner's proposals relating to the World Trade Organisation. [33990/05]

Written Answers — Postal Services: Postal Services (16 Nov 2005)

Martin Ferris: Question 112: To ask the Minister for Communications, Marine and Natural Resources the way in which he can have a positive role in ending the dispute in An Post in view of his public pronouncements regarding same. [34544/05]

Written Answers — Prospecting Licences: Prospecting Licences (16 Nov 2005)

Martin Ferris: Question 183: To ask the Minister for Communications, Marine and Natural Resources his proposals to alter the terms and conditions under which companies are granted oil and gas exploration licences; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [34474/05]