Results 61-80 of 5,550 for speaker:Martin Ferris

Written Answers — Beef Industry: Beef Industry (12 Oct 2004)

Martin Ferris: Question 80: To ask the Minister for Agriculture and Food if he will make a statement on the investigation into irregularities at a plant (details supplied) in County Kildare. [24385/04]

Written Answers — Beef Industry: Beef Industry (12 Oct 2004)

Martin Ferris: Question 102: To ask the Minister for Agriculture and Food if she will make a statement on the investigation into irregularities at plant (details supplied) in County Kildare; and the implications which it may have on the industry. [24378/04].

Written Answers — Beef Exports: Beef Exports (12 Oct 2004)

Martin Ferris: Question 81: To ask the Minister for Agriculture and Food if the ongoing ban on beef from the Six Counties has been discussed at inter-ministerial level; and if so, if she will make a statement on these discussions. [24021/04]

Written Answers — Beef Exports: Beef Exports (12 Oct 2004)

Martin Ferris: Question 82: To ask the Minister for Agriculture and Food if she has satisfied herself with the efforts being made by the British authorities to have the Six Counties excluded from the ban on British beef. [24022/04]

Written Answers — Organic Farming: Organic Farming (12 Oct 2004)

Martin Ferris: Question 96: To ask the Minister for Agriculture and Food the impact the introduction of the single farm payment will have on the organic sector here. [24331/04]

Written Answers — Genetically Modified Organisms: Genetically Modified Organisms (12 Oct 2004)

Martin Ferris: Question 97: To ask the Minister for Agriculture and Food her Department's current assessment of the evidence regarding the productivity of GM crops in other countries; and the implications that this evidence has for the possible introduction of GM crops here. [24332/04]

Written Answers — Fishing Vessel Licences: Fishing Vessel Licences (12 Oct 2004)

Martin Ferris: Question 181: To ask the Minister for Communications, Marine and Natural Resources if he will make a statement on the banning of a fishing vessel (details supplied) from fishing in African waters. [24008/04]

Written Answers — Organ Retention: Organ Retention (12 Oct 2004)

Martin Ferris: Question 205: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children if the amount of money earned by companies (details supplied) from the pituitary glands of deceased Irish persons is known. [24002/04]

Written Answers — Organ Retention: Organ Retention (12 Oct 2004)

Martin Ferris: Question 206: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children the procedures which hospitals responsible for selling pituitary glands from deceased persons have put in place to contact relatives of the deceased. [24003/04]

Written Answers — Organ Retention: Organ Retention (12 Oct 2004)

Martin Ferris: Question 207: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children the reason the Dunne inquiry has not been held in public. [24004/04]

Written Answers — Organ Retention: Organ Retention (12 Oct 2004)

Martin Ferris: Question 208: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children the reason the deadline for the production of the report of the Dunne inquiry has been missed. [24005/04]

Request to Move Adjournment of Dáil under Standing Order 31. (19 Oct 2004)

Martin Ferris: I seek the adjournment of the Dáil under Standing Order 31 to discuss the alarming statistics on suicide among those aged 15 to 24 years and the role which social deprivation and marginalisation plays in this problem.

Horse and Greyhound Racing Fund Order: Motion. (19 Oct 2004)

Martin Ferris: We support the provision of public funding for sport. Many race courses and dog tracks require this support, the absence of which would have a detrimental effect on their viability, as well as on the employment and social benefits accruing from them. Funding over the last four years has improved race courses and greyhound tracks. I can vouch for this from my knowledge of Tralee greyhound park...

Written Answers — Aquaculture Licences: Aquaculture Licences (19 Oct 2004)

Martin Ferris: Question 345: To ask the Minister for Communications, Marine and Natural Resources if his attention has been drawn to the concerns being highlighted by persons (details supplied) in County Donegal with regard to the licensing of mussel dredging in a fashion that threatens the existence of indigenous wild oyster beds in the River Swilly and consequently the livelihoods of these persons; if his...

Written Answers — Social Welfare Benefits: Social Welfare Benefits (19 Oct 2004)

Martin Ferris: Question 403: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs when it is proposed to introduce the promised all-Ireland free travel scheme for pensioners. [25440/04]

Written Answers — Bovine Diseases: Bovine Diseases (19 Oct 2004)

Martin Ferris: Question 431: To ask the Minister for Agriculture and Food if the Government will request the European Commission to treat the Six Counties as a separate case in regard to the ban on UK beef. [25365/04]

Written Answers — Schools Building Projects: Schools Building Projects (19 Oct 2004)

Martin Ferris: Question 518: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the long-term plans for a school (details supplied) in County Kerry; and if there have been instructions from her Department not to enrol first year students after September 2005. [25175/04]

Requests to move Adjournment of Dáil under Standing Order 31. (2 Nov 2004)

Martin Ferris: I seek the adjournment of the Dáil under Standing Order 31 to debate the following urgent matter: the need to discuss the potential threat to the future of the sugar beet industry on foot of the current proposals from the European Commission and the implications of changes to the WTO.

Child Care: Motion. (2 Nov 2004)

Martin Ferris: I will raise a number of issues in support of my party's motion on the area of child care. One of the first issues that comes to mind is the withdrawal of the crèche supplement and child care support for people taking part in VTOS schemes. Last year, I dealt with a case in my constituency where a number of women were forced to give up places on schemes because their community employment...

Written Answers — Road Safety: Road Safety (2 Nov 2004)

Martin Ferris: Question 185: To ask the Minister for Transport the steps he proposes to take in order to create safety awareness around Luas traffic. [26996/04]