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

Martin Ferris: ...heard nothing concrete coming from the Government last night or today that gives a guarantee the agreement will come back here and that the Government will use a veto to stop an agreement that will destroy our beef sector. What I want to hear from the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine when he stands up is that he is giving an absolute guarantee that the Government, or whatever...

An Bille um an Ochtú Leasú is Tríocha ar an mBunreacht (Neodracht) 2018 : An Dara Céim [Comhaltaí Príobháideacha] - Thirty-Eighth Amendment of the Constitution (Neutrality) Bill 2018: Second Stage [Private Members] (9 Apr 2019)

Martin Ferris: ...and others, in the invasion of Afghanistan and Iraq and about Syria and Libya. Some 2 million people are dead as a consequence of the actions of these countries. The whole area has been destabilised and destroyed by these actions to effect the change they wanted for their imperial needs. In 2017, the country signed up to PESCO. By joining PESCO the Government has committed to...

Sea-Fisheries (Amendment) Bill 2017: Second Stage (28 Mar 2019)

Martin Ferris: ...of any fishery. There needs to be conservation with the purpose of sustaining the industry. Otherwise, the industry will be fished out, as is happening all along the coast. Overfishing has destroyed many industries, such as those of lobster, brown crab, crayfish and mussels, and it has put people who are totally dependent on the sector in a bad way. Another amendment will provide that...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Sea-Fisheries (Amendment) Bill 2017 and Fish Quotas: Discussion (20 Jun 2017)

Martin Ferris: ...fishing community is where it is. I grew up in a fishing community, as many of the witnesses will know, and worked as a commercial fisherman for a while. I have seen communities decimated and destroyed with the advent of the EEC and the way the then Government gave away what would have been one of the best industries in the country if it had been developed and nurtured properly, which...

Topical Issue Debate: Fisheries Protection (31 May 2017)

Martin Ferris: ...damage that has been done to our fishing stocks. One person I met had been fishing that morning with gillnet and got ten boxes of cod. I have a picture showing how three of them were absolutely destroyed by seals, and I can give the Minister a copy afterwards. That is practically a third of his catch for that day gone. Fishermen have difficulties trying to make ends meet before facing...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Sea-Fisheries Sustainability Impact Assessment: Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine (6 Dec 2016)

Martin Ferris: ...year. In regard to cod in the Celtic Sea, there is a minus 68% proposal; megrims, 28%; monkfish, 12%; and prawns down by 9%. I know these are in negotiation but there will be cuts again. It is destroying a way of life. Some mechanism has to be found to try to protect that way of life not to force people into the opportunity to decommission and get out of the industry as has happened in...

National Monuments: Motion [Private Members] (2 Feb 2016)

Martin Ferris: I cannot imagine this scenario in any other country, that a battlefield site of its fight for independence would be destroyed with the encouragement of the government of the day on the centenary of such a momentous event as our 1916 Rising. I cannot imagine any other nation engaging in this erasure of its proud history. The truth is that this Government and the kind of people who support...

Flooding: Statements (13 Jan 2016)

Martin Ferris: ...their faces because they got wet while, at the same time, people throughout the country were dealing with homes overwhelmed by flood waters and all their electric appliances such as ovens and fridges being destroyed. At least the Minister, Deputy Coveney, and the Minister of State, Deputy Harris, were actually doing something in the areas they visited. Their efforts were appreciated. ...

Financial Resolutions 2016 - Financial Resolution No. 5: General (Resumed) (14 Oct 2015)

Martin Ferris: ...in rural Ireland. The Minister for Social Protection, Deputy Joan Burton's claim that farm assist could be replaced by jobseeker's allowance shows how little she and the Government care if they end up destroying rural life as we know and cherish it. There is a definite trend in all of the new measures which shows that the future of the family farm and the rural way of life, from which...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on the Implementation of the Good Friday Agreement: Outstanding Legacy Issues affecting Victims and Relatives in Northern Ireland: Discussion (24 Sep 2015)

Martin Ferris: ...and every one of us comes from a particular position and to acknowledge the hurt inflicted by one tradition on another tradition. If one does not approach it openly and honestly in that way, one is destroying one's self.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: National Strategic Plan for Sustainable Aquaculture Development: Discussion (1 Jul 2015)

Martin Ferris: ...the challenge is based on myths and rumour. I have listened to the debate on the Galway Bay site. If one were to believe everything one hears, one would conclude that it was a deliberate attempt to destroy natural salmon. On the other side, there are people who have no personal or vested interest but want to do the right thing. There must be buy-in from communities to get it across the...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Hen Harrier Special Protection Areas (16 Dec 2014)

Martin Ferris: ...present with Sean Kelly, MEP, in his area and it was striking that a particular area which has been designated has forestry on either side. An entire valley has been sterilised as a consequence. It has destroyed the area. The hen harrier area is on one side of a ditch in a particular townland but the area on the other side of the ditch is not a special protection area. It makes no...

Agriculture Industry: Motion [Private Members] (7 Oct 2014)

Martin Ferris: ...take on the multiples and the beef barons. They cannot be allowed to get away with it. They have manipulated the farming organisations. They have sucked everybody into what they are doing. They are destroying rural Ireland and all our constituents and they are allowed to get away with it. We must all take a stand and say loud and clear that the Larry Goodmans and people like him, the...

Death and Burial of Children in Mother and Baby Homes: Motion (Resumed) [Private Members] (11 Jun 2014)

Martin Ferris: ...to support the motion. I hope that what has been exposed over the past weeks and years will purify a rotten system that existed between the leadership of the church and the State in this country. It destroyed the lives of many.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: European Union (Common Fisheries Policy) (Point System) Regulations: Sea-Fisheries Protection Authority (11 Mar 2014)

Martin Ferris: ...Where would they get the resources if such recourse is available to them? How could they afford to pay a barrister and a solicitor when they cannot put bread on the table? It is another effort to destroy what is left of a very small and shrinking industry. It will do absolutely nothing to protect the rights and entitlements of our coastal and fishing communities.

Recent Flooding: Statements (12 Feb 2014)

Martin Ferris: .... The homes of people in Limerick, where the Minister of State, Deputy Jan O'Sullivan, lives, Cork and elsewhere have been flooded in recent weeks. Water can do significant damage in a house; it destroys carpets, floorboards and everything else and nothing can undo the emotional and psychological damage it can cause. Even people who have escaped from having their homes flooded have been...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Scrutiny of EU Legislative Proposals (8 Oct 2013)

Martin Ferris: ...them to overcome additional costs incurred? If inspections allow for replacement animals or slaughter, will the compensation payments be based on the full market value? If crops and plants are destroyed during the course of an inspection, for example, will compensation be paid? The delegates said the Government had argued for flexibility. Can I take it that such flexibility relates to...

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: ...We have no quota. The witnesses are correct about spurdog, which is thick in the water. When jigging for mackerel in July and August, one gets a lot more spurdog than mackerel close to the rocks. It is soul-destroying to see what is happening to our communities. Irrespective of our political parties, committee members must be vocal in pursuit of the aims and objectives of what the...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Use of Commonage Lands: Discussion (Resumed) (19 Feb 2013)

Martin Ferris: ...are evident to everybody. The deduction in decoupling is a contributing factor, as is the age profile of the farmers who share in the commonages and, crucially, the low market returns. It is soul destroying and demoralising for people who have been active farmers for most of their lives; trying to scrape a living off the side of a hill is difficult for them. The witness stated that...

Common Fisheries Policy: Statements (13 Jun 2012)

Martin Ferris: ...fishermen to change the practices they have been forced into under European rules. Fishermen have often been portrayed in an extremely negative fashion because their practices have been seen to destroy fish stocks. I suggest that poor management from Brussels was the main contributing factor to these stocks being damaged. Other issues must be addressed. Increased access to our waters by...