368. Deputy Martin Ferris asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if farmland afforested prior to 2009 is not eligible for consideration as part of the calculation of a farmer's direct payments and his-her basic payment in particular; the other sources of European Union funding available with regard to this afforested land. [28498/14]
367. Deputy Martin Ferris asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the requirements that must be fulfilled in order to draw down payment under the common agricultural policy on these two areas, farmland afforested prior to 2009; and farmland afforested in 2009 or after. [28497/14]
221. Deputy Martin Ferris asked the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will provide a report on the previously agreed Adare bypass in County Limerick; if the project is feasible as previously agreed with all consultations, soil samples, route agreed and funding secured; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [27616/14]
607. Deputy Martin Ferris asked the Minister for Health when he will ensure that the waiting list for bariatric surgery is reduced to one year. [27114/14]
606. Deputy Martin Ferris asked the Minister for Health the way his Department and the Health Service Executive will provide funding to clear the waiting list for bariatric surgery in Loughlinstown weight management clinic. [27113/14]
605. Deputy Martin Ferris asked the Minister for Health when funding for the nursing home support scheme will be made available in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Kerry. [27112/14]
424. Deputy Martin Ferris asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if there are food safety and milk traceability issues involved in milk quota re-allocations; his views on the implications this would have for the reputation of Irish milk as a pure, green quality brand across the island of Ireland; and his plans to resolve this problem. [27142/14]
423. Deputy Martin Ferris asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he is satisfied that there is a transparent electronic and paper trail available regarding milk quota re-allocation and if his Department's special investigation unit milk quota team has identified any other milk quota irregularities in its detailed audit of a company (details supplied) or any other milk suppliers since the start of this year. [27141/14]
422. Deputy Martin Ferris asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if the report of the independent milk verification process will be sent to the Office of the Chief State Solicitor for consideration. [27140/14]
421. Deputy Martin Ferris asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the amount of litres of milk involved in the re-allocation from dairy farms (details supplied); and the total monetary fine imposed by the EU because of this re-allocation. [27139/14]
420. Deputy Martin Ferris asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will name the persons who are to carry out the independent milk verification process with regard to the milk quota re-allocation from dairy farms (details supplied). [27138/14]
332. Deputy Martin Ferris asked the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources if his Department has entered negotiations with Shannon LNG and the energy regulator regarding advancing the LNG project in north Kerry; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [26636/14]
331. Deputy Martin Ferris asked the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources if his Department is considering an alternative energy supply for the north Kerry area outside of the LNG project; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [26635/14]
35. Deputy Martin Ferris asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he is concerned that the Teagasc national farm strategy for 2013 has pointed to the fact that cattle, tillage and sheep farmers' incomes are falling behind dairy farmers to the extent that persons are leaving the sector; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [26143/14]
25. Deputy Martin Ferris asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will consider an amnesty for farmers being penalised retrospectively due to unintentional over-claiming of payments due to changes in EU land eligibility technology. [26142/14]
14. Deputy Martin Ferris asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will provide information on the matching funding which the Government will make available along with the €148 million from the European Union over the next six years under the Common Fisheries Policy. [26141/14]
10. Deputy Martin Ferris asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine in view of higher demand for Teagasc level 5 and level 6 courses, due to the need for them to qualify for the young farmer top-up payments from next year, if he will act to set aside the embargo on public sector recruitment and provide Teagasc with the staff it needs to fulfil the new demand for places. [26144/14]
7. Deputy Martin Ferris asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine his views on data management and transparency within the beef industry, specifically the beef factories' access to the AIMS database and farm financial data, while farmers are not given access to the figures, collected by his Department, for the number of cattle slaughtered weekly or the level of inter-trading between meat factories; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [26140/14]
2. Deputy Martin Ferris asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine his plans to remedy the situation whereby the traditional trade in live cattle exports to Northern Ireland has collapsed due to the penalisation of nomadic cattle by retail multiples there, due to the labelling problem which arises from cattle that are born in the Twenty-six Counties being slaughtered in the North; and if he has consulted with the Minister for Agriculture in Northern Ireland regarding the introduction of a North-South Irish brand for beef. [26240/14]
740. Deputy Martin Ferris asked the Minister for Health his views on plans to treat a person (details supplied) in a medical ward at Kerry General Hospital or a specialist centre such as Beaumont Hospital [26083/14]
739. Deputy Martin Ferris asked the Minister for Health his views on the treatment of a person (details supplied), who is a patient diagnosed with a neurological condition, in Kerry General Hospital and currently being treated in the psychiatric unit there. [26082/14]
698. Deputy Martin Ferris asked the Minister for Health if he will consider returning a discretionary medical card on medical not financial grounds, to a person (details supplied) in County Kerry. [25852/14]
351. Deputy Martin Ferris asked the Minister for Social Protection when a decision on a carer's allowance appeal in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Kerry will issue. [25831/14]
350. Deputy Martin Ferris asked the Minister for Social Protection when a decision will be made on a carer's allowance appeal in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Kerry who submitted their appeal in October 2013. [25825/14]
166. Deputy Martin Ferris asked the Minister for Finance the amount raised through the local property tax in County Tipperary in 2013 and to date in 2014; and the amount expected to be raised for the remainder of 2014. [25677/14]
144. Deputy Martin Ferris asked the Minister for Finance the amount raised through the local property tax in County Kerry in 2013 and to date in 2014; and the amount expected to be raised for the remainder of 2014. [25248/14]
15. Deputy Martin Ferris asked the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the reason no compensation was paid to land designated as a special protection area for the hen harrier despite the fact that applicants were promised €14,000 for the first 100 acres. [20213/14]
596. Deputy Martin Ferris asked the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will consider the provision of funding for improvement works to local tertiary and cul-de-sac roads in the south and west Kerry electoral area. [24794/14]
398. Deputy Martin Ferris asked the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government if his attention has been drawn to the fact that Clare County Council has been unable to locate a planning file (details supplied) relating to the Westpark estate development in Spanish Point, County Clare; that this development is the subject of a complaint to the Commission of the European Communities regarding failure to comply with community law regarding sewer leaks from an alleged unauthorised wastewater treatment plant; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [24568/14]
110. Deputy Martin Ferris asked the Minister for Health when a person (details supplied) in County Kerry will be referred to Cork University Hospital. [24030/14]
109. Deputy Martin Ferris asked the Minister for Health when a motorised bicycle will be allocated in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Kerry [24029/14]
968. Deputy Martin Ferris asked the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the way a person using a commercial vehicle for private use, which is taxed as private, can avoid paying commercial rates when using toll bridges. [22333/14]
774. Deputy Martin Ferris asked the Minister for Health the reason a person (details supplied) has been waiting since early March for a decision on their medical card [22533/14]
770. Deputy Martin Ferris asked the Minister for Health if his attention has been drawn to the fact that a person (details supplied) in County Limerick who only has sight in one eye has been waiting since 23 May 2013 for an appointment to have a cataract removed; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22517/14]
655. Deputy Martin Ferris asked the Minister for Justice and Equality the reason a person (details supplied) in County Kerry has been told by gardaí in Tralee that no record of an investigation exists of an incident that occurred on 25 February 2010 after which the person made a formal complaint and received an acknowledgement of same on 2 March 2010. [22352/14]
15. Deputy Martin Ferris asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if farmers may remove scrub from their land under the land eligibility programme; and if this land will then qualify for full entitlements. [20214/14]
12. Deputy Martin Ferris asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will release full details of the environmental scheme GLAS and modernisation scheme TAMS II and open the schemes as soon as possible to take applications from the thousands of farmers who finished the REP scheme last year and those who will finish this December, in order to alleviate the farm income crisis. [20215/14]
5. Deputy Martin Ferris asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will seek compensation under the new European Maritime and Fisheries Fund to help alleviate the loss of earnings for fishermen from mid-January until April as a consequence of last winter’s storms. [20376/14]
2. Deputy Martin Ferris asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if his Department has completed its investigations into alleged milk quota irregularities (details supplied); if the Garda fraud squad has been involved in the case; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [20375/14]
80. Deputy Martin Ferris asked the Minister for Social Protection the reason a person (details supplied) in County Limerick has been waiting since 24 February for a decision on their appeal for jobseeker's allowance. [19760/14]
57. Deputy Martin Ferris asked the Minister for Education and Skills the reason a person (details supplied) in County Limerick has not yet received their student grant. [19761/14]
372. Deputy Martin Ferris asked the Minister for Social Protection if she is satisfied that the current qualifying conditions (details supplied) for a State pension contributory do not discriminate against working mothers; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [19491/14]
263. Deputy Martin Ferris asked the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if his Department accepts a UK decommissioning certificate and an EU ITC 69 certificate, stating kilowatts and tonnage. [18318/14]
705. Deputy Martin Ferris asked the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will make emergency funding available for a section of the L-3018, local primary route from Coolcorcoran Cross and Inchycullane. [17933/14]
660. Deputy Martin Ferris asked the Minister for Health to detail when the Health Service Executive will allocate a motorised bicycle to a person (details supplied) in County Kerry. [17931/14]
365. Deputy Martin Ferris asked the Minister for Social Protection if she will confirm the future of the rural social scheme; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [17930/14]
323. Deputy Martin Ferris asked the Minister for Social Protection the reason a person (details supplied) has been waiting since 4 March 2013 for a decision on the review of their application for jobseeker's allowance. [17404/14]
184. Deputy Martin Ferris asked the Minister for Health if he will examine the case of a person (details supplied) in County Wexford, who has motor neurone disease and seeks information regarding the costs of home ventilation in order to prolong their life; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17076/14]