31. Deputy Martin Ferris asked the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources his plans to discuss inland fisheries during Ireland's Presidency of the EU; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [4672/13]
23. Deputy Martin Ferris asked the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht his plans to commemorate the 1913 Lockout; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [4505/13]
628. Deputy Martin Ferris asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will undertake to set a quota for the catching of bass by Irish fishermen in Irish waters. [4436/13]
172. Deputy Martin Ferris asked the Minister for Social Protection if she will provide details on the new local authority social employment scheme; the persons who will qualify; and if it will be open to people on disability. [4061/13]
160. Deputy Martin Ferris asked the Minister for Social Protection the progress that has been made in reducing waiting lists for applicants to each of the social welfare payments in the past year. [4060/13]
207. Deputy Martin Ferris asked the Minister for Health when a person (details supplied) in County Waterford will be called for an operation at Waterford Regional Hospital. [3629/13]
125. Deputy Martin Ferris asked the Minister for Social Protection when an appeal in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Kerry will be decided. [3561/13]
124. Deputy Martin Ferris asked the Minister for Social Protection when an appeal in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Kerry will be decided. [3560/13]
41. Deputy Martin Ferris asked the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the effect of the Patent Cliff experienced between September and November 2012 on employment levels in the relevant sectors and the actions to ameliorate the situation; and if he foresees a similar situation developing in the next five years. [3245/13]
37. Deputy Martin Ferris asked the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the way he accounts for the fall in manufacturing in the third quarter last year in areas outside of the pharmaceutical sector; its impact on employment and the plans he has to reverse this situation. [3246/13]
223. Deputy Martin Ferris asked the Minister for Health the reason the Food Safety Authority of Ireland were conducting tests on the burgers which were later found to be contaminated. [3157/13]
221. Deputy Martin Ferris asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine his views on a statement by British Food Minister David Heath, MP, on 17 January, to the effect that the import of the horse meat which contaminated burgers was an example of criminality and that it may lead to prosecutions in this jurisdiction or in Britain. [3416/13]
218. Deputy Martin Ferris asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will supply a list of Spanish and Dutch companies which export food ingredients into Ireland. [3355/13]
214. Deputy Martin Ferris asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the checks that are carried out on imported pig meat; and if such imported meat can qualify to be labelled as of Irish origin. [3271/13]
201. Deputy Martin Ferris asked the Minister for Justice and Equality if a decision has been made to conduct tests on unidentified remains found off the south east to determine whether they are part of the remains of men lost at sea. [3470/13]
91. Deputy Martin Ferris asked the Minister for Education and Skills if he has received a submission from a school (details supplied) in County Kerry for financial support to enable them to provide transport between the two schools in order to ferry students to and from each school in order to avail of the widest possible subject choice in the area; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [3436/13]
39. Deputy Martin Ferris asked the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform in the event of a public body being found not to be covered by the Freedom of Information legislation to be introduced by him later this year, but not included in the list of exclusions, the person who makes this decision, and if the decision can be appealed to the Information Commissioner or the Courts. [3075/13]
7. Deputy Martin Ferris asked the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the percentage of construction related public procurement projects of €100,000 and over that were awarded to Irish companies, including those in the six counties, in 2011 and 2012 respectively. [3074/13]
550. Deputy Martin Ferris asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will provide the names of the two companies which he stated on 16 January 2013 were the sources of the contaminated product which found its way into burgers here, and whether either or both of those companies is owned in whole or in part by any of the Irish companies which imported the ingredients and processed the burgers here; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [2881/13]
164. Deputy Martin Ferris asked the Minister for Education and Skills when his Department will conclude an investigation into schools which are in breach of his Department's rules by hiring retired primary teachers as substitutes; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [2681/13]
24. Deputy Martin Ferris asked the Minister for Finance if additional staff are being allocated to the Revenue Commissioners to implement the proposed local property tax; and if not, his views on whether Revenue Commissionsers have sufficient personnel to deal with the new tax or if current staff are being redirected from other activities, such as auditing, to the property tax section. [1795/13]
20. Deputy Martin Ferris asked the Minister for Finance the position regarding the €3.1 billion bond to be redeemed with the Bank of Ireland in April 2013, specifically, when the bond will be redeemed and the way it will be treated for accounting purposes on the State's balance sheets [1794/13]
856. Deputy Martin Ferris asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the number of persons employed by the Sea Fisheries Protection Authority that are currently in receipt of a pension from the Department of Defence; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [58072/12]
855. Deputy Martin Ferris asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the number of retired naval personnel currently employed by the Sea Fisheries Protection Authority; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [58071/12]
760. Deputy Martin Ferris asked the Minister for Justice and Equality when a decision will be made on a stamp 4 application in respect of persons (details supplied) in County Kerry. [58145/12]
355. Deputy Martin Ferris asked the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if he will ensure that Coillte becomes subject to freedom of information requests in line with his commitment to introducing greater transparency. [57985/12]
98. Deputy Martin Ferris asked the Minister for Finance the amount that has been collected to date under the 0.6% pension levy; if the money is being ring-fenced for the purposes outlined on its introduction; and the number of jobs that have been created as a consequence. [57921/12]
39. Deputy Martin Ferris asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if he supports the right of Gaza's fishermen to fish twenty nautical miles out at sea, as provided for in the Oslo accords; and if he will raise the restriction to six nautical miles currently being imposed on them by the Israeli navy with the Israeli authorities. [1679/13]
16. Deputy Martin Ferris asked the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will provide details of any new projects he expects to receive funding from the €56 million provided for tourism product development between 2013 and 2016; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [57266/12]
40. Deputy Martin Ferris asked the Minister for Health the way the additional €35 million allocated for mental health services in 2012 was spent; if any of this amount has been carried over into 2013 and the way in which this €35 million allocated for 2013 will be spent; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [57021/12]
39. Deputy Martin Ferris asked the Minister for Health the number of persons with medical card entitlements and the projected increase for 2013; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [57020/12]
87. Deputy Martin Ferris asked the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the way she plans to resource the yet to be established Child and Family Support Agency in view of the fact that that the Children and Family Services Health Service Executive budget has been cut by approximately €5 million to €546 million; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [56778/12]
74. Deputy Martin Ferris asked the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs if she will provide a breakdown of the way that the €16.5 million has been redirected into childcare places for low income workers and targeted early childhood care and education supports for disadvantaged areas. [56777/12]
2. Deputy Martin Ferris asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine his views on the impact of budgetary cuts on farm programmes; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [56052/12]
151. Deputy Martin Ferris asked the Minister for Justice and Equality if a decision has been taken to carry out the tests required to possibly provide a definitive identification of humans bones found off the south east coast and possibly connected to recent losses of fishing vessels. [55737/12]
34. Deputy Martin Ferris asked the Minister for Defence if he will provide an update on the procurement of new ships for the Naval Service; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [54704/12]
401. Deputy Martin Ferris asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the reason a person (details supplied) was not re-allocated the excess quota. [55356/12]
232. Deputy Martin Ferris asked the Minister for Social Protection if she will expedite an application for farm assist in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Kerry. [55066/12]
154. Deputy Martin Ferris asked the Minister for Education and Skills further to Parliamentary Question No. 283 of 6 November 2012, if a person who is in receipt of separate remote area grants for two children attending two different schools who has had one payment stopped is in fact entitled to claim both payments [55065/12]
105. Deputy Martin Ferris asked the Minister for Justice and Equality if his attention has been drawn to the fact that countries such as France have made use of collective pardons to tackle overcrowding in prisons, rather than having recourse to the time-consuming early release mechanism; if he has considered the making use of the right of pardon and the power to commute or remit punishment to bring the prison population within the safe custody limits recommended by the Inspector of Prisons for appropriate prisoners. [54470/12]
69. Deputy Martin Ferris asked the Minister for Justice and Equality his plans to adequately resource the Probation Service into the future to effectively administer the community return scheme and the increased volume of Community Service Orders following the enactment of the Criminal Justice (Community Service)(Amendment) Act 2011. [54469/12]
85. Deputy Martin Ferris asked the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government if he will provide an update on his plans to introduce a new statewide uniform scheme of allocations for local authority housing; and the measures that will be put in place to enure it is as transparent and fair as possible. [54243/12]
214. Deputy Martin Ferris asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will introduce a compensation scheme for suckler producers whose herds have been infected by BVD and who have had multiple PIs taken out of their herd and undertake to ensure the continuation of the €100 compensation on the dams of PI calves plus reduced knackery charges for producers affected in 2013. [53440/12]
39. Deputy Martin Ferris asked the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources if he knows of any proposed site at which oil would be drilled for off the County Kerry coast; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [53333/12]
25. Deputy Martin Ferris asked the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources if he has received any information regarding the amount of oil that lies off the County Kerry coast; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [53332/12]
161. Deputy Martin Ferris asked the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources further to Parliamentary Question No. 96 of 20 June 2012, the grounds in which those applicants that appealed the insulation grant refusal were successful [53279/12]
28. D'fhiafraigh Deputy Martin Ferris den Aire Ealaíon, Oidhreachta agus Gaeltachta cé na himpleachtaí a mheasann an Roinn Ealaíon, Oidhreachta agus Gaeltachta a bheidh mar thoradh ar an tsamhail nua maoinithe atá curtha os comhair na Comhairle Aireachta Thuaidh-Theas do líon agus do chaighdeán na seirbhísí do phobal na Gaeilge agus do chúrsaí fostaíochta na n-eagras bunmhaoinithe reatha; agus an ndéanfaidh sé ráiteas ina thaobh. [52982/12]
6. Deputy Martin Ferris asked the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht if he will give an undertaking to provide the Heritage Council with additional funding to ensure the continuation of its research, education, and conservation programmes; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [53064/12]
577. Deputy Martin Ferris asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he has made any contacts requesting staff whose annual salary is in excess of €200,000 in his Department or in any body under the remit of his Department, to waive 15% of their salary or such amount in excess of €200,000 whichever is the lesser; if he has, the date on which he first made this contact; the number of staff whose annual salaries were in excess of €200,000 at that date; the number of staff who acquiesced to the request for the waiver; the number of staff who refused the request for the waiver and the number of staff who have not responded to the request for the waiver. [52572/12]
576. Deputy Martin Ferris asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will provide in tabular form, the number of staff in his Department, or in bodies which fall under the remit of his Department, whose annual remuneration including salary, pension and benefits at 31 December 2011 fell into bands of €400,000 and above, between €300,000 to €399,999, between €200,000 to €299,999 and between €150,000 to €199,000; and if he will provide a breakdown of the positions held by the staff in the relevant pay brackets. [52571/12]