30. Deputy Martin Ferris asked the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs her plans to implement section 22 of the Adoption Act 2010 based on means to support those persons that wish to adopt but are unable to do so due to the cost of adoption. [14849/16]
13. Deputy Martin Ferris asked the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs her plans in regard to the Highscope model; and her further plans to roll out this model nationally. [14848/16]
565. Deputy Martin Ferris asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine when he will provide funding to complete works at the breakwater at Greencastle Harbour, County Donegal. [14761/16]
465. Deputy Martin Ferris asked the Minister for Health to address the concerns in the recently published national stroke audit carried out by the Irish Heart Foundation and the HSE's national stroke programme at Kerry University Hospital. [14737/16]
447. Deputy Martin Ferris asked the Minister for Health the reason a person (details supplied) will have to wait a year and a half for a dental procedure. [14628/16]
23. Deputy Martin Ferris asked the Minister for Health to support the provision of additional crisis houses as oulined in A Vision For Change. [13726/16]
148. Deputy Martin Ferris asked the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the steps she will take to increase employment in the arts and culture sectors. [13905/16]
147. Deputy Martin Ferris asked the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht if she is satisfied that Ireland’s investment in the arts is at the bottom of the European table; and the steps she will take to resolve this problem. [13904/16]
105. Deputy Martin Ferris asked the Minister for Education and Skills to ensure that a school (details supplied) retains its current teaching numbers for the 2016-17 academic year. [13899/16]
482. Deputy Martin Ferris asked the Minister for Health if ambulance co-ordinates technology is in use in ambulances attached to University Hospital Kerry in County Kerry and, if not, the cost of installing it. [11637/16]
1117. Deputy Martin Ferris asked the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he is aware of, and his views on, the fact that, in answer to a question by a person (details suppled), the European Commission stated that the regulation of fishing and passenger vessels carrying fewer than 12 passengers is a matter for the State and is not influenced by European Union regulation. [10061/16]
1116. Deputy Martin Ferris asked the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he is aware that since the introduction of passenger boat regulations by the Government in June 2002, the use of commercial fishing boats as passenger boats has been effectively banned and that although some boats may meet or surpass the safety standards for both fishing and passenger use, they may not be licensed for both purposes; his views on whether this damages tourist and fish angling potential in some rural coastal communities; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10060/16]
23. Deputy Martin Ferris asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Social Protection to immediately address the ongoing recruitment problems of community employment schemes. [8171/16]
155. Deputy Martin Ferris asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the penalties imposed on farmers as a result of inspections carried out on their holdings in 2015 and to date in 2016 by county and in tabular form. [7595/16]
154. Deputy Martin Ferris asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the number of holdings which were inspected more than once in 2015 and to date in 2016 by county and in tabular form. [7594/16]
153. Deputy Martin Ferris asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the number of farm inspections carried out by his Department in 2015 and in 2016 to date, by county and in tabular form. [7593/16]
11. Deputy Martin Ferris asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Social Protection to allow persons selected under the JobPath scheme (details supplied) to qualify for advertised community employment schemes and to take up any employment they are offered. [6390/16]
442. Deputy Martin Ferris asked the Minister for Education and Skills to ensure a person (details supplied) receives the necessary full-time special needs assistant support, as outlined by an occupational therapist, when the person starts school. [4777/16]
146. Deputy Martin Ferris asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if European Union legislation or regulations require member states to only accept online applications under the basic payment scheme; and if such a stipulation by his Department facilitates or impedes access to this scheme, especially among older farmers and farmers in areas poorly served by broadband. [4776/16]
584. Deputy Martin Ferris asked the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if the procurement of legal advice in respect of freedom of information by Sport Ireland and by the authority was in accordance with procurement law; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [4211/16]
583. Deputy Martin Ferris asked the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport in respect of Sport Ireland and its predecessor the National Sports Campus Development Authority, the amount of taxpayers' money that has been spent, that has been committed to be spent and that is projected to be spent on legal advice regarding freedom of information in each of the years, 2012 to 2016. [4210/16]
570. Deputy Martin Ferris asked the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if the procurement of legal advice in respect to freedom of information by the National Sports Campus Development Authority and Sport Ireland was in accordance with procurement law; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [4487/16]
569. Deputy Martin Ferris asked the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the amount of taxpayers' money that has been spent, that has been committed to be spent and is projected to be spent on legal advice in respect of freedom of information in respect of Sport Ireland and its predecessor the National Sports Campus Development Authority in each of the years, 2012 to 2016. [4486/16]
436. Deputy Martin Ferris asked the Minister for Education and Skills the reason fees for the correction of mock junior certificate examinations differ from school to school, as evidenced by a differential in County Kerry from €20 to €120 per examination; and if her Department has criteria regarding the cost of correction of these examinations. [2970/16]
344. Deputy Martin Ferris asked the Minister for Health when a person (details supplied) in County Kerry will receive treatment for which the person is waiting since June 2015. [2943/16]
323. Deputy Martin Ferris asked the Minister for Health when a person (details supplied) in County Kerry will have required surgery carried out at Kerry General Hospital. [2828/16]
102. Deputy Martin Ferris asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Social Protection when a decision on an application under the carer's allowance scheme for a person (details supplied) in County Kerry will be made; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [2940/16]
29. Deputy Martin Ferris asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the measures he will take to ensure healthy competition prevails in the Irish beef industry. [2276/16]
17. Deputy Martin Ferris asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine why beef exports to the United States of America were worth only €11 million in 2015, when predictions were that sales there would amount to €50 to €100 million. [2277/16]
5. Deputy Martin Ferris asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will put a relief or compensation scheme in place for those farmers whose land has suffered severe damage due to recent flooding. [2365/16]
2. Deputy Martin Ferris asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will provide compensation for fishermen who, due to bad weather, have been unable to put to sea since November 2015. [2364/16]
150. Deputy Martin Ferris asked the Minister for Education and Skills if she will allocate a resource teacher to a school (details supplied) in County Kerry. [2412/16]
149. Deputy Martin Ferris asked the Minister for Education and Skills the status of two applications from a school (details supplied) made in November 2015, one of which is an emergency works and the other of which is an application for additional school accommodation, both of which are to accommodate a new pupil who uses a wheelchair and who will start school in 2016. [2405/16]
115. Deputy Martin Ferris asked the Minister for Health when certain clothing will be allocated to a person (details supplied) in County Kerry. [2414/16]
909. Deputy Martin Ferris asked the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport what action he will take to ensure equality of allocation of funding towards the repair of roads in Lower Ormond in North County Tipperary, particularly in the area of Rathcabbin where some vehicles cannot use public roads due to their state of bad repair, where school buses can no longer operate and where the situation has reached crisis point for those living in the area. [1308/16]
414. Deputy Martin Ferris asked the Minister for Health if he will ensure that a person (details supplied) who is unable to travel to Cork from Tralee in County Kerry to have cataracts removed will be treated in County Kerry. [44941/15]
214. Deputy Martin Ferris asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will deal with a scenario where parties to partnership agreements between older and younger farmers, which have not yet been processed by his Department due to technical difficulties, cannot access the green low-carbon agri-environment scheme within the current deadline of 14 December 2015; the alternative for these farmers; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [44788/15]
201. Deputy Martin Ferris asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the amount he has spent on the harbour in Daingean Uí Chúis, County Kerry, since the approval of Statutory Instrument No. 233 of 2007, which transferred the management of the harbour to him, by year, the purpose of each spending allocation, the benefits of this investment to the local fishing industry; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [44951/15]
348. Deputy Martin Ferris asked the Minister for Health if he will provide funding for nursing support for a school (details supplied) in County Kerry. [44154/15]
274. Deputy Martin Ferris asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the reason for the delay in payment to a person (details supplied) in County Donegal under the area based payment scheme and the single payment scheme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [44156/15]
271. Deputy Martin Ferris asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine when a payment will be made under the basic payment scheme and the greening scheme to a person (details supplied) in County Kerry. [44076/15]
37. Deputy Martin Ferris asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will address the injustice around the anomaly which results in young-old farmers being denied payments which are available to young farmers after 2009. [41250/15]
30. Deputy Martin Ferris asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if the Sea Fisheries Protection Authority monitored the Margiris supertrawler fishing off the County Donegal coast recently; if the vessel was boarded by the authority; if its catch was examined; and if not, the reason. [41252/15]
26. Deputy Martin Ferris asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine his interaction with the European Union regarding an increase in the intervention price of dairy products; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [41251/15]
5. Deputy Martin Ferris asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine his views that the imposition of a foal levy based on the advertised value of the nomination fee of a stallion means that when the actual fee paid is less than the advertised price and breeders are unfairly penalised [41418/15]
2. Deputy Martin Ferris asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the person who made the decision not to prosecute anyone in relation to the milk quota irregularities involving Glanbia, Clongowes Wood College and a person in County Tipperary, which were investigated by his Department; if An Garda Síochána was made aware of the details of this case; and if he will waive his legal privilege in order to disclose the opinion of the Office of the Chief State Solicitor on this case. [41417/15]