Parliamentary questions

Departmental Meetings

Martin Ferris

231. Deputy Martin Ferris asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will meet with the chairman, secretary and treasurer of Horse Care Ireland; and if he will provide a date for such a meeting. [44009/14]

GLAS Eligibility

Martin Ferris

2. Deputy Martin Ferris asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if his attention has been drawn to the concerns of active commonage farmers regarding implementation of, and criteria for, the GLAS scheme; and the action he proposes to alleviate those concerns. [43097/14]

Beef Industry

Martin Ferris

5. Deputy Martin Ferris asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will report on any progress on the issue of a single label for Irish beef and his negotiations with British retailers regarding the nomad cattle issue. [43098/14]

Commonage Framework Plans

Martin Ferris

11. Deputy Martin Ferris asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will confirm the risk of financial corrections being imposed by the European Commission on undergrazing on commonages. [43014/14]

Beef Exports

Martin Ferris

26. Deputy Martin Ferris asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will report on his visit to China and the potential for Irish beef exports there. [43015/14]

Beef Industry

Martin Ferris

40. Deputy Martin Ferris asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if there is evidence of beef farmers switching to dairy production in significant numbers and if this presents a concern for the beef industry. [43013/14]

Hospital Waiting Lists

Martin Ferris

390. Deputy Martin Ferris asked the Minister for Health if his attention has been drawn to a person (details supplied) in County Limerick with type 2 diabetes who is unable to take medication, suffers terrible pain and has been on a neurosurgery waiting list for over a year at Cork University Hospital; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [43090/14]

School Transport Provision

Martin Ferris

461. Deputy Martin Ferris asked the Minister for Education and Skills when a person (details supplied) will receive payment and arrears of special transport needs grant. [42970/14]

Beef Imports

Martin Ferris

424. Deputy Martin Ferris asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the amount of beef imported into this country by month to date in 2014. [41450/14]

Inland Fisheries Ireland Staff

Martin Ferris

1074. Deputy Martin Ferris asked the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources if the chief executive officer of Inland Fisheries Ireland attended the world recreational fishing conference in Sao Paulo, Brazil, from 1 to 4 September 2014; and if he was accompanied by other staff or board members of IFI. [41402/14]

Inland Fisheries Ireland Staff

Martin Ferris

1075. Deputy Martin Ferris asked the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources if he will provide a breakdown of the cost of the attendance of Inland Fisheries Ireland personnel at the world recreational fishing conference, Sao Paulo, Brazil from 1 to 4 September 2014. [41403/14]

Inland Fisheries Ireland Staff

Martin Ferris

1076. Deputy Martin Ferris asked the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources to set out the reason and planned outcome of the attendance of Inland Fisheries Ireland personnel at the world recreational fishing conference in Sao Paulo, Brazil, from 1 to 4 September 2014. [41404/14]

Departmental Legal Cases

Martin Ferris

40. Deputy Martin Ferris asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he has received a response from the Chief State Solicitor on an issue in respect of a person (details supplied) after the matter was referred to the Chief State Solicitor's Office on or before 24 June 2014. [39358/14]

Beef Imports

Martin Ferris

43. Deputy Martin Ferris asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine companies which imported beef into Ireland in 2014; when the imports took place and the amount each company imported. [39386/14]

GLAS Eligibility

Martin Ferris

52. Deputy Martin Ferris asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the way he will meet his stated target of 30,000 applicants accepted into GLAS in 2015, in view of the fact that his Department has stipulated that only those in Tier One, may participate in year one and the majority of Irish farmers fall into the Tier Two category. [39476/14]

Medical Aids and Appliances Provision

Martin Ferris

78. Deputy Martin Ferris asked the Minister for Health when a person (details supplied) in County Kerry will receive a prosthesis for their leg. [39438/14]

Food Safety Standards Regulation

Martin Ferris

107. Deputy Martin Ferris asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine when a company's (details supplied) application for registration as a food business operator under European Communities (Food and Feed Hygiene) Regulation 2009 (SI No. 432 of 2009) on 4 August 2014 will be decided. [39237/14]

Inland Fisheries Regulation

Martin Ferris

353. Deputy Martin Ferris asked the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources if an Inland Fisheries Ireland operational manager has a trout fishing lodge on Lough Corrib, while, at the same time, using gillnets to fish for pike on SAC 297, Lough Corrib. [39173/14]

Inland Fisheries Regulation

Martin Ferris

354. Deputy Martin Ferris asked the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources if gillnets are allowed to be used during pike spawning season on all west of Ireland lakes. [39174/14]

Inland Fisheries Regulation

Martin Ferris

355. Deputy Martin Ferris asked the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources if Inland Fisheries Ireland allows Waterways Ireland to cut and remove weed from canals during pike spawning season. [39175/14]

Medical Card Applications

Martin Ferris

121. Deputy Martin Ferris asked the Minister for Health if his attention has been drawn to a case of a person (details supplied) in County Limerick regarding a medical card application. [38587/14]

Medical Card Applications

Martin Ferris

122. Deputy Martin Ferris asked the Minister for Health the position regarding a medical card in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Limerick who has been waiting five months for same. [38588/14]

Tax Rebates

Martin Ferris

50. Deputy Martin Ferris asked the Minister for Finance if a person (details supplied) in County Tipperary is entitled to a refund from the Revenue Commissioners for having been wrongly penalised for alleged overpayments which were taken out of the person's single farm payment over recent years. [38305/14]

Beef Imports

Martin Ferris

86. Deputy Martin Ferris asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the number of tonnes of beef imported here in 2014. [38422/14]

Beef Imports

Martin Ferris

87. Deputy Martin Ferris asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the persons his Department granted licences to import beef in 2014. [38423/14]

Beef Imports

Martin Ferris

88. Deputy Martin Ferris asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the country of origin of the beef imported here in 2014. [38424/14]

Sheepmeat Sector

Martin Ferris

89. Deputy Martin Ferris asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if his attention has been drawn to the new restrictions on the movement of breeding ewes and hoggets from here to Northern Ireland across the Border; and the effects of these restrictions on livestock marts and breeders here. [38425/14]

Agriculture Scheme Eligibility

Martin Ferris

3. Deputy Martin Ferris asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will ensure that those working commonage will not be disadvantaged if 50% of shareholders do not take up the green low-carbon agri-environment scheme, GLAS. [35428/14]

Beef Industry

Martin Ferris

7. Deputy Martin Ferris asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he, along with the Minister for Agriculture and Rural Development in the North, met representatives of the British multiples to address issues related to Irish beef; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [35159/14]

Food Exports

Martin Ferris

23. Deputy Martin Ferris asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he has considered the impact of the Russian Federation trade ban on agricultural products from the EU; if he has made representations on behalf of Irish farmers to ensure that European supports need to be put in place to compensate farmers and businesses impacted during the sanctions period and to cover long-term losses that will be felt as a result of the ban. [35161/14]

Trade Agreements

Martin Ferris

28. Deputy Martin Ferris asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine his views on the implications for Irish agriculture of the Transatlantic Trade and Investment Partnership to be negotiated between the European Union and the United States of America; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [35160/14]

Community Welfare Services Provision

Martin Ferris

67. Deputy Martin Ferris asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Social Protection the amount that was spent refurbishing the community welfare offices at Edward Street, Tralee, before Christmas 2013. [33238/14]

Community Welfare Services Provision

Martin Ferris

68. Deputy Martin Ferris asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Social Protection the number of years the community welfare office in Edward Street, Tralee, is open; and the amount it cost to move to these offices from Denny Street. [33239/14]

Financial Services Regulation

Martin Ferris

182. Deputy Martin Ferris asked the Minister for Finance if there is an obligation to ensure that mortgage companies who buy loans from regulated mortgage companies are in turn regulated. [32928/14]

Departmental Agencies Funding

Martin Ferris

436. Deputy Martin Ferris asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the amount the Teagasc budget has been cut in the past four budgets. [32968/14]

Rural Development Plan

Martin Ferris

543. Deputy Martin Ferris asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine in relation to the GLAS scheme, the number of months of the year sheep must be on commonage. [31114/14]

Commonage Division

Martin Ferris

544. Deputy Martin Ferris asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine in relation to the GLAS scheme, the position regarding dormant shares of commonage. [31115/14]

Commonage Division

Martin Ferris

545. Deputy Martin Ferris asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine in relation to the GLAS scheme, the payment to be made for commonage. [31116/14]

Agri-Environment Options Scheme Payments

Martin Ferris

546. Deputy Martin Ferris asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine in relation to the GLAS scheme, the reason AEOS 3 participants are being penalised retrospectively when their first payment was received in May 2014. [31117/14]

Commonage Division

Martin Ferris

547. Deputy Martin Ferris asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine in relation to the GLAS scheme, the person who will manage grazing plans. [31118/14]

Commonage Division

Martin Ferris

548. Deputy Martin Ferris asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine in relation to the GLAS scheme, the person who will oversee burning if it is required. [31119/14]

Milk Quota

Martin Ferris

551. Deputy Martin Ferris asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the persons or legal company that will verify that the reallocation of approximately 500,000 litres has taken place (details supplied). [31387/14]

Milk Quota

Martin Ferris

552. Deputy Martin Ferris asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if all the relevant information and papers related to the illegal internal alteration of milk quota reallocation (details supplied) has been sent to the Chief State Solicitor's office; and when a final outcome on the matter is expected from the Chief State Solicitor. [31388/14]

Audiology Services Provision

Martin Ferris

668. Deputy Martin Ferris asked the Minister for Health when a person (details supplied) will receive hearing aids; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [31348/14]

Hospital Waiting Lists

Martin Ferris

687. Deputy Martin Ferris asked the Minister for Health when a person (details supplied) in County Kerry will be referred to Cork University Hospital. [31473/14]

Farm Assist Scheme Data

Martin Ferris

418. Deputy Martin Ferris asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Social Protection if she will provide in tabular form by county the number of persons who lost their farm assist payments under the terms of budget 2013. [29745/14]

Farm Assist Scheme Data

Martin Ferris

419. Deputy Martin Ferris asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Social Protection the amount it would cost to restore farm assist to 2013 levels. [29746/14]

Hospital Staff

Martin Ferris

771. Deputy Martin Ferris asked the Minister for Health if he will provide a breakdown, in tabular form, of the number of formal complaints made by staff at Kerry General Hospital over the past three years; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [29756/14]

Single Payment Scheme Eligibility

Martin Ferris

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]

Single Payment Scheme Eligibility

Martin Ferris

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]

National Roads Authority Projects

Martin Ferris

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]

Energy Resources

Martin Ferris

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]

Energy Resources

Martin Ferris

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]

Milk Quota Trading Scheme

Martin Ferris

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]

Milk Quota Trading Scheme

Martin Ferris

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]

Milk Quota Trading Scheme

Martin Ferris

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]

Milk Quota Trading Scheme

Martin Ferris

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]

Milk Quota Trading Scheme

Martin Ferris

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]

Nursing Homes Support Scheme Applications

Martin Ferris

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]

Hospital Waiting Lists

Martin Ferris

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]

Hospital Waiting Lists

Martin Ferris

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]

Beef Industry

Martin Ferris

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]

Beef Data Programme

Martin Ferris

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]

Public Sector Staff Recruitment

Martin Ferris

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]

Common Fisheries Policy Reform

Martin Ferris

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]

Agriculture Scheme Payments

Martin Ferris

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]

Income Data

Martin Ferris

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]

Property Tax Yield

Martin Ferris

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]

Property Tax Yield

Martin Ferris

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]

Carer's Allowance Appeals

Martin Ferris

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]

Carer's Allowance Appeals

Martin Ferris

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]

Health Services

Martin Ferris

697. Deputy Martin Ferris asked the Minister for Health when a person (details supplied) in County Kerry will receive an MRI scan. [25851/14]

Medical Card Applications

Martin Ferris

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]

Health Services Provision

Martin Ferris

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]

Health Services Provision

Martin Ferris

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]

Special Areas of Conservation Designation

Martin Ferris

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]

Wastewater Treatment

Martin Ferris

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]

Regional Road Network

Martin Ferris

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]

Medical Aids and Appliances Provision

Martin Ferris

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]

Hospital Waiting Lists

Martin Ferris

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]

Garda Investigations

Martin Ferris

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]

Hospital Procedures

Martin Ferris

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]

Medical Card Applications

Martin Ferris

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]

Vehicle Registration

Martin Ferris

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]

Audiology Services Provision

Martin Ferris

625. Deputy Martin Ferris asked the Minister for Health when a person (details supplied) in County Kerry will have hearing aids fitted. [21333/14]

Milk Quota

Martin Ferris

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]

European Maritime and Fisheries Fund

Martin Ferris

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]

Agriculture Scheme Administration

Martin Ferris

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]

Land Parcel Identification System

Martin Ferris

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]

Student Grant Scheme Payments

Martin Ferris

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]

Jobseeker's Allowance Appeals

Martin Ferris

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]

Pension Provisions

Martin Ferris

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]

Marine Safety

Martin Ferris

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]

Jobseeker's Allowance Appeals

Martin Ferris

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]

Rural Social Scheme Administration

Martin Ferris

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]

Health Services Provision

Martin Ferris

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]

Regional Road Network

Martin Ferris

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]

Coastal Protection

Martin Ferris

26. Deputy Martin Ferris asked the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the action he has taken to protect the coast of Ireland against land erosion due to storm damage; and his plans regarding same in view of the fact that 250 acres were lost in the last storms. [13207/14]

Primary Care Services Provision

Martin Ferris

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]

Special Educational Needs Service Provision

Martin Ferris

48. Deputy Martin Ferris asked the Minister for Education and Skills the position regarding a special needs assistant in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Limerick. [16864/14]