Parliamentary questions

Legislative Measures

Martin Ferris

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]

Medical Aids and Appliances Provision

Martin Ferris

446. Deputy Martin Ferris asked the Minister for Health if a portable concentrator will be provided for a person (details supplied). [14627/16]

Dental Services Waiting Lists

Martin Ferris

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]

National Stroke Programme Implementation

Martin Ferris

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]

Fishery Harbour Centres

Martin Ferris

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]

Mental Health Services Provision

Martin Ferris

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]

School Staff

Martin Ferris

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]

Arts Funding

Martin Ferris

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]

Arts Promotion

Martin Ferris

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]

Ambulance Service

Martin Ferris

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]

Hospital Appointments Status

Martin Ferris

835. Deputy Martin Ferris asked the Minister for Health when a person (details supplied) can expect to have a procedure undertaken. [10291/16]

Boat Permits

Martin Ferris

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]

Boat Permits

Martin Ferris

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]

Community Employment Schemes Operation

Martin Ferris

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]

Hospital Waiting Lists

Martin Ferris

248. Deputy Martin Ferris asked the Minister for Health when a person (details supplied) will have an operation. [8041/16]

Farm Inspections

Martin Ferris

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]

Farm Inspections

Martin Ferris

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]

Agriculture Scheme Penalties

Martin Ferris

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]

Community Employment Schemes Eligibility

Martin Ferris

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]

Basic Payment Scheme

Martin Ferris

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]

Special Educational Needs Service Provision

Martin Ferris

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]

Departmental Bodies Expenditure

Martin Ferris

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]

Departmental Bodies Expenditure

Martin Ferris

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]

Departmental Bodies Expenditure

Martin Ferris

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]

Departmental Bodies Expenditure

Martin Ferris

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]

Carer's Allowance Applications

Martin Ferris

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]

Hospital Appointments Status

Martin Ferris

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]

Hospital Appointments Status

Martin Ferris

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]

Hospital Waiting Lists

Martin Ferris

357. Deputy Martin Ferris asked the Minister for Health when a person (details supplied) in County Kerry will receive much needed surgery. [3059/16]

State Examinations Fees

Martin Ferris

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]

Fishing Industry

Martin Ferris

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]

Hardship Grant Scheme

Martin Ferris

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]

Beef Exports

Martin Ferris

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]

Beef Industry

Martin Ferris

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]

Disability Support Services Provision

Martin Ferris

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]

School Accommodation

Martin Ferris

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]

School Staffing

Martin Ferris

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]

Roads Maintenance Funding

Martin Ferris

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]

Harbours and Piers Expenditure

Martin Ferris

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]

GLAS Administration

Martin Ferris

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]

Hospital Appointments Administration

Martin Ferris

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]

Agriculture Scheme Payments

Martin Ferris

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]

Agriculture Scheme Payments

Martin Ferris

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]

Special Educational Needs Staff

Martin Ferris

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]

Milk Quota

Martin Ferris

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]

Horse Racing Industry Funding

Martin Ferris

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]

Dairy Sector

Martin Ferris

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]

Fisheries Protection

Martin Ferris

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]

Targeted Agricultural Modernisation Scheme

Martin Ferris

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]

Medical Aids and Appliances Provision

Martin Ferris

145. Deputy Martin Ferris asked the Minister for Health when a person (details supplied) in County Kerry will be fitted for orthopaedic shoes. [40823/15]

Hospital Waiting Lists

Martin Ferris

420. Deputy Martin Ferris asked the Minister for Health when a person (details supplied) in County Kerry will receive a badly needed cataract operation. [40434/15]

Inland Fisheries Ireland Investigations

Martin Ferris

159. Deputy Martin Ferris asked the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources why the Inland Fisheries Ireland did not seek to prosecute the Electricity Supply Board for the events of 15 May 2014 at the Cathleen’s Falls dam at Ballyshannon, County Donegal, where some 300,000 elver eels were killed; and if this kill was a result of poor management by the Electricity Supply Board. [39675/15]

Fisheries Protection

Martin Ferris

233. Deputy Martin Ferris asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the rationale and justification for the actions of the Sea-Fisheries Protection Authority in seizing the catches of a company (details supplied) on 10 and 30 October 2015, and in selling the confiscated catches. [39000/15]

Fisheries Protection

Martin Ferris

234. Deputy Martin Ferris asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the position regarding the proceeds of the sale of the fish confiscated from a company (details supplied) by the Sea-Fisheries Protection Authority on 10 and 30 October 2015. [39001/15]

Fisheries Protection

Martin Ferris

235. Deputy Martin Ferris asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he is aware that a person (details supplied) has a firmly held moral objection to dumping good fish, but has logged all his catches and is so aiding the collection of scientific data regarding stocks and quotas. [39002/15]

Fisheries Protection

Martin Ferris

236. Deputy Martin Ferris asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine his plans to press criminal charges against a person (details supplied) following the seizure of a fish catch. [39003/15]

Educational Disadvantage

Martin Ferris

495. Deputy Martin Ferris asked the Minister for Education and Skills to explain the reason a school (details supplied) in County Kerry has lost its DEIS status following its amalgamation with another school, resulting in an increase of two pupils on its roll; if she is aware that the school is highlighted as a model of best practice as a rural disadvantaged school, that it is involved in all available programmes to enhance the educational potential of its pupils, and that the loss of its DEIS status will have a detrimental effect; and if she will meet a delegation of parents and teachers from the school to discuss the loss of DEIS status and the effect this will have on its pupils, or if she is willing to restore the DEIS status to the school. [39370/15]

Ambulance Service Provision

Martin Ferris

172. Deputy Martin Ferris asked the Minister for Health if he will ensure a person (details supplied) in County Kerry who is paralysed from the chest down is transported by ambulance from the person's home to the Mater Hospital in Dublin 7 on 5 November 2015. [38712/15]

Direct Payment Scheme Applications

Martin Ferris

392. Deputy Martin Ferris asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine when a payment under the areas of natural constraint scheme will issue to a person (details supplied) in County Mayo; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [37291/15]

Agriculture Scheme Payments

Martin Ferris

436. Deputy Martin Ferris asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine when payment under the areas of natural constraint scheme will issue to a person (details supplied) in County Mayo; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [37848/15]

Garda Investigations

Martin Ferris

301. Deputy Martin Ferris asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will instruct the Garda Síochána fraud squad to investigate the issue of milk quota irregularities involving a person (details supplied) in County Kildare and a company involving 500,000 l of milk. [36323/15]

Farm Improvement Scheme Eligibility

Martin Ferris

101. Deputy Martin Ferris asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if there are supports for farmers for land reclamation and drainage; and if that support extends beyond pipe drainage to alternative methods such a stone drainage. [35200/15]

Home Help Service Data

Martin Ferris

240. Deputy Martin Ferris asked the Minister for Health the number of new applications for home help, in tabular form, that were approved for each of the past six months in County Kerry. [35316/15]

Home Help Service Data

Martin Ferris

241. Deputy Martin Ferris asked the Minister for Health the number of new applications for home help, in tabular form, that were approved but not allocated due to financial constraints for each of the past six months in County Kerry [35317/15]

Beekeeping Industry

Martin Ferris

78. Deputy Martin Ferris asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he has considered a ban on bee imports due to the danger to the Irish bee population from disease in imported bee stocks. [35008/15]

Schools Building Projects Status

Martin Ferris

196. Deputy Martin Ferris asked the Minister for Education and Skills the up-to-date position of funding for a school (details supplied) in County Kerry which has recently received planning permission to build a new school building. [35010/15]

Dairy Sector

Martin Ferris

2. Deputy Martin Ferris asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine further to Question No. 480 of 22 September 2015, the reason, having considered all the facts, he and his Department have not recommended prosecution in this case. [34452/15]

Beef Data and Genomics Programme

Martin Ferris

5. Deputy Martin Ferris asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the number of farmers who have applied for the beef data and genomics programme; the number who have subsequently withdrawn from the programme; and if he will provide a breakdown, by county. [34453/15]

GLAS Administration

Martin Ferris

9. Deputy Martin Ferris asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the reason, if his Department is encouraging farmers to use controlled burning as an option for land management, that when a green low-carbon agri-environmental scheme planner recommends controlled burning, it results in his Department deeming land as potentially ineligible for payment under the basic payment scheme and the natural constraints scheme by his Department. [34213/15]

Dairy Sector

Martin Ferris

17. Deputy Martin Ferris asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine his views on concerns regarding the decline in profitability in the dairy sector; the European Union's refusal to increase intervention prices; and the action he proposes to take on this matter. [34216/15]

GLAS Administration

Martin Ferris

18. Deputy Martin Ferris asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine his views on his Department using the green low-carbon agri-environmental scheme as a means to reduce participants’ claimable area and that of their neighbours who are not participating in the scheme. [34212/15]

GLAS Administration

Martin Ferris

19. Deputy Martin Ferris asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will provide the list of stocking rate calculations for commonages; respond to criticism that his Department officials are unable to provide clear guidance as to whether the stock that is carried on the commonage should include all stock, from both green low-carbon agri-environmental scheme, GLAS, and non-GLAS participants; and if the GLAS planner is only to take into account the stock carried on the commonage of GLAS participants. [34214/15]

GLAS Administration

Martin Ferris

25. Deputy Martin Ferris asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the reason if green low-carbon agri-environmental scheme planners are qualified by his Department to make the maximum eligible area assessment, they are insisting on re-assessing the planner’s reduction with a departmental inspection. [34215/15]

Garda Deployment

Martin Ferris

119. Deputy Martin Ferris asked the Minister for Justice and Equality for a breakdown of the number of community gardaí in the Kerry division; and where they have been stationed for the years 2010 to October 2015. [34879/15]

Garda Station Closures

Martin Ferris

120. Deputy Martin Ferris asked the Minister for Justice and Equality the savings from Garda Síochána station closures in the Kerry division since January 2011. [34880/15]

Hospital Staff Recruitment

Martin Ferris

482. Deputy Martin Ferris asked the Minister for Health if he is aware that the Kerry branch of Arthritis Ireland has offered to fund the position of a rheumatologist nurse at Kerry General Hospital for a period of two years, on condition that the Health Service Executive will continue to fund the position after the two-year period; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [34020/15]

Milk Quota

Martin Ferris

480. Deputy Martin Ferris asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he has received the final report from the Chief State Solicitor on the milk quota issue (details supplied). [30509/15]

Fish Discards

Martin Ferris

481. Deputy Martin Ferris asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine his plans to add representation to the discard implementation group. [30510/15]

School Transport Provision

Martin Ferris

279. Deputy Martin Ferris asked the Minister for Education and Skills the reason school transport buses in County Kerry are not due back until 31 August 2015, given that the schools in the area will return on 27 August 2015. [29352/15]

Flood Prevention Measures

Martin Ferris

76. Deputy Martin Ferris asked the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if he is aware that a school (details supplied) and playing fields in County Limerick are threatened by erosion caused by the River Galey; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [27829/15]

Health Services

Martin Ferris

188. Deputy Martin Ferris asked the Minister for Health when a person (details supplied) in County Limerick, who is almost totally blind, can expect laser eye treatment. [27944/15]

Medical Aids and Appliances Applications

Martin Ferris

150. Deputy Martin Ferris asked the Minister for Health when a person (details supplied) in County Kerry will receive the orthopaedic shoes for which that person has been waiting for some time. [26716/15]

Horse Racing Industry Development

Martin Ferris

2. Deputy Martin Ferris asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he is aware of the effort of the Irish Harness Racing Association to stage races at Dundalk race track, County Louth, the objection to this by the publicly funded Horse Racing Ireland and the obstacle this is to the development of the sport of harness racing; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [26202/15]

Bovine Disease Controls

Martin Ferris

9. Deputy Martin Ferris asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will provide an update on the suspected case of bovine spongiform encephalopathy, BSE, in County Louth and its probable consequences for the negligible risk status afforded to Ireland by the World Organisation for Animal Health. [26065/15]

Special Protection Areas Designation

Martin Ferris

27. Deputy Martin Ferris asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine following the statement by the European Union Commissioner for Agriculture and Rural Development, Mr. Phil Hogan, regarding compensation to those farmers whose lands were designated a special protection area for the protection of the hen harrier, if he will confirm that funds were allocated by the European Union to compensate these farmers for non-use of their lands. [26069/15]

Food Exports

Martin Ferris

35. Deputy Martin Ferris asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will report on the current situation regarding the Russian ban on food imports from the European Union and how this is affecting Ireland. [26067/15]

Dairy Sector

Martin Ferris

37. Deputy Martin Ferris asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he is aware that prices being paid by processors to milk producers are becoming a cause of concern for the prospects of the dairy sector; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [26066/15]

Dairy Sector

Martin Ferris

43. Deputy Martin Ferris asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will report on the level of imports of dairy products from the European Union into China which were reported to be down 40% in 2014; and if this will affect the sector here. [26068/15]

Orthodontic Services Provision

Martin Ferris

458. Deputy Martin Ferris asked the Minister for Health when a person (details supplied) in County Kerry may expect to receive orthodontic treatment. [26224/15]

Aquaculture Licence Applications

Martin Ferris

153. Deputy Martin Ferris asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the position regarding an application for an oyster licence in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Kerry. [25196/15]

Gas Networks Ireland

Martin Ferris

263. Deputy Martin Ferris asked the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources if the Government has plans to provide a gas pipeline connection to County Kerry, in view of the fact that counties Kerry and Donegal are the only two counties in the State without a gas connection. [25242/15]

Leader Programmes Administration

Martin Ferris

9. Deputy Martin Ferris asked the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government his views on the letter from the European Commission which queried the new framework under which Leader projects are being implemented. [18580/15]

Leader Programmes Administration

Martin Ferris

19. Deputy Martin Ferris asked the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government if he has specified the way Leader funding should be spent by local authorities; and if he has provided priority to rural areas. [18583/15]

Carer's Allowance Applications

Martin Ferris

197. Deputy Martin Ferris asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Social Protection when a person (details supplied) in County Kerry will receive a decision on an application for a carer's allowance. [21565/15]

Suckler Welfare Scheme Payments

Martin Ferris

472. Deputy Martin Ferris asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine when payments for the suckler cow scheme for the year 2012 will be made to a person (details supplied) in County Kerry. [21982/15]

Child and Family Agency Funding

Martin Ferris

618. Deputy Martin Ferris asked the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs if he will permit a resource centre (details supplied) in County Kerry to recruit a co-ordinator for its area. [21775/15]

Natural Gas Grid

Martin Ferris

1118. Deputy Martin Ferris asked the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources if he is aware that the proposed Bord Gáis pipeline into County Kerry has bypassed the Shannon Estuary, which has an approved route agreed with all landowners; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21832/15]

Better Energy Homes Scheme

Martin Ferris

1127. Deputy Martin Ferris asked the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources the reason there is no grant aid or other incentive available for the installation of photovoltaic solar systems to households, when there are such incentives for solar thermal heating; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22205/15]

Fish Quotas

Martin Ferris

413. Deputy Martin Ferris asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will provide an update on the process to compensate losses to fishermen for undersized lobsters under 127 centimetres, as was promised for 2015 to 2017. [20394/15]

Deportation Orders

Martin Ferris

515. Deputy Martin Ferris asked the Minister for Justice and Equality the grounds on which the Irish Naturalisation and Immigration Service has determined that persons (details supplied) are not fully self-sufficient in the State, or that they can remain self-sufficient into the future; and if she will put a stay on a deportation order issued against these persons, until that determination can be examined. [20518/15]