Martin Ferris — Watch Them Work

Martin Ferris Sinn Féin · Kerry

Attendance

20.1%

544 / 2706 divisions

Party line

99.8%

with Sinn Féin

Dissents

broke with party

PQs asked

378

34th Dáil

Lobbying returns

filed targeting them

Tá 270

Níl 265

Staon 9

Who's been in their ear 2 lobbying returns filed · 34th Dáil

Top lobbyists targeting them

Dyslexia Association of Ireland2

Top policy areas

Education and Training2

Most recent lobbying returns

2026-01-20 Education and Training Dyslexia Association of Ireland — Dyslexia Awareness Month Presentation to Oireachtas Members for Dyslexia Awareness Month
2025-01-13 Education and Training Dyslexia Association of Ireland — Dyslexia Awareness Month Presentation for Oireachtas Members on The Need for Extra Time in State Exams

Broke with Sinn Féin 1 time

Date	Them	Party	Action	Bill / motion	Outcome
2017-01-26	staon	nil	Question put	Communications Regulation (Postal Services) (Amendment) Bill 2016: Second Stage (Resumed) Govt (Communications) ↗	Carried

Date

Them

Party

Action

Bill / motion

Outcome

2017-01-26

staon

nil

Question put

Communications Regulation (Postal Services) (Amendment) Bill 2016: Second Stage (Resumed) Govt (Communications) ↗

Carried

Recent divisions

Date	Pos	Action	Bill / motion	Outcome
2019-12-18	nil	Amendment put	Environmental Policy: Motion (Resumed) [Private Members]	Lost
2019-12-18	nil	Amendment put	Section 39 Organisations: Motion (Resumed) [Private Members]	Lost
2019-12-18	ta	Question put	Pensions (Amendment) (No.3) Bill 2017: Second Stage (Resumed) [Private Members]	Carried
2019-12-12	ta	Question put	Rent Freeze (Fair Rent) Bill 2019: Second Stage (Resumed) [Private Members] Sinn Féin PMB ↗	Carried
2019-12-05	ta	Question put	Social Welfare (Payment Order) (Amendment) Bill 2018: Second Stage (Resumed) Fianna Fáil PMB ↗	Carried
2019-12-04	nil	Question put	Gaming and Lotteries (Amendment) Bill 2019 [Seanad]: Order for Report Stage	Carried
2019-12-03	ta	Question again put	Confidence in the Minister for Housing, Planning and Local Government: Motion (Resumed) [Private Members]	Lost
2019-12-03	nil	Question put	Horse and Greyhound Racing Fund Regulations 2019: Motion	Carried
2019-12-03	nil	Question put	An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business	Carried
2019-11-05	nil	Question put	An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business	Carried
2019-10-24	ta	Question put	Public Ownership of the National Broadband Network: Motion (Resumed) [Private Members]	Carried
2019-10-24	ta	Amendment put	Public Ownership of the National Broadband Network: Motion (Resumed) [Private Members]	Lost
2019-10-24	nil	Amendment put	Public Ownership of the National Broadband Network: Motion (Resumed) [Private Members]	Lost
2019-10-24	nil	Question put	Finance Bill 2019: Financial Resolutions Govt (Finance) ↗	Carried
2019-10-08	nil	Question put	Financial Resolution No. 3: Stamp Duties - Section 126AA Bank Levy	Carried

Date

Pos

Action

Bill / motion

Outcome

2019-12-18

nil

Amendment put

Environmental Policy: Motion (Resumed) [Private Members]

Lost

2019-12-18

nil

Amendment put

Section 39 Organisations: Motion (Resumed) [Private Members]

Lost

2019-12-18

Question put

Pensions (Amendment) (No.3) Bill 2017: Second Stage (Resumed) [Private Members]

Carried

2019-12-12

Question put

Rent Freeze (Fair Rent) Bill 2019: Second Stage (Resumed) [Private Members] Sinn Féin PMB ↗

Carried

2019-12-05

Question put

Social Welfare (Payment Order) (Amendment) Bill 2018: Second Stage (Resumed) Fianna Fáil PMB ↗

Carried

2019-12-04

nil

Question put

Gaming and Lotteries (Amendment) Bill 2019 [Seanad]: Order for Report Stage

Carried

2019-12-03

Question again put

Confidence in the Minister for Housing, Planning and Local Government: Motion (Resumed) [Private Members]

Lost

2019-12-03

nil

Question put

Horse and Greyhound Racing Fund Regulations 2019: Motion

Carried

2019-12-03

nil

Question put

An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business

Carried

2019-11-05

nil

Question put

An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business

Carried

2019-10-24

Question put

Public Ownership of the National Broadband Network: Motion (Resumed) [Private Members]

Carried

2019-10-24

Amendment put

Public Ownership of the National Broadband Network: Motion (Resumed) [Private Members]

Lost

2019-10-24

nil

Amendment put

Public Ownership of the National Broadband Network: Motion (Resumed) [Private Members]

Lost

2019-10-24

nil

Question put

Finance Bill 2019: Financial Resolutions Govt (Finance) ↗

Carried

2019-10-08

nil

Question put

Financial Resolution No. 3: Stamp Duties - Section 126AA Bank Levy

Carried

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Top departments

197	Health
68	Agriculture
26	Education
17	Justice
13	Transport
8	Communications
7	Employment
6	Housing

Most recent

2019-12-10 Agriculture Deputy Martin Ferris asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the efforts being made to ensure live crab exports to China will resume as soon as possible; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [51190/19]
2019-12-03 Health Deputy Martin Ferris asked the Minister for Health the number of cardiology patients and the length of time they are on the waiting list at University Hospital Kerry in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [49795/19]
2019-12-03 Health Deputy Martin Ferris asked the Minister for Health the accuracy of the national bowel screening programme; if his attention has been drawn to failings in the system; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [49858/19]
2019-12-03 Health Deputy Martin Ferris asked the Minister for Health the number of patients who were affected by the scan scandal in University Hospital Kerry who have passed away to date; and when he will meet with the bereaved families that wish to meet with him as committed to on numerous occasions. [49859/19]
2019-11-28 Health Deputy Martin Ferris asked the Minister for Health the number of patients on the cardiology waiting list at University Hospital Kerry in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [49478/19]
2019-11-28 Agriculture Deputy Martin Ferris asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the amount of the Celtic Sea herring landed in Irish ports by Irish boats in each of the years 2014 to 2018 and to date in 2019 that was processed for human consumption versus processed for fishmeal; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [49563/19]
2019-11-28 Transport Deputy Martin Ferris asked the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if his attention has been drawn to the concerns of fishing organisations here about the proposed implementation of EU Council Directive 2017/159 of the social partners agreement on the ILO Work in Fishing Convention 2007; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [49569/19]
2019-11-27 Defence Deputy Martin Ferris asked the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence the budget allocation to the Civil Defence in each of the years 2017 to 2020, in tabular form. [49378/19]
2019-11-27 Foreign Deputy Martin Ferris asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade his plans to open a new consulate in Liverpool; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [49377/19]
2019-11-27 Finance Deputy Martin Ferris asked the Minister for Finance the estimated amount it would cost in a full year if the threshold for both group B and group C of capital acquisitions tax increased by 10%; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [49376/19]

Martin Ferris Sinn Féin · Kerry

Who's been in their ear 2 lobbying returns filed · 34th Dáil

Declared interests

Broke with Sinn Féin 1 time

Recent divisions

Parliamentary questions 378 in loaded window