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Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Disadvantaged Areas Scheme Payments (16 Oct 2014)

Michael Moynihan: 123. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine when the outstanding area aid payment for this year will issue in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Cork; the reasons they did not receive their area aid payment for past year; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [39734/14]

Written Answers — Department of Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: EU Directives (9 Oct 2014)

Michael Moynihan: 288. To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht if daily fines are applied if the country does not comply with EU regulations to conserve the hen harrier in special conservation areas; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [38765/14]

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport and Communications: Mobile Telephone Coverage and High Speed Broadband Availability: Discussion (8 Oct 2014)

Michael Moynihan: When next year?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport and Communications: Mobile Telephone Coverage and High Speed Broadband Availability: Discussion (8 Oct 2014)

Michael Moynihan: How many of the approximately 30,000 complaints received by ComReg are taken to the next level rather than seeing whether the operator resolves the issue?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport and Communications: Mobile Telephone Coverage and High Speed Broadband Availability: Discussion (8 Oct 2014)

Michael Moynihan: What percentage of cases go this far?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport and Communications: Mobile Telephone Coverage and High Speed Broadband Availability: Discussion (8 Oct 2014)

Michael Moynihan: I would appreciate that.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport and Communications: Mobile Telephone Coverage and High Speed Broadband Availability: Discussion (8 Oct 2014)

Michael Moynihan: A perception exists that when a complaint is received it is passed on to the service provider but there are no teeth to drive the service provider into rectifying the issue.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport and Communications: Mobile Telephone Coverage and High Speed Broadband Availability: Discussion (8 Oct 2014)

Michael Moynihan: I welcome the witnesses to discuss what is one of the biggest issues facing communities. Judging by the documentation from the Department, ComReg and everything else, it is a case of "we're working on it". However, there is a crisis out there and the broadband issue is one of the major concerns. The witnesses are quite right in some of the language used. Everybody now requires broadband....

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Energy and Natural Resources: Wind Energy Generation (8 Oct 2014)

Michael Moynihan: 233. To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources if he will provide in tabular form the expected installed wind capacity here over then next five years; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [38507/14]

Agriculture Industry: Motion [Private Members] (7 Oct 2014)

Michael Moynihan: Farmers cannot pay their bills.

Agriculture Industry: Motion [Private Members] (7 Oct 2014)

Michael Moynihan: ----- to ensure that farmers here are getting a fair price for their product? They are conforming to all the regulations and are producing a top-quality product of which we are all proud. However, we need to give them a fair chance.

Agriculture Industry: Motion [Private Members] (7 Oct 2014)

Michael Moynihan: I will conclude. We need to give them fair chance. We need to ensure that the primary producer is at the core of any policy for agriculture in this country and at the core of the industry.

Agriculture Industry: Motion [Private Members] (7 Oct 2014)

Michael Moynihan: I welcome this opportunity and I commend Deputy Éamon Ó Cuív on tabling the motion so we can discuss agricultural issues. Agriculture is one of our main industries and is the backbone of rural communities the length and breadth of the country. Prior to the summer we discussed the beef crisis, and sought a regulator to be put in place so the agricultural sector could have...

Order of Business (7 Oct 2014)

Michael Moynihan: Regarding the proposed social welfare legislation which will arise following the budget, letters that have gone out from the Department of Social Protection regarding the water charges contain a clause asking people to authorise that all future payments due from the Department of Social Protection be paid directly to a financial institution, thereby bypassing the An Post network. I encourage...

Order of Business (7 Oct 2014)

Michael Moynihan: The social welfare Bill. I ask that the clause be excluded from the legislation, and any future legislation.

Order of Business (7 Oct 2014)

Michael Moynihan: There is no choice.

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Installation Aid Scheme Eligibility (7 Oct 2014)

Michael Moynihan: 229. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if his attention has been drawn to the significant difficulties being experienced by younger farmers who have missed out on the previous installation aid scheme and who will not qualify for the new scheme; his plans to introduce measures to address this issue; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [37693/14]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Disadvantaged Areas Scheme Payments (7 Oct 2014)

Michael Moynihan: 248. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the position regarding a disadvantaged area payment in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Cork; the reason they have not received same; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [38115/14]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Student Grant Scheme Expenditure (7 Oct 2014)

Michael Moynihan: 465. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will commit to protecting the student maintenance grant at its current level in budget 2015; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [37881/14]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Third Level Funding (7 Oct 2014)

Michael Moynihan: 466. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills her plans to increase further the student contribution charge in budget 2015; if she acknowledges the difficulty this charge causes already hard pressed families; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [37882/14]