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Written Answers — Departmental Funding: Departmental Funding (2 Feb 2012)

Dara Calleary: Question 215: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will consider providing funding for the establishment of sheep discussion groups. [5956/12]

Written Answers — Grant Payments: Grant Payments (2 Feb 2012)

Dara Calleary: Question 216: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will outline on a county basis the number of farmers that have received payments for the 2010 agri-environment option scheme; the number of claimants who are outstanding; when the outstanding payments will be made; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [5957/12]

Written Answers — Departmental Schemes: Departmental Schemes (2 Feb 2012)

Dara Calleary: Question 217: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the new terms and conditions for the disadvantaged area scheme 2012. [5958/12]

Written Answers — Fishing Quotas: Fishing Quotas (2 Feb 2012)

Dara Calleary: Question 218: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will consider increasing quota for herring and mackerel fishing to the Inver Traditional Inshore Fishermen, County Donegal, who could then get these boats regulated and legalised on a seasonal basis. [5959/12]

Written Answers — Proposed Legislation: Proposed Legislation (2 Feb 2012)

Dara Calleary: Question 219: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will introduce new legislation to update the 1875 by-law prohibiting the practice of trawling within the confines of Inver Bay, County Donegal. [5960/12]

Written Answers — Ambulance Service: Ambulance Service (2 Feb 2012)

Dara Calleary: Question 244: To ask the Minister for Health the steps being taken to have a national ambulance service transfer policy set up; and when he expects this will be implemented. [5967/12]

Health Service Plan 2012: Statements (Resumed) (2 Feb 2012)

Dara Calleary: I welcome the chance to speak on a number of issues around the HSE health service plan for 2012. I will begin by considering the whole area of medical cards. All of us in our constituency offices are dealing with the unbelievable backlog that has arisen whereby an anticipated and targeted 15-day turnaround is now close to 15 to 20 weeks. While the staff in Finglas are doing a very good job...

Order of Business (2 Feb 2012)

Dara Calleary: Is there white smoke?

Order of Business (2 Feb 2012)

Dara Calleary: Then it is staying closed.

Primary Schools: Motion (Resumed) (1 Feb 2012)

Dara Calleary: That is the message being sent to small communities throughout the island today. Perhaps what the Department wants to achieve is that, by sending that message, it will plant the seed of doubt as to the future of the school in the parents, who will then make a choice to send their children to a larger school. The Department can then wash its hands of the decision and blame the parents for...

Primary Schools: Motion (Resumed) (1 Feb 2012)

Dara Calleary: We should not be surprised because the entire budget seems to be based on ignorance of the value of rural life and rural communities throughout this island.

Primary Schools: Motion (Resumed) (1 Feb 2012)

Dara Calleary: In the Seanad last night the Minister, Deputy Quinn, commented that he did not see his function as one of visiting schools except where doing so is necessary or appropriate. This is from the Minister of Education and Skills.

Primary Schools: Motion (Resumed) (1 Feb 2012)

Dara Calleary: I respectfully suggest to the Minister before he proceeds with the implementation of this cut that it is necessary and appropriate to visit the small schools, the gaelscoileanna and the faith-based schools to see what his cut will do to these schools, their communities and the teachers and pupils in them. If it is not appropriate to visit such a school now when is it appropriate? He can...

Primary Schools: Motion (Resumed) (1 Feb 2012)

Dara Calleary: Last night the Minister, Deputy Quinn, threw many quotes from Shakespeare into his debate, trying to defend his position. I very respectfully point the Minister in the direction of somebody who might be better equipped to talk about small Irish rural schools, the late Bryan MacMahon, the Master himself. The Master has a saying in his book: "A teacher can leave the track of his teeth on a...

Primary Schools: Motion (Resumed) (1 Feb 2012)

Dara Calleary: Táimid ag iarraidh orthu seasamh suas ar son na gaelscoileanna, stand up for the small rural schools----

Primary Schools: Motion (Resumed) (1 Feb 2012)

Dara Calleary: We want this Dáil to stand up for small rural schools-----

Primary Schools: Motion (Resumed) (1 Feb 2012)

Dara Calleary: -----for small communities and give them the chances that the Deputies opposite, through this cut, are giving to the larger communities.

Primary Schools: Motion (Resumed) (1 Feb 2012)

Dara Calleary: If they will not do it tonight I ask them to get together in a huddle with the Minister like their Labour Party colleagues did and get him to change this rule for the benefit of their and our communities.

Primary Schools: Motion (Resumed) (1 Feb 2012)

Dara Calleary: I thank my colleague, Deputy Brendan Smith, and all of our colleagues on this side of the House as well as the Deputies on the other side of the House who over the course of the last two days have made some constructive suggestions and contributions on this issue. We have all had the chance to highlight the very important role small schools, gaelscoileanna and schools of minority faith are...

Primary Schools: Motion (Resumed) (1 Feb 2012)

Dara Calleary: I do not hear the Department of Education and Skills advising larger schools and their communities throughout the country to "consider their future" or to "assess their options for amalgamation".