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Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Agriculture Schemes Appeals (6 Oct 2015)

Charlie McConalogue: 394. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the status of an appeal submitted to his Department by a person (details supplied) in County Donegal; if he will ensure that the circumstances of the appeal will be fully considered, given that the site inspection took place in November 2014; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [34477/15]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Proposed Legislation (6 Oct 2015)

Charlie McConalogue: 435. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality her plans to introduce legislation to tackle sex-trafficking; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [34472/15]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Medical Card Applications (6 Oct 2015)

Charlie McConalogue: 483. To ask the Minister for Health when a decision will be made on an application for a medical card by a person (details supplied) in County Donegal; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [34024/15]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Transport Support Schemes (6 Oct 2015)

Charlie McConalogue: 540. To ask the Minister for Health when a replacement scheme will be announced for the motorised transport grant and mobility allowance, given that it has been over two years since both were closed; there are thousands of persons awaiting details of the replacement scheme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [34476/15]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Drugs Payment Scheme Coverage (6 Oct 2015)

Charlie McConalogue: 539. To ask the Minister for Health the situation regarding the Health Service Executive's position on the drug Fampyra (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [34474/15]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Student Grant Scheme Eligibility (6 Oct 2015)

Charlie McConalogue: 661. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills to outline her plans to make the student grant scheme more accessible by allowing those who are self-employed and experiencing a significant downturn in business to apply their current accounts in a change of circumstance (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [34475/15]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Departmental Programmes (6 Oct 2015)

Charlie McConalogue: 758. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if a review for a certificate in professional competence in transport management courses has been completed; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [34022/15]

Other Questions: GLAS Administration (7 Oct 2015)

Charlie McConalogue: 6. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if tranche 2 of the green low-carbon agri-environmental scheme will contain the same measures as tranche 1; if not, the options being changed and the reasons for those changes; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [34034/15]

Other Questions: GLAS Administration (7 Oct 2015)

Charlie McConalogue: Are there any changes to the measures in tranche two of GLAS compared with as tranche one? There is concern over whether the options for hedgerow planting and low input permanent pasture will remain the same.

Other Questions: GLAS Administration (7 Oct 2015)

Charlie McConalogue: The Minister's response on the availability of hedgerow plants rings fairly hollow. Similar to the issue with the low input permanent pasture, his main approach here is based on the fact that the uptake is high. There is no reason to change the low input permanent pasture. Unfortunately, the impact will be that, particularly for smaller farmers in my county of Donegal, many farmers who...

Other Questions: GLAS Administration (7 Oct 2015)

Charlie McConalogue: There is confusion about that.

Other Questions: GLAS Administration (7 Oct 2015)

Charlie McConalogue: Some farmers are finishing out their current environmental schemes under AEOS, for example. Many farmers delayed their applications until tranche two because they had to divide up parcels. Entire parcels had to be entered into certain measures, for example, the low input permanent pasture measure.

Other Questions: GLAS Administration (7 Oct 2015)

Charlie McConalogue: Now, when they come to apply, without any notice the Minister has done away with it, which means that many of them will only be able to achieve a €3,000 payment rather than the €5,000 they had been expecting.

Other Questions: GLAS Administration (7 Oct 2015)

Charlie McConalogue: The Minister did not have to change it accordingly; it was a choice he made. He could have left it alone as it was but he decided not to pursue that option.

Other Questions: GLAS Administration (7 Oct 2015)

Charlie McConalogue: The Minister said that even though the quota for hedgerows was met, his main reason for discontinuing that was the availability of hedgerow plants and that he might review that in tranche three. However, he is now saying that because the low input permanent pasture has met the quota, he is obliged to change it. The reality is that the Minister has a choice in this. Many farmers do not have...

Other Questions: GLAS Administration (7 Oct 2015)

Charlie McConalogue: Many of those farmers because of the particular circumstances on their farms will now only be able to achieve a maximum payment of just under €3,000 rather than the €5,000.

Other Questions: GLAS Administration (7 Oct 2015)

Charlie McConalogue: This is not a measure the Minister had to take and it will have a radical impact on many farm incomes, particularly smaller farm incomes. Income of €2,000 is not easily earned.

Other Questions: GLAS Administration (7 Oct 2015)

Charlie McConalogue: In one fell swoop, the Minister is undermining a scheme for which it was already difficult for many farmers to qualify. He is significantly undermining farmers' capacity to gain income from this, which might help keep many of them farming on a full-time basis and making their farms viable.

Other Questions: GLAS Administration (7 Oct 2015)

Charlie McConalogue: I know the Minister plans to announce this next week.

Other Questions: GLAS Administration (7 Oct 2015)

Charlie McConalogue: In the meantime, I ask him to revisit it and take into consideration the severe impact this will have on many farms in County Donegal and many other parts of the country.