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Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Areas of Natural Constraint Scheme Data (5 Jul 2016)

Charlie McConalogue: 609. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the cost of the areas of natural constraints scheme; if the cutbacks to the scheme that applied since 2008 and to the disadvantaged areas scheme which preceded it were reversed and the level of payments under the scheme returned to the 2007 level; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [19695/16]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Beef Data Programme (5 Jul 2016)

Charlie McConalogue: 610. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the calculations his Department conducted pertaining to the average payment per animal under the beef data and genomics programme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [19696/16]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Suckler Welfare Scheme Data (5 Jul 2016)

Charlie McConalogue: 611. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the average payment per animal under the suckler welfare scheme; the number of participants; the total funds allocated and drawn down under the suckler welfare scheme; the funds allocated and drawn down in each year of the scheme's existence; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [19697/16]

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Energy and Natural Resources: Inland Fisheries Regulation (5 Jul 2016)

Charlie McConalogue: 615. To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources the reasons Inland Fisheries Ireland are seeking to prohibit an angling practice at a location (details supplied); if representatives from Inland Fisheries Ireland will meet with an angling club (details supplied) to consult on the issue; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [19319/16]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Agriculture Scheme Administration (6 Jul 2016)

Charlie McConalogue: 236. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will ensure that certain considerations of importance to hill farmers (details supplied) are taken into account in the final submission of the new draft sheep scheme for approval by the European Union Commission; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [19948/16]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Basic Payment Scheme Payments (6 Jul 2016)

Charlie McConalogue: 238. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine when he will issue a payment to a person (details supplied) under the Scottish derogation scheme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [19976/16]

Written Answers — Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Farm Safety (6 Jul 2016)

Charlie McConalogue: 259. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the amount of money the Health and Safety Authority spent on farm safety initiatives and the number of inspections it carried out in each of the years 2011 to 2016 to date, in tabular form; her views on the growing number of farm fatalities; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [20081/16]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Services Staff Recruitment (7 Jul 2016)

Charlie McConalogue: 212. To ask the Minister for Health when the Health Service Executive will fill a post (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [20410/16]

Written Answers — Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Farm Safety (7 Jul 2016)

Charlie McConalogue: 306. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the amount of funds allocated by the Health and Safety Authority for farm safety initiatives in 2016; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [20134/16]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Orthodontic Services Waiting Lists (12 Jul 2016)

Charlie McConalogue: 69. To ask the Minister for Health the reason he is allowing a situation to arise at Letterkenny University Hospital where the necessary infrastructure and staff are not being provided to the orthodontic department there and as a result clinics are being cancelled on a continuous basis and waiting lists are growing; why there is no radiography equipment available in-house for the orthodontic...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Young Farmers Scheme Eligibility (12 Jul 2016)

Charlie McConalogue: 681. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine to set out the status of an appeal under the 2015 national reserve scheme by a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [20825/16]

Priority Questions: Agrifood Sector (13 Jul 2016)

Charlie McConalogue: 23. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the immediate contingency steps he is taking to safeguard the interests of the agrifood sector and Common Agricultural Policy payments, following the decision by the United Kingdom to exit the European Union; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21616/16]

Priority Questions: Agrifood Sector (13 Jul 2016)

Charlie McConalogue: The thrust of my question was focused on the potential impact on the CAP as a result of the United Kingdom's decision to exit the European Union. I do not need to tell the Minister about the tremendous concern in the farming community about the potential impact. Deputies Jackie Cahill and Bobby Aylward and I have met a number of the farming organisations and others involved in the sector...

Priority Questions: Agrifood Sector (13 Jul 2016)

Charlie McConalogue: I welcome the Minister's comments but I would like to clarify them. Is he saying there is no threat whatsoever to the CAP budget between now and 2020 and that the pot will remain as it is regardless of whether Britain exits in the meantime and its payments are withdrawn? Has that been clearly indicated to him, or confirmed to him, at European Council level or is that his own sense of this...

Priority Questions: Rural Development Programme (13 Jul 2016)

Charlie McConalogue: 25. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the criteria he is considering for the design of a new scheme for sheep farmers, under the rural development programme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21617/16]

Priority Questions: Rural Development Programme (13 Jul 2016)

Charlie McConalogue: It is welcome that there is a commitment to and movement on introducing the €25 million scheme to assist the sheep sector. It is very necessary because incomes in the sheep sector have been under pressure in recent years and we have also seen a reduction in flock numbers, something which needs to be arrested. The average income of a sheep farm family is just over €15,000, of...

Priority Questions: Rural Development Programme (13 Jul 2016)

Charlie McConalogue: I thank the Minister for his reply. When does he expect to receive final approval for the scheme and to complete the process of engagement with Brussels in signing off on the range of options to be offered and the structure and make-up of the scheme? He has indicated that he is not looking at the option of having a top-up payment for those involved in hill sheep farming sector, in...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: TAMS Applications Data (13 Jul 2016)

Charlie McConalogue: 42. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the number of applications received, in total, under targeted agricultural modernisation scheme 2; the total number of approved applications; the number of applicants that have received payments to date; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21291/16]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Climate Change Policy (13 Jul 2016)

Charlie McConalogue: 51. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the steps he is taking with his European colleagues to ensure agriculture and forestry are considered as interdependent pillars in upcoming European Union climate policy discussions; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21292/16]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Departmental Legal Cases (13 Jul 2016)

Charlie McConalogue: 66. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the actions he is considering to ensure fair inspections for farmers following a recent court ruling regarding Common Agricultural Policy payment inspections; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21290/16]