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Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Basic Payment Scheme Payments (1 Dec 2016)

Charlie McConalogue: 266. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the total number of farmers under the areas of natural constraints scheme and basic payments scheme that have yellow card cases that have been approved or declined by the Commission by county in tabular form; the total number of approved cases where 2016 payments have issued to date or will issue before the end of 2016; and if he...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Rural Development Programme Funding (1 Dec 2016)

Charlie McConalogue: 267. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the progress on introducing financial instruments under the Common Agriculture Policy; when will the ex ante evaluation will be completed; the approximate timeframe for operationalising such instruments; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [38264/16]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Milk Supply Data (1 Dec 2016)

Charlie McConalogue: 268. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the total number of farmers who have applied to the EU voluntary milk reduction scheme, by county, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [38265/16]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Food Wise 2025 Strategy (1 Dec 2016)

Charlie McConalogue: 269. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will review Food Wise 2025 following the recent ESRI report, the Product and Sector Level Impact of a Hard Brexit across the EU; the way in which Irish exports to the UK would be the most exposed in the EU in a WTO tariff scenario post-Brexit with food in the highest tariff category and with beef potentially facing an 80%...

Electoral (Amendment) (No. 3) Bill 2014: Second Stage [Private Members] (6 Dec 2016)

Charlie McConalogue: I join with my colleagues in supporting the Bill and commend, in particular, Deputy Ó Cuív for his commitment to the Bill, which is consistent with his tremendous commitment to island communities in his capacity as a Deputy and, previously, as a Minister. I know the Deputy has been pushing this legislation over the past couple of years. He first proposed such a Bill in May 2014,...

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Energy and Natural Resources: National Broadband Plan Implementation (6 Dec 2016)

Charlie McConalogue: 56. To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources the status of the current projected commencement date and completion date for the national broadband plan; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [38342/16]

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Energy and Natural Resources: National Broadband Plan Data (6 Dec 2016)

Charlie McConalogue: 72. To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources when his Department first announced plans to introduce the awaited national broadband plan; the dates on which various Ministers held press conferences to publicise it; the expected commencement and completion dates given by Ministers at each of these press conferences; the current projected commencement date and...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Education Grants (6 Dec 2016)

Charlie McConalogue: 132. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the status of plans his Department has to offer supports for families which fall outside the income limits for a student maintenance or fee grant; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [38372/16]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Nursing Home Accommodation Provision (6 Dec 2016)

Charlie McConalogue: 343. To ask the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Questions Nos. 614 of 15 November 2016 and 536 of 29 November 2016, if the capital programme for nursing home facilities 2016 to 2021 is an issue of responsibility for the Government and him rather than a service matter for the HSE; if that is the case, if the funding for a new community hospital in Letterkenny is to provide...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Disease Awareness (6 Dec 2016)

Charlie McConalogue: 375. To ask the Minister for Health the steps he will take to ensure awareness in the community with regard to the causes and symptoms of Lyme disease and to ensure that the medical profession and health service are equipped to deal with the illness and its presentation; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [38769/16]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Rural Development Programme (6 Dec 2016)

Charlie McConalogue: 417. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will confirm that it is possible via the official rural development programme amendment process to seek the transfer of financial allocations between measures as well as between sub measures under the rural development programme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [38761/16]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Cycling Policy (6 Dec 2016)

Charlie McConalogue: 459. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the actions being taken by his Department to provide safety training for students for cycling at primary school level; the details of his Department's arrangements with Cycling Ireland to facilitate this; if a new course standard is being implemented on behalf of his Department; the funding available to schools for students to avail of...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Horse and Greyhound Racing Fund Regulations 2016: Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine (6 Dec 2016)

Charlie McConalogue: I thank the Chairman. I have a number of points. First, the allocation of €80 million on an annual basis to the horse and greyhound sector is significant. I acknowledge the role that horse racing and the greyhound industries play in rural Ireland and the way the sector has been built up. State funding and support from the State has played an important role and it is important...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Sea-Fisheries Sustainability Impact Assessment: Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine (6 Dec 2016)

Charlie McConalogue: I thank the Minister for his comprehensive overview of the challenge and the potential quotas for next year. They will be up for debate at the Council of Ministers next week. Near the end of his presentation the Minister outlined that the potential overall employment impact from what is on the table could be between 350 and 400 part-time and full-time jobs. That shows the significance...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Effect of Bad Weather on Grain Harvest: Irish Farmers Association (6 Dec 2016)

Charlie McConalogue: I thank Mr. Healy and the strong delegation from the IFA, both as witnesses and in the Gallery, for attending. I welcome them here. It is a pity that we have to be here at this stage. It is the first week of December and the fact that tillage farmers are in crisis is old news and something that should have been dealt with a long time ago. The reason we are here is because the crisis...

Select Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Estimates for Public Services 2016
Vote 30 - Agriculture, Food and the Marine (Supplementary) (6 Dec 2016)

Charlie McConalogue: I thank the Minister and his officials for attending. I apologise for the delay in my arrival. I have a few points to raise. I am conscious that I missed the Minister's opening statement, but regarding his identification of the €33 million he is reallocating, the second largest reallocation seems to relate to Bord Iascaigh Mhara. Proportionally, the amount involved is quite large...

Select Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Estimates for Public Services 2016
Vote 30 - Agriculture, Food and the Marine (Supplementary) (6 Dec 2016)

Charlie McConalogue: Yes, but discussion on the overall Estimate and the amount of funding that may be available is an appropriate opportunity to ask the Minister about this issue. Regarding a potential additional underspend, can the Minister indicate whether there will be - or, at this stage, whether his Department envisages there to be - an underspend at the end of the year in respect of his Department's Vote?...

Select Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Estimates for Public Services 2016
Vote 30 - Agriculture, Food and the Marine (Supplementary) (6 Dec 2016)

Charlie McConalogue: I shall make a couple of follow-up points in terms of my previous questions. I ask the Minister to clarify whether there will be an underspend in his Department's projections come 31 December in terms of budget 2016. We have debated the rural development programme a number of times, particularly the overall envelope for the seven year cap for GLAS. I wish to specifically refer to the...

Select Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Estimates for Public Services 2016
Vote 30 - Agriculture, Food and the Marine (Supplementary) (6 Dec 2016)

Charlie McConalogue: I talked specifically with tillage farmers about what they want.

Select Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Estimates for Public Services 2016
Vote 30 - Agriculture, Food and the Marine (Supplementary) (6 Dec 2016)

Charlie McConalogue: In terms of the proposal for credit, I specifically mentioned that farming organisations called for a crisis fund to be made available to the tillage sector. The Minister seemed to dismiss the fact that the request was made and claimed they wanted to be included in the low interest rate fund.