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Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: Areas of Natural Constraint Scheme (2 Feb 2017)

Charlie McConalogue: I refer to the appeals and consultation process. Will it be completed before the Minister submits maps to the Commission for approval? Can the Minister be crystal clear about that? The Minister referred to the €25 million allocated for ANCs for next year. Will he ensure that the money is distributed in a way that ensures those farmers who are farming lands with greater...

Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: Agriculture Schemes (2 Feb 2017)

Charlie McConalogue: 3. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will consider introducing a €200 annual payment for suckler cows to ensure the sustainability of the national herd; if he will reallocate unspent funds under the rural development programme for this purpose; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [5065/17]

Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: Agriculture Schemes (2 Feb 2017)

Charlie McConalogue: Will the Minister consider introducing a €200 annual payment for suckler cows to sustain the national herd and if he will reallocate unspent funds under the rural development programme for this purpose?

Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: Agriculture Schemes (2 Feb 2017)

Charlie McConalogue: Rather than alluding to obstacles or setting out reasons precluding such measures, the Minister should recognise the importance of the beef industry and the pressure it is under. All politicians should work with the farming community to ensure supports are introduced to sustain the national suckler herd. The average income of the 64,000 farmers who produce calves from the suckler herd is...

Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: Agriculture Schemes (2 Feb 2017)

Charlie McConalogue: It is time the Minister stopped bluffing farmers about the Government's approach to the rural development programme. I have stated on several occasions that the Department is significantly underspending the allocation for the rural development programme. As matters stand, the Department is on course to record an underspend of €400 million in GLAS by the end of 2020. That figure is...

Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: Agriculture Schemes (2 Feb 2017)

Charlie McConalogue: I was specific. I pointed out the significant underspend in the rural development programme.

Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: Agriculture Schemes (2 Feb 2017)

Charlie McConalogue: The Minister is way behind on his domestic commitments. He has not lived up to his promises and he should acknowledge that.

Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: Agriculture Schemes (2 Feb 2017)

Charlie McConalogue: I have been crystal clear.

Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: Agriculture Schemes (2 Feb 2017)

Charlie McConalogue: The Minister must live up to the commitments he and his predecessor made on rural development programme expenditure.

Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: Agriculture Scheme Payments (2 Feb 2017)

Charlie McConalogue: 6. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the reason his Department failed to meet its commitment to make GLAS and AEOS payments in December 2016; the total number of GLAS 1 and GLAS 2 farmers that have received 85% of their total 2016 payment; the number of farmers that have passed all payment approval checks and are awaiting their 2016 payment; the total number of GLAS and...

Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: Agriculture Scheme Payments (2 Feb 2017)

Charlie McConalogue: Will the Minister explain why his Department failed to meet its commitment to make GLAS and AEOS payments on time in December 2016 and outline the number of GLAS 1, GLAS 2 and AEOS applicants who have received 85% of their payments to date and when the remaining applicants can expect payment?

Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: Agriculture Scheme Payments (2 Feb 2017)

Charlie McConalogue: It is unacceptable that it is now February 2017 and some 9,000 of the farmers who were promised by the Minister and his Department under the farmers charter that they would receive 85% of their GLAS payments in October last year have still not received their first payment. I asked the Minister for specifics on why this has happened. According to the Minister's reply, the Department was...

Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: Agriculture Scheme Payments (2 Feb 2017)

Charlie McConalogue: I would have believed that the whole idea of having an IT system was to have one that is fit for purpose such that it does not have to be revisited every time one comes up against a problem. One should not need to come up with bespoke amendments to the IT system to try to deal with the job that must be done by it. As I stated, there are 9,000 farmers in GLAS still awaiting payment, and...

Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: Agriculture Cashflow Support Loan Scheme (2 Feb 2017)

Charlie McConalogue: It should be complementing the tillage crisis.

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Areas of Natural Constraint Scheme (2 Feb 2017)

Charlie McConalogue: 18. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the status of the process of reviewing qualifying areas for the areas of natural constraint scheme; if his Department has completed the mapping exercise; when the maps will be published; the consultation that will be undertaken with farmers on the review; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [4905/17]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Cereal Sector (2 Feb 2017)

Charlie McConalogue: 33. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine when he will introduce crisis aid funding to tillage farmers who had their crop destroyed due to severe weather in 2016; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [4903/17]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Young Farmers Scheme (2 Feb 2017)

Charlie McConalogue: 37. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will provide an update on the programme for Government commitment to permit young farmers who are under 40 years of age, but who have been farming for more than five years, to access measures under CAP for young farmers, including being able to apply for the national reserve and for top-up entitlements; the reason for their...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Garda Stations (2 Feb 2017)

Charlie McConalogue: 80. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the total number of Garda stations in the County Donegal Garda division; the number of these stations that have the PULSE database system installed and not installed, respectively, in tabular form; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [5292/17]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: GLAS Data (2 Feb 2017)

Charlie McConalogue: 293. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the total number of persons in receipt of GLAS 1 and GLAS 2 who have received 85% of their total 2016 payment, by county, in tabular form; the number of farmers who have passed all payment approval checks and are awaiting their 2016 payment; the total number of GLAS recipients who have yet to receive payment, by county; and if he...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Agri-Environment Options Scheme Data (2 Feb 2017)

Charlie McConalogue: 294. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the total number of persons in receipt of AEOS who have received their total 2016 payment, by county, in tabular form; the number of farmers who have passed all payment approval checks and are awaiting their 2016 payment; the total number of AEOS recipients who have yet to receive payment, by county; and if he will make a statement...