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Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Felling Licences Applications (23 Sep 2014)

Richard Boyd Barrett: 227. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if a licence was issued for Gougane Barra extraneous clear-felling for the mature Sitka spruce, lodgepole pine and western hemlock, which Coillte claimed were damaged by the storm in February 2014; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [35353/14]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Felling Licences Applications (23 Sep 2014)

Richard Boyd Barrett: 228. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if a licence was issued for the storm tree felling in Jenkinstown wood in County Kilkenny; if so, if he will provide the inspector's reports necessary for both public amenity woodlands felling licences; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [35354/14]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Forestry Management (23 Sep 2014)

Richard Boyd Barrett: 229. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the reason there are no management plans in place for the extremely valuable and vulnerable 0.002% of ancient woodlands, some of which are in the care of the National Parks and Wildlife Service; if his Department or the Forest Service expressed any concern at this precarious situation regarding these most valuable land based...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Forestry Management (23 Sep 2014)

Richard Boyd Barrett: 230. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine his views on the new forestry programme's failure to focus on ancient woodland sites regarding biodiversity, genetic material security, climate mitigation measures; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [35356/14]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Forestry Management (23 Sep 2014)

Richard Boyd Barrett: 231. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he was alerted by the Forest Service to the vulnerability of ancient woodland seed banks in terms of disease threats, in view of the fact that a management plan in place it is very difficult to ensure the security of the sites as well as ability to control any potential outbreaks; and if he will make a statement on the matter....

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Appointments to State Boards (23 Sep 2014)

Richard Boyd Barrett: 232. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine his views that no conflict of interest has arisen with the appointment by Coillte of the former Secretary General of his Department with responsibility for forestry to its board on his retirement in 2010; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [35358/14]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: EU Funding (23 Sep 2014)

Richard Boyd Barrett: 233. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the reason his Department repaid the EU forestry premiums that Coillte had drawn down before the European Court of Justice judgment against them; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [35359/14]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: EU Funding (23 Sep 2014)

Richard Boyd Barrett: 234. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine his views that the retention of €4.3 million of EU funding by Coillte is not in breach of EU state aid or EU competition rules; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [35360/14]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Forestry Sector (23 Sep 2014)

Richard Boyd Barrett: 235. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if there has been any review of the Irish Forestry Unit Trust and its charity status; the way this charity status relates to Coillte; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [35361/14]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Departmental Correspondence (23 Sep 2014)

Richard Boyd Barrett: 236. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will provide copies of all the correspondence between the Government shareholders and Coillte since 1989; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [35362/14]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Departmental Contracts (23 Sep 2014)

Richard Boyd Barrett: 237. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will provide a list of all the contracts between Coillte and other State agencies; the total amount of funding from all State agencies transferred to Coillte since 1989; any cost benefit analysis or reviews related to State funding of Coillte; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [35363/14]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Coillte Teoranta Harvesting Rights Sale (23 Sep 2014)

Richard Boyd Barrett: 241. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if Coillte sold the harvesting rights for the 950 acres of public forest at Kilcooley abbey estate to the new owner; if so the price paid for this sizable amount of forest; the reason for same when Coillte are unable to increase its afforestation plans in order to support our 17% treecover targets within the last national forestry...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Appointments to State Boards (23 Sep 2014)

Richard Boyd Barrett: 242. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine his view on a politically appointed board of directors overseeing the ongoing sale of public land by Coillte; the oversights that are in place; if there are checks and balances in place; if there is an indpendent evaluation of sites before sale; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [35491/14]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Coillte Loan Funds (23 Sep 2014)

Richard Boyd Barrett: 243. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine regarding the recent State loan of €60 million to Coillte for its board-making business in Waterford, who oversees the way this money is invested or spent; if a cost benefit analysis is conducted prior to granting the funding; if conditions and criteria attach pertaining to value for money for the public; and if he will make...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Apprenticeship Programmes (23 Sep 2014)

Richard Boyd Barrett: 447. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills her views on abolishing the student services charge imposed on apprentices training in institutes of technology; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [35494/14]

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Waste Management (23 Sep 2014)

Richard Boyd Barrett: 500. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government if a task force investigation into a waste industry has been set up on foot of comments made prior to the summer break in view of the Greyhound waste dispute; the progress and plans in this respect; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [35493/14]

Leaders' Questions (24 Sep 2014)

Richard Boyd Barrett: It is all about an ethical foreign policy.

Leaders' Questions (24 Sep 2014)

Richard Boyd Barrett: This issue is the business of all of us.

Housing Provision: Motion (Resumed) [Private Members] (24 Sep 2014)

Richard Boyd Barrett: This crisis is dire and is getting worse. The most frustrating thing is that the Minister has been warned for over three years that the crisis was coming. I have reviewed comments I have made in the Dáil since 2011 and I gave dozens of warnings on this. I am sure others can say the same. In July 2012 I said "it is not an exaggeration to say that the Government's new housing policy...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Direct Provision System (24 Sep 2014)

Richard Boyd Barrett: 11. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if she will consider closing the 34 direct provision centres in the State and putting an end to the institutionalisation that is having such a detrimental effect on the lives of asylum seekers; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [35426/14]