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Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Rural Development Programme Funding (29 Mar 2018)

Charlie McConalogue: 315. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the financial allocations on an annual basis under the 2014-2020 RDP for schemes (details supplied) in tabular form; the annual amount expended on these schemes in each year since established; the number of active participants in the schemes; and the number of applicants that have withdrawn from same. [14842/18]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: GLAS Data (29 Mar 2018)

Charlie McConalogue: 316. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the average annual payment per person under the green low carbon agri-environment scheme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [14843/18]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: TAMS Funding (29 Mar 2018)

Charlie McConalogue: 317. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if TAMS II funds can be carried forward; and if not, if they must be returned to the Exchequer or the EU budget in view of the fact that the first TAMS II approvals that are now starting to lapse as the time for applying for payment has expired. [14844/18]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Farm Safety (29 Mar 2018)

Charlie McConalogue: 318. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if other rural development programme, RDP, schemes operated in other member states (details supplied) that have significantly reduced farm fatalities have been examined with a view for consideration for rollout here. [14845/18]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Farm Safety (29 Mar 2018)

Charlie McConalogue: 319. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the input by his Department into the first meeting of farm safety taskforce; and the actions agreed. [14851/18]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Fisheries Protection (29 Mar 2018)

Charlie McConalogue: 320. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine his views on the recent publication by the European Commission on its multi-annual plan for fish stocks in the western waters which are located within the Atlantic Ocean. [14853/18]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Agriculture Schemes (29 Mar 2018)

Charlie McConalogue: 321. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine his plans to introduce a reclamation and drainage scheme; the status of the A Programme for A Partnership Government commitment to include a measure on clearing drains in the farm safety scheme under TAMS; and the timeline for implementation of same. [14854/18]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Farm Assist Scheme Applications Data (29 Mar 2018)

Charlie McConalogue: 439. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the number of recipients of farm assist; the amount paid by county in each of the years 2010 to 2017 and to date in 2018, in tabular form; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [14846/18]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Farm Assist Scheme (29 Mar 2018)

Charlie McConalogue: 440. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the estimated cost of a proposal (details supplied) over a calendar year. [14847/18]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Rural Social Scheme (29 Mar 2018)

Charlie McConalogue: 441. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the estimated cost of a proposal (details supplied) over a calendar year. [14848/18]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Rural Social Scheme (29 Mar 2018)

Charlie McConalogue: 442. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the rationale for imposing a six year limit for some participants on the RSS; and her plans to abolish same in view of social and community value of this scheme. [14849/18]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Rural Social Scheme Data (29 Mar 2018)

Charlie McConalogue: 443. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the number of positions filled to date out of the 500 additional places provided for the rural social scheme in Budget 2017 to each company and Údarás na Gaeltachta delivering the RSS, by county; the number of participants in the rural social scheme over the period 2014 to 2017 and to date in 2018 by county, in...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Post-EU Council Meeting of Agriculture and Fisheries: Discussion (29 Mar 2018)

Charlie McConalogue: I thank the Minister for taking the time to come in today. The Minister started off with CAP, so I will touch on it first as well. The overall objective has to be maintaining the budget and ensuring that it is protected. In terms of the commitment that Ireland is giving and also the Minister's sense of where other European countries are at, how confident is the Minister that the budget as...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Post-EU Council Meeting of Agriculture and Fisheries: Discussion (29 Mar 2018)

Charlie McConalogue: I seek clarification on that point.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Post-EU Council Meeting of Agriculture and Fisheries: Discussion (29 Mar 2018)

Charlie McConalogue: I want to come in-----

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Post-EU Council Meeting of Agriculture and Fisheries: Discussion (29 Mar 2018)

Charlie McConalogue: For further clarification on the issue of the backstop, there was an agreement in December where both sides took a very different interpretation. Does the Minister disagree with that?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Post-EU Council Meeting of Agriculture and Fisheries: Discussion (29 Mar 2018)

Charlie McConalogue: She is committed to a backstop. However, unless that is defined, then she is not committed.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Post-EU Council Meeting of Agriculture and Fisheries: Discussion (29 Mar 2018)

Charlie McConalogue: She agrees to what she agreed to in December. Is that right?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Post-EU Council Meeting of Agriculture and Fisheries: Discussion (29 Mar 2018)

Charlie McConalogue: However, she interprets that entirely differently from the European Union.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Post-EU Council Meeting of Agriculture and Fisheries: Discussion (29 Mar 2018)

Charlie McConalogue: The Taoiseach interpreted it as bulletproof at the time. However, it is riddled with holes at this stage. We hope it will come eventually to be something which is solid, but until such time as it is agreed what was agreed, then there is nothing solid about it. I refer to when the European Union published its draft legal text which clarified its interpretation of the December agreement....