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Leaders' Questions (24 Nov 2015)

Michael Fitzmaurice: -----and that someone else should take the reins.

Leaders' Questions (24 Nov 2015)

Michael Fitzmaurice: She did not have it.

Leaders' Questions (24 Nov 2015)

Michael Fitzmaurice: It is because the system is overworked. It is broken.

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Rural Environment Protection Scheme Appeals (24 Nov 2015)

Michael Fitzmaurice: 220. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine why a person (details supplied) has not received payment following the decision of the appeals office dated 26 August 2015; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [41437/15]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Agriculture Scheme Payments (24 Nov 2015)

Michael Fitzmaurice: 221. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the number of participants who are active farmers and who submitted an application under the 2015 basic payment scheme, but whose payments under the rural environment protection scheme are still outstanding, where his Department has stated that issues arose with the single payment scheme and the rural environment protection area...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Agriculture Scheme Payments (24 Nov 2015)

Michael Fitzmaurice: 222. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the number of participants who are active farmers and who submitted an application under the 2015 basic payment scheme, but whose payments under the rural environment protection scheme remain outstanding, where his Department has stated that no issues of non-compliance were found at inspection, but where an issue arose with the...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Agriculture Scheme Penalties (24 Nov 2015)

Michael Fitzmaurice: 224. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if payments under the rural environment protection scheme 4 are payable on the gross area; why he has withheld payments from participants where issues arose in relation to the single payment scheme eligible area; the number of participants who had payments withheld in 2012 and in 2013, where such an issue arose; by county; and if...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Commonage Land (24 Nov 2015)

Michael Fitzmaurice: 225. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the status of instructions given to district superintendents regarding Keelderry commonage lands (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [41442/15]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Commonage Land (24 Nov 2015)

Michael Fitzmaurice: 226. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine who, on 18 May 2011, authorised an official of his Department (details supplied) to omit the inspections of technical area officers in relation to Keelderry commonage lands, which was sought in an application on 20 March 2011 under freedom of information legislation, and which necessitated the applicant to make a further request on...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Commonage Land (24 Nov 2015)

Michael Fitzmaurice: 227. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine in relation to Keelderry commonage lands, how in their report of the 15 October 2010 officers of his Department could concur with the findings of other officers (details supplied) despite the fact that the latter officers' findings were not signed off until 22 October 2010; if it is appropriate for his officers to discuss and-or...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Commonage Land (24 Nov 2015)

Michael Fitzmaurice: 228. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine who authorised the informal investigation conducted by officials of his Department (details supplied) during the summer of 2011, regarding Keelderry commonage lands; when did the informal investigation commence; when was his office notified of same; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [41445/15]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Commonage Land (24 Nov 2015)

Michael Fitzmaurice: 229. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine in relation to Keelderry commonage lands, the contemporaneous written terms of reference of the informal investigation conducted by his officials (details supplied) in the summer of 2011, and the precise powers and procedure they followed during this investigation; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [41446/15]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Commonage Land (24 Nov 2015)

Michael Fitzmaurice: 230. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine in relation to Keelderry commonage lands, if his officials (details supplied) have the authority to commence an informal investigation, to summon his employees to be questioned by them without being offered an opportunity to have representation present, and to subsequently prepare a report referring to statements that these...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Commonage Land (24 Nov 2015)

Michael Fitzmaurice: 231. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine in relation to Keelderry commonage lands, when the personnel section in his Department was notified of the informal investigation conducted by his officials (details supplied) in the summer of 2011; when this section contacted the employees who were called into the investigation; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [41448/15]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Commonage Land (24 Nov 2015)

Michael Fitzmaurice: 232. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine why horses were grazing on the Keelderry commonage lands during the inspection by his officials (details supplied), given that the officials stated that the parcel was being grazed by horses but that the horses could find no forage; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [41449/15]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Commonage Land (24 Nov 2015)

Michael Fitzmaurice: 233. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the powers and authority his officials (details supplied) have in investigating applications by a landowner in respect of forestry, and under the farm investment scheme and the farm waste management scheme, his day-to-day employment arrangements, if he had appropriate planning for various buildings on his lands, his private...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Commonage Land (24 Nov 2015)

Michael Fitzmaurice: 234. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he verified the findings of the informal investigations conducted by his officials (details supplied) regarding the Keelderry commonage lands; the steps he took to ensure that all persons involved were properly notified of the findings; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [41451/15]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Commonage Land (24 Nov 2015)

Michael Fitzmaurice: 235. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the person who authorised an official (details supplied) to conduct a review in or around July 2011 onwards, into his own decisions made following his inspection of the Keelderry commonage lands on 24 February 2011; if this is an appropriate way for his senior inspectors to conduct investigations, despite clearly creating a...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Commonage Land (24 Nov 2015)

Michael Fitzmaurice: 236. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if his inspectors conducted the inspections on Roxborough and Derrybrien West commonages; if these inspections identified flaws in his Department's findings; if his Department is continuing to apply these findings to the Keelderry commonage lands; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [41453/15]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Commonage Land (24 Nov 2015)

Michael Fitzmaurice: 237. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the way in which the Agriculture Appeals Office noted the presence of the habitat type raised bog on the Keelderry commonage lands in its report dated 30 April 2014, following its inspection of the commonage on 24 January 2014, given that this habitat does not exist on the commonage; and if he will make a statement on the matter....