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Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Single Payment Scheme Payments (7 Oct 2014)

Noel Harrington: 241. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the position regarding the concerns of persons (details supplied) in Bantry County Cork regarding their farm payments for last year and this year; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [37987/14]

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Total Allowable Catches and Quotas for 2015 under Common Fisheries Policy: BirdWatch Ireland (7 Oct 2014)

Noel Harrington: I thank the Chairman for his indulgence in allowing me to speak even though I am not a member of the committee. I welcome the witnesses and the presentation. Many of the recommendations in the presentation are not 1 million miles from what we hear as the intentions of our Department in respect of listening to scientific advice and meeting the total allowable catch, TAC, negotiations...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Total Allowable Catches and Quotas for 2015 under Common Fisheries Policy: BirdWatch Ireland (7 Oct 2014)

Noel Harrington: What is the TAC on bass?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Total Allowable Catches and Quotas for 2015 under Common Fisheries Policy: BirdWatch Ireland (7 Oct 2014)

Noel Harrington: By the UK and France, I suspect. We do not have a TAC on bass.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Total Allowable Catches and Quotas for 2015 under Common Fisheries Policy: BirdWatch Ireland (7 Oct 2014)

Noel Harrington: That information comes from the Marine Institute to ICES and then goes back in through the Commission.

Workplace Relations Bill 2014: Second Stage (Resumed) (8 Oct 2014)

Noel Harrington: I welcome the publication of this Bill and acknowledge the good work the Minister has done in reforming legislation around the workplace and the general work of Government in ensuring that over the past year or two years, 70,000 more people are at work and on whom this legislation will directly impact and, hopefully, benefit. The Bill is to streamline the grievance process by merging the...

Protection of Children's Health (Tobacco Smoke in Mechanically Propelled Vehicles) Bill 2012: Second Stage (8 Oct 2014)

Noel Harrington: I congratulate the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs and commend Senators Crown, van Turnhout and Daly on their work in the Seanad and, latterly, this House in introducing this legislation. It is the duty of the Oireachtas to introduce and debate legislation that has a considerable benefit for certain sectors of our population. This Bill undoubtedly falls into that category. The...

Agriculture Industry: Motion (Resumed) [Private Members] (8 Oct 2014)

Noel Harrington: I welcome the opportunity to contribute to the debate on this motion. The farming industry in this country is divided along a variety of lines, including east versus west, producer versus non-producer, and those who look after the land versus those who derive some higher incomes from the land. This motion does nothing to address those realities. While it calls on the Government to carry...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Garda Deployment (8 Oct 2014)

Noel Harrington: 98. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if she will confirm that a resident Garda sergeant who is retiring soon from a rural station (details supplied) in County Cork will be replaced following their retirement; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [38420/14]

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport and Communications: Mobile Telephone Coverage and High Speed Broadband Availability: Discussion (8 Oct 2014)

Noel Harrington: I welcome the representatives from the Department and ComReg and thank them for their presentations. The first thing I would like to touch on refers back to the national broadband scheme. Some of the presentations were almost apologetic in tone as regards the national broadband scheme, describing results in 2014 from a scheme that was launched in 2008. I remember when the scheme was...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport and Communications: Mobile Telephone Coverage and High Speed Broadband Availability: Discussion (8 Oct 2014)

Noel Harrington: Would ComReg's work include allowing operators to access the ESB fibre network, for example?

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Garda Deployment (14 Oct 2014)

Noel Harrington: 127. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality her views that the resident Garda in a rural Garda station (details supplied) in County Cork will be replaced when they retire in the near future. [38903/14]

Financial Resolutions 2015 - Financial Resolution No. 3: General (Resumed) (15 Oct 2014)

Noel Harrington: I thank the Acting Chairman for the opportunity to speak on the budget this afternoon. The implications of the budget on the various sectors and Departments have been well debated by now. I am keen to focus on how the budget will affect the constituency I represent, Cork South-West. It is mainly a rural constituency and depends on the coastal area and on tourism. It has a significant...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Disadvantaged Areas Scheme Payments (21 Oct 2014)

Noel Harrington: 282. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the position regarding payment of a disadvantaged areas payment in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Cork; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [39999/14]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Single Payment Scheme Payments (22 Oct 2014)

Noel Harrington: 94. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if payment in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Cork similar to what they received in 2013 prior to the new lease, which they acquired in November 2013 may be released while the Department is mapping the new acquisition; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [40508/14]

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport and Communications: Depletion of Inland Fish Stocks and Impact of Estuary Poaching: Inland Fisheries Ireland (22 Oct 2014)

Noel Harrington: I apologise for being late. I welcome the CEO and the officials from Inland Fisheries Ireland. I read the opening statement and I am very encouraged by what they have said, particularly in promoting both angling and sea angling. Obviously angling is of tremendous benefit to the State; that is not disputed. Sea angling is probably underperforming. I live in a constituency in west County...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport and Communications: Depletion of Inland Fish Stocks and Impact of Estuary Poaching: Inland Fisheries Ireland (22 Oct 2014)

Noel Harrington: Has Dr. Byrne a resource where a person in the United Kingdom can access that information?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport and Communications: Depletion of Inland Fish Stocks and Impact of Estuary Poaching: Inland Fisheries Ireland (22 Oct 2014)

Noel Harrington: I am not a scientist and I am not directly involved in the industry but I am a public representative who is surrounded by this maelstrom. I have documents from the Marine Institute and I have documents from the IFI which outline different positions. It is difficult for a lay person and a public representative to sail on an even keel through what I understand is required in a rural...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport and Communications: Depletion of Inland Fish Stocks and Impact of Estuary Poaching: Inland Fisheries Ireland (22 Oct 2014)

Noel Harrington: We have almost as many referees as stakeholders and it is not working. I do not know whether the IFI has full confidence in the licensing system. Licensing has moved on. I am not a scientist and, again, I do not know whether it is where it should be. I recognise there is great frustration within the industry with licensing and there is visible and audible annoyance among the angling...

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Public Services Card (4 Nov 2014)

Noel Harrington: 254. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the criteria used to get the public service card for clients, vis-à-vis attending the office in person, and postal registrations, where the ID photograph is not taken at the local office of her Department; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [42255/14]