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Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Farming Qualifications (17 Jan 2013)

Éamon Ó Cuív: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the farming educational qualifications needed to avail of specific agricultural schemes, such as young farmer schemes and to be eligible for single payment entitlements from the national reserve and to be entitled to milk quota from the national reserve; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [2118/13]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Single Payment Scheme Expenditure (17 Jan 2013)

Éamon Ó Cuív: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the estimated cost of paying all farmers in receipt of the single payment €100/ha on the first 20ha; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [2120/13]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Single Payment Scheme Expenditure (17 Jan 2013)

Éamon Ó Cuív: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the estimated cost of paying all farmers in receipt of the single payment €100/ha on the second 20ha; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [2121/13]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Single Payment Scheme Expenditure (17 Jan 2013)

Éamon Ó Cuív: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the estimated cost of paying all farmers in receipt of the single payment €100/ha on the third 20ha; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [2122/13]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Single Payment Scheme Expenditure (17 Jan 2013)

Éamon Ó Cuív: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the estimated cost of paying all farmers in receipt of the single payment €100/ha on all land in excess of 60ha; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [2123/13]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Disadvantaged Areas Scheme Payments (17 Jan 2013)

Éamon Ó Cuív: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine when a person (details supplied) in County Galway will be issued payment under the 2012 disadvantaged area scheme; the reasons for the delay in payment; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [2155/13]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Agri-Environment Options Scheme Payments (17 Jan 2013)

Éamon Ó Cuív: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the reason agri environment option scheme and REP scheme farmers who had a change in area farmed as result of an inspection in 2012 have not received their payments; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [2175/13]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Rural Environment Protection Scheme Payments (17 Jan 2013)

Éamon Ó Cuív: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine when payment under 2012 REP scheme will be made to a person (details supplied) in County Mayo; the reasons for the delay in issuing this payment; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [2176/13]

Written Answers — Department of Children and Youth Affairs: Child and Family Support Agency (17 Jan 2013)

Éamon Ó Cuív: To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the reasoning behind the proposal to transfer clinical psychologists from the Health Service Executive to the new Child and Health Support Agency; the evidence based research on which this decision is based; her views on whether this decision is in the interest of children; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [2126/13]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Scéim Limistéar faoi Mhíbhuntáiste (22 Jan 2013)

Éamon Ó Cuív: 536. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine cén uair a dhéanfar cinneadh maidir le hAchomharc ar Mhaolú atá déanta ag feirmeoir (sonraí leis seo) [2530/13]

Euro Area Loan Facility (Amendment) Bill 2013: Second Stage (Resumed) (23 Jan 2013)

Éamon Ó Cuív: I am delighted to have an opportunity to contribute on this subject. I am a little concerned about the proposal in the Bill, which will mean the Government will not have to come back to the Oireachtas regarding similar adjustments in the future because it appears the Government parties are trying to hide the fact that time and again the Greeks have negotiated better terms for themselves and...

Euro Area Loan Facility (Amendment) Bill 2013: Second Stage (Resumed) (23 Jan 2013)

Éamon Ó Cuív: The Minister of State is a good Irish speaker and he will know what the biorán suain is. It is a little needle that puts a person to sleep.

Euro Area Loan Facility (Amendment) Bill 2013: Second Stage (Resumed) (23 Jan 2013)

Éamon Ó Cuív: We had invested €1 billion in Bank of Ireland at 10%. The only risk that attached to that investment was that the Bank of Ireland might fail. The Government has assured us many times that the Bank of Ireland is on the road to recovery and will be one of our pillar banks in the future. If I came into the Chamber and said there was any chance of the Bank of Ireland failing, the...

Euro Area Loan Facility (Amendment) Bill 2013: Second Stage (Resumed) (23 Jan 2013)

Éamon Ó Cuív: I will explain. That was the only risk to these preference shares. We were getting an interest rate of 10% on them. The Minister sold €1 billion worth of preference shares at par. He was getting 10% from the bank on the shares and borrowing at about 4%, so he had 6%, which is €60 million, of a gain every year from these shares. That would have paid for the reduction to the...

Euro Area Loan Facility (Amendment) Bill 2013: Second Stage (Resumed) (23 Jan 2013)

Éamon Ó Cuív: It is crazy stuff. These are valuable investments. We put a good coupon on them.

Euro Area Loan Facility (Amendment) Bill 2013: Second Stage (Resumed) (23 Jan 2013)

Éamon Ó Cuív: Confidence in what?

Euro Area Loan Facility (Amendment) Bill 2013: Second Stage (Resumed) (23 Jan 2013)

Éamon Ó Cuív: Does the Minister see selling, on behalf of the Irish people, good investments below their realisable value as being prudent? That should scare the bejapers out of any rational person who would think there must be something crazy here if they are selling these really good investments at bargain basement prices. It would show confidence if the Minister had said these are good investments...

Topical Issue Debate: Appointments to State Boards (23 Jan 2013)

Éamon Ó Cuív: I, too, thank the Ceann Comhairle for selecting this important issue for discussion. The problem of appointments to boards has been a perennial one owing to a lack of planning within Departments. Given the introduction of better procedures, the process of filling vacancies, from the date on which they are announced or occur to the date on which they are filled, takes longer. Departments...

Topical Issue Debate: Appointments to State Boards (23 Jan 2013)

Éamon Ó Cuív: They rarely do.

Topical Issue Debate: Appointments to State Boards (23 Jan 2013)

Éamon Ó Cuív: I know that.