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Committee on Environment, Culture and the Gaeltacht: An Fochoiste um an Straitéis 20 Bliain don Ghaeilge 2010-2030 agus Rudaí Gaolmhara: Cur i nGníomh Straitéis 20 Bliain don Ghaeilge 2010-2030: Plé le Conradh na Gaeilge (19 Sep 2013)

Éamon Ó Cuív: Mar eolas, a Chathaoirligh-----

Committee on Environment, Culture and the Gaeltacht: An Fochoiste um an Straitéis 20 Bliain don Ghaeilge 2010-2030 agus Rudaí Gaolmhara: Cur i nGníomh Straitéis 20 Bliain don Ghaeilge 2010-2030: Plé le Conradh na Gaeilge (19 Sep 2013)

Éamon Ó Cuív: Dar liomsa, níl fadhb ar bith an straitéis iomlán a chur i bhfeidhm. Níl impleachtaí gur fiú caint orthu i gceist i gcomhthéacs airgead an Stáit. Mar a mhol mé, is é an bealach is fearr leis sin a fháil amach ná dul trí chuile mhír agus costas a chur uirthi. Má déanfaimid é sin, gheobhaimid amach go...

Committee on Environment, Culture and the Gaeltacht: An Fochoiste um an Straitéis 20 Bliain don Ghaeilge 2010-2030 agus Rudaí Gaolmhara: Cur i nGníomh Straitéis 20 Bliain don Ghaeilge 2010-2030: Plé le Conradh na Gaeilge (19 Sep 2013)

Éamon Ó Cuív: Gabh mo leithscéal a chathaoirligh, tá nós ag na coistí iad a chur ar athló nuair atá vóta ar siúl sa Dáil.

Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: Common Agricultural Policy Reform (24 Sep 2013)

Éamon Ó Cuív: 49. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the position regarding Common Agricultural Policy reform; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [39744/13]

Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: Common Agricultural Policy Reform (24 Sep 2013)

Éamon Ó Cuív: Like the Minister, I also wish those involved in today's discussions well. In the interests of farmers I hope they come to a conclusion. Can the Minister confirm that there will be full co-funding of Pillar 2 payments from the Exchequer? Does he propose providing a national top-up as sought by some of the farming organisations> Will he confirm that it is not proposed to fund the forestry...

Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: Common Agricultural Policy Reform (24 Sep 2013)

Éamon Ó Cuív: I welcome the firm commitment that all EU funds will be drawn down. Obviously, we want to get as much money as possible, but we also need to look at what schemes will provide the best bang for farmers' buck. That is a matter we can debate in more detail some other day in another forum. It should be recognised that the Minister has stated clearly that there will be full drawdown of EU funds.

Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: Common Agricultural Policy Reform (24 Sep 2013)

Éamon Ó Cuív: In regard to Pillar 1, can the Minister confirm that he does not propose to go down the route of regionalisation or the reduction coefficient? Will he outline the objective basis on which he favours a variable greening as opposed to paying everybody the same amount for the same work in terms of ecology?

Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: Agriculture Schemes Administration (24 Sep 2013)

Éamon Ó Cuív: 52. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the reason farmers were written to in recent months informing then that they had an over claim of hectares for the last number of years under the single farm payment and disadvantaged schemes; the reason this only came to light now despite aerial photographs and digitisation; if these farmers will be expected to repay any...

Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: Agriculture Schemes Administration (24 Sep 2013)

Éamon Ó Cuív: I thank the Minister for his reply, but it will not satisfy many farmers. Most farmers thought they had passed the test for 2008, 2009 and 2010, that the Department had double-checked their homework for those years and that if they adhered to what the Department had agreed in the digitisation and examination of the maps, following all the letters they had received in the last few years, that...

Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: Agriculture Schemes Administration (24 Sep 2013)

Éamon Ó Cuív: In the Minister's first reply he used the words "disallowance" and "fine" interchangeably.

Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: Agriculture Schemes Administration (24 Sep 2013)

Éamon Ó Cuív: There a difference between a disallowance of a recoupment and a fine. If the Minister cannot provide the details now, will he forward to me the exact basis on which this country could be either disallowed or fined if we decided to correct the maps but not to collect the money back over five years and impose huge penalties year after year, because the Department had passed the payments and...

Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: Agriculture Schemes Administration (24 Sep 2013)

Éamon Ó Cuív: Let us see what the Ombudsman thinks.

Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: Agriculture Schemes Administration (24 Sep 2013)

Éamon Ó Cuív: I can-----

Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: Agriculture Schemes Administration (24 Sep 2013)

Éamon Ó Cuív: That is the €1.4 million.

Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: Agriculture Schemes Administration (24 Sep 2013)

Éamon Ó Cuív: The disallowance is €1.4 million.

Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: Agriculture Schemes Administration (24 Sep 2013)

Éamon Ó Cuív: It would be €1.4 million.

Other Questions: Live Exports (24 Sep 2013)

Éamon Ó Cuív: I agree with the Minster that in an ideal world, for job maximisation, we would slaughter all the cattle here. However, as the Minister knows, the market in Ireland is dominated by a small number of major players and the price they offer here compared to the UK - sometimes by the same companies - can be considerably different. Can he explain how it is that cattle cannot be transported by...

Other Questions: Live Exports (24 Sep 2013)

Éamon Ó Cuív: A question was asked previously without the Deputy being present.

Other Questions: Disadvantaged Areas Scheme Applications (24 Sep 2013)

Éamon Ó Cuív: How many applications were received? That was part of the question. How many applications have been examined? That was part of the question. I understand from the Minister's answer that 60,000 have been cleared for payment. How many applications have been examined where issues have arisen? I did not get that answer. What number of farmers have been contacted to date? Stocking density...

Other Questions: Fishing Industry Development (24 Sep 2013)

Éamon Ó Cuív: The Minister has stated that he asked BIM to identify suitable aquaculture sites, BIM then made an application and he became the decision maker. Effectively, he had become the judge in his own court. Has the EU been in contact with the Department about documentation that was forwarded from Inland Fisheries Ireland, IFI, to the Department of Communications, Energy and Natural Resources and...