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Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Agriculture Schemes Payments (3 Dec 2013)

Éamon Ó Cuív: 333. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine when payment under the 2013 disadvantaged area-based scheme and the single farm payment scheme will issue to a person (details supplied) in County Galway; the reason for the delay in issuing these payments; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [51448/13]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Agriculture Schemes Payments (3 Dec 2013)

Éamon Ó Cuív: 334. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine when payment under the 2013 disadvantaged area-based scheme and the single farm payment scheme will issue to a person (details supplied) in County Galway; the reason for the delay in issuing these payments; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [51449/13]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Lease Agreements (3 Dec 2013)

Éamon Ó Cuív: 340. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine when his Department will respond to a proposal put to it ten months ago in relation to the premises rented to Comhar Chumann Iascairí Chonamara agus Árann Teoranta; the reason for the delay with the response; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [51528/13]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Agriculture Schemes Payments (3 Dec 2013)

Éamon Ó Cuív: 341. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine when single farm payment and disadvantaged area payment will issue to persons (details supplied) in County Wicklow; the reason for the delay with the payments; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [51529/13]

Written Answers — Department of Health: National Lottery Funding Applications (3 Dec 2013)

Éamon Ó Cuív: 412. To ask the Minister for Health when a decision will be made on an application for lottery funding by a group (details supplied) in County Galway; the reason for the delay on the decision in view of the importance of lottery funding for this group; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [51527/13]

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Six-monthly Report on Developments in EU: Discussion with Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine (3 Dec 2013)

Éamon Ó Cuív: I thank the Secretary General for the outline. We will be discussing Pillar 2 later but in terms of the wide negotiations, why did the Presidency agree to a co-funding rate in Pillar 2 that was as low as 25% and 20% on such a wide range? Across Europe that had the possibility of reducing funds to farmers dramatically because there is the temptation now for national governments only to...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Six-monthly Report on Developments in EU: Discussion with Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine (3 Dec 2013)

Éamon Ó Cuív: It has been brought to my attention that there is some regulation under discussion in Brussels as to whether Irish farmers who live in the six north-eastern counties will be able to use Ireland as their place of origin. I would be interested to hear the Department’s view on this because I understand there would be a need for its strong input to protect the right of Irish farmers to...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Six-monthly Report on Developments in EU: Discussion with Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine (3 Dec 2013)

Éamon Ó Cuív: Can I get clarification? If I gave two people €70 for greening, surely if the incentive for one is such that he does not engage in the process, it will be the same for the other guy? Why would he bother with greening? My understanding from a parliamentary question I asked is that greening is a bit more complicated for the arable sector, but peculiarly enough, it does not have...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Six-monthly Report on Developments in EU: Discussion with Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine (3 Dec 2013)

Éamon Ó Cuív: Can Mr. Moran clarify that prescriptions regarding designations will apply to greening in designated areas? The Minister seemed to imply that in a written reply to a parliamentary question of mine, and I presume he was correct.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Six-monthly Report on Developments in EU: Discussion with Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine (3 Dec 2013)

Éamon Ó Cuív: I hope he was.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Six-monthly Report on Developments in EU: Discussion with Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine (3 Dec 2013)

Éamon Ó Cuív: Otherwise I would be afraid he was badly advised.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Six-monthly Report on Developments in EU: Discussion with Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine (3 Dec 2013)

Éamon Ó Cuív: I know he checks them all personally. I would not like him to be caught out.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Six-monthly Report on Developments in EU: Discussion with Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine (3 Dec 2013)

Éamon Ó Cuív: When he makes a decision, he makes it public. We are debating this in a vacuum. We do not know what the Government will co-finance. Will the Minister have a public consultation process on his proposals? What is the latest date in 2014 on which he has to give the whole package to Brussels? I take it there will be a debate on his proposals once we get some idea of what is available because...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Six-monthly Report on Developments in EU: Discussion with Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine (3 Dec 2013)

Éamon Ó Cuív: Pillar 1 and Pillar 2 are inextricably linked. One can even transfer funds between the two.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Six-monthly Report on Developments in EU: Discussion with Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine (3 Dec 2013)

Éamon Ó Cuív: If Pillar 2 is short of funding it will have to be made up in Pillar 1. Will there be a month's delay between the Minister's announcement and the draft programme being sent to Brussels in order that farmers, farming organisations, Oireachtas Members and this committee can respond to the Minister's proposals and so that the proposals reflect what they think?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Six-monthly Report on Developments in EU: Discussion with Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine (3 Dec 2013)

Éamon Ó Cuív: It is a proposal.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Six-monthly Report on Developments in EU: Discussion with Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine (3 Dec 2013)

Éamon Ó Cuív: Pillar 1 is being dodged. All along there has been a policy of agreeing Pillar 1 before the Government tells us what is in the other lucky dip. When we find the other lucky dip is empty, it is tough luck because we have agreed Pillar 1. From the beginning we have received assurances that the broad outlines of Pillar 1 and Pillar 2 would be decided together. I am not talking about the...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Six-monthly Report on Developments in EU: Discussion with Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine (3 Dec 2013)

Éamon Ó Cuív: It is not.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Six-monthly Report on Developments in EU: Discussion with Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine (3 Dec 2013)

Éamon Ó Cuív: So at no stage do they have to go back on Pillar 1 and they do not have to go back to Brussels regarding it.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Six-monthly Report on Developments in EU: Discussion with Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine (3 Dec 2013)

Éamon Ó Cuív: On what date does the Department intend to inform Europe about its intentions on Pillar 1?