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Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Dairy Industry (Resumed): ICOS and Positive Farmers (3 Feb 2015)

Pat Deering: Bank of Ireland has been offering flexibility in its terms but more needs to be done on that. All of us have to aim for the Food Harvest 2020 targets but if we do not have efficiencies at farm gate level, we are going nowhere. Efficiencies are crucial, and I agree with what the witnesses said in that regard. The superlevy will be the first obstacle to any development we might have. If...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Forestry Premium Payments (10 Feb 2015)

Pat Deering: 302. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine when a person (details supplied) in County Carlow will receive a forestry payments for 2013 and 2014. [6029/15]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Juvenile Offenders (10 Feb 2015)

Pat Deering: 340. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the deterrents in place for young persons under 12 years of age who are stealing from shops and businesses in County Carlow. [5713/15]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Services Provision (10 Feb 2015)

Pat Deering: 465. To ask the Minister for Health the paediatric services available for children who attend a school (details supplied) in County Carlow, who may have difficulties with speech and language; and the funding that has been made available for this in the coming year. [6014/15]

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Commercial Rates Valuation Process (10 Feb 2015)

Pat Deering: 562. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government his views on setting up an expert group to examine ways to rebalance and update the commercial rate structure, to make it fairer. [5554/15]

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Local Authority Rates (10 Feb 2015)

Pat Deering: 572. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government if he will provide in tabular form the total amount of moneys collected by each county council for commercial rates and commercial water rates in 2012, 2013 and 2014; and if he will provide a list of the uncollected amounts. [5553/15]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Property Tax Collection (12 Feb 2015)

Pat Deering: 68. To ask the Minister for Finance the reason a property owner, who originally registered online but who no longer wishes to transact their local property tax affairs in this way, cannot change to a system where they receive their notification by post and can pay their liability by cheque or direct debit in March each year. [6400/15]

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Passport Services (12 Feb 2015)

Pat Deering: 209. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade Further to Parliamentary Question No. 417 of 27 January 2015, if he will provide an update on the investigation into stolen passports (details supplied) in respect of persons with Irish citizenship; and if the persons will be expected to pay the full application fee when applying for replacement passports. [6509/15]

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Electromagnetic Fields Studies (17 Feb 2015)

Pat Deering: 497. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government the name of the person that has been appointed to his Department's Electromagnetic Field Commission; the name of the independent overseer; the planned publication date for the report; the process of public participation planned for the Commission; and if the independent overseer is satisfied that there are no potential...

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Energy and Natural Resources: Electricity Transmission Network (17 Feb 2015)

Pat Deering: 518. To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources if he will provide an update on the EirGrid Review of their Grid 25 project which was due for publication in January 2015; and if he will confirm the revised intended publication date; and if the EirGrid report will be subject to an independent review. [6780/15]

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Energy and Natural Resources: Electricity Transmission Network (17 Feb 2015)

Pat Deering: 519. To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources when EirGrid plans to publish its preferred overground and underground routes for the Gridlink proposal. [6781/15]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Tourism Industry (24 Feb 2015)

Pat Deering: 624. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will provide, in tabular form, by county, the amount of Fáilte Ireland capital grant paid over the past five years. [7917/15]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Fáilte Ireland Expenditure (24 Feb 2015)

Pat Deering: 625. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will provide in tabular form, by festival, the amount of Fáilte Ireland grant paid to arts festivals over the past five years. [7918/15]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Tourism Project Funding (24 Feb 2015)

Pat Deering: 631. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the criteria used for the allocation of capital funding for tourism projects; and if he will provide, in tabular form, the allocation of funding, by county, in the years 2010 to 2014, inclusive. [8220/15]

Select Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Estimates for Public Services 2015
Vote 30 - Agriculture, Food and the Marine (Revised) (24 Feb 2015)

Pat Deering: I welcome the number of schemes introduced this year. GLAS, in particular, was announced last week. The challenge in respect of GLAS will be to get as many farmers as possible into the scheme and ensuring they get as much as possible out of it as fast as possible. Is there a plan in place to do that? The next issue is farm safety. There is major concern about that. Is the Minister...

Select Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Estimates for Public Services 2015
Vote 30 - Agriculture, Food and the Marine (Revised) (24 Feb 2015)

Pat Deering: That is a 100% increase.

Select Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Estimates for Public Services 2015
Vote 30 - Agriculture, Food and the Marine (Revised) (24 Feb 2015)

Pat Deering: Is the payment made to Teagasc and then Teagasc pays it to the farmer or does it go directly to the farmer?

Select Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Estimates for Public Services 2015
Vote 30 - Agriculture, Food and the Marine (Revised) (24 Feb 2015)

Pat Deering: Is that a change?

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Public Sector Staff Recruitment (25 Feb 2015)

Pat Deering: 90. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the process for entry to the Civil Service; when it will open; and if there will be a regional breakdown of the applications. [8381/15]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Nursing Homes Support Scheme Applications (26 Feb 2015)

Pat Deering: 178. To ask the Minister for Health when a person (details supplied) in County Carlow will have an application under the fair deal scheme approved. [8534/15]