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Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Disability Allowance Payments (16 Jul 2015)

Pat Deering: 54. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Social Protection when a person (details supplied) in County Carlow will receive a back payment under the disability allowance scheme; and if she will expedite a reply. [29629/15]

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Special Protection Areas Designation: Irish Farmers with Designated Land (21 Jul 2015)

Pat Deering: Although I do not have a particular issue with the hen harrier in my part of the country, I welcome the delegation today and concur with what everyone else has said. Unlike many groups, the IFDL has come up with potential solutions, which is a good way to go. The way the witnesses have gone about their business is very important. They mentioned the forestry issue in their submission. We...

Sittings and Business of Dáil: Motion (22 Sep 2015)

Pat Deering: Deputy Martin would know all about that.

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Dairy Sector (22 Sep 2015)

Pat Deering: 504. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine his plans to meet all shareholders in the dairy industry to discuss the challenges facing milk producers as the milk price continues to drop. [30943/15]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Targeted Agricultural Modernisation Scheme (22 Sep 2015)

Pat Deering: 505. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will reconsider applications for sheep fencing in the recently announced new TAMS scheme. [30944/15]

Written Answers — Department of Children and Youth Affairs: Child Care Services Funding (22 Sep 2015)

Pat Deering: 699. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs if he will provide a breakdown of all private child care facilities in County Carlow that received capital funding since 2005. [30940/15]

Written Answers — Department of Children and Youth Affairs: Child Care Costs (22 Sep 2015)

Pat Deering: 700. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs his plans to address the issue of child care costs in the upcoming budget in view of Ireland having one of the highest child care costs in Europe. [30941/15]

Written Answers — Department of Children and Youth Affairs: Child Care Services Expenditure (22 Sep 2015)

Pat Deering: 701. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs his plans to address the issue of inequality between community and private child care facilities in the forthcoming budget. [30942/15]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Rural Development Programme (29 Sep 2015)

Pat Deering: 339. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine his plans to review the knowledge transfer programme as a number of issues have arisen which are causing difficulty (details supplied). [33253/15]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Pupil-Teacher Ratio (29 Sep 2015)

Pat Deering: 532. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills her plans to review the primary pupil-teacher ratio as a result of extra funding being made available in the forthcoming budget. [33117/15]

Climate Action and Low Carbon Development Bill 2015: Report Stage (Resumed) (30 Sep 2015)

Pat Deering: I have listened with interest for the past few minutes to my learned colleagues from Dún Laoghaire and Portlaoise speaking about the sugar industry and its benefit to the country over many years, which is true. There is one particular and important point my colleague from Portlaoise omitted, however, which is that his colleagues in the European Parliament recently voted to restrict the...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Appointment Status (6 Oct 2015)

Pat Deering: 554. To ask the Minister for Health when a person (details supplied) in County Kilkenny will receive a medical appointment for St. Vincent's Hospital in Dublin 4. [34528/15]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Minor Works Scheme Restoration (6 Oct 2015)

Pat Deering: 632. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will allocate the minor works grants to national schools in this school year. [34062/15]

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Sheep Sector: Irish Farmers Association (6 Oct 2015)

Pat Deering: And County Leitrim.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Sheep Sector: Irish Farmers Association (6 Oct 2015)

Pat Deering: I welcome the IFA representatives and thank them for their presentation. I generally support the idea of helping the sheep industry in any way possible because it is a tough sector of business to be in. If a coupled payment was announced where would it come from? There are 3.5 million ewes in the country. Will that come from the rural development plan or is there scope within the rural...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Sheep Sector: Irish Farmers Association (6 Oct 2015)

Pat Deering: The Deputy might want them.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Sheep Sector: Irish Farmers Association (6 Oct 2015)

Pat Deering: Mr. Kinsella spoke about exporting breeding stock to Northern Ireland. Does the same apply to animals for slaughter? I recently came across an issue with a restriction on cast ewes moving from marts in my part of the country to Northern Ireland and England. Is it the same issue?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Dairy Industry: Irish Farmers Association (6 Oct 2015)

Pat Deering: I welcome the delegation from the IFA. We spoke about the sheep farmer being the poor relation with the previous delegation but as a dairy farmer, I know what it is like to be the poor relation at the moment. This time last year, in advance of the abolition of the quotas, I was one of the first to suggest we produce a report at the beginning of the year, following consultation with all of...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Dairy Industry: Irish Farmers Association (6 Oct 2015)

Pat Deering: I have a few brief points. To return to the competition legislation which was briefly mentioned earlier, as was pointed out we did a good deal of work on producing that report which made a number of recommendations. However, the legislation does not go far enough. We should go down the road taken by the English but it must tie into the overall European context. The vast majority of our...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Dairy Industry: Irish Farmers Association (6 Oct 2015)

Pat Deering: We could discuss this all day. We are heading into a very dodgy area with liquid milk. I do not have to tell the witnesses this. It is not a very profitable business. We could be facing a situation where in a number of years, we will not have fresh milk to put on our corn flakes in the morning. That is probably a fact. It may be a scary fact but unless it is nurtured properly, to use...