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Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Schools Building Projects Status (15 Jan 2015)

Éamon Ó Cuív: 212. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of primary schools that have band 1.1 rating and are at stage 2B detailed design or are having tender documents prepared; the names and addresses of these schools; if it is intended to approve these schools to go to tender this year; if these schools will be included in the list of schools to go to construction in 2015 and 2016; and...

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Public Transport Subsidies (15 Jan 2015)

Éamon Ó Cuív: 255. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the passenger numbers, running costs and infrastructure costs that are supplied to him by Iarnród Éireann to enable him to make a decision on the provision of a subsidy to that company; the criteria used in deciding this subsidy; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [2006/15]

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Dairy Sector: Irish Dairy Board (15 Jan 2015)

Éamon Ó Cuív: I thank Mr. Forde for his interesting and comprehensive presentation. It was very useful. I have a few questions in order to get clarification on issues. Mr. Forde said the Irish price at the moment is about 30 cent per litre. The spot market price is quoted at 24 cent per litre. He said that the New Zealand world price was 20 cent per litre. Would he be able to hazard a guess as to...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Dairy Sector: Irish Dairy Board (15 Jan 2015)

Éamon Ó Cuív: Would the reduction be significant? It is unlikely.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Dairy Sector: Irish Dairy Board (15 Jan 2015)

Éamon Ó Cuív: Is it a fact that Europe is not actually over quota? In other words, if one adds up all the individual country quotas and all of the production on a Europe-wide level, one would still be within the quota.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Dairy Sector: Irish Dairy Board (15 Jan 2015)

Éamon Ó Cuív: Would the marginal cost in the higher cost producing countries be 27 or 28 cent per litre?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Dairy Sector: Irish Dairy Board (15 Jan 2015)

Éamon Ó Cuív: Would it be about two or three cent more? Is that the kind of difference one would be talking about?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Dairy Sector: Irish Dairy Board (15 Jan 2015)

Éamon Ó Cuív: I am talking about it at a European level, for example, if I was a dairy farmer in Germany or some other country with a higher production cost. We are talking about 26 cent per litre but are other EU members talking about 27, 28 or 29 cent?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Dairy Sector: Irish Dairy Board (15 Jan 2015)

Éamon Ó Cuív: Will it be said in times to come that this kind of a standard in process will become EU-wide so that this accreditation would have a wider validity and others could not claim to be grass-based on labelling unless they genuinely were? They might not have the systems that Irish dairy farmers have but they can try this. Legally, there is nothing to stop them saying they are grass-based and...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Dairy Sector: Irish Dairy Board (15 Jan 2015)

Éamon Ó Cuív: Does it refer to all farmers?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Dairy Sector: Irish Dairy Board (15 Jan 2015)

Éamon Ó Cuív: My understanding is that, effectively, quotas were abolished in the North years ago because people were able to buy quota from Britain and therefore they were not constrained by the quota. It appears to have created a big difference between dairy farming in the North and in the South, which shows in the liquid milk market. It also appears to have had the effect of depressing the price...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Dairy Sector: Irish Dairy Board (15 Jan 2015)

Éamon Ó Cuív: Would it be to our advantage or disadvantage over time to try to treat the island as one island? Certainly, the liquid producers always say that the big problem they face is the team purse coming from the North. Would it be better if we had a more similar situation and if there was a more coherent situation as an island as we move forward?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Dairy Sector: Irish Dairy Board (15 Jan 2015)

Éamon Ó Cuív: Two different entities rather than two different geographies. That is the problem. We have the same geography, but politically they are in a type of no man's land.

Written Answers — Department of An Taoiseach: Inniúlacht sa Ghaeilge sa Stát Seirbhís (20 Jan 2015)

Éamon Ó Cuív: 173. To ask the Taoiseach bunaithe ar an treoir a thug an Roinn Caiteachais Phoiblí agus Athchóirithe do gach Roinn, cén líon post ina mbeidh, agus cé na gráid ag a mbeidh, státseirbhísigh atá inniúil sa Ghaeilge agus sa Bhéarla ag teastáil; an mó post acu sin, arna scagadh de réir gráid, a bhfuil duine iontu cheana...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: GLAS Administration (21 Jan 2015)

Éamon Ó Cuív: 117. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if it will be a condition of the GLAS scheme traditional hay meadow option that farmers will have to top the meadows by 15 March each year; his plans to allow any leeway on this in years of adverse weather conditions; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [3048/15]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Disadvantaged Areas Scheme Payments (21 Jan 2015)

Éamon Ó Cuív: 119. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine when payment will issue under the disadvantaged areas scheme in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Galway; the reason for the delay in issuing this payment; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [2871/15]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Agriculture Schemes Payments (21 Jan 2015)

Éamon Ó Cuív: 128. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the amount of direct payments paid each year to farmers under EU and national schemes from 2007 to 2014; the profiled amount to be paid to farmers in direct payments in each year from 2015 to 2020 in view of his recent statement that between now and 2020 there will be an effective increase in payments because of a very strong rural...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: GLAS Expenditure (21 Jan 2015)

Éamon Ó Cuív: 129. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the amount provided in the Revised Estimates for 2015 for expenditure on the GLAS; his views that this expenditure will take place; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [3050/15]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Milk Quota (21 Jan 2015)

Éamon Ó Cuív: 130. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the progress made to date on reducing Ireland's super levy bill for 2015 particularly in view of falling milk prices; the details of the proposals he has put to his European colleagues and the Commission in this regard, particularly in view of the fact that total EU production on aggregate is under quota; when he will have a...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Primary Care Services Provision (21 Jan 2015)

Éamon Ó Cuív: 189. To ask the Minister for Health to set out the arrangements made to provide nursing services on Inishturk island in County Mayo; the number of days that a nurse or doctor provided a service on the island since 1 December 2015; his views on the level of service being provided by the Health Service Executive to island communities; if he has issued any policy instruction in respect of these...