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Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Beef Quality Assurance Scheme (10 Feb 2015)

Éamon Ó Cuív: 284. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he or his officials have raised any concerns at the Beef Forum that the €3 per head incentive payment from meat factories for quality assurance is inadequate; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [5805/15]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Beef Imports (10 Feb 2015)

Éamon Ó Cuív: 285. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will provide a yearly detail of all beef imports into Ireland for each of the past five years, providing the volumes and the country of origin; if it was carcass beef or cuts, or other forms of beef; if it was chilled, fresh or frozen; the amount of this beef that was subsequently re-exported; the details of the countries it...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Beef Industry (10 Feb 2015)

Éamon Ó Cuív: 286. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine when he will be able to formally open the beef genomics scheme; when application forms will be available; the proposed latest date for applications; the requirements to be fulfilled; the date on which payments will commence in 2015; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [5807/15]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Meat Processing Plant Inspections (10 Feb 2015)

Éamon Ó Cuív: 287. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine when he will appoint agriculture officers to each meat plant to take responsibility for monitoring carcase trim by the factories in line with the commitment in the Beef Forum; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [5808/15]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Live Exports (10 Feb 2015)

Éamon Ó Cuív: 288. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the action he will take to remove the barriers on labelling at processing and retail level, that are impeding the live export trade to Britain and Northern Ireland; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [5809/15]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Beef Exports (10 Feb 2015)

Éamon Ó Cuív: 289. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine his plans to work with Bord Bia to support and lead the case for the introduction of a strong single brand for Irish beef exports into the US market; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [5810/15]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Farms Data (10 Feb 2015)

Éamon Ó Cuív: 290. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the length of time a young farmer allocated entitlements from the National Reserve under the 2015 scheme has to hold on to the entitlements before leasing or selling them on in order not to incur any claw-back or penalty; if it is permissible to stack these entitlements without claw-back or penalty after one year; and if he will...

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

Éamon Ó Cuív: 293. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine when the Scottish derogation rules will be finalised for farmers who were farming in 2013, but have no entitlements; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [5833/15]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Agriculture Schemes Eligibility (10 Feb 2015)

Éamon Ó Cuív: 303. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if a person (details supplied) in County Galway will automatically be allocated entitlements under the Scottish derogation; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [6030/15]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Departmental Funding (10 Feb 2015)

Éamon Ó Cuív: 304. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the amount of funds that will be allocated this year for the continuing programme of storm damage remediation and prevention work in 2015; the amount of this that relates to work sanctioned in 2014 but not completed; if he will provide details of these projects; when details of the projects to be approved in 2015 will be announced;...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Commonage Division (10 Feb 2015)

Éamon Ó Cuív: 305. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine his plans to ensure that individual farmers in commonages do not put too much stock on the commonage to the detriment of other shareholders' interests, in the absence of commonage framework plans; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [6037/15]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Rural Environment Protection Scheme Appeals (10 Feb 2015)

Éamon Ó Cuív: 306. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine when a decision will be made on a penalty appeal under the rural environment protection scheme in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Galway; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [6038/15]

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Water Conservation Grant (10 Feb 2015)

Éamon Ó Cuív: 567. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government the method of payment that will be used to pay the water conservation grant; if this will be done by credit transfer or through post offices; the conditions that will attach to this payment; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [6183/15]

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Septic Tank Grants (10 Feb 2015)

Éamon Ó Cuív: 582. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government the amount of money expended by his Department to date, broken down by local authority, under the private waste water remedial grant, introduced by the previous Minister, as part of the introduction of the mandatory registration of private waste water systems; the number of grants paid by each authority; the number that...

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

Éamon Ó Cuív: 598. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government if discretion is being left to voluntary housing associations to allocate tenancies to returning emigrants under the safe home programme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [6031/15]

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Severe Weather Events Expenditure (10 Feb 2015)

Éamon Ó Cuív: 599. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government the amount of funds that will be allocated this year for the continuing programme of storm damage remediation and prevention work in 2015; the amount of this that relates to work sanctioned in 2014, but not completed; if he will provide details of these projects; when details of the projects to be approved in 2015 will...

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Roads Maintenance Funding (10 Feb 2015)

Éamon Ó Cuív: 640. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the amount of funds that will be allocated for the continuing programme of storm damage remediation and prevention work in 2015; the amount of this that relates to work sanctioned in 2014, but not completed; if he will provide details of these projects; when details of the projects to be approved in 2015 will be announced; and if he...

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Coast Guard Services (10 Feb 2015)

Éamon Ó Cuív: 641. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport his plans to relocate the base for the Coast Guard service in north-west Connemara, County Galway to the airstrip owned by the Department of Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht near Cleggan, County Galway; the discussions that have taken place with that Department regarding this matter; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [6036/15]

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Dairy Industry: (Resumed) Discussion (10 Feb 2015)

Éamon Ó Cuív: I want to raise a slightly wider issue. Do the witnesses have any information on forced sales of farms by banks? I am referring to sales conducted by the farmers themselves at the behest of the banks or by receivers over the last four to five years, since the downturn. Many farms were given as collateral against loans. How prevalent has the forced sale of such farms been? What quantities...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Dairy Industry: (Resumed) Discussion (10 Feb 2015)

Éamon Ó Cuív: The witnesses all seem to indicate that they actually meet with the borrower and sit down to discuss this. That seems to be totally at variance with what banks do with householders. I know of many cases where the banks have refused to sit down and engage with the borrowers. They keep ringing the borrowers, asking them to send in financial statements but if the borrower asks for a meeting...