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Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Agriculture Schemes (26 Feb 2015)

Éamon Ó Cuív: 96. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if his Department plans to use the option, under the permanent grassland rules as set out in article 4(h) of the Direct Payments Regulation 1307/2014, to identify land, which forms part of the established practices, where herbs and grasses are traditionally not predominant in the grazing area; if so, the areas that will be defined...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Consultants Recruitment (26 Feb 2015)

Éamon Ó Cuív: 196. To ask the Minister for Health if any new surgeons have been employed by the Health Service Executive to carry out kidney transplants in Beaumont Hospital, Dublin 9; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [8689/15]

Written Answers — Department of Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Fostaíocht sa Ghaeltacht (26 Feb 2015)

Éamon Ó Cuív: 260. To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht cén líon daoine atá fostaithe sa tionscal nua toitíní leictreonacha i gCorr na Móna, Co. na Gaillimhe; cén líon a bhfuil súil leis a bheith fostaithe ann ag deireadh na bliana seo; cén mhoill a bhaineann leis an tionscal seo a chur ar bun; agus an ndéanfaidh sí...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Agriculture Schemes Payments (3 Mar 2015)

Éamon Ó Cuív: 259. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine when a payment under the organic farming scheme will be made in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Cork; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [8752/15]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Agriculture Schemes (3 Mar 2015)

Éamon Ó Cuív: 260. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the method he will apply to include young farmers in the national reserve, if this is oversubscribed; if he plans on cutting the maximum amount of entitlements allocated to each farmer, or the value of the entitlements; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [8753/15]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: TB Eradication Scheme (3 Mar 2015)

Éamon Ó Cuív: 261. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the price being paid at present for reactor cattle by his Department; the way this relates to the price in 2014; the method by which this price is calculated; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [8754/15]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: EU Directives (3 Mar 2015)

Éamon Ó Cuív: 262. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the qualification that is required for persons to provide training under the new mandatory training courses for persons wishing to use an agricultural sprayer; the courses that have to be followed to receive this qualification; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [8755/15]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Farm Inspections (3 Mar 2015)

Éamon Ó Cuív: 263. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the number of cross-compliance and rural environment protection scheme or agri-environment options scheme inspections carried out by Department inspectors in 2014; the number that resulted in no penalty; the number that resulted in a penalty of less than 10%; of between 10% and 50%; of between 50% and 99% per cent; of 100%; and if...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Agriculture Schemes Eligibility (3 Mar 2015)

Éamon Ó Cuív: 264. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the reason his Department is applying land eligibility penalties, in cases of under-utilisation of agricultural land, instead of applying good agricultural and environmental conditions criteria, based on the severity of under-grazing of the land; if a farmer can be penalised for only using rough grazing on a seasonal basis; and if...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Services Staff Remuneration (3 Mar 2015)

Éamon Ó Cuív: 362. To ask the Minister for Health when an appeal in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Galway to the Health Service Executive, in relation to a refusal to pay the rural practice allowance, will be decided; the reason for the delay with this decision; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [8757/15]

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Northern Ireland Issues (3 Mar 2015)

Éamon Ó Cuív: 462. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade when he will accede to this Deputy's request for a meeting on behalf of this Deputy and on behalf of other Teachtaí Dála and Senators, who regularly visit prisoners in Northern Ireland; the reason for the delay with this meeting, despite numerous requests, and in view of the heightened tensions in the prisons there; and if he...

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Energy and Natural Resources: Natural Gas Grid (3 Mar 2015)

Éamon Ó Cuív: 581. To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources further to his reply to this Deputy on 29 January 2015 regarding the extension of the natural gas grid, whether Gaslink replied to his request to meet this Deputy; if Gaslink indicated it would meet this Deputy in view of the fact that this Deputy has had no contact from Gaslink in the meantime; and if he will make a...

Family Home Mortgage Settlement Arrangement Bill 2014: Second Stage (Resumed) [Private Members] (4 Mar 2015)

Éamon Ó Cuív: It is difficult to follow Deputy Troy, who was very eloquent in his articulation of what needs to be done. Most of the solutions that have been put in place to address this issue are not actually solutions. It appears the Government is hoping that if it sits there for long enough, this problem will solve itself and it will not be obliged to get involved. I am absolutely stunned that the...

Family Home Mortgage Settlement Arrangement Bill 2014: Second Stage (Resumed) [Private Members] (4 Mar 2015)

Éamon Ó Cuív: In any event, the unsecured creditors do not have these rights. Consequently, it is time to stop hiding behind the Constitution. I put it further to the Minister of State that since this Bill is urgently needed, since the Government's mortgage-to-rent scheme has failed completely, having helped 50 people out of the 117,000 people in arrears, of whom 60,000 are in arrears of more than a year...

Family Home Mortgage Settlement Arrangement Bill 2014: Second Stage (Resumed) [Private Members] (4 Mar 2015)

Éamon Ó Cuív: I am sure the Government would get more support for that amendment than it might get for many other things it has been considering in the Constitutional Convention.

Family Home Mortgage Settlement Arrangement Bill 2014: Second Stage (Resumed) [Private Members] (4 Mar 2015)

Éamon Ó Cuív: Therefore, the Minister of State should not hide behind the Constitution because the Constitution is the people's document. It was put there not to protect banks but to protect the people.

Family Home Mortgage Settlement Arrangement Bill 2014: Second Stage (Resumed) [Private Members] (4 Mar 2015)

Éamon Ó Cuív: The reality is the Minister of State and I know what happens. Banks are demanding that people sell houses. If, for example, someone has a mortgage of €250,000 and could afford to pay on €170,000, the bank will not cut the deal. The bank takes the house, sells it at €120,000 and then tries to collect the balance in some future debt on that family.

Family Home Mortgage Settlement Arrangement Bill 2014: Second Stage (Resumed) [Private Members] (4 Mar 2015)

Éamon Ó Cuív: That is happening all the time. I will hear this great argument put forward to the effect that the Government could not help the ordinary people because of the moral hazard. Most ordinary people who bought family homes did so in good faith and paid the price in the market at the time. In the case of family homes, they bought them because they wanted to have a family home. Talk to them...

Family Home Mortgage Settlement Arrangement Bill 2014: Second Stage (Resumed) [Private Members] (4 Mar 2015)

Éamon Ó Cuív: Basically, tá na maidí ligthe le sruth. The Government is like a guy sitting in a boat who has allowed the oars to fall out and who is letting the boat drift down the river. In the meantime, the rate of repossession is escalating. Next week, representatives of Phoenix Project Ireland are coming to Leinster House. I have worked with the project closely since I was a Minister and...

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Rent Supplement Scheme Eligibility (5 Mar 2015)

Éamon Ó Cuív: 51. To ask the Minister for Social Protection if a person who is in receipt of a jobseeker's allowance and has an adult dependant and a child becomes ineligible for rent supplement if the person transfers from this payment to take up an apprenticeship; the reason for this; and if she will make a statement on the matter [9740/15]