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Topical Issue Debate: Flood Prevention Measures (8 Dec 2015)

Éamon Ó Cuív: We must all have great understanding for those who were affected at the weekend. In these cases, the biggest problems are the human tragedies as businesses or homes are destroyed. We can all live with closed roads. There was nothing anybody could have done about the amount of rain that fell in recent days, but there are things we can do to ensure a better response when flooding occurs and...

Topical Issue Debate: Flood Prevention Measures (8 Dec 2015)

Éamon Ó Cuív: I thank the Minister of State for his reply. We need to ensure in the future that the town defences are done. There is no question about that. In parallel, there is a need for a small works scheme for all the rural areas. In all of those areas, by their nature, quite modest funding would do a major amount of work but, normally, the hold-up there is administrative. A number of things...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Scéimeanna Talmhaíochta (8 Dec 2015)

Éamon Ó Cuív: 236. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine cen uair a dhéanfar íocaíocht faoi Scéim na Limistéar faoi Shriantacht Nádúrtha le feirmeoir i gContae na Gaillimhe (sonraí tugtha); cén fáth go bhfuil moill leis an íocaíocht seo; agus an ndéanfaidh sé ráiteas ina thaobh. [43704/15]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Young Farmers Scheme Eligibility (8 Dec 2015)

Éamon Ó Cuív: 245. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine when payment will issue under the young farmers scheme to a person (details supplied) in County Mayo, the reason for the delay; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [43819/15]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: GLAS Data (8 Dec 2015)

Éamon Ó Cuív: 258. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the number of farmers who have been accepted into tranche one of the GLAS; the average annual payment approved and the number of farmers with a start date of 1 October and 1 January 2016, by county; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [43979/15]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Beef Data Programme (8 Dec 2015)

Éamon Ó Cuív: 259. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the number of farmers who have submitted samples by herd size in intervals of ten, 0 to ten, 11 to 20, and so forth, by county, under the beef genomics scheme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [43980/15]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: GLAS Data (8 Dec 2015)

Éamon Ó Cuív: 260. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the number of farmers who have been approved for tier one, two and three and by county for the GLAS; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [43981/15]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: GLAS Applications (8 Dec 2015)

Éamon Ó Cuív: 261. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the number of completed applications received to date by tier under tranche two of the green low-carbon agri-environment scheme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [43982/15]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Agriculture Scheme Payments (8 Dec 2015)

Éamon Ó Cuív: 269. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine when payment will issue under the 2015 areas of natural constraint scheme and the basic payment scheme to a person (details supplied) in County Galway, the reason for the delay; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [44018/15]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Animal Disease Controls (8 Dec 2015)

Éamon Ó Cuív: 277. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine his plans to introduce mandatory testing for separation syndrome in Connemara ponies to protect the breed; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [44222/15]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Animal Disease Controls (8 Dec 2015)

Éamon Ó Cuív: 278. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if heather can be overgrazed; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [44224/15]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Direct Payment Scheme Eligibility (8 Dec 2015)

Éamon Ó Cuív: 279. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine his views that heather will reach maturity with a sustainable stocking rate in place; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [44225/15]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Direct Payment Scheme Eligibility (8 Dec 2015)

Éamon Ó Cuív: 280. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine his views that controlled burning of heather is an agricultural activity in the same way that topping in a lowland situation is; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [44226/15]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Direct Payment Scheme Eligibility (8 Dec 2015)

Éamon Ó Cuív: 281. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if controlled burning is an agricultural method that can be used to manage heather, given his Department's A Guide to Land Eligibility Direct Payment Schemes 2015, and to the top photo on page 9 in particular which shows heather that is eligible but where management is needed to ensure it remains eligible; and if he will make a...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Direct Payment Scheme Eligibility (8 Dec 2015)

Éamon Ó Cuív: 282. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the management tools his Department advises to make an area eligible for payment, given his Department's A Guide to Land Eligibility Direct Payment Schemes 2015 and the lower photograph on page 9 in particular which shows heather that is ineligible; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [44228/15]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Direct Payment Scheme Eligibility (8 Dec 2015)

Éamon Ó Cuív: 283. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the nature of the direct contact his Department had with the European Commission in negotiating the A Guide to Land Eligibility Direct Payment Schemes 2015; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [44229/15]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Road Traffic Offences (8 Dec 2015)

Éamon Ó Cuív: 314. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality why all fixed penalty notices and the accompanying documentation are issued in Irish and English at the same time; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [43976/15]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Services Funding (8 Dec 2015)

Éamon Ó Cuív: 419. To ask the Minister for Health if he will provide funding in his forthcoming Supplementary Estimate to clear the historic deficit of an organisation (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [43978/15]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Patronage (8 Dec 2015)

Éamon Ó Cuív: 542. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will provide a choice of secondary education under the patronage of Educate Together in Galway City, if she has conducted research to ascertain the demand for such a choice, if not, if and when she will do so; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [44221/15]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Schools Mental Health Strategies (8 Dec 2015)

Éamon Ó Cuív: 530. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if funding is available to assist schools to pay for the delivery of programmes on positive mental health and emotional health, given the extent of such issues among adolescents; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [43983/15]