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Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Appointments Status (28 Mar 2018)

Peter Burke: 211. To ask the Minister for Health the status of a person (details supplied) on the waiting list for a MRI in the Midland Regional Hospital. [14377/18]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Sports Capital Programme (28 Mar 2018)

Peter Burke: 246. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the way in which lottery grants and other capital grants are administered and awarded by his Department; the specific rules that apply; if a voluntary community group (details supplied) will be considered for a grant; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [14341/18]

Written Answers — Department of Children and Youth Affairs: Departmental Funding (28 Mar 2018)

Peter Burke: 253. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the way in which lottery grants and other capital grants are administered by her Department; if a group (details supplied) will be considered for a grant; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [14340/18]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Disability Allowance Applications (28 Mar 2018)

Peter Burke: 272. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if an application for a disability allowance by a person (details supplied) will be expedited. [14386/18]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Housing Assistance Payment (28 Mar 2018)

Peter Burke: 276. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government his plans to provide a solution for homeless charities in relation to HAP (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [14329/18]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Departmental Agencies Staff Remuneration (29 Mar 2018)

Peter Burke: 281. To ask the Minister for Health the process which has been established regarding pay for section 39 organisations; if the interim report due at the end of March 2018 is completed. [14705/18]

Fodder Shortage: Motion [Private Members] (17 Apr 2018)

Peter Burke: I want to make clear, as someone who was brought up on a family farm, that I know first-hand the difficulties and anxieties that farmers face when fodder is in short supply. It is also very important that we make it clear that farmers who are in difficulty should step forward. However, the motion is very bland. Its lack of detail is absolutely amazing. The second line of the motion states...

Fodder Shortage: Motion [Private Members] (17 Apr 2018)

Peter Burke: -----notes the unique vulnerability and exposure of agriculture-------

Fodder Shortage: Motion [Private Members] (17 Apr 2018)

Peter Burke: ------to fluctuations in the weather. If one looks at the detail-----

Fodder Shortage: Motion [Private Members] (17 Apr 2018)

Peter Burke: -----there has been 80% more rainfall in some parts of the country over the first three months of the year, while soil temperatures must be above 6 degrees for adequate growth. However, the motion firmly places the blame on the Government and contains nothing about sustainable solutions. It has not one word about agritaxation. There is no detail in terms of the supports that were brought...

Fodder Shortage: Motion [Private Members] (17 Apr 2018)

Peter Burke: Critically, it asks for hardship funds for small and medium-sized farms but offers no detail of the criteria or costings for such funds. It is devoid of any detail. We need real, sustainable solutions.

Fodder Shortage: Motion [Private Members] (17 Apr 2018)

Peter Burke: The Minister stepped in with a-------

Fodder Shortage: Motion [Private Members] (17 Apr 2018)

Peter Burke: I cannot get a chance to articulate my point.

Fodder Shortage: Motion [Private Members] (17 Apr 2018)

Peter Burke: I am putting on the record the lack of detail in the motion and I would like to have the chance to fairly articulate that point.

Fodder Shortage: Motion [Private Members] (17 Apr 2018)

Peter Burke: Very clearly in terms of the action the Minister has-------

Fodder Shortage: Motion [Private Members] (17 Apr 2018)

Peter Burke: I did not get to articulate my point. I just wish to make two more points.

Fodder Shortage: Motion [Private Members] (17 Apr 2018)

Peter Burke: I will make two more points. The Minister has shown that he is prepared to change when change is needed and that was clearly demonstrated by the fodder transport scheme. He was not afraid to do that. As regards the money being put behind this problem, fodder is coming into the country and work is being done. Low-cost credit schemes are available and the Minister is working hard on the issue.

Fodder Shortage: Motion [Private Members] (17 Apr 2018)

Peter Burke: When we are putting forward solutions and discussing them in the House they must be credible, fair and sustainable.

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Registration of Births (17 Apr 2018)

Peter Burke: 163. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the statutory footing which compels those seeking a foreign birth registration certificate to provide State identification in order for their application to be processed; if his Department has examined the possibility that most minors under 16 years of age do not have State identification, which is normally a driver licence or a passport;...

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Stamp Duty (17 Apr 2018)

Peter Burke: 252. To ask the Minister for Finance if a person (details supplied) is entitled to consolidation relief; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [15847/18]