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Election Monitoring (20 May 2010)

Seán Sherlock: Question 8: To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs if he will indicate whether Irish observers will be present at the forthcoming Ethiopian elections [20930/10]

Written Answers — Overseas Development Aid: Overseas Development Aid (20 May 2010)

Seán Sherlock: Question 55: To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs the preliminary meetings that he proposes to hold in Ireland, Europe or abroad in preparation for the review meeting of the United Nations in September on the achievement of the Millennium Development Goals; the role he sees for participation by the opposition and by members of civil society. [20931/10]

Requests to Move Adjournment of Dáil Under Standing Order 32 (25 May 2010)

Seán Sherlock: In accordance with the terms of Standing Order 32 I seek to move the adjournment of the Dáil to discuss the following specific and important matter of public interest requiring urgent attention, namely, the governance structures as they relate to charitable organisations, specifically in respect of Right of Place, and the need to ensure transparency where Exchequer funding applies to such...

Written Answers — Hospital Services: Hospital Services (25 May 2010)

Seán Sherlock: Question 205: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if she will review a decision not to grant financial assistance to a person (details supplied) in County Cork in respect of hospital visits; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [21881/10]

Written Answers — Milk Quota: Milk Quota (25 May 2010)

Seán Sherlock: Question 400: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food the position regarding the milk quota new entrants scheme; if applications are being expedited in view of the fact that the start date for the scheme was 1 April; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21908/10]

Common Agricultural Policy (26 May 2010)

Seán Sherlock: Question 28: To ask the Minister for Agriculture; Fisheries and Food his views on the mechanisms that are needed to address the diversity of production systems and range of risks across the 27 Member States in the context of Common Agricultural Policy negotiations; his further views on the need to address increased market volatility and the effective mechanisms that are needed to manage...

Common Agricultural Policy (26 May 2010)

Seán Sherlock: I welcome the Minister's response and I am seeking to ascertain definitively whether he is giving any credence to the idea of introducing a de facto minimum income for every farmer so as to buttress against potential market instability in the future. The recent volatility in the dairy sector showed us, along with other factors, just how volatile farm incomes are at present and the fact that...

Common Agricultural Policy (26 May 2010)

Seán Sherlock: The Minister mentions the historical model of payments, and I acknowledge the speech he gave to the Seanad recently in which he expressed a preference for the retention of this model. What I took from that speech, however, was that the historical model would come under increasing attack and that it is not guaranteed into the future. That is the basis upon which the Minister could state, at...

Grant Payments (26 May 2010)

Seán Sherlock: Question 30: To ask the Minister for Agriculture; Fisheries and Food his views on the historic basis of direct payment; if he has formulated a view in relation to changing from the current historical model for determining single payments; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22118/10]

Grant Payments (26 May 2010)

Seán Sherlock: The Minister's reply is taken directly from a recent speech he gave to the Seanad. The own initiative report on this issue was authored by Mr. George Lyon, MEP, a Liberal Democrat representative for Scotland, whose party is a member of the same group within the European Parliament as Fianna Fáil. Mr. Lyon refers to the desire to go beyond 2020 for phasing in the move from historic to...

Grant Payments (26 May 2010)

Seán Sherlock: I did not hear exactly what the Leas-Cheann Comhairle said but I wonder if I can ask-----

Grant Payments (26 May 2010)

Seán Sherlock: Appreciating the latitude the Leas-Cheann Comhairle has already allowed me, I was just about to state that at meetings of the agriculture committee of which Mr. Lyon is a member, Ireland's position would heretofore have been put forward by the Minister, but that is no longer necessarily the case because of the new structures in place following the ratification of the Lisbon treaty. It is on...

Grant Payments (26 May 2010)

Seán Sherlock: I accept what the Minister is saying about the political considerations but I am sure he will acknowledge that George Lyon's position on this issue will be very influential in terms of the final outcome. I also acknowledge that there are approximately 700 amendments to that particular report currently before the European Parliament. The key for us at this stage of the process is to try to...

Common Agricultural Policy (26 May 2010)

Seán Sherlock: If we take the three fundamental pillars that will underpin CAP, namely, water management, biodiversity and climate change, an issue will arise regarding the whole pillar of rural development and whether income will be taken from direct payments to farmers and housed in a rural development pillar, which could see it going into an administrative function through various local bodies and...

Greenhouse Gas Emissions (26 May 2010)

Seán Sherlock: If one's solution is to reduce the number of cattle, it is a simplistic way of looking at the problem and one is not looking at the problem of GHGs properly. That is a scientific view. I would refer the Minister of State to TResearch, which is a Teagasc publication in this regard. Perhaps he might acknowledge that looking at the areas of animal genetics, animal management, animal nutrition...

Common Agricultural Policy (26 May 2010)

Seán Sherlock: Earlier, the Minister referred to the consultation process and said that the Commission will publish documentation. Can Members of this House be provided with an insight into the views of the Irish permanent representation in Brussels? In that way we could be made aware of how the process is progressing.

Single Farm Payment Scheme (26 May 2010)

Seán Sherlock: I did not ask about the sows or the poultry, although I am glad to hear there is something in the offing on those points. What is the exact timeframe for the Minister to conclude schemes for dairy hygiene, sheep fencing and water harvesting? On what date will those schemes come into effect?

Inland Fisheries (26 May 2010)

Seán Sherlock: This issue boils down to some simple facts. Fermoy Town Council has been instructed to fix a fish pass on the River Blackwater in Fermoy to adhere to an edict from the European Commission handed down on foot of a complaint by persons or bodies unknown on the matter of the impediment to fish swimming up river west of Fermoy. The local council does not have the means to pay for the repair of...

Inland Fisheries (26 May 2010)

Seán Sherlock: What about the cost arguments?

Inland Fisheries (26 May 2010)

Seán Sherlock: Even minor works are unaffordable to the town council. The Minister of State's response is wholly inadequate and quite disingenuous.