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Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Rural Environment Protection Scheme Payments (16 Apr 2013)

Michael Healy-Rae: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the position regarding a REP scheme payment in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Kerry; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [16447/13]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Microchipping of Dogs (16 Apr 2013)

Michael Healy-Rae: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine further to his proposal that all dog owners have to pay €50 to microchip their dogs, his views on whether this proposal will put struggling farmers to another expense in particular in the cases where they may have a number of dogs in order to carry out their day today work; his further views on whether it is practical to ask vets...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Animal Feedstuffs (16 Apr 2013)

Michael Healy-Rae: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine in view of the fact that there is no grass growth and tight silage supply available to farmers and it is causing a fodder crisis, his plans to introduce a measure to alleviate the hardship on our struggling farmers; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [16568/13]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Animal Feedstuffs (16 Apr 2013)

Michael Healy-Rae: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine in view of the bad weather of last year and this year's late spring which has left farmers experiencing extreme fodder shortages and in massive debt, if he will review the food harvest 2020 targets; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [16999/13]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Herd Numbers (16 Apr 2013)

Michael Healy-Rae: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the position regarding a herd number in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Kerry; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [16569/13]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Single Payment Scheme Payments (16 Apr 2013)

Michael Healy-Rae: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the position regarding a single farm payment in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Kerry; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [16698/13]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Dairy Sector (16 Apr 2013)

Michael Healy-Rae: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will intervene on behalf of the milk producers of the country by asking the purchasers of the milk to increase the price per litre being paid; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [16840/13]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Control of Horses (16 Apr 2013)

Michael Healy-Rae: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will consider introducing a publicly funded castration scheme for stallions in view of details supplied; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [16859/13]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Forestry Sector (16 Apr 2013)

Michael Healy-Rae: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will put in place a detailed independent review of the whole forest sector in Ireland, both Coillte and private, with a view to determine the changes that still need to be made to meet the challenges of the future; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17012/13]

Written Answers — Department of Children and Youth Affairs: Child Death Review Group Report (16 Apr 2013)

Michael Healy-Rae: To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs in view of the fact that the key recommendations made in the Child Death Review Report which was published in 2012, documenting the deaths of 196 children under the State's care, her proposals to implement these key recommendations; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [16358/13]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Information (16 Apr 2013)

Michael Healy-Rae: To ask the Minister for Health in view of the fact that State funding for the Health Service Executive ultimately is his responsibility, if he will explain at a time when persons are waiting on trolleys and thousands of persons are waiting for necessary procedures to be carried out each week, the reason the State is funding a website - spunout.ie - at a cost of €250,000 per year; his...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Thalidomide Victims Compensation (16 Apr 2013)

Michael Healy-Rae: To ask the Minister for Health in respect of the Irish Thalidomide Survivor’s Society, if he will reinstate the previous commitments that were given in 1975 and guarantee this commitment on moral grounds; if he will meet with the group to discuss in depth precisely what his health care package entails; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [16449/13]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Thalidomide Victims Compensation (16 Apr 2013)

Michael Healy-Rae: To ask the Minister for Health in respect of the Irish Thalidomide Survivor’s Society with regard to car adaptations, the proposals he has to deal with the small amount of people who actually need assistance with regard to car adaptations; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [16450/13]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Medical Card Appeals (16 Apr 2013)

Michael Healy-Rae: To ask the Minister for Health the position regarding a medical card appeal in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Kerry; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [16307/13]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Medical Goods Regulation (16 Apr 2013)

Michael Healy-Rae: To ask the Minister for Health the action he will take regarding Health Pricing and Supply of Medical Goods Bill 2012 whereby there was concerns at the Bill's failure to exempt anti-epileptic drugs from the new system of generic substitution as recommended in the Morning Report 2010 as is the standard practice internationally (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter....

Written Answers — Department of Health: Premium Pay Rates (16 Apr 2013)

Michael Healy-Rae: To ask the Minister for Health if the current rates of premium pay for Sundays and twilight hours will be maintained for 24/7 frontline workers as has happened in the cases of prison officers and fire fighters; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [16348/13]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Medical Card Eligibility (16 Apr 2013)

Michael Healy-Rae: To ask the Minister for Health the position regarding a medical card in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Kerry; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [16446/13]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Thalidomide Victims Compensation (16 Apr 2013)

Michael Healy-Rae: To ask the Minister for Health in respect of the Irish Thalidomide Survivor’s Society with regard to permit personal assistance, funding for personal assistance is also a service not provided by the Health Service Executive or covered by health care package, there are only three or four survivors actually in need of a personal assistance service; and if he will make a statement on the...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Waiting Lists (16 Apr 2013)

Michael Healy-Rae: To ask the Minister for Health the number of persons that were waiting on trolleys on the 20 of March 2013; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [16452/13]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Ambulance Service Provision (16 Apr 2013)

Michael Healy-Rae: To ask the Minister for Health in view of a situation that arose recently where an ambulance had to be driven by a member of an Garda Síochána while the only paramedic on the ambulance tended to an injured persons, his views on whether cutbacks in the health service will continue; his further views on if it is putting persons lives at risk; and if he will make a statement on the...