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Other Questions: Common Agricultural Policy Reform (11 Feb 2014)

Charlie McConalogue: I was not expecting to get in - it was well worth my while coming in early. What are the Minister's plans under the Common Agricultural Policy reform proposals to assist young farmers who have been farming for more than five years to build a viable farming enterprise? As the Minister is aware, the agreement on which he signed off in Brussels confined a definition of "young farmers" to those...

Other Questions: Common Agricultural Policy Reform (11 Feb 2014)

Charlie McConalogue: I disagree with the Minister that this is a reasonable proposal. He has said that 6% of farmers are under the age of 35. He outlined that he has confined the young farmer categorisation to those who are under the age of 40 and who have just started farming now or within the past five years. He has admitted that he has made no effort or no provision for those who are under the age of 35 and...

Other Questions: Common Agricultural Policy Reform (11 Feb 2014)

Charlie McConalogue: The Minister is the person who negotiated the regulation. I cite the example of a young farmer who is 32 years of age who has a payment per hectare of €100 because historically more than ten years ago the farm was not farmed as extensively as it is now. That farmer - there are many of them - is considering whether he or she can continue to have a future in farming. Such farmers...

Other Questions: Common Agricultural Policy Reform (11 Feb 2014)

Charlie McConalogue: Will the Minister do something in regard to the national reserve which would give such farmers a future and a fairer deal than that which he has given them, which is nothing more than what he has given to a person who has been in farming for all of his or her working life?

Other Questions: Common Agricultural Policy Reform (11 Feb 2014)

Charlie McConalogue: Will the Minister explain what is in this for them?

Other Questions: Common Agricultural Policy Reform (11 Feb 2014)

Charlie McConalogue: What is the Minister doing for that farmer? What is he or she getting?

Other Questions: Common Agricultural Policy Reform (11 Feb 2014)

Charlie McConalogue: The Minister is failing young farmers.

Other Questions: Common Agricultural Policy Reform (11 Feb 2014)

Charlie McConalogue: Yes. What about the farmer I mentioned? There are many more like him. What is the Minister doing for such farmers? Will he address that question?

Other Questions: Common Agricultural Policy Reform (11 Feb 2014)

Charlie McConalogue: For some, it may be their last year in farming as the Minister is not giving them a fair deal.

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Beef Industry Issues (11 Feb 2014)

Charlie McConalogue: 108. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the engagement he has had with beef processors to push for a fair price for beef farmers in view of the current bull beef crisis; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [6312/14]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Educational Reform (11 Feb 2014)

Charlie McConalogue: 200. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he will report on the meetings of the three subgroups of the working group on junior cycle reform; the number of times that each subgroup has met; when they will next meet; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [6409/14]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Educational Reform (11 Feb 2014)

Charlie McConalogue: 208. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of meetings that he participated in with the Teachers' Union of Ireland and the Association of Secondary Teachers Ireland with regard to junior certificate reform between 3 November, 2011 and 4 October, 2012; the specific dates on which his meetings with these organisations took place; and if he will make a statement on the matter....

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Educational Reform (11 Feb 2014)

Charlie McConalogue: 209. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of meetings that he participated in with the Teachers Union of Ireland and the Association of Secondary Teachers Ireland with regard to junior certificate reform between 4 October, 2012 and 17 January, 2014; the specific dates on which his meetings with these organisations took place; and if he will make a statement on the matter....

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Illness Benefit Appeals (11 Feb 2014)

Charlie McConalogue: 309. To ask the Minister for Social Protection when an illness benefit file in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Donegal will be forwarded to the Appeals Office in view of the fact that it was appealed on 19 August 2013; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [6484/14]

Written Answers — Department of Children and Youth Affairs: Garda Vetting (11 Feb 2014)

Charlie McConalogue: 545. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs her plan to address the conflict which has arisen between legislation and regulation with respect to Garda vetting for students on early education and health and social care training programmes (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [6180/14]

Northern Ireland: Statements (Resumed) (5 Feb 2014)

Charlie McConalogue: I also welcome the opportunity to discuss Northern Ireland here this evening. It is very important that we discuss Northern Ireland, but a person I spoke to earlier made the point that we rarely discuss the counties around Northern Ireland and the three other counties of Ulster, which have been more affected than any other part of the country by the legacy of the Troubles in the North over...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Schools Building Projects Status (5 Feb 2014)

Charlie McConalogue: 58. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the position regarding an application for additional accommodation for a school (details supplied) in County Waterford; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [5745/14]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Enrolments (5 Feb 2014)

Charlie McConalogue: 63. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he will provide in tabular form the mainstream primary schools in each county; the number of pupils currently enrolled in each; the number of classroom teachers in each; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [5797/14]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Teacher Statistics (5 Feb 2014)

Charlie McConalogue: 64. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he will provide in tabular form indicating the academic year the mainstream primary schools in each county that have lost a teacher as a result of the changes to the staff schedule he announced in budget 2012; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [5798/14]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Teacher Statistics (5 Feb 2014)

Charlie McConalogue: 65. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he will provide in tabular form the academic year the mainstream primary schools in each county that would have seen an extra teacher appointed if he had not made the changes to the staff schedule as announced in budget 2012; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [5799/14]