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Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Disadvantaged Areas Scheme Payments (20 Oct 2015)

Simon Coveney: An application under Areas of Natural Constraints Scheme was received from the person named on 6 April 2015. Processing of the application is currently in progress. On completion of this process, the application will be further reviewed with a view to payment issuing directly to the nominated bank account of the person named at the earliest possible date.

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: GLAS Administration (20 Oct 2015)

Simon Coveney: The first tranche of GLAS proved hugely successful attracting nearly 27,000 applications in all. On the basis of the commitments provided in the plans submitted with each of those applications, it is clear that we have met or exceeded our targets for the full RDP period in a number of areas. These include the planting of new hedgerows. Given that the target for this action has been met in...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: GLAS Administration (20 Oct 2015)

Simon Coveney: The first tranche of GLAS proved hugely successful attracting nearly 27,000 applications in all. On the basis of the commitments provided in the plans submitted with each of those applications, it is clear that we have met or exceeded our targets for the full RDP period in a number of areas. These include the planting of new hedgerows. Given that the target for this action has been met in...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Disadvantaged Areas Scheme Payments (20 Oct 2015)

Simon Coveney: An application under the Areas of Natural Constraints Scheme was received from the person named on 29 May 2015. Processing of the application is currently in progress. On completion of this process, the application will be further reviewed with a view to payment issuing directly to the nominated bank account of the person named at the earliest possible date.

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Disadvantaged Areas Scheme Payments (20 Oct 2015)

Simon Coveney: An application under the Areas of Natural Constraints Scheme was received from the person named on 20 April 2015. Processing of the application is currently in progress. On completion of this process, the application will be further reviewed with a view to payment issuing directly to the nominated bank account of the person named at the earliest possible date.

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Disadvantaged Areas Scheme Payments (20 Oct 2015)

Simon Coveney: An application under the Areas of Natural Constraints Scheme was received from the person named on 28 May 2015. Processing of the application is currently in progress. On completion of this process, the application will be further reviewed with a view to payment issuing directly to the nominated bank account of the person named at the earliest possible date.

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Forestry Sector (20 Oct 2015)

Simon Coveney: Examining the scope for extending income averaging to forestry clear-felling profits was included in the Recommendations of the Agri-taxation Review, which was published as part of Budget 2015. In Budget 2016 it was decided to remove forestry income altogether from the "High Earners Restriction" for active foresters and farmers. This means that the profits earned from clear-felling will not...

Written Answers — Department of Defence: Air Ambulance Service Provision (20 Oct 2015)

Simon Coveney: The Air Corps currently plays a significant role in support of the HSE through the provision of an emergency inter-hospital air ambulance service. In 2005, my Department and the Department of Health completed a Service Level Agreement (SLA) which formalised arrangements for the provision of the inter-hospital air ambulance service by the Air Corps. This SLA was renewed in October, 2011 and...

Written Answers — Department of Defence: Defence Forces Properties (20 Oct 2015)

Simon Coveney: In December 2011 the Department of Defence formally requested that the Council delist the protected structures on the site of the former Magee army barracks in Kildare. The request followed on from the Department’s submission in September 2011, to the proposed local area plans for Maynooth, Newbridge and Kildare Town. It was made on the basis that consideration was being given to the...

Written Answers — Department of Defence: Defence Forces Recruitment (20 Oct 2015)

Simon Coveney: The Government is committed to maintaining the stabilised strength of the Permanent Defence Force at 9,500 personnel, comprising of 7,520 Army, 886 Air Corps and 1,094 Naval Service as stated in the 2015 White Paper on Defence. I am advised by the Military Authorities that the strength of the Permanent Defence Force, at 31 August 2015, the latest date for which details are available, was...

Written Answers — Department of Defence: Defence Forces Properties (20 Oct 2015)

Simon Coveney: St. Bricin's is not a military hospital and does not provide the types of services which would be provided in hospitals run for example by the HSE. Also, it does not provide any services to the general public. St. Bricin's operates as a military medical facility providing General Practitioner and some outpatient services to members of the Defence Forces. It also has a very small...

Written Answers — Department of Defence: Naval Service Operations (20 Oct 2015)

Simon Coveney: I propose to take Questions Nos. 357 and 358 together. The EU military mission EUNAVFOR MED is one element of a comprehensive approach to addressing the migration crisis in the South Central Mediterranean. The Council Decision to launch the mission was adopted at the formal Meeting of the Foreign Affairs Council in Brussels on 22 June 2015. Ireland has not to date participated in this...

Written Answers — Department of Defence: Defence Forces Personnel (20 Oct 2015)

Simon Coveney: It is the case that Permanent Defence Force (PDF) personnel who undertake courses of training that are paid for by the PDF must sign an undertaking to serve for a specified period of time so that the Defence Forces can accrue a return on the financial investment in the personnel.  Personnel who break this undertaking must refund the cost of the training course and any other expenses...

Financial Resolutions 2016 - Financial Resolution No. 5: General (Resumed) (14 Oct 2015)

Simon Coveney: I will be sharing the time with myself because I have two portfolios I wish to address.

Financial Resolutions 2016 - Financial Resolution No. 5: General (Resumed) (14 Oct 2015)

Simon Coveney: I am okay, unless the Minister of State, Deputy McHugh, is due to speak. I will take on board some of the issues raised by Deputy McGuinness although I do take issue with some of the generalised comments on the marine element of my portfolios. The complexity of leasing arrangements in some of our fisheries harbours are not as straightforward as Deputy McGuinness makes out and some of the...

Financial Resolutions 2016 - Financial Resolution No. 5: General (Resumed) (14 Oct 2015)

Simon Coveney: That is down 45%, however.

Financial Resolutions 2016 - Financial Resolution No. 5: General (Resumed) (14 Oct 2015)

Simon Coveney: The Deputy should get his party's councillors to do that.

Financial Resolutions 2016 - Financial Resolution No. 5: General (Resumed) (14 Oct 2015)

Simon Coveney: They are not.

Financial Resolutions 2016 - Financial Resolution No. 5: General (Resumed) (14 Oct 2015)

Simon Coveney: The Deputy is wrong about his earlier comment.

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Agriculture Scheme Payments (14 Oct 2015)

Simon Coveney: An application under the 2015 Areas of Natural Constraints Scheme was received from the person named on 16 March 2015. Processing of the application has recently been finalised. Payment will issue shortly directly to the nominated bank account of the person named.