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Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Tillage Sector (26 Apr 2018)

Bernard Durkan: 189. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the degree to which the drinks industry can comfortably rely on the availability of homegrown supplies now and in the future; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18509/18]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Tillage Sector (26 Apr 2018)

Bernard Durkan: 190. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the extent to which the drinks industry here relies on Irish grown grain; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18510/18]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Fodder Crisis (26 Apr 2018)

Bernard Durkan: 191. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the extent to which adequate provision has been made to meet the fodder shortage arising from the extremely inclement and prolonged winter; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18511/18]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Artisan Food Sector (26 Apr 2018)

Bernard Durkan: 192. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the degree to which opportunities continue to exist for the artisan food sector; the degree to which the industry has grown over the past five years; his expectations for the future of the industry; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18512/18]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Farm Household Incomes (26 Apr 2018)

Bernard Durkan: 193. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the extent to which farming remains a viable option for traditional farm families; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18513/18]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Fishing Industry (26 Apr 2018)

Bernard Durkan: 194. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the extent to which fishing remains a viable option for fishing dependent families throughout the country; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18514/18]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Brexit Supports (26 Apr 2018)

Bernard Durkan: 195. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the extent to which he expects to be in a position to offer support to Ulster farming and fishing families in the aftermath of Brexit and in the context of a borderless island of Ireland; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18515/18]

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Inland Fisheries Stocks (26 Apr 2018)

Bernard Durkan: 199. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the extent to which studies are in hand to monitor salmon stocks with particular reference to the number of salmon returning to spawn in Irish rivers; the identification of reduction in this area; the measures taken or proposed to address this issue; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18497/18]

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Inland Fisheries Stocks (26 Apr 2018)

Bernard Durkan: 200. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the number of salmon caught in rivers in each of the past five years and to date in 2018; the extent to which fluctuation corresponds with salmon returning to the spawning ground; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18498/18]

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Inland Fisheries Stocks (26 Apr 2018)

Bernard Durkan: 201. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment if, in the context of EU fisheries conservation policies, reduction in the salmon catch has resulted from over-fishing, climate change or other reasons; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18499/18]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: State Pension (Contributory) Applications (26 Apr 2018)

Bernard Durkan: 216. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the most advantageous procedure to follow in respect of old age pension applications by persons (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [18362/18]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Social Welfare Payments Administration (26 Apr 2018)

Bernard Durkan: 220. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection when arrears owed to a person (details supplied) will issue in view of the fact that full payment has been submitted to her Department by the person in respect of a debt outstanding; if a full weekly payment will be reinstated; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [18450/18]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Exceptional Needs Payment Applications (26 Apr 2018)

Bernard Durkan: 222. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if an exceptional needs payment can now be made to cater for the shortfall arising from the previous cessation of their payment in view of the imminent eviction in the case of a person (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [18491/18]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Disability Allowance Applications (26 Apr 2018)

Bernard Durkan: 223. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the status of an application by a person (details supplied) for a disability allowance; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [18517/18]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Housing Assistance Payment Eligibility (26 Apr 2018)

Bernard Durkan: 227. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if an increase in rent allowance will be facilitated in the case of a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18516/18]

Joint Oireachtas Committee on European Union Affairs: European Union Enlargement: Discussion (25 Apr 2018)

Bernard Durkan: I support those sentiments.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on European Union Affairs: European Union Enlargement: Discussion (25 Apr 2018)

Bernard Durkan: I thank Mr. Popowski for coming before the committee today. It is timely to look at the enlargement process and to examine its merits. I do not agree with the general thrust that we should stay well away from enlargement at this stage. Many people have said in recent years that we enlarged too quickly. I do not agree. There were very few options at the time. Enlargement was the better...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on European Union Affairs: European Union Enlargement: Discussion (25 Apr 2018)

Bernard Durkan: I welcome our guests and congratulate them on their progress so far and, in particular, on their positive attitude to the European project. We wish them well in that area. There were times in the not-too-distant past when we were very concerned about what was happening in the Balkans. We were glad to see some degree of stabilisation take place initially. Matters have moved on since then...

Other Questions: Greenhouse Gas Emissions (25 Apr 2018)

Bernard Durkan: I thank the Minister. From my own information, I believe that there are a number of options, including forestry, that will have a greater effect than is anticipated, and much earlier than anticipated, because some of the species grow rapidly and, in so doing, absorb a great deal of the gases that we are so concerned about. I do not think biomass is viable as a long-term solution. It would...

Other Questions: Greenhouse Gas Emissions (25 Apr 2018)

Bernard Durkan: I can manage for four minutes if it is coming up quickly because I have questions at a committee too.