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Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Animal Disease Controls (13 Jan 2016)

Pat Deering: 359. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will review the regulations governing farmers who have an outbreak of tuberculosis who specialise in beef-finishing, given that beef-finishers are restricted from purchasing livestock and can only sell to a factory, and given that farmers could be completely out of business because of the inability to have a constant supply...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Animal Disease Controls (13 Jan 2016)

Pat Deering: 360. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will review the regulations governing the movement of disabled animals as they can be used by some processors as an excuse to reject animals that may have a minimal disability. [46881/15]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Basic Payment Scheme Payments (13 Jan 2016)

Pat Deering: 409. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine why a large number of young farmers who have entered farm partnerships have not received any basic payment; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [1402/16]

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Mortgage Schemes (13 Jan 2016)

Pat Deering: 858. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government if he will review the regulations governing local authority mortgages whereby only first-time buyers or builds are entitled to qualify, which discriminates against those who may have had difficulties in the past with previous mortgages and who are now cleared but because of their status cannot qualify; and if he will...

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Energy and Natural Resources: Post Office Network (13 Jan 2016)

Pat Deering: 895. To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources when the report by Mr. Bobby Kerr into the future of the post office structure will be published; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [46882/15]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Screening Programmes (15 Dec 2015)

Pat Deering: 461. To ask the Minister for Health his plans to re-introduce Scoliosis screening into secondary schools [45230/15]

Order of Business (9 Dec 2015)

Pat Deering: Much concern has been expressed in recent days about the takeover of a number of meat plants throughout the country by one individual and the ABP Food Group. For example, it has taken over Slaney Foods. It has now become a potentially dominant player in the market. The Competition and Consumer Protection Act was passed by the Oireachtas a year ago but no regulations have been put in place...

Written Answers — Department of Children and Youth Affairs: Capitation Grants (9 Dec 2015)

Pat Deering: 106. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs why a person (details supplied) in County Carlow is not in receipt of the higher level of capitation, E73. [44334/15]

Select Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Estimates for Public Services 2015
Vote 30 - Agriculture, Food and the Marine (Supplementary) (8 Dec 2015)

Pat Deering: Like the previous speaker, I welcome this Supplementary Estimate. It is encouraging, when one sees the overall figure for disallowances around Europe, that we are way below the average. It is 0.49% in Ireland and the overall EU average is 1.96%. That is, I suppose, how we end up where we are today. No doubt it would have been a bad news story if we could not come up with this funding for...

Select Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Estimates for Public Services 2015
Vote 30 - Agriculture, Food and the Marine (Supplementary) (8 Dec 2015)

Pat Deering: I want to know about price volatility in all sectors and not just the dairy sector. It is dairy today but it may be beef tomorrow and tillage some other year.

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Disability Allowance Applications (8 Dec 2015)

Pat Deering: 125. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Social Protection why an application for a disability allowance by a person (details supplied) in County Carlow was not granted, given that the person has a long-term disability and if she will review the case. [43907/15]

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Social Welfare Benefits Eligibility (8 Dec 2015)

Pat Deering: 137. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Social Protection why a person (details supplied) in County Kilkenny who is in receipt of jobseekers allowance does not qualify for the Christmas bonus. [44057/15]

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Public Sector Pensions (8 Dec 2015)

Pat Deering: 185. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if he will counteract the apparent inequity in the current agreement to reduce public service pension reductions for the approximately 25,000 retired civil servants who have an income of greater than €34,132 per year. [44000/15]

Written Answers — Department of Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Heritage Council (8 Dec 2015)

Pat Deering: 664. To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht if she will allocate extra funding to the Heritage Council to compensate for the loss of funding to the Burren Life Wicklow upland project and the Blackstairs farming group, given that such groups play a significant part in rural Ireland, and without this additional funding such projects will not be able to progress. [44138/15]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Disability Support Services (3 Dec 2015)

Pat Deering: 159. To ask the Minister for Health if he will provide funding in 2016 for the construction of a new Holy Angels day care facility in County Carlow to replace the outdated prefabricated facility which is home to the support services of mental and physically disabled children. [43203/15]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Disability Support Services (3 Dec 2015)

Pat Deering: 160. To ask the Minister for Health the status on locating a new respite house, Tír na nÓg, for the Holy Angels day care facility in County Carlow. [43204/15]

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Business of Joint Committee (1 Dec 2015)

Pat Deering: We have a quorum and we will commence the meeting. I thank Deputy Jim Daly for attending. Apologies have been received from the Chairman who is away. Apologies have also been received from Deputy Spring and Senator Landy. I remind members to turn off their mobile phones as they affect the broadcasting system. I propose that we go into private session. Is that agreed? Agreed.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Scrutiny of EU Legislative Proposals (1 Dec 2015)

Pat Deering: We are now in public session to discuss the scrutiny proposals before the committee today. The first proposal is Schedule A, COM (2005) 559. It is a proposal for a Council regulation fixing for 2016 the fishing opportunities for certain fish stocks and groups of fish stocks, applicable in European Union waters and for European Union vessels in certain non-European Union waters. It is...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Organic Farming Scheme: Bord Bia (1 Dec 2015)

Pat Deering: We are now in public session. I welcome members of the organic farming scheme today. Before we begin I remind members and witnesses to ensure their mobile phones are switched off completely as they cause interference with the broadcasting equipment. I welcome the representatives from Bord Bia Ms Eileen Bentley, entrepreneurship manager, Mr. Mark Zieg, sector manager for beef and Mr....

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Organic Farming Scheme: Bord Bia (1 Dec 2015)

Pat Deering: Deputy Ó Cuív without interruption.