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Agriculture: Motion (Resumed) [Private Members] (10 Oct 2012)

Pat Deering: As a farmer, I am delighted, like previous speakers, to have an opportunity to speak on this important motion. I welcome Fianna Fáil's renewed interest in rural Ireland and particularly in agriculture. The same party spent the last ten or 15 years developing bricks and mortar at the expense of farmers in rural Ireland. It is ironic that this motion is being discussed on a day when...

Agriculture: Motion (Resumed) [Private Members] (10 Oct 2012)

Pat Deering: It has never recovered from the demise of the industry. We must always remember what the sugar factories and the sugar industry gave to this country. It is important for us to get the best possible deal from CAP. I compliment the Minister, Deputy Coveney, on the work he has done to date to try to ensure we get the best possible deal. In ensuring that best possible deal, it is important we...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Courts Service Issues (10 Oct 2012)

Pat Deering: To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality when will a new Court Messenger be appointed in Carlow. [43806/12]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Medical Card Applications (10 Oct 2012)

Pat Deering: To ask the Minister for Health when persons (details supplied) in County Carlow will recieve a decision on their medical card application; and if he expedite a response [43512/12]

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Review of Food Harvest 2020 Strategy: Discussion (9 Oct 2012)

Pat Deering: To follow the previous remarks about beef prices and the comments of Deputy Heydon and Senator O'Neill, there has been a very welcome increase in the past number of years. However, beef production is at a crossroads at present. Perhaps I am being pessimistic, but a bubble has been created. The costs now are quite prohibitive. If a farmer goes to the sales tomorrow morning to buy...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Review of Food Harvest 2020 Strategy: Discussion (9 Oct 2012)

Pat Deering: Like the previous speakers, I welcome the gentlemen. Their presentations were very good. I have been a dairy producer for the past 20 odd years and I know of all the difficulties involved in that. How hopeful are the witnesses that we can achieve the Food Harvest 2020 target of a 50% increase in milk production, which is a significant increase? This year farmers have had to face high...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Social Media in Education (9 Oct 2012)

Pat Deering: To ask the Minister for Education and Skills in view of the growing and worrying trend of youth self-harm and youth suicide, his plans to develop a policy to deal with the growth of social media in education and in particular the use of mobile phones, smart phones, i-pads and laptops during the normal school day; if he has examined the problem of cyber bullying, cyber abuse and the...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Garda Vetting of Personnel (9 Oct 2012)

Pat Deering: To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the Garda Vetting options available to a person who has set up a business teaching children to touch type (details supplied) [42905/12]

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Foresty Industry: Discussion with Coillte (2 Oct 2012)

Pat Deering: I compliment our guests on their presentation and on summing matters up in seven very precise points. I have a couple of brief questions on Coillte's financial performance in 2011 and previous years. The company's profit after taxation in recent years has fluctuated considerably. In 2011 it was €19.9 million, in 2010 it was €32 million, and it was €4.2 million in 2009....

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Foresty Industry: Discussion with Coillte (2 Oct 2012)

Pat Deering: Or Monday night.

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Social Welfare Code Review (2 Oct 2012)

Pat Deering: To ask the Minister for Social Protection if she will examine the social welfare system for self-employed, including payment of PRSI contributions, as the fear of not being entitled to any social welfare payments is a deterrent to many entrepreneurs who are afraid to take the risk of starting a business or working for themselves. [41724/12]

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Water and Sewerage Schemes Status (2 Oct 2012)

Pat Deering: To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government when the sewage treatment plant at a location (details supplied) in County Carlow will be upgraded. [41471/12]

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Water and Sewerage Schemes Status (2 Oct 2012)

Pat Deering: To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government when will the sewage treatment plant at a location (details supplied) in County Carlow will be upgraded. [41472/12]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Medical Card Applications (2 Oct 2012)

Pat Deering: To ask the Minister for Health when persons (details supplied) in County Carlow will receive a decision on their application for a medical card . [41252/12]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Speech and Language Therapy (2 Oct 2012)

Pat Deering: To ask the Minister for Health the steps he has put in place and the progress that has been made to reduce the waiting time for speech therapy in view of the fact that the Health Service Executive reported in May of this year that 653 young persons were waiting between nineteen and thirty nine months in Carlow/Kilkenny [41751/12]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Primary Care Centres Provision (2 Oct 2012)

Pat Deering: To ask the Minister for Health the progress that has been made on the proposed Primary Care Centre in Tullow, County Carlow, since the announcement in July this year. [41956/12]

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Long-Term Illness Scheme Applications (25 Sep 2012)

Pat Deering: To ask the Minister for Social Protection the reason persons with Fibromyalgia, despite submitting all relevant medical paperwork, are been refused on the basis of a desk assessment. [40231/12]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Schools Refurbishment (20 Sep 2012)

Pat Deering: To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if there will be a minor works grant in this school year. [39952/12]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Computerisation Programme Expenditure (20 Sep 2012)

Pat Deering: To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if there will be a follow up grant to replace ICT equipment during this school year. [39953/12]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Services for People with Disabilities (20 Sep 2012)

Pat Deering: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the structures he intends to put in place to assist farmers with dyslexia to complete various application forms for farm payments. [39954/12]