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Agriculture Industry: Motion [Private Members] (7 Oct 2014)

Michael Moynihan: ----- to ensure that farmers here are getting a fair price for their product? They are conforming to all the regulations and are producing a top-quality product of which we are all proud. However, we need to give them a fair chance.

Agriculture Industry: Motion [Private Members] (7 Oct 2014)

Michael Moynihan: I will conclude. We need to give them fair chance. We need to ensure that the primary producer is at the core of any policy for agriculture in this country and at the core of the industry.

Agriculture Industry: Motion [Private Members] (7 Oct 2014)

Michael Moynihan: I welcome this opportunity and I commend Deputy Éamon Ó Cuív on tabling the motion so we can discuss agricultural issues. Agriculture is one of our main industries and is the backbone of rural communities the length and breadth of the country. Prior to the summer we discussed the beef crisis, and sought a regulator to be put in place so the agricultural sector could have...

Order of Business (7 Oct 2014)

Michael Moynihan: Regarding the proposed social welfare legislation which will arise following the budget, letters that have gone out from the Department of Social Protection regarding the water charges contain a clause asking people to authorise that all future payments due from the Department of Social Protection be paid directly to a financial institution, thereby bypassing the An Post network. I encourage...

Order of Business (7 Oct 2014)

Michael Moynihan: The social welfare Bill. I ask that the clause be excluded from the legislation, and any future legislation.

Order of Business (7 Oct 2014)

Michael Moynihan: There is no choice.

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Installation Aid Scheme Eligibility (7 Oct 2014)

Michael Moynihan: 229. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if his attention has been drawn to the significant difficulties being experienced by younger farmers who have missed out on the previous installation aid scheme and who will not qualify for the new scheme; his plans to introduce measures to address this issue; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [37693/14]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Disadvantaged Areas Scheme Payments (7 Oct 2014)

Michael Moynihan: 248. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the position regarding a disadvantaged area payment in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Cork; the reason they have not received same; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [38115/14]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Student Grant Scheme Expenditure (7 Oct 2014)

Michael Moynihan: 465. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will commit to protecting the student maintenance grant at its current level in budget 2015; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [37881/14]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Third Level Funding (7 Oct 2014)

Michael Moynihan: 466. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills her plans to increase further the student contribution charge in budget 2015; if she acknowledges the difficulty this charge causes already hard pressed families; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [37882/14]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Third Level Funding (7 Oct 2014)

Michael Moynihan: 467. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if the €25 million in higher education funding that has been held back from the higher education budget in the past two years will be returned; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [37883/14]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Staffing (2 Oct 2014)

Michael Moynihan: 176. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if her attention has been drawn to the difficulties being faced by small schools which could lose a teacher due to the school having a very small number of pupils short of the Department's guidelines for pupil-teacher ratio, in particular schools that may be short a few pupils for the deadline on 30 September 2014 but are expecting pupils to...

Topical Issue Debate: Broadband Service Provision (25 Sep 2014)

Michael Moynihan: There is a major issue here with the Government accepting there is a crisis in broadband provision in some rural communities which needs to be addressed forthwith. When will the Banteer exchange be upgraded? What are those reliant on the service who have had a complaint about it for the past several months to do in the meantime? It is high time there was a crisis meeting between the...

Topical Issue Debate: Broadband Service Provision (25 Sep 2014)

Michael Moynihan: I welcome that the Minister is here for the debate because this is a reflection on every community, not only those in rural areas. There has been an issue with the broadband services provided through the Eircom exchange in Banteer in County Cork over the past couple of months and I am dealing with a number of businesses and consumers who are looking for broadband. At the outset, broadband...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Agri-Environment Options Scheme Payments (17 Sep 2014)

Michael Moynihan: 438. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine when a person (details supplied) in County Cork will receive their agri-environment option scheme payment; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [33034/14]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Schools Amalgamation (17 Sep 2014)

Michael Moynihan: 1379. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the progress to date of the proposed amalgamation of national schools in an area (details supplied) County Cork; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [33960/14]

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Energy and Natural Resources: Wind Energy Generation (17 Sep 2014)

Michael Moynihan: 1633. To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources when he expects the commencement of negative pricing of wind energy exported over the east-west interconnector; if he will clarify whether there is any clause in the pricing arrangements made between the UK and Ireland that allows for negative pricing between Ireland and Northern Ireland, and between Ireland and the...

Other Questions: Ministerial Priorities (17 Jul 2014)

Michael Moynihan: 10. To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources to outline his priorities for his Department for the coming 12 months and the key goals he is setting for the coming two years; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [31425/14]

Other Questions: Ministerial Priorities (17 Jul 2014)

Michael Moynihan: I would like the Minister to set out his priorities for the next 12 months and his key goals for the coming two years.

Other Questions: Ministerial Priorities (17 Jul 2014)

Michael Moynihan: I would see a number of issues as priorities in the highly unlikely event that I would ever sit in the Minister's seat. The priority on the communications side has to be broadband. We have a two-tier society in relation to broadband. People in some places can get broadband but people in other places cannot. The new broadcasting charge is a huge issue for the independent radio networks,...