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- Ceisteanna - Questions (Resumed): Official Engagements (6 Oct 2015)
Enda Kenny: I thank Deputy Martin. I realise these questions are relevant to a period from quite a number of months ago but I believe the offer always was there to have a written reply granted immediately. While that was not requested, it applies in all cases. As I stated, I congratulated the President on his executive action on immigration and met Senators Reid, McConnell and Leahy, as well as the...
- Leaders' Questions (6 Oct 2015)
Enda Kenny: I will try to answer for the Deputy. As he is aware, the Minister, Deputy Coveney, along with other members of Government, successfully negotiated CAP reform during the Irish Presidency in the first half of 2013.
- Leaders' Questions (6 Oct 2015)
Enda Kenny: As I said, 50,000 farmers will participate in this. They are all smaller farmers in the different areas of the country. A total of €1.4 billion-----
- Leaders' Questions (6 Oct 2015)
Enda Kenny: -----is allocated under GLAS over the course of the programme. The first tranche attracted 27,000 applications.
- Leaders' Questions (6 Oct 2015)
Enda Kenny: Applications were received from every county, and virtually every action therein was included at some stage.
- Leaders' Questions (6 Oct 2015)
Enda Kenny: Deputy Fitzmaurice is aware that, in his own county of Galway and Roscommon-----
- Leaders' Questions (6 Oct 2015)
Enda Kenny: -----they have demonstrated a keen interest in this scheme - 3,250 from Galway and 1,585-----
- Leaders' Questions (6 Oct 2015)
Enda Kenny: Sure, you know all the answers.
- Leaders' Questions (6 Oct 2015)
Enda Kenny: Deputy Fitzmaurice-----
- Leaders' Questions (6 Oct 2015)
Enda Kenny: The Minister, Deputy Coveney, indicated that the second tranche of GLAS-----
- Leaders' Questions (6 Oct 2015)
Enda Kenny: -----would be launched in the coming weeks, and that is expected to attract significant interest as well.
- Leaders' Questions (6 Oct 2015)
Enda Kenny: Now, on the basis of the 27,000 applications that were submitted, the Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine has indicated that farmers will have already met or exceeded RDP targets for low-input permanent pasture, protection of water courses, laying hedgerows, planting of new hedgerows, planting of traditional orchards-----
- Leaders' Questions (6 Oct 2015)
Enda Kenny: -----bird, bee and bat habitats, wild bird cover and stone wall maintenance. The Deputy knows all about these things as well.
- Leaders' Questions (6 Oct 2015)
Enda Kenny: GLAS differs from other schemes and has adopted a very different targeted approach here. In answer to Deputy Fitzmaurice's question, there is no reduction to the average payment that a farmer can receive and achieve under GLAS. Farmers and advisers have the potential to maximise the payment for each individual farmer when they are drawing up the individual's application-----
- Leaders' Questions (6 Oct 2015)
Enda Kenny: -----and to achieve a payment of up to €5,000 under the scheme.
- Leaders' Questions (6 Oct 2015)
Enda Kenny: While a small number in the beginning-----
- Leaders' Questions (6 Oct 2015)
Enda Kenny: Deputy Fitzmaurice said this will not work, this cannot work.
- Leaders' Questions (6 Oct 2015)
Enda Kenny: When the Department shows a deal of resolve-----
- Leaders' Questions (6 Oct 2015)
Enda Kenny: -----and understanding about how to work out these problems, they actually do work.
- Leaders' Questions (6 Oct 2015)
Enda Kenny: Birds and bats.