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- Other Questions: Sheep Grassland Scheme (13 Dec 2012)
Mick Wallace: The farmer also mentioned he had to feed a calf meal for six weeks before he could part with it. The scheme was a very good one for the industry and made sense. Sadly, its demise will hit small farmers more than big farmers. It is a pity it is going. I, therefore, suggest the Minister should reconsider the matter.
- Other Questions: Sheep Grassland Scheme (13 Dec 2012)
Mick Wallace: We need a flexible Acting Chairman.
- Other Questions: Sheep Grassland Scheme (13 Dec 2012)
Mick Wallace: On the issue of schemes, I notice the suckler cow welfare scheme has been done away with.
- Other Questions: Sheep Grassland Scheme (13 Dec 2012)
Mick Wallace: I realise this is a slightly different issue, but small farmers have contacted me about it. Producing suckler cows has been a way of life for them and even if they do not make money one year, they stay in the business because it is their way of life. The ending of the scheme is a huge blow for many small farmers who have depended on this money. The allowance used to be €80 which was...
- Other Questions: Sheep Grassland Scheme (13 Dec 2012)
Mick Wallace: The farmer also mentioned he had to feed a calf meal for six weeks before he could part with it. The scheme was a very good one for the industry and made sense. Sadly, its demise will hit small farmers more than big farmers. It is a pity it is going. I, therefore, suggest the Minister should reconsider the matter.
- Other Questions: Sheep Grassland Scheme (13 Dec 2012)
Mick Wallace: We need a flexible Acting Chairman.
- Other Questions: Sheep Grassland Scheme (13 Dec 2012)
Mick Wallace: I take the Minister's point. I have been listening to a couple of farmers who will be seriously affected by this change. They were getting €80. I know the Minister is saying they will have less work to do now in terms of documentation and registration, etc., but they did not mind doing the work. That is what these small farmers were used to doing. It was a good idea for them to...
- Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Suckler Welfare Scheme Payments (13 Dec 2012)
Mick Wallace: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine his reasons for discontinuing the suckler cow welfare scheme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [55955/12]
- Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Beef Data Programme (13 Dec 2012)
Mick Wallace: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine his views on whether there may be limited uptake of the new beef data programme due to the significant reduction in payments in comparison to the suckler cow welfare scheme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [55956/12]
- Other Questions: EU Battlegroups (12 Dec 2012)
Mick Wallace: To ask the Minister for Defence the cost of training troops to participate in the Austro-German Battlegroup; if money was allocated to cover the potential deployment of these troops and the number of days this money covered; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [54757/12]
- Pre-European Council Meeting: Statements (12 Dec 2012)
Mick Wallace: It is my expectation that some form of debt relief will be put in place. When matters go to the brink, the European Union tends to do what needs to be done. An agreed scheme of debt mutualisation is essential for all economically troubled countries in Europe. For now, however, the Government must make clear to its counterparts in Europe that the social fabric of this country is under...
- Written Answers — Department of Defence: EU Battlegroups (12 Dec 2012)
Mick Wallace: To ask the Minister for Defence his plans for Irish troops to participate in more EU Battlegroups in the future; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [54758/12]
- Social Welfare Bill 2012: Second Stage (11 Dec 2012)
Mick Wallace: The Minister for Social Protection, Deputy Joan Burton, began by stating, "Our twin objectives in the budget have been to ensure those in most need of the support of the Department of Social Protection are protected most and that the Department does everything it can to get people back to work." Sadly, the Bill fails in both respects. If anybody believes more people will be working in...
- Topical Issue Debate: Road Traffic Offences (11 Dec 2012)
Mick Wallace: I have not insinuated in any way that none of these terminations should have happened. I have said that the scale is frightening and merits serious investigation. It looks as if there is a serious delay in dealing with it. The termination of fixed penalty notices was mentioned in the original correspondence in January. The notion of hanging people is not something I am remotely interested...
- Topical Issue Debate: Road Traffic Offences (11 Dec 2012)
Mick Wallace: Earlier today the Minister seemed to downplay the significance of the allegations reported by the two Garda whistleblowers. There also seem to be some discrepancies with regard to the timescale on this issue. The Minister says he only received news of this in September. I note that on the Matt Cooper show on Thursday, the Minister said he had sight of the documentation in question in early...
- Other Questions: Penalty Points System (11 Dec 2012)
Mick Wallace: In June last year the Minister for Justice and Equality said that "Any member or civilian employee of An Garda Síochána who wishes to report in confidence about corruption and malpractice can be assured that any such report will be taken seriously and extensive protections will be given to him or her". The two gardaí who came forward in January with allegations - not...
- Other Questions: Penalty Points System (11 Dec 2012)
Mick Wallace: We are not talking about such cases.
- Other Questions: Penalty Points System (11 Dec 2012)
Mick Wallace: We are talking about 100,000 cases.
- Other Questions: Penalty Points System (11 Dec 2012)
Mick Wallace: We have seen the evidence of it.
- Other Questions: Penalty Points System (11 Dec 2012)
Mick Wallace: To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality his plans to alter the method in which motoring offences are followed up by the Gardaí; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [54497/12]