Results 8,041-8,060 of 18,450 for speaker:Brendan Smith

Written Answers — Department of Health: Drugs Payment Scheme Coverage (18 Sep 2014)

Brendan Smith: 198. To ask the Minister for Health his plans to enable the Health Service Executive to make available the Fampyra drug to patients who have been diagnosed with multiple sclerosis; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [35014/14]

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Illegal Israeli Imports (18 Sep 2014)

Brendan Smith: 205. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the actions that have been taken at European Union level on the imposition of sanctions on imported goods from the Israeli settlements; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [35017/14]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Teacher Statistics (18 Sep 2014)

Brendan Smith: 225. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will sanction an additional teaching post at a school (details supplied) in County Cavan taking into account the very detailed submission made by the board of management in relation to the needs of this particular school; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [35015/14]

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Water and Sewerage Schemes Provision (18 Sep 2014)

Brendan Smith: 240. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government if the request of Monaghan County Council (details supplied) will be given detailed consideration; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [35018/14]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Illicit Trade in Fuel and Tobacco Products (17 Sep 2014)

Brendan Smith: 322. To ask the Minister for Finance his plans to introduce additional measures to deal with the problem of smuggling and illegal trading in diesel and tobacco products; if specific measures will be introduced to deal with the mixing of kerosene and petrol, commonly referred to as petrol stretching which is resulting in damage to vehicles on a wide spread basis; and if he will make a...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Trade Relations (17 Sep 2014)

Brendan Smith: 511. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the market support measures he will introduce to support pig farmers whose incomes are being impacted severely by the Russian ban on pig meat; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [34685/14]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Trade Relations (17 Sep 2014)

Brendan Smith: 515. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the discussions that have been held at official and political level since the end of June with the Russian authorities in respect of restrictions imposed on the export of offal products from Ireland; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [34689/14]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Green Low-carbon Agri-environment Scheme (17 Sep 2014)

Brendan Smith: 500. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the reason specific payment rates are not provided for all Natura areas based on costs and restrictions imposed under the new GLAS proposals; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [34673/14]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Rural Development Programme Funding (17 Sep 2014)

Brendan Smith: 501. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine when the list of items eligible for grant aid under TAMS will be published; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [34674/14]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Green Low-carbon Agri-environment Scheme (17 Sep 2014)

Brendan Smith: 502. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine when the application process will commence for GLAS 2015; the closing date for this scheme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [34675/14]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Green Low-carbon Agri-environment Scheme (17 Sep 2014)

Brendan Smith: 503. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the number of places that will be available to enable farmers to participate in GLAS 2015; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [34676/14]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Commonage Division (17 Sep 2014)

Brendan Smith: 504. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will provide a breakdown by county of the number of commonage farmers and the number of hectares in each county that have been claimed under Department schemes; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [34677/14]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Agriculture Schemes Eligibility (17 Sep 2014)

Brendan Smith: 505. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the criteria for the national reserve and young farmer single farm payment top up; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [34679/14]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Agriculture Schemes Payments (17 Sep 2014)

Brendan Smith: 506. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine when REPS 4 and AEOS payments will issue in respect of 2014; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [34680/14]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Agriculture Schemes Payments (17 Sep 2014)

Brendan Smith: 507. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the number of farmers that have received their payments under AEOS 3; the amount of money that has been paid out in respect of the 2013 scheme; if the final 25% of eligible payment has been made; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [34681/14]

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

Brendan Smith: 508. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the number of farmers that will be due a REPS 4 payment in 2015; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [34682/14]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Agriculture Schemes Payments (17 Sep 2014)

Brendan Smith: 509. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if all REPS 4 and AEOS payments due in 2014 will be paid out before the end of 2014; if he proposes to defer payments to 2015; if so, the level of payments to be deferred; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [34683/14]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Rural Development Programme Projects (17 Sep 2014)

Brendan Smith: 510. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if a farmer can be a member of two knowledge transfer groups, that is, beef and sheep groups; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [34684/14]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Animal Diseases Issues (17 Sep 2014)

Brendan Smith: 512. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the action being undertaken to protect pig farming from the growing threat of emerging disease problems such as ASF and PED; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [34686/14]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Rural Development Programme Projects (17 Sep 2014)

Brendan Smith: 513. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the specific funding that will be provided under TAMs to modernise piggeries under the new rural development programme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [34687/14]