Results 8,061-8,080 of 18,459 for speaker:Brendan Smith

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]

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

Brendan Smith: 514. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he has put forward any specific proposals recently to the EU Trade Commissioner to protect the Irish beef sector in the event of the EU-US trade deal; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [34688/14]

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

Brendan Smith: 520. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the proposals he submitted recently to the EU Trade Commissioner regarding the need to protect the Irish beef sector in the event of an EU-US trade deal; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [34818/14]

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

Brendan Smith: 521. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine his proposals to provide grant aid for the pigmeat sector under TAMS II taking into account the very high costs in providing appropriate on-farm facilities; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [34819/14]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Services Provision (17 Sep 2014)

Brendan Smith: 1127. To ask the Minister for Health if he will ensure that there will be no reduction in services provided at a centre (details supplied) in County Cavan; if his attention has been drawn to the importance of the services provided at that centre to a large elderly population; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [34740/14]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Groups (17 Sep 2014)

Brendan Smith: 1141. To ask the Minister for Health the procedures followed in the establishment of the hospital groups; the person who decided on the constituent hospitals for each group; if he is satisfied with the present composition of such groups; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [34829/14]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Accommodation Provision (17 Sep 2014)

Brendan Smith: 1142. To ask the Minister for Health if, in view of his Department's submission on the Government's comprehensive review of expenditure, he will confirm that there will be no reduction in the number of beds at Cavan General Hospital; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [34830/14]

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Undocumented Irish in the USA (17 Sep 2014)

Brendan Smith: 1212. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the contact he has had with members of the US Congress in relation to the immigration reform legislation; the timescale he envisages for the completion of this legislation; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [34667/14]

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Overseas Development Aid Oversight (17 Sep 2014)

Brendan Smith: 1215. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the level of humanitarian aid provided to date in 2014 for Syria and that general region; his proposals to provide further humanitarian assistance; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [34670/14]

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Overseas Development Aid Oversight (17 Sep 2014)

Brendan Smith: 1216. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if he has raised at EU Foreign Affairs Council meetings the need for the international community to honour the commitments made at the Second International Humanitarian Pledging Conference for Syria and that region in relation to humanitarian assistance; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [34671/14]

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Human Rights Issues (17 Sep 2014)

Brendan Smith: 1229. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the reason Ireland abstained on a vote at the UN Human Rights Council in relation to the need to establish a commission of inquiry into human rights violations in Gaza and the violations of international law by Israel; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [34843/14]

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Foreign Conflicts (17 Sep 2014)

Brendan Smith: 1230. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the proposals he put forward at recent EU Foreign Affairs Council meetings in relation to the conflict in Iraq and adjoining areas and the persecution and murder of Christians; the assistance the EU is providing to that general region; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [34865/14]