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Written Answers — Overseas Missions: Overseas Missions (2 Jun 2010)

Seán Sherlock: Question 82: To ask the Minister for Defence the plans there are for Irish troops to serve abroad, having regard to the ending of the MINURCAT mission in Chad; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [23367/10]

Written Answers — Telecommunications Services: Telecommunications Services (1 Jun 2010)

Seán Sherlock: Question 39: To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources the progress made to date in setting up a task force to ensure that the broadband demands of the smart economy will be met; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [23038/10]

Written Answers — Telecommunications Services: Telecommunications Services (1 Jun 2010)

Seán Sherlock: Question 55: To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources his position regarding the implementation of a one stop shop for broadband; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [23037/10]

Written Answers — Courts Service: Courts Service (1 Jun 2010)

Seán Sherlock: Question 329: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform his policy in relation to the consolidation of the District Court services; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [23442/10]

Written Answers — Social Welfare Benefits: Social Welfare Benefits (1 Jun 2010)

Seán Sherlock: Question 364: To ask the Minister for Social Protection the position regarding an application for domiciliary care allowance in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Cork; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22719/10]

Written Answers — Social Welfare Benefits: Social Welfare Benefits (1 Jun 2010)

Seán Sherlock: Question 367: To ask the Minister for Social Protection the basis that a claim for domiciliary care allowance was disallowed in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Cork; if they would have an entitlement to another payment; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22731/10]

Written Answers — Social Welfare Code: Social Welfare Code (1 Jun 2010)

Seán Sherlock: Question 371: To ask the Minister for Social Protection if he will clarify the evidence a person must provide to satisfy departmental requirements regarding habitual residence; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22839/10]

Written Answers — Departmental Programmes: Departmental Programmes (1 Jun 2010)

Seán Sherlock: Question 470: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food the number of persons who have subscribed to the agri-environmental options scheme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22789/10]

Written Answers — Illegal Dumping: Illegal Dumping (27 May 2010)

Seán Sherlock: Question 38: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government if he is satisfied with the measures taken to tackle illegal dumping in forests here; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [16913/10]

Common Agricultural Policy (26 May 2010)

Seán Sherlock: Question 28: To ask the Minister for Agriculture; Fisheries and Food his views on the mechanisms that are needed to address the diversity of production systems and range of risks across the 27 Member States in the context of Common Agricultural Policy negotiations; his further views on the need to address increased market volatility and the effective mechanisms that are needed to manage...

Common Agricultural Policy (26 May 2010)

Seán Sherlock: I welcome the Minister's response and I am seeking to ascertain definitively whether he is giving any credence to the idea of introducing a de facto minimum income for every farmer so as to buttress against potential market instability in the future. The recent volatility in the dairy sector showed us, along with other factors, just how volatile farm incomes are at present and the fact that...

Common Agricultural Policy (26 May 2010)

Seán Sherlock: The Minister mentions the historical model of payments, and I acknowledge the speech he gave to the Seanad recently in which he expressed a preference for the retention of this model. What I took from that speech, however, was that the historical model would come under increasing attack and that it is not guaranteed into the future. That is the basis upon which the Minister could state, at...

Grant Payments (26 May 2010)

Seán Sherlock: Question 30: To ask the Minister for Agriculture; Fisheries and Food his views on the historic basis of direct payment; if he has formulated a view in relation to changing from the current historical model for determining single payments; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22118/10]

Grant Payments (26 May 2010)

Seán Sherlock: The Minister's reply is taken directly from a recent speech he gave to the Seanad. The own initiative report on this issue was authored by Mr. George Lyon, MEP, a Liberal Democrat representative for Scotland, whose party is a member of the same group within the European Parliament as Fianna Fáil. Mr. Lyon refers to the desire to go beyond 2020 for phasing in the move from historic to...

Grant Payments (26 May 2010)

Seán Sherlock: I did not hear exactly what the Leas-Cheann Comhairle said but I wonder if I can ask-----

Grant Payments (26 May 2010)

Seán Sherlock: Appreciating the latitude the Leas-Cheann Comhairle has already allowed me, I was just about to state that at meetings of the agriculture committee of which Mr. Lyon is a member, Ireland's position would heretofore have been put forward by the Minister, but that is no longer necessarily the case because of the new structures in place following the ratification of the Lisbon treaty. It is on...

Grant Payments (26 May 2010)

Seán Sherlock: I accept what the Minister is saying about the political considerations but I am sure he will acknowledge that George Lyon's position on this issue will be very influential in terms of the final outcome. I also acknowledge that there are approximately 700 amendments to that particular report currently before the European Parliament. The key for us at this stage of the process is to try to...

Common Agricultural Policy (26 May 2010)

Seán Sherlock: If we take the three fundamental pillars that will underpin CAP, namely, water management, biodiversity and climate change, an issue will arise regarding the whole pillar of rural development and whether income will be taken from direct payments to farmers and housed in a rural development pillar, which could see it going into an administrative function through various local bodies and...

Greenhouse Gas Emissions (26 May 2010)

Seán Sherlock: If one's solution is to reduce the number of cattle, it is a simplistic way of looking at the problem and one is not looking at the problem of GHGs properly. That is a scientific view. I would refer the Minister of State to TResearch, which is a Teagasc publication in this regard. Perhaps he might acknowledge that looking at the areas of animal genetics, animal management, animal nutrition...

Common Agricultural Policy (26 May 2010)

Seán Sherlock: Earlier, the Minister referred to the consultation process and said that the Commission will publish documentation. Can Members of this House be provided with an insight into the views of the Irish permanent representation in Brussels? In that way we could be made aware of how the process is progressing.