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Teagasc Issues. (15 Oct 2009)

Seán Sherlock: I asked this question, given that Teagasc's procedures and operations have already been reviewed. I do not doubt that the recommendations will be implemented. However, the McCarthy report states that there is scope for reducing Teagasc's staff numbers by a minimum of 250 in the short term by rationalisation of agricultural colleges and locations, reducing lower priority advisory and...

Teagasc Issues. (15 Oct 2009)

Seán Sherlock: I tabled a question on the public service numbers and expenditure programme. This report was sanctioned by Government and makes specific recommendations. When I ask about these specific recommendations, with all due respect to those Ministers, I get blasé, bland answers about the wonderful role of Teagasc. My questions are pertinent to what is in the report. I want to know whether those...

Dairy Sector. (15 Oct 2009)

Seán Sherlock: The Agriculture Council will meet next week. Will that meeting give rise to a new regulation regarding a CMO, common market organisation, for milk or dairy, or will the status quo remain for political intervention in the market, given that there is a slight increase in the price and a slight recovery at present? Is the strategy within the European Union to do nothing at present? It is...

Common Agricultural Policy. (15 Oct 2009)

Seán Sherlock: Environmental measures, such as water management, will become more prevalent under the CAP in future. The question concerns the administrative functions. There is a suggestion afoot that we will move from pillar one to pillar two and that, instead of direct payments to farmers for management of the economy, it will be administered through various local organisations. That danger is there,...

Written Answers — Greenhouse Gas Emissions: Greenhouse Gas Emissions (15 Oct 2009)

Seán Sherlock: Question 27: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food the discussions which are taking place with a view to carbon reduction within the agricultural sector. [36227/09]

Written Answers — Grant Payments: Grant Payments (15 Oct 2009)

Seán Sherlock: Question 41: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food the reason for the reported 15,000 queried applications in respect of single farm payment. [36226/09]

Written Answers — Flood Relief: Flood Relief (15 Oct 2009)

Seán Sherlock: Question 142: To ask the Minister for Finance the timeline for phase two of the flood alleviation plan on the Munster Blackwater at Fermoy, County Cork; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [36547/09]

Written Answers — Hospital Services: Hospital Services (15 Oct 2009)

Seán Sherlock: Question 153: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if she will ensure that the consultation appointment for a person (details supplied) in County Cork will not be changed; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [36404/09]

Written Answers — Health Services: Health Services (15 Oct 2009)

Seán Sherlock: Question 156: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the status of an application for optical benefit in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Cork; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [36436/09]

Written Answers — Waste Management: Waste Management (14 Oct 2009)

Seán Sherlock: Question 121: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the number of local authorities or local authority areas with a brown bin collection service in 2007, 2008 and 2009; the steps being taken to ensure more local authorities introduce such a service; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [35809/09]

Requests to move Adjournment of Dáil under Standing Order 32 (13 Oct 2009)

Seán Sherlock: I seek the Adjournment of the Dáil under Standing Order 32 to raise a matter of national importance, namely, the issues raised in today's edition of the Irish Examiner, which reports on the worrying level of suicide in Ireland. I am seeking a debate in the House so that the Minister for Health and Children can say why little progress has been made in implementing the 33 recommendations made...

National Asset Management Agency Bill 2009: Second Stage (Resumed) (13 Oct 2009)

Seán Sherlock: Why did we nationalise it?

National Asset Management Agency Bill 2009: Second Stage (Resumed) (13 Oct 2009)

Seán Sherlock: While I have great respect for Deputy Michael McGrath's views, as a layman I still find it difficult to understand how the State can justify the investment of €4 billion of taxpayers' money in Anglo Irish Bank. To date, no one has been able to give me an economic rationale for allowing this bank to stay afloat. I have not heard it from a market perspective, nor have I heard a cogent...

Written Answers — Electricity Generation: Electricity Generation (13 Oct 2009)

Seán Sherlock: Question 6: To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources his views on the options for investors in offshore and onshore wind farm applications outside the gate three process; the position regarding the wind applications to the grid; the position regarding the gate three process; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [35518/09]

Written Answers — Energy Conservation: Energy Conservation (13 Oct 2009)

Seán Sherlock: Question 51: To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources the position, post budget 2009, regarding the funding and number of applicants for the greener homes scheme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [35517/09]

Written Answers — National Asset Management Agency: National Asset Management Agency (13 Oct 2009)

Seán Sherlock: Question 105: To ask the Minister for Finance if exemption thresholds will be included in the capital gains tax proposals to be introduced in a Committee Stage amendment of the National Asset Management Agency Bill 2009. [35452/09]

Written Answers — National Asset Management Agency: National Asset Management Agency (13 Oct 2009)

Seán Sherlock: Question 106: To ask the Minister for Finance if he will seek consultation with an organisation (details supplied) with regard to its concerns on the proposed Committee Stage amendment to the National Asset Management Agency Bill 2009 which will subject gains on rezoned land to a capital gains tax; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [35453/09]

Written Answers — Nursing Homes Support Scheme: Nursing Homes Support Scheme (13 Oct 2009)

Seán Sherlock: Question 151: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if the moneys used to pay for treatments not covered by the fair deal scheme will be discounted from the Health Service Executive's assessment of the disposable income of persons partaking in this scheme; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [35303/09]

Written Answers — Defence Forces Investigations: Defence Forces Investigations (8 Oct 2009)

Seán Sherlock: Question 43: To ask the Minister for Defence if he has received the report of the investigation into the incident at Kilworth Camp, when a young officer was seriously injured in a training accident. [34857/09]

Written Answers — Defence Forces Regulations: Defence Forces Regulations (8 Oct 2009)

Seán Sherlock: Question 52: To ask the Minister for Defence the number of positive results that have been obtained since the targeted drugs testing was introduced in April 2009. [34858/09]