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Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Areas of Natural Constraint Scheme Review (3 Oct 2018)

Bobby Aylward: 235. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the status of the areas of natural constraint, ANC, review with regard to redesignation using a set list of biophysical criteria; if the new approach must be introduced from January 2019; if mapping of all ANC lands has been completed; the actions that have been completed to date by officials; the actions that remain outstanding;...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Veterinary Laboratories (3 Oct 2018)

Bobby Aylward: 236. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the status of the review and cost-benefit analysis of the regional veterinary lab in County Kilkenny, which serves the farmers of the entire region of the south east; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [40238/18]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Sheep Welfare Scheme (3 Oct 2018)

Bobby Aylward: 237. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if the possibility of increasing the €10 subsidy cap per ewe under the sheep welfare scheme will be examined in advance of budget 2019 in view of the underspend of €5 million in 2017; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [40239/18]

Ceisteanna ar Reachtaíocht a Gealladh - Questions on Promised Legislation (27 Sep 2018)

Bobby Aylward: On page 105 of the programme for Government, there is a commitment to ensuring that every young person is enabled to reach their full potential. I have written to the Minister for Health regarding the provision of the drug Spinraza for children suffering from spinal muscular atrophy, SMA. The HSE has acknowledged that the drug works well and it is now solely an issue of cost. Some of the...

Public Health (Alcohol) Bill 2015: Report Stage (26 Sep 2018)

Bobby Aylward: I too welcome the aims and objectives of this Bill, which is to reduce excessive drinking, in respect of which I accept we have a problem in Ireland. However, I am not happy with the labelling measure, particularly the inclusion of the word "cancer" on labels. A lot of people dread the word "cancer", particularly those who have had it. I am a survivor of cancer. It is a word that instils...

Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: School Transport (25 Sep 2018)

Bobby Aylward: I accept the Minister of State's point that he has to operate within criteria that have been laid out for the scheme. It is our job as legislators and the Minister of State's job as Minister to address problems where they arise. There is a problem in rural Ireland in particular. The demographics of rural Ireland have changed because during the good times more people built in rural areas,...

Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: School Transport (25 Sep 2018)

Bobby Aylward: There should be penalties for not doing so.

Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: School Transport (25 Sep 2018)

Bobby Aylward: Every academic year children who are concessionary ticket holders are being left on the roadside. In the majority of cases the parents are not notified until a few weeks before the beginning of term. This places significant undue hardship on young families at what is a stressful time of the year. A number of key areas in the school transport scheme must be addressed urgently. The rules to...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Education and Skills: School Transport Scheme: Discussion (25 Sep 2018)

Bobby Aylward: I wish to inform the Chairman that I have tabled a Topical Issue that will be taken at 5.20 p.m. so must leave the meeting shortly. Can I ask a final question?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Education and Skills: School Transport Scheme: Discussion (25 Sep 2018)

Bobby Aylward: I know and understand that position.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Education and Skills: School Transport Scheme: Discussion (25 Sep 2018)

Bobby Aylward: I thank Senator Ruane for indulging our requests.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Education and Skills: School Transport Scheme: Discussion (25 Sep 2018)

Bobby Aylward: We are sorry for walking out of here as we would have liked to have spent more time in the Senator's good company. I thank the committee for giving my colleague and I the opportunity to speak even though we are not members of the committee. I am a member of other committees and know that it is normal practice for committee members to speak first.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Education and Skills: School Transport Scheme: Discussion (25 Sep 2018)

Bobby Aylward: It is just that we have a Topical Issue debate that is due to take place at 5.20 p.m. and that is the reason we must depart early. I welcome all of the officials to the meeting. Much of what I want to say has been said and I do not want to repeat anything. As Senator Gallagher has expressed, school transport is a greater problem for rural areas than urban areas because most towns and...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Education and Skills: School Transport Scheme: Discussion (25 Sep 2018)

Bobby Aylward: The review did not change anything. I read it and was a member of the committee that queried it.

Public Accounts Committee: 2016 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 1 - President's Establishment (25 Sep 2018)

Bobby Aylward: I welcome Mr. Fraser as the Accounting Officer for Vote 1, the President's Establishment. When there is a report from the Comptroller and Auditor General our remit is to scrutinise the Vote and to make sure there is value for money for the taxpayers of this country who pay to keep the system in place. The Comptroller and Auditor General said €3.6 million was the overall amount spent...

Public Accounts Committee: 2016 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 1 - President's Establishment (25 Sep 2018)

Bobby Aylward: I read in a newspaper that since 2011 a total of €50 million was spent on the Presidency. I am just asking Mr. Fraser or Mr. McCarthy to comment.

Public Accounts Committee: 2016 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 1 - President's Establishment (25 Sep 2018)

Bobby Aylward: Are we saying that it is €3.6 million only, as Mr. McCarthy has said? There are other costs from the Garda, security, the Army and so forth.

Public Accounts Committee: 2016 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 1 - President's Establishment (25 Sep 2018)

Bobby Aylward: There are also caretaking costs.

Public Accounts Committee: 2016 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 1 - President's Establishment (25 Sep 2018)

Bobby Aylward: Is the €3.6 million a true reflection, therefore, of the costs of having the Presidency in place, or could it be more than €7 million?

Public Accounts Committee: 2016 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 1 - President's Establishment (25 Sep 2018)

Bobby Aylward: I am trying to clarify whether the overall costs are more likely to be more than €7 million, as was quoted in this paper, since 2011.