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Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Harness Racing Industry: Horse Racing Ireland and Horse Sport Ireland (15 Dec 2015)

Éamon Ó Cuív: Risks have to be graded. When we debated the issue, the county manager and welfare body representatives appeared before the committee. We put a great deal of time into the urban horse issue one day and the thoroughbred representatives appeared the same day. They said if even if all the non-microchipped ponies were removed from the county, they would be imported as fast as they were...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Harness Racing Industry: Horse Racing Ireland and Horse Sport Ireland (15 Dec 2015)

Éamon Ó Cuív: That would apply equally to thoroughbred to thoroughbred as thoroughbred to non-thoroughbred.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Harness Racing Industry: Horse Racing Ireland and Horse Sport Ireland (15 Dec 2015)

Éamon Ó Cuív: How many people are involved in the industry?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Harness Racing Industry: Horse Racing Ireland and Horse Sport Ireland (15 Dec 2015)

Éamon Ó Cuív: We should also record here, since it is the last meeting before Christmas, the support of the Minister last week in the Estimates for the harness racing industry and that he would be very clear that he is very sympathetic to the case.

Other Questions: National Broadband Plan Implementation (15 Dec 2015)

Éamon Ó Cuív: 40. To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources when the roll-out of high-speed rural broadband under the national broadband scheme will commence, the minimum speed of the proposed service; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [44660/15]

Other Questions: National Broadband Plan Implementation (15 Dec 2015)

Éamon Ó Cuív: As the Minister knows, broadband is the new highway. Many rural areas still have only 5 Mbps or 10 Mbps broadband. When will we see the physical roll-out of the rural broadband scheme? Will the Minister be absolutely clear on what speeds we can expect because it is inappropriate to talk about 30 Mbps, which is five years out of date?

Other Questions: National Broadband Plan Implementation (15 Dec 2015)

Éamon Ó Cuív: The Minister has given a very long and comprehensive answer telling us everything we already knew. At the end of it, he began to address the issues. He said that by the end of this year, he will have taken the step 1. When can we expect to see the physical roll-out of high-speed broadband under the State's intervention? Will it be in 2016 or 2017? Does the Minister intend to roll out...

Other Questions: National Broadband Plan Implementation (15 Dec 2015)

Éamon Ó Cuív: When will the physical build start? In other words, how long will the procurement process take? People want to know when they will be able to plug in their computers and get connected to proper broadband. Does the Minister not agree that if he wants to future-proof, he should specify 1 Gbps to everybody and be done with it? Specifying a minimum of 30 Mbps is obsolete already because what...

Other Questions: National Broadband Plan Implementation (15 Dec 2015)

Éamon Ó Cuív: The Minister can specify a speed.

Other Questions: National Broadband Plan Implementation (15 Dec 2015)

Éamon Ó Cuív: When will they start building?

Other Questions: National Broadband Plan Implementation (15 Dec 2015)

Éamon Ó Cuív: When will it start?

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Energy and Natural Resources: National Broadband Plan Implementation (15 Dec 2015)

Éamon Ó Cuív: 46. To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources if the national high-speed broadband scheme will be rolled out to the most isolated areas first, as they are the least likely ever to receive a commercial high-speed broadband service; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [44661/15]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Scéimeanna Talmhaíochta (15 Dec 2015)

Éamon Ó Cuív: 215. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine cén uair a dhéanfar íocaíocht faoin Scéim Buníocaíochta agus faoi Scéim na Limistéar Srianta Nádúrtha le feirmeoir i gContae na Gaillimhe (sonraí leis seo) do 2015; cén fáth go bhfuil moill ar an íocaíocht seo; agus an ndéanfaidh sé...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Basic Payment Scheme Payments (15 Dec 2015)

Éamon Ó Cuív: 216. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine when payment will issue under the 2015 basic payment scheme and the areas of natural constraint scheme to a person (details supplied) in County Galway; the reason for the delay, the number of entitlements this person has; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [44850/15]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Organic Farming (15 Dec 2015)

Éamon Ó Cuív: 218. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the process used to set organic standards for produce both produced on land and in aquaculture; the steps he has taken to ensure the standards are comparable in respect of the use of medicines, antibiotics, feed, fertiliser and other products used in production; if any analysis has been carried out on the comparative standards used...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Agri-Environment Options Scheme Payments (15 Dec 2015)

Éamon Ó Cuív: 223. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine when payment under the basic payment scheme and the areas of natural constraint scheme will issue to a person (details supplied) in County Roscommon; the reason for the delay; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [44936/15]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Areas of Natural Constraint Scheme Applications (15 Dec 2015)

Éamon Ó Cuív: 231. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine why payment did not issue under the areas of natural constraint scheme for 2015 to a person (details supplied) in County Galway, if donkeys that were considered eligible under the 2014 disadvantage area based scheme are also considered eligible under the 2015 areas of natural constraint scheme; and if he will make a statement on...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Areas of Natural Constraint Scheme Applications (15 Dec 2015)

Éamon Ó Cuív: 232. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine why payment did not issue under the areas of natural constraint scheme for 2015 to a person (details supplied) in County Kildare, if donkeys that were considered eligible under the 2014 disadvantaged area based scheme are also considered eligible under the 2015 areas of natural constraint scheme; and if he will make a statement on...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Fishery Harbour Centres (15 Dec 2015)

Éamon Ó Cuív: 236. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the status of parking on his Department's property in Howth in County Dublin, if he has abandoned proposals to introduce paid parking in the vicinity; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [45198/15]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Basic Payment Scheme Applications (15 Dec 2015)

Éamon Ó Cuív: 237. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine when payment will issue under the areas of natural constraint scheme and the basic payment scheme for 2015 to a person (details supplied) in County Galway, the reason for the delay; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [45258/15]