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Select Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Estimates for Public Services 2015
Vote 30 - Agriculture, Food and the Marine (Supplementary) (8 Dec 2015)

Éamon Ó Cuív: It is fair comment, because that it what is happening.

Select Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Estimates for Public Services 2015
Vote 30 - Agriculture, Food and the Marine (Supplementary) (8 Dec 2015)

Éamon Ó Cuív: I think it is a fair enough comment.

Select Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Estimates for Public Services 2015
Vote 30 - Agriculture, Food and the Marine (Supplementary) (8 Dec 2015)

Éamon Ó Cuív: Can I ask another question?

Select Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Estimates for Public Services 2015
Vote 30 - Agriculture, Food and the Marine (Supplementary) (8 Dec 2015)

Éamon Ó Cuív: Does the Minister have plans to reduce disease levies on farmers now that the expenditure by the Department on disease eradication is dropping dramatically? This is a serious imposition on farmers. If the cost is going down, one would expect that farmers directly benefit from a reduction in disease levies.

Select Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Estimates for Public Services 2015
Vote 30 - Agriculture, Food and the Marine (Supplementary) (8 Dec 2015)

Éamon Ó Cuív: Will the Minister discuss it with the Oireachtas? Is it the case that only farming organisations are privy to the Minister's discussions?

Select Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Estimates for Public Services 2015
Vote 30 - Agriculture, Food and the Marine (Supplementary) (8 Dec 2015)

Éamon Ó Cuív: I would have thought the Oireachtas would take primary place.

Select Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Estimates for Public Services 2015
Vote 30 - Agriculture, Food and the Marine (Supplementary) (8 Dec 2015)

Éamon Ó Cuív: We are not. The Minister is dismissing us.

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Scéimeanna Talmhaíochta (8 Dec 2015)

Éamon Ó Cuív: 236. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine cen uair a dhéanfar íocaíocht faoi Scéim na Limistéar faoi Shriantacht Nádúrtha le feirmeoir i gContae na Gaillimhe (sonraí tugtha); cén fáth go bhfuil moill leis an íocaíocht seo; agus an ndéanfaidh sé ráiteas ina thaobh. [43704/15]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Young Farmers Scheme Eligibility (8 Dec 2015)

Éamon Ó Cuív: 245. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine when payment will issue under the young farmers scheme to a person (details supplied) in County Mayo, the reason for the delay; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [43819/15]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: GLAS Data (8 Dec 2015)

Éamon Ó Cuív: 258. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the number of farmers who have been accepted into tranche one of the GLAS; the average annual payment approved and the number of farmers with a start date of 1 October and 1 January 2016, by county; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [43979/15]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Beef Data Programme (8 Dec 2015)

Éamon Ó Cuív: 259. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the number of farmers who have submitted samples by herd size in intervals of ten, 0 to ten, 11 to 20, and so forth, by county, under the beef genomics scheme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [43980/15]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: GLAS Data (8 Dec 2015)

Éamon Ó Cuív: 260. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the number of farmers who have been approved for tier one, two and three and by county for the GLAS; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [43981/15]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: GLAS Applications (8 Dec 2015)

Éamon Ó Cuív: 261. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the number of completed applications received to date by tier under tranche two of the green low-carbon agri-environment scheme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [43982/15]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Agriculture Scheme Payments (8 Dec 2015)

Éamon Ó Cuív: 269. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine when payment will issue under the 2015 areas of natural constraint scheme and the basic payment scheme to a person (details supplied) in County Galway, the reason for the delay; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [44018/15]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Animal Disease Controls (8 Dec 2015)

Éamon Ó Cuív: 277. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine his plans to introduce mandatory testing for separation syndrome in Connemara ponies to protect the breed; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [44222/15]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Animal Disease Controls (8 Dec 2015)

Éamon Ó Cuív: 278. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if heather can be overgrazed; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [44224/15]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Direct Payment Scheme Eligibility (8 Dec 2015)

Éamon Ó Cuív: 279. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine his views that heather will reach maturity with a sustainable stocking rate in place; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [44225/15]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Direct Payment Scheme Eligibility (8 Dec 2015)

Éamon Ó Cuív: 280. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine his views that controlled burning of heather is an agricultural activity in the same way that topping in a lowland situation is; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [44226/15]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Direct Payment Scheme Eligibility (8 Dec 2015)

Éamon Ó Cuív: 281. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if controlled burning is an agricultural method that can be used to manage heather, given his Department's A Guide to Land Eligibility Direct Payment Schemes 2015, and to the top photo on page 9 in particular which shows heather that is eligible but where management is needed to ensure it remains eligible; and if he will make a...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Direct Payment Scheme Eligibility (8 Dec 2015)

Éamon Ó Cuív: 282. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the management tools his Department advises to make an area eligible for payment, given his Department's A Guide to Land Eligibility Direct Payment Schemes 2015 and the lower photograph on page 9 in particular which shows heather that is ineligible; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [44228/15]