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Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Bord na gCon (17 Jun 2015)

Éamon Ó Cuív: 129. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if the Irish Greyhound Board will require his permission to sell the Greyhound Stadium in Harold’s Cross in Dublin 6W; if the board has discussed this issue with him; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [24181/15]

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Energy and Natural Resources: Broadband Service Expenditure (17 Jun 2015)

Éamon Ó Cuív: 250. To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources the Exchequer spending on broadband provision to homes and businesses by his Department in each year from 2011 to 2014 and in 2015 to date; the number of connections achieved each year; the broadband speeds achieved; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [24179/15]

Urban Regeneration and Housing Bill 2015: Second Stage (Resumed) (16 Jun 2015)

Éamon Ó Cuív: Mar a bhí mé ag rá, nuair a bhí orm an córam a tharraingt-----

Urban Regeneration and Housing Bill 2015: Second Stage (Resumed) (16 Jun 2015)

Éamon Ó Cuív: ----- bhí mé ag ceapadh go raibh daoine imithe abhaile.

Urban Regeneration and Housing Bill 2015: Second Stage (Resumed) (16 Jun 2015)

Éamon Ó Cuív: Tá na huimhireacha ag an Rialtas ar aon chuí. Is deas an rud é sin a fheiceáil.

Urban Regeneration and Housing Bill 2015: Second Stage (Resumed) (16 Jun 2015)

Éamon Ó Cuív: Ní raibh. Bhí mé istigh anseo ag déanamh mo chuid oibre. As I said, it is very important that we maintain the standard of housing. The PRTB system requires urgent reform. When I was Minister for Social Protection, I worked with the Department of the Environment, Community and Local Government to try to ensure registration of all properties took place before rather...

Urban Regeneration and Housing Bill 2015: Second Stage (Resumed) (16 Jun 2015)

Éamon Ó Cuív: Tá tábhacht faoi leith ag baint le tithíocht. Caithfidh chuile dhuine bheith ina chónaí i dteach agus tá go leor daoine anois atá á fháil rite leo teach a aimsiú. Caithim a rá nach dtagaim leis an gcineál tuairimíocht ata sa Bhille seo nó le tuairmíocht an Rialtais maidir le tithíocht. The lack of analysis...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Beef Data and Genomics Programme: Discussion (16 Jun 2015)

Éamon Ó Cuív: I thank the officials for attending. To say that was a quick tour of the genomics scheme would be an understatement. There is major concern about this. The first thing we must remember is there are 73,400 herd owners in the country and we must look at the profile of these people. The booklet associated with the scheme is enough to put off many people from joining it because they will say...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Beef Data and Genomics Programme: Discussion (16 Jun 2015)

Éamon Ó Cuív: Could we get that calculation?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Beef Data and Genomics Programme: Discussion (16 Jun 2015)

Éamon Ó Cuív: If I may correct Mr. Gleeson, what I said was that I understand ICBF will send him a pack with the equipment and all the rest of it. According to the farmer, who is not a constituent, he was told that once he got that pack, he would owe the money for it to the ICBF.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Beef Data and Genomics Programme: Discussion (16 Jun 2015)

Éamon Ó Cuív: Incorrect. From the Department's own data, 80% of farmers with fewer than ten cows have said "No". Based on the data I was given yesterday, only 8,677 herd owners with fewer than ten cows have applied for the scheme. I think Mr. Gleeson will find a huge rate of attrition among those. I told all the farmers in Connemara to apply because we were hoping to have a bit of common sense about...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Beef Data and Genomics Programme: Discussion (16 Jun 2015)

Éamon Ó Cuív: Can Mr. Gleeson repeat that?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Beef Data and Genomics Programme: Discussion (16 Jun 2015)

Éamon Ó Cuív: Sorry, but the answer to that is that there are lies, damned lies and statistics. Approximately 78% of herd owners have fewer than 20 cows. Does Mr. Gleeson see? I got the figures yesterday evening from Mr. Pat Preston in Mr. Gleeson's own Department. I am telling him that the herd size is tiny. Therefore, when he says 60% of applicants have fewer than 20 cows, that is inevitable. Based...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Beef Data and Genomics Programme: Discussion (16 Jun 2015)

Éamon Ó Cuív: I have the same data. The Department received about 28,000 applications, so it is about 60%. That is a fact. In simple terms, the situation becomes much more acute at ten and under. In case people think these are all in the hills of the west of Ireland, from Donegal to Kerry, they can forget it. These small herds are spread throughout the country. We do not have 40,000 herds in the west...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Beef Data and Genomics Programme: Discussion (16 Jun 2015)

Éamon Ó Cuív: There seems to be a lot of concern on the really marginal lands in the west where many people put cows out on commonages and very poor grazing land. The Department's star rating will give one the equivalent of a lowland sheep, but when it comes to viability in the harsher conditions of parts of Leitrim, Donegal, Sligo, Mayo and Kerry, it will not suit the GAEC. Many farmers produce their...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Beef Data and Genomics Programme: Discussion (16 Jun 2015)

Éamon Ó Cuív: From where?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Beef Data and Genomics Programme: Discussion (16 Jun 2015)

Éamon Ó Cuív: Let us get real. Will the Department go back and look at the situation on the islands? I was talking to a farmer yesterday who was farming on an island but the island happened to be in the Shannon. He had the exact same problem so Mr. Gleeson should not think that this is just a problem in the west. In five years when the guy gets penalised, it is no good saying page 15 of the rules says...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Beef Data and Genomics Programme: Discussion (16 Jun 2015)

Éamon Ó Cuív: With regard to the calculations I have been given for the number of cattle involved, there seems to be a saving of €5 million per year already. That gives a figure of €30 million. If farmers drop out, that sum will increase, but the converse could also be true. If Mr. Gleeson is correct and the scheme is the greatest thing since the sliced pan and will make farmers massively...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Basic Payment Scheme Eligibility: Discussion (16 Jun 2015)

Éamon Ó Cuív: I thank the ICSA and Macra na Feirme for their presentations. I congratulate Mr. Finan on his election as president of Macra na Feirme. The presentations speak for themselves. When the Minister was negotiating the CAP, he brought in an unnecessarily restrictive definition of a young farmer. He said there was not only an age requirement but also a restriction based on when one had entered...

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Rialacháin Stocaireachta (16 Jun 2015)

Éamon Ó Cuív: 291. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform cén fáth gur i mBéarla amháin, go dtí seo, atá gach comhfhreagras leis an bpobal agus le grúpaí stocaireachta atá cláraithe le lobbying.ie, agus faoi na rialacháin stocaireachta nua; an bhfuil sé i gceist aige an comhfhreagras seo agus an t-eolas faoi ar an suíomh...