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Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Agriculture Schemes Data (21 Apr 2015)

Éamon Ó Cuív: 387. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will provide, in tabular form, by county, over the period 2010 to 2014, the total number of recipients under the suckler cow welfare scheme and the genomics scheme; the total monetary value; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [15722/15]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Targeted Agricultural Modernisation Scheme (21 Apr 2015)

Éamon Ó Cuív: 388. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will provide, in tabular form, by county, over the period 2010 to 2014, the total number of recipients under the targeted agricultural modernisation scheme; the total monetary value; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [15723/15]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Agriculture Schemes Data (21 Apr 2015)

Éamon Ó Cuív: 389. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will provide, in tabular form, by county, over the period 2010 to 2014, the total number of recipients under the young farmers installation scheme; the total monetary value; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [15724/15]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Discussion Groups (21 Apr 2015)

Éamon Ó Cuív: 390. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will provide, in tabular form, by county, over the period 2010 to 2014, the total number of recipients under the knowledge or discussion group schemes; the total monetary value; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [15725/15]

Order of Business (16 Apr 2015)

Éamon Ó Cuív: The programme for Government included an undertaking to introduce steps to improve the quality and effectiveness of the teaching of Irish at second level and indicated that consideration would be given to whether or not Irish should be an optional subject to leaving certificate level. Has the Tánaiste convinced her colleagues in the Fine Gael Party to drop the latter proposal? When...

Leaders' Questions (16 Apr 2015)

Éamon Ó Cuív: It is fair to note that the money for rent supplement and mortgage interest supplement has been cut by 43% since 2011. The total allocation for housing this year is €680 million, which is down from the €805 million we provided the year the Tánaiste came into government. That is a cut of €190 million. It is time we realised there is a crisis which will only be...

Leaders' Questions (16 Apr 2015)

Éamon Ó Cuív: May I begin this morning by letting the parents, family and friends of Karen Buckley know that we are all thinking of them at this horrific time. Yesterday, the Simon Communities briefed us on the worsening crisis in homelessness. There was apparently a meeting yesterday with Dublin City Council and, to quote one of the Simon staff, one could see the whites of their eyes at the extent of...

Leaders' Questions (16 Apr 2015)

Éamon Ó Cuív: I do not want to make this a political football. The issue might be a matter of mirth for the Government benches. When an organisation such as Simon, which cannot be accused of being political, tells us that this is a crisis beyond a crisis, it is time to stop laughing in the House and to start to take the issue seriously.

Written Answers — Department of Health: Nursing Homes Support Scheme Applications (16 Apr 2015)

Éamon Ó Cuív: 145. To ask the Minister for Health when payments will issue to a person (details supplied) in County Galway, approved under the nursing home support scheme; the reason for the delay; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [15067/15]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Mortgage Lending (15 Apr 2015)

Éamon Ó Cuív: 161. To ask the Minister for Finance in relation to the new limits for mortgages for residential dwelling units, if he will outline the limits for new mortgages for first-time buyers and for those trading up; if he will indicate the rationale for two categories; the exceptions which are allowed for those who previously had a mortgage but wish to be classified as a first-time buyer; if...

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Scéim Oibreacha agus Cosanta Cósta (15 Apr 2015)

Éamon Ó Cuív: 197. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform an bhfuil sé i gceist ag Oifig na nOibreacha Poiblí airgead a chur ar fáil láithreach chun an creimeadh cósta i gCill Mhuirbhé, Árainn, a leigheas, á chur i gcuntas go bhfuil cosc ar thrácht ar an mbóthar ansin dá bharr agus an tábhacht a bhaineann leis an mbóthar sin do...

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Valuation Office (15 Apr 2015)

Éamon Ó Cuív: 204. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if, in relation to the soon to be passed Valuation (Amendment) (No. 2) Bill 2012, he will clarify the situation, and if the changes in valuation of sports clubs will have immediate effect when the legislation is passed, and thus influence rates bills for clubs so as to benefit clubs in the current year, or if he will outline what the...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Seirbhísí Farantóireachta (15 Apr 2015)

Éamon Ó Cuív: 233. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine cén réiteach fadtéarmach a dhéanfar chun páirceáil fheiliúnach a chur ar fáil saor in aisce d’oileánaigh i gcalafort Ros an Mhíl; agus an ndéanfaidh sé ráiteas ina thaobh. [13864/15]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Scéim um Roghanna Comhshaoil Talmhaíochta (15 Apr 2015)

Éamon Ó Cuív: 240. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine cén pionós faoin Scéim um Roghanna Comhshaoil Talmhaíochta atá curtha ar fheirmeoir i gContae na Gaillimhe (sonraí leis seo); cén fáth ar cuireadh pionós air; cén méid pionóis atá i gceist; agus an ndéanfaidh sé ráiteas ina thaobh. [13947/15]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Scéim um Roghanna Comhshaoil Talmhaíochta (15 Apr 2015)

Éamon Ó Cuív: 241. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine cén uair a dhéanfar íocaíocht faoin Scéim um Roghanna Comhshaoil Talmhaíochta le feirmeoir i gContae na Gaillimhe (sonraí leis seo); cén fáth a bhfuil moill ar an íocaíocht seo; agus an ndéanfaidh sé ráiteas ina thaobh. [13948/15]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: GLAS Data (15 Apr 2015)

Éamon Ó Cuív: 263. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the number of fully completed applications under the green low-carbon agri-environmental scheme received to date, under each tier; the average proposed grant per annum being sought in each case; if he will provide a breakdown per county; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [14327/15]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: GLAS Administration (15 Apr 2015)

Éamon Ó Cuív: 264. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the steps he is taking to facilitate all commonage farmers who wish to submit an application under the green low-carbon agri-environmental scheme, tier 1, by the deadline of 3 July 2015, considering no planners have yet been approved by his Department to complete the commonage management plans, as is mandatory under the scheme; and...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: GLAS Payments (15 Apr 2015)

Éamon Ó Cuív: 265. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine in view of the fact that the deadline for applications under the green low-carbon agri-environmental scheme is 22 May 2015, if he will guarantee that all applicants who have initiated their application by then will receive their first payments before the end of 2015; and if not, the timeframe for payments over the lifetime of the...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Beef Exports (15 Apr 2015)

Éamon Ó Cuív: 266. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will account for recent reports that Irish beef exports to the United States of America are unlikely to hit targets set by him, until a licence is extended to include Irish manufactured mince beef; if he will apply for such a licence; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [14356/15]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Farm Safety Scheme (15 Apr 2015)

Éamon Ó Cuív: 267. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the farm safety campaigns that are planned with the Health and Safety Authority, in view of the fact that leading industry experts have expressed concern about the likely increase in farm accident numbers, given that milk production is forecast to increase by 50% by 2020; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [14357/15]