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Ceisteanna ar Reachtaíocht a Gealladh - Questions on Promised Legislation (17 Oct 2019)

Charlie McConalogue: My question is for the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine and relates to the knowledge transfer scheme, the three initial years of which ran out during the past month or so. In particular, will the Minister agree to extend the scheme for a further year? As he is aware, at the outset it was budgeted for up to 28,000 farmers to participate but only approximately 19,000 farmers have...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Schools Building Projects Status (17 Oct 2019)

Charlie McConalogue: 14. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the status of a development at a school (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [41416/19]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Schools Site Acquisitions (17 Oct 2019)

Charlie McConalogue: 44. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the status of the site acquisition to accommodate a school (details supplied); the timeline of works to ensure that the school campus is completed as soon as possible; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [41413/19]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Schools Building Projects Status (17 Oct 2019)

Charlie McConalogue: 113. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the status of a school building for additional accommodation for a school (details supplied) in County Donegal; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [42674/19]

Written Answers — Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Health and Safety Authority Data (17 Oct 2019)

Charlie McConalogue: 168. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the amount allocated in budget 2020 to the Health and Safety Authority for farm safety initiatives in 2020; and the 2019 allocation and funds spent to date. [42848/19]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Departmental Staff Data (17 Oct 2019)

Charlie McConalogue: 249. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the number of full-time and part-time staff, respectively, working in the dedicated market access unit established within the meat and milk policy division by staff grade in tabular form; and the annual cost of the unit including staffing costs. [42847/19]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Equine Industry (17 Oct 2019)

Charlie McConalogue: 250. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the annual capital funding provided to an organisation (details supplied); and his plans to provide capital funding in 2020. [42849/19]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Animal Welfare Bodies (17 Oct 2019)

Charlie McConalogue: 251. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the amount granted to animal welfare charities in each year since the enactment of the Animal Health and Welfare Act 2013 in tabular form; and the charities in receipt of such funding on an annual basis. [42850/19]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Illness Benefit Payments (17 Oct 2019)

Charlie McConalogue: 309. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the reason a person (details supplied) in County Donegal was not paid illness benefit on 12 October 2019, in view of the fact the person's certificate was posted to her Department on 4 October 2019; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [42799/19]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Areas of Natural Constraint Scheme Data (16 Oct 2019)

Charlie McConalogue: 196. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the number of farmers enrolled in the ANC scheme in 2019; the breakdown by each respective area designation, including mountain type land, more severely handicapped lowland, less severely handicapped lowland and areas of specific constraints islands; the payment rate for each respective area designation; the amount of funding...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Areas of Natural Constraint Scheme Data (16 Oct 2019)

Charlie McConalogue: 197. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the number of farmers enrolled in the ANC scheme in 2019, by county; the number of farmers by county enrolled in the ANC by each respective area designation; the number of applicants to the scheme in 2019; the number of approved applicants by county who have received their 85% advance payment ; the number of approved applicants who...

Written Answers — Department of Children and Youth Affairs: Childcare Services Funding (16 Oct 2019)

Charlie McConalogue: 225. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the funding that will be provided to afterschool providers under the national childcare scheme to pay for the inclusion of support workers such as special needs assistants to safely meet the needs of young children with a disability and or autism that attend an afterschool service; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [42417/19]

Written Answers — Department of Children and Youth Affairs: Voluntary Sector Funding (16 Oct 2019)

Charlie McConalogue: 237. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs if sufficient funding will be ring-fenced for a charity (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [42480/19]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Budget 2020 (16 Oct 2019)

Charlie McConalogue: 261. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection further to budget 2020 the allocations to both the rural social scheme and the farm assist scheme in 2020; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [42503/19]

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Fish Quotas (15 Oct 2019)

Charlie McConalogue: I emphasise the importance of ensuring that it is off the ICES advice regarding the figure of 955,000 this year. If that updated figure is used, the equivalent impact on the Irish fishing fleet would be a total allowable catch for mackerel in 2020 of 77,500 tonnes as opposed to just over 55,000 tonnes. This would be a net benefit of €40 million for the mackerel sector so the stakes...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Fish Quotas (15 Oct 2019)

Charlie McConalogue: I ask the Minister for his views on the recent ICES mackerel advice which shows a further increase in the revised scientific advice given in May 2019 for the mackerel TAC for 2020. I also ask whether he will give an assurance to the marine sector that this new advice of 922,000 tonnes will be fully incorporated into the overall TAC quotas for 2020.

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Fish Quotas (15 Oct 2019)

Charlie McConalogue: It is very concerning that ICES is getting its advice so wrong. The advice it gave last year, which contributed to the formulation of the 2019 TAC, was off the mark by 50% in respect of mackerel. The decision in May to revise the TAC advice from ICES to 20%, as the Minister stated, was not incorporated into the TAC for the Irish fishing fleet. It is now essential that we see the full...

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Beef Industry (15 Oct 2019)

Charlie McConalogue: I thank the Minister for his response. As he well knows, the reason we have such a crisis in the beef sector, which led to the protests and pickets over the summer, is the fact that for months, and indeed over recent years, farmers have been consistently losing money, and it is simply not sustainable. Coming out of the negotiation process, the agreement was that the beef task force would...

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Beef Industry (15 Oct 2019)

Charlie McConalogue: Talking about measures the Minister is introducing for farmers and debating them in the Dáil does not put bread on any farmer's table. I refer to the two schemes the Minister mentioned as providing tremendous support, in his view, to the beef sector, namely, the beef environmental efficiency pilot, which was announced in last year's budget, and BEAM, which was announced prior to the...

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Beef Industry (15 Oct 2019)

Charlie McConalogue: Not one euro has been paid yet.