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Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Court Sittings (1 Oct 2019)

Charlie McConalogue: 247. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if the OPW has carried out a recent assessment of Carndonagh Court House, Carndonagh, County Donegal; if issues have been identified; if so, his plans to remedy same; the timeframe involved; if the OPW will work with the Courts Service to ensure a temporary venue is made available in Carndonagh and that court sittings...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Healthcare Infrastructure Provision (1 Oct 2019)

Charlie McConalogue: 323. To ask the Minister for Health the status of works at a community hospital (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [39323/19]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Rural Development Programme Funding (1 Oct 2019)

Charlie McConalogue: 435. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the amount allocated from Exchequer funding to support the establishment of producer organisations in each sector in each of the years 2016 to 2019 in tabular form; and the annual amount drawn down in each sector to date in 2019. [39342/19]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Areas of Natural Constraint Scheme Applications (1 Oct 2019)

Charlie McConalogue: 440. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the reason for the delay in processing an ANC application for a person (details supplied) in County Donegal; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [39701/19]

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Public Sector Pensions Legislation (26 Sep 2019)

Charlie McConalogue: 78. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform further to Parliamentary Question No. 197 of 2 October 2018, when the new guidance on the implementation of section 52(6) and (7) of the 2012 Act will be finalised; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [39118/19]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Areas of Natural Constraint Scheme Payments (26 Sep 2019)

Charlie McConalogue: 152. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine when an ANC payment will issue to a person (details supplied) in County Donegal; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [39157/19]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Beef Industry (26 Sep 2019)

Charlie McConalogue: 156. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the amount involved if all applications submitted to the beef emergency aid measure scheme were approved; and the value for approved applicants to date. [39264/19]

Ceisteanna ar Reachtaíocht a Gealladh - Questions on Promised Legislation (25 Sep 2019)

Charlie McConalogue: To add to what Deputy Martin Kenny said, many farmers did not apply for the BEAM scheme because they were not in an environmental scheme. The Minister needs to re-open the GLAS scheme to allow these farmers access to it because many of them are losing out on income as a result of not being in it. As stated by Deputy Kenny, they were also precluded from entering the BEAM scheme if they do...

Written Answers — Department of Health: HSE Staff Recruitment (25 Sep 2019)

Charlie McConalogue: 121. To ask the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 416 of 21 May 2019, the status of the recruitment of a key worker for teenagers with physical sensory disabilities in County Donegal; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [38979/19]

Agrifood and Rural Development: Motion (24 Sep 2019)

Charlie McConalogue: I am sharing my time with my colleagues and we will all take two minutes each. The Taoiseach recently indicated that he wants to eat less beef but beef has been a regular feature on the menu in the Chamber in the past two weeks - twice last week and again today. That is only right considering the very difficult position farmers find themselves in, the unacceptable incomes they receive...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Veterinary Council of Ireland Report: Discussion (24 Sep 2019)

Charlie McConalogue: I will take up where Deputy Cahill left off. There is a lot of concern regarding the impact of the decision to open up ownership to laypersons. In my county, practices have closed down having moved into lay ownership. Many concerns were raised about this in advance by both vets and Veterinary Ireland, which is the representative body for the vast majority of practice vets and which...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Veterinary Council of Ireland Report: Discussion (24 Sep 2019)

Charlie McConalogue: That was in writing.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Veterinary Council of Ireland Report: Discussion (24 Sep 2019)

Charlie McConalogue: If the council had sought specific relevant legal advice prior to the changes in the code in 2017, does Ms Muldoon think we would be in the situation we are in, whereby non-registered persons are operating veterinary practices outside of the regulation of the council and in contravention of the Veterinary Practice Act 2005?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Veterinary Council of Ireland Report: Discussion (24 Sep 2019)

Charlie McConalogue: If I may, I will delve further into the legal advice the council received on lay ownership prior to the decision to change the code in December 2017. Ms Muldoon stated previously that that legal advice indicated that the council did not have any specific role in legal ownership, but the legislation is silent on the matter. What did the legal advice say to the council about its capacity,...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Veterinary Council of Ireland Report: Discussion (24 Sep 2019)

Charlie McConalogue: Yes, but I am asking for the detail of that advice. What was so solid about the advice that the council could not continue with its previous code, which prohibited lay ownership? The Act is silent on the matter. Did that legal advice not then leave it open and give the council discretion to continue to prohibit lay ownership on the basis that it could have an impact on the operation of...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Veterinary Council of Ireland Report: Discussion (24 Sep 2019)

Charlie McConalogue: No. I refer to the initial advice given prior to the decision to change the code in December 2017.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Veterinary Council of Ireland Report: Discussion (24 Sep 2019)

Charlie McConalogue: Regarding the advice the council received prior to the initial decision to change the code, which allowed for lay ownership, the decision to change the code was later paused and the council carried wider consultation. However, in advance of the initial decision to change the code to allow for lay ownership in the future, as I hear it here, the advice on the specifics of the legality of...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Veterinary Council of Ireland Report: Discussion (24 Sep 2019)

Charlie McConalogue: That legal advice is not particularly directional though in that it stated there was no legal impediment. It does not specifically require the council to change its code of conduct either in that it does not say there is a legal impediment. It states that lay ownership should be allowed, so it strikes me that it left it very much in the Veterinary Council's court as to how it might proceed.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Veterinary Council of Ireland Report: Discussion (24 Sep 2019)

Charlie McConalogue: Can Mr. Ó Scanaill elaborate a little on that? What does he mean when he says there was lay involvement previously? Was that in contradiction of the code?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Veterinary Council of Ireland Report: Discussion (24 Sep 2019)

Charlie McConalogue: Companies buying out practices put non-compete clauses into vets' contracts so that if they leave, they cannot set up in the same area. Would that not be the expected practice of businesses coming into this market? They could therefore completely impede this and put a burden on the vet's freedom of movement and his or her capacity to properly meet their responsibilities.