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Forestry Bill 2013: Report Stage (Resumed) (17 Sep 2014)

Éamon Ó Cuív: I thought that replanting was not absolutely required in every case and there are circumstances where replanting is not required. We are looking at the condition in the Bill where replanting is required. I refer to section 17(4)(b) of the Bill which requires the replanting of trees. The worry is that as this is written, in the case of a person who is growing commercial forestry the...

Forestry Bill 2013: Report Stage (Resumed) (17 Sep 2014)

Éamon Ó Cuív: I was fascinated by the answer of the Minister of State. If I apply for planning permission tomorrow, statutory timelines apply and they must deal with everything mentioned by the Minister of State, including SACs, SPAs, the IFI and the National Parks and Wildlife Service. There is a tendency in this country when someone gets a file in an agency to throw it down and leave it if there is no...

Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: Leader Programmes Administration (17 Sep 2014)

Éamon Ó Cuív: The Minister is saying that Cork gets three local action groups, even though the county does not have the geographical differences so clearly defined and nor has it three times the rural population of Galway. Therefore, Cork gets three and Galway gets one, despite the fact that one cannot drive from east Galway to west Galway without going through another local authority area. I ask the...

Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: Leader Programmes Administration (17 Sep 2014)

Éamon Ó Cuív: It is not bigger.

Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: Leader Programmes Administration (17 Sep 2014)

Éamon Ó Cuív: Is the Minister confirming that there will not be a LAG for the islands?

Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: Leader Programmes Administration (17 Sep 2014)

Éamon Ó Cuív: 4. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government the progress made to date in selecting entities to deliver the SICAP and Leader programmes 2014-20; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [34560/14]

Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: Leader Programmes Administration (17 Sep 2014)

Éamon Ó Cuív: There has been much controversy about SICAP and the linked Leader programme and its relationship to development companies. I am interested in getting an update from the Minister on what is happening, the basis for decisions made and whether the interest of all communities in Ireland are being properly represented in what is happening.

Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: Leader Programmes Administration (17 Sep 2014)

Éamon Ó Cuív: I congratulate the Minister and his able deputy beside him on their appointments.

Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: Leader Programmes Administration (17 Sep 2014)

Éamon Ó Cuív: From the Minister's comment, it seems possible that a different company will deliver the SICAP programme with a separate company delivering the Leader programme in the same geographic area. Perhaps the Minister can confirm whether it is possible under the new arrangement. Under the rural development plan sent to Brussels, despite the population of Galway and the fact that it is physically...

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Community Development Projects (17 Sep 2014)

Éamon Ó Cuív: 22. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government if he will cease funding the special Traveller projects and the Women’s Network as stand-alone projects; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [34308/14]

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Leader Programmes Expenditure (17 Sep 2014)

Éamon Ó Cuív: 28. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government the total project funding provided under the Leader programme 2007-2014; the amount spent to date; the amount spent to date in 2014; if he is satisfied that all of this funding will be drawn down by the end of the programme; the latest date for the completion of projects under the programme; and if he will make a...

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Social Welfare Benefits Expenditure (17 Sep 2014)

Éamon Ó Cuív: 150. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the total expenditure by her Department on rent supplement and mortgage supplement, respectively, in each year since 2010, including 2014 to the end of August; the reasons for the change in the amounts paid; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [34507/14]

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Community Employment Drug Rehabilitation Projects (17 Sep 2014)

Éamon Ó Cuív: 52. To ask the Minister for Social Protection her plans to restore the funding for the community employment drug rehabilitation programme in 2015; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [34516/14]

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Rent Supplement Scheme Administration (17 Sep 2014)

Éamon Ó Cuív: 149. To ask the Minister for Social Protection if it is intended to revise the rent caps for the receipt of rent supplement in view of the increase in rents, particularly in urban areas, since the last review and the difficulty that many persons, in need of accommodation, are having renting properties below the current thresholds; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [34506/14]

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Exceptional Needs Payments (17 Sep 2014)

Éamon Ó Cuív: 151. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the expenditure on exceptional needs payments in each year since 2010, including 2014 to the end of August; the reasons for the changes in the amount paid; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [34508/14]

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Rural Social Scheme Administration (17 Sep 2014)

Éamon Ó Cuív: 152. To ask the Minister for Social Protection her plans to cap the period a participant can remain on the rural social scheme to three years; if this is under consideration; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [34537/14]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Agri-taxation Issues (17 Sep 2014)

Éamon Ó Cuív: 309. To ask the Minister for Finance the details of all farmer specific tax breaks available in 2013; the number of farmers who availed of each tax scheme in 2013; the estimated cost of each scheme in 2013; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [34475/14]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Home Renovation Incentive Scheme Data (17 Sep 2014)

Éamon Ó Cuív: 310. To ask the Minister for Finance the number of persons to date who have availed of the special new tax relief introduced this year for the upgrading of residential properties; the estimated tax foregone by this tax relief to date in 2015 and 2016; the estimated number of extra jobs created by this tax relief to date; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [34524/14]

Written Answers — Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Exports Controls (17 Sep 2014)

Éamon Ó Cuív: 426. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the total amount of export licences that were issued in the past three years for the export of military goods; the countries of export to which these licences related and the amount involved in each case; if there is any policy to refuse such licences to export to countries involved in current conflicts; and if he will make a...

Written Answers — Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Arms Trade (17 Sep 2014)

Éamon Ó Cuív: 427. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation his role in the development of policy for the armaments industry in the EU; if he has supported the development of such a policy or opposed it; if he voted against any proposals at the EU ministers' Council he attends to strengthen this industry; if he has proposed an EU ban on armaments sales to countries that do not adhere to the...