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Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Prison Accommodation Provision (24 Jun 2014)

Éamon Ó Cuív: 88. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality her policy on prison overcrowding; if there is, in her view, any independent evidence that longer prison sentences reduce the incidence of crime in our society and that it makes it a safer place to live; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [26572/14]

Order of Business (19 Jun 2014)

Éamon Ó Cuív: Could I ask the Minister whether it is proposed to give extra Government time to clear the backlog of the approximately 100 Private Members' Bills that have been published? The Government seems short of legislative business but there is plenty of legislation before the House and all we do is deal with it on a Friday. Would the Minister be amenable to the idea that we would give time during...

Order of Business (19 Jun 2014)

Éamon Ó Cuív: There are more Bills now.

Leaders' Questions (19 Jun 2014)

Éamon Ó Cuív: Before the Minister, Deputy Pat Rabbitte, arrived in the Chamber, I thought we were going to be left, for the second time today, with a Minister of State instead of a Minister. At Question Time this morning-----

Leaders' Questions (19 Jun 2014)

Éamon Ó Cuív: I am aware of that. This morning we had the last Question Time involving questions to the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine before the summer recess, but the Minister was not here. It is very significant that this happened-----

Leaders' Questions (19 Jun 2014)

Éamon Ó Cuív: This is a very serious topical issue.

Leaders' Questions (19 Jun 2014)

Éamon Ó Cuív: Shall I continue?

Leaders' Questions (19 Jun 2014)

Éamon Ó Cuív: The issue I wish to raise is the collapse in beef prices, a serious issue for the 80,000 dry stock farmers in this country. Prices are down 20% since last year, with farmers now getting €200 to €300 less per head. This is happening because of labelling issues that have not been dealt with by the Minister, the new slaughter criteria that were introduced and price manipulation...

Leaders' Questions (19 Jun 2014)

Éamon Ó Cuív: The Minister, Deputy Rabbitte, should ask farmers whether they are having an especially good time. In fact, as we speak, the Irish Farmers Association is conducting a protest - the second in recent weeks - outside the office of the Minister, Deputy Coveney. Those farmers are deeply unhappy with his performance. The Minister, Deputy Rabbitte, can say what he wants in this House but he is...

Other Questions: Milk Quality Assurance Scheme (19 Jun 2014)

Éamon Ó Cuív: It is a long time since I was in the Department. I was there for a year in 2001.

Other Questions: Milk Quality Assurance Scheme (19 Jun 2014)

Éamon Ó Cuív: 6. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the progress made to date by Bord Bia with the milk quality assurance scheme; the number of quality assurance officers it has funded to date; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [26116/14]

Other Questions: Milk Quality Assurance Scheme (19 Jun 2014)

Éamon Ó Cuív: My question refers to the milk quality assurance scheme for the dairy industry. I would like the Minister of State to outline how that is working, the progress made to date and whether he is satisfied with the scheme.

Other Questions: Milk Quality Assurance Scheme (19 Jun 2014)

Éamon Ó Cuív: In my question I sought information on the number of quality assurance officers who have been funded by Bord Bia to date. I am somewhat surprised that this element of the question was not answered. I understand that in some cases when inspectors visit and find non-compliance issues, the farmer corrects that non-compliance issue but there is a massive delay in scheduling a second inspection...

Other Questions: Milk Quality Assurance Scheme (19 Jun 2014)

Éamon Ó Cuív: It has been brought to my attention that many of the people being appointed to the panels are retired or former State employees. I would have thought that with a scheme like this which is being funded by the State through Bord Bia, the Minister would have ensured young graduates or other suitably qualified unemployed people would be given priority for this work. Can the Minister of State...

Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: Agriculture Schemes Penalties (19 Jun 2014)

Éamon Ó Cuív: The money allocated for farming has fallen, despite all the boasting by the Minister that goes on in the Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine. Let us face the facts. According to a parliamentary reply, the level of direct payments from all schemes to farmers in County Galway decreased by 9% between 2011 and 2013, and that was before the fines. Further cuts are being made this...

Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: Agriculture Schemes Penalties (19 Jun 2014)

Éamon Ó Cuív: It is interesting that the Minister of State said that total disallowances from 2002 to 2012 were €25 million, yet now, suddenly, three years into this Government, we are threatened with a fine of €181 million, which I presume the Government is going to fight. Who makes the rules under which we are being fined? The Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine had an...

Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: Agriculture Schemes Penalties (19 Jun 2014)

Éamon Ó Cuív: 4. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the response he has given to the EU in view of the threat of a fine being imposed on his Department in relation to the single farm payment; when he expects this matter to be resolved; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [26239/14]

Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: Agriculture Schemes Penalties (19 Jun 2014)

Éamon Ó Cuív: Huge fines have already been imposed on farmers under various schemes because of errors that they could not have avoided owing to the fact that the accuracy with which a satellite can measure the ground is far greater than that achievable by a human being based on normal methods. In addition, there is now a threat by Europe to impose a very large fine on the Department. No doubt the...

Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: Beef Industry (19 Jun 2014)

Éamon Ó Cuív: To Great Britain. I have all that. It is in the The Irish FarmersJournal.

Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: Beef Industry (19 Jun 2014)

Éamon Ó Cuív: I did not suggest that the Minister should not meet the US Secretary of Agriculture. It is typical of what is happening here where everything is twisted. What I did suggest is that we could have had parliamentary questions on another day. As the Minister of State knows, there is an arrangement to do that and we always accommodate the Government in that regard. I asked about live exports...