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Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Agriculture and Fisheries Councils and Report on Promoting Sustainable Rural Coastal and Island Communities: Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine (10 Jun 2014)

Éamon Ó Cuív: I have a question on the active farmer element. The Minister seems to be saying two things.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Agriculture and Fisheries Councils and Report on Promoting Sustainable Rural Coastal and Island Communities: Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine (10 Jun 2014)

Éamon Ó Cuív: Now he has introduced tier 3. Is there a lower threshold for tier 3 regarding commonages?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Agriculture and Fisheries Councils and Report on Promoting Sustainable Rural Coastal and Island Communities: Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine (10 Jun 2014)

Éamon Ó Cuív: Is it just 50%?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Agriculture and Fisheries Councils and Report on Promoting Sustainable Rural Coastal and Island Communities: Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine (10 Jun 2014)

Éamon Ó Cuív: Can I have one or two clear answers?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Agriculture and Fisheries Councils and Report on Promoting Sustainable Rural Coastal and Island Communities: Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine (10 Jun 2014)

Éamon Ó Cuív: Can I ask a final question?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Agriculture and Fisheries Councils and Report on Promoting Sustainable Rural Coastal and Island Communities: Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine (10 Jun 2014)

Éamon Ó Cuív: If there are 50 active farmers in a commonage, that is 50 people who have submitted a single farm payment application, is the Minister saying that 25 of them must put their farms into GLAS at the one time, and it must be the total farm? I ask because that was the answer that I was given here previously.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Agriculture and Fisheries Councils and Report on Promoting Sustainable Rural Coastal and Island Communities: Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine (10 Jun 2014)

Éamon Ó Cuív: Is there a definition of island?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Agriculture and Fisheries Councils and Report on Promoting Sustainable Rural Coastal and Island Communities: Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine (10 Jun 2014)

Éamon Ó Cuív: Perhaps the Minister will explain them to us. It did take five months. If 30,000 farmers suddenly seek new GLAS plans the planners will have to work promptly. There are other factors which could cause delays. Time will prove me right that it will be late 2016 before the payments start to flow. The Minister mentioned that much is in the rural development plan. Does he mean expenditure...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Agriculture and Fisheries Councils and Report on Promoting Sustainable Rural Coastal and Island Communities: Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine (10 Jun 2014)

Éamon Ó Cuív: On the milk situation, I note what the Minister said about efforts to reverse the policy. My main concern is that some people might become involved in huge investments in milk without doing proper price sensitivity tests and factoring in enough volatility. There is always a temptation on the part of people who go to invest to think that they have considered the best scenario and the worst...

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Rural Social Scheme Administration (10 Jun 2014)

Éamon Ó Cuív: 105. To ask the Minister for Social Protection her policy regarding the rural social scheme; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [24109/14]

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Farm Assist Scheme Eligibility (10 Jun 2014)

Éamon Ó Cuív: 118. To ask the Minister for Social Protection her policy regarding the farm assist scheme; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [24110/14]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Schools Building Projects Status (10 Jun 2014)

Éamon Ó Cuív: 233. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if the tender process in respect of a major building project at a school (details supplied) in County Galway has been completed; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [24420/14]

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Flood Prevention Measures (10 Jun 2014)

Éamon Ó Cuív: 279. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the reason for the delay in commencing the next phase of flood prevention works on the Clare River in County Galway; the progress made to date in the preparatory work on this project; the finance allocated to the project for 2014; when works will commence on same; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [24731/14]

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: State Pension (Contributory) Expenditure (10 Jun 2014)

Éamon Ó Cuív: 301. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the annual saving being achieved in 2014 arising from the reduction in payment of State pension to persons who do not have an average of 48 contributions per annum; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [24104/14]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Disadvantaged Areas Scheme Payments (10 Jun 2014)

Éamon Ó Cuív: 418. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine when payment under the 2013 disadvantaged area based scheme will issue to a person (details supplied) in County Galway; the reason for the delay in issuing this payment; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [24421/14]

Local and Community Development Programmes: Motion (Resumed) [Private Members] (5 Jun 2014)

Éamon Ó Cuív: While some of the Minister of State's points answered some of the points I made, she was told the SICAP would have to go out to tender, and that is why I did not raise the issue yesterday. Leader also had to be put out to tender last time, and we did so. The problem is this will never capture the public imagination because the devil is in the detail. The last time, the winning companies...

Other Questions: Job Creation (5 Jun 2014)

Éamon Ó Cuív: What is the maximum grant?

Other Questions: Job Creation (5 Jun 2014)

Éamon Ó Cuív: I asked specifically about the maximum grant.

Other Questions: Job Creation (5 Jun 2014)

Éamon Ó Cuív: What is the maximum?

Other Questions: Job Creation (5 Jun 2014)

Éamon Ó Cuív: 8. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the policy approach he is taking to the creation of jobs in rural Ireland; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [23811/14]