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Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Beef Environmental Efficiency Scheme Data (28 Feb 2019)

Charlie McConalogue: 193. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the number of applications to the beef environmental efficiency pilot scheme by the closing deadline by county in tabular form; and if the deadline will be extended to allow more applications from suckler farmers. [10182/19]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Beef Environmental Efficiency Scheme Data (28 Feb 2019)

Charlie McConalogue: 194. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the number of cows registered with the beef environmental efficiency pilot scheme by the closing deadline by county in tabular form. [10183/19]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Carer's Benefit Applications (28 Feb 2019)

Charlie McConalogue: 218. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection when a decision will be made on a carer's benefit application by a person (details supplied) in County Donegal; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [10149/19]

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Brexit Negotiations (27 Feb 2019)

Charlie McConalogue: 32. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if regulatory alignment on agriculture matters post the UK leaving the European Union has been discussed and agreed as part of the negotiations between the EU Brexit negotiating team and the UK Government; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [9443/19]

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Brexit Negotiations (27 Feb 2019)

Charlie McConalogue: 43. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the details of his engagement with the EU Brexit negotiating team and the UK Government with a view to ensuring regulatory alignment on agriculture matters post the UK leaving the European Union; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [9445/19]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Horse Sport Ireland (27 Feb 2019)

Charlie McConalogue: 172. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine his views on the suggestion in a report (details supplied) on Horse Sport Ireland that the operation of its studbook should be separated from it in view of its role as the national governing body for equestrian sport; his further views on operating a public tender for the management of the Irish Sport Horse draught horse studbook;...

Withdrawal of the United Kingdom from the European Union (Consequential Provisions) Bill 2019: Second Stage (26 Feb 2019)

Charlie McConalogue: It is timely, if unfortunate, that we find ourselves debating this Bill this evening. The Minister outlined some of the key aspects of the Bill and the complexity involved in so many of the areas covered by it. I will focus on agriculture, which is not directly affected by the Bill but is equally complex in terms of the issues thrown up by the threat of a hard Brexit and requires as much...

An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (26 Feb 2019)

Charlie McConalogue: I have a question to the Minister for Housing, Planning and Local Government on the progress, or indeed the lack of progress, on the publication of a mica redress scheme for 5,000 homeowners in County Donegal, and some in County Mayo, whose houses in many cases are crumbling around them. This is something the Government promised as far back as the budget last year. The delays we have seen...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Tenant Purchase Scheme Administration (26 Feb 2019)

Charlie McConalogue: 637. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the reason local authority apartment tenants are barred from availing of the tenant purchase scheme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [9142/19]

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: TB Eradication Programme: Discussion (26 Feb 2019)

Charlie McConalogue: I thank Professor More for his very interesting and insightful presentation. Under the pre-movement test which is being proposed at European level for adoption, including in Ireland, if a herd is six months out of test, it must have a pre-movement test within 30 days of movement. Is there any scientific basis for that being of assistance to the eradication programme? Would it be productive...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: TB Eradication Programme: Discussion (26 Feb 2019)

Charlie McConalogue: I seek a brief clarification from Professor More. He mentioned that a study in Michigan found that TB was escalating in deer in an area where there were no bovines and that the infection could not be related to bovines. That shows that they were transmitting it among themselves. Can we say with certainty that they also have the same capacity to transmit it to bovines?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: TB Eradication Programme: Discussion (26 Feb 2019)

Charlie McConalogue: I welcome the representatives from Veterinary Ireland here today. I thank the witnesses for taking the time to come before us and for their presentation. I am interested in their perspective on Professor More's commentary and any thoughts they might have on it in terms of the efficacy of the current eradication programme and the risk-based approach which he believes is required. He...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: TB Eradication Programme: Discussion (26 Feb 2019)

Charlie McConalogue: Mr. Geraghty has said that we need to get the reproductive ratio below 1. What exactly is the reproductive ratio?

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Rural Development Programme Funding (21 Feb 2019)

Charlie McConalogue: 156. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the financial allocations on an annual basis under the 2014 to 2020 RDP for schemes (details supplied); the annual amount expended on the schemes in each year since established and to date in 2019; the number of active participants in the scheme; and the number of approved applicants that subsequently withdrew from each scheme in...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: GLAS Data (21 Feb 2019)

Charlie McConalogue: 157. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the number of persons in receipt of GLAS 1, 2 and 3 that have received the 85% advance payment of the 2018 payment by county, in tabular form; the number of persons that have passed all payment approval checks and are awaiting the 85% portion of the 2018 payment; the number of GLAS recipients that have yet to receive this portion...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Departmental Schemes (21 Feb 2019)

Charlie McConalogue: 158. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the number of participants in a former scheme (details supplied); and the moneys expended on the scheme. [8931/19]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Food Exports (21 Feb 2019)

Charlie McConalogue: 159. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the volume and value of butter exports to each applicable country in 2017 and 2018; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [8932/19]

Ceisteanna ar Reachtaíocht a Gealladh - Questions on Promised Legislation (20 Feb 2019)

Charlie McConalogue: Yesterday the Taoiseach chided members of the Opposition for indicating that capital projects might be delayed as a result of the total mismanagement by the Government of the national children's hospital project. I want to ask the Taoiseach about comments made in a radio interview in County Donegal by his Cabinet Minister, Deputy Joe McHugh, where he indicated that a number of community...

Death of Former Member: Expressions of Sympathy (20 Feb 2019)

Charlie McConalogue: They have great modesty, too.

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Pyrite Remediation Programme (20 Feb 2019)

Charlie McConalogue: 45. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the status of the establishment of the MICA redress scheme; the planned commencement date of the scheme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [8179/19]