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Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Invalidity Pension Payments (12 Dec 2018)

Charlie McConalogue: 250. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection when a decision will issue on an invalidity pension for a person (details supplied) in County Donegal; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [52322/18]

Ceisteanna ar Reachtaíocht a Gealladh - Questions on Promised Legislation (11 Dec 2018)

Charlie McConalogue: My question relates to another matter.

Ceisteanna ar Reachtaíocht a Gealladh - Questions on Promised Legislation (11 Dec 2018)

Charlie McConalogue: This is a question for the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine regarding the issue of carcass trimming by beef factories. I raised it with him last week and he undertook to ensure that factories will offer recompense to farmers where this has happened. Will he give an assurance that those factories which are found to have over-trimmed carcasses, and therefore deducted unfairly...

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Garda Station Refurbishment (11 Dec 2018)

Charlie McConalogue: 162. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform further to Parliamentary Question No. 158 of 25 September 2018, the status of the refurbishment of a Garda station (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [51517/18]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Ministerial Correspondence (11 Dec 2018)

Charlie McConalogue: 178. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills when a reply will issue to an interim reply (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [51550/18]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Appointments Administration (11 Dec 2018)

Charlie McConalogue: 363. To ask the Minister for Health when a patient that is in long-term care in an institution needs to attend an outpatients appointment in a general hospital, the person or body responsible for taking the person to and from the appointment; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [51801/18]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Appointments Administration (11 Dec 2018)

Charlie McConalogue: 364. To ask the Minister for Health the person or body responsible for bringing a person to and from an appointment in cases in which a patient that is in long-term care in an institution needs to attend an outpatient's appointment in a general hospital; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [51809/18]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Orthodontic Services Data (11 Dec 2018)

Charlie McConalogue: 379. To ask the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 364 of 4 December 2018, the number of children waiting on orthodontic treatment by grade and length of time waiting at Letterkenny University Hospital in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [52020/18]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Imports Data (11 Dec 2018)

Charlie McConalogue: 407. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the number of live bovine animals imported in each of the years 2016, 2017 and to date 2018 by calves, weanlings, store cattle, finished cattle and cows; if they were for breeding purposes or otherwise; the countries of origin of these animals; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [51997/18]

Written Answers — Department of Children and Youth Affairs: Legislative Programme (11 Dec 2018)

Charlie McConalogue: 477. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the status of the Adoption (Information and Tracing) Bill 2016; when same will be enacted; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [51516/18]

Written Answers — Department of Rural and Community Development: Town and Village Renewal Scheme (11 Dec 2018)

Charlie McConalogue: 490. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development further to Parliamentary Question No. 851 of 10 July 2018, the status of the pilot scheme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [51515/18]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Illness Benefit Payments (11 Dec 2018)

Charlie McConalogue: 519. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the reason an illness benefit claim has not issued to a person (details supplied); if payment can issue as soon as possible; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [51704/18]

Ceisteanna ar Reachtaíocht a Gealladh - Questions on Promised Legislation (6 Dec 2018)

Charlie McConalogue: This is a question to the Minister for Housing, Planning and Local Government. It relates to the development of a mica redress scheme for homeowners in Donegal who are affected by defective concrete blocks. As the Minister will know, following an announcement on budget day the Government made a commitment to develop a scheme by the end of this year. Unfortunately, this process has seen too...

Ceisteanna - Questions - Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Meat Processing Plants (6 Dec 2018)

Charlie McConalogue: I asked the Minister specifically to confirm if he will name the factories that have breached the trimming guidelines. He has avoided answering that question until now. I ask him to be specific and give an assurance today that he will ensure that those that breached the guidelines will be named by him and that he will not protect them from being held accountable for their failures in that...

Ceisteanna - Questions - Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Meat Processing Plants (6 Dec 2018)

Charlie McConalogue: -----for the losses incurred so far, and that there will be transparency in the system for beef trimming in the future?

Ceisteanna - Questions - Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Meat Processing Plants (6 Dec 2018)

Charlie McConalogue: 1. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine his views on the price beef farmers are receiving for their produce from factories; the number of times to date in 2018 that beef processing factories have been fined for breaching EU carcass trimming rules; the range of fines imposed; the maximum level that can be imposed; the number of factory inspections by officials in 2018 to...

Ceisteanna - Questions - Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Meat Processing Plants (6 Dec 2018)

Charlie McConalogue: I ask the Minister to discuss the poor price that beef farmers are currently receiving for their produce from meat factories. I also ask him to detail the number of times to date in 2018 that beef processing factories have been fined for breaching EU carcass trimming rules, including the range of the fines and the maximum amount that can currently be imposed. I further ask him to provide...

Ceisteanna - Questions - Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Meat Processing Plants (6 Dec 2018)

Charlie McConalogue: I thank the Minister for his reply. The EU regulation on beef trimming specifically states that no fat, muscle or other tissue may be removed from the carcass before weighing, classifying and marking, except in cases where veterinary requirements are applied. The fact that 21 fines have been applied in 2018 shows clearly that there have been breaches of the carcass trimming regulations....

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Beef Industry Irregularities (6 Dec 2018)

Charlie McConalogue: 25. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the number of times to date in 2018 that beef processing factories have been fined for breaching EU carcass trimming rules; the range of fines imposed; the maximum level that can be imposed; the number of inspections by officials in 2018 in such factories to check that grading and trimming is in compliance with regulations; and if...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Agriculture Schemes (6 Dec 2018)

Charlie McConalogue: 30. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the details of the €20 million beef environmental efficiency pilot scheme introduced in budget 2019; the maximum payment per cow and weanling; when the scheme will open; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [51169/18]