Results 15,501-15,520 of 28,255 for speaker:Éamon Ó Cuív

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Direct Payment Scheme Expenditure (4 Mar 2014)

Éamon Ó Cuív: 374. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the total allocation of Pillar 1 funding to Ireland for the period 2014-2020; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10993/14]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Harbours and Piers Funding (4 Mar 2014)

Éamon Ó Cuív: 375. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the details of all applications by Galway City Council and Galway County Council to his Department for funding for remedial and preventative works to marine structures following the storms of the last two months; the details of the projects that have been approved funding; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10996/14]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Single Payment Scheme Eligibility (4 Mar 2014)

Éamon Ó Cuív: 376. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if land that was planted with forestry between 2005 and 2007 will be eligible for consideration as eligible acres for Pillar 1 payments under the Common Agricultural Policy 2014-2020; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [11001/14]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Single Payment Scheme Eligibility (4 Mar 2014)

Éamon Ó Cuív: 377. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if land that was planted with forestry since 2008 will be eligible for consideration as eligible acres for Pillar 1 payments under the Common Agricultural Policy 2014-2020; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [11002/14]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Animal Welfare (4 Mar 2014)

Éamon Ó Cuív: 378. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the assistance available to farmers to assist them in exterminating vermin, including mink; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [11003/14]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: TB Eradication Scheme (4 Mar 2014)

Éamon Ó Cuív: 379. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine his plans to carry out a badger cull in the Annaghdown/Claregalway/Corrandulla area of Galway as a result of an outbreak of bovine TB in the general area; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [11004/14]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Prisoner Releases (27 Feb 2014)

Éamon Ó Cuív: 29. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the number of prisoners who have been released from prison on humanitarian grounds, under the provisions of the relevant Acts, since March 2011; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [9467/14]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Prisoner Numbers (27 Feb 2014)

Éamon Ó Cuív: 30. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the number of prisoners who are in prison for non-payment of fines or for non-payment of debts; the percentage of the prison population involved; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [9468/14]

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: HGV Driver Test Issues (27 Feb 2014)

Éamon Ó Cuív: 117. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform when a decision will be made by the Office of Public Works in relation to securing a suitable location in the County Galway area for the provision of a heavy goods vehicle driving test centre; the reason for the delay in securing such a location in view of the urgent need for such a centre in County Galway; and if he will make a...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Agriculture Schemes Eligibility (27 Feb 2014)

Éamon Ó Cuív: 221. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if for QPS purposes in the paying of a bonus for cattle slaughtered, the number of movements is determined by the number of owners an animal had or the number of movements recorded on the AIMS database or by some other system; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10091/14]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Disadvantaged Areas Scheme Eligibility (27 Feb 2014)

Éamon Ó Cuív: 222. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the number of farmers who were disqualified from the 2012 and 2013 disadvantaged area scheme because they did not have 0.3 LU in 2011 and had 0.15 LU/ha in 2011; the total saving that was achieved by this rule; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10092/14]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Disadvantaged Areas Scheme Eligibility (27 Feb 2014)

Éamon Ó Cuív: 223. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the required stocking density to qualify for the 2011 disadvantaged area scheme; the reason for this stocking density; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10093/14]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Disadvantaged Areas Scheme Eligibility (27 Feb 2014)

Éamon Ó Cuív: 224. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the required stocking density in 2012 to qualify for the 2012 disadvantaged area scheme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10094/14]

Other Questions: Capital Programme Expenditure (26 Feb 2014)

Éamon Ó Cuív: 9. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the gross voted expenditure for 2006; the estimated gross voted expenditure for 2014; the major increases and decreases in the Votes across Departments for those years; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [9300/14]

Other Questions: Capital Programme Expenditure (26 Feb 2014)

Éamon Ó Cuív: This question relates to gross voted expenditure - this includes expenditure relating to all Government Departments but excludes anything that is not directly voted for services - for the years 2006 and 2014. I will be interested in discovering how the two years compared, particularly as the level of expenditure in 2006 was supposed to be significant. I will be especially interested in...

Other Questions: Capital Programme Expenditure (26 Feb 2014)

Éamon Ó Cuív: Is it accurate to state that the amount spent on education between 2006 and 2014 increased by approximately €1 billion. Interestingly enough, and despite the absolute chaos in the health service, the provision for health this year is exactly the same as that which was made in 2006. The allocations for social protection and education and skills have increased by somewhere in the...

Other Questions: Capital Programme Expenditure (26 Feb 2014)

Éamon Ó Cuív: The Government has done so by following the four-year plan we laid out for it.

Other Questions: Capital Programme Expenditure (26 Feb 2014)

Éamon Ó Cuív: Before they went into government, those opposite derided that plan and stated that it was not necessary.

Other Questions: Capital Programme Expenditure (26 Feb 2014)

Éamon Ó Cuív: Nothing of significance was changed. It was always going to be renegotiable because minor changes can always be made.

Other Questions: Capital Programme Expenditure (26 Feb 2014)

Éamon Ó Cuív: There was no significant renegotiation of the plan. The biggest renegotiation was done for the Government by the Greeks, who managed to have the interest rate reduced.