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Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: Severe Weather Events Response (11 Feb 2014)

Éamon Ó Cuív: No, the Minister referred to a period of two weeks.

Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: Severe Weather Events Response (11 Feb 2014)

Éamon Ó Cuív: The Minister referred to fencing being restored in two weeks. It would not be possible to restore stone walls in the same amount of time. Massive walls, which took years to build, have been completed destroyed.

Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: Severe Weather Events Response (11 Feb 2014)

Éamon Ó Cuív: Is the Minister stating that those who cannot restore such walls in that time will be penalised?

Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: Severe Weather Events Response (11 Feb 2014)

Éamon Ó Cuív: Inspections over the next three or four weeks are not an issue because they are covered by force majeure rules, regardless of whether the Minister agrees with that view. With regard to the 2014 applications for single farm payments, however, if land is lost to the sea or cannot be foraged because it is covered in boulders, will farmers have to adjust the acreage of their land accordingly?...

Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: Severe Weather Events Response (11 Feb 2014)

Éamon Ó Cuív: I asked a number of specific questions that come under the Minister's remit. I did not ask about bridges and so on because they do not come under his remit. I asked questions about single farm payment applications. Will they have to be adjusted for May this year to account for loss of land or land that is no longer a forageable area because the strand or boulders are now on the land? In...

Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: Severe Weather Events Response (11 Feb 2014)

Éamon Ó Cuív: 88. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine to set out the steps he has taken to assist farmers and fishermen who have suffered serious loss during the recent inclement weather; the assistance sought from the EU to date; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [6499/14]

Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: Severe Weather Events Response (11 Feb 2014)

Éamon Ó Cuív: I know the Minister came to Galway on a surprise visit on Friday. I hope he saw all the damage that has been caused to farmers' lands all over the place. They have lost land and other land has been destroyed from a fodder point of view. Fences and walls have been knocked. Furthermore, slips and piers have been damaged and some fishermen have lost boats. Many fishermen have lost lobster...

Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: Beef Industry Issues (11 Feb 2014)

Éamon Ó Cuív: The Minister mentioned the word "cartel" and referred to some people's belief that there was one.

Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: Beef Industry Issues (11 Feb 2014)

Éamon Ó Cuív: Is he saying definitively that is he satisfied that there is no manipulation or cartel operating in the beef industry? What discussions has the Minister had with his British and Northern counterparts on the labelling issue? It is extraordinary how fond the British are getting of British beef, in that its price keeps increasing compared with beef's price in Ireland. What advice would the...

Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: Beef Industry Issues (11 Feb 2014)

Éamon Ó Cuív: I thank the Minister for his very comprehensive reply. However, throughout the long and involved reply, he did not mention any action taken by him. He seems happy to have a laissez-faire attitude towards the market, that everything is okay so let us not interfere in any way. Is the Minister satisfied there is no difficulty in putting live cattle on boats in Dublin and transporting them by...

Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: Beef Industry Issues (11 Feb 2014)

Éamon Ó Cuív: 85. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the steps he has taken to deal with the low price of young bulls for slaughter at present; the further steps he has taken to deal with the price differential between the price of beef in the factories here and in Britain; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [6498/14]

Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: Beef Industry Issues (11 Feb 2014)

Éamon Ó Cuív: 85. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the steps he has taken to deal with the low price of young bulls for slaughter at present; the further steps he has taken to deal with the price differential between the price of beef in the factories here and in Britain; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [6498/14]

Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: Beef Industry Issues (11 Feb 2014)

Éamon Ó Cuív: As the Minister is aware, there is a major crisis in the beef industry, particularly as it relates to bull beef. Young bulls are either unsaleable, cannot be got into the factories or are being sold way below their economic cost and bull beef is a very important component of our farming industry. What has the Minister been doing in the past two months to deal with this crisis?

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Rural Development Programme Funding (11 Feb 2014)

Éamon Ó Cuív: 95. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine his plans for Pillar 2 expenditure for the period 2014-2020; the total funding provided for this period; the funding provided for new schemes and projects during the period; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [6339/14]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Agriculture Schemes Administration (11 Feb 2014)

Éamon Ó Cuív: 96. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the way the rules as laid down by the European Commission on the leasing of entitlements will operate here, in particular in cases where the owner of the entitlements has not activated any entitlements in the reference year; the reference year that will be applied; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [6340/14]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Ministerial Newsletters (11 Feb 2014)

Éamon Ó Cuív: 98. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine when he intends to issue the next ministerial newsletters; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [6343/14]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Land Parcel Identification System (11 Feb 2014)

Éamon Ó Cuív: 103. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the number of farmers who have had a review carried out on their eligible hectares in the past year; the number who have had their eligible hectares reduced; the number who have been notified of penalties as a result; the number of these farming 20 ha or less; the number where retrospective disallowances and penalties have been...

Written Answers — Department of An Taoiseach: Official Engagements (11 Feb 2014)

Éamon Ó Cuív: 125. To ask the Taoiseach if he will provide details of all official engagements by him or the Ministers of State in his Department that have taken place in Northern Ireland since he took office; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [6825/14]

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Official Engagements (11 Feb 2014)

Éamon Ó Cuív: 130. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if he will provide details of all official engagements by him or the Ministers of State in his Department that have taken place in Northern Ireland since he took office; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [6819/14]

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Good Friday Agreement (11 Feb 2014)

Éamon Ó Cuív: 131. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the progress made to date on the full implementation of the Good Friday Agreement, with particular reference to the North-South, east –eest and internal Northern Ireland dimensions of the Agreement; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [6888/14]