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Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Farm Retirement Scheme Data (7 Sep 2018)

Charlie McConalogue: 1019. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the amount allocated in each year of the 2014-2020 rural development programme to the early retirement scheme; the amount drawn down in each year and to date in 2018; the number of farmers that participated in the scheme; and his views on having such a scheme post-2020. [36948/18]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Knowledge Transfer Programme (7 Sep 2018)

Charlie McConalogue: 1020. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the number of knowledge transfer group participants that have and have not completed animal health measures, respectively, by county, in tabular form. [36949/18]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Knowledge Transfer Programme (7 Sep 2018)

Charlie McConalogue: 1021. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the number of knowledge transfer group participants that have and have not completed respectively farm improvement plans; and the number of knowledge transfer groups meetings that took place by the 31July deadline by county, in tabular form. [36950/18]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Brexit Data (7 Sep 2018)

Charlie McConalogue: 1022. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine further to Parliamentary Question No. 585 of 12 July 2018, the status of the data in relation to quarter one. [36951/18]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Fish Landings (7 Sep 2018)

Charlie McConalogue: 1023. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the percentage of landings made from the UK exclusive economic zone for each specific fishing stock, in tabular form. [36952/18]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Fish Exports (7 Sep 2018)

Charlie McConalogue: 1024. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the progress made on targets to increase fish exports in volume and value terms as per Foodwise 2025. [36953/18]

Written Answers — Department of Rural and Community Development: Leader Programmes Expenditure (7 Sep 2018)

Charlie McConalogue: 1195. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development the breakdown between total funds expended on administration costs and the total amount on project costs on the Leader programme in each year of the 2014-2020 rural development programme and to date in 2018. [36936/18]

Written Answers — Department of Rural and Community Development: Rural Development Programme Funding (7 Sep 2018)

Charlie McConalogue: 1196. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development the financial allocations on an annual basis under the 2014-2020 rural development programme as per measure 19 support for Leader local development; the annual amount expended on the programme in each year of the rural development programme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [36937/18]

Written Answers — Department of Rural and Community Development: Departmental Expenditure (7 Sep 2018)

Charlie McConalogue: 1197. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development the amount allocated by current and capital expenditure in 2018 to schemes (details supplied). [36938/18]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Illness Benefit Payments (7 Sep 2018)

Charlie McConalogue: 1274. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the status of an illness benefit payment for a person (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [36381/18]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Illness Benefit Payments (7 Sep 2018)

Charlie McConalogue: 1275. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the reason for the delay in issuing illness benefit payments; if she will clarify same with regard to the change in the processing system for sick certificates; the way in which this change was communicated to those in receipt of the payment and to general practitioners that are required to fill out the forms; and if she...

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Partial Capacity Benefit Scheme Applications (7 Sep 2018)

Charlie McConalogue: 1276. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the reason a partial capacity benefit application has been refused in the case of a person (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [36384/18]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Pensions Reform (7 Sep 2018)

Charlie McConalogue: 1303. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the status of the investigations her Department has carried out with regard to applying PRSI contributions and entitlements for those in receipt of the carer's allowance in order to allow them to qualify for contributory pensions when they reach pension age; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [36604/18]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Further Education and Training Programmes (7 Sep 2018)

Charlie McConalogue: 1304. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection her plans to review the level of training supports available for persons who are unemployed but cannot receive jobseeker's allowance due to the fact that their spouses are working; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [36628/18]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: State Pensions Reform (7 Sep 2018)

Charlie McConalogue: 1305. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the status of the proposed changes to the pension system in 2020; the nature of these changes; the proposals for same; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [36629/18]

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Fodder Shortages and Drought Issues: Discussion (4 Sep 2018)

Charlie McConalogue: I thank the Minister and his officials for attending today to discuss the very real crisis facing the farming community. At the outset, I wish to express my disappointment with the fact that this meeting was not convened earlier. We requested a meeting with the Minister and his officials in mid-August but the earliest available date was not until today. Overall, the situation facing...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Fodder Shortages and Drought Issues: Discussion (4 Sep 2018)

Charlie McConalogue: I thank the representatives from AIB, Bank of Ireland and the SBCI for taking the time to come in, present to us today and discuss fodder supports. The witnesses were in the Public Gallery for our earlier discussion with the Minister and they are well aware of the challenges facing the farming sector with regard to the weather and the shortage of fodder as we head into winter. A key point...

Questions on Promised Legislation (12 Jul 2018)

Charlie McConalogue: The Tánaiste will have seen over last weekend the tremendous success of the hosting of the Dubai Duty Free Irish Open at Ballyliffin Golf Club in Donegal. Its tremendous success was a great credit to the management, staff and members of Ballyliffin Golf Club, as well as Donegal County Council for its advance preparations. It was also a credit to the many members of the local community...

Other Questions: Brexit Supports (12 Jul 2018)

Charlie McConalogue: I note that the Minister said he had seen the Irish Farmers' Journalthis week. He will have seen how the SBCI clarified in a response to the IFA that it did not see farmers being able to access the loan scheme until March next year at the earliest. That is the first half of next year. We know it is complicated to put a loan scheme together, but it pales in significance to the complexity...

Other Questions: Brexit Supports (12 Jul 2018)

Charlie McConalogue: Can the Minister make more of a comment than that?