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

Éamon Ó Cuív: 538. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine when he will set up a commonage working group; if he will appoint an independent chairman to this group; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [6880/14]

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

Éamon Ó Cuív: 539. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if farmers who applied for and were not accepted on the agri-environment options scheme in 2013 will be a priority group for acceptance in the green low-carbon agri-environment scheme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [6881/14]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Single Payment Scheme Eligibility (11 Feb 2014)

Éamon Ó Cuív: 540. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the total amount of land deemed ineligible for single farm payments in 2013; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [6882/14]

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

Éamon Ó Cuív: 541. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the monetary amount of penalties imposed each year on farmers since the single farm payment was introduced; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [6883/14]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Disadvantaged Areas Scheme Application Numbers (11 Feb 2014)

Éamon Ó Cuív: 542. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the number of applicants under the disadvantaged areas scheme 2013; the number paid to date; the number remaining to be paid, broken down by county; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [6884/14]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Targeted Agricultural Modernisation Scheme Application Numbers (11 Feb 2014)

Éamon Ó Cuív: 543. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the total number of applicants who have applied under each measure of the targeted agricultural modernisation scheme to date; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [6885/14]

Written Answers — Department of Children and Youth Affairs: Official Engagements (11 Feb 2014)

Éamon Ó Cuív: 561. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs if she will provide details of all official engagements by her or the Ministers of State in her Department that have taken place in Northern Ireland since she took office; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [6813/14]

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

Éamon Ó Cuív: 642. To ask the Minister for Health 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. [6820/14]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Medical Card Eligibility (11 Feb 2014)

Éamon Ó Cuív: 649. To ask the Minister for Health if the Health Service Executive have the legal right to refuse a medical card patient (details supplied) in County Galway two weeks free recuperative care after a serious operation on the basis that the person is a subscriber to a private health insurer; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [6876/14]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Official Engagements (11 Feb 2014)

Éamon Ó Cuív: 680. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport 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. [6826/14]

Order of Business (6 Feb 2014)

Éamon Ó Cuív: I wish to raise two issues. The first is the leaks caused by Uisce Éireann when putting in water meters in Dublin city. I understand Dublin City Council has had to fork out €136,000 to repair leaks caused by Uisce Éireann. What is the policy or legislation that specifies that a city council would have to foot the bill for the bad work of a semi-state body? The second...

Leaders' Questions (6 Feb 2014)

Éamon Ó Cuív: This morning, INMO representative Mr. Derek Reilly claimed that Tallaght hospital is unsafe and dangerous. He said that while he had great confidence in the staff, he would not like to be admitted to the accident and emergency unit. He said the unit is unfit for purpose owing to overcrowding and that the staffing level is lower than in 2012. As the Tánaiste knows, that is the same...

Leaders' Questions (6 Feb 2014)

Éamon Ó Cuív: The Tánaiste seems to be dismissing out of hand the concerns of front-line staff. It appears that the Government does not listen to the people at the coalface. We know this problem is not confined to Tallaght hospital because there is a crisis in the hospitals in Galway, Limerick and Castlebar and many others.

Leaders' Questions (6 Feb 2014)

Éamon Ó Cuív: There are 286 patients on trolleys across the country. Despite all the massaging of the figures, the fact is that there was a 2% increase in the number of patients on trolleys last year. The way this problem is being solved by the HSE is that it is sending people messages asking them not to turn up for their elective or day surgery. Time and again, people are ringing every constituency...

Written Answers — Department of Defence: Overseas Missions (6 Feb 2014)

Éamon Ó Cuív: 34. To ask the Minister for Defence the number of overseas missions that currently involve military personnel; the number of these under the auspices of the UN; the location of each mission; the number of these that involve the EU or NATO; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [5559/14]

Written Answers — Department of Defence: Common Security and Defence Policy (6 Feb 2014)

Éamon Ó Cuív: 31. To ask the Minister for Defence his policy on common defence; his policy of co-operation in the area of military capability development at EU level; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [3528/14]

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Irish Language Issues (6 Feb 2014)

Éamon Ó Cuív: 78. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if his Department, which has responsibility for the public service and in particular staffing issues in the Civil Service, has a database of the linguistic competency of civil servants to do their business in the two official languages of the State, Irish and English; if he has the method used to determine this competency; the number...

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Community Employment Schemes Eligibility (6 Feb 2014)

Éamon Ó Cuív: 99. To ask the Minister for Social Protection if participants on community employment schemes can remain on these schemes until they are sixty six years of age in view of the raising of the State pension age to 66 since 1 January 2014, with the abolition of the State pension transition; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [6067/14]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Land Eligibility Overclaims (6 Feb 2014)

Éamon Ó Cuív: 167. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine when an appeal made by a person (details supplied) against a cut of €1043.88 in their payments due to the issue of eligible hectares will be heard; if an oral hearing is planned; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [6064/14]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Common Agricultural Policy Reform (6 Feb 2014)

Éamon Ó Cuív: 168. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if farmers who have had their eligible hectares reduced in reviews of eligible hectares will have their total entitlements adjusted to match their eligible hectares by reducing the number of entitlements and increasing the value of each entitlement for the purpose of the BNS and Greening payment 2015-2020; and if he will make a...