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- Select Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Estimates for Public Services 2014
Vote 30 - Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine (Revised) (21 Jan 2014) Éamon Ó Cuív: Taking €1,000 from a farmer is much different than taking €1,000 from the Exchequer. Get real. The Department is spending €50 billion.
- Select Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Estimates for Public Services 2014
Vote 30 - Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine (Revised) (21 Jan 2014) Éamon Ó Cuív: Of course.
- Select Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Estimates for Public Services 2014
Vote 30 - Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine (Revised) (21 Jan 2014) Éamon Ó Cuív: It reminds me of the case of the widow woman who by mistake was on the rural social scheme while in receipt of a widow's pension. She was inadvertently overpaid by the rural social scheme. She did not mean to cheat the scheme by €2,300. In fairness to the Department it did not hit the poor widow woman. I would say the ordinary plain people of Ireland would rather spend the fraction...
- Select Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Estimates for Public Services 2014
Vote 30 - Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine (Revised) (21 Jan 2014) Éamon Ó Cuív: Where is it in the rules and the information sent out to farmers? Every week I hear of cases involving 0.1 ha or 0.01 ha. The information the farmer receives does not state what the penalty is.
- Select Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Estimates for Public Services 2014
Vote 30 - Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine (Revised) (21 Jan 2014) Éamon Ó Cuív: There are many small piers and harbour slips along the coast, some of which were built by the Congested Districts Board. An inventory was created by local authorities in some counties, particularly Cork and Galway. When I was Minister, the Department funded some of this work in order that we would have an accurate record of what was in place. It did not involve detailed surveys, rather it...
- Select Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Estimates for Public Services 2014
Vote 30 - Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine (Revised) (21 Jan 2014) Éamon Ó Cuív: I take it subhead D.3.6, integrated administrative control systems, relates to maps.
- Select Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Estimates for Public Services 2014
Vote 30 - Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine (Revised) (21 Jan 2014) Éamon Ó Cuív: The Minister has said only a small percentage of farmers have a figure of more than 3% and that an even smaller percentage have a figure of more than 20%. What percentage have less than ten or 20 ha? The problem is that for a farmer with 100 ha, 3% is 3 ha which is a hell of a mistake to make. However, for a farmer with 10 ha, it is 0.3 ha and for a farmer with 5 ha, it is 0.15 ha. If the...
- Select Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Estimates for Public Services 2014
Vote 30 - Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine (Revised) (21 Jan 2014) Éamon Ó Cuív: My question was about the 16,148 farmers leaving REPS in 2014.
- Select Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Estimates for Public Services 2014
Vote 30 - Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine (Revised) (21 Jan 2014) Éamon Ó Cuív: We were given the figures. Some 12,000 farmers left in 2013 and 16,148 will leave in 2014. The final tranche of 850 will exit in 2015. Does the budget ensure these 16,148 farmers will get their final payments in 2014 so that only 850 farmers will remain to be paid in 2015?
- Select Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Estimates for Public Services 2014
Vote 30 - Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine (Revised) (21 Jan 2014) Éamon Ó Cuív: Does the budget provide for these payments?
- Select Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Estimates for Public Services 2014
Vote 30 - Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine (Revised) (21 Jan 2014) Éamon Ó Cuív: Sometimes people do not get paid exactly when they leave.
- Select Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Estimates for Public Services 2014
Vote 30 - Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine (Revised) (21 Jan 2014) Éamon Ó Cuív: There will be no delay.
- Select Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Estimates for Public Services 2014
Vote 30 - Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine (Revised) (21 Jan 2014) Éamon Ó Cuív: Can the Minister give me the breakdown between them?
- Select Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Estimates for Public Services 2014
Vote 30 - Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine (Revised) (21 Jan 2014) Éamon Ó Cuív: It is not.
- Select Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Estimates for Public Services 2014
Vote 30 - Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine (Revised) (21 Jan 2014) Éamon Ó Cuív: We have an estimate of €184 million for rural environment. It says that 12,000 left REPS 4 in 2013, a further 16,148 will be leaving in 2014 and a final tranche of 850 will be exiting in 2015. How many of the 16,148 farmers leaving in 2014 are budgeted to be paid the last payment under REPS in 2014? Could the Minister give me a breakdown between the early retirement and the...
- Other Questions: Value for Money Reviews (21 Jan 2014)
Éamon Ó Cuív: I did, every one of them.
- Other Questions: Value for Money Reviews (21 Jan 2014)
Éamon Ó Cuív: Yes, always. If somebody, particularly a politician, wanted to meet me, I certainly would have made sure that I saw it.
- Other Questions: Value for Money Reviews (21 Jan 2014)
Éamon Ó Cuív: I just made the time.
- Other Questions: Value for Money Reviews (21 Jan 2014)
Éamon Ó Cuív: Hard work. I had to travel a lot more travel than the Minister.
- Other Questions: Value for Money Reviews (21 Jan 2014)
Éamon Ó Cuív: The Minister has said the request for a meeting was not brought to his attention. The meeting was requested on 13 September. I telephoned the Minister's diary secretary and asked that the importance of offering this meeting be stressed. I was in continuous contact with the Minister's office. When I received a letter refusing a meeting, I wrote to the Taoiseach and telephoned his secretary...