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Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Post-EU Council Meeting of Agriculture and Fisheries: Discussion (29 Mar 2018)

Charlie McConalogue: The Minister seems to be ignoring the fact that there is total disagreement about what the backstop is. There is total disagreement there. It is as plain as the nose on our face.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Post-EU Council Meeting of Agriculture and Fisheries: Discussion (29 Mar 2018)

Charlie McConalogue: They have been saying all along the way that they can leave the EU, do all the things they want, there will be no Border and there will be this mythical frictionless Border. We know it is a load of codswallop. We would be totally wrong to take them at face value because it should not be taken at face value. Until the backstop is agreed in terms of the legal text, it is not solid-----

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Post-EU Council Meeting of Agriculture and Fisheries: Discussion (29 Mar 2018)

Charlie McConalogue: The final point I want to make is that three or four weeks ago, Europe was talking about the legal text for the backstop, which it published and which it was going to press and basically require the UK to agree to. The UK said it would not agree to it and did not agree with the legal text, so instead of Europe forcing the issue and saying it will not move on until the UK agrees to the legal...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Post-EU Council Meeting of Agriculture and Fisheries: Discussion (29 Mar 2018)

Charlie McConalogue: That would be fine if a backstop was agreed-----

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Post-EU Council Meeting of Agriculture and Fisheries: Discussion (29 Mar 2018)

Charlie McConalogue: Minister-----

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Post-EU Council Meeting of Agriculture and Fisheries: Discussion (29 Mar 2018)

Charlie McConalogue: That is a load of nonsense. I am calling a spade a spade and am seeking clarification from the Minister. The Minister should not come back with glib assertions like that. I am calling it as it is in terms of-----

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Post-EU Council Meeting of Agriculture and Fisheries: Discussion (29 Mar 2018)

Charlie McConalogue: Until it is agreed, it is not solid.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Post-EU Council Meeting of Agriculture and Fisheries: Discussion (29 Mar 2018)

Charlie McConalogue: That is a very good question, Chairman. We fully support Food Wise 2025 and when we were in government, we wrote Food Harvest 2020. That was done not only as a blueprint for the development of agriculture, but it was done in a pre-Brexit environment. It set targets and set out the actions required to achieve those targets in the context of a pre-Brexit environment. If those targets are...

Other Questions: Schools Site Acquisitions (29 Mar 2018)

Charlie McConalogue: I remind the Minister this is the second occasion on which a site assessment process has been undertaken by his Department. We had one four years ago which was completed by the ETB, where it identified the preferred sites and engaged with the Department with a view to commencing negotiations. The Minister's Department restarted that process and asked Donegal County Council to do the same...

Other Questions: Schools Site Acquisitions (29 Mar 2018)

Charlie McConalogue: 13. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills when a site is expected to be purchased to accommodate the three-school campus in Buncrana, County Donegal; the timeline of works to ensure that this school campus is completed as soon as possible; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [14259/18]

Other Questions: Schools Site Acquisitions (29 Mar 2018)

Charlie McConalogue: When is a site expected to be purchased to accommodate the three-school campus in Buncrana, County Donegal? What is the timeline of works to ensure that this school campus is completed as soon as possible?

Other Questions: Schools Site Acquisitions (29 Mar 2018)

Charlie McConalogue: I thank the Minister for his response. The campus will accommodate Crana College secondary school, Gaelscoil Buncrana primary school and Gaelcholáiste Chineál Eoghain secondary school. The school authorities are at their wit's end because of the delays in, first, acquiring a site and, second, moving the process forward to the construction of new schools to accommodate their needs....

Written Answers — Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Farm Safety (29 Mar 2018)

Charlie McConalogue: 242. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the actions and deadline agreed following the first meeting of the farm safety taskforce in tabular form; and the number of meetings the taskforce has planned in 2018. [14852/18]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: GLAS Payments (29 Mar 2018)

Charlie McConalogue: 293. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the status of a GLAS payment for a person (details supplied); the reason for the delay; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [14533/18]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Knowledge Transfer Programme (29 Mar 2018)

Charlie McConalogue: 300. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if a knowledge transfer payment for a person (details supplied) will be reviewed; if payment will be processed in view of the circumstances; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [14684/18]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: GLAS Data (29 Mar 2018)

Charlie McConalogue: 301. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the number of the original 10,000 farmers who were deemed ineligible for 85% advance GLAS 2017 payments due to the requirement for an applicant to get maps redigitised; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [14688/18]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: GLAS Data (29 Mar 2018)

Charlie McConalogue: 302. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the number of GLAS applicants who were required to get maps redigitised to become eligible for payments in each of the years 2015 to 2017, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [14689/18]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: GLAS Data (29 Mar 2018)

Charlie McConalogue: 303. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the number of land parcels that had to be redigitised in each of the years 2015 to 2017 to become eligible for GLAS payments in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [14690/18]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Land Parcel Identification System (29 Mar 2018)

Charlie McConalogue: 304. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the reason redigitisation was required, other than in cases in which land parcel identifier numbers on GLAS maps did not correlate with parcels on BPS maps in 2017; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [14691/18]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Land Parcel Identification System (29 Mar 2018)

Charlie McConalogue: 305. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if the mapping systems used for GLAS and BPS applications are clashing or proving to be incompatible with each other; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [14692/18]