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- Select Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Estimates for Public Services 2018
Vote 30 - Agriculture, Food and the Marine (Revised) (27 Mar 2018) Pat Deering: There are time constraints. I will ask for a final comment.
- Select Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Estimates for Public Services 2018
Vote 30 - Agriculture, Food and the Marine (Revised) (27 Mar 2018) Pat Deering: We will move on.
- Select Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Estimates for Public Services 2018
Vote 30 - Agriculture, Food and the Marine (Revised) (27 Mar 2018) Pat Deering: Can the Minister give us ten minutes?
- Select Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Estimates for Public Services 2018
Vote 30 - Agriculture, Food and the Marine (Revised) (27 Mar 2018) Pat Deering: We will move on to the next area, policy and strategy. We will try to get through Members' questions as quickly as possible. Are there any questions on this particular area? Does the Minister have any comments?
- Select Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Estimates for Public Services 2018
Vote 30 - Agriculture, Food and the Marine (Revised) (27 Mar 2018) Pat Deering: The Bord Bia chief executive appeared before the committee quite recently, in the past six weeks or so.
- Select Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Estimates for Public Services 2018
Vote 30 - Agriculture, Food and the Marine (Revised) (27 Mar 2018) Pat Deering: The Minister did not make reference to low-interest loans in his opening statement. I know it was a fairly general opening statement. What is the strategy or plan for low-interest loans? We have now reached 1 April.
- Select Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Estimates for Public Services 2018
Vote 30 - Agriculture, Food and the Marine (Revised) (27 Mar 2018) Pat Deering: It is quite late in the year for those loans to become available. From memory, I think the scheme was launched around this time last year, in March, April or earlier. Generally speaking, as the Minister knows, farmers plan their year with regard to fertilisers or whatever they might require that would meet those criteria. It could be argued that the second half of the year is too late.
- Select Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Estimates for Public Services 2018
Vote 30 - Agriculture, Food and the Marine (Revised) (27 Mar 2018) Pat Deering: We will move on. The next area is the seafood programme.
- Select Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Estimates for Public Services 2018
Vote 30 - Agriculture, Food and the Marine (Revised) (27 Mar 2018) Pat Deering: A delegation appeared before us and said it would keep us up to date on the progress being made as well.
- Select Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Estimates for Public Services 2018
Vote 30 - Agriculture, Food and the Marine (Revised) (27 Mar 2018) Pat Deering: The last area is the appropriations-in-aid section. Are there any questions?
- Select Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Estimates for Public Services 2018
Vote 30 - Agriculture, Food and the Marine (Revised) (27 Mar 2018) Pat Deering: Does anybody else have questions in this area?
- Select Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Estimates for Public Services 2018
Vote 30 - Agriculture, Food and the Marine (Revised) (27 Mar 2018) Pat Deering: One of your colleagues is still in the Chamber as well.
- Select Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Estimates for Public Services 2018
Vote 30 - Agriculture, Food and the Marine (Revised) (27 Mar 2018) Pat Deering: I appreciate that. We will conclude shortly.
- Select Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Message to Dáil (27 Mar 2018)
Pat Deering: That concludes the select committee's consideration of the Revised Estimates for Vote 30 for the Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine for the year ending 31 December 2018. In accordance with Standing Order 90 the following message will be sent to the Dáil:The Select Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine has considered the Revised Estimates for 2018 for the Department...
- Select Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Message to Dáil (27 Mar 2018)
Pat Deering: Thank you. I am sorry for keeping you later than expected.
- Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Curriculum (27 Mar 2018)
Pat Deering: 255. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of hardcopies of primary language curriculum handbooks for English-medium schools still available from his Department; if same will be reprinted for schools to provide a copy for each teacher; if there will be a charge for same; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [13755/18]
- Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Commercial Rates (22 Mar 2018)
Pat Deering: 241. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment if his attention has been drawn to the issue of a threefold increase in commercial rates for wind turbines by local authorities and the disincentive that this will be with regard to renewables targets; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [13266/18]
- Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Knowledge Transfer Programme (21 Mar 2018)
Pat Deering: 275. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the number of applicants under the knowledge transfer scheme; the payments to date; the timeframe for certain payments; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [13124/18]
- Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Peace Commissioners Data (20 Mar 2018)
Pat Deering: 306. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if he will provide a list of acting peace commissioners and notaries public in County Carlow. [11919/18]
- Written Answers — Department of Health: Medical Aids and Appliances Provision (20 Mar 2018)
Pat Deering: 588. To ask the Minister for Health if the assessment process to include a device (details supplied) for testing blood glucose levels for listing under reimbursable items for persons with diabetes who intensively use insulin is completed, in view of the fact that the application was acknowledged by the primary care reimbursement service of the Health Service Executive on 6 February 2017; and...