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Agriculture: Motion [Private Members] (9 Oct 2012)

Éamon Ó Cuív: That is for technical reasons of which the Minister is aware.

Agriculture: Motion [Private Members] (9 Oct 2012)

Éamon Ó Cuív: I talk about all parts of the country.

Agriculture: Motion [Private Members] (9 Oct 2012)

Éamon Ó Cuív: If the Minister had paid the money last year, he would have another €60 million to pay out again this year. He cheated farmers out of €60 million under the REPS

Agriculture: Motion [Private Members] (9 Oct 2012)

Éamon Ó Cuív: The Minister underspent by €200 million last year, a sum he could have had available this year.

Agriculture: Motion [Private Members] (9 Oct 2012)

Éamon Ó Cuív: It is not hypocrisy.

Agriculture: Motion [Private Members] (9 Oct 2012)

Éamon Ó Cuív: The Minister underspent by €200 million last year.

Agriculture: Motion [Private Members] (9 Oct 2012)

Éamon Ó Cuív: The Minister could not even spend the money we had left him. It could have been carried forward.

Agriculture: Motion [Private Members] (9 Oct 2012)

Éamon Ó Cuív: The Government could not even spend the money we had left it.

Agriculture: Motion [Private Members] (9 Oct 2012)

Éamon Ó Cuív: His colleague made a minor concession on the spreading of slurry and fertiliser but, as a farmer pointed out to me earlier, it was not sufficient because the weather is variable and unless it is good this week - the forecast is not good in parts of the country - farmers will face an impossible task in spreading slurry. Nothing has been done to help the farmers who have lost everything either...

Agriculture: Motion [Private Members] (9 Oct 2012)

Éamon Ó Cuív: I am pleased the Joint Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine is to investigate this issue and I hope the Minister will implement our proposals when we bring them forward. For the sake of the farmers of Ireland and an agrifood industry that employs 300,000 people, I hope we can finally rely on him to ensure that agriculture prospers and grows for the benefit of the entire nation. As...

Agriculture: Motion [Private Members] (9 Oct 2012)

Éamon Ó Cuív: I move: That Dáil Éireann:- acknowledges the central role that agriculture plays at the heart of rural life and as the engine of the economy of rural Ireland; - recognises the vital need for clear decisive actions to be taken by the Government to support the agrifood industry which generates 300,000 jobs and contributes €24 billion to the Irish economy; - notes the critical...

Agriculture: Motion [Private Members] (9 Oct 2012)

Éamon Ó Cuív: Except for these farmers.

Agriculture: Motion [Private Members] (9 Oct 2012)

Éamon Ó Cuív: Yes, because Fianna Fáil left things organised for the Minister.

Agriculture: Motion [Private Members] (9 Oct 2012)

Éamon Ó Cuív: Not for these farmers.

Agriculture: Motion [Private Members] (9 Oct 2012)

Éamon Ó Cuív: I always reckon ---

Agriculture: Motion [Private Members] (9 Oct 2012)

Éamon Ó Cuív: Deputy Hayes is interrupting because he is feeling sore about the truth. Again, to quote another saying in Irish, tá an fhírinne searbh ach sí an fhírinne í. The Minister can translate that one for himself. I am once again calling on him to give aid to those farmers who lost all of their silage and face financial catastrophe because of the very poor summer this...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Proposed Legislation (9 Oct 2012)

Éamon Ó Cuív: To ask the Minister for Education and Skills when the draft heads of the legislation to establish SOLAS will be published; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [43075/12]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Liúntais do Mhúinteoirí (9 Oct 2012)

Éamon Ó Cuív: To ask the Minister for Education and Skills cén tsábháil mheasta a dhéanfaidh a Roinn sna blianta 2013, 2014 agus 2015 de bharr deireadh a chur leis na liúntais do mhúinteoirí Gaeltachta, do dhaoine atá ag múineadh trí Ghaeilge agus do mhúinteoirí nua; an bhfuil sé i gceist aige an t-airgead seo a chaitheamh ar bheartais eile...

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Teastais Breithe (9 Oct 2012)

Éamon Ó Cuív: To ask the Minister for Social Protection cén fáth ar iarradh ar dhuine (sonraí tugtha) a ainm a thabhairt i mBéarla nuair a bhí deimhniú breithe á lorg aige; agus an ndéanfaidh sí ráiteas ina thaobh. [43463/12]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Visa Applications (9 Oct 2012)

Éamon Ó Cuív: To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the average time it takes for a Chinese national living in China to get a visa to travel to Ireland on business or as a tourist; the requirements for a visa; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [43456/12]