Results 18,941-18,960 of 24,207 for speaker:Charlie McConalogue

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Rural Development Programme Funding (20 Jul 2016)

Charlie McConalogue: 395. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the progress on submitting an amendment to Ireland's rural development programme at European Union level to create financial instruments to utilise the European Investment Bank as a guarantor in order to provide affordable credit to farmers; the approximate timetable to operationalise these financial instruments; and if he will...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Funding (19 Jul 2016)

Charlie McConalogue: 313. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he will reassert his Department's commitment to ensuring that a school (details supplied) is provided with appropriate accommodation on the site of the former boys' national school in Moville, County Donegal; and if he will ensure that his Department engage proactively with the board of management to ensure that the additional challenges...

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Carer's Allowance Applications (19 Jul 2016)

Charlie McConalogue: 469. To ask the Minister for Social Protection when a decision will be made on a carer's allowance review for a person (details supplied). [22696/16]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Ambulance Service Data (19 Jul 2016)

Charlie McConalogue: 570. To ask the Minister for Health the amount of money spent by Letterkenny University Hospital on private ambulance services in each of the years 2014 and 2015; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22026/16]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: TAMS Administration (19 Jul 2016)

Charlie McConalogue: 708. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine when rubber slat mats will become eligible for grant aid under targeted agricultural modernisation scheme 2 as per the programme for Government commitment; the date live applications can be submitted under such a scheme; when eligible participants will receive payments; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22097/16]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: EU Regulations (19 Jul 2016)

Charlie McConalogue: 709. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he has considered with other agencies under his remit examining the possibility of offering national certification to EU organic standards emanating from European regulations; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22098/16]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Consultancy Contracts (19 Jul 2016)

Charlie McConalogue: 725. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the name, costs, date of commission, date or expected date of publication and name of the external consultant of all external reports commissioned by his Department since March 2011 in tabular form. [22199/16]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Beef Data Programme (19 Jul 2016)

Charlie McConalogue: 726. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine further to Parliamentary Question No. 610 of 5 July 2016, and the variables used to calculate such figures, the detail of the approximate additional annual increase in funding needed for the scheme in question to attain compensation set at a maximum level of €200 for the first ten animals; and if he will make a statement on...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: EU Funding (19 Jul 2016)

Charlie McConalogue: 767. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the number of member states that have amended their respective 2014-2020 RDPs to create financial instruments to draw down on affordable EU credit lines; if an Irish amendment is being considered to submission in this regard; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22756/16]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Basic Payment Scheme Payments (19 Jul 2016)

Charlie McConalogue: 787. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine when a person (details supplied) will be reimbursed moneys regarding an overclaim under the basic payment scheme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22885/16]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: GLAS Payments (19 Jul 2016)

Charlie McConalogue: 788. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine when payment will issue to a person (details supplied) under the green low-carbon agri-environment scheme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22892/16]

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Carer's Allowance Applications (14 Jul 2016)

Charlie McConalogue: 125. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the status of a decision on an application by a person (details supplied) under the carer's allowance scheme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21885/16]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Medicinal Products Reimbursement (14 Jul 2016)

Charlie McConalogue: 162. To ask the Minister for Health the reason a medication (details supplied) has been removed under the medical card scheme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21656/16]

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Energy and Natural Resources: Renewable Energy Feed in Tariff Scheme Applications (14 Jul 2016)

Charlie McConalogue: 246. To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources when a final reply will issue further to correspondence (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21755/16]

Priority Questions: Rural Development Programme (13 Jul 2016)

Charlie McConalogue: 25. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the criteria he is considering for the design of a new scheme for sheep farmers, under the rural development programme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21617/16]

Priority Questions: Rural Development Programme (13 Jul 2016)

Charlie McConalogue: It is welcome that there is a commitment to and movement on introducing the €25 million scheme to assist the sheep sector. It is very necessary because incomes in the sheep sector have been under pressure in recent years and we have also seen a reduction in flock numbers, something which needs to be arrested. The average income of a sheep farm family is just over €15,000, of...

Priority Questions: Rural Development Programme (13 Jul 2016)

Charlie McConalogue: I thank the Minister for his reply. When does he expect to receive final approval for the scheme and to complete the process of engagement with Brussels in signing off on the range of options to be offered and the structure and make-up of the scheme? He has indicated that he is not looking at the option of having a top-up payment for those involved in hill sheep farming sector, in...

Priority Questions: Agrifood Sector (13 Jul 2016)

Charlie McConalogue: I welcome the Minister's comments but I would like to clarify them. Is he saying there is no threat whatsoever to the CAP budget between now and 2020 and that the pot will remain as it is regardless of whether Britain exits in the meantime and its payments are withdrawn? Has that been clearly indicated to him, or confirmed to him, at European Council level or is that his own sense of this...

Priority Questions: Agrifood Sector (13 Jul 2016)

Charlie McConalogue: 23. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the immediate contingency steps he is taking to safeguard the interests of the agrifood sector and Common Agricultural Policy payments, following the decision by the United Kingdom to exit the European Union; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21616/16]

Priority Questions: Agrifood Sector (13 Jul 2016)

Charlie McConalogue: The thrust of my question was focused on the potential impact on the CAP as a result of the United Kingdom's decision to exit the European Union. I do not need to tell the Minister about the tremendous concern in the farming community about the potential impact. Deputies Jackie Cahill and Bobby Aylward and I have met a number of the farming organisations and others involved in the sector...