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Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Staffing (13 Oct 2015)

Charlie McConalogue: 382. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills her plans to allow a substitute teacher to be appointed to cover extra personal vacation days in small schools (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [35411/15]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Home Tuition Scheme Funding (13 Oct 2015)

Charlie McConalogue: 387. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills to clarify the reason the hourly rate for home tuition has changed from €38.87 per hour to €26.61 per hour; when this change came into effect; the policy with which it is in line; the reason she has permitted this reduction given that home tuition must be carried out by fully-qualified teachers; and if she will make a statement...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Student Grant Scheme Application Numbers (13 Oct 2015)

Charlie McConalogue: 393. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of new and renewal applications to Student Universal Support Ireland for the current academic year, received; refused; awaiting a decision; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [35573/15]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Basic Payment Scheme Payments (8 Oct 2015)

Charlie McConalogue: 75. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine when a payment of headage for 2015 will issue to a person (details supplied) in County Donegal; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [34972/15]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Prescription Charges (8 Oct 2015)

Charlie McConalogue: 141. To ask the Minister for Health when a repayment will issue to a person (details supplied) in County Donegal, who was wrongly charged prescription charges despite being in receipt of a long-term illness card; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [34991/15]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Prescription Charges (8 Oct 2015)

Charlie McConalogue: 142. To ask the Minister for Health when a repayment will issue to a person (details supplied) in County Donegal, who was wrongly charged prescription charges despite being in receipt of a long-term illness card; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [34992/15]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Student Grant Scheme Applications (8 Oct 2015)

Charlie McConalogue: 198. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will use any discretionary measures available to her regarding an application for a student grant by a person (details supplied) to award the special rate, considering the exceptional circumstances in the student's family; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [35083/15]

Other Questions: GLAS Administration (7 Oct 2015)

Charlie McConalogue: What is wrong with allowing farmers to continue with-----

Other Questions: GLAS Administration (7 Oct 2015)

Charlie McConalogue: The Minister does not understand the situation facing a lot of farms.

Other Questions: GLAS Administration (7 Oct 2015)

Charlie McConalogue: 6. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if tranche 2 of the green low-carbon agri-environmental scheme will contain the same measures as tranche 1; if not, the options being changed and the reasons for those changes; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [34034/15]

Other Questions: GLAS Administration (7 Oct 2015)

Charlie McConalogue: Are there any changes to the measures in tranche two of GLAS compared with as tranche one? There is concern over whether the options for hedgerow planting and low input permanent pasture will remain the same.

Other Questions: GLAS Administration (7 Oct 2015)

Charlie McConalogue: The Minister's response on the availability of hedgerow plants rings fairly hollow. Similar to the issue with the low input permanent pasture, his main approach here is based on the fact that the uptake is high. There is no reason to change the low input permanent pasture. Unfortunately, the impact will be that, particularly for smaller farmers in my county of Donegal, many farmers who...

Other Questions: GLAS Administration (7 Oct 2015)

Charlie McConalogue: There is confusion about that.

Other Questions: GLAS Administration (7 Oct 2015)

Charlie McConalogue: Some farmers are finishing out their current environmental schemes under AEOS, for example. Many farmers delayed their applications until tranche two because they had to divide up parcels. Entire parcels had to be entered into certain measures, for example, the low input permanent pasture measure.

Other Questions: GLAS Administration (7 Oct 2015)

Charlie McConalogue: Now, when they come to apply, without any notice the Minister has done away with it, which means that many of them will only be able to achieve a €3,000 payment rather than the €5,000 they had been expecting.

Other Questions: GLAS Administration (7 Oct 2015)

Charlie McConalogue: The Minister did not have to change it accordingly; it was a choice he made. He could have left it alone as it was but he decided not to pursue that option.

Other Questions: GLAS Administration (7 Oct 2015)

Charlie McConalogue: The Minister said that even though the quota for hedgerows was met, his main reason for discontinuing that was the availability of hedgerow plants and that he might review that in tranche three. However, he is now saying that because the low input permanent pasture has met the quota, he is obliged to change it. The reality is that the Minister has a choice in this. Many farmers do not have...

Other Questions: GLAS Administration (7 Oct 2015)

Charlie McConalogue: Many of those farmers because of the particular circumstances on their farms will now only be able to achieve a maximum payment of just under €3,000 rather than the €5,000.

Other Questions: GLAS Administration (7 Oct 2015)

Charlie McConalogue: This is not a measure the Minister had to take and it will have a radical impact on many farm incomes, particularly smaller farm incomes. Income of €2,000 is not easily earned.

Other Questions: GLAS Administration (7 Oct 2015)

Charlie McConalogue: In one fell swoop, the Minister is undermining a scheme for which it was already difficult for many farmers to qualify. He is significantly undermining farmers' capacity to gain income from this, which might help keep many of them farming on a full-time basis and making their farms viable.