Wednesday, 26 Nov 2014

Written Answers Nos. 74-78

Commonage Division

Questions (74)

Éamon Ó Cuív

Question:

74. Deputy Éamon Ó Cuív asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine when outstanding payments for the past four years will be paid in respect of a person (details supplied); the reason for the delay in making these payments; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [45424/14]

Written answers

Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine

There is an ongoing issue in relation to commonage land claimed by the person named in the townland of Drummin. Following consultation betwe en officials of my Department and the Office of the Attorney General, my Department was advised that in order to claim rights on this commonage, applicants must also have lowland in this townland. As the person named has no lowland in Drummin, unfortunately, he cannot be paid on this land. The Drummin Commonage land has been removed from the annual applications of the person named without the imposition of any penalty.

Payments have been made in respect of 2011, 2012 and 2013 to the person named on his declared eligible land. Payments will is sue shortly in respect of 2014, again on the basis of the eligible land declared.

Departmental Meetings

Questions (75)

Lucinda Creighton

Question:

75. Deputy Lucinda Creighton asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will provide in tabular form, the dates of meetings of his Department's management advisory council in 2011, 2012, 2013 and to date in 2014; the civil servants present at each of these meetings; if he or his Department's Minister of State was present at each of these meetings; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [45470/14]

Written answers

Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine

Management Advisory Committee (MAC) meetings take place in my Department on a fortnightly basis and are attended by all members of MAC except when unavailable due to other commitments. One of my advisors attends all MAC meetings. Tables of attendance for the years requested by the Deputy follow. Non-MAC member officials of my Department may be asked to attend from time to time for specific agenda items. Ministerial MAC meetings happen periodically and I meet with individual members of the MAC on a weekly basis.

Management Advisory Committee (MAC) Meetings 2011

-

05/01

14/01

01/02

10/02

23/02

03/03

21/03

01/04

15/04

03/05

13/05

24/05

10/06

21/06

07/07

18/07

26/07

06/09

16/09

22/09

06/10

18/10

08/11

22/11

02/12

20/12

Tom Moran Secretary General

X

X

X

X

X

X

X

X

X

X

X

X

X

X

X

X

X

X

X

X

X

X

X

X

X

X

Cecil Beamish ASG

X

X

X

X

X

X

X

X

X

X

X

X

X

X

X

X

X

X

X

Dave Beehan Chief Inspector

X

X

X

*

X

X

*

X

X

*

X

X

X

*

X

*

X

X

X

X

X

X

X

X

X

X

Martin Blake Chief Veterinary Officer WEF 7/12/11

X

Ml Bunyan Director IT

X

X

X

X

X

X

X

X

X

X

X

X

X

X

X

X

X

X

X

X

X

X

X

X

X

X

Tony Burke ASG

X

X

X

X

X

X

X

X

X

X

X

X

X

X

X

X

X

X

X

X

X

X

X

X

X

Philip Carroll ASG

X

X

X

X

X

X

X

X

X

X

X

X

X

X

X

X

X

X

X

X

X

X

X

Ml Gunn Director of Laboratories to 14/08/11

X

X

X

X

X

X

X

X

X

*

X

X

*

X

X

X

X

X

X

X

X

X

X

X

X

Martin Heraghty ASG (contract)

X

X

X

X

X

X

X

X

X

X

X

X

X

X

X

X

X

X

X

X

X

X

X

X

X

X

Aidan O'Driscoll ASG

X

X

X

X

X

X

X

X

X

X

X

X

X

X

X

X

X

X

X

X

X

X

X

Dan O'Sullivan Director of Laboratories wef 18/11/11

X

X

X

X

Pat Rogan Chief Veterinary Officer to 26/09/2011

X

X

X

X

X

X

X

X

*

X

X

*

X

*

*

X

X

X

X

X

Kevin Smyth ASG

X

X

X

X

X

X

X

X

X

X

X

X

X

X

X

X

X

X

X

X

X

X

* Deputy Chief Inspector, Deputy Chief Veterinary Officer, Deputy Director of Labs or Principal Officer attended in place of member of MAC

Management Advisory Committee Meetings 2012

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13/01

24/01

21/02

16/03

03/04

24/04

04/05

22/05

06/06

22/06

05/07

25/07

13/09

20/09

02/10

16/10

08/11

22/11

05/12

Tom Moran Secretary General

X

X

X

X

X

X

X

X

X

X

X

X

X

X

X

X

X

X

X

Cecil Beamish ASG

X

X

X

X

X

X

X

X

X

X

*

X

X

X

X

X

X

Dave Beehan Chief Inspector

*

X

X

*

X

X

X

X

X

X

X

X

X

X

X

X

X

X

Martin Blake Chief Veterinary Officer WEF 7/12/11

X

X

X

X

X

*

*

X

X

X

X

*

X

X

*

X

X

Ml Bunyan Director IT

X

X

X

X

X

X

X

X

X

X

X

X

X

X

X

X

X

Tony Burke ASG

X

X

X

X

X

X

X

X

X

X

X

X

X

X

X

X

X

X

Philip Carroll ASG

X

X

X

X

X

X

X

X

X

X

X

X

X

X

X

X

X

Martin Heraghty ASG (contract)

X

X

X

X

X

X

X

X

X

X

X

X

X

X

X

X

X

X

X

Aidan O'Driscoll ASG

X

X

X

X

X

X

X

X

X

X

X

X

X

X

X

X

X

Dan O'Sullivan Director of Laboratories wef 18/11/11

X

X

X

X

X

X

X

X

X

*

X

X

X

X

X

X

X

X

Kevin Smyth ASG

X

X

X

X

X

X

X

X

X

X

X

X

X

X

X

X

X

X

* Deputy Chief Inspector, Deputy Chief Veterinary Officer, Deputy Director of Labs or Principal Officer attended in place of member of MAC

Attendance at Management Advisory Committee Meetings 2013

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14/01

23/01

08/02

19/02

08/03

22/03

11/04

29/04

09/05

20/05

31/05

13/06

05/07

16/07

30/07

06/09

16/09

27/09

11/10

24/10

08/11

21/11

05/12

19/12

Tom Moran Secretary General

X

X

X

X

X

X

X

X

X

X

X

X

X

X

X

X

X

X

X

X

X

X

X

X

Cecil Beamish ASG

X

X

X

X

X

X

X

X

X

X

X

X

X

X

X

X

X

X

X

X

X

X

Dave Beehan Chief Inspector

X

X

*

X

X

X

X

X

X

X

X

X

X

X

X

X

X

X

*

X

X

X

X

X

Martin Blake Chief Veterinary Officer WEF 7/12/11

X

X

X

X

X

X

X

*

*

X

X

*

X

X

X

X

X

X

X

Ml Bunyan Director IT

X

X

X

X

X

X

X

X

X

X

X

X

X

X

X

X

X

X

X

X

X

Tony Burke ASG

X

X

X

X

X

X

X

X

X

X

X

X

X

X

X

X

X

X

X

X

X

Philip Carroll ASG

X

X

X

X

X

X

X

X

X

X

X

X

X

X

X

X

X

X

X

X

X

X

X

X

Paul Dillon (wef 25/10/2013)

X

X

X

X

Brendan Gleeson (wef 30/07/2013)

X

X

X

X

X

X

X

X

X

Martin Heraghty ASG (to 30/06)

X

X

X

X

X

X

X

X

X

Aidan O'Driscoll ASG

X

X

X

X

X

X

X

X

X

X

X

X

X

X

X

X

X

X

X

X

X

Dan O'Sullivan Director of Laboratories wef 18/11/11

X

X

*

X

X

X

X

X

X

X

X

*

*

X

X

X

X

X

X

X

X

X

Kevin Smyth ASG

X

X

X

X

X

X

X

X

X

X

X

X

X

X

X

X

X

X

X

X

X

X

X

X

* Deputy Chief Inspector, Deputy Chief Veterinary Officer, Deputy Director of Labs or Principal Officer attended in place of member of MAC

Attendance at Management Advisory Committee Meetings 2014

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08/01

17/01

30/01

13/02

27/02

14/03

28/03

11/04

01/05

15/05

22/05

30/05

05/06

20/06

04/07

18/07

31/07

04/09

26/09

07/10

10/10

24/10

14/11

Tom Moran Secretary General

X

X

X

X

X

X

X

X

X

X

X

X

X

X

X

X

X

X

X

X

X

X

X

Cecil Beamish ASG

X

X

X

X

X

X

X

X

X

X

X

X

X

X

X

X

X

X

X

X

Dave Beehan Chief Inspector

X

X

X

X

X

X

X

X

X

X

X

*

X

X

*

X

X

X

X

X

X

X

Martin Blake Chief Veterinary Officer WEF 7/12/11

X

X

*

X

*

X

X

X

X

X

X

*

X

X

X

X

X

X

X

X

X

X

*

Ml Bunyan Director IT

X

X

X

X

X

X

X

X

X

X

X

X

X

X

X

X

X

X

X

X

X

Philip Carroll ASG

-

*

*

*

X

X

X

X

X

X

X

X

X

X

X

X

X

X

X

X

X

Paul Dillon

X

X

X

X

X

X

X

X

X

X

X

X

X

X

X

X

X

X

X

X

X

Brendan Gleeson

X

X

X

X

X

X

X

X

X

X

X

X

X

X

X

X

X

X

X

Martin Heraghty ASG (to 30/06/2013))

X

X

X

X

X

X

X

X

X

X

X

X

X

X

X

X

X

X

X

X

X

X

X

Aidan O'Driscoll ASG

X

X

X

X

X

X

X

X

X

X

X

X

X

X

X

X

X

X

X

X

X

X

Dan O'Sullivan Director of Laboratories wef 18/11/11

X

X

*

X

X

X

X

X

X

X

X

*

X

X

X

X

X

X

*

*

X

X

X

Kevin Smyth ASG

X

X

X

X

X

X

X

X

X

X

X

X

X

X

X

X

X

X

X

X

X

* Deputy Chief Inspector, Deputy Chief Veterinary Officer, Deputy Director of Labs or Principal Officer attended in place of member of MAC

Single Payment Scheme Payments

Questions (76)

Dara Calleary

Question:

76. Deputy Dara Calleary asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the position regarding a single farm payment and disadvantaged areas payment in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Donegal; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [45499/14]

Written answers

Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine

The person named submitted a 2014 Single Farm Payment/Disadvantaged Areas’ scheme application on 17 April 2014. EU Regulations governing the administration of these schemes require that full and comprehensive administrative checks, including in some cases Remote Sensing (i.e. satellite) inspections, be completed before any payments issue.

The EU Regulations also require that where it is not possible to make an accurate determination on the eligibility of a parcel or parcels of land by means of an assessment of the available satellite imagery, a field inspection must be undertaken to verify the eligibility of the land.

The application of the person named was selected for a Remote Sensing inspection. Initial processing of this inspection identified a requirement to verify the eligibility of land declared by means of a field inspection.

On completion of this inspection the results will be finalised with the intention of issuing any payment due as soon as possible. In the event that any queries arise officials in my Department will be in contact with the person named.

Departmental Meetings

Questions (77)

Lucinda Creighton

Question:

77. Deputy Lucinda Creighton asked the Minister for Defence if he will provide in tabular form, the dates of meetings of his Department's management advisory council in 2011, 2012, 2013 and to date in 2014; the civil servants present at each of these meetings; if he or his Department's Minister of State was present at each of these meetings; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [45474/14]

Written answers

Minister for Defence

The Secretary General is responsible for the management of my Department and is supported in this role by the Management Advisory Committee (MAC). The current Committee is made up of Mr Maurice Quinn, Secretary General, Mr Des Dowling Assistant Secretary, Mr Ciaran Murphy, Assistant Secretary and Mr Brian Spain, Director. From time to time, officials of the Department attend MAC meetings to brief the Committee on particular issues. An official also attends the meetings to provide secretarial support. During the period 2011 – 2014, the Committee has met on a weekly basis other than in exceptional circumstance, when due to other diary commitments, a meeting had to be deferred. The Committee does not meet in the month of August. I attend the meetings periodically as does the Minister of State. I am also in daily contact with individual MAC members on a range of issues. The dates of the meetings and the names of Committee members that attended are set out below.

Date	MAC Member	Minister
4/1/11	M Howard M Quinn C Murphy
11/1/11	M Howard M Quinn C Murphy B Spain
18/1/11	M Howard M Quinn C Murphy B Spain
25/1/11	M Howard M Quinn C Murphy B Spain
1/2/11	M Howard M Quinn C Murphy B Spain
8/2/11	M Howard M Quinn C Murphy B Spain
15/2/11	M Howard M Quinn C Murphy B Spain
22/2/11	M Howard M Quinn C Murphy B Spain
1/3/11	M Howard C Murphy B Spain
8/3/11	M Howard M Quinn C Murphy B Spain
15/3/11	M Howard M Quinn B Spain
22/3/11	M Howard M Quinn C Murphy B Spain
29/3/11	M Howard M Quinn C Murphy B Spain
5/4/11	M Howard M Quinn C Murphy B Spain
12/4/11	M Howard M Quinn C Murphy B Spain
3/5/11	M Howard M Quinn C Murphy B Spain
10/5/11	M Howard M Quinn C Murphy B Spain
17/5/11	M Howard M Quinn C Murphy B Spain
20/5/11	M Howard M Quinn C Murphy B Spain	Minister Shatter
31/5/11	M Howard M Quinn C Murphy B Spain
7/6/11	M Howard M Quinn C Murphy B Spain
14/6/11	M Howard M Quinn C Murphy B Spain
21/6/11	M Howard M Quinn C Murphy B Spain
27/6/11	M Howard M Quinn C Murphy B Spain	Minister Shatter
28/6/11	M Howard M Quinn C Murphy B Spain
5/7/11	M Howard M Quinn C Murphy
12/7/11	M Howard M Quinn C Murphy
26/7/11	M Howard M Quinn C Murphy B Spain
29/7/11	M Howard M Quinn C Murphy B Spain	Minister Shatter
30/8/11	M Howard M Quinn C Murphy B Spain
6/9/11	M Howard C Murphy B Spain
13/9/11	M Howard M Quinn B Spain
20/9/11	M Howard M Quinn B Spain
4/10/11	M Howard M Quinn C Murphy B Spain
18/10/11	M Howard C Murphy B Spain
24/10/11	M Howard C Murphy B Spain	Minister Shatter
25/10/11	M Howard C Murphy B Spain
1/11/11	M Howard M Quinn C Murphy
15/11/11	M Howard M Quinn C Murphy B Spain
18/11/11	M Howard M Quinn C Murphy B Spain	Minister Shatter
22/11/11	M Howard M Quinn C Murphy B Spain
29/11/11	M Howard M Quinn C Murphy B Spain
6/12/11	M Howard M Quinn C Murphy B Spain
13/12/11	M Howard M Quinn C Murphy B Spain
20/12/11	M Howard M Quinn B Spain
3/1/12	M Howard M Quinn C Murphy
10/1/12	M Howard M Quinn C Murphy B Spain
17/1/12	M Howard M Quinn C Murphy B Spain
24/1/12	M Howard M Quinn B Spain
30/1/12	M Howard M Quinn B Spain
3/2/12	M Howard M Quinn C Murphy B Spain	Minister Shatter
7/2/12	M Howard M Quinn C Murphy B Spain
14/2/12	M Howard M Quinn C Murphy B Spain
21/2/12	M Howard M Quinn C Murphy B Spain
28/2/12	M Howard M Quinn C Murphy B Spain
5/3/12	M Howard M Quinn C Murphy	Minister Shatter
6/3/12	M Howard M Quinn C Murphy
13/3/12	M Howard M Quinn C Murphy B Spain
20/3/12	M Howard M Quinn C Murphy B Spain
27/3/12	M Howard M Quinn C Murphy B Spain
3/4/12	M Howard M Quinn B Spain
16/4/12	M Howard M Quinn C Murphy B Spain	Minister Shatter
24/4/12	M Howard M Quinn C Murphy B Spain
1/5/12	M Howard M Quinn C Murphy B Spain
8/5/12	M Howard M Quinn B Spain
15/5/12	M Howard M Quinn C Murphy B Spain
22/5/12	M Howard M Quinn C Murphy B Spain
29/5/12	M Howard M Quinn C Murphy B Spain
5/6/12	M Howard M Quinn C Murphy B Spain
12/6/12	M Howard M Quinn C Murphy B Spain
19/6/12	M Howard M Quinn C Murphy B Spain
26/6/12	M Howard M Quinn C Murphy B Spain
3/7/12	M Howard M Quinn B Spain
10/7/12	M Howard M Quinn C Murphy
13/7/12	M Howard M Quinn C Murphy	Minister Shatter
17/7/12	M Howard M Quinn C Murphy
31/7/12	M Howard C Murphy B Spain
28/8/12	M Howard M Quinn C Murphy B Spain
4/9/12	M Howard M Quinn B Spain
12/9/12	M Howard M Quinn B Spain
18/9/12	M Howard C Murphy B Spain
2/10/12	M Howard M Quinn C Murphy B Spain
9/10/12	M Howard M Quinn B Spain
12/10/12	M Howard M Quinn C Murphy B Spain	Minister Shatter
16/10/12	M Howard M Quinn C Murphy B Spain
23/10/12	M Howard M Quinn C Murphy B Spain
30/10/12	M Howard M Quinn B Spain
6/11/12	M Howard M Quinn C Murphy B Spain
13/11/12	M Howard M Quinn C Murphy B Spain
20/11/12	M Howard M Quinn C Murphy B Spain
26/11/12	M Howard M Quinn C Murphy B Spain	Minister Shatter Minister Kehoe
27/11/12	M Howard M Quinn B Spain
4/12/12	M Howard M Quinn C Murphy B Spain
11/12/12	M Howard M Quinn C Murphy B Spain
18/12/12	M Howard M Quinn C Murphy B Spain
8/1/13	M Howard M Quinn C Murphy B Spain
15/1/13	M Howard M Quinn B Spain
22/1/13	M Howard C Murphy B Spain
25/1/13	M Howard M Quinn B Spain	Minister Shatter
29/1/13	M Howard M Quinn C Murphy B Spain
19/2/13	M Howard C Murphy B Spain
26/02/13	M Howard M Quinn B Spain
5/3/13	M Howard C Murphy B Spain
13/3/13	M Howard M Quinn B Spain
19/3/13	M Howard M Quinn C Murphy B Spain
22/3/13	M Howard M Quinn C Murphy D Dowling B Spain	Minister Shatter
26/3/13	M Howard M Quinn C Murphy B Spain
16/4/13	M Howard C Murphy D Dowling B Spain
19/4/13	M Howard C Murphy B Spain	Minister Shatter
23/4/13	M Howard D Dowling B Spain
30/4/13	M Howard C Murphy D Dowling B Spain
7/5/13	M Howard C Murphy D Dowling B Spain
13/5/13	M Howard C Murphy D Dowling B Spain	Minister Shatter
14/5/13	M Howard C Murphy D Dowling B Spain
21/5/13	M Howard C Murphy D Dowling B Spain
4/6/13	M Howard C Murphy D Dowling B Spain
11/6/13	M Howard C Murphy D Dowling B Spain
18/6/13	M Howard C Murphy D Dowling
2/7/13	M Howard C Murphy D Dowling
9/7/13	M Howard C Murphy D Dowling
16/7/13	M Howard C Murphy D Dowling
23/7/13	M Howard C Murphy D Dowling
30/7/13	M Howard C Murphy D Dowling B Spain
3/9/13	M Howard D Dowling B Spain
10/9/13	M Howard D Dowling B Spain
24 /9/13	M Howard C Murphy D Dowling B Spain
8/10/13	M Quinn C Murphy D Dowling B Spain
15/10/13	M Quinn D Dowling B Spain
22/10/13	M Quinn C Murphy D Dowling B Spain
5/11/13	M Quinn C Murphy D Dowling B Spain
12/11/13	M Quinn C Murphy D Dowling B Spain
8/11/13	M Quinn C Murphy D Dowling B Spain	Minister Shatter
19/11/13	M Quinn D Dowling B Spain
3/12/13	M Quinn C Murphy D Dowling B Spain
10/12/13	M Quinn C Murphy D Dowling B Spain
17/12/13	M Quinn D Dowling B Spain
7/01/14	M Quinn C Murphy D Dowling B Spain
14/01/14	M Quinn C Murphy D Dowling B Spain
17/01/14	M Quinn C Murphy D Dowling B Spain	Minister Shatter
21/01/14	M Quinn C Murphy D Dowling B Spain
28/01/14	M Quinn C Murphy D Dowling B Spain
4/02/14	M Quinn C Murphy D Dowling B Spain
11/02/14	M Quinn C Murphy D Dowling B Spain
18/02/14	M Quinn C Murphy D Dowling B Spain
25/02/14	M Quinn C Murphy D Dowling B Spain
4/03/14	M Quinn C Murphy D Dowling B Spain
12/03/14	M Quinn C Murphy D Dowling B Spain
14/03/14	M Quinn D Dowling B Spain	Minister Shatter
25/03/14	M Quinn C Murphy D Dowling B Spain
1/04/14	M Quinn C Murphy D Dowling B Spain
8/04/14	M Quinn D Dowling B Spain
16/04/14	M Quinn D Dowling B Spain
29/04/14	M Quinn D Dowling B Spain
2/05/14	M Quinn C Murphy D Dowling B Spain	Minister Shatter Minister Kehoe
8/05/14	M Quinn C Murphy D Dowling B Spain
13/05/14	M Quinn C Murphy D Dowling B Spain
20/05/14	M Quinn C Murphy D Dowling B Spain
03/06/14	M Quinn C Murphy D Dowling B Spain
10/06/14	M Quinn C Murphy D Dowling
17/06/14	M Quinn C Murphy D Dowling B Spain
24/06/14	M Quinn C Murphy D Dowling B Spain
26/06/14	M Quinn C Murphy B Spain	Minister Kehoe
1/07/14	M Quinn C Murphy D Dowling B Spain
8/07/14	M Quinn D Dowling B Spain
15/0714	M Quinn C Murphy D Dowling
22/07/14	M Quinn C Murphy D Dowling B Spain
02/09/14	M Quinn D Dowling B Spain
08/09/14	M Quinn D Dowling B Spain
15/09/14	M Quinn C Murphy D Dowling B Spain
16/09/14	M Quinn C Murphy D Dowling B Spain	Minister Coveney
23/09/14	M Quinn C Murphy D Dowling B Spain
30/09/14	M Quinn C Murphy D Dowling B Spain
7/10/14	M Quinn C Murphy B Spain
14/10/14	M Quinn C Murphy D Dowling B Spain
21/10/14	M Quinn D Dowling B Spain
5/11/14	M Quinn C Murphy D Dowling

Emergency Aeromedical Service

Questions (78)

Denis Naughten

Question:

78. Deputy Denis Naughten asked the Minister for Defence when the review of the Air Corps emergency aeromedical service will be completed; the total number of missions completed to date; if he will provide a breakdown of the type of patient transported; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [45498/14]

Written answers

Minister for Defence

The Working Group, set up by the Minister for Health to consider how best to provide a permanent EAS service, has completed its work and I understand that its Report has been sent to the Minister for Health for his consideration.

From the commencement of the pilot EAS service on 4 June 2012 until 31 October 2014 the Air Corps has completed a total of 816 EAS missions. These taskings included cases of severe heart attack (called segment elevation myocardial infarction or STEMI), trauma and other time-critical cases, as tasked by the HSE’s National Aero-Medical Coordination Centre. To date, STEMI and suspected STEMI related missions have accounted for almost one-third of completed EAS missions.