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Tue, 24 Mar 2015
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Turf Cutting Compensation Scheme Data
Michael Fitzmaurice
1014. Deputy Michael Fitzmaurice asked the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the number of applicants who did not meet the criteria of the scheme, that is, were not cutting turf on their plots in any of the five reference years or where their plots are cut out and have no raised bog remaining, categorised by year from January 2011 to the end of December 2014, in Ardgraigue Bog (details supplied) in County Galway; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [12065/15]
Tue, 24 Mar 2015
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Turf Cutting Compensation Scheme Data
Michael Fitzmaurice
1015. Deputy Michael Fitzmaurice asked the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the number of compensation payments made to applicants which her Department has sought or is now seeking to have repaid to the Department, categorised by year for the years 2011 to 2014, in Ardgraigue Bog (details supplied) in County Galway; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [12066/15]
Tue, 24 Mar 2015
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Turf Cutting Compensation Scheme Relocation Options
Michael Fitzmaurice
1016. Deputy Michael Fitzmaurice asked the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the number of applicants who have applied for relocation and the number of applicants who have been successfully relocated from Ardgraigue Bog (details supplied) in County Galway; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [12067/15]
Tue, 24 Mar 2015
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Turf Cutting Compensation Scheme Relocation Options
Michael Fitzmaurice
1017. Deputy Michael Fitzmaurice asked the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the names of bogs to which her Department has successfully relocated applicants from Ardgraigue Bog (details supplied) in County Galway, the number of plots available for relocating applicants in each of these relocation bogs; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [12068/15]
Tue, 24 Mar 2015
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Turf Cutting Compensation Scheme Data
Michael Fitzmaurice
1018. Deputy Michael Fitzmaurice asked the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the number of plot owners who were paid money for turf plots in Ardgraigue Bog (details supplied) in County Galway under schemes other than the current cessation of turf cutting compensation scheme; the amounts paid to each recipient in such instances, categorised by year; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [12069/15]
Tue, 24 Mar 2015
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Coillte Teoranta Lands
Michael Fitzmaurice
1019. Deputy Michael Fitzmaurice asked the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the area of bog owned by the State in Ardgraigue Bog (details supplied) in County Galway; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [12070/15]
Wed, 11 Mar 2015
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Education and Training Provision
Michael Fitzmaurice
42. Deputy Michael Fitzmaurice asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Social Protection the exact criteria for the training support grant from her Department nationwide, with particular emphasis on hazard analysis and critical control points training within the catering sector. [10607/15]
Tue, 10 Mar 2015
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Land Parcel Identification System
Michael Fitzmaurice
254. Deputy Michael Fitzmaurice asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine in relation to recent Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine eligibility land parcel identification system inspections on extensive farmland, his views on the potential environmental, economic, and social consequences for rural Ireland, as outlined in correspondence (details supplied) to the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine, recently published by the Irish Natura and Hill Farmers' Association, supported by a range of environmental organisations; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10478/15]
Tue, 10 Mar 2015
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Land Parcel Identification System
Michael Fitzmaurice
283. Deputy Michael Fitzmaurice asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the criteria used by his Department's inspectors during inspections under the land parcel identification system to determine whether sufficient agricultural activity is present; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10437/15]
Tue, 10 Mar 2015
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Land Parcel Identification System
Michael Fitzmaurice
284. Deputy Michael Fitzmaurice asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the criteria used by his Department's inspectors in determining under-utilisation when carrying out inspections under the land parcel identification system and land eligibility inspections on sites with Natura 2000 designations; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10438/15]
Tue, 10 Mar 2015
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Land Parcel Identification System
Michael Fitzmaurice
285. Deputy Michael Fitzmaurice asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the reason his Department did not carry out the appropriate assessment process in advance of making significant reference area reductions on Cloghaun, Kilbeg, Kilnagappagh, Gortnaglea, Derrybrien West, and Keelderry commonages, County Galway; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10439/15]
Tue, 10 Mar 2015
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EU Directives
Michael Fitzmaurice
286. Deputy Michael Fitzmaurice asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will clarify the precedence of two scenarios in respect of the European Union birds and habitats directives (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10440/15]
Tue, 10 Mar 2015
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National Parks and Wildlife Service
Michael Fitzmaurice
632. Deputy Michael Fitzmaurice asked the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht her views on the potential nature conservation implications for extensive farmland and upland Natura 2000 sites outlined in correspondence (details supplied) to the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine and recently published by the Irish Natura and Hill Farmers' Association, supported by a range of environmental organisations; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [10459/15]
Thu, 5 Mar 2015
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Social Welfare Code
Michael Fitzmaurice
52. Deputy Michael Fitzmaurice asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Social Protection if she will consider creating a status analogous to being on the live register for previously self-employed persons who, following the financial crash, are now de facto long-term unemployed, enabling them to apply for positions or employment schemes, often with State agencies on a part-time or a temporary basis, where there is a stipulation that the applicant must be long-term unemployed and on the live register; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [9747/15]
Thu, 5 Mar 2015
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Felling Licences Applications
Michael Fitzmaurice
110. Deputy Michael Fitzmaurice asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will provide copies of all general and limited felling licences associated with a development (details supplied) in County Roscommon; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [9622/15]
Thu, 5 Mar 2015
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Land Parcel Identification System
Michael Fitzmaurice
112. Deputy Michael Fitzmaurice asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he is satisfied that all commonage land parcel identification system reviews, from 2009 to date in 2015, have been carried out in a transparent and non-discriminatory manner, with specific regard to notice and the provision of reports to the affected applicants; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [9629/15]
Thu, 5 Mar 2015
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State Properties
Michael Fitzmaurice
271. Deputy Michael Fitzmaurice asked the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the area of bog owned by the State in an area (details supplied) in County Galway; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [9607/15]
Thu, 5 Mar 2015
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Turf Cutting Compensation Scheme Data
Michael Fitzmaurice
272. Deputy Michael Fitzmaurice asked the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the names of bogs to which her Department has successfully relocated applicants from (details supplied); the number of plots available for relocating applicants in each of these relocation bogs; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [9608/15]
Thu, 5 Mar 2015
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Wildlife Conservation
Michael Fitzmaurice
274. Deputy Michael Fitzmaurice asked the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht if adequate measures were put in place on Sliabh Ban, Doughill Forest, County Roscommon, to protect wildlife populations prior to the commencement of works on the Sliabh Ban wind farm project (details supplied), in view of the fact the frog spawning season has commenced and spawning areas have been disturbed by works undertaken to date by the wind farm developer; if she will direct the National Parks and Wildlife Service to carry out an urgent survey of all protected species on this site prior to recommencement of these works in order that mitigation measures will be implemented to protect wildlife populations and the habitats they depend upon; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [9627/15]
Thu, 5 Mar 2015
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Turf Cutting Compensation Scheme Data
Michael Fitzmaurice
275. Deputy Michael Fitzmaurice asked the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the number of applicants who applied for compensation under the cessation of turf cutting compensation scheme categorised by year from January 2011 to the end of December 2014 in Barroughter bog, (details supplied) in County Galway; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [9632/15]