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Wed, 2 Nov 2016
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Schools Building Projects Status
Charlie McConalogue
155. Deputy Charlie McConalogue asked the Minister for Education and Skills the reason a school's building project cannot proceed to pre-qualification stage (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [32925/16]
Wed, 2 Nov 2016
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Water Charges Exemptions
Charlie McConalogue
156. Deputy Charlie McConalogue asked the Minister for Education and Skills his plans to exempt primary and post-primary schools from having to pay water charges; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [32928/16]
Wed, 2 Nov 2016
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Water Charges Exemptions
Charlie McConalogue
165. Deputy Charlie McConalogue asked the Minister for Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government his plans to exempt primary and post-primary schools from having to pay water charges; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [32929/16]
Wed, 2 Nov 2016
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State Pension (Contributory) Eligibility
Charlie McConalogue
203. Deputy Charlie McConalogue asked the Minister for Social Protection if a self-employed person (details supplied) can pay contributions up until the date of his or her 66th birthday to avail of the State pension (contributory); if these can be applied retrospectively; if contributions have yet to be made for a particular year; the process which must be followed to do this; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [32630/16]
Wed, 2 Nov 2016
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Beef Industry
Charlie McConalogue
374. Deputy Charlie McConalogue asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the latest information from his Department on the average cost of production, euro per kg of beef, for primary producers of beef; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [32513/16]
Wed, 2 Nov 2016
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Brexit Issues
Charlie McConalogue
392. Deputy Charlie McConalogue asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the number of times the consultative committee that was established after the Brexit referendum in June 2016 has met; the number of additional meetings planned for the remainder of 2016; the number of meetings planned in the first quarter of 2017; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [32756/16]
Thu, 27 Oct 2016
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Agrifood Sector
Charlie McConalogue
1. Deputy Charlie McConalogue asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the immediate contingency steps he is taking to safeguard the interests of the Irish agrifood sector and CAP payments following the decision by UK voters to leave the European Union; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [32461/16]
Thu, 27 Oct 2016
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Strategic Banking Corporation of Ireland Funding
Charlie McConalogue
3. Deputy Charlie McConalogue asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will provide operational details on the new SBCI agrifund; if he will provide a breakdown of funding sources and financial providers that will loan moneys to farmers; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [32462/16]
Thu, 27 Oct 2016
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GLAS Expenditure
Charlie McConalogue
9. Deputy Charlie McConalogue asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine his views on payment levels for farmers under the green low-carbon agri-environment scheme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [32323/16]
Thu, 27 Oct 2016
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Sheepmeat Sector
Charlie McConalogue
10. Deputy Charlie McConalogue asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will provide details on the new sheep scheme to be introduced in 2017; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [32321/16]
Thu, 27 Oct 2016
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TAMS Data
Charlie McConalogue
18. Deputy Charlie McConalogue asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the number of applications received in total under TAMS II tranches 1, 2 and 3; the total number of approved applications to date; the total number of applicants who have received payments to date; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [32322/16]
Thu, 27 Oct 2016
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Strategic Banking Corporation of Ireland Funding
Charlie McConalogue
31. Deputy Charlie McConalogue asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will provide operational details on the new SBCI agri fund; the details of funding sources and financial providers that will lend moneys to farmers; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [32324/16]
Thu, 27 Oct 2016
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Departmental Funding
Charlie McConalogue
38. Deputy Charlie McConalogue asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if emergency funding will be available to tillage farmers in view of recent severe weather; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [32320/16]
Wed, 26 Oct 2016
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National Broadband Plan Implementation
Charlie McConalogue
46. Deputy Charlie McConalogue asked the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment when his Department first announced plans to introduce the national broadband plan; the dates on which various Ministers held press conferences to publicise it; the expected commencement and completion dates provided by Ministers at each of these press conferences; the current projected commencement and completion dates; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [31838/16]
Wed, 26 Oct 2016
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Tax Reliefs Eligibility
Charlie McConalogue
57. Deputy Charlie McConalogue asked the Minister for Finance if a person (details supplied) can avail of the new first-time buyers grant; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [32327/16]
Wed, 26 Oct 2016
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Health Services Provision
Charlie McConalogue
114. Deputy Charlie McConalogue asked the Minister for Health if there are funds available from his Department to assist a person who had surgery carried out privately, within the State, but was previously on the public waiting list; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [32152/16]
Tue, 25 Oct 2016
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Special Educational Needs
Charlie McConalogue
202. Deputy Charlie McConalogue asked the Minister for Education and Skills his plans to provide additional resources to cater for the needs of exceptionally able children in primary and secondary schools; his plans to implement the suggestions as detailed in a leaflet (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [31551/16]
Tue, 25 Oct 2016
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Departmental Funding
Charlie McConalogue
222. Deputy Charlie McConalogue asked the Minister for Education and Skills his plans to provide capital funding to a project (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [31862/16]
Tue, 25 Oct 2016
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Student Grant Scheme Eligibility
Charlie McConalogue
224. Deputy Charlie McConalogue asked the Minister for Education and Skills the reason interest on loans, depreciation, etc., are treated as add backs within the student grant scheme for those who are self-employed; his plans to change this criteria given that the Revenue Commissioners do not have this specification; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [31886/16]
Tue, 25 Oct 2016
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Farm Assist Scheme
Charlie McConalogue
301. Deputy Charlie McConalogue asked the Minister for Social Protection if the new farm assist criteria announced in budget 2017 will be applied to new farm assist applications; if not, the date when the new criteria will come into effect; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [31530/16]
Tue, 25 Oct 2016
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Obesity Strategy
Charlie McConalogue
413. Deputy Charlie McConalogue asked the Minister for Health the funding which will be available to support the implementation of the obesity policy and action plan (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [31598/16]
Tue, 25 Oct 2016
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Clinical Trials
Charlie McConalogue
452. Deputy Charlie McConalogue asked the Minister for Health the amount of funding which has been ring-fenced in budget 2017 for clinical cancer trials here; the amount of this funding which has been allocated to Letterkenny University Hospital; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [31873/16]
Tue, 25 Oct 2016
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TAMS Applications Data
Charlie McConalogue
507. Deputy Charlie McConalogue asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine further to Question No. 1619 of 16 September 2016, the number of applications received, in total, under the targeted agricultural modernisation scheme 2 on a county basis in tabular form; the total number of approved applications; the total number of payment claims lodged; the total number of payment claims that have been approved for payment; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [31580/16]
Tue, 25 Oct 2016
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Greyhound Industry
Charlie McConalogue
510. Deputy Charlie McConalogue asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if, further to Parliamentary Question No. 134 of 15 July 2015, he has received a progress report (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [31592/16]
Tue, 25 Oct 2016
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Single Payment Scheme Applications
Charlie McConalogue
513. Deputy Charlie McConalogue asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the status of a single farm payment application and his Department's engagement with third parties with regard to payments to a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [31656/16]
Tue, 25 Oct 2016
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Agriculture Scheme Data
Charlie McConalogue
524. Deputy Charlie McConalogue asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine further to Parliamentary Question No. 596 of 18 October 2016, if he will provide a breakdown in monetary terms of the total amount of funding being provided from balance sheet support from the SBCI and COSME EU Financial Instrument in the make up of the new €150 million agriloan fund announced in Budget 2017; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [31948/16]
Tue, 25 Oct 2016
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Driver Test Waiting Lists
Charlie McConalogue
560. Deputy Charlie McConalogue asked the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the reason there is a 20 -week wait when applying to do a driving test in Buncrana, County Donegal; his plans to address this waiting list; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [31619/16]
Tue, 25 Oct 2016
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Community Childcare Subvention Programme
Charlie McConalogue
603. Deputy Charlie McConalogue asked the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs if she will extend the deadline for community child care providers to submit applications to the community child care subvention scheme, in view of the fact that many parents are experiencing delays in receiving their medical cards; the reason community child care providers can only submit applications to this scheme once a year while private providers can submit applications throughout the year; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [31516/16]
Thu, 20 Oct 2016
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Nitrates Action Programme Implementation
Charlie McConalogue
127. Deputy Charlie McConalogue asked the Minister for Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government the position regarding the situation facing farmers who were unable to empty slurry tanks due to wet ground conditions in advance of the 15 October nitrates directive deadline; if he will provide flexibility to affected farmers to spread slurry after the closing date, ground conditions permitting; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [31316/16]
Thu, 20 Oct 2016
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Rent Supplement Scheme Administration
Charlie McConalogue
149. Deputy Charlie McConalogue asked the Minister for Social Protection if payments from the UK, such as the UK equivalent to disability allowance, are assessed as means in the eligibility for rent allowance; if there has been a change in policy regarding the assessment of UK means in the past number of years; the reason behind any such change; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [31355/16]
Thu, 20 Oct 2016
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Departmental Bodies Expenditure
Charlie McConalogue
250. Deputy Charlie McConalogue asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will provide a breakdown between current and capital expenditure allocated for all State agencies and bodies under his aegis for 2016 and 2017, including Bord Bia, Bord Iascaigh Mhara, the National Milk Agency, Teagasc and the Marine Institute, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [31274/16]
Thu, 20 Oct 2016
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Departmental Staff Recruitment
Charlie McConalogue
251. Deputy Charlie McConalogue asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the total number of additional staff to be taken on in his Department and in all individual State agencies and bodies under his aegis in 2017; the total cost of hiring additional staff in his Department and in each individual State agency and body, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [31275/16]
Thu, 20 Oct 2016
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Fisheries Offences
Charlie McConalogue
252. Deputy Charlie McConalogue asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine in view of his previous statements where he indicated his wish to bring forward primary legislation to a scheme that implements the EU fishing points system for licenceholders, if he will provide an update on this; the engagement he has had with fishing producer organisations in this regard; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [31276/16]
Thu, 20 Oct 2016
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Greyhound Industry
Charlie McConalogue
253. Deputy Charlie McConalogue asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will provide requested details (details supplied) regarding greyhounds; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [31313/16]
Thu, 20 Oct 2016
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Nitrates Usage
Charlie McConalogue
254. Deputy Charlie McConalogue asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine his views on the situation facing farmers who were unable to empty slurry tanks due to wet ground conditions in advance of the 15 October nitrates directive deadline; if he will liaise with the Minister for Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government to ensure that flexibility is shown to affected farmers; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [31315/16]
Wed, 19 Oct 2016
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Rural Social Scheme Administration
Charlie McConalogue
90. Deputy Charlie McConalogue asked the Minister for Social Protection the status of the expansion of the rural social scheme following budget 2017; the way the extra places will be spread throughout the country; when this will take place; the funding that is being put forward for the scheme in 2017; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [31068/16]
Wed, 19 Oct 2016
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Work Placement Programmes
Charlie McConalogue
91. Deputy Charlie McConalogue asked the Minister for Social Protection the status of his Department's plans for the Tús scheme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [31070/16]
Wed, 19 Oct 2016
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Drainage Schemes
Charlie McConalogue
104. Deputy Charlie McConalogue asked the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform further to Parliamentary Question No. 169 of 26 May 2016, if he will arrange for the OPW to reassess a river (details supplied) in County Donegal, in view of the fact that the local authority has stated the river is not under its remit; if there is any support available from his Department to assist private landowners should the OPW or the local authority not take responsibility for the river; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [31077/16]
Tue, 18 Oct 2016
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Health Services Staff Recruitment
Charlie McConalogue
71. Deputy Charlie McConalogue asked the Minister for Health if a third consultant rheumatologist has been appointed to Sligo General Hospital; when the outreach rheumatology clinic will be reinstated in Letterkenny University Hospital; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [30493/16]
Tue, 18 Oct 2016
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National Internship Scheme Administration
Charlie McConalogue
344. Deputy Charlie McConalogue asked the Minister for Social Protection his plans to increase the weekly payment to JobBridge participants; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [30939/16]
Tue, 18 Oct 2016
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Brexit Issues
Charlie McConalogue
357. Deputy Charlie McConalogue asked the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform his understanding of the current status of INTERREG and PEACE IV funding under the umbrella of the Special EU Programmes Body, SEUPB, in view of the UK decision to leave the EU; if the total funding allocated for INTERREG and PEACE IV cross-Border projects will be delivered; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [30232/16]
Tue, 18 Oct 2016
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Office of Public Works Projects
Charlie McConalogue
360. Deputy Charlie McConalogue asked the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform his plans for a new building (details supplied); if the OPW has carried out any preparatory works regarding this new building; if the site of the current building is suitable for a new build; the timeline of when this work will commence; when it is expected to be completed; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [30257/16]
Tue, 18 Oct 2016
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Flood Relief Schemes Status
Charlie McConalogue
365. Deputy Charlie McConalogue asked the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the status of a revised application regarding the construction of a retaining wall (details supplied); when a decision can be expected on same; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [30420/16]
Tue, 18 Oct 2016
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National Monuments
Charlie McConalogue
375. Deputy Charlie McConalogue asked the Minister for Arts, Heritage, Regional, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs if her Department will consider adopting an abbey (details supplied) as a national monument; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [30250/16]
Tue, 18 Oct 2016
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National Monuments
Charlie McConalogue
376. Deputy Charlie McConalogue asked the Minister for Arts, Heritage, Regional, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs the potential funding stream available from her Department or the EU that would support the safeguarding and restoration of an abbey (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [30254/16]
Tue, 18 Oct 2016
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Obesity Strategy
Charlie McConalogue
454. Deputy Charlie McConalogue asked the Minister for Health the way in which a person, business, community group or sports club can be involved in the delivery of the Government's obesity policy and action plan 2016-2025 at a local level; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [30481/16]
Tue, 18 Oct 2016
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Rural Development Programme Funding
Charlie McConalogue
574. Deputy Charlie McConalogue asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the total annual amount of funds originally allocated for each of the years 2014 to 2020 under the rural development programme 2014 - 2020; the total actual expenditure incurred in 2014, 2015 and to date in 2016; if the total 2016 budget allocation will be fully realised; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [30341/16]
Tue, 18 Oct 2016
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Rural Development Programme Data
Charlie McConalogue
575. Deputy Charlie McConalogue asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will provide a breakdown between total expenditure incurred to date in 2016 and the annual amount of funds originally allocated to each scheme under the rural development programme (details supplied), in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [30342/16]
Tue, 18 Oct 2016
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Agriculture Scheme Data
Charlie McConalogue
576. Deputy Charlie McConalogue asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the total number of dairy farmers participating and not participating respectively, in the sustainable dairy assurance scheme per county, in tabular form; the expected duration of the scheme; the consequence to farmers who do not join the scheme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [30343/16]
Tue, 18 Oct 2016
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Agriculture Scheme Penalties
Charlie McConalogue
577. Deputy Charlie McConalogue asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the total penalties imposed on farmers under the CAP schemes in 2014 and 2015, on a county basis for each year; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [30344/16]