Ceisteanna Parlaiminte

Superlevy Fine

Charlie McConalogue

247. Deputy Charlie McConalogue asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the number of participants and the amount of funding remaining under the superlevy instalment scheme; if he will consider postponing the collection of the remaining instalment payments for up to two years, given the severe market volatility in the sector and associated cash flow difficulties; if these fines will be imposed at European Union level should he pursue a postponement; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [16574/16]

Job Creation

Charlie McConalogue

50. Deputy Charlie McConalogue asked the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation if County Donegal has fallen behind other parts of the country in terms of job creation; if poor road and broadband infrastructure is a contributing factor to the lack of new inward investment there over the years 2011 to 2016 to date; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [15629/16]

Road Projects

Charlie McConalogue

75. Deputy Charlie McConalogue asked the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the status of the A5 and his recent engagement with his Northern Ireland counterparts in relation to it; his funding commitment and that of the Northern Ireland Government to the project; when the project will be completed; the status of the funding allocated under the St. Andrews Agreement; if it is still available for this project; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [15307/16]

Family Income Supplement Eligibility

Charlie McConalogue

288. Deputy Charlie McConalogue asked the Minister for Social Protection the reason he has suspended a payment to a person (details supplied) under the family income supplement scheme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [15371/16]

National Internship Scheme Review

Charlie McConalogue

302. Deputy Charlie McConalogue asked the Minister for Social Protection his plans regarding the JobBridge scheme and to stop new entrants to the scheme in September 2016; if any scheme which is introduced will continue to allow primary schools to provide internships; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [15548/16]

National Parks and Wildlife Service

Charlie McConalogue

392. Deputy Charlie McConalogue asked the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the status of leases the National Parks and Wildlife Service entered into, given the decision by a landowner to sell relevant lands (details supplied); the length of the agreed leases; the future opportunity for renewing these; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [15895/16]

Basic Payment Scheme Eligibility

Charlie McConalogue

493. Deputy Charlie McConalogue asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he has received clarification on getting farm land under solar farm installations recognised as an agricultural activity and, therefore, eligible for European Union direct payments and qualifying for retirement and agricultural reliefs at European level; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [15336/16]

Departmental Staff Recruitment

Charlie McConalogue

528. Deputy Charlie McConalogue asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine his plans to recruit for the position of agricultural technical officer; the number of new staff he will recruit; where he will base these staff; when they will be in place; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [16083/16]

Community Enterprise Centres

Charlie McConalogue

223. Deputy Charlie McConalogue asked the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the reason a centre (details supplied) did not receive funding under the community enterprise initiative; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [15183/16]

Agriculture Industry

Charlie McConalogue

46. Deputy Charlie McConalogue asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the urgent measures he will take to tackle the crisis in farm incomes and severe market volatility across most sectors; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [14834/16]

Greenhouse Gas Emissions

Charlie McConalogue

49. Deputy Charlie McConalogue asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the steps he will take to ensure that Ireland's grass-based agriculture, forestry and boglands are taken into account as methods of carbon sequestration in upcoming European Union discussions on 2030 emissions targets; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [14835/16]

Milk Quota

Charlie McConalogue

71. Deputy Charlie McConalogue asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he considered postponing remaining milk super levy payments by up to two years, given the severe market crisis in the dairy industry; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [14475/16]

Employment Investment Incentive Scheme

Charlie McConalogue

145. Deputy Charlie McConalogue asked the Minister for Finance his plans to review the employment investment incentive scheme, EII, so as to ensure that any incentives it provides are at least equivalent to incentives available under the seed enterprise investment scheme, SEIS, in Britain; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [14689/16]

Mobility Allowance

Charlie McConalogue

519. Deputy Charlie McConalogue asked the Minister for Health when he will finalise a replacement scheme for the mobility allowance and motorised transport grant which were removed from new applicants over three years ago; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [15060/16]

Grant Payments

Charlie McConalogue

659. Deputy Charlie McConalogue asked the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation when the successful applicants to the community enterprise initiative 2015-17 will be announced; if an organisation (details supplied) has been successful with its application; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [14412/16]

Orthodontic Services Waiting Lists

Charlie McConalogue

35. Deputy Charlie McConalogue asked the Minister for Health why he is not providing the necessary infrastructure and staff to the orthodontic department at Letterkenny University Hospital, County Donegal, resulting in clinics being cancelled on a continuous basis and waiting lists growing; why no radiography equipment is available in-house for the department; when he will provide a full complement of six dental nurses for it; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [13675/16]

HSE Funding

Charlie McConalogue

39. Deputy Charlie McConalogue asked the Minister for Health if the €8 million funding announced for therapy services for young persons in the 2016 Health Service Executive service plan has been released; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [13819/16]

Health Services Staff

Charlie McConalogue

251. Deputy Charlie McConalogue asked the Minister for Health his plans to implement the national transfer policy for non-rostered paramedics (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [14181/16]

Parliamentary Questions

Charlie McConalogue

270. Deputy Charlie McConalogue asked the Minister for Health when he will issue a final reply to an interim reply (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [14243/16]

Broadband Service Provision

Charlie McConalogue

290. Deputy Charlie McConalogue asked the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources his views on the provision of broadband in County Donegal, given correspondence from a person (details supplied) and the announcement of a former Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources in April 2014 in this regard; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [14241/16]