Ceisteanna Parlaiminte

Agriculture Scheme Payments

Charlie McConalogue

228. Deputy Charlie McConalogue asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine when payment will issue to a person (details supplied) in County Donegal under the single payment scheme and the green low-carbon agri-environment scheme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [4115/16]

Agriculture Scheme Payments

Dan Neville

229. Deputy Dan Neville asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the status of a payment to a person (details supplied) in County Limerick under the young farmers dairy aid scheme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [4116/16]

Agriculture Scheme Eligibility

Dan Neville

230. Deputy Dan Neville asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the status of the entitlements of a person (details supplied) in County Limerick; if he will clarify the matter for the person; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [4121/16]

Agriculture Schemes

Pearse Doherty

231. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the reason for the delay in transferring an entitlement to a person (details supplied) in County Donegal, given that all documents were returned to his Department; when outstanding payments will issue; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [4124/16]

Agriculture Scheme Applications

Michael Creed

232. Deputy Michael Creed asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the schemes applied for by a person (details supplied) in County Cork in 2015, including the outstanding payments due; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [4133/16]

Basic Payment Scheme Applications

Noel Harrington

233. Deputy Noel Harrington asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the status of farm payments to a person (details supplied) in County Cork, including when all outstanding payments will issue; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [4142/16]

Agriculture Scheme Applications

Noel Harrington

234. Deputy Noel Harrington asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the status of farm payments to a person (details supplied) in County Cork, including when all outstanding payments will issue; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [4143/16]

Agriculture Scheme Payments

Brendan Griffin

235. Deputy Brendan Griffin asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if payment will issue to a person (details supplied) in County Kerry; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [4158/16]

Agriculture Schemes

Dan Neville

236. Deputy Dan Neville asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine further to Parliamentary Question No. 103 of 10 December 2015, if he will address a matter (details supplied) regarding an Irish Living Assessment; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [4185/16]

Agriculture Scheme Payments

Dan Neville

237. Deputy Dan Neville asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the status of payment to a person (details supplied) in County Limerick under the single payment scheme, including if the payment will be issued without further delay; to inform the person when the payment will be made.; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [4187/16]

Agri-Environment Options Scheme Applications

Michael Ring

238. Deputy Michael Ring asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine when a person (details supplied) in County Mayo will receive payment under the agri-environment options scheme; if the checks as stated in Parliamentary Question No. 99 of 20 January 2016 have been completed; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [4189/16]

Basic Payment Scheme Payments

Brendan Griffin

239. Deputy Brendan Griffin asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine when a payment will issue to a person (details supplied) in County Kerry under the basic payment scheme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [4197/16]

Forestry Grants

Brendan Griffin

240. Deputy Brendan Griffin asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he has made a decision on an appeal of an application for afforestation pre-approval by a person (details supplied) in County Kerry; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [4208/16]

EU Regulations

Michael McNamara

241. Deputy Michael McNamara asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if the 2015 national reserve (young farmer/new entrant) and young farmers scheme terms and conditions, in particular the condition that applicants for the young farmers category of the national reserve must have a gross off-farm income that does not exceed €40,000 in one of the tax years 2013 or 2014, are compatible with the conditions for "farmers commencing their agricultural activity" in Article 30 of Regulation (EU) No. 1307/2013, which allows member states to establish their own additional objective and non-discriminative eligibility criteria for this category of farmers only as regards appropriate skills, experience or education. [4218/16]

EU Regulations

Michael McNamara

242. Deputy Michael McNamara asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if the 2015 national reserve (young farmer/new entrant) and young farmers scheme terms and conditions, in particular the condition that applicants for the young farmers category of the national reserve who are farming as part of a group or as a company will have the gross off-farm income of the directors taken into consideration, are compatible with the conditions for "farmers commencing their agricultural activity" provided in Article 30 of Regulation (EU) No. 1307/2013, which allows the member states to establish their own additional objective and non-discriminative eligibility criteria for this category of farmers only as regards appropriate skills, experience or education. [4219/16]

EU Regulations

Michael McNamara

243. Deputy Michael McNamara asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if the 2015 national reserve (young farmer/new entrant) and young farmers scheme terms and conditions, in particular the condition that applicants for the young farmers category of the national reserve who are farming as part of a group or as a company will have the gross off-farm income of the directors taken into consideration, effectively discriminate between applicants commencing their agricultural activity as natural persons and those commencing their agricultural activity as legal persons, in a manner not envisaged in Article 30 (11) of Regulation (EU) No. 1307/2013. [4220/16]

Departmental Legal Cases

Éamon Ó Cuív

244. Deputy Éamon Ó Cuív asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will implement the recommendations of the Committee of Public Accounts in relation to the decision in a court case involving his Department and a person (details supplied) in County Cavan; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [4267/16]

Basic Payment Scheme Payments

Patrick O'Donovan

245. Deputy Patrick O'Donovan asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the status of payment for a person (details supplied) under the basic payment scheme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [4290/16]

Agriculture Scheme Payments

Noel Harrington

246. Deputy Noel Harrington asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the status of farm payments to a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [4292/16]

Areas of Natural Constraint Scheme Appeals

Michael Creed

247. Deputy Michael Creed asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he received an appeal from a person (details supplied) in County Cork under the disadvantaged areas scheme; when he will make a decision on this appeal; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [4296/16]

Forestry Grants

Dan Neville

248. Deputy Dan Neville asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine to review an application for a forestry grant and to contact the person (details supplied) in County Limerick; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [4337/16]

Beef Data Programme

Charlie McConalogue

249. Deputy Charlie McConalogue asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine why a person (details supplied) in County Donegal was refused access to the beef data and genomics programme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [4341/16]

Agriculture Scheme Payments

Charlie McConalogue

250. Deputy Charlie McConalogue asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the status of an application by a person (details supplied) in County Donegal under the basic payment scheme and the areas of natural constraint scheme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [4362/16]

Departmental Correspondence

Charlie McConalogue

251. Deputy Charlie McConalogue asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine further to Parliamentary Question No. 259 of 1 December 2015, why he has not issued a final response as yet; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [4367/16]

GLAS Payments

Michael Healy-Rae

252. Deputy Michael Healy-Rae asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the status of a payment with regard to a person (details supplied) in County Kerry under the green low-carbon agri-environment scheme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [4368/16]

Agriculture Scheme Applications

Michael Healy-Rae

253. Deputy Michael Healy-Rae asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the status of an application by a person (details supplied) in County Kerry under the young farmers scheme and the national reserve scheme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [4430/16]

Agriculture Scheme Applications

Michael Healy-Rae

254. Deputy Michael Healy-Rae asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the status of an application by a person (details supplied) in County Kerry under the young farmers scheme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [4435/16]

Areas of Natural Constraint Scheme Payments

Timmy Dooley

255. Deputy Timmy Dooley asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine when a person (details supplied) in County Clare will receive farm payments; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [4457/16]

Agriculture Scheme Applications

Michael Healy-Rae

256. Deputy Michael Healy-Rae asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the status of an application by a person (details supplied) in County Kerry under the old young farmers scheme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [4469/16]

Live Exports

Pearse Doherty

257. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine further to Parliamentary Question No. 238 of 17 December 2015, the progress to date in persuading Chinese authorities to remove strict new limits imposed on cadmium levels for live crab intended for export to China; if similar restrictions are in force on exports originating from other countries destined for the Chinese market, or if the rules only apply to Irish crab; if he is aware of the detrimental impact which these restrictions are having on the industry here; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [4471/16]

Appointments to State Boards

Catherine Murphy

258. Deputy Catherine Murphy asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the details of appointments to State boards, by name of appointee, date of appointment and appointment through a public application process or otherwise, from 7 March 2011 to date; the number of vacancies on State boards under his remit; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [4610/16]

Appointments to State Boards

Catherine Murphy

259. Deputy Catherine Murphy asked the Minister for Defence the details of appointments to State boards, by name of appointee, date of appointment and appointment through a public application process or otherwise, from 7 March 2011 to date; the number of vacancies on State boards under his remit; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [4614/16]

Garda Station Refurbishment

Finian McGrath

260. Deputy Finian McGrath asked the Minister for Justice and Equality if she will refurbish the Garda Síochána station in Coolock, Dublin 5, in 2016; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [4282/16]

Visa Applications

Finian McGrath

261. Deputy Finian McGrath asked the Minister for Justice and Equality the status of a long stay visa in respect of a family (details supplied) in Dublin 5; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [3975/16]

Language Schools

Fergus O'Dowd

262. Deputy Fergus O'Dowd asked the Minister for Justice and Equality to respond to issues raised concerning English language schools (details supplied). [4025/16]

Travel Documents

Bernard Durkan

263. Deputy Bernard J. Durkan asked the Minister for Justice and Equality if and when the appropriate travel document will issue to a person (details supplied) in County Laois who needs to travel to an embassy to obtain a replacement passport; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [4059/16]

Residency Permits

Bernard Durkan

264. Deputy Bernard J. Durkan asked the Minister for Justice and Equality the current and-or expected residency status of a person (details supplied) in County Meath; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [4061/16]

Coroners Service

Clare Daly

265. Deputy Clare Daly asked the Minister for Justice and Equality if her offices were contacted by the coroner in the case of a person (details supplied); the advice given regarding the decision to consider treating the death of a pregnant woman as being the death of two persons; the legislative basis of a foetus being afforded the legal rights of a person; what she proposes to do about it; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [4064/16]

Commencement of Legislation

Michael Creed

266. Deputy Michael Creed asked the Minister for Justice and Equality when she will sign the commencement order for the new one-year bankruptcy legislation; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [4069/16]

Fines Data

Billy Kelleher

267. Deputy Billy Kelleher asked the Minister for Justice and Equality the number of people resident in Dublin 12, 8,10 and 6W who were convicted and sentenced to imprisonment; the number who were processed at the prison where they were sent and released on the same day or the following day, by prison, by category of crime, by length of sentence given, in 2014 and in 2015; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [4242/16]

Fines Data

Billy Kelleher

268. Deputy Billy Kelleher asked the Minister for Justice and Equality the number of people resident in Cork City who were convicted and sentenced to imprisonment; the number who were processed at the prison where they were sent and released on the same day or on the following day, by prison, by category of crime, by length of sentence given, in 2014 and in 2015; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [4243/16]

Garda Transport Data

Seán Kenny

269. Deputy Seán Kenny asked the Minister for Justice and Equality the number of new and unmarked Garda Síochána cars that will come into the fleet in 2016; if the contract to supply the cars has gone to tender; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [4271/16]

Garda Expenditure

Finian McGrath

270. Deputy Finian McGrath asked the Minister for Justice and Equality to support the budget allocation for the Garda Síochána air support unit in the years 2013 to 2016; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [4278/16]

Closed-Circuit Television Systems Expenditure

Finian McGrath

271. Deputy Finian McGrath asked the Minister for Justice and Equality the cost of increasing the number of Garda Síochána closed circuit television cameras in Dublin city centre from 77 to 107; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [4279/16]

Immigration Status

Pearse Doherty

272. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for Justice and Equality if she will grant permission to remain here to persons (details supplied) in County Donegal; if she provided sufficient information in regard to the entry requirement needed to remain here; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [4365/16]

Garda Station Closures

Pearse Doherty

273. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for Justice and Equality the number of Garda Síochána stations that were closed in County Cavan and in County Monaghan over the past ten years, in tabular form; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [4375/16]

Garda Stations

Pearse Doherty

274. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for Justice and Equality the number of Garda Síochána stations in County Cavan and in County Monaghan in each of the past ten years, in tabular form; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [4376/16]

Garda Strength

Niall Collins

275. Deputy Niall Collins asked the Minister for Justice and Equality the number of Garda Síochána on 1 January in each of the past ten years, including details of the numbers in training on those dates. [4394/16]

Crime Data

Pearse Doherty

276. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for Justice and Equality the number of incidences reported to An Garda Síochána at Garda Síochána stations in Ballybofey, Carrigans, Castlefinn, Convoy, Lifford and Ballybofey in County Donegal, in each of the years 2010 to 2015, in tabular form; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [4472/16]

State Bodies

Catherine Murphy

277. Deputy Catherine Murphy asked the Minister for Justice and Equality the details of appointments to State boards, by name of appointee, date of appointment and appointment through a public application process or otherwise, from 7 March 2011 to date; the number of vacancies on State boards under her remit; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [4621/16]