Ceisteanna Parlaiminte

Medical Card Applications

Charlie McConalogue

394. Deputy Charlie McConalogue asked the Minister for Health the status of a medical card application by a person (details supplied) in County Donegal; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [37060/18]

Hospital Staff Data

Charlie McConalogue

432. Deputy Charlie McConalogue asked the Minister for Health if his Department or the Health Service Executive, HSE, is engaging with section 38 hospitals to assess the possibilities for improving opportunities for hospital staff to apply for transfers between section 38 hospitals and HSE hospitals; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [37183/18]

Hospital Staff Recruitment

Charlie McConalogue

478. Deputy Charlie McConalogue asked the Minister for Health when a reply will issue to parliamentary question No. 176 of 17 May 2018; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [37368/18]

Medical Card Applications

Charlie McConalogue

526. Deputy Charlie McConalogue asked the Minister for Health the reason the medical card section is seeking renewed information on an application by a person (details supplied) despite the fact this was provided to it through the course of the application; if this file can be reviewed with a view to processing same; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [37522/18]

Medical Card Reviews

Charlie McConalogue

527. Deputy Charlie McConalogue asked the Minister for Health the reason a review of a medical card application by a person (details supplied) was not undertaken despite being forwarded to the section in advance of the deadline for review; if this review can now take place without delay in view of the fact the information has been received; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [37523/18]

Agriculture Scheme Appeals

Charlie McConalogue

588. Deputy Charlie McConalogue asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the status of an appeal by a person (details supplied) to the agriculture appeals office; when a decision on the appeal is expected; if every effort will be made to finalise the appeal as soon as possible in view of the fact that the person has not received payment; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [37029/18]

Illness Benefit Payments

Charlie McConalogue

714. Deputy Charlie McConalogue asked the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection when payment will issue on an illness benefit claim in the case of a person (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [37041/18]

Consular Services Remit

Charlie McConalogue

68. Deputy Charlie McConalogue asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the protocol in place for assisting families with legal costs that have lost loved ones as a result of a criminal act abroad; if he will review the policy in this regard to ensure that financial assistance is provided to allow the families' interest be represented in subsequent legal proceedings; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [36654/18]

Brexit Issues

Charlie McConalogue

112. Deputy Charlie McConalogue asked the Minister for Finance the modelling his Department is undertaking to examine the impact of Brexit on the price of grocery goods here; the financial impact this modelling shows Brexit may have on a family's weekly shop; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [35785/18]

Pension Provisions

Charlie McConalogue

217. Deputy Charlie McConalogue asked the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the reason a pension is not being issued to a person (details supplied) in County Donegal; when the pension will issue; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [36465/18]

Medical Card Applications

Charlie McConalogue

919. Deputy Charlie McConalogue asked the Minister for Health the reason a medical card application by a person (details supplied) was closed; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [36663/18]

Medical Card Applications

Charlie McConalogue

920. Deputy Charlie McConalogue asked the Minister for Health the reason a medical card application by a person (details supplied) was closed; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [36664/18]

Aquaculture Licence Applications

Charlie McConalogue

993. Deputy Charlie McConalogue asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine further to Parliamentary Question No. 450 of 19 June 2018, the status of an aquaculture licence application by a person (details supplied) in County Donegal; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [36478/18]

Beef Industry

Charlie McConalogue

1006. Deputy Charlie McConalogue asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine when the beef forum is due to next meet; and the number of meetings to date since the forum was established, in tabular form. [36932/18]

Dairy Sector

Charlie McConalogue

1007. Deputy Charlie McConalogue asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine when the dairy forum is due to next meet; and the number of meetings to date since the forum was established, in tabular form. [36933/18]

Tillage Sector

Charlie McConalogue

1008. Deputy Charlie McConalogue asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine when the tillage forum is due to next meet; and the number of meetings to date since the forum was established, in tabular form. [36934/18]

Agriculture Industry

Charlie McConalogue

1009. Deputy Charlie McConalogue asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the costs associated with running and facilitating the various round table forums in each sector including beef, dairy, tillage and so on, in tabular form. [36935/18]

Fodder Crisis

Charlie McConalogue

1010. Deputy Charlie McConalogue asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine his plans to introduce a crisis hardship fund to support farmers who have had to expend significant funds to source fodder and feed cattle as result of reduced fodder availability as a result of severe drought summer type conditions. [36939/18]

Fodder Crisis

Charlie McConalogue

1011. Deputy Charlie McConalogue asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine his plans to introduce a low cost loan scheme to support farmers who have had to expend significant funds to source fodder and feed as a result of severe drought summer type conditions and reduced prices for produce. [36940/18]

Agriculture Scheme Data

Charlie McConalogue

1012. Deputy Charlie McConalogue asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the number of persons who applied to the 2018 national reserve without having completed a green certificate by the May 2018 deadline. [36941/18]

Agriculture Scheme Data

Charlie McConalogue

1013. Deputy Charlie McConalogue asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the number of applications to the 2018 national reserve and young farmers scheme by county, in tabular form. [36942/18]

Livestock Issues

Charlie McConalogue

1014. Deputy Charlie McConalogue asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the number of suckler cows by county, in tabular form. [36943/18]

TB Eradication Scheme

Charlie McConalogue

1015. Deputy Charlie McConalogue asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if adequate financial support will be provided for farmers to ensure they are not disadvantaged when TB controls are imposed on their farms. [36944/18]

TB Eradication Scheme

Charlie McConalogue

1016. Deputy Charlie McConalogue asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the amount allocated to the TB eradication and support programme in each of the years 2010 to 2018; and the amount expended in each year and to date in 2018, in tabular form. [36945/18]

Knowledge Transfer Programme

Charlie McConalogue

1017. Deputy Charlie McConalogue asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the payment rates per hectare for farmers for the recently announced knowledge transfer scheme to establish knowledge transfer groups for forestry; when farmers will be able to apply to this scheme; and the criteria that will apply to applicants. [36946/18]

Food Exports

Charlie McConalogue

1018. Deputy Charlie McConalogue asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine further to the confirmation that 1,000 new customs and veterinary inspectors will be hired in the event of a no-deal hard Brexit scenario, the estimated impact in terms of resourcing for export certificates and health certificates required for third country exports in March 2019; and the contingencies in place for the necessary infrastructure to be of sufficient scale to allow for the seamless export of thousands of tonnes of food product to third countries weekly and to ensure there is no delays in this regard. [36947/18]

Farm Retirement Scheme Data

Charlie McConalogue

1019. Deputy Charlie McConalogue asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the amount allocated in each year of the 2014-2020 rural development programme to the early retirement scheme; the amount drawn down in each year and to date in 2018; the number of farmers who participated in the scheme; and his views on having such a scheme post-2020. [36948/18]

Knowledge Transfer Programme

Charlie McConalogue

1020. Deputy Charlie McConalogue asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the number of knowledge transfer group participants who have and have not completed animal health measures, respectively, by county, in tabular form. [36949/18]

Knowledge Transfer Programme

Charlie McConalogue

1021. Deputy Charlie McConalogue asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the number of knowledge transfer group participants who have and have not completed respectively farm improvement plans; and the number of knowledge transfer groups meetings that took place by the 31July deadline by county, in tabular form. [36950/18]

Brexit Data

Charlie McConalogue

1022. Deputy Charlie McConalogue asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine further to Parliamentary Question No. 585 of 12 July 2018, the status of the data in relation to quarter one. [36951/18]

Fish Landings

Charlie McConalogue

1023. Deputy Charlie McConalogue asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the percentage of landings made from the UK exclusive economic zone for each specific fishing stock, in tabular form. [36952/18]

Fish Exports

Charlie McConalogue

1024. Deputy Charlie McConalogue asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the progress made on targets to increase fish exports in volume and value terms as per Food Wise 2025. [36953/18]

Leader Programmes Expenditure

Charlie McConalogue

1195. Deputy Charlie McConalogue asked the Minister for Rural and Community Development the breakdown between total funds expended on administration costs and the total amount on project costs on the Leader programme in each year of the 2014-2020 rural development programme and to date in 2018. [36936/18]

Rural Development Programme Funding

Charlie McConalogue

1196. Deputy Charlie McConalogue asked the Minister for Rural and Community Development the financial allocations on an annual basis under the 2014-2020 rural development programme as per measure 19 support for Leader local development; the annual amount expended on the programme in each year of the rural development programme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [36937/18]

Departmental Expenditure

Charlie McConalogue

1197. Deputy Charlie McConalogue asked the Minister for Rural and Community Development the amount allocated by current and capital expenditure in 2018 to schemes (details supplied). [36938/18]

Illness Benefit Payments

Charlie McConalogue

1274. Deputy Charlie McConalogue asked the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the status of an illness benefit payment for a person (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [36381/18]

Illness Benefit Payments

Charlie McConalogue

1275. Deputy Charlie McConalogue asked the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the reason for the delay in issuing illness benefit payments; if she will clarify same with regard to the change in the processing system for sick certificates; the way in which this change was communicated to those in receipt of the payment and to general practitioners that are required to fill out the forms; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [36382/18]

Partial Capacity Benefit Scheme Applications

Charlie McConalogue

1276. Deputy Charlie McConalogue asked the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the reason a partial capacity benefit application has been refused in the case of a person (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [36384/18]

Pensions Reform

Charlie McConalogue

1303. Deputy Charlie McConalogue asked the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the status of the investigations her Department has carried out with regard to applying PRSI contributions and entitlements for those in receipt of the carer's allowance in order to allow them to qualify for contributory pensions when they reach pension age; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [36604/18]

Further Education and Training Programmes

Charlie McConalogue

1304. Deputy Charlie McConalogue asked the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection her plans to review the level of training supports available for persons who are unemployed but cannot receive jobseeker's allowance due to the fact that their spouses are working; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [36628/18]

State Pensions Reform

Charlie McConalogue

1305. Deputy Charlie McConalogue asked the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the status of the proposed changes to the pension system in 2020; the nature of these changes; the proposals for same; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [36629/18]

Flood Prevention Measures

Charlie McConalogue

445. Deputy Charlie McConalogue asked the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the status of assigning responsibility for funding and management of rivers not identified under the Arterial Drainage (Amendment) Act 1995 as being under the remit of the OPW to ensure an agency is made responsible for their management, in view of the damage to many waterways in Inishowen, County Donegal, as a result of floods in August 2017; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [34728/18]

Schools Building Projects Status

Charlie McConalogue

591. Deputy Charlie McConalogue asked the Minister for Education and Skills if a new building extension to a school (details supplied) will commence in autumn 2018; the status of the project; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [34725/18]

Schools Building Projects Status

Charlie McConalogue

592. Deputy Charlie McConalogue asked the Minister for Education and Skills the status of a school building project (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [34726/18]

EU Directives

Charlie McConalogue

1387. Deputy Charlie McConalogue asked the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 907 of 17 April 2018, the status of the basic safety standards directive; if a proposal has been further considered; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [32701/18]

Long Stay Residential Units

Charlie McConalogue

1754. Deputy Charlie McConalogue asked the Minister for Health if funding will be made available to invest in Ramelton Community Hospital, St. Joseph's Community Hospital and Lifford Community Hospital in County Donegal to ensure that long-term beds are maintained and expanded into the future (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [34722/18]

Industrial Disputes

Charlie McConalogue

1755. Deputy Charlie McConalogue asked the Minister for Health if an industrial dispute is impacting on a service (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [34723/18]

Health Services Provision

Charlie McConalogue

1756. Deputy Charlie McConalogue asked the Minister for Health the status of a request for increased service provision (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [34724/18]

Services for People with Disabilities

Charlie McConalogue

1757. Deputy Charlie McConalogue asked the Minister for Health the status of the provision of community based accommodation to residents of a centre (details supplied) in County Donegal; if recruitment has commenced for a new manager of the centre; if the centre will be painted in the near future; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [34729/18]

Services for People with Disabilities

Charlie McConalogue

1758. Deputy Charlie McConalogue asked the Minister for Health if Carndonagh Community Hospital will be painted; when it was last painted; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [34730/18]

Services for People with Disabilities

Charlie McConalogue

1759. Deputy Charlie McConalogue asked the Minister for Health when a new day centre facility will be made available to service users of the day service centre at the James Connolly Memorial Hospital, Carndonagh, County Donegal; if a contract has been agreed for the provision of a new centre; when service users will move to the new centre; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [34731/18]

Home Help Service Data

Charlie McConalogue

1760. Deputy Charlie McConalogue asked the Minister for Health the number of persons approved for home help services in County Donegal who have not yet received a service; the number of months each approved applicant has been waiting by month in tabular form; his plans to recruit additional home help staff; the number of staff employed by the service for each of the past five years; the number of hours provided by the service in each of the past five years in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [34732/18]

Hospital Services

Charlie McConalogue

1761. Deputy Charlie McConalogue asked the Minister for Health the level of service provision at a centre (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [34733/18]

Hospital Accommodation Provision

Charlie McConalogue

1762. Deputy Charlie McConalogue asked the Minister for Health the progress on reopening the short stay ward in Letterkenny University Hospital in autumn 2018 with 19 additional beds; when a decision will be made; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [34736/18]

Hospital Services

Charlie McConalogue

1763. Deputy Charlie McConalogue asked the Minister for Health his plans to provide a consultant led urology service at Letterkenny University Hospital; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [34737/18]

Nursing Staff Recruitment

Charlie McConalogue

1764. Deputy Charlie McConalogue asked the Minister for Health the number of nurses recruited by the HSE in County Donegal using the discretionary permission provided to recruit through a local process rather than through the national recruitment service; the number of nurses from the recruitment drive allocated to each service or hospital in the county; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [34738/18]

Fodder Crisis

Charlie McConalogue

1900. Deputy Charlie McConalogue asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine when funding will issue to farmers in the west and north west under the Fodder Transport Support Measure 2018; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [32721/18]

Common Agricultural Policy Reform

Charlie McConalogue

1996. Deputy Charlie McConalogue asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the position he took regarding a paper (details supplied) at the recent Agriculture and Fisheries Council on 16 July 2018; and the reason for his position on the paper. [35342/18]

Agriculture Scheme Data

Charlie McConalogue

1997. Deputy Charlie McConalogue asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the number of beef and sheep farmers participating and not participating, respectively, in the sustainable beef and lamb assurance schemes, by county, in tabular form. [35343/18]

Agriculture Scheme Data

Charlie McConalogue

1998. Deputy Charlie McConalogue asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the number of dairy farmers participating and not participating, respectively, in the sustainable dairy assurance scheme, by county in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [35344/18]

Horse Racing Industry Development

Charlie McConalogue

1999. Deputy Charlie McConalogue asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine his views on a proposal by an organisation (details supplied). [35345/18]

Areas of Natural Constraint Scheme Review

Charlie McConalogue

2000. Deputy Charlie McConalogue asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if his Department has submitted technical data to date to the Joint Research Centre of the European Commission regarding the ANC review with regard to redesignation using a set list of bio-physical criteria; when this data was submitted; the feedback that has been received since the submission; and when the final maps will be submitted to the JRC and DG AGRI. [35346/18]

Brexit Documents

Charlie McConalogue

2001. Deputy Charlie McConalogue asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine his views on the British white paper The Future Relationship Between The United Kingdom And The European Union of 12 July 2018; and the analysis of this which has taken place from an Irish agriculture and fisheries perspective. [35347/18]

Brexit Supports

Charlie McConalogue

2002. Deputy Charlie McConalogue asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the contingency plans his Department has in place for a no-deal hard Brexit scenario; the plans that have been made with regard to increased Irish sanitary and phytosanitary checks and increased veterinary inspections in the event of the UK becoming a third country with the EU; and the number of additional veterinary inspectors who will be required for such a scenario in view of confirmation by An Taoiseach that 1,000 new customs and veterinary inspectors will be hired. [35348/18]

Brexit Staff

Charlie McConalogue

2003. Deputy Charlie McConalogue asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the plans in place for the hiring of increased staff in the sanitary and phytosanitary, SPS, area and veterinary inspections at ports, airports and Border-crossing points here in the event of a hard Brexit and the UK becoming a third country within the EU; the date on which since June 2016 such plans were agreed and finalised; if estimates for additional SPS checks and the number of new veterinary inspector hires have been costed; and if so, if the data for same will be provided in tabular form. [35349/18]

Brexit Supports

Charlie McConalogue

2004. Deputy Charlie McConalogue asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if his Department submitted a formal request to the Brexit preparedness group under the European Commission’s Taskforce on Article 50 negotiations with the United Kingdom seeking mitigation funding for the agrifood and fisheries sectors here in order to safeguard farmers and fishermen from a no-deal hard Brexit and the UK becoming a third country; and when such proposals were formally submitted. [35350/18]

Brexit Documents

Charlie McConalogue

2005. Deputy Charlie McConalogue asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine his views on a European Commission communication on Brexit preparedness (details supplied). [35351/18]

Veterinary Inspection Service Staff

Charlie McConalogue

2006. Deputy Charlie McConalogue asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the number of full and part-time staff veterinary officers and inspectors respectively employed in his Department in each of the years 2010 to 2017 and to date in 2018, by Civil Service grade and division; and the annual cost of employing such staff in tabular form. [35352/18]

Veterinary Inspection Service Staff

Charlie McConalogue

2007. Deputy Charlie McConalogue asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the number of veterinary officers and inspectors recruited by his Department since the Brexit referendum in June 2016 by new staff hires and replacement staff in this area annually in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [35353/18]

Departmental Staff Data

Charlie McConalogue

2008. Deputy Charlie McConalogue asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the number of full and part-time staff employed in the national disease control centre and Border inspection posts division in each of the years 2010 to 2017 and to date in 2018 by Civil Service grade; and the annual cost of this division, in tabular form. [35354/18]

Veterinary Inspection Service Staff

Charlie McConalogue

2009. Deputy Charlie McConalogue asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the certification required to work as a veterinary officer or inspector in his Department; the third-level and professional qualification required; if further internal departmental training is required when new veterinary officers or inspectors are hired; and if so, the duration of such training. [35355/18]

Sheep Welfare Scheme Funding

Charlie McConalogue

2010. Deputy Charlie McConalogue asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine further to Parliamentary Question No. 574 of 12 July 2018, if the requested data will be provided in tabular form (details supplied). [35357/18]

Fodder Crisis

Charlie McConalogue

2011. Deputy Charlie McConalogue asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine his views on the latest fodder census results announced by Teagasc with estimates of the national fodder deficit now at 28%; and the contingencies and supports in place for farmers. [35358/18]

Road Projects Status

Charlie McConalogue

2272. Deputy Charlie McConalogue asked the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the status of the A5 dual carriageway project in Northern Ireland; the details of his recent engagements with officials from Northern Ireland on the project; the funding commitment to the project; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [34727/18]

Tourism Project Funding

Charlie McConalogue

2273. Deputy Charlie McConalogue asked the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the progress of the visitor experience plan for Inishowen, County Donegal; when the plan will be completed; the timelines involved; the amount of funding that will be made available for grants towards the development of new tourism projects once the plan is completed; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [34735/18]

Action Plan for Rural Development Implementation

Charlie McConalogue

2366. Deputy Charlie McConalogue asked the Minister for Rural and Community Development the status of the delivery of each action under pillar 2: supporting enterprise and employment in the Action Plan for Rural Development by the targeted date as set out in the second progress report published in April 2018, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [35362/18]

Action Plan for Rural Development Implementation

Charlie McConalogue

2367. Deputy Charlie McConalogue asked the Minister for Rural and Community Development the status of the delivery of each action under pillar 3: maximising our rural tourism and recreation potential in the Action Plan for Rural Development by the targeted date as set out in the second progress report published in April 2018, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [35363/18]

Action Plan for Rural Development Implementation

Charlie McConalogue

2368. Deputy Charlie McConalogue asked the Minister for Rural and Community Development the status of the delivery of each action under pillar 4: fostering culture and creativity in rural communities in the Action Plan for Rural Development by the targeted date as set out in the second progress report published in April 2018, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [35364/18]

Action Plan for Rural Development Implementation

Charlie McConalogue

2369. Deputy Charlie McConalogue asked the Minister for Rural and Community Development the status of the delivery of each action under pillar 5: improving rural infrastructure and connectivity by the targeted date as set out in the second progress report published in April 2018 in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [35365/18]

CLÁR Programme

Charlie McConalogue

2414. Deputy Charlie McConalogue asked the Minister for Rural and Community Development the 2018 allocation to the CLÁR programme. [35359/18]

RAPID Programme

Charlie McConalogue

2415. Deputy Charlie McConalogue asked the Minister for Rural and Community Development if the RAPID and the community facilities scheme will cease to be funded after 2018 and be replaced by the community enhancement programme. [35360/18]

Action Plan for Rural Development Implementation

Charlie McConalogue

2416. Deputy Charlie McConalogue asked the Minister for Rural and Community Development the status of the delivery of each action under pillar 1: supporting sustainable communities in the Action Plan for Rural Development by the targeted date as set out in the second progress report published in April 2018, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [35361/18]

Expert Panel on Concrete Blocks

Charlie McConalogue

2750. Deputy Charlie McConalogue asked the Minister for Housing, Planning and Local Government if a new panel has been established to assess methods by which to repair houses in County Donegal affected by muscovite mica; the membership of the panel; the terms of reference; the chairperson of the panel; the deadline for completion of its assessments; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [34720/18]

Expert Panel on Concrete Blocks

Charlie McConalogue

2751. Deputy Charlie McConalogue asked the Minister for Housing, Planning and Local Government if a redress scheme will be provided to repair houses in County Donegal affected by muscovite mica; the date by which a redress scheme will be commenced; the way in which it will be funded; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [34721/18]

Local Authority Funding

Charlie McConalogue

2752. Deputy Charlie McConalogue asked the Minister for Housing, Planning and Local Government the engagement he has had following a meeting (details supplied) to provide funding for the repair of Swan Park in Buncrana, County Donegal; if funding will be provided; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [34734/18]

Common Agricultural Policy Negotiations

Charlie McConalogue

1. Deputy Charlie McConalogue asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the actions he is taking at EU level to ensure the proposed budget cuts for the 2021-27 Common Agricultural Policy, CAP, programme are reversed; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [32065/18]

Areas of Natural Constraint Scheme Review

Charlie McConalogue

6. Deputy Charlie McConalogue asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the status of the ANC review with regard to redesignation using a set list of biophysical criteria; if the new approach must be introduced from January 2019; if mapping of all current ANC lands has been completed; the actions that have been completed to date by officials; the actions that remain outstanding; the timeframe for remaining actions; when the final ANC data will be submitted to the European Commission in 2018; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [31071/18]

Brexit Supports

Charlie McConalogue

10. Deputy Charlie McConalogue asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the operational details of the various Brexit loan schemes announced in the budget for farmers, fishermen and food businesses in 2018; when it will open for applications; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [31070/18]

Fodder Crisis

Charlie McConalogue

18. Deputy Charlie McConalogue asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the steps he is taking and the supports he is putting in place to help farmers that risk another fodder crisis due to the extreme hot weather. [31067/18]

Animal Identification Schemes

Charlie McConalogue

24. Deputy Charlie McConalogue asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the reason changes have been made to the operation of livestock bed and breakfast practice; the reason the option to apply for a certificate of compliance for movement to another holding for feeding purposes has been discontinued; and if all applications are now treated as movement of an animal to another holding. [31068/18]

Animal Identification Schemes

Charlie McConalogue

39. Deputy Charlie McConalogue asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if it will be ensured that farmers do not incur an additional cost after year one of the announced EID system for sheep later in 2018; and the level of consultation he had with farmer organisations on this matter in order to proceed with this measure. [31069/18]

Motor Industry

Charlie McConalogue

96. Deputy Charlie McConalogue asked the Minister for Finance the number of motor homes that were sold in each of the years 2007 to 2017 and to date in 2018; the number of these that were new; the revenue that has been generated through VAT and VRT respectively in each of these years; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [31660/18]

Civil Service Staff Data

Charlie McConalogue

120. Deputy Charlie McConalogue asked the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if an employee that transfers from the HSE to the Civil Service is entitled to carry forward their increments; if it is public service policy that such an employee would retain all of their increments to date; if his attention has been drawn to the fact that this policy is accepted across all of the public service and the HSE; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [31796/18]

Civil Service Staff Data

Charlie McConalogue

121. Deputy Charlie McConalogue asked the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if temporary clerical officers are afforded a special privilege of being entitled to add up all previous relevant service, regardless of breaks in service, to determine the rate payable in relation to salary increments in the Civil Service for clerical officers; if so, if they are entitled to carry all accrued service over to a permanent position secured while acting as a temporary clerical officer; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [31831/18]

School Services Staff

Charlie McConalogue

146. Deputy Charlie McConalogue asked the Minister for Education and Skills his plans to recognise school secretaries as direct employees of his Department; the status of the latest negotiations that have taken place on the matter; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [31663/18]

Farm Safety

Charlie McConalogue

324. Deputy Charlie McConalogue asked the Minister for Business, Enterprise and Innovation the number of farm safety inspectors employed by the Health and Safety Authority; and the number of new inspectors hired in 2017 and to date in 2018, for farm safety. [32196/18]

Farm Safety

Charlie McConalogue

325. Deputy Charlie McConalogue asked the Minister for Business, Enterprise and Innovation the amount spent by the Health and Safety Authority on farm safety initiatives; the number of inspections in each of the years 2011 to 2017 and to date in 2018, in tabular form; the number of fatalities on farms in this period annually; the percentage of farm fatalities out of total workplace fatalities recorded by the HSA; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [32197/18]

Farm Safety

Charlie McConalogue

326. Deputy Charlie McConalogue asked the Minister for Business, Enterprise and Innovation the amount allocated by the Health and Safety Authority for farm safety initiatives in 2017 and 2018; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [32198/18]

Agriculture Scheme Appeals

Charlie McConalogue

537. Deputy Charlie McConalogue asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the status of an appeal by a person (details supplied); if an oral hearing will be held in this case as soon as possible in order to discuss the specific circumstances which led to the initial penalty; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [31661/18]

GLAS Appeals

Charlie McConalogue

538. Deputy Charlie McConalogue asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the status of an agricultural appeal by a person (details supplied); if the penalty applied in this case will be reviewed in full in view of the severity of same; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [31679/18]