Ceisteanna Parlaiminte

Agri-Environment Options Scheme Payments

Charlie McConalogue

821. Deputy Charlie McConalogue asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine when payment will issue to a person (details supplied) under the agri-environment options scheme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [13462/16]

GLAS Payments

Charlie McConalogue

824. Deputy Charlie McConalogue asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine when payment will issue under tranche 1 of the green low-carbon agri-environment scheme to a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [13513/16]

Driving Test

Charlie McConalogue

846. Deputy Charlie McConalogue asked the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport his plans to ensure that persons wishing to complete the lorry driving test, category C, in Inishowen, County Donegal, can sit the test in Buncrana instead of having to travel to Letterkenny; if not the reasons for same; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [12750/16]

Enterprise Support Schemes

Charlie McConalogue

904. Deputy Charlie McConalogue asked the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation her plans to announce the results of the competitive community enterprise initiative scheme; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [13559/16]

School Staff Appeals Mechanism

Charlie McConalogue

91. Deputy Charlie McConalogue asked the Minister for Education and Skills when he will issue a reply to an interim response regarding a school (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [12313/16]

Drainage Schemes

Charlie McConalogue

169. Deputy Charlie McConalogue asked the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform when he will issue a reply to this Deputy regarding correspondence on the Office of Public Works investigations into a river (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [12481/16]

Agriculture Scheme Appeals

Charlie McConalogue

227. Deputy Charlie McConalogue asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the status of an appeal by a person (details supplied) under the 2015 private contract clause; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [12337/16]

Agriculture Schemes

Charlie McConalogue

231. Deputy Charlie McConalogue asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine following more flexible State aid measures agreed at European Union level to deal with market volatility in the dairy and pigmeat sectors, the criteria that farmers must meet in order to access temporary finance up to a maximum amount of €15,000 per farm per year; if he will introduce a scheme to avail of new State aid flexibility in the area to bridge liquidity shortfalls for farmers; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [12412/16]

Farm Assist Scheme Administration

Charlie McConalogue

43. Deputy Charlie McConalogue asked the Minister for Social Protection if he has analysed the impact the changes to farm assist and income disregards have had on farmers; if he will reconsider the changes; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [11651/16]

Farm Assist Scheme

Charlie McConalogue

54. Deputy Charlie McConalogue asked the Minister for Social Protection to reverse the changes made to farm assist and income disregards, given their serious negative effect on the income levels of already struggling farming families; to analyse and assess the impact the changes have made on those families; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [11652/16]

TAMS Data

Charlie McConalogue

316. Deputy Charlie McConalogue asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine to provide, in tabular form on a county basis, the number of applications to the TAMS I and TAMS II schemes to date; the number of applications that have been approved thus far; the number of participants that have received payments to date; the number of payments that have not issued yet; when outstanding payments will be issued; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [12114/16]

Live Exports

Charlie McConalogue

317. Deputy Charlie McConalogue asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the status of the progress to secure new market access for live cattle exports in non-European Union countries, including Egypt, Iran and Turkey; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [12115/16]

Farm Household Incomes

Charlie McConalogue

318. Deputy Charlie McConalogue asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he has examined the development of additional volatility tools to deal with the current income crisis across several farming sectors, including risk insurance programmes, and forward selling of fixed-price contracts of commodities; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [12116/16]

Areas of Natural Constraint Scheme Data

Charlie McConalogue

319. Deputy Charlie McConalogue asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine to provide, in tabular form on a county basis, the number of applications submitted to the areas of natural constraint scheme in 2015; the number of submitted applications that have been approved thus far; the number of participants that have received payments to date; the total number of payments that have not issued yet; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [12117/16]

Agriculture Scheme Data

Charlie McConalogue

320. Deputy Charlie McConalogue asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine to provide in tabular form a breakdown between total expenditure incurred in 2015, and the annual amount of funds originally allocated to the beef data and genomics programme, rural environment protection scheme, agri-environment options scheme, green low-carbon agri-environment scheme, locally led environmental schemes, organic farming schemes, land mobility, targeted agricultural modernisation scheme, horticulture industry, the organic sector and areas of natural constraint scheme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [12118/16]

Young Farmers Scheme Eligibility

Charlie McConalogue

321. Deputy Charlie McConalogue asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will review the criteria blocking young farmers who are under 40 years of age but who have been farming for more than five years from accessing measures under the new Common Agricultural Policy programme for young farmers, including being able to apply for the national reserve and for top-up entitlements; the reason for their exclusion; the discussions he has had at European Union level concerning this issue; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [12119/16]

GLAS Data

Charlie McConalogue

322. Deputy Charlie McConalogue asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the number of farmers who have received payments under the green low-carbon agri-environment scheme; the average payment made to these farmers; the percentage payment made to them; if GLAS+ payments have been made yet; if not, when they will be paid; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [12120/16]

GLAS Issues

Charlie McConalogue

323. Deputy Charlie McConalogue asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine his views on admitting all eligible applicants under the green low-carbon agri-environment scheme tranche 2 into the scheme; the date from which their contracts will commence; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [12121/16]

Beef Data and Genomics Programme

Charlie McConalogue

324. Deputy Charlie McConalogue asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the number of farmers who have submitted data notifications under the beef data and genomics programme 2015; the number who have submitted the required genomic testing under the same programme to date; the number of farmers who have received payments to date for 2015; the amount paid; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [12122/16]

Beef Data and Genomics Programme

Charlie McConalogue

325. Deputy Charlie McConalogue asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the number of farmers who applied to join the beef data and genomics programme; the number of these who have informed his Department that they wish to leave the programme; the number of farmers of the remainder who have failed to furnish any genomic testing results to date; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [12123/16]