Ceisteanna Parlaiminte

Respite Care Grant Applications

Bernard Durkan

134. Deputy Bernard J. Durkan asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Social Protection if a respite care grant will be urgently awarded to a person (details supplied) in County Kildare who requires the assistance to provide a special vehicle for periods of respite; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [41643/15]

Domiciliary Care Allowance Appeals

Ciaran Lynch

135. Deputy Ciarán Lynch asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Social Protection when an appeal for a domiciliary care allowance by a person (details supplied) in County Cork will be determined; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [41716/15]

School Meals Programme

John Lyons

136. Deputy John Lyons asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Social Protection the amount of funding allocated to the school meals programme; the number of schools included by county; the criteria used to ensure the food provided is nutritious; the frequency with which she checks that third parties are meeting these criteria; the disciplinary measures in place for third parties who fail to meet these criteria; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [41717/15]

Disability Allowance Data

Tom Fleming

137. Deputy Tom Fleming asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Social Protection the number of applications for disability allowance received, granted at initial stages, refused, appealed, and subsequently granted following appeal, by county, from 1 January 2014 to date; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [41718/15]

Exceptional Needs Payment Eligibility

Róisín Shortall

138. Deputy Róisín Shortall asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Social Protection the reason an exceptional needs payment was refused for a person (details supplied) in Dublin 9, and if she will outline the criteria by which such decisions are made. [41724/15]

Pension Provisions

Bernard Durkan

139. Deputy Bernard J. Durkan asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Social Protection if pension entitlements accrued in Spain can be transferred to a person's (details supplied) entitlement in this jurisdiction; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [41729/15]

Carer's Allowance Payments

Brendan Griffin

140. Deputy Brendan Griffin asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Social Protection if the rate of child dependant payment on a carer's allowance award to a person (details supplied) in County Kerry will be reviewed; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [41734/15]

Water Conservation Grant Applications

Bernard Durkan

141. Deputy Bernard J. Durkan asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Social Protection if and when a water conservation grant will be paid to a person (details supplied) in County Kildare; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [41739/15]

Jobseeker's Benefit Eligibility

Willie O'Dea

142. Deputy Willie O'Dea asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Social Protection her plans to review the policy that persons in receipt of a jobseeker's benefit have their claim frozen if they go on JobBridge, meaning that if they had one day left on their claim they would not be assessed during the nine month internship and would still have that one day left at the end of the internship, regardless of their assets or other household income; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [41762/15]

Social Welfare Benefits Data

Willie O'Dea

143. Deputy Willie O'Dea asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Social Protection the number of persons in receipt of the widow's, widower's or surviving civil partner's contributory pension and non-contributory pension in Limerick city and county in tabular form; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [41763/15]

Social Welfare Appeals Status

Pat Breen

144. Deputy Pat Breen asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Social Protection when a decision on a disability allowance appeal will issue to a person (details supplied) in County Clare; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [41764/15]

Social Insurance Data

Peadar Tóibín

145. Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Social Protection the cost of increasing the employee pay related social insurance exemption threshold to €377 and the introduction of a maximum relief of €12 per week (details supplied). [41787/15]

Rent Supplement Scheme Administration

John Halligan

146. Deputy John Halligan asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Social Protection if she will review the monthly rent limits in line with the actual cost of renting (details supplied) given the latest reports that property rental prices in the south east region have risen by 5.5% on average in the past year. [41791/15]

Registration of Deaths

John Halligan

147. Deputy John Halligan asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Social Protection if she will consider implementing a registration system for unborn children who die from unnatural causes, including accidents; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [41793/15]

Rural Social Scheme Data

Tom Fleming

148. Deputy Tom Fleming asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Social Protection the number of rural social workers in County Kerry participating in community schemes; the schemes they are participating in; if she will extend the numbers engaged in these schemes given their benefit to rural towns and villages, the value of the training to participants and the value in terms of supplementing their low income and the greater community demand; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [41813/15]

Carer's Allowance Applications

Pat Breen

149. Deputy Pat Breen asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Social Protection when a decision will issue to a person (details supplied) in County Clare; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [41814/15]

Social Welfare Appeals Status

Pat Breen

150. Deputy Pat Breen asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Social Protection when a decision will issue to a person (details supplied) in County Clare; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [41815/15]

Mortgage Lending

Pearse Doherty

151. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for Finance the percentage of the space permitted for exemptions from the deposit rules used by the banks to date, subject to the Central Bank of Ireland's macro-prudential mortgage lending rule, by regulated bank in tabular form; the value of these exempted loans; the average mortgage within this set of exempted mortgages; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [41178/15]

Credit Union Services

Mattie McGrath

152. Deputy Mattie McGrath asked the Minister for Finance if he will consider the recent proposal by the Irish League of Credit Unions to offer mortgages and other banking services to its members; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [41180/15]

Banking Sector

Mattie McGrath

153. Deputy Mattie McGrath asked the Minister for Finance his views on the decision of Bank of Ireland to place restrictions on the limits of cash transactions in its branches; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [41181/15]

Tax Code

Joe Carey

154. Deputy Joe Carey asked the Minister for Finance when the recently announced changes to the small benefit exemption scheme will be enacted; if it will be enacted for the important pre-Christmas 2015 period; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [41258/15]

Living City Initiative

Michael McGrath

155. Deputy Michael McGrath asked the Minister for Finance the number of applications for tax relief received; the number approved under the Living City Initiative to date; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [41261/15]

Pension Levy

Mattie McGrath

156. Deputy Mattie McGrath asked the Minister for Finance the status of commitments to abolish the private pension levy; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [41299/15]

Property Tax Administration

Paul Murphy

157. Deputy Paul Murphy asked the Minister for Finance if those who enter into agreements with the Revenue Commissioners to pay the local property tax are still liable for a late payment surcharge given that the late payment is factored into the agreement. [41330/15]

Credit Union Regulation

Andrew Doyle

158. Deputy Andrew Doyle asked the Minister for Finance if he has considered the request by the Credit Union Advisory Council and the International Credit Union Regulators Network to review their three issues before signing the Statutory Instrument Consultation Paper 88; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [41362/15]

Licensed Moneylenders

Sean Fleming

159. Deputy Sean Fleming asked the Minister for Finance his plans to improve the regulation of moneylenders; when this matter will be fully and satisfactorily dealt with; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [41364/15]

Universal Social Charge Application

Terence Flanagan

160. Deputy Terence Flanagan asked the Minister for Finance his views on a matter (details supplied) regarding the universal social charge; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [41365/15]

IBRC Operations

Gerry Adams

161. Deputy Gerry Adams asked the Minister for Finance the safeguards in place to ensure that former directors or other employees of the Irish Bank Resolution Corporation are not profiting from the sale of the corporation's mortgage and commercial loan books through ownership of, or employment in, companies that bought the mortgage and commercial loan books; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [41404/15]

Small and Medium Enterprises Supports

Tom Fleming

162. Deputy Tom Fleming asked the Minister for Finance the status of proposals for the provision of finance to small and medium enterprises from the European Investment Fund; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [41412/15]

Tax Yield

Terence Flanagan

163. Deputy Terence Flanagan asked the Minister for Finance for details of the Exchequer receipts on a litre of petrol and a litre of diesel at garage pumps; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [41489/15]

Small and Medium Enterprises Supports

Tom Fleming

164. Deputy Tom Fleming asked the Minister for Finance the status of proposals for the provision of finance to small and medium enterprises from the European Investment Fund; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [41575/15]

Corporation Tax

Pearse Doherty

165. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for Finance the number of companies that paid corporation tax in the bands €0 to €50,000, €50,000 plus to €100,000, €100,00 plus to €500,000, €500,000 plus to €1 million, €1 million plus to €5 million, and €5 million plus, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [41606/15]

Corporation Tax

Pearse Doherty

166. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for Finance the average increase in corporation tax paid in 2015 to date, by the top 20% of companies; and the equivalent amount at this point in 2014; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [41607/15]

Government Expenditure

Pearse Doherty

167. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for Finance further to Question No. 208 of 17 November 2015, if he will list the number of other calls on the central fund referred to in the reply. [41634/15]

Tax Credits

Richard Boyd Barrett

168. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Finance why a person (details supplied) did not receive any change in income, despite the changes to tax credits in budget 2016. [41673/15]

National Treasury Management Agency

Billy Timmins

169. Deputy Billy Timmins asked the Minister for Finance the current cost of rental accommodation for the National Treasury Management Agency to whom the rent is paid; the plans the agency has to move office location; the discussions the agency has had with other State agencies regarding such a move; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [41693/15]

NAMA Staff Data

Billy Timmins

170. Deputy Billy Timmins asked the Minister for Finance in regard to the National Asset Management Agency, the number of persons it employed, its wage bill and the cost of its office accommodation in each of the years 2010 to 2015 to date; the details of a contract (details supplied); if it has plans to move office location; and if so, the location. [41694/15]

Banking Operations

Paul Murphy

171. Deputy Paul Murphy asked the Minister for Finance further to his reply to Question No. 215 of 17 November 2015, in which he explains that receivers acting on behalf of AIB may seek vacant possession of a property even if a lease agreement is in place; if this is in contradiction with the policy outlined by the bank in an earlier reply (details supplied) to the Oireachtas Joint Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform on 22 April 2015; if the bank has changed its policy regarding evictions of sitting tenants; and if any changes were discussed with him or with his Department. [41705/15]

Property Tax Yield

Denis Naughten

172. Deputy Denis Naughten asked the Minister for Finance the amount collected from the local property tax, LPT, in County Roscommon in 2014; the moneys paid from the LPT fund to Roscommon County Council in 2015; the estimated LPT to be collected in County Roscommon in 2015; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [41722/15]

Local Authority Rates

Tony McLoughlin

173. Deputy Tony McLoughlin asked the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform his plans to remove the requirement for crèches and playschools to pay local authority rates; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [41406/15]

Public Sector Staff Data

Pearse Doherty

174. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the number of exemptions requested by individual Departments, State agencies and local authorities to the moratorium on recruitment and promotion since its introduction in March 2009, by request, including the name of the requesting body and the reasons given; the number of exemptions granted for promotions, recruitments and redeployments; the decision reached; the costs incurred; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [41167/15]

Public Sector Staff Redundancies

Martin Heydon

175. Deputy Martin Heydon asked the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if lock keepers have to change their title to get the option of voluntary redundancy; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [41214/15]

Office of Public Works Expenditure

Colm Keaveney

176. Deputy Colm Keaveney asked the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform further to Question No. 347 of 3 November 2015, the reason for the delay in providing a full and comprehensive response; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [41513/15]

Telecommunications Infrastructure

Billy Kelleher

177. Deputy Billy Kelleher asked the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if a telecommunications mast at a location (details supplied) in County Cork is in use; if not, the plans to have it removed. [41627/15]

Flood Relief Schemes Status

Pat Breen

178. Deputy Pat Breen asked the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the status of a works scheme (details supplied) in County Clare; the timeframe for a decision; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [41641/15]

Valuation Office

Pearse Doherty

179. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the date that each local authority was advised in writing by the Valuation Office regarding the global revaluations in 2015; if any advance notice of this intended revaluation was issued; and if so, when. [41684/15]

Office of Public Works Properties

Éamon Ó Cuív

180. Deputy Éamon Ó Cuív asked the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the involvement the OPW or its agents have in the management and control of a centre (details supplied); if the OPW is in full control; if the recent change of the maintenance and security company was done and approved by the OPW; and if so, how it is that a properly established company is allowed to lose a contract and be reportedly replaced by one dominated by JobBridge employees; if he will clarify the position; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [41686/15]

National Internship Scheme Placements

Charlie McConalogue

181. Deputy Charlie McConalogue asked the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation if there is legislation which specifically protects the rights of unpaid interns outside the JobBridge scheme; if unpaid internships that are undertaken outside the JobBridge scheme for more than a short period, for example four weeks, are legal under existing employment legislation; the rights and responsibilities of unpaid interns outside the JobBridge scheme; the responsibilities and duties of employers towards unpaid interns according to existing employment legislation; his views on whether new legislation is required to bring greater clarity to the employment rights of unpaid interns here; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [41604/15]

Work Permits Applications

Bernard Durkan

182. Deputy Bernard J. Durkan asked the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation further to Question No. 93 of 12 November 2015, the extent to which the information sought by way of correspondence dated 8 September 2015 has been received, with particular reference to the documentation in the case of a person (details supplied) in County Carlow; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [41196/15]

IDA Jobs Data

Tom Fleming

183. Deputy Tom Fleming asked the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the name and location of IDA Ireland-led foreign direct investment companies; the number employed by each company; the percentage of firms by county; the percentage employed by these firms, by county, to date, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [41368/15]

Price Inflation

Thomas P. Broughan

184. Deputy Thomas P. Broughan asked the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation if Irish competitiveness is being adversely effected by rising costs, including the costs incurred by companies in transporting their goods and services; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [41402/15]

Industrial Development

Tom Fleming

185. Deputy Tom Fleming asked the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the steps being taken to promote County Kerry as a location for foreign direct investment, given the enhanced and regional aid status given to County Kerry as a disadvantaged region; the progress in attracting jobs to the county since this initiative was introduced in 2015; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [41411/15]

Trade Missions

Seán Kenny

186. Deputy Seán Kenny asked the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the status of his recent trade mission to the United States of America; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [41430/15]

Industrial Development

Seán Kenny

187. Deputy Seán Kenny asked the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the steps that the Industrial Development Agency Ireland and Enterprise Ireland are taking to create employment in an area (details supplied) in Dublin 13; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [41431/15]

Action Plan for Jobs

James Bannon

188. Deputy James Bannon asked the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the status of the provision of funding to a project (details supplied) in County Longford; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [41547/15]

Startup Funding

Tom Fleming

189. Deputy Tom Fleming asked the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the status of the €500,000 competitive start fund in encouraging entrepreneurs and members of the diaspora to set up here; the response to date by start-up enterprises; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [41573/15]

Employment Rights

Charlie McConalogue

190. Deputy Charlie McConalogue asked the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation if there is legislation which specifically protects the rights of paid and unpaid interns; if there is a legal definition of what an unpaid internship should entail, for example, whether it has to include some educational element; if there is any statutory upper limit to the length of time a person may undertake an unpaid internship; if he will clarify the duties and responsibilities of an employer towards an unpaid intern under employment legislation. [41605/15]

Firearms Licences

Clare Daly

191. Deputy Clare Daly asked the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the number of the 95 military licences issued during 2014 which were issued to persons holding sports firearms, and to companies engaged in mining activity. [41648/15]

Exports Data

Clare Daly

192. Deputy Clare Daly asked the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the number of the 680 dual-use licences that were issued in 2014, which were for commercial purposes. [41649/15]

EU Directives

Barry Cowen

193. Deputy Barry Cowen asked the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation if he is drafting legislation or a statutory instrument to transpose the European Union physical agents directive (EMF) 2004/40/EC; if his Department or the Health and Safety Authority have consulted with the relevant professional bodies in the medical field, such as the Irish Association of Physicists in Medicine, as the transposition of this directive may have a significant impact on the operation and use of magnetic resonance imaging, MRI, scanners; the outcome of these consultations; if a working group has been formed to examine this issue, in view of the transposition deadline being 1 July 2016. [41662/15]

Job Retention

Tom Fleming

194. Deputy Tom Fleming asked the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation if he will intervene as a State investor for the stalled liquified gas terminal and combined heat and power plant of Tarbert-Ballylongford, County Kerry due to the withdrawal by the Hess Corporation Investment Company from the project, and as Shannon LNG Limited has spent €63 million on the project to date, it is imperative that the Government would ensure that the viability of this development will be progressed; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [41681/15]

EU Directives

Dara Calleary

195. Deputy Dara Calleary asked the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the status of transposing European Union Directive 2013/35/EU; how derogations provided in the directive will be implemented; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [41816/15]

Transatlantic Trade and Investment Partnership

Dara Calleary

196. Deputy Dara Calleary asked the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the status of the recent European Commission proposals to reform the global investment regime into a public investment court system, in the context of the latest discussions on the Transatlantic Trade and Investment Partnership; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [41817/15]

Small and Medium Enterprises Supports

Dara Calleary

197. Deputy Dara Calleary asked the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the steps he has taken over the past four and a half years to reverse the low level of exports by the indigenous small and medium enterprise sector; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [41818/15]

Beekeeping Industry

Emmet Stagg

198. Deputy Emmet Stagg asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will consider, under Article 6 of the European Union treaty, banning the importation of foreign bees; if he will seek the co-operation of his Northern Ireland counterpart in this matter; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [41197/15]

Beekeeping Industry

Emmet Stagg

199. Deputy Emmet Stagg asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will establish a support system for the beekeeping sector, to increase the proportion of Irish produced honey on the domestic market from its present level of 10%; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [41198/15]

Beekeeping Industry

Emmet Stagg

200. Deputy Emmet Stagg asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will appoint bee inspectors to oversee this sector; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [41199/15]

Basic Payment Scheme Payments

Pat Breen

201. Deputy Pat Breen asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine when payment will issue to a person (details supplied) in County Clare; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [41229/15]

Basic Payment Scheme Payments

Willie Penrose

202. Deputy Willie Penrose asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if the issue of reactification has been finalised for a person (details supplied) in County Longford who is farming and who is entitled to the farm payments associated therewith; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [41230/15]

Basic Payment Scheme Payments

Marcella Corcoran Kennedy

203. Deputy Marcella Corcoran Kennedy asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine why a person (details supplied) in County Offaly is not in receipt of a single payment; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [41298/15]

Basic Payment Scheme Payments

Dara Calleary

204. Deputy Dara Calleary asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine when a person (details supplied) in County Mayo will have farm payments processed; the reason for the delay; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [41313/15]

Coillte Teoranta Lands

Anne Ferris

205. Deputy Anne Ferris asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine Coillte's plans for the ongoing use of the walled garden at Kilmacurragh in County Wicklow; if those plans include the return of this historic garden and its mature trees to their rightful use as an important contextual element of the adjoining Kilmacurragh Arboretum; if such a transfer will be expedited in the interest of tourism in County Wicklow and Ireland; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [41318/15]

Harbours and Piers Maintenance

Terence Flanagan

206. Deputy Terence Flanagan asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if a dredging programme will be established for Howth Harbour (details supplied) in County Dublin; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [41319/15]

Fishery Harbour Centres

Terence Flanagan

207. Deputy Terence Flanagan asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine why a roundabout is being installed in Howth Fishery Harbour Centre (details supplied) in County Dublin; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [41320/15]

Fishery Harbour Centres

Terence Flanagan

208. Deputy Terence Flanagan asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine his plans to introduce pay parking in Howth in County Dublin; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [41321/15]

Fishery Harbour Centres

Terence Flanagan

209. Deputy Terence Flanagan asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine his views on the number of vacant buildings not being utilised in Howth Fishery Harbour Centre in County Dublin; the action he is taking to ensure that businesses are able to operate out of these disused buildings; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [41322/15]

Fishery Harbour Centres

Terence Flanagan

210. Deputy Terence Flanagan asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the works carried out in 2015 under the fishery harbour and coastal infrastructure development programme in Howth Fishery Harbour Centre in County Dublin, in detail; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [41323/15]

Fishery Harbour Centres

Terence Flanagan

211. Deputy Terence Flanagan asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine his plans for the development of Howth Fishery Harbour Centre in County Dublin over the next five years; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [41324/15]

Basic Payment Scheme Payments

Patrick O'Donovan

212. Deputy Patrick O'Donovan asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine when payment will issue to a person (details supplied) in County Limerick under the basic payment scheme and the disadvantaged areas scheme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [41341/15]

TAMS Payments

Joe Carey

213. Deputy Joe Carey asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine when approvals will issue under the targeted agricultural modernisation scheme 2, dairy equipment scheme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [41373/15]

Basic Payment Scheme Payments

Brendan Griffin

214. Deputy Brendan Griffin asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine when a basic payment will issue to a person (details supplied) in County Kerry; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [41374/15]

Fish Exports

Thomas Pringle

215. Deputy Thomas Pringle asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the action he is taking on the Chinese demand for certificates of compliance with cadmium levels of 0.5 milligrams per kilogram or less of live crabmeat and the decision by the Sea-Fisheries Protection Authority to cease issuing certificates for exporters from 15 November 2015; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [41383/15]

Animal Welfare

Maureen O'Sullivan

216. Deputy Maureen O'Sullivan asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if hares were sick or dying at Cashel Coursing Club in County Tipperary, resulting in the cancellation of meetings on 10 and 11 October 2015; if post mortems were carried out, and further to the official coursing club website stating unsuitable ground, if he will provide details of the unsuitable ground conditions. [39537/15]

Fish Farming

Clare Daly

217. Deputy Clare Daly asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will confirm the statement on Bord Iascaigh Mhara's website that chemicals are rarely used on Irish fish farms by providing the amount and nature of the chemicals used during 2012 to 2014. [41398/15]

Fisheries Protection

Clare Daly

218. Deputy Clare Daly asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if independent monitors are on board the super trawlers off the west coast, as required under Council Regulation (EC) No 812/2004 of 26 April 2004; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [41429/15]

Basic Payment Scheme Payments

Éamon Ó Cuív

219. Deputy Éamon Ó Cuív asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine when payment will issue to a person in County Galway (details supplied) under the basic payment scheme, the areas of natural constraint scheme and the agri-environment options scheme 3 for 2015; the reason for the delay; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [41434/15]

Rural Environment Protection Scheme Appeals

Michael Fitzmaurice

220. Deputy Michael Fitzmaurice asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine why a person (details supplied) has not received payment following the decision of the appeals office dated 26 August 2015; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [41437/15]

Agriculture Scheme Payments

Michael Fitzmaurice

221. Deputy Michael Fitzmaurice asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the number of participants who are active farmers and who submitted an application under the 2015 basic payment scheme, but whose payments under the rural environment protection scheme are still outstanding, where his Department has stated that issues arose with the single payment scheme and the rural environment protection area scheme area cross-checks in 2012 and 2013; the number and details of each; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [41438/15]

Agriculture Scheme Payments

Michael Fitzmaurice

222. Deputy Michael Fitzmaurice asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the number of participants who are active farmers and who submitted an application under the 2015 basic payment scheme, but whose payments under the rural environment protection scheme remain outstanding, where his Department has stated that no issues of non-compliance were found at inspection, but where an issue arose with the single payment scheme reference areas, which issue has since been resolved; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [41439/15]

Agriculture Scheme Penalties

Michael Fitzmaurice

224. Deputy Michael Fitzmaurice asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if payments under the rural environment protection scheme 4 are payable on the gross area; why he has withheld payments from participants where issues arose in relation to the single payment scheme eligible area; the number of participants who had payments withheld in 2012 and in 2013, where such an issue arose; by county; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [41441/15]

Commonage Land Use

Michael Fitzmaurice

225. Deputy Michael Fitzmaurice asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the status of instructions given to district superintendents regarding Keelderry commonage lands (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [41442/15]

Commonage Land Use

Michael Fitzmaurice

226. Deputy Michael Fitzmaurice asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine who, on 18 May 2011, authorised an official of his Department (details supplied) to omit the inspections of technical area officers in relation to Keelderry commonage lands, which was sought in an application on 20 March 2011 under freedom of information legislation, and which necessitated the applicant to make a further request on 25 May 2011; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [41443/15]

Commonage Land Use

Michael Fitzmaurice

227. Deputy Michael Fitzmaurice asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine in relation to Keelderry commonage lands, how in their report of the 15 October 2010 officers of his Department could concur with the findings of other officers (details supplied) despite the fact that the latter officers' findings were not signed off until 22 October 2010; if it is appropriate for his officers to discuss and-or compare their preliminary findings, prior to finalising their findings; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [41444/15]

Commonage Land Use

Michael Fitzmaurice

228. Deputy Michael Fitzmaurice asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine who authorised the informal investigation conducted by officials of his Department (details supplied) during the summer of 2011, regarding Keelderry commonage lands; when did the informal investigation commence; when was his office notified of same; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [41445/15]

Commonage Land Use

Michael Fitzmaurice

229. Deputy Michael Fitzmaurice asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine in relation to Keelderry commonage lands, the contemporaneous written terms of reference of the informal investigation conducted by his officials (details supplied) in the summer of 2011 and the precise procedure they followed during this investigation; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [41446/15]

Commonage Land Use

Michael Fitzmaurice

230. Deputy Michael Fitzmaurice asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine in relation to Keelderry commonage lands, if his officials (details supplied) have the authority to commence an informal investigation, to summon his employees to be questioned by them without being offered an opportunity to have representation present, and to subsequently prepare a report referring to statements that these employees allegedly made to them, without first confirming with these employees that they agreed with the version of the meeting, as stated in their report; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [41447/15]

Commonage Land Use

Michael Fitzmaurice

231. Deputy Michael Fitzmaurice asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine in relation to Keelderry commonage lands, when the personnel section in his Department was notified of the informal investigation conducted by his officials (details supplied) in the summer of 2011; when this section contacted the employees who were called into the investigation; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [41448/15]

Commonage Land Use

Michael Fitzmaurice

232. Deputy Michael Fitzmaurice asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine why horses were grazing on the Keelderry commonage lands during the inspection by his officials (details supplied), given that the officials stated that the parcel was being grazed by horses but that the horses could find no forage; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [41449/15]

Commonage Land Use

Michael Fitzmaurice

233. Deputy Michael Fitzmaurice asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the powers and authority his officials (details supplied) have in investigating applications by a landowner in respect of forestry, and under the farm investment scheme and the farm waste management scheme, his day-to-day employment arrangements, if he had appropriate planning for various buildings on his lands, his private business interests, whether he was aware of applications under freedom of information legislation made by other shareholders, whether he was aware of parliamentary questions that had been submitted regarding the Keelderry lands, and applications by his parents under the farm investment scheme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [41450/15]

Commonage Land Use

Michael Fitzmaurice

234. Deputy Michael Fitzmaurice asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he verified the findings of the informal investigations conducted by his officials (details supplied) regarding the Keelderry commonage lands; the steps he took to ensure that all persons involved were properly notified of the findings; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [41451/15]