Ceisteanna Parlaiminte

Youth Services Funding

Martin Kenny

19. Deputy Martin Kenny asked the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs her plans to increase the funding to youth services nationally; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [14851/16]

Mortgage Book Sales

Martin Kenny

47. Deputy Martin Kenny asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the consequences for Irish farming of the sale by a bank (details supplied) of €100 million of agricultural loans to vulture funds, thereby removing this land from the control of Irish farmers; if he has met the bank to discuss this situation; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [14833/16]

Fisheries Offences

Martin Kenny

54. Deputy Martin Kenny asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine to annul SI No. 125 of 2016, which imposes penalty points on sea fishery licences. [14502/16]

Milk Quota

Martin Kenny

63. Deputy Martin Kenny asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he plans to intercede and have the EU postpone superlevy fines and increase the intervention price to at least the cost of production, given that Irish farmers are experiencing a severe cashflow crisis due to the ongoing crisis in the dairy sector. [14501/16]

Home Help Service Provision

Martin Kenny

468. Deputy Martin Kenny asked the Minister for Health the number of persons on priority waiting lists for home help hours in the north Leitrim area; the number of hours which would be necessary to provide home help to these persons; the number of home helps employed by the HSE in the area; and the number of hours of home help they are providing now. [14756/16]

Home Help Service Provision

Martin Kenny

469. Deputy Martin Kenny asked the Minister for Health if the allocation of home help hours in the north Leitrim area is based on need and not on budgetary constraints. [14757/16]

Forestry Sector

Martin Kenny

806. Deputy Martin Kenny asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the percentage of County Leitrim under forestry. [13212/16]

Forestry Sector

Martin Kenny

807. Deputy Martin Kenny asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the target for forestry planting in County Leitrim; and if his Department has a county by county or regional target for afforestation. [13213/16]

Rural Social Scheme

Martin Kenny

180. Deputy Martin Kenny asked the Minister for Social Protection the cost of an additional 500 places on the rural social scheme. [12233/16]

Farm Assist Scheme

Martin Kenny

213. Deputy Martin Kenny asked the Minister for Social Protection the cost of restoring farm assist to pre-2013 conditions of payment based on current numbers and allowances. [12229/16]

Grassland Sheep Scheme Expenditure

Martin Kenny

333. Deputy Martin Kenny asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the cost of paying a ewe premium of €10 per head where stocking density is over six ewes per hectare and €20 where there is a stocking density of five ewes or fewer per hectare. [12225/16]

Grassland Sheep Scheme Expenditure

Martin Kenny

334. Deputy Martin Kenny asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the cost to the Exchequer of the sheep grassland scheme in 2012, 2013 and 2014. [12226/16]

Grassland Sheep Scheme Expenditure

Martin Kenny

335. Deputy Martin Kenny asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the estimated cost of the re-introduction in 2017 of the sheep grassland scheme based on current stocking rates and numbers in the national flock. [12227/16]

Sheep Census

Martin Kenny

336. Deputy Martin Kenny asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the number of the national flock and the ratio of upland and lowland numbers. [12228/16]

Sugar Industry

Martin Kenny

337. Deputy Martin Kenny asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the role of the State enterprise bodies in the reinstatement of the sugar beet processing industry. [12230/16]

Sugar Industry

Martin Kenny

338. Deputy Martin Kenny asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the logistical and financial supports that will be available for the reinstatement of the sugar beet processing industry; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [12231/16]

Suckler Welfare Scheme

Martin Kenny

339. Deputy Martin Kenny asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the cost of the re-instatement of the animal welfare recording and breeding scheme for suckler herds at a rate of €200 per head, and at a rate of €80 per head. [12232/16]

School Funding

Martin Kenny

199. Deputy Martin Kenny asked the Minister for Education and Skills to issue the final letter of terms and conditions to a school (details supplied) in County Leitrim to facilitate getting the works under way. [11792/16]

Early Childhood Care and Education

Martin Kenny

270. Deputy Martin Kenny asked the Minister for Education and Skills why the level 7 course in child care run by Carlow Institute of Technology which has been sanctioned by the Department of Children and Youth Affairs for the higher level of capitation under the early childhood care and education scheme in early March 2016 was removed from the higher capitation grant at the end of March 2016 (details supplied). [9673/16]

Ambulance Service

Martin Kenny

697. Deputy Martin Kenny asked the Minister for Health when he will publish the Lightfoot report into the national ambulance service of Ireland emergency service baseline and capacity review which the Health Service Executive commissioned; if time will be set aside in Dáil Éireann to debate the report’s findings and recommendations into the delivery of ambulance response cover performance; and if the Health Service Executive has considered or implemented any of the findings or proposals contained in the client draft that was published on 14 November 2014. [9736/16]