Ceisteanna Parlaiminte

Public Procurement Contracts

Michael Collins

496. Deputy Michael Collins asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine his views on whether having only one supplier of bovine tags is not in keeping with the EU ethos of competition and free market. [28089/16]

Milk Prices

Michael Collins

509. Deputy Michael Collins asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will issue a suggestion to all co-ops nationwide to pass on the recent increase in global dairy prices to dairy farmers and to ensure that this is reflected immediately in the prices paid for milk by co-ops; and his views in this regard. [28282/16]

Farmers Indebtedness

Michael Collins

510. Deputy Michael Collins asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will request all co-ops to have more forbearance with farmers - dairy, suckler, beef and tillage - in their current plight caused by poor prices, bad weather and other circumstances outside their control; if he will request the co-ops to allow for more flexibility in their billing system in line with farmers income times; and his views in this regard. [28283/16]

Weight of Schoolbags

Michael Collins

390. Deputy Michael Collins asked the Minister for Education and Skills his views on correspondence (details supplied) regarding school bags. [24524/16]

Third Level Staff

Michael Collins

472. Deputy Michael Collins asked the Minister for Education and Skills his plans to replace retiring technical officers in the National University of Ireland, Galway (details supplied). [25863/16]

Leader Programmes Funding

Michael Collins

984. Deputy Michael Collins asked the Minister for Arts, Heritage, Regional, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs if she will confirm the public funds originally allocated to each local action group, LAG, for the Leader 2007-2013 programme; the subsequent revisions to these amounts for each LAG in the period; the specific reasons for any such adjustments; the final spend achieved by each LAG, net of disallowances, penalties or ineligible expenditure; the respective disallowances, penalties or ineligible expenditure for the programme period, for each LAG; the details and the reasons for the penalties or disallowances that have occurred; the extent to which disallowances, penalties or ineligible expenditure have been recouped by her Department to date and the total amount that remains outstanding for each LAG; the other reasons a LAG may not have achieved full drawdown of the public funds available to it for the programme period; if penalties or disallowances have been levied on the programme by the EU Commission arising from its audits and inspections; and the reasons for, instances and LAGs that gave rise to same. [26167/16]

Telecommunications Infrastructure

Michael Collins

4. Deputy Michael Collins asked the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources to take action with regard to mobile telephone operators (details supplied). [21837/16]

Medical Card Eligibility

Michael Collins

513. Deputy Michael Collins asked the Minister for Health if those receiving a pension from the United Kingdom and living here will still be entitled to a non-means-tested medical card despite the United Kingdom no longer being part of the European Union, as in the case of a person (details supplied). [20750/16]

Arts Funding

Michael Collins

340. Deputy Michael Collins asked the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht to outline her views on the necessity to ensure that funding for the arts is distributed equally across the regions and whether specific areas (details supplied) are not receiving an adequate or equal supply of such funding. [17163/16]

Inland Fisheries

Michael Collins

498. Deputy Michael Collins asked the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources his views on an issue (details supplied) regarding fishing. [17160/16]

Community Employment Schemes Operation

Michael Collins

339. Deputy Michael Collins asked the Minister for Social Protection to immediately review provisions of community employment scheme workers. [15009/16]

Employment Support Services

Michael Collins

185. Deputy Michael Collins asked the Minister for Social Protection to release the Indecon report that was commissioned by his Department over a year ago (details supplied). [12006/16]

TAMS Applications

Michael Collins

329. Deputy Michael Collins asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine to confirm that an application under the targeted agricultural modernisation scheme will be approved within the next month as farmers need to commence works during the summer period (details supplied). [12128/16]

Trade Agreements

Michael Collins

91. Deputy Michael Collins asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will oppose the proposed deal between the European Union and the South American Mercosur trade bloc to allow thousands of tons of cheap South American beef into the European Union; his views on the effectiveness of the regulations governing traceability and inspections regarding health and safety over the past 30 years; on the system in place in South America; if he will assure the public that public health and safety will not be put at risk because of the importation of this beef; if the European Commissioner for Agriculture and Rural Development, Mr Phil Hogan, will be of help in this regard; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [9069/16]