53 Deputy Michael Moynihan asked the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources his policy regarding the primary language, Irish or English, to be used in the naming or renaming of State agencies, State companies and other bodies under his remit; his views that in view of the fact that Irish is the national language, and so designated in the Constitution that the Irish forms of such names should take primacy; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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D’fhiafraigh Michael Moynihan den Aire Ealaíon, Oidhreachta agus Gaeltachta an bhfuil laghdú á dhéanamh ar fheidhmeanna Údarás na Gaeltachta, an bhfuil sé sásta le héifeacht an Údaráis go dtí seo mar gheall ar chúrsaí fiontraíochta; agus an ndéanfaidh sé ráiteas ina thaobh.
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203 Deputy Michael Moynihan asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the specific programmes funded under the 2011 capital allocation heading of development of agriculture and food and other; and if he will provide a breakdown of the funds allocated to each specific programme.
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202 Deputy Michael Moynihan asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the position regarding an outstanding single farm payment in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Cork; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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13 Deputy Michael Moynihan asked the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the reason he is not proceeding with plans to reduce pay of the Taoiseach, the Tánaiste and Ministers in the Public Service Pensions (Single Scheme) and Remuneration Bill 2011; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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26 Deputy Michael Moynihan asked the Minister for Education and Skills the position regarding the drafting of the Residential Institution Statutory Fund Bill; if he will ensure that the concerns outlined at a meeting in July 2011 with a number of groups will be given further detailed consideration before the drafting process is complete; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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169 Deputy Michael Moynihan asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he is continuing to lobby for a slurry spreading deadline extension; the steps he has taken to extend the slurry spreading deadline; and if not, the reasons he has ceased or scaled down his requests to the Department of the Environment, Community and Local Government for an extension.
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166 Deputy Michael Moynihan asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the total amount of funds available for capital programmes this year; and if he will outline the specific funding under each sub-heading and for each scheme.
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446 Deputy Michael Moynihan asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will confirm when the sheep grassland payments will be made in 2011; the number of applicants on a county basis; the number of eligible sheep; and the value of the payments in each county.
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445 Deputy Michael Moynihan asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the action he is proposing to take to prevent the severe distortion to the land rental and sale market resulting from the EU Commission proposal to set 2014 as the new reference period for entitlements under the single farm payment.
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444 Deputy Michael Moynihan asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine his views on the EU Commission analysis that the greening measure under the Common Agricultural Policy 2013 reform will cost farmers here €15 per hectare; and if he will outline his analysis of the costs of greening.
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443 Deputy Michael Moynihan asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine in view of the fact that there will be an additional 1% increase in modulation from the single farm payment in 2012, if he will confirm that there will be no other deductions to the single farm payment in 2012.
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442 Deputy Michael Moynihan asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will provide the following information in respect of the persons that are not paid on a county breakdown: the number of persons not paid as a result of inspections, digitising, transfers and queries.
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441 Deputy Michael Moynihan asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will provide the following information in respect of the single farm payment scheme on a county breakdown: the number of applicants, the number of applicants paid, the number of applicants awaiting payment, the amount of moneys paid and the amount of moneys outstanding.
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440 Deputy Michael Moynihan asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will provide the following information in respect of the disadvantaged areas scheme on a county breakdown: the number of applicants, the number of applicants paid, the number of applicants awaiting payment, the amount of moneys paid and the amount of moneys outstanding.
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439 Deputy Michael Moynihan asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine in terms of the targeted agricultural modernisation scheme sow welfare grant, in view of the fact that the deadline for loose housing of sows is set for 31 December 2012 and there is much work on farm still to be carried out, if he will give an indication as to when the TAMS for sow welfare will reopen.
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438 Deputy Michael Moynihan asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine when food projects will be allowed to be funded under the rural development plan 2007 — 2013.
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437 Deputy Michael Moynihan asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will provide a breakdown of the single farm payment on a NUTS1 and NUTS2 basis.
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436 Deputy Michael Moynihan asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine when the young farmers installation grant scheme will be reopened.
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435 Deputy Michael Moynihan asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the number of farmers and the amount paid under the disadvantaged areas scheme in each of the following areas: mountain areas, severely handicapped and less severely handicapped areas.
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434 Deputy Michael Moynihan asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the amount of farm improvement scheme grants that have been made in 2011.
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433 Deputy Michael Moynihan asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the progress made on commonage framework plans; and when farmers will be notified.
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432 Deputy Michael Moynihan asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine when he will confirm the €150 per hectare payment for agri-environment option scheme Natura payments.
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431 Deputy Michael Moynihan asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the amount of the allocated TAMS funding that has been spent to date in 2011.
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430 Deputy Michael Moynihan asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the number of inspections that will take place this year for single farm payment, REP scheme, agri-environment options scheme and disadvantaged areas.
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429 Deputy Michael Moynihan asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine when agri-environment options scheme 2 payments will be made; the amount of the 2011 REP scheme AEOS book of estimates that have been made to date; and if he will provide a breakdown of REPS 3, REPS 4 and AEOS 1.
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428 Deputy Michael Moynihan asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the number of farmers that have been paid agri-environment options scheme 1 payments to date; the amount paid; and for those that are paid when the remaining 25% payment will be made.
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427 Deputy Michael Moynihan asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will provide a breakdown for both agri-environment option scheme 1 and 2 farmers by county.
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407 Deputy Michael Moynihan asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine when a single farm payment will issue to a person (details supplied) in County Cork.
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47 Deputy Michael Moynihan asked the Minister for Health the relationship and chain of command between his advisers and the Health Service Executive; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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140 Deputy Michael Moynihan asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the number of maps submitted for digitisation with applications for payments to his Department in 2009, 2010 and to date in 2011.
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11 Deputy Michael Moynihan asked the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the organisations with whom she has held discussions since taking office on the subject of introducing mandatory reporting of suspected child abuse; and if she will make a statement on the matter.
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429 Deputy Michael Moynihan asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the position regarding an outstanding disadvantage area payment in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Cork; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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428 Deputy Michael Moynihan asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the position regarding an outstanding single farm payment in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Cork; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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373 Deputy Michael Moynihan asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine his negotiating position on the greening section set out in Commissioner Ciolos’s Common Agriculture Policy proposals in early October.
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3 Deputy Michael Moynihan asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine his negotiating position in relation to the 2014 reference year and 2011 activation clause set out in Commissioner Ciolos’ Common Agriculture Policy proposals in early October.
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1 Deputy Michael Moynihan asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the progress he has made on the issue of a European wide milk quota to alleviate the pressure of a super levy on dairy farmers here; the steps he has taken in securing a butterfat correction quota increase of 1.5% and 2%; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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129 Deputy Michael Moynihan asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the position regarding a single farm payment in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Cork; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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510 Deputy Michael Moynihan asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the reason for the delay in issuing the payments for the disadvantaged area scheme and the single payment scheme to a person (details supplied) in County Cork; and when payments will issue.
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17 Deputy Michael Moynihan asked the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government the steps taken to implement the recommendations of the advisory group on unfinished developments; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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220 Deputy Michael Moynihan asked the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food the number of disadvantaged area payments being processed in his Department; the reason for delays in payment; the reason farmers were not notified of queries earlier in the year; and the steps being taken to ensure the early payments to the farmers affected.
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149 Deputy Michael Moynihan asked the Minister for Justice and Equality the position regarding an outstanding application for naturalisation in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Cork; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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7 Deputy Michael Moynihan asked the Minister for Social Protection the areas she identified for potential reductions in the comprehensive spending review in view of the Taoiseach’s refusal to clarify the details of same; and if she will make a statement on the matter.
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78 Deputy Michael Moynihan asked the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the reason a single person in the public sector is compelled by law to pay a pension for a spouse and child even if they do not have a spouse or a child; and the way such a requirement can be justified; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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144 Deputy Michael Moynihan asked the Minister for Education and Skills when he will grant approval to County Cork Vocational Education Committee to purchase the identified site for a school (details supplied) in County Cork
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9 Deputy Michael Moynihan asked the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food if he will commit to maintaining funding for all the main farm schemes in budget 2012; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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4 Deputy Michael Moynihan asked the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food his views that the option to use 2011 as the basis year for eligibility under the new Common Agricultural Policy would be preferable to 2014; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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1 Deputy Michael Moynihan asked the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food if he has raised the issue of a European wide milk quota rather than a national quota in view of the fact that the European Union will be under quota this year; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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542 Deputy Michael Moynihan asked the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food the position regarding an outstanding REP scheme 4 payment in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Cork; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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541 Deputy Michael Moynihan asked the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food the position regarding an outstanding REP scheme 4 payment in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Cork; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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