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Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Agriculture Schemes (26 Oct 2023)

Claire Kerrane: 82. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will advise why certain growers are excluded from the horticulture support scheme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [46730/23]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Regulatory Bodies (26 Oct 2023)

Claire Kerrane: 85. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will provide an update on the establishment of the office of the agrifood regulator; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [46848/23]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Agriculture Industry (26 Oct 2023)

Claire Kerrane: 99. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine what efforts have been made to address the issue of just one herd keeper being allowed with regard to recognising the role of women in agriculture and overcoming existing structural challenges; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [46728/23]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Departmental Budgets (26 Oct 2023)

Claire Kerrane: 101. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine what funding he intends to request for the agricultural sector from the announced climate and nature fund; how he will determine how this fund will be spent; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [46727/23]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Departmental Reviews (26 Oct 2023)

Claire Kerrane: 110. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will provide an update on the Government’s review of the independent review on ash dieback and its intended response; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [46726/23]

Written Answers — Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment: Small and Medium Enterprises (26 Oct 2023)

Claire Kerrane: 173. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if he has plans to support small and medium businesses with costs (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [47132/23]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Invasive Species Policy (26 Oct 2023)

Claire Kerrane: 238. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if logs being imported from Scotland are 100% free of bark; if he will outline any risk regarding the spruce bark beetle (ips typographus); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [47130/23]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Departmental Staff (26 Oct 2023)

Claire Kerrane: 239. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the projected cost of running the forestry division of his Department for the remainder of 2023, and for the full year in 2024, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [47131/23]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: State Pensions (25 Oct 2023)

Claire Kerrane: 121. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if farmers who were in receipt of farm assist between the years 1998 and 2016, and who accrued class S contributions during this time are eligible for the State pension; if she will advise on any changes to the system of calculating class S contributions from those on farm assist regarding the State pension since 2016; and...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Agriculture Schemes (25 Oct 2023)

Claire Kerrane: 154. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the date on which the announced sheep improvement scheme payment increase from €12 to €20 will take effect; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [46919/23]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Staff (24 Oct 2023)

Claire Kerrane: 278. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will sanction the retention of a third teacher in a school (details supplied), given the unprecedented increase in enrolment numbers; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [46295/23]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Social Welfare Payments (24 Oct 2023)

Claire Kerrane: 361. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if she will bring forward changes to the means test for carer's allowance to January 2024 rather than June 2024, given the hardship family carers are facing; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [46304/23]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Departmental Funding (24 Oct 2023)

Claire Kerrane: 419. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if his Department provides annual funding to Irish farming organisations; the breakdown of funding allocations for 2021, 2022 and to date in 2023, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [46132/23]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Agriculture Supports (24 Oct 2023)

Claire Kerrane: 420. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the measures that have been considered by his Department with regard to supporting access to land for young farmers and new entrants to agriculture; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [46134/23]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Agriculture Schemes (24 Oct 2023)

Claire Kerrane: 427. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will provide flexibility for buying and submitting receipts for the national liming programme (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [46236/23]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Animal Diseases (24 Oct 2023)

Claire Kerrane: 436. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the average waiting times for receipt of bovine TB compensation in 2021, 2022 and to date in 2023, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [46569/23]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Animal Diseases (24 Oct 2023)

Claire Kerrane: 437. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if it is possible for compensation for bovine TB to be expedited in some cases; what technology or mechanisms are used in the calculation of compensation for bovine TB; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [46570/23]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Forestry Sector (24 Oct 2023)

Claire Kerrane: 442. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will provide an update on the forestry licensing plan for the remainder of 2023 and 2024, given the new forestry programme received approval several weeks ago and his Department has had more than nine months to have a plan ready; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [46705/23]

Written Answers — Department of Rural and Community Development: Library Projects (24 Oct 2023)

Claire Kerrane: 650. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development to provide an update on works at a building (details supplied); when it will reopen; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [46223/23]

Written Answers — Department of Rural and Community Development: Rural Schemes (24 Oct 2023)

Claire Kerrane: 654. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development the possible funding streams that are available for a community group to apply to for a plaque (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [46489/23]