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Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Agri-Environment Options Scheme Application Numbers (5 Feb 2013)

Éamon Ó Cuív: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will provide a county by county breakdown of the total number of recipients and value of payments of agri environment option scheme in 2010, 2011 and 2012. [5447/13]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Rural Environment Protection Scheme Application Numbers (5 Feb 2013)

Éamon Ó Cuív: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will provide a county by county breakdown of the total number of recipients of REP scheme and value of payments in 2010, 2011 and 2012. [5448/13]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Single Payment Scheme Application Numbers (5 Feb 2013)

Éamon Ó Cuív: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will provide a county by county breakdown of the total number of recipients of the single farm payment in 2010, 2011 and 2012. [5449/13]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Single Payment Scheme Payments (5 Feb 2013)

Éamon Ó Cuív: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will provide a county by county breakdown of the single farm payment in 2012 broken down by value of the payment at €2,500 intervals. [5450/13]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Single Payment Scheme Payments (5 Feb 2013)

Éamon Ó Cuív: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will provide a county by county breakdown of the single farm payment in 2012 broken down by value of the payment at €100 per HA intervals. [5451/13]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Suckler Welfare Scheme Application Numbers (5 Feb 2013)

Éamon Ó Cuív: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will provide a county by county breakdown of the total number of recipients of the suckler cow welfare scheme and value of payments in 2010, 2011 and 2012. [5452/13]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Grassland Sheep Scheme Application Numbers (5 Feb 2013)

Éamon Ó Cuív: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will provide a county by county breakdown of the total number of recipients of the sheep grassland scheme and value of payments in 2010, 2011 and 2012. [5453/13]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Limistéar faoi Mhíbhuntáiste (5 Feb 2013)

Éamon Ó Cuív: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine cén uair a dhéanfar íocaíocht faoi Scéim na Limistéar faoi Mhíbhuntáiste (Disadvantaged Area Based Scheme) do 2012 le feirmeoir (sonraí leis seo); agus an ndéanfaidh sé ráiteas ina thaobh. [5670/13]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Food Safety Authority Investigations (5 Feb 2013)

Éamon Ó Cuív: To ask the Minister for Health the date on which his Department was first informed by the Food Safety Authority of Ireland that positive tests showed the presence of horse meat in beef burgers for human consumption; the actions he initiated; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [5109/13]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Food Safety Authority Investigations (5 Feb 2013)

Éamon Ó Cuív: To ask the Minister for Health the date on which his Department was first alerted that positive tests indicated that beef burgers for human consumption were adulterated with horsemeat; the action he took in this regard; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [5110/13]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Food Safety Authority Meetings (5 Feb 2013)

Éamon Ó Cuív: To ask the Minister for Health the dates and number of times that the board of the Food Safety Authority of Ireland met in the past year; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [5475/13]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Appointments to State Boards (5 Feb 2013)

Éamon Ó Cuív: To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if any nomination has been made to the chairmanship of Horse Sport Ireland; if a nomination has been made, the name of the person nominated; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [5111/13]

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Burger Content Investigations: Discussion (5 Feb 2013)

Éamon Ó Cuív: I thank Professor Alan Reilly and the Minister for their very comprehensive presentations. It is a great pity that the Minister did not facilitate his officials and Professor Reilly by having them appear before this committee two weeks ago because most of the information given by the Food Safety Authority of Ireland relates to the period prior to 15 January. It would have been very useful...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Burger Content Investigations: Discussion (5 Feb 2013)

Éamon Ó Cuív: Perhaps I can ask a question?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Burger Content Investigations: Discussion (5 Feb 2013)

Éamon Ó Cuív: If the amount of filler in a beefburger is, say, 30% and the remainder is 70%, excluding onions or whatever else is added, and the burger is found to contain 29% equine DNA, would that, more or less, lead to one to conclude that all of the filler was horsemeat?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Burger Content Investigations: Discussion (5 Feb 2013)

Éamon Ó Cuív: To be absolutely clear - because the public want to know this - in Professor Reilly's estimate, 29% of the 63% of the burger that was supposed to be beef was horsemeat.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Burger Content Investigations: Discussion (5 Feb 2013)

Éamon Ó Cuív: Yes, but 29% of the meat in the burger.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Burger Content Investigations: Discussion (5 Feb 2013)

Éamon Ó Cuív: In the manufacturing process, was the manufacturer taking so-called beef from various sources to make up the burger?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Burger Content Investigations: Discussion (5 Feb 2013)

Éamon Ó Cuív: Sorry; I think the scientist who did the experiment and was in charge of the thing-----

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Burger Content Investigations: Discussion (5 Feb 2013)

Éamon Ó Cuív: This goes to the nub of the issue. If we forget about the rest of the burger, 63% of the burger is meat. Of that 63%, 29% - nearly 30% - is horsemeat. In making that burger and adding the meat to the burger, was the manufacturer using two sources of meat, from two different suppliers, to make that burger, and were they being mixed? Is that what was happening?