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Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Forestry Sector (20 Oct 2021)

Michael Fitzmaurice: 291. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if the afforestation scheme is classed as an environmental scheme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [51397/21]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Forestry Sector (20 Oct 2021)

Michael Fitzmaurice: 292. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the meetings the Minister of State with responsibility for Land Use and Biodiversity had with banks in relation to forestry contractors; the banks they met with; the dates these meetings took place on; the outcomes of these meetings; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [51398/21]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Forestry Sector (20 Oct 2021)

Michael Fitzmaurice: 293. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if applications submitted to the Forest Service are dealt with sequentially going by the TFL number allocated to each individual application; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [51399/21]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Forestry Sector (20 Oct 2021)

Michael Fitzmaurice: 294. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the number of bilateral meetings he or his senior staff have had with the forestry industry in the past three to six months in connection to the CAP strategic plan; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [51400/21]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Forestry Sector (20 Oct 2021)

Michael Fitzmaurice: 295. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the percentage of forestry licence applications which are screened by his Department for appropriate assessments in the past 12 months; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [51401/21]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Departmental Staff (20 Oct 2021)

Michael Fitzmaurice: 296. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the management structure and reporting lines or line managers of the Forest Service of his Department; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [51403/21]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Departmental Staff (20 Oct 2021)

Michael Fitzmaurice: 297. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the productivity of each of the inspectors and their line managers in the Forest Service in each of the years 2019, 2020 and to date in 2021, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [51404/21]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Departmental Circulars (20 Oct 2021)

Michael Fitzmaurice: 298. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the date the attention of the Forest Service section of his Department was drawn to SI No. 293 of 2021, the details and implications of which were outlined through circular 10 of 2021 on 7 July 2021; if his officials were involved or consulted with before this statutory instrument became law; and if he will make a statement on the...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Departmental Circulars (20 Oct 2021)

Michael Fitzmaurice: 299. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if staff from the Forest Service division of his Department were aware of SI No. 293 of 2021 before issuing circular 8 of 2021 which was issued on 17 June 2021; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [51406/21]

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Passport Services (19 Oct 2021)

Michael Fitzmaurice: 512. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade when a decision will be made on a passport application submitted by a person (details supplied) on 18 April 2021; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [51048/21]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Staff (19 Oct 2021)

Michael Fitzmaurice: 575. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills further to Parliamentary Question number 258 of 30 September 2021, when a payment will issue to a person (details supplied) by the Department for teaching services within a school from September 2020 to May 2021 in view that the date of registration for the post primary qualification level was updated by the Teaching Council in July 2021; and...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Nitrates Directive, Water Quality and Pollution: Discussion (13 Oct 2021)

Michael Fitzmaurice: I thank the witnesses for coming in. How many bodies of water are there in Ireland?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Nitrates Directive, Water Quality and Pollution: Discussion (13 Oct 2021)

Michael Fitzmaurice: Agriculture is responsible for the impact on 1,000, from what the witnesses said earlier, and 200 more are affected by sewage. What is the story with the other 3,700?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Nitrates Directive, Water Quality and Pollution: Discussion (13 Oct 2021)

Michael Fitzmaurice: I am trying to work out the figures. There are 4,900, of which about 2,450 are not impacted, and adding the 1,000 and 200 brings the number to 3,650. What is the story with the others?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Nitrates Directive, Water Quality and Pollution: Discussion (13 Oct 2021)

Michael Fitzmaurice: Are two thirds in good condition?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Nitrates Directive, Water Quality and Pollution: Discussion (13 Oct 2021)

Michael Fitzmaurice: Which province has the best water quality?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Nitrates Directive, Water Quality and Pollution: Discussion (13 Oct 2021)

Michael Fitzmaurice: We will say nitrogen or phosphorous.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Nitrates Directive, Water Quality and Pollution: Discussion (13 Oct 2021)

Michael Fitzmaurice: When the witnesses are examining a river or lake and there are many tributaries that they would not visit, can they distinguish between human and cattle waste?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Nitrates Directive, Water Quality and Pollution: Discussion (13 Oct 2021)

Michael Fitzmaurice: If I go to a bridge over a river, I often see EPA vehicles sampling water. If the EPA is sampling for pollution or other things, can it distinguish between human and animal waste in the sewage or pollutants in a river? Can it distinguish between it in phosphorous and other things that the EPA is looking for?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Nitrates Directive, Water Quality and Pollution: Discussion (13 Oct 2021)

Michael Fitzmaurice: I know of many towns which, in fairness, the EPA has been looking to provide with sewage treatment plants. If there are farmers farming along that river and a town where sewage was coming into it, is it possible to distinguish when it takes samples whether animals or people are causing the problem? That is all I am trying to establish.