Results 34,401-34,420 of 74,100 for speaker:Bernard Durkan

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Food Industry Development (18 Dec 2014)

Bernard Durkan: 236. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the measures he will take to prevent dramatic reductions in the prices paid to producers in the dairy and beef sector; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [49418/14]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Food Industry Development (18 Dec 2014)

Bernard Durkan: 237. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the new markets established for beef and dairy produce in the past four years; the extent to which prospects have improved in this regard; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [49419/14]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Sugar Industry (18 Dec 2014)

Bernard Durkan: 238. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the extent to which progress is being made in respect of restoration of sugar production from sugar beet; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [49420/14]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Departmental Programmes (18 Dec 2014)

Bernard Durkan: 239. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the extent to which the concerns expressed by various farmers-organisations throughout the country in respect of the various revised farmer support payments have been examined with a view to accommodating their concerns; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [49421/14]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Food Labelling (18 Dec 2014)

Bernard Durkan: 240. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the extent to which labelling and traceability continues to be effective throughout the food industry with particular reference to beef, lamb, pig meat, poultry, fish and fish products; the extent to which breaches have been identified in the past four years; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [49422/14]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Environmental Policy (18 Dec 2014)

Bernard Durkan: 241. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the extent to which the various habitat directives are seen to impact negatively on some parts of the agricultural sector; if such impact is deemed to impede the retention of family farm enterprises; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [49423/14]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Common Agricultural Policy Reform (18 Dec 2014)

Bernard Durkan: 242. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the extent to which he has examined the effect of common agricultural policy reform throughout the agricultural sector with particular reference to the degree to which family farm enterprises continue to be protected as a result; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [49424/14]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Equine Industry Issues (18 Dec 2014)

Bernard Durkan: 243. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the extent to which breeding management and husbandry of the non-thorough bred horse sector continue to be monitored and controlled-regulated; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [49425/14]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Fishing Industry Development (18 Dec 2014)

Bernard Durkan: 244. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the number of persons that continue to be employed in the fishing industry. [49426/14]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Fishing Industry Development (18 Dec 2014)

Bernard Durkan: 245. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the extent to which he continues to protect the interests of the Irish fishing industry in the context of the EU Common Fisheries Policy; if he is satisfied regarding the future for sea fishing families; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [49427/14]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Food Harvest 2020 Strategy (18 Dec 2014)

Bernard Durkan: 246. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the extent to which this country remains on target in respect of Food Harvest 2020; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [49428/14]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Food Industry Development (18 Dec 2014)

Bernard Durkan: 247. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the extent to which employment levels continue to remain stable in the agri-food and seafood sectors; the degree to which opportunities for expansion remain; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [49429/14]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Fish Discards (18 Dec 2014)

Bernard Durkan: 248. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the extent to which the cessation of the dumping of surplus of fishing catches has progressed; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [49430/14]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Naturalisation Applications (18 Dec 2014)

Bernard Durkan: 310. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if or when an application for naturalisation can be facilitated in the case of a person (details supplied) in County Carlow, in view of the urgent necessity to qualify for a higher education grant. [49401/14]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Residency Permits (18 Dec 2014)

Bernard Durkan: 311. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the position regarding long-term residency entitlement in the case of a person (details supplied) in Dublin 11; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [49404/14]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Residency Permits (18 Dec 2014)

Bernard Durkan: 312. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality further to Parliamentary Question No. 73 of 20 November 2014, the current and likely residency position in the case of a person (details supplied) in Dublin 24, whose spouse is an EU national and who has three dependent children; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [49405/14]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Deportation Orders (18 Dec 2014)

Bernard Durkan: 313. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if she will review the decision to deport in the case of a person (details supplied) in County Waterford who has been here for almost ten years; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [49406/14]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Deportation Orders (18 Dec 2014)

Bernard Durkan: 314. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if she will review the decision to deport in the case of a person (details supplied) in County Waterford; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [49407/14]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Residency Permits (18 Dec 2014)

Bernard Durkan: 315. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the current and or likely position in respect of long-term residency or naturalisation in the case of a person (details supplied) in County Kildare; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [49416/14]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Garda Deployment (18 Dec 2014)

Bernard Durkan: 316. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality further to Parliamentary Question No. 79 of 26 November 2014, the extent to which her Department has received requests for increased Garda strength from the Garda authorities in Kildare, in respect of the various Garda stations outlined in her reply, with particular reference to those stations that have experienced a reduction in manning...