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Withdrawal of the United Kingdom from the European Union (Consequential Provisions) Bill 2019: Second Stage (Resumed) (27 Feb 2019)

Denis Naughten: If the British Parliament does not reach agreement such that a transitional arrangement for Brexit is put in place by 29 March, Brexit has the potential to decimate the economy of our provincial towns and the remainder of rural Ireland. Regardless of whether a transitional arrangement is put in place, we will face into a new relationship with our neighbours in the United Kingdom from 1...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Animal Slaughtering Standards (27 Feb 2019)

Denis Naughten: 171. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine further to Parliamentary Question Nos. 535 to 537 of 12 February 2019, in the case of each of the 21 instances in which mechanical grading was suspended, the number of carcases that were rechecked by the manual grader back to the last known point of accuracy; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [9925/19]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Meat Processing Plant Inspections (21 Feb 2019)

Denis Naughten: 148. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine further to Parliamentary Question Nos. 535 to 537 of 12 February 2019, the number of inspections; if the calibration of the grading machines have been interfered with in each of the past three years; the number of discrepancies found; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [8846/19]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Meat Processing Plant Inspections (21 Feb 2019)

Denis Naughten: 149. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine further to Parliamentary Question Nos. 535 to 537 of 12 February 2019, his plans to replace the grading machines and software; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [8847/19]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Meat Processing Plant Inspections (21 Feb 2019)

Denis Naughten: 150. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine further to Parliamentary Question Nos. 535 to 537 of 12 February 2019, if daily control reports of each automated grading machines are maintained by meat plants; if so, if they specifically record faults or inaccuracies; if reviews of such reports are conducted during unannounced inspections; and if he will make a statement on the...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Animal Slaughtering Standards (20 Feb 2019)

Denis Naughten: 197. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine further to Parliamentary Question Nos. 535, 536 and 537 of 12 February 2019, the corresponding inspection figures for 2017; the number of machines operating outside of tolerance not identified by inspections that required the calibration to be checked by staff from his Department before mechanical grading recommenced in 2017 and...

An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (19 Feb 2019)

Denis Naughten: I want to ask the Taoiseach about live export facilities at the port of Cherbourg in France. As the Taoiseach is aware, there are too many black and white cattle going into beef production at the moment and it is decimating the livelihoods of beef farmers. The programme for Government commits to developing increased live export markets for the beef sector but to facilitate exports, we need...

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Passport Applications (19 Feb 2019)

Denis Naughten: 128. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if a person (details supplied) is eligible to apply for an Irish passport; if not, if they must first make a formal application for citizenship; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [7671/19]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Management (19 Feb 2019)

Denis Naughten: 229. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the steps he is taking to ban the use of mobile phones in primary and post-primary schools; his views on whether boards of management are vulnerable to allegations of facilitating cyberbullying if there are not clear procedures in place in each school; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [8117/19]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Medicinal Products Availability (19 Feb 2019)

Denis Naughten: 415. To ask the Minister for Health when a decision will be made on making Spinraza available to children with spinal muscular atrophy; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [8205/19]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Bord Bia Strategy (19 Feb 2019)

Denis Naughten: 461. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the plans Bord Bia has to establish a distinctive marketing strategy for grass fed beef; if beef produced from feedlots can avail of the Bord Bia quality assurance mark; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [7831/19]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Bovine Disease Controls (19 Feb 2019)

Denis Naughten: 467. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if the study into establishing the prevalence of mycoplasma bovis infection in the national herd has commenced; if the study will differentiate between feedlot produce beef and extensively produced beef; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [7878/19]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Bovine Disease Controls (19 Feb 2019)

Denis Naughten: 469. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the number of cattle slaughtered from TB programme defined feedlot herds in each of the years 2014 to 2018; his plans to differentiate beef produced from intensive feedlots; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [7899/19]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Beef Data and Genomics Programme (19 Feb 2019)

Denis Naughten: 491. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the genomic traits used in the beef data and genomics programme; the relative emphasis given to each trait to provide a figure for the genomic index; the proportion of the phenotype expression of each of these genomic traits; the genetic diseases screened for in the genomic analysis; the reliability for each disease; and if he will...

Ceisteanna ar Reachtaíocht a Gealladh - Questions on Promised Legislation (14 Feb 2019)

Denis Naughten: A Programme for a Partnership Government gave a commitment to establish a second air ambulance base in the southern part of the country to take pressure off the excellent service that is being provided at Custume Barracks, Athlone, and to allow that service to provide for more emergencies in the west and the midlands. A new service is about to commence at Cork Airport. Could the...

Ceisteanna ar Reachtaíocht a Gealladh - Questions on Promised Legislation (14 Feb 2019)

Denis Naughten: The Minister of State might come back to me on it.

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospitals Capital Programme (14 Feb 2019)

Denis Naughten: 176. To ask the Minister for Health if funding will be allocated in the 2019 capital plan for the 50-bed ward block at Portiuncula Hospital, Ballinasloe; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [7546/19]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Primary Care Reimbursement Service Payments (13 Feb 2019)

Denis Naughten: 118. To ask the Minister for Health the number of claims made to the Primary Care Reimbursement Service of the Health Service Executive under the drug payment scheme for children between zero and 15 years of age for adrenaline auto-injectors in each of the years 2010 to 2018; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [7162/19]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Beef Data and Genomics Programme (13 Feb 2019)

Denis Naughten: 157. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will lay before the Houses of the Oireachtas a paper on the application of genomics in the beef data and genomics programme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [7280/19]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Beef Data and Genomics Programme (13 Feb 2019)

Denis Naughten: 158. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if an organisation (details supplied) is using the base year 2014 for improvements associated with the beef data and genomics programme; his views on whether it is appropriate to use it as the base year in view of the fact that the data for that year was skewed as a result of the fodder crisis in 2013; and if he will make a...