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Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Pigmeat Sector (29 Mar 2022)

Matt Carthy: 835. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the number of pig farmers who are Bord Bia quality assured and send more than 200 pigs to slaughter per annum, by county, broken down by the number of pigs sent to slaughter in bands of 200-249, 250-299 and so on; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [15767/22]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Forestry Sector (29 Mar 2022)

Matt Carthy: 836. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the number of agroforestry plots planted per year since 2012, by county; his proposals to increase same; the targets associated with same; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [15768/22]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Agriculture Industry (29 Mar 2022)

Matt Carthy: 842. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the additional abatement impact expected through replacing 65% of straight CAN with protected urea or other protected nitrogen products by 2030; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [15902/22]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Agriculture Industry (29 Mar 2022)

Matt Carthy: 843. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the current adoption rate of LESS technology; the additional abatement impact of increasing the use of LESS technology to 90%; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [15903/22]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Departmental Expenditure (29 Mar 2022)

Matt Carthy: 844. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the amount expended to assist with the provision of slurry storage on tillage farms, proposed allocation under the CAP Strategic Plan, associated targets for adoption and emission abatement potential; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [15904/22]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Organic Farming (29 Mar 2022)

Matt Carthy: 845. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the target for organic conversion by year until 2030; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [15905/22]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Organic Farming (29 Mar 2022)

Matt Carthy: 846. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the total number of participants in the organic farming scheme; the total and average payment, by year and farm system, from 2019 to date; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [15906/22]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Bord Bia (29 Mar 2022)

Matt Carthy: 847. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the amount of ring-fenced funding provided to Bord Bia for the marketing of organic produce; the amount expended by Bord Bia on the marketing of organic produce domestically and internationally in each of the years from 2019 to date, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [15907/22]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Forestry Sector (29 Mar 2022)

Matt Carthy: 848. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the estimated amount of direct savings in megaton CO2 equivalent that will be achieved by 2030 through afforestation in 2021; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [15908/22]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Forestry Sector (29 Mar 2022)

Matt Carthy: 849. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the forestry schemes currently operated by his Department; the afforestation target of each scheme in 2021 and 2022; the afforestation achieved in 2021; the payment rates; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [15909/22]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Organic Farming (29 Mar 2022)

Matt Carthy: 850. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the current hectarage of land under, or in conversion to, organic farming; the associated reduction in fertiliser use expected as a result of achieving a rate of 7.5%; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [15910/22]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Teagasc Activities (29 Mar 2022)

Matt Carthy: 851. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the estimated cost associated with the proposed review of the Teagasc marginal abatement cost curve per action 303 of the climate action plan; if he plans to receive periodic or interim reports; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [15911/22]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Agriculture Industry (29 Mar 2022)

Matt Carthy: 852. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he plans to consult with an organisation (details supplied) on action 306 of the climate action plan to scope out policy on a national fertiliser register, to include legal advice and consultation with a wide variety of stakeholders; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [15912/22]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Agriculture Industry (29 Mar 2022)

Matt Carthy: 853. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the current use of clover in reseed swards; the targets for the future adoption of same; the supports available to encourage the use of clover; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [15913/22]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Organic Farming (29 Mar 2022)

Matt Carthy: 854. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if his Department has a strategy to increase the procurement of organic produce by Departments, State agencies or public bodies; if his Department provides related guidance; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [15914/22]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Agriculture Industry (29 Mar 2022)

Matt Carthy: 855. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the targets for increasing the percentage of the suckler beef herd recording cow and calf weight in each of the years 2022 to 2030; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [15915/22]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Organic Farming (29 Mar 2022)

Matt Carthy: 856. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the number of public and private farm advisers providing advice in relation to organic farming; the number who are being upskilled in organic farming as a result of action 362 of the climate action plan; the cost of action 362 of the climate action plan; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [15916/22]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Agriculture Schemes (29 Mar 2022)

Matt Carthy: 893. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the reason that livestock units which were matriculated regarding the basic income support for sustainability scheme differ from the current areas of natural constraints scheme requirements; his views on whether this will encourage increased stocking rates on areas of natural constraints; his further views on whether the reduced...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Departmental Data (29 Mar 2022)

Matt Carthy: 894. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the average time it takes from when an appeal is lodged to the date of hearing; the average time from the date of a hearing until a final decision is issued; the cause of any excessive delays in each of the years 2016 to 2021 and date in 2022; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [16595/22]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Agriculture Schemes (29 Mar 2022)

Matt Carthy: 895. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine further to Parliamentary Question No. 750 of 8 March 2022, if it is intended that farmers will be able to identify which stream of the Agri-Environment Climate Measure is open to them prior to the scheme opening for applications; if so, when the required technical work to deliver such will be completed; and if he will make a...