Results 7,921-7,940 of 18,325 for speaker:Brendan Smith

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Trade Relations (17 Sep 2014)

Brendan Smith: 511. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the market support measures he will introduce to support pig farmers whose incomes are being impacted severely by the Russian ban on pig meat; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [34685/14]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Trade Relations (17 Sep 2014)

Brendan Smith: 515. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the discussions that have been held at official and political level since the end of June with the Russian authorities in respect of restrictions imposed on the export of offal products from Ireland; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [34689/14]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Green Low-carbon Agri-environment Scheme (17 Sep 2014)

Brendan Smith: 500. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the reason specific payment rates are not provided for all Natura areas based on costs and restrictions imposed under the new GLAS proposals; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [34673/14]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Rural Development Programme Funding (17 Sep 2014)

Brendan Smith: 501. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine when the list of items eligible for grant aid under TAMS will be published; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [34674/14]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Green Low-carbon Agri-environment Scheme (17 Sep 2014)

Brendan Smith: 502. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine when the application process will commence for GLAS 2015; the closing date for this scheme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [34675/14]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Green Low-carbon Agri-environment Scheme (17 Sep 2014)

Brendan Smith: 503. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the number of places that will be available to enable farmers to participate in GLAS 2015; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [34676/14]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Commonage Division (17 Sep 2014)

Brendan Smith: 504. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will provide a breakdown by county of the number of commonage farmers and the number of hectares in each county that have been claimed under Department schemes; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [34677/14]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Agriculture Schemes Eligibility (17 Sep 2014)

Brendan Smith: 505. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the criteria for the national reserve and young farmer single farm payment top up; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [34679/14]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Agriculture Schemes Payments (17 Sep 2014)

Brendan Smith: 506. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine when REPS 4 and AEOS payments will issue in respect of 2014; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [34680/14]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Agriculture Schemes Payments (17 Sep 2014)

Brendan Smith: 507. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the number of farmers that have received their payments under AEOS 3; the amount of money that has been paid out in respect of the 2013 scheme; if the final 25% of eligible payment has been made; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [34681/14]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Rural Environment Protection Scheme Payments (17 Sep 2014)

Brendan Smith: 508. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the number of farmers that will be due a REPS 4 payment in 2015; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [34682/14]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Agriculture Schemes Payments (17 Sep 2014)

Brendan Smith: 509. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if all REPS 4 and AEOS payments due in 2014 will be paid out before the end of 2014; if he proposes to defer payments to 2015; if so, the level of payments to be deferred; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [34683/14]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Rural Development Programme Projects (17 Sep 2014)

Brendan Smith: 510. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if a farmer can be a member of two knowledge transfer groups, that is, beef and sheep groups; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [34684/14]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Animal Diseases Issues (17 Sep 2014)

Brendan Smith: 512. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the action being undertaken to protect pig farming from the growing threat of emerging disease problems such as ASF and PED; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [34686/14]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Rural Development Programme Projects (17 Sep 2014)

Brendan Smith: 513. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the specific funding that will be provided under TAMs to modernise piggeries under the new rural development programme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [34687/14]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Beef Exports (17 Sep 2014)

Brendan Smith: 514. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he has put forward any specific proposals recently to the EU Trade Commissioner to protect the Irish beef sector in the event of the EU-US trade deal; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [34688/14]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Beef Exports (17 Sep 2014)

Brendan Smith: 520. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the proposals he submitted recently to the EU Trade Commissioner regarding the need to protect the Irish beef sector in the event of an EU-US trade deal; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [34818/14]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Rural Development Plan (17 Sep 2014)

Brendan Smith: 521. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine his proposals to provide grant aid for the pigmeat sector under TAMS II taking into account the very high costs in providing appropriate on-farm facilities; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [34819/14]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Services Provision (17 Sep 2014)

Brendan Smith: 1127. To ask the Minister for Health if he will ensure that there will be no reduction in services provided at a centre (details supplied) in County Cavan; if his attention has been drawn to the importance of the services provided at that centre to a large elderly population; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [34740/14]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Groups (17 Sep 2014)

Brendan Smith: 1141. To ask the Minister for Health the procedures followed in the establishment of the hospital groups; the person who decided on the constituent hospitals for each group; if he is satisfied with the present composition of such groups; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [34829/14]