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Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Wind Energy Guidelines (9 Mar 2023)

Seán Canney: 87. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if he will suspend planning applications for onshore wind turbine developments until the planning guidelines for such developments are updated; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [11921/23]

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Wind Energy Guidelines (9 Mar 2023)

Seán Canney: A very large number of applications are being made for onshore wind turbine projects but the planning guidelines were produced in 2006 and need to be updated. Will applications for these planning permissions be suspended until the guidelines are updated?

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Wind Energy Guidelines (9 Mar 2023)

Seán Canney: I thank the Minister of State. There are two projects in my constituency at the moment where the size of the turbines is far beyond anything that was contemplated back in 2006. Further information has come from research on the noise. It is called sonic noise, which is a silent noise that affects people. There is also the question of the proximity to residents. All of this information is...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Wind Energy Guidelines (9 Mar 2023)

Seán Canney: I can assure the Minister of State that, on the two projects I am dealing with at the moment, it is a box-ticking exercise. The first that people knew about it was when a letter came in the door. There was a public meeting coming up, and the day before the public meeting, another drop was put into letter boxes. Any engagement with the agent has consisted of comments such as “I do...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Vacant Properties (9 Mar 2023)

Seán Canney: 139. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if he will extend the Croí Cónaithe scheme to include vacant houses that can be refurbished for rental purposes; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [11919/23]

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Agriculture Industry (9 Mar 2023)

Seán Canney: I also tabled a question on this matter. Galway Wool was set up by Ms Blatnaid Gallagher. That is an example of where there is huge potential in wool. As Deputy McNamara said, it is not so much that wool is almost useless at the moment, it is worse than useless because it costs more to shear a sheep than the price one gets for the wool. Back in the day, wool was a big source of income...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Hedge Cutting (9 Mar 2023)

Seán Canney: I thank the Minister of State for the clarity regarding the derogation. Do we have sight of what the proposals are and how they will be implemented? Will there be a cost implication for farmers arising from these methods? If so, how will farmers be supported in carrying out the disposal under the green measures the Minister of State is proposing?

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Hedge Cutting (9 Mar 2023)

Seán Canney: 10. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine his views on how farmers should dispose of cuttings from hedge trimming on their land; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [9692/23]

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Hedge Cutting (9 Mar 2023)

Seán Canney: I have a very simple question for the Minister of State. What are her views on how farmers should dispose of cuttings from hedge trimming on their lands. There have been some alterations to the rules. Perhaps she would enlighten me as to what farmers can do because there is a lot of confusion out there.

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Hedge Cutting (9 Mar 2023)

Seán Canney: I seek clarification in light of the fact that farmers are reading various things and there is much confusion. How long more will the regulations allow for the burning of the trimmings? The Minister of State referred to alternatives. I was at a meeting of the Committee on Budgetary Oversight yesterday evening. One of the IFA representatives told us about a farmer in the south who was...

Ceisteanna - Questions - Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Agriculture Schemes (9 Mar 2023)

Seán Canney: That response does not give any help to the farmers I know in my constituency. There are probably about ten I have on my books at the moment who are getting no money. They are elderly farmers who are computer illiterate and they did not tick the box. In fact, three of those farmers never said a word that they failed to get their grants until their accountant discovered it because they were...

Ceisteanna - Questions - Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Agriculture Schemes (9 Mar 2023)

Seán Canney: I hear what the Minister of State is saying. It is of little comfort. The funny thing about it is I have been to agriculture appeals with these people and the people who do the appeal do everything manually. They do not do it on computers. They take their notes manually. It it important we realise we are dealing with human beings: small farmers, who may be elderly and some of whom are...

Ceisteanna - Questions - Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Agriculture Schemes (9 Mar 2023)

Seán Canney: 4. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will initiate a review of cases where farmers failed to tick the areas of natural constraint, ANC, box, did not receive the payment and were subsequently unsuccessful on appeal, as this was a simple administrative error which resulted in a 100% penalty and came at a time when his Department had recently introduced the need to...

Ceisteanna - Questions - Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Agriculture Schemes (9 Mar 2023)

Seán Canney: Deputy Carthy needs a break. The issue I want to raise relates to the areas of natural constraint, ANC, payments. Will the Minister initiate a review of cases where a small cohort of farmers were given a 100% penalty for the fact they had not ticked a box when they made their application? Bear in mind this application process began as a manual process, then reverted to an online system....

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Environmental Policy (9 Mar 2023)

Seán Canney: 20. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the influence the EPA report on targets to re-wetlands and the proposed reductions in herd numbers will have on policy in his Department; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [9694/23]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Agriculture Schemes (9 Mar 2023)

Seán Canney: 42. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will accept all 46,000 applicants to the current tranche of the ACRES scheme; the plans he has to introduce a gap payment to farmers locked out of the ACRES scheme in 2023; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [9693/23]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Agriculture Schemes (9 Mar 2023)

Seán Canney: 49. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if it is his intention to increase the payment for the sheep welfare scheme to €30 per ewe, as requested by the farming organisations, due to the poor prices for sheep and the increase in the cost of feedstuffs; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [9691/23]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Agriculture Industry (9 Mar 2023)

Seán Canney: 57. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the status of the proposed Wool Council; the terms of reference for this council; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [9695/23]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Wastewater Treatment (9 Mar 2023)

Seán Canney: 122. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if he will increase funding to develop water treatment plants for towns and villages; if he will provide funding to allow existing waste water treatment plants in private estates to be taken in charge; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [11923/23]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Departmental Funding (9 Mar 2023)

Seán Canney: 127. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government when he will regularise the funding to support Galway County Council to bring their local government fund in line with comparable counties; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [11922/23]