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Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Forestry Sector (27 Jul 2021)

Michael Lowry: 3372. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine further to Parliamentary Question No. 634 of 13 July 2021, the level of grant aid and premium support and tax incentives specifically which is taken into account in the income foregone calculations, income from sale of carbon by forests owned by private entities and persons; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [39362/21]

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Implementation of the EU Digital Covid Certificate: Minister of State at the Department of Public Expenditure and Reform (14 Jul 2021)

Michael Lowry: I will be brief. I thank Deputy Ó Murchú. Yesterday we had a positive meeting and today is similar. I compliment the Minister of State for his assured and competent handling of this issue and also all of the departmental staff who have been involved in it. Most of the questions have been asked and we have got clarity on all of the issues that spring to mind. The only...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Implementation of the EU Digital Covid Certificate: Minister of State at the Department of Public Expenditure and Reform (14 Jul 2021)

Michael Lowry: I would appreciate if that could be confirmed.

An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (13 Jul 2021)

Michael Lowry: People are craving a sense of normality and a feeling of freedom. This is evident from the enthusiasm of the majority to be vaccinated. The issuing of digital green certificates will see thousands travel in the coming weeks. However, it will not bring joy to the thousands more who cannot obtain passports. While the April backlog of 83,000 has been reduced, there remains a minimum...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Common Agricultural Policy (13 Jul 2021)

Michael Lowry: 606. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine further to Parliamentary Question No. 355 of 30 June 2021, if all current members of the CAP Consultative Committee were invited onto the committee by him or his Department; the reason an organisation (details supplied) was not invited onto the committee at the outset; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [37388/21]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Forestry Sector (13 Jul 2021)

Michael Lowry: 607. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine further to Parliamentary Question No. 362 of 30 June 2021, the minimum level of annual afforestation necessary from 2021 to ensure the entire estate does not become a temporary source of carbon (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [37389/21]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Forestry Sector (13 Jul 2021)

Michael Lowry: 608. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine further to Parliamentary Question Nos. 366 and 367 of 30 June 2021, the reason there is no representative from the forestry sector on the CAP Consultative Committee given that afforestation is clearly the largest opportunity in the land use sector to remove carbon dioxide from the atmosphere; the way the afforestation opportunity...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Forestry Sector (13 Jul 2021)

Michael Lowry: 609. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine further to Parliamentary Question No. 346 of 30 June 2021, the number of times the Forest Policy Group chaired by the Minister of State has discussed forestry and specifically afforestation in the context of the next CAP and membership of the CAP Consultative Committee; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [37391/21]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Forestry Sector (13 Jul 2021)

Michael Lowry: 611. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine further to Parliamentary Question Nos. 505 and 506 of 1 July 2021, his plans to ensure better integration between the agri-environment schemes and the next forestry programme is achieved. [37394/21]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Forestry Sector (13 Jul 2021)

Michael Lowry: 612. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine further to Parliamentary Question Nos. 332 to 334, inclusive, of 30 June 2021, when he will instruct his Department to seek the necessary permissions in view of his reply that to make the submissions public his Department would first have to seek the permission of the consultees; and if he will make a statement on the matter....

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Forestry Sector (13 Jul 2021)

Michael Lowry: 613. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine further to Parliamentary Question No. 335 of 30 June 2021, if it is planned to change the current definition of a forest as laid out in his answer (details supplied) in any new forestry regulations or in the proposed scheme to plant trees along rivers and watercourses to act as carbon sinks and interceptors of nutrients currently...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Forestry Sector (13 Jul 2021)

Michael Lowry: 614. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine further to Parliamentary Question No. 336 of 30 June 2021, if riparian planting and any new scheme including REAP to plant trees along rivers and watercourses to act as carbon sinks and interceptors of nutrients currently being prepared in which the size of the planting is less than 0.1 hectares in size cannot be accounted and...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Forestry Sector (13 Jul 2021)

Michael Lowry: 634. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if a voluntary agreement was brought forward by a section or sections of the private sector using woodland carbon code as the basis for calculating sequestration rates; if that would preclude afforestation grant and premium support payment by his Department whilst accepting there is a distinct separation between the rights and...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Implementation of the EU Digital Covid Certificate: Discussion (13 Jul 2021)

Michael Lowry: Most of the questions that I wanted to ask have already been asked, so I thank our guests for their contributions, which were informative. Travel these days is a complex and complicated matter, but they have addressed quite well some of our uncertainties. Obviously, the email roll-out of certificates will be quick. The postal roll-out will be more complicated and involve a great deal...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Implementation of the EU Digital Covid Certificate: Discussion (13 Jul 2021)

Michael Lowry: Many people have been asking about this because they have booked the 19 July as their departure dates. The witnesses are effectively working to get everyone with a certificate in hand before then, if possible.

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Transport (6 Jul 2021)

Michael Lowry: 278. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if school transport support will be secured for a child (details supplied) and other students who attend the school; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [35785/21]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Accommodation (6 Jul 2021)

Michael Lowry: 279. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the status of an application for additional school accommodation in a school (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [35786/21]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Covid-19 Pandemic (6 Jul 2021)

Michael Lowry: 281. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if her Department has put in place a Covid-19 response plan of the 2021-2022 academic year; the estimated cost of implementing such a Covid-19 response plan and any additional Covid-19 protection measures which may be required across all primary and secondary schools for the 2021-2022 academic year; and if she will make a statement on the...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Schools Building Projects (6 Jul 2021)

Michael Lowry: 282. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills further to Parliamentary Question No. 405 of 1 June 2021, regarding the position of a building project at a school (details supplied), if her attention has been drawn to the fact that the design and location of this building project which was submitted by the school has not yet been approved by her Department; the reason for the delays in...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Animal Diseases (6 Jul 2021)

Michael Lowry: 578. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will review and assist a farmer (details supplied) in County Tipperary whose herd is affected by TB; if his Department will accept a veterinary scan as proof that reactor cows and in-calf heifers identified as having TB were in calf; if the veterinary scan can also be used to determine the amount due to the farmer under the...