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Our Rural Future Policy: Statements (14 Jun 2023)

Claire Kerrane: I thank the Minister for her statement. I listened to her and her colleagues. One thing that I certainly would not agree with is the idea put forward by the Minister of State, Deputy Heydon, to the effect that nobody is talking about the death of rural Ireland anymore. I certainly would not go as far as to say that. A prime example of in this regard is the Macra protest whereby young...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Schools Building Projects (14 Jun 2023)

Claire Kerrane: 82. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will advise regarding a school building project (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [28666/23]

Retained Fire Services: Motion [Private Members] (13 Jun 2023)

Claire Kerrane: I listened to the Taoiseach earlier as he was being questioned by my party leader about the crisis in the retained fire service. He said over and over again that the Government values retained firefighters. The Minister has told us here this evening that he admires them. These are nice words. If the Taoiseach and the Government valued them, however, retained firefighters would not be on...

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Tax Reliefs (13 Jun 2023)

Claire Kerrane: 366. To ask the Minister for Finance the full-year cost of extending consanguinity relief and acceleration of wear and tear allowances for farm safety equipment relief in 2024; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [27585/23]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Accommodation (13 Jun 2023)

Claire Kerrane: 599. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills when a school project (details supplied), waiting since March, will progress to the next stage; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [28280/23]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Housing Schemes (13 Jun 2023)

Claire Kerrane: 774. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government to provide an update on plans for a 'right-sizing' scheme; if this will support older people who own their own homes and are not on the local authority social housing list; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [28276/23]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Housing Schemes (13 Jun 2023)

Claire Kerrane: 775. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the plans he has to develop housing for older persons to allow them to downsize their own larger home where said older persons own their own home and are not on the local authority social housing list, to support this cohort to live independently; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [28277/23]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Invasive Species Policy (13 Jun 2023)

Claire Kerrane: 779. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if he will provide update on efforts to reduce and eliminate rhododendron ponticum; if he will introduce incentives to eradicate the plant on moorland that pays house owners in moorland areas to replace rhododendron ponticum hedges with non-invasive species; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [28408/23]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Brexit Supports (13 Jun 2023)

Claire Kerrane: 939. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the funding allocated to his Department from the Brexit Adjustment Reserve in 2022 and 2023; the areas to which his Department has allocated this funding, by year, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [27305/23]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Agriculture Schemes (13 Jun 2023)

Claire Kerrane: 940. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will provide an update on the Suckler Carbon Efficiency Programme; how many applications have been received for the scheme and how many have been approved; the amount of payments that have been made under the scheme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [27306/23]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Forestry Sector (13 Jun 2023)

Claire Kerrane: 941. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine how much of the announced €1.3 billion for forestry that is from core expenditure; how much additional funding is in Budget 2023; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [27307/23]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Horticulture Sector (13 Jun 2023)

Claire Kerrane: 949. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine when the Scheme of Investment Aid for the Development of the Commercial Horticulture Sector will open for applications in 2023; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [27580/23]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Horticulture Sector (13 Jun 2023)

Claire Kerrane: 954. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the number of applications received for the scheme of investment aid for the development of the commercial horticulture sector in 2021 and 2022; the number of applications accepted and the number refused, by year, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [27713/23]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Horticulture Sector (13 Jun 2023)

Claire Kerrane: 992. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine how many applications to the investment aid scheme for the development of commercial horticulture there were in 2022; how many were successful and how many were rejected, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [28514/23]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Agriculture Schemes (13 Jun 2023)

Claire Kerrane: 955. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the number of cow and calf pairs, per applicant, on which payments were made under the BEEP scheme in 2022; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [27714/23]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Agriculture Schemes (13 Jun 2023)

Claire Kerrane: 956. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the number of BDGP herds not included in BEEP-S in 2022 and to date in 2023; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [27715/23]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Animal Slaughtering (13 Jun 2023)

Claire Kerrane: 957. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine to outline, in tabular form, the number of bovine animals slaughtered and processed at Department-approved processing plants from both factory-owned and factory-controlled, that is, farmer-owned, feed units, CFUs, during the period 1 January 2023 to 1 June 2023; to categorise and break down the number of slaughtered cattle in this...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Forestry Sector (13 Jun 2023)

Claire Kerrane: 979. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if the European Commission has reverted to his Department with any questions or requests for further information in relation to the forestry programme application which was submitted in April; if so, the dates on which such requests or questions occurred; if any such questions or requests have been dealt with; and if he will make a...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Forestry Sector (13 Jun 2023)

Claire Kerrane: 980. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will provide details on the projected timeline for the completion of the strategic environmental assessment (SEA) attaching to the new forestry programme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [28315/23]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Forestry Sector (13 Jun 2023)

Claire Kerrane: 981. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will confirm that there are no differences in the procedure or process through which private tree felling licences and Coillte tree felling licences are administered by the Forest Service of his Department; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [28316/23]