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Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: Areas of Natural Constraint Scheme (2 Feb 2017)

Charlie McConalogue: I refer to the appeals and consultation process. Will it be completed before the Minister submits maps to the Commission for approval? Can the Minister be crystal clear about that? The Minister referred to the €25 million allocated for ANCs for next year. Will he ensure that the money is distributed in a way that ensures those farmers who are farming lands with greater...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Areas of Natural Constraint Scheme (2 Feb 2017)

Charlie McConalogue: 18. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the status of the process of reviewing qualifying areas for the areas of natural constraint scheme; if his Department has completed the mapping exercise; when the maps will be published; the consultation that will be undertaken with farmers on the review; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [4905/17]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Cereal Sector (2 Feb 2017)

Charlie McConalogue: 33. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine when he will introduce crisis aid funding to tillage farmers who had their crop destroyed due to severe weather in 2016; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [4903/17]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Young Farmers Scheme (2 Feb 2017)

Charlie McConalogue: 37. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will provide an update on the programme for Government commitment to permit young farmers who are under 40 years of age, but who have been farming for more than five years, to access measures under CAP for young farmers, including being able to apply for the national reserve and for top-up entitlements; the reason for their...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Garda Stations (2 Feb 2017)

Charlie McConalogue: 80. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the total number of Garda stations in the County Donegal Garda division; the number of these stations that have the PULSE database system installed and not installed, respectively, in tabular form; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [5292/17]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: GLAS Data (2 Feb 2017)

Charlie McConalogue: 293. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the total number of persons in receipt of GLAS 1 and GLAS 2 who have received 85% of their total 2016 payment, by county, in tabular form; the number of farmers who have passed all payment approval checks and are awaiting their 2016 payment; the total number of GLAS recipients who have yet to receive payment, by county; and if he...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Agri-Environment Options Scheme Data (2 Feb 2017)

Charlie McConalogue: 294. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the total number of persons in receipt of AEOS who have received their total 2016 payment, by county, in tabular form; the number of farmers who have passed all payment approval checks and are awaiting their 2016 payment; the total number of AEOS recipients who have yet to receive payment, by county; and if he will make a statement...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Departmental Staff Recruitment (2 Feb 2017)

Charlie McConalogue: 295. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the total number of full-time and part-time staff hired since 1 January 2017 in his Department and in each State agency under his auspices; the number of these staff hires which were recruited specifically to work on Brexit related issues; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [5177/17]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Departmental Staff Data (2 Feb 2017)

Charlie McConalogue: 296. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the total number of staff requested by his Department and in each State body under his auspices, in the 2012 to 2016 period on an annual basis, in tabular form; the number of staff subsequently hired in each year in this period on a Department wide basis and in each State agency under his auspices; and if he will make a statement...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Basic Payment Scheme Data (2 Feb 2017)

Charlie McConalogue: 297. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the total number of 2016 BPS applicants per county; the total amount of expenditure in payments per county in 2016; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [5179/17]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Areas of Natural Constraint Scheme Data (2 Feb 2017)

Charlie McConalogue: 298. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the total number of participants in the areas of natural constraint scheme per county; the total number of hectares currently eligible under the scheme in each county; the total percentage of eligible land covered by the scheme out of the total amount of farm land per county; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [5180/17]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Agrifood Sector (2 Feb 2017)

Charlie McConalogue: 299. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine his views on the recent acquisition of a cheese processing plant in Cheshire by a body (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [5181/17]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Brexit Issues (2 Feb 2017)

Charlie McConalogue: 300. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine his views on whether, as Brexit draws closer, further commercial investments by Irish agrifood businesses will prioritise basing future operational expansions and job creation on mainland Britain; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [5182/17]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Basic Payment Scheme Eligibility (2 Feb 2017)

Charlie McConalogue: 301. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will make an allocation for 2016 and 2017 for young farmers under the national reserve scheme; when he will announce the conditions for such a scheme for 2017; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [5183/17]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Dairy Sector (2 Feb 2017)

Charlie McConalogue: 302. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine his views on reported labour shortages in the dairy sector; the policy steps being taken to deal with this by the Government; his views on the number of graduates from agriculture colleges actively seeking employment in the dairy industry; the steps being taken to alleviate this by the Government; and if he will make a statement on...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: GLAS Data (2 Feb 2017)

Charlie McConalogue: 303. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the total number of commonage farmers by county in tabular form; the total number of commonage farmers who have applied to GLAS 1, 2 and 3; the total number of commonage farmers who have had their applications processed by county; the total number of commonage farmers by county who have received and not received GLAS payments; and...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Commonage Management Plans (2 Feb 2017)

Charlie McConalogue: 304. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the total number of commonage farmers who have completed a commonage management plan, CMP, by county in tabular form; the total number of commonage farmers who have not completed a CMP; the total amount of commonage farmers who have received GLAS payments to date in 2016; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [5186/17]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: GLAS Data (2 Feb 2017)

Charlie McConalogue: 305. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the total number of commonages under GLAS 1 and 2 that have no planner approved to complete a commonage management plan by county in tabular form; the total number of commonages under GLAS 1 and 2 that have been approved a planner to complete a commonage management plan; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [5187/17]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: GLAS Applications (2 Feb 2017)

Charlie McConalogue: 306. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the steps his Department is taking to facilitate all commonage farmers who wish to submit an application to GLAS by the extended deadline in view of the fact planners have encountered difficulties logging into the online system or completing commonage management plans as is mandatory under the scheme; if he will ensure that no...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Farms Data (2 Feb 2017)

Charlie McConalogue: 307. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the total number of suckler beef farmers per county in tabular form; the number of suckler farmers enrolled in the BDGP, beef data and genomics programme, per county; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [5189/17]