Results 18,261-18,280 of 23,978 for speaker:Charlie McConalogue

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Teagasc Courses (16 Dec 2016)

Charlie McConalogue: 453. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine to set out the status of the progress towards the programme for Government commitment to review the green cert to ensure it is fit for purpose. [40884/16]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Young Farmers Scheme (16 Dec 2016)

Charlie McConalogue: 454. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine to set out the status of the progress towards the programme for Government commitment to seek recognition from the European Commission for forgotten farmers as a group with specific disadvantage under the national reserve, in the same way that old young farmers are currently provided for; and the number of meetings has he had with...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: TAMS Administration (16 Dec 2016)

Charlie McConalogue: 455. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine to set out the status of the progress towards the programme for Government commitment to include a measure on clearing drains in the farm safety scheme under TAMS. [40886/16]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Aquaculture Development (16 Dec 2016)

Charlie McConalogue: 456. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine to set out the status of the progress towards the programme for Government commitment to explore the potential for the development of onshore close containment fish farming as an emerging technology. [40888/16]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Fish Quotas (16 Dec 2016)

Charlie McConalogue: 457. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine to set down the number of bilateral meetings he has had with European counterparts regarding fishing quotas and safeguarding Irish fishing interests ahead of the fisheries Council of Ministers meeting. [40889/16]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Fishing Communities (16 Dec 2016)

Charlie McConalogue: 458. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine to set out the status of the progress towards the programme for Government commitment to review the fish assist scheme in recognition of the irregular earning patterns of fishermen. [40890/16]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Food Labelling (16 Dec 2016)

Charlie McConalogue: 459. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine to set out the status of the progress towards the programme for Government commitment to continuing to explore the potential development of an all-island label; and the number of North South ministerial meetings at which he raised this subject with colleagues. [40891/16]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Basic Payment Scheme Eligibility (16 Dec 2016)

Charlie McConalogue: 460. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine to set out the total number of farmers enrolled in the basic payments scheme that have received a payment under, equal to or above figures (details supplied). [40892/16]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Basic Payment Scheme Data (16 Dec 2016)

Charlie McConalogue: 461. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine to set down in tabular form the number of farmers in receipt of areas of natural constraint payments by county; the total number of farmers in each county that enrolled in the ANC scheme, broken down by each respective area designation (details supplied); the payment rate for each respective area designation per county; the total...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: GLAS Payments (16 Dec 2016)

Charlie McConalogue: 462. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine to outline the reason only 85% of 2016 GLAS payments are issuing in December 2016; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [40894/16]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Basic Payment Scheme Payments (16 Dec 2016)

Charlie McConalogue: 463. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine to set out the number of BPS payments which were withheld due to LPIS; if any outstanding payments that have been subsequently approved after audit have issued; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [40895/16]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Departmental Reports (16 Dec 2016)

Charlie McConalogue: 464. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the name, costs, date of commission, date or expected date of publication and name of the external consultant of all external reports commissioned by his Department since March 2011. [40897/16]

Written Answers — Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Health and Safety Inspections Data (16 Dec 2016)

Charlie McConalogue: 543. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the amount spent by the Health and Safety Authority on farm safety initiatives and the number of inspections in each of the years 2011 to 2015 and to date in 2016, in tabular form; her views on the growing number of farm fatalities; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [40868/16]

Written Answers — Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Health and Safety Inspections Data (16 Dec 2016)

Charlie McConalogue: 544. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the amount allocated by the Health and Safety Authority for farm safety initiatives in 2016 and 2017; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [40869/16]

Questions on Proposed Legislation (15 Dec 2016)

Charlie McConalogue: As the Tánaiste knows it has been a difficult year for the farming community across various sectors. The tillage sector especially has suffered much pressure this year, particularly those tillage farmers who lost crops along the western coast due to the wet weather during the harvest. I have raised this several times. Tillage farmers continue to raise the need for a crisis fund with...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Impact of Brexit on Irish Agriculture and Fisheries Sectors: Discussion (13 Dec 2016)

Charlie McConalogue: I thank Mr. Power for his presentation. He outlined the tariffs that might be applied, but will he elaborate on their exact nature across various sectors, including agriculture? A particular threat is that in the event that there is a hard Brexit there is a likelihood that Britain will conduct trade deals with other countries, particularly in North and South America, for food imports, in...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Impact of Brexit on Irish Agriculture and Fisheries Sectors: Discussion (13 Dec 2016)

Charlie McConalogue: I thank the four representative organisations for their presentations. As previous speakers noted, the implications of a hard Brexit would be stark. Given that the dairy sector is largely operating in a global market, does Mr. Comer envisage that it will be more sheltered from the repercussions of Brexit than other agriculture sectors? As the issues related to beef have been thrashed out,...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Mobility Allowance (13 Dec 2016)

Charlie McConalogue: 447. To ask the Minister for Health the status of the structure of the replacement scheme for the motorised transport and mobility allowance; when he expects this to be finalised and announced; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [39658/16]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: GLAS Eligibility (13 Dec 2016)

Charlie McConalogue: 557. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the reason farmers who did not have commonage included as part of a 2014 basic application cannot avail of the GLAS scheme, yet farmers who have acquired land since 2014 are able to avail of the GLAS scheme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [39877/16]

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Energy and Natural Resources: Renewable Energy Incentives (13 Dec 2016)

Charlie McConalogue: 593. To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources his plans for the introduction of a renewable heat incentive for the production of solar electricity; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [40032/16]