Results 1-6 of 6 for agriculture scheme data speaker:Tom Hayes

Seanad: Ash Dieback Disease: Statements (29 Apr 2015)

Tom Hayes: ...disease, 59 in plantation forests and the remaining 90 in non-forest locations, such as horticultural nurseries, roadside plantings, garden centres, private gardens and rural environment protection scheme, REPS, and agri-environment options scheme, AEOS, plantings. A total of 113 cases were identified in 2012 and 2013, 30 cases were identified during 2014 and to date in 2015, there have...

Topical Issue Debate: Beef Industry (17 Sep 2014)

Tom Hayes: ...details of an investment package worth up to €40 million aimed at sustaining a critical mass in the suckler cow herd, which is at the heart of our beef industry. The package includes the beef genomic scheme, the beef data programme, the beef technology adoption programme and the suckler cow welfare scheme. The suckler cow herd is also a key component of our longer term strategic...

Beef Industry: Motion [Private Members] (24 Jun 2014)

Tom Hayes: ...remain above the EU 15 average; and — that there has been evidence of weakened consumer demand due in part to competitive factors from other meat products;recognises that the beef sector remains a priority for Government in terms of support of agriculture and that a number of actions have been taken by the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine to date to deal with current...

Other Questions: Beef Data Programme (19 Jun 2014)

Tom Hayes: ...consistent with evolving market realities. Additional information not given on the floor of the House My Department collects the prices paid for domestic cattle on a weekly basis and reports this data to the European Commission in accordance with Commission Regulation (EC) No. 1249/2008 on the classification of beef, pig and sheep carcasses and the reporting of price and Commission...

Government's Priorities for the Year Ahead: Statements (Resumed) (5 Mar 2014)

Tom Hayes: I am pleased to report to the House on the Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine and its agencies, which are responsible for 23 recommendations in the programme for Government, and on the substantive progress that has been made on virtually all of these recommendations. My Department's actions under the programme for Government cover a wider range of activities, including achieving...

Other Questions: Milk Quota Cessation (14 Nov 2013)

Tom Hayes: ...valuable and long-standing beef suckler herd. The ending of the quota regime, which has existed for 34 years, is such a significant policy change that it will obviously have an impact on other agricultural enterprises and on markets in the dairy sector. Analysts have been examining the effects of this policy change from many different angles, both from an EU perspective and an Irish...