Written answers
Tuesday, 15 November 2005
Department of Agriculture and Food
- Infectious Diseases
Question 102: To ask the Minister for Agriculture and Food the steps she is taking to prevent an outbreak of avian flu here; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [33783/05] - Environmental Pollution
Question 103: To ask the Minister for Agriculture and Food her response to the report by the UK Royal Commission on Environmental Pollution of the toxic threat to humans of the 31,000 tons of... - EU Directives
Question 104: To ask the Minister for Agriculture and Food the discussions she has had with the European Commission and the Department of the Environment, Heritage and Local Government regarding... - Departmental Properties
Question 106: To ask the Minister for Agriculture and Food her views on the progress made by her Department towards the provision of Department land for social housing. [34111/05] - Veterinary Services
Question 107: To ask the Minister for Agriculture and Food the steps she is taking to provide a countrywide and weekend veterinary service for the issue of prescriptions for animal remedies; and... - Live Exports
Question 108: To ask the Minister for Agriculture and Food the steps she will take to facilitate the live export of lambs to the UK and France; if she will address the current holding period... - Beef Imports
Question 109: To ask the Minister for Agriculture and Food if she has been in contact with the European Commission on the issue of veterinary equivalence in terms of beef production in Brazil.... - Food Industry
Question 110: To ask the Minister for Agriculture and Food her plans to develop the marketing potential of Bord Bia; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [33798/05] - Export Subsidies
Question 111: To ask the Minister for Agriculture and Food the position regarding the abolition of export credit refunds by the EU; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [33811/05] - EU Sugar Regime
Question 112: To ask the Minister for Agriculture and Food the response she has received to the letter sent by her and ten other EU Agriculture Ministers to the Agriculture Commissioner, Mariann... - Beef Imports
Question 113: To ask the Minister for Agriculture and Food if she intends to introduce a total ban on Brazilian beef imports into the European Union based on health issues in view of the fact... - Food Industry
Question 114: To ask the Minister for Agriculture and Food her initiative to promote local and regional food economies. [34106/05] - Agriculture Policy
Question 115: To ask the Minister for Agriculture and Food if she will expand on her recent comments at the National Ploughing Championships that farming is in severe decline and that an... - Food Industry
Question 116: To ask the Minister for Agriculture and Food her views on the work being undertaken under the food institutional research programme. [34112/05] - EU Directives
Question 117: To ask the Minister for Agriculture and Food the discussions she has had with other Departments and State agencies with a view to meeting the EU biofuels directive requiring Ireland... - EU Sugar Regime
Question 118: To ask the Minister for Agriculture and Food, further to the meeting of the Council of Ministers in October 2005, if she has succeeded in protecting the interests of Irish farmers... - World Trade Negotiations
Question 119: To ask the Minister for Agriculture and Food the implications for Irish agriculture of the proposals recently made by EU Commissioners Mandelson and Fischer Boel in regard to the... - Genetically Modified Organisms
Question 120: To ask the Minister for Agriculture and Food the position regarding her consideration of the report of the interdepartmental committee that was asked to develop proposals for a... - EU Directives
Question 121: To ask the Minister for Agriculture and Food if she will make a statement on her decision to defer introduction of EU Directive 2004/28, regarding the prescribing of veterinary... - Horticulture Sector
Question 123: To ask the Minister for Agriculture and Food her views on the level of investment taking place in the horticulture sector here. [34108/05] - Food Labelling
Question 125: To ask the Minister for Agriculture and Food if the Government proposes to introduce legislation on mandatory origin labelling for beef in Irish restaurants, hotels, pubs and... - Alternative Farm Enterprises
Question 126: To ask the Minister for Agriculture and Food her plans to develop the biofuel industry; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [33810/05] - Women in Farming
Question 127: To ask the Minister for Agriculture and Food if her attention has been drawn to the decreasing number of women involved in farming; her plans to reverse this trend; and if she will... - Food Industry
Question 128: To ask the Minister for Agriculture and Food the steps she is taking to promote farmers markets; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [33786/05] - Obesity Levels
Question 130: To ask the Minister for Agriculture and Food the action which has been taken or is intended to be taken arising from the recommendations of the report of the task force on obesity... - Genetically Modified Organisms
Question 131: To ask the Minister for Agriculture and Food her plans to evaluate the economic implications of the use of genetically modified organisms; and if she will make a statement on the... - Cross-Border Smuggling
Question 132: To ask the Minister for Agriculture and Food the steps she is taking to ensure smuggling of cattle in the Border counties is eradicated in view of the recent discovery of calves... - Live Exports
Question 133: To ask the Minister for Agriculture and Food her views on the level of live exports of cattle to date in 2005 compared to the same period in 2004. [34114/05] - Beef Imports
Question 134: To ask the Minister for Agriculture and Food her views on the reports published by the EU Commission Food and Veterinary Office that the production standards in Brazil are totally... - National Reserve Allocations
Question 135: To ask the Minister for Agriculture and Food her plans for the allocation of entitlements under the national reserve; when she intends to issue the entitlements; and if she will... - Afforestation Programme
Question 136: To ask the Minister for Agriculture and Food her views on the value of the forestry sector to the economy here. [34103/05] - Live Exports
Question 139: To ask the Minister for Agriculture and Food the steps she intends to take to promote the export of live sheep; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [33767/05] - EU Sugar Regime
Question 140: To ask the Minister for Agriculture and Food, further to the reform of the EU sugar regime and Question No. 169 of 4 October 2005, the outcome of the Council of Ministers on 24 and... - Dairy Sector
Question 141: To ask the Minister for Agriculture and Food the initiatives she proposes to take to safeguard what remains of the liquid milk dairy sector due to the fact that a decision has been... - Common Agricultural Policy
Question 143: To ask the Minister for Agriculture and Food the implications for farming here of the recent proposal from the President of the EU Commission, Mr. Jose Manuel Barroso, for a further... - Afforestation Programme
Question 145: To ask the Minister for Agriculture and Food the progress in forestry planting in 2005. [34102/05] - EU Directives
Question 146: To ask the Minister for Agriculture and Food the status of the nitrates directive; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [33792/05] - Organic Farming
Question 147: To ask the Minister for Agriculture and Food if she will report on organic week and the lessons learned to improve on promotion of organic growing and marketing. [34235/05] - Animal Health
Question 148: To ask the Minister for Agriculture and Food the steps she intends to take to develop an all-Ireland animal health regime; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [33768/05] - Farm Retirement Scheme
Question 149: To ask the Minister for Agriculture and Food her plans to implement the recommendations of the report of the Joint Committee on Agriculture and Food on the early retirement scheme;... - Proposed Legislation
Question 150: To ask the Minister for Agriculture and Food when she intends to publish the Animal Health Bill; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [33778/05] - Animal Diseases
Question 151: To ask the Minister for Agriculture and Food her views on the incidence of brucellosis in the cattle herd in 2005 compared to 2003 and 2004. [34105/05] - Organic Farming
Question 153: To ask the Minister for Agriculture and Food the proportion of agricultural land currently used for the production of organic foodstuffs; the steps she is taking to increase land... - Horticulture Sector
Question 154: To ask the Minister for Agriculture and Food if her attention has been drawn to the issues facing landscape gardeners; if she will liaise with the Department of the Environment,... - Farm Retirement Scheme
Question 155: To ask the Minister for Agriculture and Food if she intends to introduce changes to the early farm retirement scheme or, as she indicated recently, to scrap the scheme entirely; and... - Environmental Pollution
Question 156: To ask the Minister for Agriculture and Food if, given the Environmental Protection Agency's finding in its IPC licence audit report for a company's (details supplied) limited... - Veterinary Inspection Service
Question 157: To ask the Minister for Agriculture and Food, further to Question No. 124 of 4 October 2005, the steps she intends to take on the issue; and if she will make a statement on the... - Genetically Modified Organisms
Question 159: To ask the Minister for Agriculture and Food the guarantees which can be given to farmers here that genetically modified oilseed rape animal feed due to be imported here will not... - Departmental Staff
Question 163: To ask the Minister for Agriculture and Food the progress made with regard to the redeployment of the estimated 400 staff previously employed in administering farm income support... - Single Payment Scheme
Question 164: To ask the Minister for Agriculture and Food the discussions she has had with the EU Commission to index link the single farm payment; if she intends to make the payment in two... - Departmental Reports
Question 166: To ask the Minister for Agriculture and Food the steps she is taking to implement the Crosby report; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [33773/05] - Farm Accidents
Question 167: To ask the Minister for Agriculture and Food the steps being taken to address the serious problems of death and injuries through farm accidents; and if she will make a statement on... - Single Payment Scheme
Question 168: To ask the Minister for Agriculture and Food her plans for the modulation fund; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [33791/05] - EU Sugar Regime
Question 170: To ask the Minister for Agriculture and Food the position regarding the ownership of the Irish sugar quota; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [33803/05] - EU Directives
Question 171: To ask the Minister for Agriculture and Food the EU directives for which her Department has responsibility that are yet to be implemented, and the target date for implementation in... - Grant Payments
Question 172: To ask the Minister for Agriculture and Food the measures she intends to take to address the problems experienced by farmers in the Shannon Callows, as a result of proposals which... - Environmental Policy
Question 174: To ask the Minister for Agriculture and Food the action taken in relation to atrazine and related weedkillers following a ban introduced in France and the promise to take action... - EU Directives
Question 175: To ask the Minister for Agriculture and Food the status of Ireland's application for a derogation to the nitrates directive; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [33769/05] - Food Industry
Question 176: To ask the Minister for Agriculture and Food the steps she is taking to reduce red tape within the food sector; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [33781/05] - EU Sugar Regime
Question 177: To ask the Minister for Agriculture and Food further to the continued problems regarding the EU sugar regime, her plans to examine alternative uses for the beet farmers produce,... - Farm Retirement Scheme
Question 178: To ask the Minister for Agriculture and Food the progress she has made on the implementation of the report by the Joint Committee on Agriculture and Food on the early retirement... - Food Production
Question 179: To ask the Minister for Agriculture and Food the steps which have been taken to prevent the spread of animal disease and avian flu with obvious consequences for the food chain and... - EU Directives
Question 181: To ask the Minister for Agriculture and Food the status of the nitrate action plan; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [33770/05] - Food Industry
Question 182: To ask the Minister for Agriculture and Food the number of meetings of the Food Agency Co-Operation Council in 2004; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [33801/05] - Biocidal Products Register
Question 183: To ask the Minister for Agriculture and Food the progress being made in establishing a biocidal products register. [34231/05] - EU Sugar Regime
Question 185: To ask the Minister for Agriculture and Food the steps she has taken arising from the publication on 22 June 2005 of proposals from the European Commission for reform of the EU... - Food Labelling
Question 186: To ask the Minister for Agriculture and Food if a more comprehensive labelling of imported and local farm produce including restaurant and processed produce will be introduced.... - Beef Exports
Question 187: To ask the Minister for Agriculture and Food the progress of Irish beef exports to continental Europe in 2005 and her efforts to promote the trade. [34107/05] - Food Labelling
Question 188: To ask the Minister for Agriculture and Food the steps she is taking to introduce a clear and transparent food labelling system here; and if she will make a statement on the matter.... - Animal Diseases
Question 191: To ask the Minister for Agriculture and Food if she will make a statement on the outcomes of the avian influenza and human pandemic influenza executive meeting at the World Health... - EU Funding
Question 192: To ask the Minister for Agriculture and Food the discussions she has had with the European commission on the rural development budget; and if she will make a statement on the...
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