Written answers
Thursday, 16 February 2006
Department of Agriculture and Food
- Genetically Modified Organisms
Question 10: To ask the Minister for Agriculture and Food the way in which she will ensure against cross-contamination if genetically modified potatoes are grown in County Meath; and if she will... - EU Directives
Question 11: To ask the Minister for Agriculture and Food the grant aid which will be made available to small farmers to manage rainwater under the nitrates action plan; and if she will make a... - Animal Diseases
Question 12: To ask the Minister for Agriculture and Food the position regarding the incidence of Johne's disease here; if her attention has been drawn to a new test using genome sequencing to... -
Grant Payments
Question 13: 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 current proposals... - EU Directives
Question 14: To ask the Minister for Agriculture and Food if she will provide all legally relevant documentary evidence that the European Union institutions are of the view that S.I. 788 of 2005... - Afforestation Programme
Question 15: To ask the Minister for Agriculture and Food the steps she is taking to encourage the planting of forestry; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [5647/06] - Food Industry
Question 16: To ask the Minister for Agriculture and Food her views regarding EU food security due to excessive dependence on imports; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [5933/06] - Genetically Modified Organisms
Question 17: 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... - EU Directives
Question 18: To ask the Minister for Agriculture and Food if the nitrates regulations will damage farming here and the rural economy; and her views on whether the research imposing fertiliser... - Grant Payments
Question 19: To ask the Minister for Agriculture and Food when all farmers will be issued with the single farm payment; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [5629/06] - EU Directives
Question 20: To ask the Minister for Agriculture and Food if she will provide copies of correspondence between her Department and the Department of the Environment, Heritage and Local Government... - Veterinary Service
Question 22: 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... - Sugar Beet Production
Question 23: To ask the Minister for Agriculture and Food the steps she is taking to protect sugar beet growers; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [5611/06] - Single Payment Scheme
Question 24: To ask the Minister for Agriculture and Food when entitlements will issue under the national reserve; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [5631/06] - EU Directives
Question 25: To ask the Minister for Agriculture and Food her views on the way in which the proposed nitrates regulations will impact on the economic viability of Irish farming and the Irish food... - Infectious Diseases
Question 27: 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. [5627/06] - EU Directives
Question 28: To ask the Minister for Agriculture and Food her plans to amend the nitrates implementation plan; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [5620/06] - Food Safety Standards
Question 29: To ask the Minister for Agriculture and Food the advice and support her Department has provided to food and feed producers arising from the introduction of the hygiene package; and... - Food Labelling
Question 30: To ask the Minister for Agriculture and Food the progress which has been made on the introduction of full labelling of all meat and meat products; and if she will make a statement on... - Sugar Beet Production
Question 31: To ask the Minister for Agriculture and Food her plans for the sugar industry; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [5621/06] - Food Industry
Question 32: To ask the Minister for Agriculture and Food the number of meetings of the Food Agency Co-Operation Council in 2004 and 2005; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [5644/06] - EU Directives
Question 34: To ask the Minister for Agriculture and Food the status of Ireland's application for a derogation under the nitrates directive; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [5635/06] - Food Industry
Question 35: To ask the Minister for Agriculture and Food the action she intends to take to protect the consumer here from unknowingly purchasing food of non-Irish origin described as Irish; her... - Dairy Sector
Question 37: To ask the Minister for Agriculture and Food the steps she intends to take to protect the dairy industry here; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [5609/06] - Alternative Energy Projects
Question 38: To ask the Minister for Agriculture and Food the steps she is taking to develop the biofuel sector; the discussions she has had with the Department of Communications, Marine and... - Sugar Beet Production
Question 41: To ask the Minister for Agriculture and Food, further to the publication of the final EU legal texts of the sugar reform proposals, with regard to the distribution of the... - Animal Cruelty
Question 42: 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... - Export Subsidies
Question 43: 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. [5655/06] - Social Partnership
Question 45: To ask the Minister for Agriculture and Food the measures she intends to take to ensure that the Irish Farmers Association comes back into the partnership process; and if she will... - Genetically Modified Organisms
Question 46: To ask the Minister for Agriculture and Food the implications for agriculture here of the interim ruling by the WTO that might lead to a relaxing of the rules governing the import... - EU Directives
Question 47: To ask the Minister for Agriculture and Food the status of the animal remedies regulations; the discussions to date with the EU on the issue; and if she will make a statement on the... - Farmers' Markets
Question 48: 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. [5608/06] - EU Directives
Question 50: To ask the Minister for Agriculture and Food if the nitrogen element of the nitrates directive will be reviewed, as it applies in Irish law; and if she will make a statement on the... - Farm Retirement Scheme
Question 51: To ask the Minister for Agriculture and Food her plans to implement the recommendations of the Joint Committee on Agriculture and Food's report on the ERS; and if she will make a... - Single Payment Scheme
Question 52: To ask the Minister for Agriculture and Food the discussions she has had with the EU Commission to index link the single farm payment; and if she will make a statement on the matter.... - EU Directives
Question 54: To ask the Minister for Agriculture and Food the reason there is a delay in grants for farmers to equip themselves with slurry storage and other necessary means to prevent pollution... - Young Farmer Supports
Question 55: To ask the Minister for Agriculture and Food the steps she is taking to encourage the participation of young people in farming; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [5623/06] - Single Payment Scheme
Question 56: To ask the Minister for Agriculture and Food the reason for the delay in issuing the single farm payment to farmers; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [5630/06] - Food Labelling
Question 57: To ask the Minister for Agriculture and Food her plans to establish an all-island food label; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [5601/06] - Single Payment Scheme
Question 58: To ask the Minister for Agriculture and Food her views on whether the future for farmers here has improved since the introduction of the single farm payment; and if she will make a... - Genetically Modified Organisms
Question 59: To ask the Minister for Agriculture and Food the number of submissions received by the 1 February 2006 deadline for receipt of submissions on the report of the working group on the... - Farm Numbers
Question 61: To ask the Minister for Agriculture and Food her views on the forecast regarding declining farm numbers contained in the rural development 2025 report; and if she will make a... - EU Directives
Question 63: To ask the Minister for Agriculture and Food the reason guidelines are not being made available to the farmers affected in view of the fact that the nitrates directive is now law; if... - Beef Imports
Question 64: To ask the Minister for Agriculture and Food if she is satisfied with Brazilian beef imports; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [5626/06] - EU Directives
Question 66: To ask the Minister for Agriculture and Food when guidelines will be issued to farmers here on the implementation of the nitrates action plan; and if she will make a statement on the... - Animal Health
Question 68: 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. [5612/06] - World Trade Negotiations
Question 69: To ask the Minister for Agriculture and Food the status of the WTO talks; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [5624/06] - Animal Diseases
Question 71: To ask the Minister for Agriculture and Food the steps she is taking to guard agriculture here against the possibility of foot and mouth disease entering here through infected meat... - Genetically Modified Organisms
Question 72: To ask the Minister for Agriculture and Food her views on the release of genetically modified potatoes; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [5653/06] - EU Directives
Question 75: To ask the Minister for Agriculture and Food the status of the application for a derogation to the nitrates directive; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [5613/06] - Proposed Legislation
Question 77: 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. [5622/06] - Food Labelling
Question 78: 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.... - World Trade Negotiations
Question 79: To ask the Minister for Agriculture and Food her views on the way in which agriculture and the consumer here can be protected from the risks associated with a more liberalised world... - Grant Payments
Question 80: 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. [5617/06] - Rural Diversification
Question 82: To ask the Minister for Agriculture and Food her views on the results of a recent rural dwellers survey; the action her Department is taking to address the reported lack of... - Animal Welfare
Question 83: To ask the Minister for Agriculture and Food the amount allocated and the amount which has been spent during each of the past five years on enforcing the current body of legislation...
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