Written answers
Wednesday, 3 May 2006
Department of Agriculture and Food
- Farm Retirement Scheme
Question 353: To ask the Minister for Agriculture and Food the effect which the award of a contributory old age pension will have on an existing farm retirement pension; and if she will make a... - Agrifood Sector
Question 354: To ask the Minister for Agriculture and Food the amount of State funding allocated for research and development in the agrifood sector for each of the past three years; and if she... - Grant Payments
Question 355: To ask the Minister for Agriculture and Food the conditions she intends to place on new entrants applying for entitlements from the national reserve who entered outside of the... - Farm Retirement Scheme
Question 357: To ask the Minister for Agriculture and Food if she will clarify the conditions attached to people who availed of the early farm retirement scheme in 1995 that is those who gave up... - Grant Payments
Question 358: To ask the Minister for Agriculture and Food when a person (details supplied) in County Mayo will receive the special beef premium payment for 2001 and 2003. [15973/06] - Afforestation Programme
Question 360: To ask the Minister for Agriculture and Food the acreage of land which has been sold by Coillte in the past two years in the area of Laragh, County Wicklow; if such land sales have... - Grant Payments
Question 361: To ask the Minister for Agriculture and Food the reason a person (details supplied) in County Meath is awaiting a decision on their national reserve application; when a decision... - Milk Quota
Question 366: To ask the Minister for Agriculture and Food the proposals regarding the sale of quotas from 1 April 2007; the proposed timescale involved; and if she will make a statement on the... - Waste Management
Question 367: To ask the Minister for Agriculture and Food the measures she has in place to ensure plastic silage wrapping will be collected in 2006; and if she will make a statement on the... - Bovine Disease Controls
Question 368: To ask the Minister for Agriculture and Food if she will extend the age from 30 to 40 months for BSE testing, in view of the fact that numbers testing positive are falling; and if... - Grant Payments
Question 369: To ask the Minister for Agriculture and Food when a person (details supplied) in County Mayo will receive the single farm payment which is due to them since December 2005; and if... - Animal Diseases
Question 370: To ask the Minister for Agriculture and Food the steps she is taking to reduce inheritable wind disease in national hunt stallions; and if she will make a statement on the matter.... - Company Closures
Question 371: To ask the Minister for Agriculture and Food if the Mallow sugar plant must be decommissioned in such a manner that it cannot be used to process beet for any other purpose in order... - Alternative Energy Projects
Question 372: To ask the Minister for Agriculture and Food further to Parliamentary Question No. 35 of 29 March 2006, if she has received a response from Greencore on the issue of biofuel... - Sugar Beet Production
Question 373: To ask the Minister for Agriculture and Food the status of the discussions with Greencore on the distribution of the sugar restructuring fund. [16139/06] - Grant Payments
Question 374: To ask the Minister for Agriculture and Food if she will confirm having received an application for financial support under the scheme of grants for forestry development 2006 by a... - Infectious Diseases
Question 375: To ask the Minister for Agriculture and Food the action she intends to take arising from recent reports of the illegal importation of caged birds; and if she will make a statement... - Grant Payments
Question 382: To ask the Minister for Agriculture and Food the reason the entitlement for a person (details supplied) in County Carlow was changed from €53.15 to €44.57; and if she will make... - Farm Waste Management
Question 385: To ask the Minister for Agriculture and Food when she will introduce revised costing for farm buildings and so on under the new farm grant scheme for waste management; her views on... - Grant Payments
Question 386: To ask the Minister for Agriculture and Food when the balance of 1.19 entitlements under the single payment scheme will be awarded to a person (details supplied) in County Limerick.... - Milk Prices
Question 388: To ask the Minister for Agriculture and Food if she is satisfied that every effort possible is being made to maintain milk prices at farm level; her views on whether it is difficult... - Environmental Assessments
Question 390: To ask the Minister for Agriculture and Food the plans and programmes of her Department and related State agencies which have been identified as requiring strategy environmental... - Alternative Energy Projects
Question 391: To ask the Minister for Agriculture and Food the reason a biofuel processor must provide her Department with a bond before processing a biofuel crop; her views on whether this... - Bovine Diseases
Question 392: To ask the Minister for Agriculture and Food the reason vaccination of bovines for tuberculosis is not allowed in EU Member States; if she or Member States have sought a review of... - Departmental Expenditure
Question 394: To ask the Minister for Agriculture and Food the total expenditure allocated by her Department in each year from 2000 to 2005 inclusive on the Food Agency Co-operation Council; the... - Food Imports
Question 395: To ask the Minister for Agriculture and Food the percentage of food which is imported into Ireland; the amount of vegetables and meat produced here now and the amount 10 years ago;... - Genetically Modified Organisms
Question 396: To ask the Minister for Agriculture and Food her views on draft EU proposals to permit products accidentally contaminated with up to 0.9 per cent of genetically-modified organisms... - Grant Payments
Question 397: To ask the Minister for Agriculture and Food the position regarding an application for assistance under the national reserve single payment scheme by a person (details supplied) in... - Farm Waste Management
Question 400: To ask the Minister for Agriculture and Food if the fears of farmers in relation to the tight deadlines and timescale of the new farm waste management package will be allayed by... - Food Industry
Question 402: To ask the Minister for Agriculture and Food her plans to increase the promotional budget for marketing and promotion of sheep meat from its current annual level of €800,000 both... - Rural Environment Protection Scheme
Question 404: To ask the Minister for Agriculture and Food if payment of €242 per hectare due to REP scheme hill farmers in respect of de-stocking will be expedited; and if she will make a... - Grant Payments
Question 405: To ask the Minister for Agriculture and Food if a special hardship fund will be set up for farmers who did not qualify for small farm payments and whose entitlement from force... - Departmental Staff
Question 406: To ask the Minister for Agriculture and Food if increased staffing to man Department telephone hot-lines will be provided to ease difficulties encountered by farmers seeking... - Food Industry
Question 407: To ask the Minister for Agriculture and Food if, in view of the World Trade Organisation decisions, sensitive product status will be sought for critical beef and lamb cuts; if she... - Departmental Expenditure
Question 408: To ask the Minister for Agriculture and Food if her Department makes the Irish national daily newspapers available on-line for staff within her Department; the number of staff at... - Grant Payments
Question 409: To ask the Minister for Agriculture and Food if an appeal has been received by her Department in respect of an application by a person (details supplied) in County Westmeath for...
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