Written answers

Thursday, 18 May 2006

Department of Agriculture and Food

 
  • Farmers' Markets
    Question 10: To ask the Minister for Agriculture and Food if she will capitalise on the heightened awareness of the potential for direct sales of farm produce following popular campaign to have...
  • EU Directives
    Question 11: To ask the Minister for Agriculture and Food the position regarding the implementation of the Nitrates Directive; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [18558/06]
  • Farm Waste Management
    Question 12: To ask the Minister for Agriculture and Food the steps she intends adopting in the administration of the farm waste management package, particularly to ensure the quick processing of...
  • Bovine Diseases
    Question 13: To ask the Minister for Agriculture and Food her plans to introduce a bovine vaccination programme for tuberculosis; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [18772/06]
  • Sugar Beet Industry
    Question 14: To ask the Minister for Agriculture and Food the steps she intends to take to secure the maximum level of compensation for beet growers; and if she will make a statement on the...
  • Farm Management
    Question 15: To ask the Minister for Agriculture and Food if her attention has been drawn to the research by a person (details supplied); and if she will recommend farm management changes and...
  • Milk Quota
    Question 16: To ask the Minister for Agriculture and Food if the consultation process on the possibility of moving to a more open market system for transferring milk quota has been concluded; if...
  • Animal Diseases
    Question 17: To ask the Minister for Agriculture and Food the steps she is taking to stop the illegal import of exotic birds; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [18764/06]
  • Special Areas of Conservation
    Question 18: 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 do...
  • Alternative Farm Enterprises
    Question 19: To ask the Minister for Agriculture and Food the stage her Department is at in relation to seeking approval in respect of the two bio-energy initiatives she referred to in...
  • Food Labelling
    Question 20: To ask the Minister for Agriculture and Food the progress which has been made on the issue of substantial transformation of food products; if the Commission has published a...
  • Dairy Sector
    Question 21: To ask the Minister for Agriculture and Food if she has had discussions with the Agriculture Commissioner or her personnel regarding the serious fall in prices and returns to dairy...
  • Sugar Beet Industry
    Question 22: To ask the Minister for Agriculture and Food the procedure she intends to employ when distributing the compensation envelope to those within the sugar industry who face substantial...
  • Animal Remedies Regulations
    Question 23: 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...
  • Animal Welfare
    Question 24: To ask the Minister for Agriculture and Food if she will explain the circumstances in which a farmer (details supplied) in County Kildare, who was apparently charged with 59 counts...
  • Women in Agriculture
    Question 25: To ask the Minister for Agriculture and Food the recommendations of the Advisory Committee's report on the role of women in agriculture which have to be implemented by her...
  • Sheep Industry Sector
    Question 26: To ask the Minister for Agriculture and Food if her attention has been drawn to the depression in the sheep industry sector at present and the fact that the sheep population is in...
  • Food Labelling
    Question 27: 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. [18784/06]
  • Horticulture Sector
    Question 28: To ask the Minister for Agriculture and Food the number of grant approvals in relation to the scheme of investment aid for the development of the commercial horticulture since its...
  • Food Labelling
    Question 29: To ask the Minister for Agriculture and Food the way in which and the reason food and food products imported from non-EU countries are being re-labelled and sold here under labels...
  • Common Agricultural Policy
    Question 30: To ask the Minister for Agriculture and Food her views on developing countries' demands in World Trade Organisation negotiations for a special safeguard mechanism and special...
  • On-farm Investment Schemes
    Question 31: To ask the Minister for Agriculture and Food her plans for the future utilisation of lands previously used to grow sugar beet; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [18775/06]
  • Food Labelling
    Question 32: To ask the Minister for Agriculture and Food when she will introduce country of origin labelling within the catering trade; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [18818/06]
  • Animal Welfare
    Question 33: 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. [18789/06]
  • Animal Identification Scheme
    Question 34: To ask the Minister for Agriculture and Food the steps she is taking to ensure that rules governing the insertion of chips into horses are enforced; the number of infractions of this...
  • Veterinary Services
    Question 35: 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...
  • Food Industry
    Question 36: 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. [18805/06]
  • Direct Payment Schemes
    Question 37: To ask the Minister for Agriculture and Food her plans for the distribution of the sugar compensation package; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [18769/06]
  • Milk Quota
    Question 38: To ask the Minister for Agriculture and Food her plans for the allocation of milk quota; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [18793/06]
  • Common Agricultural Policy
    Question 40: To ask the Minister for Agriculture and Food the status of Doha Round World Trade Organisation negotiations in so far as they relate to agriculture; and if she will make a statement...
  • Farm Management
    Question 41: To ask the Minister for Agriculture and Food her proposals to encourage young people to enter or remain in farming; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [18866/06]
  • Avian Influenza
    Question 42: To ask the Minister for Agriculture and Food the powers she has to control ingress and egress into and from Ireland in the event of a serious outbreak of avian flu; and if she will...
  • Alternative Farm Enterprises
    Question 43: 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...
  • Grant Payments
    Question 44: To ask the Minister for Agriculture and Food the average length of time it takes to process an application under the single payment scheme; the reason there have been delays in...
  • Dairy Sector
    Question 46: To ask the Minister for Agriculture and Food her plans to ensure the future viability of the dairy industry here; her views on the recent remarks by Commissioner Fischer Boel that in...
  • Farm Waste Management
    Question 49: 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 Feedstuffs
    Question 50: To ask the Minister for Agriculture and Food the basis, scientific or otherwise, for the advice she apparently received late in 2005 that it is acceptable to include meat and...
  • Food Industry
    Question 51: To ask the Minister for Agriculture and Food the action she is taking to encourage the promotion of locally grown food; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [18867/06]
  • Forestry Industry
    Question 52: 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. [18807/06]
  • Company Closures
    Question 53: To ask the Minister for Agriculture and Food the incentives which are available, the incentives she is empowered to make available and the incentives she is prepared to make...
  • Food Labelling
    Question 54: To ask the Minister for Agriculture and Food the action she will take to stop the fraudulent sale of vegetable and animal produce with labels claiming it is Irish when in fact it has...
  • Animal Welfare
    Question 55: To ask the Minister for Agriculture and Food if she will clarify the responsibility her Department has for legislation in relation to domestic animals, for example cats; and if she...
  • Genetically Modified Organisms
    Question 57: To ask the Minister for Agriculture and Food her Department's plans to evaluate the economic implications of the use of genetically modified organisms; and if she will make a...
  • Farm Incomes
    Question 58: To ask the Minister for Agriculture and Food her plans to ensure farm gate prices are sufficient to enable people to earn a living from farming; and her views on whether farmers will...
  • EU Directives
    Question 59: 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. [18790/06]
  • Organic Farming
    Question 60: To ask the Minister for Agriculture and Food if she will report on the figures for 1990, 1995, 2000 and 2005 of land certified as organic giving the information as a percent of total...
  • Decentralisation Programme
    Question 61: To ask the Minister for Agriculture and Food the issues that arose in relation to the risk analysis conducted in the context of the decentralisation programme; the way in which these...
  • Food Labelling
    Question 62: To ask the Minister for Agriculture and Food if the voluntary code for country of origin labelling within the catering trade has been successful; and if she will make a statement on...
  • Animal Welfare
    Question 64: To ask the Minister for Agriculture and Food the number of animal welfare officers here; the steps she is taking to ensure good animal welfare; and if she will make a statement on...
  • EU Directives
    Question 65: To ask the Minister for Agriculture and Food if her Department has determined the lessons which should be learned from the reason the European Court of Justice was able to find...
  • Official Engagements
    Question 66: To ask the Minister for Agriculture and Food the names of all the people and their organisations who accompanied her on her recent visit to the United States; the outcome of the...
  • Beef Imports
    Question 68: To ask the Minister for Agriculture and Food if she is satisfied regarding Brazilian beef imports; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [18795/06]
  • Dairy Sector
    Question 70: To ask the Minister for Agriculture and Food the discussions she has had at EU level to protect dairy supports; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [18787/06]
  • EU Directives
    Question 73: To ask the Minister for Agriculture and Food the status of the Nitrates Directive; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [18785/06]
  • Food Industry
    Question 74: To ask the Minister for Agriculture and Food if she will explain the potential in the speciality food sector following her statement on 11 May 2006; and the way in which the...
  • Genetically Modified Organisms
    Question 77: To ask the Minister for Agriculture and Food when the Government intends to draft legislation on the co-existence of genetically modified crops with conventional and organic farming;...
  • Animal Diseases
    Question 78: To ask the Minister for Agriculture and Food if her Department was informed by the UK authorities regarding a recent anthrax outbreak on a farm in South Wales; the number of...
  • Animal Cruelty
    Question 81: To ask the Minister for Agriculture and Food further to Parliamentary Question No. 124 of 4 October 2005, the steps she intends to take regarding the issue; and if she will make a...
  • Importation of Bees
    Question 82: To ask the Minister for Agriculture and Food if her attention has been drawn to the fact whether or not bees are being imported here; if so, the locations from where they are being...
  • Food Safety
    Question 84: To ask the Minister for Agriculture and Food the way in which it is intended to maintain food supply with hygiene and traceability standards throughout the European Union in the...
  • Bovine Diseases
    Question 85: To ask the Minister for Agriculture and Food her plans to review the tuberculosis eradication programme; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [18773/06]
  • Trade in Horses
    Question 86: To ask the Minister for Agriculture and Food her views on introducing a minimum value rule for the export of horses from here to the continent along the lines of that which applies...
  • Genetically Modified Organisms
    Question 87: To ask the Minister for Agriculture and Food her position on the release of genetically modified potatoes; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [18809/06]
  • EU Directives
    Question 88: 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. [18802/06]
  • Animal Diseases
    Question 90: To ask the Minister for Agriculture and Food the funding provided by her Department for the control of varroa in bees; the funding available to beekeepers to control the mite in...
  • Importation of Birds
    Question 91: To ask the Minister for Agriculture and Food if her attention has been drawn to the import of exotic birds into this country via Rosslare Port on Good Friday 2006; and if she will...
  • Farm Retirement Scheme
    Question 92: To ask the Minister for Agriculture and Food when she intends to introduce a revised early farm retirement scheme; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [18557/06]
  • Food Labelling
    Question 94: To ask the Minister for Agriculture and Food the progress to bring about a national label to improve the customer recognition and marketing of Irish organic produce. [18755/06]
  • Food Safety
    Question 97: To ask the Minister for Agriculture and Food the tests which are carried out to monitor for traces of DDT on scallions imported here from Mexico. [18761/06]
  • Farm Safety
    Question 101: To ask the Minister for Agriculture and Food her views on the actions that can be taken to reduce the number of farm accidents; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [18865/06]
  • Alternative Farm Enterprises
    Question 102: To ask the Minister for Agriculture and Food her views on whether a premium of €100 per hectare is necessary to encourage farmers to produce oilseed rape following a statement by...
  • Genetically Modified Organisms
    Question 103: To ask the Minister for Agriculture and Food her views on the approval of the Environmental Protection Agency to allow the growth of genetically modified potatoes in County Meath;...
  • Farm Costs
    Question 105: To ask the Minister for Agriculture and Food the way in which farming will have to change as fossil fuel costs rise sharply in response to the global peak in oil production making...

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