Written answers
Wednesday, 31 January 2007
Department of Agriculture and Food
- Benchmarking Awards
Question 1302: To ask the Minister for Agriculture and Food the grades that were given increases under the benchmarking scheme in a semi-State company (details supplied); if her attention has... - Departmental Bodies
Question 1303: To ask the Minister for Agriculture and Food the position of Coillte in relation to the hostel at Oakwood in County Wicklow. [2465/07] - Installation Aid Scheme
Question 1304: To ask the Minister for Agriculture and Food if she will seek to have the eligibility criteria for the young farmer installation aid scheme relaxed in order that the large number... - Grant Payments
Question 1305: To ask the Minister for Agriculture and Food the reason a person (details supplied) in County Mayo has not received their single payment; and when they will receive same. [43704/06] - Departmental Staff
Question 1307: To ask the Minister for Agriculture and Food the number of staff in her Department currently earning the national minimum wage; the number of staff in her Department currently... - Grant Payments
Question 1308: To ask the Minister for Agriculture and Food when a person (details supplied) in County Monaghan will receive their single payment as details on the transfer of entitlements have... - Afforestation Programme
Question 1310: To ask the Minister for Agriculture and Food the forestry planting rate for County Meath for each of the years 2002 to 2005 and to date in 2006; the steps she is taking to... - Departmental Staff
Question 1311: To ask the Minister for Agriculture and Food the number of animal welfare officers in County Meath. [43806/06] - Organic Farming
Question 1312: To ask the Minister for Agriculture and Food the acreage in Meath covered by organic production; the way in which she will increase this acreage; and if she will make a statement... - Farm Inspections
Question 1313: To ask the Minister for Agriculture and Food the number of farmers and herd numbers in County Wicklow; the number of farm inspections that have taken place in the county since the... - Grant Payments
Question 1314: To ask the Minister for Agriculture and Food when payment will issue to a person (details supplied) in County Tipperary under the 2004 and 2005 special beef premium schemes.... - Animal Welfare
Question 1317: To ask the Minister for Agriculture and Food her views on the use of animals in circuses; her further views on whether the use of performing animals in circuses amounts to cruelty... - Departmental Funding
Question 1318: To ask the Minister for Agriculture and Food if she will put a grant scheme in place to allow farmers to relocate agricultural buildings which are prone to flooding and have been... - Grant Payments
Question 1319: To ask the Minister for Agriculture and Food when payment will issue to a person (details supplied) in County Tipperary on the single farm payment scheme 2005 and 2006. [1135/07] - Designated Areas
Question 1325: To ask the Minister for Agriculture and Food when permission will be granted to a person (details supplied) in County Limerick who has, to date, been prohibited from planting on... - Installation Aid Scheme
Question 1326: To ask the Minister for Agriculture and Food if she will ensure that an installation aid application is processed for a person (details supplied) on the revised payment scheme... - Grant Payments
Question 1327: To ask the Minister for Agriculture and Food when biofuels establishment grants announced in Budget 2007 will be introduced; the amount to be allocated to this scheme; the maximum... - Equestrian Centres
Question 1328: To ask the Minister for Agriculture and Food if she will liase with the Department of Finance to ensure that equestrian centres are designated as farm buildings and not commercial... - Bovine Diseases
Question 1329: To ask the Minister for Agriculture and Food further to Parliamentary Question No. 441 of 14 November 2006, if her Department has completed its review; the recommendations... - Sugar Beet Sector
Question 1330: To ask the Minister for Agriculture and Food when she will pay farmers the first instalment of the sugar compensation package; and if she will make a statement on the matter.... - Poultry Industry
Question 1331: To ask the Minister for Agriculture and Food the developments and progress following her meeting with representatives of the former Castlemahon poultry producers in November 2006;... - Farm Waste Management
Question 1332: To ask the Minister for Agriculture and Food the number of applications received on 31 December 2006 under the farm waste management scheme; the number of those applications... - Grant Payments
Question 1333: To ask the Minister for Agriculture and Food the reason a person (details supplied) in County Galway has been unsuccessful in their efforts to get entitlements from the national... - Farm Inspections
Question 1334: To ask the Minister for Agriculture and Food the number of farm inspections conducted in 2006; the number of farmers that have been penalised as a result of those inspections; the... - Milk Quota
Question 1335: To ask the Minister for Agriculture and Food if she will meet milk quota owners group regarding their concerns relating to the new arrangements for the sale of milk quota; and if... - Departmental Schemes
Question 1336: To ask the Minister for Agriculture and Food the reason her Department has ceased the native woodlands scheme; the status of applications received by her Department prior to this... - Grant Payments
Question 1338: To ask the Minister for Agriculture and Food when payment will issue to a person (details supplied) in County Tipperary under the 2006 scheme. [1455/07] - Milk Protein Testing
Question 1340: To ask the Minister for Agriculture and Food if she will put in place an independent agency that will monitor milk protein testing; and if she will make a statement on the matter.... - Grant Payments
Question 1341: To ask the Minister for Agriculture and Food if she will make a statement regarding a person (details supplied) in County Cork; and when the remainder of money owed will be... - Installation Aid Scheme
Question 1342: To ask the Minister for Agriculture and Food if and when a person (details supplied) in County Kildare will qualify for installation aid; if consideration will be given due to the... - Grant Payments
Question 1343: To ask the Minister for Agriculture and Food if and when a person (details suppled) in County Kildare will qualify for national reserve; and if she will make a statement on the... - Bio-technology Research
Question 1345: To ask the Minister for Agriculture and Food the amount spent by her Department on bio technology research projects each year from 1997 to date in 2007; the bodies which received... - Farm Leases
Question 1346: To ask the Minister for Agriculture and Food the position in regard to lost or terminated farm leases which were not the fault of the lessor but where the lessor suffered a... - Farm Waste Management
Question 1347: To ask the Minister for Agriculture and Food when a person (details supplied) in County Leitrim will be issued with approval to commence construction under the farm waste... - Grant Payments
Question 1348: To ask the Minister for Agriculture and Food the outcome of the independent appeals committee in respect of an appeal from a person (details supplied) in County Limerick. [1716/07] - Departmental Staff
Question 1349: To ask the Minister for Agriculture and Food the number of civil servants and other staff employed in her constituency office; and the grade and remuneration of each. [1741/07] - Grant Payments
Question 1352: To ask the Minister for Agriculture and Food the reason for the delay in having all payments due for 2006 granted to a person (details supplied) in County Kilkenny. [1821/07] - Sugar Beet Sector
Question 1355: To ask the Minister for Agriculture and Food the category under which a person (details supplied) in County Carlow can apply for compensation under the sugar beet compensation... - Milk Quota
Question 1356: To ask the Minister for Agriculture and Food if she will make additional milk quota available to a co-op (details supplied) in County Kilkenny in view of their circumstances.... - Grant Payments
Question 1357: To ask the Minister for Agriculture and Food when a person (details supplied) in County Mayo will receive their REP scheme payment; when was this application for payment received... - Commonage Division
Question 1360: To ask the Minister for Agriculture and Food the reason shares on a commonage have not been attributed to a person (details supplied) in County Mayo by the Land Commission in view... - Farm Waste Management
Question 1361: To ask the Minister for Agriculture and Food her views on extending the slatted house deadline completion date beyond 2008 for County Donegal; and if she will make a statement on... - Rural Environment Protection Scheme
Question 1363: To ask the Minister for Agriculture and Food when REP scheme four will commence; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [1946/07] - County Galway Landslide
Question 1364: To ask the Minister for Agriculture and Food if her attention has been drawn to a landslide at Leenane, County Galway in the early days of January 2007; if her attention has been... - Grant Payments
Question 1365: To ask the Minister for Agriculture and Food when the single farm payment will be issued to a person (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [1990/07] - Farm Waste Management
Question 1366: To ask the Minister for Agriculture and Food when payment for a slatted shed will be released to a person (details supplied) in County Sligo; the reason for the delay; and if she... - Grant Payments
Question 1367: To ask the Minister for Agriculture and Food further to Parliamentary Question No. 606 of 25 April 2006 the progress she has made in relation to an increase in forestry premiums... - Coillte Works
Question 1368: To ask the Minister for Agriculture and Food if her Department has investigated allegations that Coillte are not adequately carrying out their duties in relation to the... - Flood Relief
Question 1369: To ask the Minister for Agriculture and Food if flood relief compensation will be made available to a person (details supplied) in County Mayo who lost five cattle and thirty... - Grant Payments
Question 1370: To ask the Minister for Agriculture and Food the reason a person (details supplied) in County Tipperary has not been successful in their application for entitlements from the... - Farm Retirement Scheme
Question 1371: To ask the Minister for Agriculture and Food if a person (details supplied) in County Mayo is entitled to the new increased early retirement payment as they retired from farming... - Grant Payments
Question 1372: To ask the Minister for Agriculture and Food the position in relation to a person (details supplied) in County Wexford who is waiting for their single farm payment; if same will... - Afforestation Programme
Question 1373: To ask the Minister for Agriculture and Food the activities licensed by the Forest Service since the introduction of S.I. No. 378 of 2005 bringing the Forestry Acts under the... - Disadvantaged Areas Scheme
Question 1376: To ask the Minister for Agriculture and Food if she will make all due payments to a person (details supplied) in County Cork; the amount that will be granted to the person in... - Installation Aid Scheme
Question 1377: To ask the Minister for Agriculture and Food if she will re-consider the application for installation aid for a person (details supplied) in County Cork; if she will re-examine... - Grant Payments
Question 1378: To ask the Minister for Agriculture and Food if she will grant all outstanding moneys under the single payment to a person (details supplied) in County Kerry; and the reason for... - Disadvantaged Areas Scheme
Question 1382: To ask the Minister for Agriculture and Food when a person (details supplied) in County Mayo will receive their disadvantaged area payment; the payments outstanding to this herd... - Grant Payments
Question 1383: To ask the Minister for Agriculture and Food the reason single farm payment in respect of 2005 has not been granted to a person (details supplied) in County Kilkenny. [2250/07] - Sugar Beet Sector
Question 1384: To ask the Minister for Agriculture and Food the situation in relation to legal action being taken by Greencore plc against her Department; when this case will be heard in the... - Grant Payments
Question 1386: To ask the Minister for Agriculture and Food when full payment will issue to a person (details supplied) in County Tipperary under the REP scheme and single payment scheme; and... - An Teanga Ghaeilge
Question 1390: To ask the Aire Talmhaíochta agus Bia cá fhad ar an meán a thógann sé uirthi litir a fhreagairt as Béarla i gcomparáid leis an méid ama a thógann sé uirthi litir a... - Afforestation Programme
Question 1391: To ask the Minister for Agriculture and Food the extent of clear felling undertaken by Coillte; if the amenity value of forests are taken into account before decisions regarding... - Genetically Modified Organisms
Question 1393: To ask the Minister for Agriculture and Food if, in view of the European Council's recent decision to prevent the Commission overturning genetically modified bans, she will be... - Sugar Beet Sector
Question 1394: To ask the Minister for Agriculture and Food the efforts she has made to ensure that Greencore comply with the Labour Court's recommendations with regard to its former workers.... - Afforestation Programme
Question 1395: To ask the Minister for Agriculture and Food if she will ensure that the revised digital system survey conducted on the forestry holding of a person (details supplied) in County... - Disadvantaged Areas Scheme
Question 1396: To ask the Minister for Agriculture and Food if documentation was received in her Department from a person (details supplied) in County Mayo; and if so, the progress made on... - Forest Service
Question 1397: To ask the Minister for Agriculture and Food if she is satisfied that sufficient resources are available to ensure that requests for information under national and European... - Grant Payments
Question 1398: To ask the Minister for Agriculture and Food when the 2006 REP scheme payment will issue to a person (details supplied) in County Galway; and if she will make a statement on the... - Departmental Staff
Question 1408: To ask the Minister for Agriculture and Food the number of persons engaged in project management in her Department that have recognised qualifications in that area; and if she...
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