Written answers
Tuesday, 6 November 2007
Department of Agriculture and Food
- Departmental Staff
Question 52: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food the number of staff dealing with aquaculture licence applications in Clonakilty; and the number in this section previously... - Native Livestock Breeds
Question 53: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food the assistance available from her Department to assist the increase in numbers of native rare breeds of cattle and sheep.... - Animal Vaccination Scheme
Question 54: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food if she proposes to introduce a national plan for vaccination against bluetongue; if so, the proposed arrangements for... - Departmental Bodies
Question 55: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food the date and agenda of her last meeting with the Food Safety Authority of Ireland; and if she will make a statement on the... - Decentralisation Programme
Question 56: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food the situation regarding the proposed relocation of An Bord Iascaigh Mhara to Clonakilty. [27133/07] - Afforestation Programme
Question 57: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food if she will honour her pre-election commitment to the forestry sector on re-afforestation after harvesting. [27093/07] - International Agreements
Question 58: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food her views on the decision by the European Union to award $114 million to help Argentina with its animal health and... - Plant Protection Products
Question 59: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food if her attention has been drawn to the decision by the European Parliament on the regulation of plant protection products... - Meat Imports
Question 60: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food the steps she has taken to ensure that all meat imports into this country from whatever source comply with national and... - International Agreements
Question 61: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food the international diplomatic and political initiatives planned to bring about a synchronisation of the regulatory and... - Food Safety Standards
Question 62: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food if she will demand the publication of the report of the EU Food and Veterinary Office's visit to Brazil in March 2007, and... - Animal Vaccination Scheme
Question 63: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food if she is taking steps to obtain a priority supply of vaccines against bluetongue in view of Ireland's dependence on... - Milk Quota
Question 64: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food if, in view of expected milk quota increases of 3% for 2008 and the eventual abolition of quotas, she will take initiatives... - Departmental Bodies
Question 65: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food the number of people employed by An Bord Bia; the location and roles of same; and if she will make a statement on the matter.... - Farm Improvement Scheme
Question 66: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food the number of applications for the farm improvement scheme for 2007; the time-frame in which she expects these applications... - Food Labelling
Question 67: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food her views on introducing legislation that will empower An Bord Bia to visit food production plants to enforce labelling.... - Rural Environment Protection Scheme
Question 68: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food if she plans to address the anomalies in the REP scheme where commonage land does not qualify for the mixed grazing... - Sheep Sector
Question 69: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food if her attention has been drawn to the recent FAPRI analysis stating that sheep production here will decline by 14% between... - Fish Exports
Question 70: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food the quantity of fish caught in Irish waters and exported in an unprocessed state; and the proposals to increase onshore... - Fisheries Protection
Question 71: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food the measures she proposes to deal with the high level of fish being discarded and bycatch being dumped; and if she will make... - Decentralisation Programme
Question 72: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food if her Department's decentralisation programme is on target. [27095/07] - EU Regulations
Question 73: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food her views on removing the deadline imposed on farmers for slurry spreading in view of the fact that the changing climate is... - Farm Consolidation
Question 74: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food the measures she proposes to facilitate farm consolidation. [27130/07] - EU Directives
Question 75: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food the progress of applications for derogations under the Nitrates Directive above the 170kg/N. [27076/07] - Genetically Modified Organisms
Question 76: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food if she will organise a national debate on the commitments in the Programme for Government on establishing a genetically... - Horticulture Industry
Question 77: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food if she has plans to encourage the growth of new crops such as grass, soybean and grapes for winemaking in view of the fact... - Farmers' Markets
Question 78: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food if, in view of the growth of the slow food movement, she will encourage through her Department the growing awareness of this... - Grant Payments
Question 79: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food the reason for the tight deadline for REP scheme four applicants; when first payments under this scheme will issue; and if... - Horticulture Industry
Question 80: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food the mushroom growers who have received investment aid under the scheme of investment aid for the development of commercial... - Potato Sector
Question 81: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food if she plans to launch an initiative to support the International Year of the Potato by the UN in 2008; and if she will make... - Milk Quota
Question 82: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food if she will review the operation of the milk quota regime whereby farmers who lose a land or quota lease are barred from... - Afforestation Programme
Question 83: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food if she will revise the conditions of the forestry environment scheme to make it more attractive to farmers; and if she will... - Animal Welfare
Question 84: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food if she will assume overall responsibility for animal welfare in her Department; and if so, the areas of responsibility that... - Rural Development Programme
Question 85: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food the amount of funding that has been received from the EU under the Modulation Programme; what has happened to this funding;... - Agrifood Industry
Question 86: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food her short, medium and long-term plans to sustain and develop the beef, lamb, pig meat and poultry industries here with... - Climate Change Strategy
Question 87: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food if she plans to introduce measures to address the problems in farming resulting from climate change such as bluetongue... - Organic Farming
Question 88: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food the measures she proposes to increase organic output. [27096/07]
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