Written answers
Wednesday, 8 May 2013
Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine
- Ash Dieback Threat
9. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will report on his consultation process on an all-Ireland control strategy for Ash dieback; when new measures will be introduced... - Coillte Teoranta Harvesting Rights Sale
10. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the amount of money the he estimates it can raise from the sale of the Coillte forest crop, net of expenses including funding the... - Common Agricultural Policy Negotiations
11. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if his proposal on internal convergence is still on the table for the Common Agricultural Policy negotiations; if this proposal has... - Fodder Crisis
12. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine his views on the ongoing fodder crisis; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21509/13] - Departmental Investigations
13. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the names of the meat slaughtering and processing plants that have had their licences to operate suspended; if this is temporary or... - Food Labelling
14. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will push for DNA testing of fish across the EU, similar to that undertaken in relation to the testing of beef products, in view... - Commonage Division
15. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the proposals he has to update regulation of commonage lands; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [19159/13] - Disadvantaged Areas Scheme Payments
16. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the number of farmers that were written to in relation to their 2012 disadvantaged payments under the stocking density rule; the... - Fodder Crisis
17. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he is satisfied regarding the adequacy and availability of sufficient animal fodder to meet the needs of the agricultural community... - Special Areas of Conservation Designation
18. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he has made contact with a person (details supplied) in relation to the assessment of Waterford Estuary and Bannow Bay as suitable... - Neonicotinoid Insecticides
19. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will justify his stance in relation to the temporary ban on neonicotinoid insecticides. [21409/13] - Rural Development Programme Funding
21. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the amount of money spent to date broken down between EU funding and national funding under each heading of the current 2007-2013... - Fodder Crisis
22. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine his views on the failure of co-ops to extend three months' credit to farmers in order to address the fodder crisis; and if he will... - Aquaculture Licences Applications
23. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine when it is expected that a decision will be made on the application by Bord Iascaigh Mhara for an aquaculture licence in respect of a... - Agri-Environment Options Scheme Payments
24. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the number of farmers that have not yet been paid their 2011 and 2012 agri-environment options scheme 1 and AEOS 2 payments; the... - Disadvantaged Areas Scheme Application Numbers
25. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the number of farmers who applied under the disadvantaged areas payment scheme for 2012; the number who have received their payments;... - Single Payment Scheme Expenditure
26. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he intents as President of the Council of Ministers of the EU that each country would have the flexibility to put a national cap on... - Horse Passports
27. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the changes that he proposes to introduce regarding control of horse stud books; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21404/13] - Food Labelling
28. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the changes made by him following the recent horse meat crisis; the further changes proposed; and if he will make a statement on the... - Single Payment Scheme Payments
29. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the number of farmers that have not yet paid their single payment for 2012; the number paid; the percentage paid broken down on a... - Horse Slaughter Statistics
30. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the number of horses slaughtered each month in the past two years; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21485/13] - Coillte Teoranta Harvesting Rights Sale
31. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the number of meetings he has had with the Irish Timber Council in relation to the proposed sale of the forest crop of Coillte; the... - Parking Charges
32. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the status of his proposals to impose paid parking charges on Howth Harbour, County Dublin; if he will release any analysis of the... - Agri-Environment Options Scheme Applications
33. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine when the new agri-environment options scheme programme will commence; when farmers will be informed if their applications have been... - Sugar Quotas Abolition
34. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will be supporting, as President of the Council of Ministers, the abolition of sugar quotas by 2015; the current position in... - Coillte Teoranta Harvesting Rights Sale
35. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the up-to date position in relation to the proposed sale of the forest crop of Coillte Teoranta; the studies that have been carried... - Common Fisheries Policy Negotiations
37. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the progress made to date in the negotiations on the common fisheries policy; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21479/13] - Nitrates Usage
38. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if farmers who receive a derogation on an annual basis under the Nitrates Directive will be eligible for the greening payment under... - Rural Environment Protection Scheme Payments
39. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the number of farmers who have not been paid their REP scheme 4 payments for 2012; the reason for the delay; and if he will make a... - Common Agricultural Policy Negotiations
40. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if the redistributive payment proposal from the French Government and a similar proposal included in the Council of Ministers'... - Disadvantaged Areas Scheme Eligibility
42. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the number of farmers, broken down on a county basis, who were refused their 2012 disadvantaged area scheme payment to date because... - Horse Statistics
43. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the number of horses in the State at present; the arrangement in place to keep a record of these horses; the proposals to upgrade this... - Milk Price Issues
44. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the steps he has taken to ensure that liquid milk producers get an adequate price for their product to ensure long term viability; and... - Common Agricultural Policy Reform
45. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will outline in tabular form the adjusted figures for farmers following the revised CAP reform who had a single payment of... - Aquaculture Development
47. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine his views on the fact that delays since 2010 in the assessment of applications for oyster-farming licenses at Bannow Bay and Waterford... - National Cattle Herd Data
48. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if his Department has records of the number of suckler cows in the national herd; the estimated annual cost to farmers of maintaining... - Commonage Framework Plans
50. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the updated situation on the revised commonage plans; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21477/13] - Agri-Environment Options Scheme Application Numbers
51. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he intends increasing the number of places on the agri-environment options scheme 3 to cover all eligible applicants; and if he... - Equine Related Issues
52. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he intends to introduce a scheme for the orderly destruction of unwanted surplus horse; when this scheme will be put in place; and... - Aquaculture Licences Application Numbers
53. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the amount of money expended by his Department and Bord Iascaigh Mhara to date on the development of applications for aquaculture...
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