Written answers

Tuesday, 11 June 2013

Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine

 
  • EU Funding
    774. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if EU funds been used since 2008 to fund National Development Plan initiatives that are under the purview of the Department of...
  • Coillte Teoranta Harvesting Rights Sale
    775. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine his plans to include a guarantee that when the harvesting rights of Coillte are sold that the land will be returned to the State in...
  • Disadvantaged Areas Scheme Payments
    776. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine when payment of disadvantaged area scheme will issue to a person (details supplied) in County Clare; and if he will make a statement...
  • Marine Resources
    777. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the steps he has taken to date following on from the launch of the Harnessing our Ocean Wealth plan launched by the Government in...
  • Agri-Environment Options Scheme Applications
    778. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if a person (details supplied) in County Mayo has been approved for the agri-environment option scheme 3; and if he will make a...
  • Single Payment Scheme Payments
    780. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the position regarding the single farm payment scheme 2013 application for consolidation of entitlements in respect of persons...
  • Agri-Environment Options Scheme Application Numbers
    781. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will provide in tabular form the number of persons in each county who have been successful in their application for the...
  • Fodder Crisis
    782. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will consider extending the funding available from his Department towards the cost of importing fodder to private individuals...
  • Tax Code
    783. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine in view of the targets set out in Harvest 2020, his plans for an initiative to tackle the issue of fragmented farm holdings...
  • Bovine Disease Controls
    784. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will expedite the availability of the schmallenberg new virus vaccine Bovilis SBV to enable farmers to counteract the...
  • Agri-Environment Options Scheme Payments
    785. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine when payment of agri environment option scheme will issue to a person (details supplied) in County Clare; and if he will make a...
  • Harbour Fees
    786. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will outline in tabular form the total moneys collected by his Department for the years 2007, 2008,2009, 2010, 2011, 2012 and...
  • Natural Heritage Areas
    787. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the way he will increase protection of the 600 proposed Natural Heritage Areas here; if he is working on proposing areas of...
  • Fodder Crisis
    788. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will outline the actions taken by his Department to assist farmers in counties Longford and Westmeath who are experiencing...
  • Animal Identification Scheme
    789. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the number of submissions he has received to date on his public consultation on the Dog Microchipping Initiative; if he will extend...
  • Disadvantaged Areas Scheme Appeals
    790. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine when a decision will be made on an appeal of disadvantaged area payment in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Galway...
  • Hare Coursing
    791. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if his attention has been drawn to statements made by vets as presented in the recent ICABS report, that during cold and wet weather,...
  • Forestry Premium Payments
    792. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine when a forestry premium payment will issue to a person (details supplied) in County Kerry; and if he will make a statement on the...
  • Proposed Legislation
    793. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if consideration has been given in the Forestry Bill 2013 regarding the impact that trucks of more than forty tonnes are having on...
  • Common Agricultural Policy Negotiations
    794. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if special cases will be made in the ongoing Common Agricultural Policy negotiations for small islands situated in EU member states;...
  • Disadvantaged Areas Scheme Eligibility
    795. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if his attention has been drawn to the fact that a substantial number of applicants were refused grants under the 2012 disadvantaged...
  • Aquaculture Licences Applications
    796. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will update Dáil Éireann on the proposal to develop deep sea fish farms, prospective sites for which have been...
  • Harbours and Piers Expenditure
    797. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the plans he has to establish a small craft harbour in Killybegs, County Donegal; the total amount of funding allocated by his...
  • Aquaculture Development
    798. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if his Department has considered the strategic guidelines as recently presented by the EU Commission with respect to challenges...
  • Fishing Industry Development
    800. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the total amount of funding invested by Bórd Iascaigh Mhara in Killybegs, County Donegal, in each of the past five years for the...
  • Farm Inspections
    801. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will provide in tabular form by county and by month the number of unannounced farm inspections that have taken place since 1...
  • Disadvantaged Areas Scheme Applications
    803. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine when the disadvantaged area scheme payment will issue in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Kerry following their...
  • EU Directives
    804. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the work his Department is currently undertaking on various pieces of upcoming legislation, through a potential Bill to go through...
  • Dairy Hygiene Scheme Eligibility
    805. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if there is a provision, or if one can be made under the dairy hygiene grant to allow for emergency works for milk cooling systems to...
  • Departmental Properties
    806. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will support a proposal on vacant properties at Howth Harbour (details supplied) County Dublin. [27534/13]
  • Beef Technology Adoption Programme
    807. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine when a person (details supplied) in County Mayo will receive their BTAP payment; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [27544/13]
  • Food Harvest 2020 Strategy
    810. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will provide an update on the Food Harvest 2020 targets, particularly in relation to export growth and dairy quotas; if the...
  • Single Payment Scheme Payments
    811. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine when the remainder of a single farm payment will be paid to a person (details supplied) in County Kerry; and if he will make a...
  • Irish Land Commission
    812. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if the fee simple of the pier on the river at Ashford Castle was sold when Ashford Castle, County Mayo and the rest of the property...
  • EU Directives
    813. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine when the appropriate assessment for Galway Bay, which will provide a status report on the current fishery, identify potential impacts...
  • Rural Environment Protection Scheme Appeals
    814. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if a decision has been made on an appeal of a penalty on a REP scheme payment in respect of a person (details supplied) in County...
  • Rural Development Programme Projects
    815. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine his future plans for any new REP schemes; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [27597/13]
  • Agri-Environment Options Scheme Payments
    816. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine when an agri environment option scheme payment will issue to a person (details supplied) in County Kerry; and if he will make a...
  • Animal Identification Scheme
    817. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if his attention has been drawn to the increase in the theft of cattle in the north Monaghan area that appears to be linked to cross...
  • Food and Agriculture Organisation
    818. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine regarding Ireland's position at the Food and Agriculture Organisation of the United Nations based in Rome, Italy, if Ireland's...
  • Agri-Environment Options Scheme Payments
    819. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine when agri-environment option scheme payments will issue in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Mayo; the amount of the...
  • Disadvantaged Areas Scheme Payments
    821. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine when a single payment and disadvantaged area payment for 2012 will issue in respect of a person (details supplied); and if he will...
  • Agri-Environment Options Scheme Payments
    822. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine when payment under the agri-environment option scheme will issue in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Mayo; the reason...
  • Disadvantaged Areas Scheme Applications
    823. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the reason a person (details supplied) in County Clare has not been facilitated; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [27663/13]
  • Beekeeping Industry
    824. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine in view of the importance of bees for pollination and food production, his views on the effect of pesticides on the bee population;...
  • Suckler Welfare Scheme Payments
    825. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine further to Parliamentary Question No. 415 of 5 March, the reason payment was not made to a person (details supplied) in County Mayo...
  • Aquaculture Licences Applications
    826. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if the Marine Institute has carried out an independent review of the BIM Environmental Impact Study of the proposed fish farm for...
  • North-South Ministerial Council
    827. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine when he last met his counterpart from Northern Ireland, the Minister for Agriculture and Rural Development, Michelle O'Neill MLA at...
  • Forestry Premium Payments
    828. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the reason a person (details supplied) in County Cork has yet to receive their forestry premium payment; and if he will make a...
  • Coillte Teoranta Harvesting Rights Sale
    829. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the position regarding the proposed sale of Coillte harvesting rights; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [27808/13]
  • Harbours and Piers Maintenance
    830. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if it has been brought to his attention that a sand bank has built up at the entrance to Mullaghmore Harbour, County Sligo, creating...
  • Agri-Environment Options Scheme Applications
    831. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine when a person (details supplied) in County Mayo will receive a decision on their application for agri environment option scheme 3;...
  • Fish Landings
    832. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if Castletownbere harbour, County Cork, will be included as a designated port as set out in the NEAFC scheme; and if he will make a...
  • Grant Payments
    833. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if reactor grants and income supplement payments for 2009 are outstanding in respect of a person (details supplied) in County...
  • European Investment Bank Loans
    834. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he has consulted with the European Investment Bank with a view to securing the availability of low interest rate funding from this...
  • Agri-Environment Options Scheme Eligibility
    835. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the reason a person (details supplied) in County Cork was not approved to participate in the new agri-environment option scheme; and...
  • Food Safety Standards Regulation
    836. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine his views on the concerns of some citizens that the European Commission proposals for a regulation on the production and making...

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