Written answers

Tuesday, 16 July 2013

Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine

 
  • Commonage Framework Plans
    960. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the outcome of the review of the Commonage Framework Plan that was carried out by the National Parks and Wildlife Service and his...
  • Disadvantaged Areas Scheme Payments
    961. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will expedite a disadvantaged area scheme payment in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Kerry; and if he will...
  • Trade Agreements
    962. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if his attention has been drawn to the fact that Norway recently imposed huge import duties on particular agricultural products; the...
  • Departmental Properties
    963. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the position regarding the lease on a premises (details supplied) in County Limerick which was until recently the offices of the DVO...
  • Departmental Reports
    964. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will provide in tabular form the name, costs, date of commission, date or expected date of publication and name of the external...
  • Departmental Bodies Board Remuneration
    965. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will provide, in tabular form, a breakdown of the fees and expenses paid to each member of each State board to include the...
  • Departmental Agencies Staff Remuneration
    966. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will provide in tabular form the annual salary of all non commercial State sponsored bodies chief executive officers under the...
  • Departmental Expenditure
    967. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will provide in tabular form a list of all professional fees, including but not limited to legal, consultancy, IT related,...
  • Departmental Staff Training
    968. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will provide in tabular form a breakdown of all third level courses, training programmes and courses and accompanying cost for...
  • Exchequer Savings
    970. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will provide in tabular form the annual saving to the Exchequer of 1%, 5%, 7%, 10%, 12%, 15%, 17% and 20% reduction to travel...
  • Rural Environment Protection Scheme Payments
    973. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine when an application for a REP scheme payment will be approved in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Laois; and if he...
  • Programme for Government Implementation
    975. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will provide in tabular form the commitments in the Programme for Government under his remit; if the commitment has been met or...
  • Consultancy Contracts Issues
    976. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will detail in tabular form, the names of all external public relations, communications consultants and organisations used by...
  • Sugar Industry
    977. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the number of meetings he has had or his officials have had with interested groups in relation to the reconstruction of the beet...
  • Decentralisation Programme Staff Transfers
    978. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the number of his Department staff in County Galway that have transferred to Government Departments in counties Mayo or Sligo; and if...
  • Horse Breeding Industry
    979. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he is satisfied with the management and regulation of the horse breeding industry here with Horse Sport Ireland (details...
  • Common Agricultural Policy Reform
    980. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine following the recent Common Agricultural Policy agreement, the process that will inform all stakeholders of the proposed changes that...
  • Beef Technology Adoption Programme Payments
    981. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine when a person (details supplied) in County Carlow will receive a BTAB discussion group payment which has been cleared for payment for...
  • Food Safety Authority Investigations
    982. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine further to Parliamentary Questions Nos. 178, 179, and 180 of 31 January 2013, if he will provide an update on the issues raised; the...
  • Fodder Crisis
    983. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the steps he is taking to prevent a re-emergence of a fodder shortage later this year; his views on whether there is an adequate...
  • Disadvantaged Areas Scheme Payments
    985. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the total savings in 2012 disadvantaged area scheme payments solely due to the changes in the stocking rates; and if he will make a...
  • Live Exports
    986. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine further to Parliamentary Question No. 202 of 29 May 2013, the current status of each application; if further applications have been...
  • Horse Slaughter Statistics
    987. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the steps he is taking to provide an outlet for horses surplus to the horse industry; if consideration has been given to introducing...
  • Departmental Legal Costs
    988. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he has sought and received legal advice outside of the Office of the Attorney General; the number of times advice was sought per...
  • Single Payment Scheme Eligibility
    989. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the penalty that is being imposed on a person (details supplied) in County Galway under the single payment scheme; the reason for...
  • International Bodies Membership
    992. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will outline Ireland's contributions to the biennial 38th meeting of the Food and Agriculture Organisation of the United...
  • Farm Inspections
    993. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the number of farm inspections carried out in 2011, 2012 and to date in 2013; the figures for County Kerry in comparison to each of...
  • Agri-Environment Options Scheme Payments
    994. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will expediate an agri-environment options scheme 2 payment that is overdue in respect of a person (details supplied) in County...
  • Harbours and Piers Funding
    995. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will provide in tabular form the amount of capital funding his Department has allocated to the piers in Helvick Head,...
  • Live Exports
    998. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine his views on the possibility of the recommencement of export of livestock to the UK; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
  • Targeted Agricultural Modernisation Scheme Payments
    999. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if payment has issued for a fencing grant to a person (details supplied) in County Kerry; and if he will make a statement on the...
  • Tax Reliefs Availability
    1000. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine his views on the continuance of tax relief available to help farmers to pass their farms to relatives and maintain a working farm...
  • Rural Development Policy
    1001. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine when it is proposed to commence the strategic environmental analysis for the fisheries operational programme under the new Common...
  • Export Controls
    1002. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine his views on the recent decision by the Gulf Cooperation Council to lift its ban on the importation of Irish beef and lamb; the...
  • Fisheries Protection
    1003. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he is supportive of reopening spurdog fishing in Irish waters; if his attention has been drawn to the considerable employment...
  • Public Sector Pensions Issues
    1004. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will provide information regarding pension benefits paid in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Cork who worked...
  • Exchequer Savings
    1005. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the annual saving to the Exchequer if all State agency board fees were reduced by 25% under the aegis of his Department; and if he...
  • Official Travel
    1006. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he is confident that all overseas travel undertaken by staff in State agencies is necessary; if the agencies ensure that there is...
  • Departmental Bodies
    1008. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will provide in a tabular form a list of all non-commercial State-sponsored bodies under the aegis of his Department; and if...

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