Written answers
Wednesday, 18 September 2013
Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine
- Departmental Funding
1151. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the position regarding the hiring of contract researchers (details supplied). [37200/13] - Coillte Pension Scheme
1152. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine his views on the deficit in the Coillte pension scheme; if he understands this scheme to be a defined contribution scheme or the... - Forestry Premium Payments
1153. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine when a person (details supplied) in County Cork will receive payment of the remainder of their forestry grant; and if he will make a... - Agri-Environment Options Scheme Applications
1154. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the position regarding an agri-environment option scheme 3 in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Donegal; and if he... - Single Payment Scheme Eligibility
1155. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will discuss the changes to the eligible area regarding the single farm payment and disadvantaged area scheme; and if he will... - Forestry Sector
1156. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if a decision has been made on a forestry application in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Kerry; and if he will make... - Foreshore Licences
1157. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will provide the most definitive/current list available of all foreshore leases/licences in County Kerry; and if he will make... - Harbours and Piers Development
1158. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will list, in order of priority, the projects Sligo County Council submitted for consideration for funding under the 2013... - Rural Development Programme Funding
1160. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine with regard to compensation payments under the Rural Development Programme 2007-2013 for Ireland (details supplied), the amount of... - Beef Industry Irregularities
1161. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine his views on a British rural commission that has recently condemned the slow pace of the investigations into the horse meat scandal... - Agriculture Schemes Penalties
1162. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the reason that over the past number of years inspection penalties suffered by farmers have gone up by 500% and where the increase... - Horticulture Sector Issues
1163. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will to bring forward grant aid packages in 2013 for the development of horticulture; and if he will make a statement on the... - Harbours and Piers Funding
1164. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will provide in tabular form the amount of capital funding and investment his Department has allocated to harbours and piers... - Commonage Framework Plans
1165. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will provide a list of commonages in County Donegal and his views on those properties in view of the report on the review of... - Animal Identification Schemes
1166. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he or officials in his Department will consider asking the Department of the Environment, Community and Local Government to... - International Agreements
1167. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if his Department are monitoring the negotiations on securing an agreement between the EU and China on quality food products,... - Commonage Division
1168. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine his views on the EU policies that have resulted in the de-stocking of many hills over the past number of years which has resulted in... - Fodder Crisis
1169. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine when then the inter-agency fodder committee will meet again to enable farmers can act early to deal with any shortage of fodder that... - Commonage Framework Plans
1170. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine his views on the July 2013 report that was laid before the Houses of the Oireachtas entitled Review of Commonage Lands and Framework... - Kerry Bog Pony
1171. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine his views on the Kerry Bog Pony, traditionally used for hauling peat from the bogs; and if he will make a statement on the matter.... - Rural Development Programme Funding
1172. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the amount of Pillar II funding already committed under on-going contracts for various schemes for the years 2014, 2015 and 2016;... - Seafood Processing Business Investment Scheme
1173. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will outline details on the 2013 Seafood Processing Business Investment Scheme; if he will detail in tabular form, the amount... - Soil Fertility
1174. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will outline the data available to him regarding soil fertility levels, including soil phosphorus levels; the action his... - EU Meetings
1175. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the parameters of the discussions held with colleagues from other EU member states at the Informal Meeting of EU Forest Directors in... - Departmental Advertising Expenditure
1177. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the total cost of all media advertising to his Department for each of the past five years; the efforts his Department is making to... - Ministerial Appointments
1178. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will provide a list of all bodies, boards or committees under the remit of his Department to which ministerial appointments... - Milk Quota Cessation
1181. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine when dairy quotas will be lifted; his views on whether lifting the production restrictions will enable Irish farmers to expand their... - Trade Agreements
1182. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will discuss the recently implemented EU trade deal with Honduras, Nicaragua, and Panama and the effects it will have on the... - Organic Farming
1183. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will outline the key elements and general parameters of the recently launched Organic Farming Action Plan 2013-2015 by his... - Agri-Environment Options Scheme Appeals
1184. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the position regarding an agri-environmental option scheme appeal in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Clare; and if... - Alternative Energy Projects
1185. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine when a certificate, permit, or licence for anerobic digestion will be approved in respect of a person (details supplied) in County... - Inland Fisheries Ireland Investigations
1186. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the reason the report from Inland Fisheries Ireland on sea lice and related issues was not forwarded to the European Commission as... - Harbour Authority Properties
1187. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine his plans to address the health and safety issues raised in relation to Shanoon, Dunmore East, County Waterford (details supplied)... - Agriculture Schemes Penalties
1188. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the position regarding a previous agreement whereby his Department agreed that there would be no retrospective penalties imposed for... - Departmental Funding
1189. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if capital expenditure funding will be provided for on-farm investment including targeted agricultural measures, the horticultural... - Single Payment Scheme Payments
1190. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine when single farm and area aid payment will issue in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Clare; and if he will make a... - Agri-Environment Options Scheme Payments
1191. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the position regarding the payment of agri-environment options scheme in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Cork; and... - Alternative Energy Projects
1192. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will provide an update on the development of anaerobic digestion as a means of producing electricity and providing an added... - Agriculture Schemes Penalties
1193. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will provide a breakdown of the average single farm payment penalty imposed on Tipperary farmers under the categories of... - Farm Inspections
1194. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will provide figures for the number of Tipperary farmers notified in advance of a single farm payment on farm inspection, as... - Agriculture Schemes Penalties
1195. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if his attention has been drawn to the discrepancies between single farm payment penalties across the different counties; if he will... - Single Payment Scheme Payments
1196. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine when single farm payment will issue in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Clare; and if he will make a statement on... - Sugar Quotas Abolition
1197. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine his views on whether the agreement to abolish all EU sugar quotas from September 2017 will assist in re-establishing the sugar... - Capital Programme Expenditure
1198. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will detail by name, location and cost the number of capital projects funded by his Department for each of the past five years... - Salmon Hardship Scheme Issues
1199. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine his plans to replace jobs in communities that depended heavily on drift net salmon fishing; the amount that been spent to date in... - Agri-Environment Options Scheme Payments
1200. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine when will applicants in the agri-environment option scheme 3 start receiving their payments; and if he will make a statement on the... - Forestry Grants
1201. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will arrange to pay a forestry grant to a person (details supplied) in County Cork; and if he will make a statement on the... - Farm Household Incomes
1202. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine his views on whether farmers' incomes of less than €15,000 should have no further cuts imposed on them as that money is... - Forestry Sector
1203. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine when permission to plant approx 40 acres of forestry will issue in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Kerry; and if he... - Fodder Crisis
1204. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the amount of money that has been paid to Co-ops that participated in the importation of fodder scheme to alleviate the hardship... - Suckler Welfare Scheme Extension
1205. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the funding or support mechanisms for the suckler herd and if he is committed to the suckler herd and its continuance; and if he... - Greenhouse Gas Emissions
1206. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will discuss the targets on Irish agricultural emissions as negotiated between his Department, the Department of the... - Low Carbon Roadmap
1207. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the progress to date in the creation of a low carbon roadmap as sought under the Our Sustainable Future policy framework, which is... - Sea Lice Controls
1208. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine in view of his remarks on 8 May 2013 regarding the issue of sea lice, his views on the indication by a company (details supplied),... - Agriculture Schemes Payments
1211. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if area aid is being claimed or has ever been claimed in respect of land (details supplied) in County Kerry; and if he will make a... - Harbours and Piers Funding
1213. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if funding will be provided for four visitor moorings for the tourist town of Youghal, County Cork; and if he will make a statement... - Food Labelling
1214. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will outline some of the measures taken by his Department and the relevant agencies to improve the food traceability system... - Rights of Way Provision
1215. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if a mechanism exists to allow him, as successor to the Irish Land Commission, to give a right of way to a bog to a community... - Agriculture Schemes Eligibility
1217. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will clarify REPS entitlement in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Kerry; and if he will make a statement on... - Disadvantaged Areas Scheme Eligibility
1218. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if a person (details supplied) in County Kerry will qualify for the disadvantaged area scheme; and if he will make a statement on... - Single Payment Scheme Payments
1219. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will discuss the proposal by the European Commission to advance 2013's Common Agricultural Policy direct payments; the... - Single Payment Scheme Applications
1220. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine when the first tranche of single farm payment will issue in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Galway; and if he will... - Farm Retirement Scheme
1221. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine his plans to implement a further early retirement scheme which will allow older farmers to retire and encourage younger farmers to... - Tax Reliefs Availability
1222. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine his plans to introduce further tax reliefs to farmers in budget 2014 to allow older farmers to transfer land to younger farmers; and... - Single Payment Scheme Applications
1223. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the outcome of a review of a single farm payment in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Donegal; and if he will make a... - Farmers Early Retirement Scheme Payments
1224. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the position regarding the suspension of an early retirement pension scheme payment to a person (details supplied) in County... - Felling Licences Applications
1225. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the position regarding an application from Cork County Council for a felling licence to assist with flood alleviation works in... - Milk Quota Applications
1226. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the position regarding new entrants to the dairying scheme for 2013; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [38572/13] - Harbours and Piers Funding
1227. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if his attention has been drawn to the need for the harbour in Dunmore East, County Waterford, to be dredged; if he will ensure that... - Milk Quota Trading Scheme
1228. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the position regarding the details of the final milk quota trading scheme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [38612/13] - Young Farmers Installation Scheme
1229. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the provisions that will be put in place for young farmers who entered farming in 2010 in view of the re-instatement of installation... - Harbours and Piers Maintenance
1230. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will report on the works carried out at Howth Harbour under the fishery harbour and coastal infrastructure development... - Fodder Crisis
1231. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the expenditure to date under the fodder aid scheme 2013; the total payments to individual farmers where animal welfare issues... - Meat Processing Plant Operation Applications
1232. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the position regarding an application (details supplied); when this application will be finalised; and if he will make a statement... - Disadvantaged Areas Scheme Payments
1233. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the total expenditure under the disadvantaged areas scheme in 2010, 2011 and 2012, and the total financial provision under the... - Public Sector Staff Recruitment
1234. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the steps his Department intends to take to ensure semi-State bodies and other organisations and bodies under its remit advertise... - State Bodies Staff Remuneration
1235. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the full-year saving to the Exchequer if the pay of CEOs in all commercial semi-State bodies under the aegis of his Department were...
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