Written answers
Tuesday, 24 September 2013
Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine
- Ash Dieback Threat
57. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the progress to date in controlling the Ash dieback disease from spreading further across the State; and if he will provide a... - Equine Passports
58. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the steps he has taken to date to deal with the identification of horses; the progress made to date on this issue; and if he will make... - Forestry Grants
59. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the number of applications on hand for planting grants and premiums to plant forestry; the number of these on hand for more than three... - Aquaculture Licences Applications
60. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine when a decision will be made on an application by Bord Iascaigh Mhara for a licence for a fish farm in Galway Bay; the progress made... - Equine Passports
61. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the procedures and practices which have been enacted to safeguard against a repeat of the horse-meat controversy, with particular... - Disadvantaged Areas Scheme Payments
62. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine when payments will commence under the 2013 disadvantaged area scheme; the number of estimated payments that will be paid in the first... - Single Payment Scheme Payments
63. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the average decrease in single farm payments to the 2013 single farm payment as a result of changes to the multiannual financial... - Single Payment Scheme Application Numbers
64. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the number of applications received under the single farm payment in 2013; the number that have been examined and cleared for payment;... - Common Agricultural Policy Reform
65. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the progress to date on the introduction of single farm payment reforms under the new Common Agriculture Policy budget; and if he will... - Commonage Division
67. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the actions he is taking on foot of the report of the Joint Committee on Agriculture, Food and Marine in relation to commonages; if he... - Milk Supply
68. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he has had any discussions with his Northern counterpart Minister Michelle O’Neill in relation to ensuring the security of... - Common Agricultural Policy Reform
69. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the extent to which in the aftermath of the agreement on the Common Agricultural Policy, he has succeeded or expects to succeed in... - Fishing Industry Development
70. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine his efforts to support the fishing industry in Area VIa; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [39148/13] - Animal Welfare Issues
71. 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; and if he will make a statement on the matter.... - Common Agricultural Policy Reform
72. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the action he will take to support the suckler cow sector as part of the Common Agricultural Policy reform 2013 implementation; the... - Targeted Agricultural Modernisation Scheme Payments
73. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will extend the deadline for completion of works under the TAMS sow welfare scheme to the end of December 2013 in view of the... - Farm Inspections
74. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the steps he is taking to improve the consistency of on-farm inspections; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [39241/13] - Common Agricultural Policy Reform
75. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine his plans to publish a discussion document on Pillar 2 options under the Common Agricultural Policy reform programme; if he plans to... - Aquaculture Licences Applications
76. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine his views on the proposal by An Bord Iascaigh Mhara for development of deep-sea fish farms off the Atlantic coast; and if he will make... - Single Payment Scheme Applications
77. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will provide in tabular form, details of the number of hectares applied for under the single payment scheme in each year since... - Beef Industry Issues
78. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the actions he has taken on foot of the horsemeat crisis to ensure that the issues raised at the time are dealt with; and if he will... - Animal Welfare Issues
79. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if the evidence of a National Parks and Wildlife Service ranger is sufficient in relation to a prosecution for animal cruelty; and the... - Single Payment Scheme Payments
80. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine when payments will commence under the single payment scheme in 2013; the estimated number of farmers that will be paid in the first... - Horse Slaughtering Issues
82. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the reason all horses sent for slaughter are not tested for the presence of bute; if not found in the meat and if the meat is... - Harbours and Piers Development
83. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine his plans to introduce paid parking at Howth Harbour; if he has made a decision on whether or not to proceed with the plan; and if he... - Farm Inspections
85. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the reason inspectors inspecting cattle herds are obliged to inspect all the cattle in small herds and only a percentage in larger... - Agriculture Schemes Penalties
86. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the financial penalties applied to farmers who made applications under the single payment scheme, disadvantaged areas scheme, REP... - Fodder Crisis
87. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the amount of money expended by his Department on emergency feedstuffs for farmers during the fodder crisis this year; and if he will... - Farm Inspections
88. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will ensure that all Departmental inspectors have training in identifying depression as part of their on-farm inspection... - Rural Development Programme Funding
90. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the steps he is taking to ensure that there is provision for State matching funding for EU rural development funds available in 2014... - Agri-Environment Options Scheme Conditions
91. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he intends to allow the remaining applicants under agri-environment option scheme 3 join this scheme in 2014 in view of the delay... - Grant Payments
92. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he is going to couple any payments under the recently concluded new Common Agricultural Policy; the options or schemes he is... - Disadvantaged Areas Scheme Payments
93. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the reason farmers were written to recently for historic over-declarations of land under the disadvantaged area scheme and single farm... - Departmental Agencies Staff Data
94. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the total number of staff employed by Teagasc in 2011, 2012 and to date 2013, broken down between administrative staff, advisory,... - Fodder Crisis
95. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the changes put in place in response to the fodder crisis of 2013, if his Department carried out a review in the aftermath of the... - Agri-Environment Options Scheme Conditions
96. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the arrangements that will be put in place in relation to agri-environmental schemes in 2014 in view of the delay in introducing the... - Food Exports to China
97. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine following on from the visit of China's Vice President in 2012, his Department's progress in developing and increasing agri-business... - Food Labelling
98. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the extent to which he is satisfied regarding the efficacy of labelling of all food products, indigenous and imported, accurately... - Forestry Sector
99. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he intends to fund the development of forestry out of Pillar 2 funding under the Common Agriculture Policy; and if he will make a... - Fodder Crisis
100. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he has put in place contingency plans in the event of bad weather this winter causing another animal food crisis. [39508/13] - Single Payment Scheme Administration
101. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if in the event of payments being made on land deemed not eligible for payment under the single farm payment the EU disallow... - Fodder Crisis
102. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the amount of money paid out to date for the fodder transport subsidy; the number of applications received; the number of...
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