Written answers
Tuesday, 23 September 2014
Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine
- Equine Industry Issues
218. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if his attention has been drawn to rule number 3.5.2 of the Show Jumping Ireland rule book and a newspaper article (details... - Animal Disease Controls
219. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will increase funding to compensate for losses incurred and income foregone under the national animal health TB, BVD and JOHNES... - Agriculture Schemes Expenditure
220. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will increase the capital funding allocation for the horticultural forestry and aquaculture sectors to achieve output targets... - Disadvantaged Areas Scheme Payments
221. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if funding of €195 million for areas of natural constraint formerly disadvantaged area scheme to support farming in marginal... - Beef Data Programme
222. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will provide funding of €52 million of the beef data and genomic scheme to support the suckler sector; and if he will... - Targeted Agricultural Modernisation Scheme Expenditure
223. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will provide funding of €30 million for a significant invest programme TAMs to improve on-farm efficiency across all... - Green Low-carbon Agri-environment Scheme
224. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will provide funding of €200 million for AEOS-GLAS programmes with the early opening of GLAS places for 30,000 in the... - Felling Licence Application Numbers
225. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will provide the list of felling licences issued after the February 2014 storms pertaining to Coillte woodlands of the 134... - Forestry Sector
226. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will provide verification that the extraction methodology used in Gougane Barra is conducted manually using cabling (details... - Felling Licences Applications
227. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if a licence was issued for Gougane Barra extraneous clear-felling for the mature Sitka spruce, lodgepole pine and western hemlock,... - Forestry Management
229. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the reason there are no management plans in place for the extremely valuable and vulnerable 0.002% of ancient woodlands, some of... - Appointments to State Boards
232. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine his views that no conflict of interest has arisen with the appointment by Coillte of the former Secretary General of his Department... - EU Funding
233. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the reason his Department repaid the EU forestry premiums that Coillte had drawn down before the European Court of Justice judgment... - Forestry Sector
235. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if there has been any review of the Irish Forestry Unit Trust and its charity status; the way this charity status relates to Coillte;... - Departmental Correspondence
236. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will provide copies of all the correspondence between the Government shareholders and Coillte since 1989; and if he will make a... - Departmental Contracts
237. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will provide a list of all the contracts between Coillte and other State agencies; the total amount of funding from all State... - Animal Diseases Issues
238. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the measures taken by his Department to ensure that veterinary physicians certifying test certificates for tuberculosis in cattle do... - Animal Identification Schemes
239. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the measures taken by his Department to ensure that temporary identity tags on cattle are correctly recorded and the traceability of... - Animal Diseases Issues
240. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if his attention has been drawn to allegations of alteration of tuberculosis test certificates by a veterinary inspector (details... - Coillte Teoranta Harvesting Rights Sale
241. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if Coillte sold the harvesting rights for the 950 acres of public forest at Kilcooley abbey estate to the new owner; if so the price... - Appointments to State Boards
242. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine his view on a politically appointed board of directors overseeing the ongoing sale of public land by Coillte; the oversights that are... - Coillte Loan Funds
243. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine regarding the recent State loan of €60 million to Coillte for its board-making business in Waterford, who oversees the way... - Beef Industry
244. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will consider the establishment of a beef industry regulator in light of the collapse in the past 12 months of beef prices and... - Equine Data
245. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the steps he will take in relation to the seizure of 63 horses from Ballyguile Hill on 4 December 2013 by Wicklow County Council.... - Single Payment Scheme Applications
246. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the position regarding a single farm payment in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Kerry. [35542/14] - Felling Licences Applications
247. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the position regarding the proposed felling of trees at Newtown Stalaban Drogheda (details supplied) which is with his Department; if... - Grassland Sheep Scheme Payments
248. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the reason a person (details supplied) in County Galway has not received the 2014 grassland sheep scheme grant. [35626/14] - Rural Development Programme Projects
249. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will give urgent and detailed consideration to the request of Monaghan County Council in relation to CAP reform (details... - Milk Quota
250. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will indicate the proposals he recently put forward to the European Commission to deal with the problems that will arise due to... - Single Payment Scheme Appeals
251. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the position in relation to a single payment appeal case for a person (details supplied) in County Tipperary; the reason for the... - Beef Industry
252. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the extent to which he continues to engage with the various stakeholders in the beef sector with particular reference to the need to... - Beef Exports
253. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the extent to which he continues to source new markets for the beef sector; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [35764/14] - Beef Industry
254. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the extent to which losses incurred by producers involved in rearing bull beef has served a means of making future provision to... - Cereal Sector
257. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he is satisfied that the return for cereal producers in the current year remain adequate and in line with increased costs; and if... - Food Labelling
258. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the extent to which labelling and traceability continues to be effective and accurate in every respect; and if he will make a... - Dairy Sector
259. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the extent to which he expects the dairy sector to expand and develop in the future post quota; the efforts made to secure new... - Fishing Industry Development
260. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the total number of persons directly involved in the fishing industry including catching, processing and transport; the extent to... - Common Agricultural Policy Review
264. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the extent to which the Common Agricultural Policy review has been of benefit to the agri-sector; and if he will make a statement on... - Common Fisheries Policy Review
265. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the degree to which the Common Fisheries Policy review has positively affected the fishing industry here and throughout Europe; and... - Food Harvest 2020 Strategy
266. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the extent to which indicators in respect of the Food Harvest 2020 remain in line with expectations; and if he will make a statement... - Animal Welfare
268. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if grants will be provided to newly founded animal welfare groups; the way such grants can be applied for [35824/14] - Single Payment Scheme Applications
269. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine when a person (details supplied) in County Mayo will receive their single farm payment for 2013; the reason for the delay. [35879/14] - Noxious Weeds
270. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the number of farmers and or landowners fined for not controlling noxious weeds, particularly ragwort in the past five years; the... - Agriculture Schemes Data
272. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the number of applications received this year on a county basis under the TAMS scheme in the various sectors; the number of approvals... - Tax Reliefs Availability
273. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will introduce a tax deposit scheme to manage income viability for the farming sector. [35912/14] - Rural Environment Protection Scheme Payments
275. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will assist a person (details supplied) who was in contact with his Department in relation to a fine issued for breach of rules... - Departmental Bodies Board Remuneration
276. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the remuneration package for each chief executive officer of State or semi-State organisations under the aegis of his Department; the...
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