Written answers
Tuesday, 26 May 2015
Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine
- Bioenergy Schemes
365. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine his plans to assist willow growers (details supplied) to harvest their crop, following the withdrawal of contractors from the... - Single Payment Scheme Payments
366. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the reason a person (details supplied) in County Wexford has not yet received a single payment; the outstanding issues there are... - Herd Numbers
367. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine his views on correspondence (details supplied) regarding herd numbers; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [19862/15] - Animal Welfare
368. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will examine allegations of animal cruelty and neglect at the Athenry mart in County Galway, in relation to animals being left... - Bovine Disease Controls
369. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine when a person (details supplied) in County Clare will receive a payment under the bovine viral diarrhoea compensation scheme; and if... - Single Payment Scheme Payments
371. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the reason entitlement payments have not been issued to date in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Longford for 2013... - Herd Numbers
372. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the position regarding a herd number in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Kerry; and if he will make a statement on... - Beef Data Programme
373. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will review the new suckler cow scheme in view of the six year rule that would result in farmers being penalised if they do not... - Fishing Fleet Modernisation
377. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine his plans to introduce a decommissioning scheme in the fishing industry, in any or all sectors; the way these schemes will be... - Agri-Environment Options Scheme Payments
378. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine when a person (details supplied) in County Mayo will receive a payment for 2014 under the agri-environment options scheme,... - Flock Numbers
379. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the position regarding a flock number in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Kerry; and if he will make a statement on... - GLAS Applications
380. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine further to Parliamentary Question No. 305 of 31 March 2015, the progress that has been made in relation to an application for a green... - Scéim um Roghanna Comhshaoil Talmhaíochta
381. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine cén uair a íocfar deontas faoin Scéim um Roghanna Comhshaoil Talmhaíochta (AEOS) do 2014 le feirmeoir i gContae... - Single Payment Scheme Applications
382. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if his Department will consider re-issuing a letter to a person (details supplied) in County Mayo, regarding entitlements under the... - Agri-Environment Options Scheme Payments
383. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine when payment under the agri-environment options scheme will issue in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Galway; the... - Commonage Framework Plans
384. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if the commonage framework plan enacted in 2002 still applies; and if there are proposals for a new plan to be devised. [20097/15] - Agri-Environment Options Scheme Payments
385. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine when a person (details supplied) in County Galway will receive a payment for 2014 under the agri-environment options scheme; the... - Single Payment Scheme Applications
388. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the options that are open to a person who missed out on a Single Payment in 2013, because a herd number was not transferred in time... - Beef Data and Genomics Programme
390. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine his plans to change the terms and conditions of the Beef Data and Genomics Scheme, in view of the farmer dissatisfaction in relation... - Agriculture Schemes Penalties
391. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will provide, in tabular form, by county, the number of farmers who had penalties imposed against them, as a result of the Land... - Disadvantaged Areas Scheme
393. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the basis for the clawback of €172.57 assessed against a person (details supplied) in County Galway under the Disadvantaged... - GLAS Data
394. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will provide a breakdown, by county, of the number of completed applications received by his Department by the closing date of... - Land Parcel Identification System
395. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the amount of the penalty imposed under the Land Parcel Identification System review on a person (details supplied); the parcel... - Beef Data and Genomics Programme
396. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine his views on correspondence (details supplied) received from the Irish Farmers Association regarding the Beef Genome Scheme; and if... - Single Payment Scheme Applications
397. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine when a reply will issue in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Donegal in relation to a payment under the Single Payment... - Greyhound Industry
399. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will provide a breakdown of the figure of 10,000 persons employed in the Irish greyhound industry, quoted by him, detailing... - Land Parcel Identification System
400. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will provide an update in respect of the 11,000 appeals that are presently being heard by his Department; his views that these... - Environmental Schemes
401. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if a person who purchased land in October 2014 can apply under the green low-carbon agri-environmental scheme, as the person did not... - Agri-Environment Options Scheme Applications
402. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine when an application under the Agri-Environment Options Scheme from a person (details supplied) in County Sligo will be processed; and... - Animal Disease Controls
403. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if a herd owner (details supplied) in County Cork is entitled to apply for a hardship grant; and if he will make a statement on the... - Fishery Harbour Centres
404. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the position regarding a vacant premises (details supplied) in Howth Fishery Harbour; and if he will make a statement on the matter.... - Agri-Environment Options Scheme Payments
405. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine when a payment under pillar 1 of the agri-environment options scheme will issue in respect of a person (details supplied) in County... - Farm Retirement Scheme
406. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if a person in receipt of the farmers' early retirement scheme is permitted to transfer the lease of that person's lands to another... - Agriculture Schemes Administration
407. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the reason the requirement that a horse has given birth to a foal in the previous three years in order to qualify as suitable under... - Grassland Sheep Scheme Applications
408. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the position regarding a grassland payment in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Kerry; and if he will make a statement... - Fishing Fleet Modernisation
409. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine his views on calls to discontinue the sub-segmentation of tonnage and kilowatts, in order to facilitate the modernisation of the... - Single Payment Scheme Payments
410. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the reason a farmer (details supplied) has not received payment for 2014 under the single payment scheme; if his Department has... - Basic Payment Scheme
411. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the reason farmers with horse breeding enterprises, including those with Connemara ponies, were excluded under the new arrangements... - Fishing Industry
412. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if a meeting will be arranged in respect of persons (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [20393/15] - Fishing Stock Conservation
413. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will provide an update on the process to compensate losses to fishermen for undersized lobsters under 127 centimetres, as was... - Herd Numbers
414. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the number of applications for herd numbers which are currently pending; the current average processing time for such applications;... - Beef Data and Genomics Programme
415. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine with regards to the beef data genomics scheme, if he will provide the details of what the training course entails; the person and... - Single Payment Scheme Payments
417. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine further to Parliamentary Questions Nos. 343 and 344 of 12 May 2015, if he is aware that the person (details supplied) in County... - Single Payment Scheme Applications
418. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the steps he will take to address the issues raised in correspondence regarding an application under the single payment scheme in... - Ministerial Travel
421. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will provide details of all official foreign trips he and Ministers of State in his Department plan to take between now and the... - Ministerial Meetings
423. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will report on his meeting with the Premier of China, Mr Li Keqiang, and other Chinese officials, on 17 May 2015. [20477/15] - Single Payment Scheme Appeals
424. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will provide an update on farm payments in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Mayo; and when these payments will... - Illegal Fishing Allegations
426. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the steps he has taken to deal with the repeated information that has been brought to his attention regarding the fisherman's... - Trade Agreements
427. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine his plans for a seafood trade agreement with Australia; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [20555/15] - Agri-Environment Options Scheme Payments
428. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine when a person (details supplied) in County Galway will receive a payment under the 2014 agri-environment options scheme; the reason... - Agriculture Schemes Payments
429. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if the special nature of commonage and hill farming is taken into account in the administration of the beef genomics scheme,... - Agriculture Schemes Eligibility
430. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the reason a farmer, through no personal fault, lost 20% of that farmer's eligible holding in 2015, is excluded from the beef data... - Bord na gCon Contracts
432. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will provide, in tabular form, details of the contracts referred to in a statement (details supplied) made on the record of the... - Agriculture Schemes Penalties
433. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will provide an update on payments withheld in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Mayo. [20663/15] - Agriculture Schemes Data
434. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will indicate the payments applied for by a person (details supplied) in County Mayo, including details of application date,... - GLAS Eligibility
435. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if grant assistance is available, through his Department, for a farmer who has received approval from the National Parks and Wildlife... - Foreshore Licence Applications
436. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the position regarding an application for a foreshore licence (details supplied) in County Donegal; when a decision will be made; and... - Rural Development Programme
437. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if, in the context of the beef data genomics programme, he will delete the six-year rule as a condition of participation in the... - Beef Data Programme
439. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the amount the Irish Cattle Breeding Federation will be charging farmers on the new beef data genomics programme to be compliant with... - Single Payment Scheme Payments Overclaims
441. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the reason a person (details supplied), who had a cross-compliance inspection in 2011-2012, was subsequently informed in July 2014 of... - Suckler Cow Herd Data
442. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the total number of farmers with suckler cows, broken down by the number of cattle as follows, 0 to 10, 11 to 20, 21 to 30, 31 to 40,... - Harbours and Piers Development
443. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine when approvals will issue for the local authority harbour development programme 2015; the reason for the delay; and if he will make a... - Beef Data Programme
445. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will extend the carbon navigator deadline from October 2016, due to the significant pressure that would arise for farmers,... - Rural Development Programme
446. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the steps he will take to deal with the complexities and straightjacketing arising from the beef data genomics programme, which has... - Bord na gCon Funding
448. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the number of loans, funding and-or payments paid out by Bord na gCon to the Irish Coursing Club, or any of its affiliated coursing... - Afforestation Scheme Eligibility
449. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the options available to a person (details supplied) in County Tipperary who was refused entry to the afforestation scheme due to the... - Rural Development Programme
450. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the position regarding exemptions to planned penalties in respect of the new beef data genomics programme (details supplied); and if... - Control of Dogs
451. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he is aware of reports that a number of dog pounds, run by local authorities, private entities and the Irish Society for the... - Veterinary Laboratories
452. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine his plans to re-configure the State veterinary laboratory services; and downsize or close his Department's regional veterinary... - Forestry Grants
453. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine further to Parliamentary Question No. of 304 of 15 April 2015, when a forestry application will be processed in respect of a person... - Single Payment Scheme Applications
454. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will examine a single payment in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Kerry who has been excessively and unfairly... - Beef Data Programme
455. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine in view of the carbon navigator requirements of the new beef data genomics programme, the estimated costs to complete a carbon... - Departmental Staff Recruitment
456. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the number of public and civil servants who were recruited under the aegis of his Department in 2014; and if he will make a statement... - Departmental Staff Redeployment
457. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the number of public and civil servants under the aegis of his Department who were seconded abroad or to another Department in 2014;... - Departmental Staff Retirements
458. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the number of public servants under the aegis of his Department who retired in 2014; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
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