Written answers
Tuesday, 3 November 2015
Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine
- Departmental Agencies Staff Recruitment
376. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will allow Teagasc, the Irish Agriculture and Food Development Authority, to appoint sufficient staff to deal with its remit of... - Disadvantaged Areas Scheme Payments
377. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the reason a person (details supplied) in County Cork has not yet received payments under the disadvantaged areas scheme and single... - Harness Racing Industry
378. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will address a matter (details supplied) regarding the Irish Harness Racing Association; and if he will make a statement on the... - North South Ministerial Council
382. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine which Department has overall responsibility for biosecurity; his views on whether it is a matter for the North-South Ministerial... - Basic Payment Scheme Payments
383. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine for an update on farm payments to a person (details supplied) in County Mayo. [37177/15] - Direct Payment Scheme Applications
385. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the reason a payment to a person (details supplied) in County Kerry under the areas of natural constraint scheme was reduced; and if... - Agri-Environment Options Scheme Payments
386. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine when a person (details supplied) in County Clare will receive payments under the agri-environment options scheme for 2013 and 2014;... - Single Payment Scheme Payments
388. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine when his Department will upload the maps for 2014 for a farmer (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter.... - Greyhound Industry
389. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if public consultations have taken place with interested parties on the proposed muzzling of greyhounds at open coursing events; the... - Jobs Initiative
390. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine further to Parliamentary Question Number 376 of 21 April 2015 regarding the 2011 Killybegs County Donegal jobs initiative, if he has... - Crime Data
391. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the number of times the maximum penalties for animal cruelty offences have been applied by the courts under the Animal Health and... - Direct Payment Scheme Applications
392. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine when a payment under the areas of natural constraint scheme will issue to a person (details supplied) in County Mayo; and if he will... - Knackery Industry
393. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the regulations preventing knackery owners who have a dog food licence from delivering dog food to customers, while at the same time... - Afforestation Programme
394. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he is aware of an afforestation project (details supplied) that is due to commence in County Mayo; if he has given approval for... - Disadvantaged Areas Scheme Payments
395. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine when a person (details supplied) in County Donegal will receive a payment under the disadvantaged areas scheme; and if he will make a... - Departmental Expenditure
396. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the estimated expenditure of his Department in 2015, in tabular form; the budget for expenditure agreed at the start of the year for... - Agri-Environment Options Scheme Payments
397. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine when a payment under the agri-environment option scheme 2015 will issue to a person (details supplied) in County Donegal; and if he... - Lansdowne Road Agreement
398. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the allocation for his Department in 2016 which covers the Lansdowne Road agreement; and the demographic or other inflationary... - TAMS Eligibility
399. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if grant aid is available for control of farm yard pollution in circumstances where young persons are taking over family holdings... - Tuberculosis Eradication Programme Payments
400. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will amend the current tuberculosis testing charges and exempt farmers from paying for more than one test in a year; and if he... - Appointments to State Boards
401. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will indicate, in respect of State boards under his Department's remit, the name of each appointee made from 7 March 2011 to... - Exports Data
402. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the volume of exports of beef, dairy, fruit, vegetables, and marine products to all countries in each of the years 2010 to 2014, in... - Imports Data
403. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the volume of imports of beef, dairy, fruit, vegetables and marine products from all countries in each of the years 2010 to 2014, in... - Basic Payment Scheme Payments
404. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine when a person (detail supplied) will receive a payment under the areas of natural constraint scheme; the reason for the delay; and if... - Freedom of Information Requests
405. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine his plans to comply with direction CEI/14/007 of the Commissioner for Environmental Information and to release the specified records;... - Single Payment Scheme Payments
406. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine when a payment under the 2015 single farm payment scheme will issue to a person (details supplied) in County Cork; and if he will... - Targeted Agricultural Modernisation Scheme
407. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the assistance available to young farmers inheriting the family farm and needing to invest in their farm yards to control farm yard... - Basic Payment Scheme Payments
408. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the status of a payment under the areas of natural constraint scheme for a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement... - Single Payment Scheme Payments
409. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the reason a person (details supplied) in County Clare was not paid a single farm payment in 2014; when the person will receive the... - Basic Payment Scheme Payments
410. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the status of an application for farm payments to persons (details supplied) in County Kerry; and if he will make a statement on the... - Dairy Sector
411. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine for an update on the European Union €800 million superlevy package intervention plan to help dairy farmers who have... - Transatlantic Trade and Investment Partnership
412. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the steps he is taking with European Union colleagues in relation to the transatlantic trade and investment partnership negotiations... - Trade Agreements
413. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he has had discussions at European Union level following the recent decision by the US to increase the tariff on all imported... - Disadvantaged Areas Scheme Payments
414. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine when a payment under the disadvantaged areas scheme will issue to a person (details supplied) in County Clare; and if he will make a... - Departmental Meetings
415. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the number of meetings he and officials from his Department have had with lobbyists from fish producer organisations since the... - Single Payment Scheme Payments
416. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine when persons (details supplied) in County Mayo will receive payment under the single farm payment scheme; and if he will make a... - Disadvantaged Areas Scheme Payments
417. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine when persons (details supplied) in County Mayo will receive payment under the disadvantaged areas scheme; and if he will make a... - Departmental Correspondence
418. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine further to Parliamentary Question Number 76 of 11 March 2015, if he will address a matter in respect of a person (details supplied)... - Rural Environment Protection Scheme Payments
419. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine when a person (details supplied) in County Westmeath will receive outstanding agricultural payments for 2014 and 2015, given that... - Basic Payment Scheme Payments
420. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine when outstanding headage payments will issue to a person (details supplied) in County Longford; and if he will make a statement on... - Fish Quotas
421. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he has received correspondence from a fisherman's organisation (details supplied) in County Donegal concerning permissible total... - Fishing Industry Development
422. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the number of licences that have been applied for in the bays along our coast since 1 January 2010, in total; in each bay, by name,... - Aquaculture Development
423. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine his views on the development of the aquaculture industry; if statistics are available on the number, of aquaculture businesses; the... - Agriculture Scheme Appeals
424. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine for an update on an appeal by a person (details supplied) in County Limerick in respect of a 2013 single payment and a disadvantaged... - Agriculture Scheme Payments
425. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine when a person (details supplied) from County Donegal can expect to receive payment under the disadvantaged areas scheme and the... - Basic Payment Scheme Payments
426. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine when a person (details supplied) in County Mayo will receive farm payments; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [37747/15] - Targeted Agricultural Modernisation Scheme
427. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine his plans to re-introduce the installation aid for young farmers; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [37749/15] - GLAS Data
428. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the number of farmers who have, to date, been officially informed that they have been accepted into the green low carbon... - Rural Development Plan
429. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the allocation in the rural development plan 2014 to 2020 for the new green low carbon agri-environment scheme; and if he will make a... - Targeted Agricultural Modernisation Scheme
430. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the assistance available from his Department to farmers, who are over 40 years of age, to build a shed to hold fodder; if no... - Fishing Industry
431. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the qualifications or criteria that an entity or company must have or satisfy, to be eligible to deliver the next local action... - Beef Data Programme
432. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the number of active participants in the beef data and genomics scheme; the number of farmers who have submitted samples; the number... - Harbour Authorities Properties
433. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if a property (details supplied) in County Dublin will be available for tender; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [37788/15] - Basic Payment Scheme
435. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine when a person (details supplied) in County Mayo will receive farm payments; the reason for the delay; and if he will make a statement... - Agriculture Scheme Payments
436. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine when payment under the areas of natural constraint scheme will issue to a person (details supplied) in County Mayo; and if he will... - Single Payment Scheme Appeals
437. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine when a decision will issue to a person (details supplied) in County Clare regarding an appeal of a penalty under the single farm... - Agriculture Scheme Payments
438. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine when a farmer (details supplied) in County Clare will receive payments under the single payment scheme and the areas of natural... - Farmers Indebtedness
439. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine his views regarding the matter of loans to individual farmers from banks and financial institutions for the past three years, for... - Agri-Environment Options Scheme Payments
440. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine when a person (details supplied) in County Galway will receive payments for 2014 and 2015 under the agri-environment options scheme;... - Basic Payment Scheme Eligibility
441. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if basic payments will be returned to a person (details supplied) in County Sligo; and if he will make a statement on the matter.... - Scéimeanna Rannach
444. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine an bhfuil sé i gceist aige na rialacha a athrú chun gur féidir le hiascairí a fuair tonnáiste faoin... - Beef Data Programme
445. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if a non-genotyped four or five-star Irish Cattle Breeding Federation-rated cow in the herd prior to 5 June 2015, which is... - Basic Payment Scheme Applications
446. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the reason for the delay in the payment to a person (details supplied) in County Donegal under the area based payment scheme and the... - Basic Payment Scheme Eligibility
448. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine when a person (details supplied) in County Louth will receive a payment under the single payment scheme; and if he will make a... - Basic Payment Scheme Applications
449. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the status of a single payment for 2015 to a person (details supplied) in County Cork; and if he will make a statement on the matter.... - Areas of Natural Constraints Scheme Applications
450. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if the lands associated with a herd number (details supplied) qualify for payments under the areas of natural constraints scheme now;... - Basic Payment Scheme Applications
451. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine for an update on payments to a person (details supplied) in County Mayo. [37986/15] - Areas of Natural Constraints Scheme Applications
452. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the reason a payment has not issued to a person (details supplied) in County Galway under the areas of natural constraints scheme and... - Basic Payment Scheme Applications
453. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the reason a payment has not issued to a person (details supplied) in County Galway under the areas of natural constraints scheme and... - Areas of Natural Constraints Scheme Applications
455. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine when payment under the area aid scheme will issue to a person (details supplied) in County Clare; and if he will make a statement on... - Tuberculosis Testing
456. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine for details of any improvement in the tuberculosis testing used on Irish cattle since it was first introduced; and if he will make a... - Waste Disposal
457. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the licences necessary, and the regulations that must be complied with, when a person wishes to establish an animal waste disposal... - Basic Payment Scheme Applications
458. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine when a payment under the basic payment scheme will issue to a person (details provided) in County Kerry; and if he will make a... - Animal Breeding Regulations
459. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will review the rules and guidelines surrounding dog breeding establishments; and if he will make a statement on the matter.... - Agriculture Scheme Payments
460. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine when a farmer (details supplied) in County Clare will receive payments under the single payment scheme and the areas of natural... - GLAS Applications
463. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will extend the closing date for the green low-carbon agri-environment scheme 2 until 20 December 2015; and if he will make a... - EU Funding
464. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine when €13.7 million made available by the European Union due to the crisis in the dairy industry will be paid to dairy farmers;... - Agriculture Scheme Payments
465. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine when payment under the areas of natural constraints scheme and the basic payment scheme will issue to a farmer (details supplied) in... - Departmental Schemes
466. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the estimated cost of the areas of natural constraints scheme, if the cutbacks that applied since 2008 to it and to the disadvantaged... - Agri-Environment Options Scheme Applications
467. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine when a payment will issue to a person (details supplied) in County Clare; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [38190/15] - Agriculture Scheme Payments
469. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine when a person in County Mayo will receive farm payments; the reason for the delay; and if he will make a statement on the matter.... - Basic Payment Scheme Applications
470. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine further to Question No. 112 of 13 October 2015, when a payment will issue to a person (details supplied); and if he will make a... - Bovine Disease Levies
472. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine when a farmer from County Clare (details supplied) will receive a payment under the bovine viral diarrhoea compensation scheme; and... - Hardship Grant Scheme Applications
473. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine when a hardship grant in respect of tuberculosis restrictions will issue to a person (details supplied) in County Cork; and if he... - Areas of Natural Constraints Scheme Applications
474. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine when headage payments for 2015 will issue to a person (details supplied) in County Donegal; and if he will make a statement on the... - Basic Payment Scheme Applications
475. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine when a payment will issue to a person (details supplied) in County Cork [38261/15] - Agriculture Scheme Payments
477. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine when a person (details supplied) in County Clare will receive payments under the single farm payment scheme and the areas of natural... - Waste Management Regulations
478. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine to outline his views on the spreading of human waste as slurry or fertiliser on Irish farmlands; the measures in place to protect the... - Single Payment Scheme Payments
479. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine to explain the reason a person (details supplied) in County Clare only received a payment for 12.2 entitlements under the single farm... - Single Payment Scheme Applications
480. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine when a payment under the single payment scheme will issue to a person in County Tipperary (details supplied); and if he will make a... - Basic Payment Scheme Applications
481. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine further to Parliamentary Question No. 329 of 16 July 2015 if he will provide an update on this matter; and if he will make a... - Disadvantaged Areas Scheme Applications
482. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine when a payment under the disadvantaged areas scheme will issue to a person (details supplied) in County Tipperary; and if he will... - Suckler Welfare Scheme Payments
484. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine when a payment under the 2012 suckler cow scheme will issue to a person (details supplied) in County Tipperary; and if he will make a... - Agriculture Scheme Payments
485. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine when a person (details supplied) in County Leitrim will receive farm payments; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [38352/15] - Single Payment Scheme Payments
486. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine to explain the reason persons (details supplied) in County Kilkenny have not received payment under the single payment scheme; if... - Single Payment Scheme Applications
487. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine to explain the reason a person (details supplied) in County Clare has not been facilitated with a farm payment; and if he will make a... - Basic Payment Scheme Payments
488. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine when a farmer (details supplied) in County Mayo will receive farm payments; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [38380/15] - Agriculture Scheme Payments
490. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine to set out the steps he will take to ensure that all payments due to a person (details supplied) in County Westmeath under the... - Departmental Staff Career Breaks
491. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine to set out the number of civil servants under his remit who have been reinstated in recent years after taking a career break; and if...
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