Written answers
Thursday, 21 January 2016
Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine
- Sheepmeat Sector
10. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will introduce a premium of €20 per ewe to assist sheep and hill farmers; and if he will make a statement on the matter.... - Food Safety Standards
11. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine while accepting the high level of traceability on Irish farms, if beef factories have full traceability of beef; if over 30-month old... - Fish Quotas
12. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if European Union quotas are decided on historical fishing track-record, how Lithuania secured a horse mackerel and mackerel quota in... - GLAS Administration
13. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the status of the roll-out of the green low-carbon agri-environment scheme including the expected expenditure in 2016; the estimated... - Direct Payment Scheme Applications
14. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will introduce a sheep direct payment as suggested by some farm organisations; and if he will make a statement on the matter.... - Suckler Welfare Scheme Payments
15. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will work towards a suckler cow premium of €200 per head in order to ensure that beef farmers can remain in business; and... - Competition Law
16. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine his views on the move by the ABP Food Group to take a 50% stake in Slaney Foods; the effect this will have on competition in the beef... - Beef Exports
17. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine why beef exports to the United States of America were worth only €11 million in 2015, when predictions were that sales there... - Beef Genomics Scheme
18. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the estimated expenditure under the beef data and genomics scheme in 2016; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [2306/16] - Beef Industry
19. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the extent to which he has studied the recent submissions from the Irish Farmers' Association regarding price competition in the beef... - Forestry Management
20. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he has considered the contribution to reducing flood-risk non-native shallow rooted trees, soil compaction by clear-felling with... - Fertiliser Industry
21. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine his efforts at the European Council of Ministers and his engagements with the European Commission to ensure a concerted European Union... - Forestry Management
22. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he is aware of suggestions and examples of other countries where reforestation of the uplands with native species is a key measure... - Competition Law
24. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if the recent sale of Slaney Meats to ABP Food Group will further reduce competition in the beef sector; if the Consumer and... - Dairy Sector
25. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if the dairy sector can compete effectively on the global and European Union markets given the abolition of milk quotas; if any... - Forestry Sector
26. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will establish a dedicated unit focused on ensuring native forestry is used as a climate change mitigation measure, given recent... - Food Harvest 2020 Strategy
27. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if Food Harvest 2020, which aims to significantly increase dairy cow numbers, will result in the European Union imposing emissions... - Dairy Sector
28. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will increase Irish milk production; his efforts to ensure banks afford credit flexibility to farmers while the Irish dairy... - Beef Industry
29. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the measures he will take to ensure healthy competition prevails in the Irish beef industry. [2276/16] - Harbours and Piers
30. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will introduce pay-parking in Howth, County Dublin; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [2203/16]
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