Written answers

Friday, 16 September 2016

Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine

 
  • Horse Racing Ireland Staff
    1478. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the status of a five-year contract extension of the current CEO of Horse Racing Ireland; and if he will make a statement on the...
  • Horse Racing Ireland
    1480. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will correct the record of Dáil Éireann in regard to the reply to Parliamentary Question No. 449 of 12 July 2016, in...
  • Targeted Agricultural Modernisation Scheme
    1481. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if a subsidy is still in existence for the installation of electricity in slatted sheds and farm out offices; and if he will make a...
  • Horse Racing Ireland Staff
    1482. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if there are legislatively required term limits for the position of CEO of Horse Racing Ireland and if so, his views on the way...
  • Appointments to State Boards
    1483. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will report on the consultations he undertook when he reappointed the CEO of Horse Racing Ireland; if these consultations...
  • Horse Racing Ireland Staff
    1484. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if the CEO of Horse Racing Ireland is employed on a contract of Indefinite duration; and if so, the financial implications of this...
  • Horse Racing Ireland Funding
    1486. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the State funding that has been provided to Horse Racing Ireland each year for the past five years. [25173/16]
  • Horse Racing Ireland Staff
    1487. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the current remuneration of the CEO of Horse Racing Ireland; the remuneration package that has been attributed to this position each...
  • Horse Racing Ireland Expenditure
    1488. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if his attention has been drawn to, and if he agreed with, the board of Horse Racing Ireland (HRI) which sanctioned for the CEO of...
  • Beef Technology Adoption Programme Payments
    1489. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if his Department, or a body under its aegis, has any concerns regarding the introduction of flupyradifurone insecticide on bees or...
  • Horse Racing Ireland Staff
    1490. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will reconcile his answer to Parliamentary Question No. 449 of 12 July 2016 regarding the reappointment of the chief executive...
  • Young Farmer Capital Investment Scheme Eligibility
    1491. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the status of an application by a person (details supplied) under the young farmer capital investment scheme; and if he will make a...
  • Appointments to State Boards
    1492. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he is satisfied that all public appointments that come within the remit of his responsibilities have followed Government...
  • Agriculture Scheme Payments
    1496. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine further to Parliamentary Question No. 682 of 12 July 2016, when payments will issue to a person (details supplied); and if he will...
  • Beef Data Programme
    1497. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will consider re-opening the suckler cow scheme to new entrants for the coming year to facilitate those not already...
  • Areas of Natural Constraint Scheme
    1498. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will seek to have included in budget 2017 the €25 million areas of natural constraint scheme disadvantaged areas...
  • Targeted Agricultural Modernisation Scheme
    1499. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the reason for the delay in payments to farmers who have been approved for TAMS, for tranches 1 and 2, and if he will consider...
  • Agri-Environment Options Scheme Payments
    1500. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the status of a payment under the agricultural environment options scheme for a person (details supplied); and if he will make a...
  • Basic Payment Scheme Applications
    1501. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the status of an application under the basic payment scheme by a person (details supplied). [24412/16]
  • GLAS Payments
    1502. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine further to Parliamentary Question No. 233 of 14 July 2016, when a person (details supplied) will receive payment under the 2015...
  • Agriculture Scheme Payments
    1503. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will make payments as soon as possible from the producer organisation funding due to the...
  • Agriculture Scheme Eligibility
    1504. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the farming sectors the EU aid package worth €11.1 million is open to; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [24515/16]
  • Climate Change Policy
    1505. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine his assessment of the challenges facing the farming sector following the recent report on climate smart agriculture; and if he will...
  • Aquaculture Licence Applications
    1506. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the status of an application for a fishing licence by a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter....
  • Fish Quotas
    1507. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the amount of the sentinel herring fish quota that was left at 31 December 2015 (details supplied). [24567/16]
  • Animal Identification Schemes
    1510. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the extent to which he remains satisfied regarding the traceability of animals and authentication of the various documents relating...
  • UK Referendum on EU Membership
    1511. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he has sought a meeting or is planning to seek a meeting with the person who has been appointed chief negotiator for Brexit on...
  • Pigmeat Sector
    1512. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will increase the current grant aid ceiling for the pigmeat sector; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [24690/16]
  • Agriculture Scheme Penalties
    1513. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine his plans to review all penalties imposed on farmers during 2010 to 2015 in view of a High Court decision (details supplied); and if...
  • Farm Inspections
    1514. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the number of inspections that were carried out in County Tipperary between 2010 and 2015 in tabular form; the percentage of these...
  • Agriculture Scheme Penalties
    1515. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the number of farmers in County Tipperary that were penalised during 2010 to 2015 who appealed the decision; the percentage of the...
  • Departmental Expenditure
    1516. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the number of credit cards issued to Ministers and officials working in his Department; the amount spent on credit cards by his...
  • Installation Aid Scheme Applications
    1519. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine when an installation aid scheme payment will be granted to a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the...
  • Basic Payment Scheme Payments
    1520. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine when full payment under the basic payment scheme will issue to a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the...
  • Agriculture Scheme Payments
    1522. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the detail of payments made or due to a person (details supplied) under his Department's schemes for 2015; and if he will make a...
  • Agri-Environment Options Scheme Payments
    1523. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the amounts repaid relating to over-claiming on the AEOS for 2015 by a person (details supplied); if there is an appeals procedure...
  • GLAS Eligibility
    1524. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine when a person (details supplied) will be entered into GLAS taking into account they were refused entry to GLAS 2 as his...
  • GLAS Appeals
    1525. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine when a person (details supplied) will receive a decision on their appeal against the refusal to allow their entry to the GLAS due to...
  • Young Farmers Scheme
    1526. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine when a person (details supplied) will receive a decision on their appeal against the refusal to allow their entry to the young...
  • Forestry Sector
    1527. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine his views on a matter (details supplied) regarding a forestry rule; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [24989/16]
  • Agriculture Appeals Board
    1528. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the reason for the delay in appointing a director to the Agriculture Appeals Office; when a director will be appointed to this...
  • GLAS Issues
    1529. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the detail of the locally led agri-environment schemes (details given) run in conjunction with the broader GLAS; if he will...
  • Farm Inspections
    1530. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine his views on a matter (details supplied) regarding sheep inspections; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [25103/16]
  • Agricultural Colleges Courses
    1531. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine his views on a matter (details supplied) regarding farm courses for new entrants; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
  • Basic Payment Scheme Payments
    1532. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine when a 2015 BPS payment will issue to a person (details supplied) who has had entitlements transferred to them and land leased; and...
  • Harbours and Piers
    1534. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the agency or body that is tasked with the responsibility for a harbour (details supplied) in County Cork; and if he will make a...
  • Harbours and Piers Expenditure
    1535. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will confirm details of the most recent capital investment plan announced by his Department to facilitate local authority...
  • Horse Racing Ireland
    1536. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the current length of service of the CEO of Horse Racing Ireland; if there is regulation concerning the maximum length of service of...
  • Harbours and Piers Expenditure
    1541. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the figure for the annual capital spend on the development and upgrading of harbours for fisheries listed by harbour and year for...
  • Equine Passports
    1545. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the conditions that apply to the grant given in 2016 to the Connemara Pony Breeders Society regarding the testing of ponies; if his...
  • Bovine Disease Controls
    1546. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine further to Parliamentary Question No. 491 of 28 June 2016, when payment will issue to a person (details supplied); and if he will...
  • Basic Payment Scheme Payments
    1547. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the reason his Department has penalised a person (details supplied) on the grounds of an administrative error carried out by the...
  • Afforestation Programme
    1548. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the status of an appeal by a person (details supplied) under the afforestation scheme; and if he will make a statement on the...
  • TAMS Applications
    1549. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine when a person (details supplied) will be facilitated with regard to an application for TAMS 1; and if he will make a statement on...
  • Road Safety
    1550. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine his views on a matter (details supplied) regarding hedges on roads; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [25333/16]
  • TB Eradication Scheme
    1552. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will review the compensation paid to farmers who have had tuberculosis reactors in their herd; if he will review in particular...
  • Animal Welfare
    1553. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if his Department will continue to monitor the situation regarding the impending closure of a company (details supplied) with a view...
  • Departmental Expenditure
    1554. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the landlords to whom his Department or bodies under his aegis paid rent in each of the past three years; and the sums paid in each...
  • Forestry Grants
    1555. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine when forestry payments will issue to a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [25457/16]
  • TB Eradication Scheme
    1556. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will supply farmers with the exact results of gamma blood tests on cattle rather than just a positive or negative result....
  • Bovine Disease Controls
    1557. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine his views on a matter (details supplied) regarding farmers who are requested to BVD all new born calves; and if he will make a...
  • Single Payment Scheme Payments
    1558. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine further to Parliamentary Question No. 489 of 21 June 2016, when payment will issue to a person (details supplied); and if he will...
  • Basic Payment Scheme Data
    1559. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the number of farmers who were affected in 2015 by the ceiling of the basic payment scheme of €150,000; the number of these...
  • GLAS Data
    1561. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the total payments made to date under GLAS; the total number of participants; when it is anticipated that all remaining payments for...
  • Beef Genomics Scheme
    1562. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the number of farmers currently in the beef data and genomics scheme, broken down by the number of eligible cows the farmer has in...
  • Forestry Sector
    1564. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will provide a breakdown of the number of persons employed in the forestry sector here; and the number of those persons...
  • Horse Racing Industry
    1565. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the status of a funding request for an organisation (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [25614/16]
  • Departmental Submissions
    1566. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the status of a submission to his Department by an organisation (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter....
  • GLAS Applications
    1567. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the status of a farm payment in respect of a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [25618/16]
  • Transfer of Entitlements Application
    1568. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the status of farm payments in respect of a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [25637/16]
  • Organic Farming Scheme
    1569. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will introduce a new scheme or create more places on the current scheme for new organic farmers; and if he will make a...
  • Food Labelling
    1570. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine his plans to undertake research into the introduction of warning packaging for meat products or warnings in all areas that meat is...
  • Bord na gCon Funding
    1571. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the amount of State funding provided to Bord na gCon for each of the past five years; and the numbers employed and amount of this...
  • GLAS Payments
    1573. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine when a person (details supplied) will receive a GLAS payment; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [25716/16]
  • Single Payment Scheme Payments
    1574. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the status of a farm payment in respect of a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [25731/16]
  • Land Issues
    1576. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if the files, documents and maps relating to the Land Commission are available for public inspection; the location at which all of...
  • GLAS Payments
    1577. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine when a second GLAS payment will issue to persons (details supplied). [25784/16]
  • Forestry Grants
    1578. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the funding available to replant damaged forestry plantations; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [25791/16]
  • Organic Farming Scheme
    1579. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine when the organic farming scheme will open again for applications for new entrants and for existing producers and manufacturers....
  • TAMS Applications
    1580. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the status of an application by a person (details supplied) for a farm building grant. [25851/16]
  • Agriculture Schemes
    1581. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine his plans to put a grant aid scheme in place in conjunction with the Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment...
  • Transfer of Entitlements Application
    1582. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine when a decision will be made on an application for transfer of entitlements submitted by a person (details supplied); the reason for...
  • Postal Codes
    1583. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the efforts his Department and agencies under its remit have made to use Eircode when communicating with households via An Post; and...
  • Sheepmeat Sector
    1584. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine his plans to introduce a scheme to assist sheep farmers particularly those working on hills and commonages throughout the west of...
  • EU Directives
    1585. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the position with regard to glyphosate following recent decisions in the EU; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [25939/16]
  • Dairy Sector
    1586. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he considered a request from an organisation (details supplied) on the urgent need to provide financial assistance to dairy...
  • Agri-Environment Options Scheme Appeals
    1587. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine further to Parliamentary Question No.193 of 19 May 2016 regarding an AEOS payment on behalf of a person (details supplied), if an...
  • Agriculture Scheme Applications
    1588. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine when an application will be processed for persons (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [26033/16]
  • Young Farmers Scheme
    1589. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the status of a farm payment in respect of a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [26034/16]
  • Bord na gCon Funding
    1591. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will refuse any further State funding to the Irish Greyhound Board and the greyhound industry (details supplied). [26047/16]
  • Appointments to State Boards
    1592. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the list of all vacancies that existed on 26 February 2016 and all positions that have arisen since, including the date it became...
  • Departmental Priorities
    1593. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the projects his Department is prioritising in budget 2017; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [26143/16]
  • Fishing Industry Data
    1594. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the number of Irish fishing boats docked in Irish ports for longer than six months per port, in tabular form; and if he will make a...
  • Young Farmers Scheme Eligibility
    1595. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if a person (details supplied) has now qualified under a specific scheme. [26151/16]
  • GLAS Applications
    1596. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the status of a GLAS application for a person (details supplied); if the commonage of the GLAS element of the application will be...
  • Basic Payment Scheme Applications
    1597. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the status of a single farm payment application for a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter....
  • Pigmeat Sector
    1599. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine when a reply will issue to an interim response (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [26173/16]
  • Greyhound Industry
    1600. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will report on his recent meeting with the Irish Greyhound Owners and Breeders Federation; his plans for this industry; if his...
  • Tax Code
    1601. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the potential cost to the Exchequer of introducing an income volatility management tool modelled on the Australian farm management...
  • GLAS Administration
    1603. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine when GLAS 3 will be open; and the timeframe that approvals under GLAS will be implemented. [26241/16]
  • Basic Payment Scheme Payments
    1604. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the reason for the delay in payments being issued to a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter....
  • Severe Weather Events Response
    1606. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the reason funding is being provided for only 2000 ha under the windblown reconstitution scheme when it is estimated that 8,000 ha...
  • Fish Imports
    1608. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the total annual quantity of north American lobsters imported here both live and frozen whether directly through Irish BIPS or...
  • Fish Quotas
    1609. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the status of the herring quota allocation and the request from his Department for an additional 1,000 tonnes from the European...
  • Pigmeat Sector
    1610. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if payment will be made to a person (details supplied) under the pig compensation scheme; if he will ensure that no further delay...
  • Targeted Agricultural Modernisation Scheme
    1611. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the number of applications received and approvals issued to date under the targeted agricultural modernisation scheme II in Cavan...
  • Basic Payment Scheme Payments
    1612. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine when payments will commence under the basic payment scheme and the areas of natural constraints scheme; and if he will make a...
  • Mushroom Industry
    1614. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will provide financial assistance to a sector (details supplied) due to difficulties that have arisen due to the weakening of...
  • Targeted Agricultural Modernisation Scheme
    1615. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine when decisions will be returned on all applications received under tranche 3 of the TAMS II young farmer capital investment scheme;...
  • Beef Data Programme
    1616. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the potential cost to the Exchequer of reopening the beef data and genomic scheme in 2016. [26361/16]
  • Food Harvest 2020 Strategy
    1617. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the total number of meetings of the Food Harvest 2020 high level implementation group in the period 2011 to 2016; the number of...
  • Suckler Welfare Scheme Data
    1618. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the number of participants under the suckler welfare scheme in each year of existence on a county basis, in tabular form; the total...
  • Targeted Agricultural Modernisation Scheme
    1619. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the number of applications received, in total, under the targeted agricultural modernisation scheme 2 on a county basis in tabular...
  • Food Imports
    1620. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the beef import quotas and other food quotas agreed from Canada to the EU under the CETA trade agreement; if Irish farming interests...
  • Agriculture Industry
    1621. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the immediate steps being taken to safeguard Irish agrifood jobs in light of several closures recently attributed to the currency...
  • Beef Exports
    1622. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the total value of Irish beef sales to the USA on a month by month basis in 2015 and 2016; the original targets set out; if he is...
  • EU Funding
    1623. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the measures that farmers will be able to avail of to drawdown funding under the €11 million EU conditional aid package; when...
  • Targeted Agricultural Modernisation Scheme
    1624. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the status of a TAMS II application made in respect of a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter....

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