Written answers

Wednesday, 30 November 2016

Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine

 
  • Agriculture Scheme Eligibility
    13. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine his plans for the inclusion of young farmers that are new entrants to farming in the animal welfare sheep scheme as the payments are...
  • Beef Data and Genomics Programme
    14. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the number of farmers participating in the beef data genomics scheme that have completed a beef carbon navigator; and if he will make...
  • Agriculture Scheme Payments
    15. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine his views on whether, with the advent of digital mapping, that to penalise farmers for overclaims, which were not deemed to be...
  • Agrifood Sector
    16. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine his views on whether production levels are getting too high for the markets Ireland currently has; the actions planned to prevent a...
  • Commonage Framework Plans
    17. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the reason, under the GLAS scheme, common framework plan, farmers within GLAS are now expected to inform on their non-GLAS commonage...
  • Oireachtas Joint Committee Recommendations
    18. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine his plans to implement Recommendation 10 of the Report on Promoting Sustainable Rural Coastal and Island Communities which recommends...
  • Food Wise 2025 Strategy
    19. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the way the Food Wise 2025 strategy addresses climate change and sustainability; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [37724/16]
  • Dairy Sector
    20. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine his plans to deal with the forthcoming increase in stock in the dairy sector and its inevitable impact on the beef market. [37696/16]
  • Natura 2000
    21. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the plans in place to update the baseline scientific studies carried out by the Marine Institute in relation to the Natura designated...
  • Afforestation Programme
    22. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine his plans to significantly increase the national afforestation programme from its current levels in view of climate change mitigation...
  • Organic Farming Scheme Eligibility
    23. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the reason his Department has made the decision since 2015 not to fund new entrants into the organic farming scheme; and if he will...
  • Fishing Industry
    24. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine his views on whether fishermen who are undocumented and whose employers are not engaging in the regularisation scheme should be...
  • Severe Weather Events
    25. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the emergency funding that will be made available to tillage farmers in view of recent severe weather; and if he will make a statement...
  • Brexit Issues
    26. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the representations he has made to his equivalent in the UK in relation to the potential serious implications of Brexit on fishing in...
  • Fish Quotas
    27. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine his views on the EU Commission’s proposals for white fish stocks; the steps he will take to ensure Ireland secures a sizeable...
  • Brexit Issues
    28. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if his Department has carried out an analysis or assessment of the impact upon the CAP basic payment scheme for Irish farmers due to...
  • GLAS Data
    29. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the current uptake of commonage farmers in the GLAS scheme; the number of commonage management plans submitted to date; and if he will...
  • Cereal Sector
    30. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the steps he has taken in assisting to procure emergency aid from Europe for tillage farmers badly effected by weather in 2016; if he...
  • Horse Racing Ireland
    31. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine his views on recent appointments to the board of Horse Racing Ireland; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [37691/16]
  • Fishing Industry
    32. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he has received a report from the Workplace Relations Commission on the raids that have been carried out on fishing ports in an...
  • Farm Household Incomes
    33. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the extent to which he expects to be in a position to continue to engage with the agri-food sector with a view to achieving a...
  • Agriculture Industry
    34. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the way in which the EU agricultural markets task force recommendations will help get a fairer price for Irish beef and lamb...
  • Food Wise 2025 Strategy
    35. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will undertake a review of Food Wise 2025 considering the targets in the strategy were forecast on the assumption that the UK...
  • Live Exports
    36. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine his plans to remove trade barriers to the live trade to Northern Ireland and Britain in the context of Brexit. [37697/16]
  • GLAS Administration
    37. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will seek to broaden the GLAS scheme to allow additional farmers who have been excluded in previous rounds to access the scheme;...
  • Fishing Industry
    38. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine his views on the low take up of work permits for the regularisation of atypical non-EEA fishermen; his further views on the apparent...
  • European Court of Justice Rulings
    39. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the steps he proposes to take in view of a judgment (details supplied) which found that the European Commission acted beyond its...
  • Fishing Industry
    40. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the progress made in addressing the implications of the Barlow judgment which currently renders it illegal for fishing vessels...
  • Hare Coursing Regulation
    42. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine his views on whether the treatment of hares is humane in view of recently reported incidents (details supplied); and if he will make a...

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