Written answers

Tuesday, 17 January 2017

Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine

 
  • GLAS Payments
    1355. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the status of a GLAS 3 payment for a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [41040/16]
  • Grant Payments
    1357. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine when grants for slatted sheds will issue; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [41071/16]
  • Basic Payment Scheme Payments
    1358. 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. [41074/16]
  • Climate Change Policy
    1360. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the plans he has developed in his Department to meet the terms of Climate Action and Low Carbon Development Act 2015. [41214/16]
  • Crop Treatments
    1361. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if his attention has been drawn to the fact that the World Health Organization said last year that pre-harvest desiccation with...
  • Pesticide Use
    1365. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine his plans to introduce legislation to strengthen safety of farmers and consumers from such chemicals; and if he will make a...
  • Pension Levy
    1366. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine further to Parliamentary Question Nos. 154 of 1 December 2016 and 269 of 7 December 2016, the semi-State companies under the aegis...
  • Beef Data and Genomics Programme
    1367. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will provide a breakdown of farmers in counties Cavan and Monaghan who have applied for the beef data and genomics programme;...
  • GLAS Payments
    1368. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine when farmers who qualify for GLAS Plus can expect a balancing three-month payment on the additional 2015 €2,000 GLAS moneys;...
  • Animal Welfare
    1369. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine his plans to ban the use of animals in circuses here; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [41431/16]
  • Fishing Industry
    1370. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine his views on a matter (details supplied) regarding foreign trawlers; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [41455/16]
  • Water Pollution
    1371. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he has been informed of reports of an incident of pollution having recently occurred at a coastal location (details supplied);...
  • Fish Quotas
    1372. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the position regarding the reported increase in fish quotas per tonne for 2016; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [41482/16]
  • Food Imports
    1373. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will confirm that the European Commissioner has lifted the ban on horses from outside the EU entering the human food chain,...
  • EU Directives
    1374. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine further to a parliamentary question of 6 December 2016, if it is correct that EU Directives Reference 262/2015, which was published...
  • Animal Welfare
    1375. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the number of circuses registered here under Article 4 of the Commission Regulation (EC) No. 1739/2005 each year for each of the...
  • Crop Treatments
    1381. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine his plans to ban the use of glyphosate here in the interest of public health. [41517/16]
  • Imports Data
    1382. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the number of sheep imports into the Republic of Ireland for each of the years 2011 to 2016 and to date in 2017, in tabular form;...
  • Fisheries Protection
    1384. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine his views on a matter (details supplied) the catching of dogfish off coasts here; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
  • Areas of Natural Constraint Scheme Appeals
    1385. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the status of a review of the case of a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [41547/16]
  • TAMS Applications
    1386. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the status of an application for TAMS II; when the persons (details supplied) will receive confirmation of decision; and if he will...
  • Departmental Staff Recruitment
    1388. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if there are vacant posts in his Department in Rosslare Harbour; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [41568/16]
  • Wildlife Regulations
    1389. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine his views on a matter (details supplied) regarding the illegal use of lurcher dogs for coursing; and if he will make a statement on...
  • National Reserve Data
    1390. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the number of persons who applied to join the national reserve in 2016 and to date in 2017; if he will provide a breakdown of which...
  • Basic Payment Scheme Applications
    1391. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the status of an application for a Scottish derogation for a person (details supplied). [41616/16]
  • Grant Payments
    1392. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the status of the case of a person (details supplied) who has been penalised on farm payments; and if he will make a statement on...
  • Knowledge Transfer Programme
    1393. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the status of an appeal by a person (details supplied) in respect of a payment to be made under the knowledge transfer discussion...
  • Targeted Agricultural Modernisation Scheme
    1394. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine his plans to reintroduce a drainage scheme for farmland in counties Cavan and Monaghan; and if he will make a statement on the...
  • Forestry Sector
    1395. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the reason there is a tax incentive to plant forestry; the objective of his Department with this scheme; the percentage of the west...
  • Single Payment Scheme Payments
    1396. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the details of the order under which his Department is holding payments for a person (details supplied). [41669/16]
  • Capital Expenditure Programme
    1402. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the value of capital investment projects and grants under way or approved for funding by his Department, for County Wexford; and if...
  • GLAS Payments
    1403. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine when a GLAS payment will issue to a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [41849/16]
  • Young Farmers Scheme Eligibility
    1404. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the status of a national reserve payment appeal for a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter....
  • Hen Harriers Threat Response Plan
    1405. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine when it is intended to introduce the promised so-called hen harrier scheme for farmers whose land is designated for the hen harrier;...
  • Areas of Natural Constraint Scheme
    1406. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will outline the process of the review of areas of natural constraint being undertaken by the EU; and if he will make a...
  • Dairy Equipment Scheme Applications
    1410. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the status of a grant for a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [1010/17]
  • Rural Development Programme Data
    1411. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the total expenditure on the rural development programme, RDP, for each of the years 2014 to 2016, broken down by schemes (details...
  • Tillage Sector
    1414. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will accept the recommendations of the Joint Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine for action in support of the...
  • GLAS Eligibility
    1416. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if the issues in relation to accepting a person (details supplied) into GLAS 2 related to internal problems with his Department's...
  • Departmental Expenditure
    1417. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will outline all funding announcements made by him or by his Department for projects in County Mayo since January 2015, in...
  • GLAS Payments
    1418. 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. [1069/17]
  • Young Farmers Scheme Eligibility
    1419. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the status of an appeal on a decision on a farm payment in respect of a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement...
  • Areas of Natural Constraint Scheme
    1420. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the reason the island rate of areas of natural constraint, ANC, scheme payment is not paid to farmers farming islands on inland...
  • Departmental Records
    1421. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the cost per year for the past three years for the storage and archiving of his Department's files and records at off-site locations...
  • Young Farmers Scheme
    1422. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the supports or entitlements available to young farmers that meet the eligibility criteria under the young farmers scheme but hold...
  • GLAS Applications
    1423. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the status of an application for GLAS payments by persons (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [1145/17]
  • Forestry Sector
    1424. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the reason forestry targets of 20,000 ha per annum and more recently of 15,000 ha per annum, as outlined in reports (details...
  • Ash Dieback Threat
    1425. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the position regarding the continued removal of chalara-infected ash trees in view of the fact that the disease has been found in...
  • Departmental Staff Data
    1426. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the number of full-time equivalent Civil Service workers in gross income ranges (details supplied) in his Department for each of the...
  • Harbours and Piers Development
    1427. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if his attention has been drawn to the real need to develop facilities at Greencastle Harbour and Leenan Pier in County Donegal; if...
  • Compensation Schemes
    1428. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine his plans to provide a compensation scheme for farmers in counties Kerry and Cork which were affected by bad weather during the...
  • Areas of Natural Constraint Scheme
    1429. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine his plans to review the current area of natural constraint payment system to ensure that those farmers, predominantly based in the...
  • GLAS Payments
    1430. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the status of a GLAS payment for a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [1246/17]
  • Beef Data and Genomics Programme
    1431. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine when a person (details supplied) in County Wexford will be paid their 2014 beef data payment. [1252/17]
  • Harbours and Piers
    1432. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the details of all the agencies and or bodies with which his Department consulted prior to the decision to submit an application for...
  • Young Farmer Capital Investment Scheme Applications
    1433. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the reason for the delay in having payment under a scheme issued to a person (details supplied) in County Cork. [1288/17]
  • GLAS Payments
    1434. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the status of outstanding GLAS payments (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [1302/17]
  • Compensation Schemes
    1435. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the status of a compensation payment in respect of a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [1314/17]
  • GLAS Payments
    1436. 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. [1368/17]
  • Basic Payment Scheme Payments
    1437. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the steps he will take to ensure that basic farm payments and-or disadvantaged farm payments due to a person (details supplied) are...
  • GLAS Payments
    1438. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the steps he will take to ensure that a GLAS payment for 2016 due to a person (details supplied) is immediately paid out; and if he...
  • TAMS Data
    1439. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the number of payments by county issued under the TAMS scheme in 2016; the value of TAMS payment to each county; the number of files...
  • TAMS Administration
    1440. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the rationale for there being no facility to make amendments to a TAMS plan post submission to his Department; if he will review...
  • Beef Industry
    1441. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine his views on the perceived achievements of the beef forum to date; if he has satisfied himself with its role or is of the view that...
  • Areas of Natural Constraint Scheme
    1442. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the status of the ANC review; when it is intended to publish the relevant maps; the 2017 timescale for other review milestones; and...
  • Forestry Grants
    1443. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine when a grant application will be awarded to persons (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [1412/17]
  • GLAS Applications
    1444. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if a person (details supplied) will be included in the GLAS 3 scheme when it is announced shortly; and if he will make a statement...
  • Areas of Natural Constraint Scheme Payments
    1445. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine when a person (details supplied) in County Donegal can expect to receive a payment for the 2016 areas of natural constraint scheme;...
  • Single Payment Scheme Payments
    1446. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine when a person (details supplied) in County Donegal can expect to receive the 2016 single farm payment; and if he will make a...
  • Areas of Natural Constraint Scheme
    1447. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine when the current areas of natural constraints scheme review with respect to designating eligible areas is expected to be completed;...
  • Forestry Sector
    1448. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the status of a forestry application submitted in August 2016 for a person (details supplied) in County Westmeath; and if he will...
  • TAMS Payments
    1449. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the reason an application for a TAMS payment is being held up in respect of a person (details supplied); and if he will make a...
  • GLAS Payments
    1450. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the status of a GLAS payment for a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [1692/17]
  • Human Rights
    1451. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if his department has complied with section 42 of the Irish Human Rights and Equality Commission Act 2014 which requires his...
  • Areas of Natural Constraint Scheme Payments
    1452. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine when a person (details supplied) can expect an ANC payment; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [1834/17]
  • GLAS Data
    1453. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the number of farmers that have participated in REPS and-or AEOS and now find themselves in tier 3 with respect to an application...
  • GLAS Payments
    1454. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the status of a GLAS payment in respect of a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [1922/17]
  • Basic Payment Scheme Eligibility
    1458. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the reason a plot of blanket bog (details supplied) which was deemed eligible for the single farm payment has been deemed ineligible...
  • Transfer of Entitlements Application
    1459. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if payments due to a person (details supplied) will issue immediately; and the reason for the delay. [1949/17]

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