Written answers
Monday, 11 September 2017
Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine
- Departmental Staff Recruitment
1291. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine further to Parliamentary Question No. 708 of 28 February 2017, if the recruitment restrictions within the Department of Agriculture,... - Departmental Funding
1292. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine further to Parliamentary Question No. 709 of 28 February 2017, the sources and amounts of funding to a company (details supplied) in... - Greyhound Industry
1293. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will provide financial assistance to a stadium (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [36869/17] - Departmental Staff Data
1294. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the number of employees at decentralised offices (details supplied); his plans to reduce the level of services administered from... - Fishing Industry
1295. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the reason the record for a person (details supplied) cannot be recognised in each of the years 2006 to 2016 and to date in 2017... - Marine Institute
1296. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine further to Parliamentary Question No. 709 of 28 February 2017, the details of the EU projects and the income supplied by his... - Basic Payment Scheme Eligibility
1298. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the options open to a person (details supplied) in County Wexford who cannot obtain entitlements for farming activities; and if he... - Harbour Authorities Properties
1299. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the action which has been taken by his Department to resolve the issues at Howth harbour highlighted by the Public Accounts... - Departmental Staff Data
1300. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the number of political staff employed in his Department, including parliamentary assistants, secretarial assistants, special... - GLAS Payments
1301. 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. [36968/17] - Departmental Staff Data
1302. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the number of women and men, respectively, employed in his Department, in tabular form. [37066/17] - Animal Slaughtering Data
1304. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the oversight and regulation of the capture of wallabies here (details supplied) and for the slaughtering of these animals for their... - Aquaculture Licence Applications
1306. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the status of an oyster licence application by a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [37139/17] - Greyhound Industry
1307. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the active and specific steps his Department is taking to stop the illegal trade of greyhounds and the cruelty involved in this in... - Departmental Expenditure
1308. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the cost his Department incurred in each of the past five years due to debit and credit card payment services and banking fees; the... - GLAS Eligibility
1309. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will amend the eligibility terms of GLAS to make it more accessible for new farmers; and if he will make a statement on the... - Basic Payment Scheme Eligibility
1310. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine If he will review the eligibility terms of the national reserve to make it more accessible for new farmers (details supplied); and... - Sheep Welfare Scheme
1311. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will amend the eligibility terms of the sheep welfare scheme to make it more accessible for persons (details supplied); and if... - Agriculture Scheme Appeals
1312. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the number of times his Department has appealed decisions of the independent agricultural appeals office in 2016 and to date in... - Departmental Properties
1314. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the properties at Dunmore East fisheries harbour that have lease or rental agreements involving his Department; and if he will... - Farm Data
1317. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the number of registered farmers over the age of 65; the number of registered farmers under 35 years of age; and if he will make a... - Departmental Expenditure
1318. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the investment his Department made in counties Cavan, Monaghan and Meath in 2016; and if he will make a statement on the matter.... - Areas of Natural Constraint Scheme Data
1319. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the number of applications received for the 2017 areas of natural constraints scheme by county; and if he will make a statement on... - Agriculture Scheme Appeals
1320. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the number of appeals pending decision by the director of appeals at the agricultural appeals office. [37707/17] - Rural Development Programme
1322. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if all payments under the rural development programme will be paid on time in view of the severe difficulties facing farmers due to... - Coillte Teoranta Lands
1323. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will address a matter (details supplied) regarding the sale of land; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [37867/17] - Animal Disease Controls
1324. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the steps taken to eliminate hoof wall separation disease in Connemara ponies; the reason testing has not been made mandatory for... - Hazardous Waste Sites
1325. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will report on the status of the cleanup of the former Irish Steel site in Haulbowline, County Cork. [37887/17] - Beef Data and Genomics Programme
1326. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will review a case (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [37932/17] - Noxious Weeds
1327. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the regulations regarding ragwort; and his plans to address its renewed growth. [37933/17] - TAMS Payments
1328. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine when a TAMS grant payment will issue to a person (details supplied) in County Waterford; and if he will make a statement on the... - Brexit Staff
1329. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if there is a senior official with designated responsibility for Brexit matters in his Department; if so, the grade of the... - Departmental Expenditure
1331. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the level of construction inflation that has been experienced by his Department in the 18 months to September 2017 in respect of... - Public Services Card
1332. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he, or bodies and agencies under the remit of his Department, plan to make services or payments dependant on the mandatory use... - GLAS Payments
1333. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the status of GLAS payment for a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [38156/17] - Legislative Measures
1336. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if his Department has conducted an assessment on the impact of the proposed restrictions on advertising, labelling and promotions... - Harbours and Piers
1337. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the reason camper vans are prohibited from the middle pier in Howth harbour, Dublin; his views on whether this will adversely affect... - Agriculture Industry
1338. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the measures he has taken to date to protect the ongoing sustainability of new entrant and small Irish whiskey and Irish gin... - Departmental Bodies
1339. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the annual percentage of staff of non-commercial State-sponsored bodies under the remit of his Department who were women, in each of... - Departmental Staff
1340. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the annual percentage of public service staff under the remit of his Department who were women, in each of the years from 2010 to... - Export Controls
1342. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine when the review of existing export markets in which conditions of certification present barriers to trade or additional costs for... - Departmental Websites
1343. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine when the new dedicated portal website, which will bring together in one location the full range of open markets and products and the... - Exports Data
1344. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the exports of beef, lamb, pigmeat and dairy to the USA to date in 2017; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [38453/17] - Export Controls
1345. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the progress on gaining access for Irish beef, lamb and pigmeat products to the United States; the outstanding stages in the... - Exports Data
1346. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the manufactured beef products exported to the United States on an annual basis in 2015 and 2016 and to date in 2017, by volume and... - GLAS Data
1347. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the number of persons in receipt of GLAS 1 and GLAS 2 who have received the 15% of their total 2016 payment, by county, in tabular... - Sheep Welfare Scheme Data
1348. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the number of persons active in the sheep welfare scheme; and the amount of expenditure drawn down in 2017 from the scheme. [38458/17] - Agriculture Scheme Data
1349. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine further to Parliamentary Questions Nos. 975, 976 and 978 of 13 July 2017, if the information requested been compiled. [38459/17] - TAMS Data
1350. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the number of applications received under the targeted agricultural modernisation scheme 2 by county; the number of approved... - Flood Relief Schemes
1351. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine his plans to re-open the emergency flood relief scheme for County Donegal farmers in view of the severe damage caused by flooding;... - Rural Development Programme
1353. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if the Rural Development Programme 2014-2020 contains references or measures under investments for the restoration of agricultural... - EU Funding
1354. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if the Government has made an application to the European Union Solidarity Fund and the European Regional Development Fund to... - Rural Development Programme
1355. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if the Rural Development Programme 2014-2020 contains references or measures under biogas production and anaerobic digestion... - Departmental Agencies Data
1356. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the specific targets set for agencies under his auspices in view of recent comments by the Taoiseach to double the Team Ireland... - Areas of Natural Constraint Scheme Review
1357. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the latest timeframe for the ANC review at EU level; the timeframe for maps to be produced for the review; the deadline by which... - Public Service Cards
1358. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if farmers will require public services cards to access EU farm payments. [38468/17] - Common Agricultural Policy Subsidies
1359. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the CAP market support measures available at EU level for producers under Article 221 of CAP Regulation Number 1308/2013. [38469/17] - Brexit Negotiations
1360. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he or his Government colleagues requested an increase in State aid de minimis limits at EU level to target support for exposed... - GLAS Data
1361. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the number of persons enrolled in GLAS 1 and 2 who have submitted their nutrient management plans to date; and the number who have... - Knowledge Transfer Programme
1362. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the number of knowledge transfer group participants who have completed animal health measures and have not completed animal health... - Dairy Sector
1364. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the steps taken to future-proof existing policy to deal with labour shortages in the dairy sector. [38474/17] - Knowledge Transfer Programme
1365. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the number of Teagasc-facilitated KT groups in operation under the KTG scheme; and the number of persons who are not Teagasc clients... - Rural Development Programme Data
1366. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the number and percentage of measures in the rural development programme 2014 to 2020 that contain climate reducing measures. [38476/17] - EU Investigations
1368. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will report on the latest publication by the EU Commission notice of initiation of a partial interim review of the... - Flood Relief Schemes Funding
1369. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the amount of Exchequer funding allocated and expended under the emergency flood relief scheme 2015 to 2016. [38480/17] - Farm Safety Scheme
1370. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the allocation for farm safety initiatives in each of the years 2011 to 2016 in tabular form. [38486/17] - Bord Bia Expenditure
1371. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the allocation for promoting Irish food abroad by Bord Bia in each of the years 2011 to 2016; and the allocation for 2017 in tabular... - Sheep Welfare Scheme Data
1373. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the estimated cost of an enhanced sheep welfare scheme that would include additional environmental and climate change measures... - Beef Data and Genomics Programme
1374. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the estimated cost of increasing funding for the beef data genomics programme to allocate an additional €10, €20,... - Aquaculture Data
1375. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the cost of the implementation of recommendation ten of the independent aquaculture licence review report. [38491/17] - Competition and Consumer Protection Commission
1376. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the estimated cost of establishing and running a new department within the Competition and Consumer Protection Commission that would... - Common Agricultural Policy Subsidies
1377. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the safeguards he envisages being put in place to maintain Common Agricultural Policy payments to persons when the United Kingdom... - Animal Welfare
1378. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the cause of deaths of three swans recently on the river Barrow at Bagenalstown, County Carlow, based on the post mortem examination... - TAMS Payments
1379. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the status of a targeted agricultural modernisation scheme payment for a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement... - Health and Safety Regulations
1380. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will review the cost of the health and safety inspection for privately owned sprayers (details supplied); and if he will make... - Estimates Process
1381. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the funding provided in his Department's Estimates for 2017 for the targeted agricultural modernisation scheme; the expenditure to... - Coillte Teoranta Activities
1382. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the role of Coillte in the visitors' centre proposed by south Dublin county council in the Dublin mountains at the Hell Fire Club;... - Teagasc Activities
1383. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the funding that has been sought and allocated to projects by Teagasc in Dublin south west in each of the years 2011 to 2016, and to... - Farm Data
1384. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the number of persons actively engaged in farming activity in Dublin South West; and if he will make a statement on the matter.... - Rural Development Programme
1385. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if it is possible under the rural development programme to have both a suckler cow welfare scheme and an agri-environmental beef... - Brexit Issues
1387. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if Ireland has formally applied to the European Commission for a Brexit financial support package for farmers during the UK’s... - Agriculture Schemes
1388. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the amount of money allocated under pillar 1 of the current CAP, 2014 to 2020, to voluntary coupled support; the percentage of... - Basic Payment Scheme
1389. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if Ireland has applied to the European Commission to increase the level of advance payments from 16 October 2017 to farmers affected... - Environmental Schemes
1390. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the status of the new hen harrier scheme; when details of the new scheme will be published and open for applications; when first... - Agriculture Schemes
1391. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine his views on introducing a grazing premium for beef and suckler cows as proposed in a study (details supplied) under pillar 1 of CAP... - GLAS Payments
1392. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine when a low input permanent pasture grant a person (details supplied) will be paid to a person; and if he will make a statement on... - Brexit Issues
1394. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will establish an enterprise stabilisation fund to assist sectors that face particular difficulties due to the reduction in... - Beef Exports
1395. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine when he expects exports of beef to China to commence; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [38678/17] - Basic Payment Scheme
1396. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the number of applications received and approved respectively under the Scottish derogation initiative; and if he will make a... - Brexit Issues
1397. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the status of the development of sectorial response plans to Brexit; the publication date for these plans; and if he will make a... - Brexit Staff
1404. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the number of vacancies in his Department for Brexit related roles; the expected date for these roles to be filled; and if he will... - Brexit Issues
1406. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the membership and role of all Brexit related stakeholder engagement groups working with his Department on Brexit issues; the number... - Departmental Expenditure
1408. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the expenditure savings that are earmarked for his Department for 2018 that are not accounted for in the mid-year expenditure report... - Agriculture Cashflow Support Loan Scheme Data
1411. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the number of mushroom farmers and businesses that have been approved to participate in the special agri-loan scheme; and if he will... - Agriculture Cashflow Support Loan Scheme
1412. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine his plans to introduce long-term low-cost loan measures to assist agribusinesses improve competitiveness due to the particular... - GLAS Payments
1413. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the status of the GLAS payment for a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [38939/17] - Brexit Issues
1414. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if the State is preparing an application to the European Commission to authorise a multimillion euro package of state aid to help... - Crop Losses
1415. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the number of persons who applied to the crop loss compensation scheme by county, in tabular form; and when payments will issue.... - GLAS Eligibility
1416. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the number of persons who are active in the green low-carbon agri-environment scheme, GLAS, who are eligible for GLAS+ payments; the...
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