Written answers
Tuesday, 16 January 2018
Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine
- Fishery Harbour Centres
1126. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the discussions Enterprise Ireland has had with his Department to enhance commercial activity at the State's fishing ports,... - Fishing Licences
1127. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine his views on the recent Supreme Court decision (details supplied) in which the procedure to impose points on a fishing licence was... - GLAS Payments
1128. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the status of an application for a GLAS payment by a person (details supplied). [54317/17] - Sheep Census
1129. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the status of a sheep census appeal by a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [54359/17] - Disadvantaged Areas Scheme Payments
1130. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if a disadvantaged area payment will be sanctioned for a person (details supplied) following their successful appeal; and if he will... - Food Industry Development
1131. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine further to Parliamentary Question No. 960 of 7 November 2017, his plans to develop satellite food innovation hubs throughout the... - Transfer of Entitlements
1132. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the progress to date on finalising a case (details supplied) in County Donegal; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [54439/17] - Scéimeanna Talmhaíochta
1133. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine cén uair a dhéanfar íocaíocht faoin scéim buníocaíochtaí agus faoi scéim na... - Areas of Natural Constraint Scheme Appeals
1134. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine when a decision will be made on an appeal in respect of the 2015 and 2016 areas of natural constraint scheme payments lodged on... - Scéimeanna Talmhaíochta
1135. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine cén uair a dhéanfar íocaíocht faoin scéim buníocaíochtaí agus faoi scéim na... - TAMS Applications
1136. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine when a decision will be made on an application under TAMS 2 that has been lodged by a person (details supplied) in County Galway;... - Veterinary Laboratory Funding
1137. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the funding provided to the regional veterinary laboratory structure in each of the years 2008 to 2017. [54473/17] - Bovine Disease Controls
1138. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the funding provided to the BVD eradication scheme in each of the years 2012 to 2017. [54474/17] - Teagasc Funding
1139. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the funding provided to Teagasc for the purpose of training farmers in each of the years 2008 to 2017. [54475/17] - Hen Harriers Compensation Package
1140. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine his views on the compensation package for persons whose lands have been affected by the hen harrier issue (details supplied); and if... - Ceadúnas Imill Trá agus Dobharshaothraithe
1142. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine an bhfuarthas comhfhreagras a seoladh chuig an Bhord Achomhairc um Cheadúnais Dobharshaothraithe agus ina gcuirtear in iúl... - Scéimeanna Talmhaíochta
1143. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine an bhfuil sé ar intinn scéim GLAS a athoscailt le haghaidh iarratais nua ag féachaint do na daoine a bheidh ag... - Exports Growth
1144. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the progress made on developing new agri-export markets in south-east Asia, including increased Bord Bia representation in the... - Industrial Development
1145. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the grants and supports, including marketing, available to assist indigenous craft beer brewers and distilleries. [54611/17] - National Dairy Forum
1146. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the status of the work of the national dairy forum set up following the abolition of EU milk quotas. [54612/17] - Agriculture Scheme Payments
1147. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine when payments will issue to a person (details supplied) for GLAS and BPS; the reason the payments are delayed; and if he will make a... - GLAS Payments
1149. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the reason a person (details supplied) has not received a 2016 GLAS payment; the reason for non-payment; the reason for the delay in... - Departmental Funding
1150. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the name and number of organisations here that are in receipt of funding from his Department that have expended resources seeking... - Basic Payment Scheme Payments
1151. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if his Department is seeking affidavits from persons who have had their single farm payments held up due to mountain fires; his... - Foreshore Issues
1153. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if the dumping of silt off Doonsheane Head, Dingle, County Kerry, will be urgently investigated (details supplied); if the silt will... - Severe Weather Events Response
1154. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if an appeal by a person (details supplied) to the weather-related crop loss scheme will be expedited; and if he will make a... - Departmental Schemes
1155. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the number of persons waiting for their 2016 applications for all relevant schemes to be processed; the monetary value of the... - Sheep Welfare Scheme Expenditure
1157. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the amount of the 2017 sheep welfare budget allocation that was not required; his plans for this unused allocation; and if he will... - Land Parcel Identification System
1159. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine his plans to establish a communication channel for agricultural planners and advisors in order that they can contact the company... - Basic Payment Scheme
1161. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine his plans to retain the current definition of an active farmer from 2018 onwards after the approval of the omnibus rules by the... - Drainage Schemes
1162. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine his plans to introduce grant aid for land drainage for farmers due to severe wet weather; and if he will make a statement on the... - Nitrates Action Programme Review
1163. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine his views on the conditions attached to the recent renewal of Ireland's nitrates derogation 2018 to 2021; the measures he plans to... - Hen Harriers Threat Response Plan
1164. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the amount of money to be allocated to the hen harrier scheme; the scoring criteria to be used to define a person's qualification... - Tillage Sector
1165. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the number of applications received under the tillage compensation payment scheme; the number of approved applicants; the number of... - Departmental Properties
1166. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the vacant properties and land not in use that are owned, rented or leased by his Department or by bodies and agencies under the... - Fodder Crisis
1167. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine his plans to ease the fodder crisis in counties Cavan and Monaghan and across the country; and if he will make a statement on the... - Basic Payment Scheme Payments
1168. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the reason a person (details supplied) in County Cork has not received payment under the basic payment scheme. [55232/17] - Livestock Issues
1169. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine his plans to support the suckler herd in the future (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [55264/17] - Basic Payment Scheme Appeals
1170. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the status of a farm payment appeal by a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [1000/18] - GLAS Payments
1171. 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. [1002/18] - Forestry Data
1174. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the number of hectares of afforested land in County Leitrim; the percentage of this land that is agricultural; and if he will make a... - Animal Welfare
1175. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine his views on the use of poisons for the killing of cats; if he will take measures to prevent this practice (details supplied); and... - GLAS Payments
1176. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the status of an agricultural scheme payment for a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [1049/18] - Beef Data and Genomics Programme
1178. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the number of persons that participated in the beef data and genomics programme in each year since its inception; the number of... - GLAS Data
1179. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the number of persons in receipt of GLAS payments 1, 2 and 3; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [1118/18] - Agri-Environment Options Scheme Data
1181. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the number of persons that have moved from AEOS to GLAS that had not finished their full term in AEOS; and if he will make a... - Agri-Environment Options Scheme
1182. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the amount of money saved when persons moved from AEOS to GLAS without finishing the full term in AEOS; and if he will make a... - Beef Data and Genomics Programme
1183. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the number of animals and average herd size in the beef data and genomics scheme; and if he will make a statement on the matter.... - Sheep Welfare Scheme Data
1185. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the number of persons that have applied for the sheep welfare scheme; the number of sheep which this scheme includes; and if he will... - Teagasc Data
1186. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the amount of funding provided to Teagasc each year; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [1125/18] - TAMS Administration
1188. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine his plans to implement a scheme for mats for slats under TAMS in accordance with the programme for Government; and if he will make a... - Herd Data
1189. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the number of suckler cows here on 31 December 2017 by county; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [1128/18] - Crop Losses
1190. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the number of persons that applied for the aid for grain producers affected in 2016 by the wet conditions; and if he will make a... - Common Agricultural Policy Reform
1192. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine his plans to front load the first twenty hectares in the new Common Agricultural Policy pillar 1 document that will start in 2020... - TAMS Expenditure
1193. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the amount of money paid out in TAMS each year from the announcement of the scheme; and if he will make a statement on the matter.... - GLAS Expenditure
1194. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the amount of money paid to private planners and Teagasc respectively for the delivery of the one-day training course, not including... - Knowledge Transfer Programme
1195. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the amount of money paid to Teagasc and private planners respectively to provide courses in knowledge transfer, excluding what was... - GLAS Issues
1197. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he is reopening the GLAS scheme in early 2018 in view of the underspend in the overall GLAS budget; and if he will make a... - Agriculture Schemes
1198. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine his plans to implement a suckler cow scheme of €200 per cow in view of the apparent decline in numbers; and if he will make a... - Fodder Crisis
1199. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will implement a fodder crisis scheme in view of the serious shortage of fodder in parts of the west; and if he will make a... - Areas of Natural Constraint Scheme
1200. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the way in which the €25 million fund for ANC will be distributed; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [1139/18] - Forestry Grants
1201. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the reason the State is taking carbon credits from forestry sown privately and in private ownership in view of the fact the grant... - Farms Data
1203. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine his views on new data showing that the number of farmers in the west of Ireland has decreased by 41% since 1997; his plans regarding... - Agriculture Cashflow Support Loan Scheme
1204. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine his plans to implement a scheme to help persons in danger of losing their farms who cannot access credit; and if he will make a... - Agriculture Scheme Payments
1205. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the status of farm payments for persons (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [1193/18] - Basic Payment Scheme Payments
1206. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the status of a farm payment for a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [1212/18] - Fishing Industry
1207. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine his plans to increase the amount of whitefish capacity that can be added to pelagic tonnage from 10% to 30%; and if he will make a... - Agriculture Scheme Penalties
1209. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the penalty imposed under the GLAS scheme in cases in which a person has applied under the rare breeds category and in which they... - GLAS Payments
1210. 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. [1295/18] - Legislative Programme
1211. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the timeframe for publishing primary and secondary legislation for a fishing penalty point system in view of the fact that the... - GLAS Payments
1212. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the status of a farm payment for a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [1312/18] - Animal Welfare
1213. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the position regarding an incident that occurred on St. Stephen's Day at a location (details supplied) in which a pack of hunt dogs... - GLAS Payments
1217. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the nature of the information technology problem is that is causing the delay in a GLAS payment to a person (details supplied); when... - Live Exports
1219. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the number of spaces for trucks that have been secured with the ferry companies for live exports for spring 2018; the way in which... - Dairy Sector
1220. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the status of the fixed price regime for skimmed milk powder; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [1368/18] - Legislative Programme
1221. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the projects undertaken to consolidate or amalgamate existing legislation, including the cost, the duration, the number of staff... - Illegal Dumping
1222. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the deterrents in place to prevent illegal dumping in Coillte forests and lakes in counties Cavan and Monaghan; and if he will make... - Animal Welfare
1223. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the funding provided to local authorities for horse wardens, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [1603/18] - Basic Payment Scheme Payments
1224. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the status of a farm payment for a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [1610/18] - Herd Number Applications
1225. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the status of an application for a herd number by a person (details suppled); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [1612/18] - Agri-Environment Options Scheme Applications
1226. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine further to Parliamentary Question No. 476 of 28 November 2017, the status of an application for an AEOS payment submitted by a... - Commonage Management Plans
1227. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine further to Parliamentary Question No. 174 of 16 November 2017, if his Department has appointed planners to an area (details... - Basic Payment Scheme Payments
1228. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will address a matter regarding farm payments in the case of a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on... - Basic Payment Scheme Applications
1229. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the status of a payment to a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [1703/18] - Agri-Environment Options Scheme Appeals
1235. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the status of an appeal of a decision by a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [1741/18] - GLAS Payments
1236. 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. [1745/18] - Regional Development Initiatives
1237. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the progress made to date on the new Atlantic economic corridor, in particular the proposals relating to County Donegal; the... - TAMS Eligibility
1238. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine his plans to devise a mechanism whereby the purchase of a low emission slurry applicator machine is incorporated into future rollout... - Ministerial Meetings
1239. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine when he last met the chief executive officer of an organisation (details supplied); when he will next meet the chief executive... - Fodder Crisis
1240. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine his plans to introduce a fodder aid scheme in view of the serious difficulties facing many persons in areas such as counties Cavan... - Basic Payment Scheme Data
1241. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the percentage of applicants under the basic payment scheme 2017 and areas of natural constraints scheme 2017 paid to date in County... - GLAS Data
1243. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the percentage of applicants under GLAS schemes due for payment in 2017 paid to date in County Cavan; and if he will make a... - Disability Act Employment Targets
1245. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the proportion of employees in his Department or in organisations under its remit who are registered as disabled. [1849/18] - Fodder Crisis
1246. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the efforts made by his Department to help distressed suckler and commonage farmers in the north west with financing the sourcing,... - Transfer of Entitlements Application
1247. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine when a transfer of entitlements application by a person (details supplied) will be finalised in order that the person can receive... - GLAS Payments
1248. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the reason for the delay in a GLAS payment being issued to a person (details supplied) in County Donegal; and if he will make a... - Bord Bia
1250. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if Bord Bia plans to open a new office in Australia; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [1995/18] - Beef Exports
1251. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine when it is expected to have final approval secured for the export of beef to China; and if he will make a statement on the matter.... - Agriculture Scheme Administration
1252. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine his plans to provide funding in 2018 to reopen the national reserve and provide for priority access to the categories of young... - Departmental Communications
1253. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if his Department uses anti-profanity software on its email systems and online contact forms; if so, the level of human oversight... - Fodder Crisis
1254. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the steps he will take to alleviate the fodder crisis, particularly in the west; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [2101/18] - Departmental Strategies
1255. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the Government's initiatives in his Department in 2017 that promoted State services or welfare payments, public awareness of...
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