Written answers

Tuesday, 17 September 2019

Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine

 
  • Departmental Reports
    473. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the timeline, by year and quarter, for the delivery of each action under the First Progress Report by the Bioeconomy Implementation...
  • Forestry Sector
    474. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine his plans to allow the planting of agroforestry in areas designated as acid sensitive lands; and the size of additional lands which...
  • Live Exports
    475. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will address a matter regarding certification for the transport of cattle to Turkey (details supplied); and if he will make a...
  • Agriculture Scheme Data
    476. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the number of applications received under the beef compensation plan by the closing date of the scheme; his plans to reopen the...
  • Brexit Supports
    477. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if, in the context of Brexit, he will put a comprehensive package of market support measures in place including direct support for...
  • Agriculture Scheme Expenditure
    478. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if funding for suckler cow farmers will be increased in addition to the existing BDGP and BEEP schemes to bring the total funding to...
  • Targeted Agricultural Modernisation Scheme
    481. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine when a TAMS application will be finalised for persons (details supplied) in County Kerry; and if he will make a statement on the...
  • Agriculture Scheme Penalties
    483. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if a 2019 basic payment penalty applied to a person (details supplied) in County Kerry will be withdrawn in view of the information...
  • Aquaculture Licence Applications
    484. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the consideration being given to halting further open sea cage fish farming to protect the marine environment in view of the decision...
  • Forestry Data
    485. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the number of applications received by the Forest Service for planting approval in 2017, 2018 and to the end of June 2019, by county...
  • Forestry Sector
    486. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine when a person (details supplied) will receive approval for planning of forestry. [37192/19]
  • Agriculture Scheme Payments
    487. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine further to Parliamentary Question No. 1430 of 6 September 2019, the details of the issue that has arisen; the reason a person...
  • Knackery Industry
    488. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the additional supports, including funding, he will make available to ensure the viability of the knackery industry in view of the...
  • Horse Sport Ireland
    489. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if the funding granted to the sport horse industry will be considered for additional funding of €5 million in budget 2020 to...
  • Aquaculture Licence Data
    490. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the aquaculture licences renewed or further renewed pursuant to sections 19 and or 19A of the Fisheries (Amendment) Act 1997; and if...
  • Horse Sport Ireland
    491. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will address a matter regarding Horse Sport Ireland (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [37426/19]
  • Brexit Supports
    492. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the steps which have been taken to protect the fishing industry here in the event of a no-deal Brexit; and if he will make a...
  • Capital Expenditure Programme
    495. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the projected increase in the gross capital expenditure ceiling applying to his Department in 2020 over 2019; and the projects this...
  • Single Payment Scheme Payments
    496. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will address a matter regarding the case of a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [37477/19]
  • Forestry Data
    497. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the length of time it takes to process forestry applications within the Forest Service by longest, shortest and average for the past...
  • Climate Change Advisory Council
    498. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he has read the third Climate Change Advisory Council annual review (details supplied); the actions that will be implemented to...
  • Agriculture Industry
    499. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine his views on the assertion being expressed by Bord Bia that farming systems here are very sustainable mainly based on grazed grass;...
  • Beef Environmental Efficiency Scheme Pilot
    501. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the way in which the beef environment efficiency pilot scheme is compatible with recommendations of the report from the Climate...
  • GLAS Establishment
    502. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the reason he has made much of the success of GLAS participations levels (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the...
  • Climate Change Policy
    503. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine his planned policy action to achieve the Climate Action Plan 2019 target for annual afforestation rates of 6,500 hectares by 2025,...
  • Horse Sport Ireland
    504. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the steps he is taking to implement a review by a company (details supplied) of Horse Sport Ireland; his views on the recommendation...
  • Forestry Sector
    505. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if the natural regeneration of the biodiversity on a bog will supersede the requirement to replant forestry; and if he will make a...
  • Teagasc Administration
    506. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if Teagasc is in talks with the IDA with a view to Teagasc occupying part of the IDA lands at a location (details supplied). [37550/19]
  • Agriculture Scheme Appeals
    507. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine when payment will issue to a person (details supplied) in County Kerry; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [37585/19]
  • Climate Change Policy
    508. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine his emissions budget for methane and nitrous oxide for 2020 to 2030; the emission budget cumulatively for the same period; the...
  • EU Regulations
    509. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the implications of the proposed EU regulation 2017/2403 for marine conservation and the preservation and sustainable management of...
  • Climate Change Policy
    510. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the measures he plans to take to ensure that Ireland is not a net emitter of GHGs once the LULUCF regulation takes effect; and the...
  • Diplomatic Representation
    511. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the instructions given to agriculture and food attachés to embassies that have such officials in respect of climate change...
  • Teagasc Activities
    512. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he has requested Teagasc to develop a new MACC analysis for climate mitigation that includes scenarios with a smaller national...
  • Common Agricultural Policy Negotiations
    513. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine his plans to develop rewilding and peatland restoration projects on blanket bogland designated for agricultural purposes; his further...
  • Agriculture Scheme Payments
    514. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine his plans to include a requirement that existing hedgerows are maintained and improved as part of dairy expansion projects that...
  • Teagasc Funding
    515. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the measures he plans to take to improve the accessibility and affordability of farm advisory services to farmers from Teagasc under...
  • Climate Change Adaptation Plans
    516. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if his Department has made calculations of the land that is not under grass that might be available for conversion to tillage or...
  • Grant Payments
    520. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the status of a partial depopulation grant for a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [37651/19]
  • Areas of Natural Constraint Scheme Payments
    521. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine when a payment for ANC will issue to a person (details supplied) in County Kerry; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
  • Beef Industry
    522. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the progress in the resumed talks in addressing the issues facing the beef sector; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
  • Beef Environmental Efficiency Scheme Data
    524. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the number of applications to the beef environmental efficiency pilot scheme by the closing deadline by county; the number of...
  • Agriculture Scheme Data
    526. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the number of eligible farmers under the beef emergency aid measure scheme by county; the number of applications to the scheme; the...
  • Brexit Issues
    527. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine his views on comments (details supplied) that in the event of a no-deal Brexit there will be checks on goods and live animals, with...
  • Land Issues
    528. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the estimated quantity of land in hectares nationally and by county that is not eligible for current CAP pillar 1 payments which is...

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