Written answers
Tuesday, 17 December 2019
Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine
- Forestry Sector
486. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will consider planting a tree of a native Irish species for each school child creating a new national forest called foraois na... - Beef Environmental Efficiency Scheme Data
487. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the number of applications to the 2019 Beef Environmental Efficiency Pilot, BEEP, scheme by county, in tabular form; the number of... - Organic Farming Scheme Applications
488. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if the decision to reject an organic farming scheme application by a person (details supplied) will be overturned on appeal; the... - Areas of Natural Constraint Scheme
489. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if donkeys will be continued as stocking rates for area of natural constraints payments; and if he will make a statement on the... - Agriculture Scheme Payments
490. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the reason payments have been delayed for farmers in counties Meath and Louth causing severe financial difficulties for farmers in... - Veterinary Inspection Service
491. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the position regarding the creation of a border inspection post at Rosslare Port, County Wexford; and if he will make a statement on... - Forestry Data
492. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the number of felling and thinning licences appealed in each month since September 2018; the number of appealed applications approved... - GLAS Payments
494. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine when GLAS payments will issue to a person (details supplied) in County Clare; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [52678/19] - Afforestation Programme
496. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine his views on whether grants not directly paid to forest owners should not be used in the calculations for the threshold for the... - Beef Industry
497. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the number of applications submitted to the BEAM scheme; the breakdown between suckler and beef finishers; the amount required to... - Data Protection
499. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the data protection measures in place to ensure information stored in animal identification and movement systems cannot be accessed... - TB Eradication Scheme
500. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the number of registered feedlots nationwide; the breakdown between farmer owned and factory owned feedlots; the number of livestock... - Departmental Funding
501. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if funding will be released as part of a final claim by a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter.... - Agriculture Scheme Administration
502. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine further to Parliamentary Question No. 816 of 5 November 2019, the way in which his Department communicated with persons (details... - Basic Payment Scheme Payments
503. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine when a farm payment will be issued to a person (details supplied). [52744/19] - Forestry Data
505. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the number of forestry planting applications, forestry road applications and forestry felling licence applications currently with the... - Basic Payment Scheme Payments
506. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine when a farm payment will be made to a person (details supplied). [52751/19] - Basic Payment Scheme Applications
508. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine when a farm payment will issue to a person (details supplied). [52761/19] - Agriculture Scheme Applications
509. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine when a farm payment will issue to a person (details supplied). [52764/19] - Basic Payment Scheme Applications
511. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine when farm payments will issue to a person (details supplied). [52774/19] - Agriculture Scheme Applications
512. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine when farm payments will issue to a person (details supplied). [52780/19] - Basic Payment Scheme Applications
513. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine when a farm payment will issue to a person (details supplied). [52788/19] - Aquaculture Licence Applications
514. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if an aquaculture licence will be granted if the applicant has been engaged in unauthorised aquaculture activities in the same area... - Forestry Sector
516. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the number of appeals with the forestry appeals committee; the number with the committee more than two, four, six and 12 months,... - Agriculture Scheme Applications
520. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the status of payments for a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [52843/19] - TAMS Applications
521. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine his views on a matter regarding a TAMS grant in the case of a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the... - Sheepmeat Sector
522. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the reason lamb prices are lagging behind those of international competitors (details supplied); the steps he will take to address... - Harbours and Piers Maintenance
523. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if funding will be provided in 2020 for the upgrade of the East Pier at Howth Harbour; and if he will make a statement on the matter.... - Aquaculture Regulation
524. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the number of persons his Department has written to regarding unauthorised aquaculture activities in Ballyness Bay, County Donegal... - Aquaculture Licence Data
530. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the dates on which each of the aquaculture licenses for Ballyness Bay were granted. [52953/19] - Departmental Communications
532. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the reason action will be taken from January 2020 (details supplied) with respect to departmental emails more than two years old; if... - European Maritime and Fisheries Fund
533. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the details of the European Maritime and Fisheries Fund; the application criteria; the organisations that may apply; the assessment... - Nitrates Usage
534. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine his plans to lower nitrogen fertiliser use; his further plans to facilitate a switch from calcium ammonium nitrate to urea fertiliser... - Afforestation Programme
535. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the amount distributed to applicants through the afforestation grant and premium scheme in 2018 and to date in 2019. [53136/19] - Basic Payment Scheme Payments
536. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine when a BPS farm payment will be issued to a person (details supplied). [53140/19] - Beef Industry
537. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine his view on whether there is an unfairness in the flat rate of VAT refund (details supplied) between feedlot beef producers and small... - Departmental Expenditure
538. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the estimated full-year cost of recruiting three additional full-time archaeologists for his Department, in tabular form; and if he... - Beef Industry
539. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the specific designation sought from the EU for PGI status for Irish beef; the status of the application; when he expects a decision... - Dairy Sector
541. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the number of the national dairy herd in each of the years 2015 to 2018 and to date in 2019, in tabular form; and if he will make a... - Forestry Sector
543. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the status of tree felling licences that were challenged and delayed and subsequently had a negative impact on the industry; and if... - Beef Industry
544. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the weekly kill weight across beef processing factories from January 2019 to date in 2019, in tabular form; and if he will make a... - Beef Exports
546. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the weekly export weight of beef from January 2019 to date in 2019, in tabular form; the countries to which the beef is going to; and... - Beef Imports
547. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the criteria applied for inspections of beef imports and exports at ports here; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [53402/19] - Brexit Preparations
548. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the uptake in the schemes to protect the agri-food industry during the Brexit process; the efforts taken to promote schemes in County... - Agriculture Scheme Data
549. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the waiting times for the various payment schemes operated by his Department, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the...
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