Written answers

Tuesday, 21 July 2020

Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine

 
  • Departmental Correspondence
    490. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if a copy of correspondence delivered to a person (details supplied) in relation to the possible prosecution of another person on...
  • Felling Licences
    491. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if consideration has been given to implementing a solution to address the backlog of felling licences waiting to be processed; if...
  • Fishing Licences
    494. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine when a fishing licence will be granted to a person (details supplied) in County Kerry; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
  • Ministerial Advisers
    495. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the number of advisers and special advisers appointed by him since becoming Minister; the starting annual salary of each person...
  • Bord Iascaigh Mhara
    496. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the reason for the delay in allocations by Bord Iascaigh Mhara under the fisheries local area action group fund; when allocations are...
  • Targeted Agricultural Modernisation Scheme
    497. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the status of a farm grant application by a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [16603/20]
  • Horse Racing Ireland
    498. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he has spoken to the Chief Executive Officer of Horse Racing Ireland recently; if so, the issues discussed; and if he will make a...
  • Targeted Agricultural Modernisation Scheme
    499. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if a grant application will be expedited for a person (details supplied) in County Clare; and if he will make a statement on the...
  • Greyhound Industry
    500. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if his attention has been drawn to instances of greyhounds being used in the racing sector that are pups bred from litters outside of...
  • Harbours and Piers
    501. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will review and reverse the decision of his predecessor not to continue with the almost €9 million of public money...
  • Maritime Safety
    502. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will review and reverse the decision of his predecessor not to honour the commitment to construct a sea survival centre at the...
  • Targeted Agricultural Modernisation Scheme
    503. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine when he will approve TAMS II tranche 17 funding; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [16661/20]
  • Fisheries Protection
    504. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the status of a species (details supplied) in Irish waters [16667/20]
  • Beef Industry
    505. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will provide a beef regulator for farmers to ensure they are paid a fair price by the factories. [16684/20]
  • Afforestation Programme
    506. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine his views on a matter (details supplied) regarding the backlog of forestry applications [16795/20]
  • Veterinary Inspection Service
    507. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine his plans to transfer the responsibility for vet inspections of abattoirs, slaughterhouses and meat plants from county councils to...
  • Beef Industry
    508. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he has received a submission from the beef crisis discussion group; if he has met the group; if not, his plans to meet the group;...
  • Greyhound Industry
    509. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if additional funding has been released to the Irish Greyhound Board in respect of works to be carried out at Mullingar greyhound...
  • Horse Racing Ireland
    511. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he and or his predecessor engaged with Horse Racing Ireland in relation to an alliance formed with an organisation (details...
  • Departmental Contracts
    512. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the value of contracts awarded to a company (details supplied) and its subsidiaries by his Department and each body and local...
  • Agriculture Scheme Appeals
    513. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the position in relation to an appeal by a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [16892/20]
  • Felling Licences
    515. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will address concerns that the number of forestry felling licences being approved has increased the number of appeals being...
  • Ministerial Meetings
    516. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the details of each official engagement and meeting he attended during the period 27 June 2020 to 14 July 2020. [17009/20]
  • Felling Licences
    517. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine his plans to expand the criteria to protect more trees on private and public land; if he will issue a national directive to oblige...
  • Basic Payment Scheme
    518. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine further to Parliamentary Question No. 171 of 13 December 2018, when outstanding grants for 2013 will be paid to a person (details...
  • Fur Farming
    519. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine his views on prohibiting fur farming; the progress on legislation regarding the prohibition of fur farming; and if he will make a...
  • Horse Sport Ireland
    520. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if his Department will support the application by Horse Sport Ireland to become a commercial semi-State body; and if he will make a...
  • Harbours and Piers
    521. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the status of the upgrading of Dinish Pier in Castletownbere, County Cork; the reason construction has stalled; and when the upgrade...
  • Forestry Sector
    522. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the number of licences for felling, afforestation and forest roads issued by month between 1 January 2015 and 1 June 2020, inclusive...
  • Covid-19 Pandemic Supports
    526. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if his attention has been drawn to a failure to ensure sales note return by fish buyers has resulted in almost one quarter of the...
  • Meat Processing Plants
    527. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will establish a taskforce to review working conditions in the meat processing industry in view of recent media reports and...
  • Agriculture Schemes
    528. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if a farmer could continue to claim BPS and relevant rural development payments under force majeure if a mudslide occurs and leaves...
  • Beef Environmental Efficiency Scheme
    529. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the number of late applicants to the BEEP-S scheme by county, in tabular form; the number within these applications that have been...
  • EU Directives
    530. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine his plans with to enact unfair trading practices legislation as per EU Directive 2019/633 of the European Parliament; if he plans to...
  • Targeted Agricultural Modernisation Scheme
    531. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine when the next tranche of TAMS will be open for application; if the tranche will facilitate applications for the purchase of machinery...
  • Live Exports
    533. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will immediately suspend all live exports to Libya in view of the escalating situation there; if not, the reason; and if he...
  • Felling Licences
    534. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if a felling licence will be issued for a person (details supplied) [17182/20]
  • Fishing Industry
    535. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine when FLAG funding will be distributed to a fisherman such as a person (details supplied) in County Kerry; and if he will make a...
  • Targeted Agricultural Modernisation Scheme
    536. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the status of a TAMS application (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17326/20]
  • Agriculture Scheme Appeals
    537. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if a BEAM scheme appeal by a person (details supplied) in County Kerry will be expedited. [17337/20]
  • Beef Environmental Efficiency Scheme
    538. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if discretion will be employed in the case of a person (details supplied) to allow for the late application to the BEEP-S scheme in...
  • Basic Payment Scheme
    539. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the reason a person (details supplied) has not received single farm payment entitlements since 2015; and if he will make a statement...
  • Targeted Agricultural Modernisation Scheme
    540. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the reason a penalty imposed on a person (details supplied) was due to a clerical error. [17391/20]
  • Poultry Industry
    541. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if a commitment made by his Department to provide a compensation payment to farmers (details supplied) will be honoured without...

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