Written answers

Wednesday, 30 September 2020

Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine

 
  • Pigmeat Sector
    263. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the number of piglets that had their teeth clipped or grinded in each of the years 2017 to 2019; the percentage of the overall piglet...
  • Veterinary Inspection Service
    267. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine his plans to recruit veterinary inspectors and technical agricultural officers for County Mayo; and if he will make a statement on...
  • GLAS Issues
    268. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if the GLAS scheme is due to be phased out this year; if so, his plans for a scheme to replace it; and if he will make a statement on...
  • Basic Payment Scheme
    269. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if a 2015 basic payment scheme penalty applied to a person (details supplied) in County Kerry will be struck off; and if he will make...
  • Agriculture Industry
    270. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will commission a review of the wool sector with a view to developing a viable commercial use for this premium product; and if...
  • Tillage Sector
    271. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine his plans to provide financial support to the tillage sector in view of the challenges resulting from the exceptionally wet autumn;...
  • Departmental Expenditure
    272. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the amount spent on media monitoring services by his Department; if the role is provided by private contract operators or in-house...
  • Common Agricultural Policy
    273. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the efforts he is making to retain full funding for existing farm schemes in the CAP transition phase; and if he will make a...
  • Agriculture Schemes
    274. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if the GLAS, ANC, TAMS, BDGP, BEEPS, sheep welfare and organic schemes will be continued with maintained payments; and if he will...
  • Common Agricultural Policy
    275. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the efforts he is making to secure the maximum permissible level of national co-financing of 57% in the CAP RDP post 2020; and if he...
  • Grant Payments
    277. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine his plans to increase payments to €300 per cow for beef farmers; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [27600/20]
  • Agriculture Scheme Applications
    278. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine his plans to streamline the grant process for cattle underpasses, simplifying the administration process and making the scheme...
  • Brexit Preparations
    279. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he is seeking a strengthening of the Brexit contingency fund as announced in budget 2020; if the €110 million agriculture...
  • Forestry Sector
    280. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will seek further funding to restore the farmer forestry premium; if he will introduce a harvesting plan grant; if he will...
  • Animal Diseases
    281. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will work with the Minister for Finance to secure a 0% VAT rating for animal vaccines; and if he will make a statement on the...
  • Food Industry
    282. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine when a national food ombudsman will be established; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [27615/20]
  • Aquaculture Licences
    283. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the timeline and method by which he plans to implement the recommendations of the Independent Aquaculture Licensing Review; and if he...
  • Farm Safety
    284. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if a farm safety scheme will be introduced with increased funding for health and safety equipment under TAMS; and if he will make a...
  • Animal Diseases
    285. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the status of measures in place to detect and prevent the emergence of African swine fever in the pig sector; and if he will make a...
  • Departmental Expenditure
    286. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the amount expended on access to online and hardcopy media publications since May 2020 to date; and the breakdown of online and hard...
  • Departmental Contracts
    287. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he has engaged a third-party company in each of the years 2017 to 2019 and to date in 2020 to conduct media monitoring and or...

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