Written answers
Wednesday, 24 February 2021
Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine
- Departmental Offices
1047. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the facilities available in his Department to facilitate breastfeeding breaks in accordance with WHO guidelines of two years for... - Pesticide Use
1048. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the status of notified status applications (details supplied) with the biocide control section of his Department; and if he will... - Programme for Government
1049. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the timeframe following the appointment of a national food ombudsman for a consultation with an organisation (details supplied) in... - Felling Licences
1050. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine when a person (details supplied) will receive a decision with regard to a tree felling licence application; and if he will make a... - Agriculture Scheme Appeals
1051. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will review the case of a person (details supplied) in a BEAM, beef exceptional aid measure, scheme appeal; and if he will... - Covid-19 Pandemic Supports
1052. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the amount paid out to shell fish aqua farmers in 2020 to support them through the Covid-19 crisis; the number of successful... - Fishing Industry
1054. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the engagement he has had with shellfish fishermen or their representatives in the past few months in relation to the collapse in... - Ministerial Advisers
1056. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the names and contact details for each special adviser requested for appointment by him, in tabular form. [9590/21] - Departmental Staff
1057. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the number of staff employed in his Department by gender and by civil service salary scale, in tabular form. [9655/21] - Departmental Reviews
1058. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the current number of live studies, reviews and research undertaken or commissioned by him; and the date by which each study, review... - Animal Diseases
1059. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the reason there was no immediate campaign to highlight BVD status changes in herds which was changed on 1 January 2021; and if he... - Horse Sport Ireland
1066. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he is satisfied that the proposal by Horse Sport Ireland to sign a 35-year lease on a property at Greenogue, County Dublin has... - Consular Services
1067. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the Irish embassies that have an agricultural attaché; and if there are plans to increase the number. [9771/21] - Horse Sport Ireland
1068. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if his attention has been drawn to concerns being raised that there has been a rush in recent weeks to put the Greenogue plan for... - Planning Issues
1075. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if his attention has been drawn to the fact that a site (details supplied) currently operates in contravention to its existing... - Covid-19 Pandemic Supports
1076. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if a funding stream is available to a beef farmer (details supplied) who is under financial pressure due to Covid-19; and if he will... - Trade Agreements
1077. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the status of the voisinage agreement as it relates to reciprocal access to the 0 to 6 nautical miles around the island of Ireland... - Common Fisheries Policy
1078. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will address the reported potential loss of thousands of tonnes of quota that will be deducted from Irish fishers and the loss... - Ministerial Meetings
1079. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if a list of all records of correspondence and meetings between him and or his officials with a person (details supplied) and-or the... - Young Farmers Scheme
1081. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine when a young farmer payment will issue to a person (details supplied) for the years 2019 and 2020; and if he will make a statement... - Animal Slaughtering
1082. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the number of cows that have been slaughtered within a month of a calf being registered to them by breed; and if he will make a... - Animal Passports
1084. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the reason for changing the data presented on a blue passport card for a bovine animal to include the breed of its dam; and if he... - Basic Payment Scheme
1085. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if farmers who have burned land during January and February 2021 without the necessary controls and permissions in place will have... - Tuberculosis Incidence
1086. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the number of cases of TB here by county in 2019; the number of reactors; the number of reactors that killed out with lesions; the... - Tuberculosis Eradication Programme
1087. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if his Department has undertaken research into the root causes of TB in livestock; if so, if a copy of the most up-to-date research... - Fishing Industry
1089. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the tonnage and value of first point of sale of fish landed at each of the six fishery harbour centres in tabular form; and if he... - Fishery Harbour Centres
1090. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the expenditure on capital development at each of the six fishery harbour centres in each of the years 2015 to 2020 and to date in... - Forestry Grants
1091. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the position regarding an afforestation grant and premium scheme application by a person (details supplied) given that the... - Community Development Projects
1092. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine when his Department will publish a plan to work with local authorities and communities to help develop community gardens, allotments... - Commonage Land Use
1093. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine further to Parliamentary Question No. 484 of 5 February 2019, if the current outstanding payments in relation to commonage at a... - Covid-19 Pandemic Supports
1094. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the rationale for the exclusion of marine tourism from all Covid-19 aid schemes; and if he will make a statement on the matter.... - Fisheries Protection
1096. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if his Department has made an attempt to negotiate a quota for Irish fishers to catch bluefin tuna in Irish waters; and if he will... - Ports Development
1097. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the details of all capital investment in each individual Irish fishing port for the period January 2010 to date, in tabular form;... - Rural Environment Protection Scheme
1098. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will consider the proposal by a group (details supplied) that a new rural environment protection scheme be index linked to... - Animal Slaughtering
1099. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the specific scientific basis for the 30-month age limit remaining as a requirement for the slaughtering of beef in Ireland; if he... - Tuberculosis Eradication Programme
1101. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will consider reverting to the previous TB inspection regime whereby cattle were inspected once a year; and if he will make a... - Common Agricultural Policy
1102. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will address concerns raised regarding supports being provided to Irish farmers during the next round of the Common... - Tillage Sector
1103. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will increase funding for the tillage sector with respect to research, developing new markets, centres of excellence and... - Departmental Correspondence
1104. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will review correspondence (details supplied); the actions his Department is taking to address this issue; and if he will make... - Horticulture Sector
1105. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will provide funding to research a viable alternative to peat in relation to horticulture; and if he will make a statement on... - Common Agricultural Policy
1106. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if his attention has been drawn to the fact that six out of eight of the current farming for nature award nominees are not eligible... - Pesticide Use
1107. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the status of an application for a PCS number by a company (details supplied). [10389/21] - Fishing Industry
1108. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine further to Parliamentary Question No. 1020 of 17 February 2021, if a copy of the relevant legislation will be provided; if evidence... - Forestry Sector
1109. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine when a decision will be made on a forestry application by a person (details supplied) in County Mayo in view of the urgency of the... - Ministerial Meetings
1110. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will provide his diary for December 2020; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10430/21] - Animal Welfare
1112. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he and or his officials have referred a matter in relation to the doping of a horse (details supplied) to An Garda... - Sea Lice Controls
1113. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine further to Parliamentary Question No. 616 of 23 June 2020, the number and location of all sea lice inspections carried out in the... - Qualifications Recognition
1114. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if a Teagasc green certificate is considered to be an advanced certificate at level 6 on the National Framework of Qualifications.... - Departmental Expenditure
1115. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the amount his Department has expended to date regarding awareness-raising campaigns of Covid-19 in national newspapers, regional... - LEADER Programmes
1117. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the date and the wording of the European Commission communication to his Department concerning the verification of the... - Departmental Correspondence
1118. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will review matters raised in correspondence (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10543/21] - Horse Sport Ireland
1119. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if the proposed development and relocation of Horse Sport Ireland will not expose the Exchequer to any liability, future liability...
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