Written answers
				Wednesday, 31 March 2021
    				
Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine
				 
    - Covid-19 Pandemic 
					1248. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if the services of a tree surgeon during level 5 restrictions are permitted in order to attend to a damaged ash tree which is... - Pesticide Use 
					1249. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the steps he is taking to address the detection of pesticides including MCPA, 2,4-D, mecoprop, fluroxypyr, glyphosate and triclopyr... - Departmental Communications 
					1250. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will report on correspondence from and engagement with an organisation (details supplied). [16286/21] - Veterinary Medicines 
					1251. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will address a matter (details supplied) regarding the dispensing of medicinal items; and if he will make a statement on the... - Departmental Communications 
					1252. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will review correspondence (details supplied); when the recommendations of same will be introduced; and if he will make a... - GLAS Issues 
					1253. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the status of an appeal by a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [16360/21] - Felling Licences 
					1254. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will address a matter (details supplied) regarding forestry licences; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [16425/21] - Forestry Management 
					1255. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the reason his Department has not yet implemented a frost reconstitution scheme for farm forests; his plans to implement a frost... - Departmental Staff 
					1256. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the number of portal and plant health inspectors his Department recruited in 2020 and to date in 2021, in tabular form. [16515/21] - Departmental Legal Cases 
					1257. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if his attention has been drawn to instances of litigation or the threat of litigation arising from the inclusion of social clauses... - Nitrates Usage 
					1258. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the number of farmers by county that are farming under a nitrates derogation; the type of farming enterprise they are engaged in... - Felling Licences 
					1261. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the number of tree felling licence applications for County Cork which were pending as of 1 September 2020; the number that have been... - Basic Payment Scheme 
					1263. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if there has been a decrease in the value of entitlements in respect of the 2021 basic payment scheme; if so, the reason for same;... - Felling Licences 
					1265. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine his views on the way only 48% of private license applications with ecology input targeted for completion between July 2020 and... - Beef Data and Genomics Programme 
					1266. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine when a farmer (details supplied) who appealed their application for an extension on the beef data and genomics programme 2021 on the... - Horse Racing Ireland 
					1267. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he has spoken virtually with the CEO of Horse Racing Ireland to date in 2021. [16886/21] - Basic Payment Scheme 
					1268. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the steps he is taking to introduce fairness in basic payment schemes in the new CAP; and if he will make a statement on the matter.... - Common Agricultural Policy 
					1269. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine his views on the European Commission proposal that convergence will continue in the next CAP with all entitlements reaching at least... - Meat Processing Plants 
					1273. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine his views on establishing an independent meat regulator with statutory powers; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [16925/21] - Food Industry 
					1274. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the progress in establishing a food ombudsman; if the position will be approved by the Houses of the Oireachtas; and if he will make... - Forestry Management 
					1275. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if his attention has been drawn to irregularities in relation to a forestry application (details supplied); and if he will make a... - Flood Relief Schemes 
					1276. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the supports available from his Department to those affected by flooding at Lough Funshinagh, County Roscommon; and if he will make... - Timber Supply 
					1277. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the amount of timber imported to Ireland in each of the years 2015 to 2020 and to date in 2021; and if he will make a statement on... - Animal Welfare 
					1279. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the details of his Department’s engagement with the World Organisation for Animal Health; if his Department is working with... - Greyhound Industry 
					1281. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the number of greyhounds born from information recorded when owners make a declaration of litter submission in each year since 2009;... - Animal Welfare 
					1282. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the means by which the education referred to in the animal welfare strategy report to transfer an increase in awareness of animal... - Harbours and Piers 
					1283. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the details of the Howth Harbour dredging project; and when work will commence on this project. [17068/21] - Forestry Management 
					1284. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine when the interim standards for felling and reforestation October 2019 were converted to actual standards; when the industry was... - Beef Industry 
					1288. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the number of cattle slaughtered that originated in feedlots in each of the years 2015 to 2020, inclusive; the proportion this... - Beef Environmental Efficiency Scheme 
					1289. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the status of a BEEP application by a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17417/21] - Departmental Communications 
					1290. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the way in which his Department and agencies under his remit are meeting obligations under the Irish Sign Language Act 2017; and if... - Commencement of Legislation 
					1291. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the details of the Acts falling under his Department which have been signed into law but have not been commenced; and if he will... - Veterinary Medicines 
					1292. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the steps he is taking to ensure rules on the prescription and sale of veterinary medicines are aligned here and in Northern... - Food Industry 
					1293. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine his views on legislation that would require buyers of agri-food produce to incorporate costs of production in price negotiations... - Departmental Expenditure 
					1294. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the spend for his Department on public procurement disaggregated by spend on goods, services and capital works in each of the years... 
         
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