Written answers
Tuesday, 29 March 2022
Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine
- Animal Carcase Disposal
830. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he is satisfied with the current regulations in place for the operation of domestic animal cremation services; if he plans to... - Special Areas of Conservation
831. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the hectarage of farmland designated as protected and subject to actions requiring consent; the average holding size by county; and... - Farm Costs
832. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the engagements he has had with fertiliser producers in Ireland in relation to a way to alleviate the crisis facing farmers regarding... - Agriculture Schemes
834. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he has considered adjusting the requirement in TAMS resulting in farmers being unable to participate in the micro-generation... - Pigmeat Sector
835. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the number of pig farmers who are Bord Bia quality assured and send more than 200 pigs to slaughter per annum, by county, broken down... - Forestry Sector
836. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the number of agroforestry plots planted per year since 2012, by county; his proposals to increase same; the targets associated with... - Agriculture Industry
842. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the additional abatement impact expected through replacing 65% of straight CAN with protected urea or other protected nitrogen... - Departmental Expenditure
844. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the amount expended to assist with the provision of slurry storage on tillage farms, proposed allocation under the CAP Strategic... - Organic Farming
845. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the target for organic conversion by year until 2030; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [15905/22] - Bord Bia
847. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the amount of ring-fenced funding provided to Bord Bia for the marketing of organic produce; the amount expended by Bord Bia on the... - Forestry Sector
848. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the estimated amount of direct savings in megaton CO2 equivalent that will be achieved by 2030 through afforestation in 2021; and if... - Organic Farming
850. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the current hectarage of land under, or in conversion to, organic farming; the associated reduction in fertiliser use expected as a... - Teagasc Activities
851. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the estimated cost associated with the proposed review of the Teagasc marginal abatement cost curve per action 303 of the climate... - Agriculture Industry
852. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he plans to consult with an organisation (details supplied) on action 306 of the climate action plan to scope out policy on a... - Organic Farming
854. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if his Department has a strategy to increase the procurement of organic produce by Departments, State agencies or public bodies; if... - Agriculture Industry
855. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the targets for increasing the percentage of the suckler beef herd recording cow and calf weight in each of the years 2022 to 2030;... - Organic Farming
856. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the number of public and private farm advisers providing advice in relation to organic farming; the number who are being upskilled in... - Assisted Animal Reproduction
857. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the number of surgical artificial inseminations carried out on greyhounds between 2019 and 2021; and the number of those... - Greyhound Industry
858. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine his plans to introduce regulation and a database of stud dogs. [15920/22] - Forestry Sector
859. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the percentage of afforestation licences issued by his Department in 2021 that exceeded the agreed timeframes set out in the... - Greyhound Industry
861. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine when a full grant (details supplied) that was approved by a State body will be paid; when his Department will sanction this grant... - Animal Welfare
862. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the regulations that are in place to prevent (details supplied); if additional regulations are needed in this area; and if he will... - Food Industry
863. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the extent to which the issue of food security in Europe has been discussed during exchanges with his European Union colleagues in... - Departmental Staff
864. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the number of full-time archaeologists directly employed by his Department on 21 March 2020 and 21 March 2022, in tabular form; and... - Departmental Data
865. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the number of retainers his Department has with outside organisations; and the cost of each retainer, in tabular form. [16144/22] - Fishing Industry
867. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will initiate a full and comprehensive review of the current allocation methodology for the Irish hook and line mackerel... - Brexit Supports
881. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if any allocations made from the Brexit Adjustment Reserve fund to capital improvement works at State-owned and local authority-owned... - United Nations
882. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine his views on Ireland's support, including financial, to the United Nations Committee on World Food Security; and if he envisages a... - Food Industry
886. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if his attention has been drawn to the rising costs of raw materials such as wheat for the bakery sector on top of already rising... - Agriculture Schemes
887. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the way that a person (details supplied) can apply for a grant; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [16353/22] - Animal Diseases
888. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the current situation regarding the vaccinations of dogs coming into the country; and if his Department has put measures in place to... - Departmental Consultations
889. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the external consultancy organisation or provider that delivered diversity and inclusion training within his Department in each of... - Agriculture Schemes
890. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the measures implemented to alleviate the financial burden placed on farmers due to rising fertiliser costs. [16390/22] - Timber Supply
892. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the steps that his Department will take to protect the Irish market from an increase in market prices for timber (details supplied),... - Agriculture Schemes
893. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the reason that livestock units which were matriculated regarding the basic income support for sustainability scheme differ from the... - Departmental Data
894. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the average time it takes from when an appeal is lodged to the date of hearing; the average time from the date of a hearing until a... - Agriculture Schemes
895. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine further to Parliamentary Question No. 750 of 8 March 2022, if it is intended that farmers will be able to identify which stream of... - Agriculture Industry
896. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine further to Parliamentary Question No. 2027 of 19 January 2022, when he expects to report on value for cultivation and use trials for... - Agriculture Schemes
898. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will commission a socioeconomic impact assessment on the results of re-wetting 105,000 ha of farmed drained peat; and if he... - Veterinary Services
899. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if farmers are allowed to hold some veterinary medicine products such as mastitis tubes on-farm under new veterinary regulations and... - Forestry Sector
900. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the targeted number of afforestation licences for 2022; the number issued to date; the number his Department expects to issue on... - Animal Diseases
902. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine his position regarding the extension of the 16-week derogation for housing free-range layers in response to annual outbreaks of avian... - Forestry Sector
905. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine further to Parliamentary Question No. 746 of 8 March 2022, the year that Irish forestry would have become projected be a net emitter... - Horse Racing Industry
906. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine further to Parliamentary Question No. 749 of 8 March 2022, the number of blood, urine and hair samples tested for doping by the Irish... - Agriculture Schemes
907. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if the BPS and organic farming scheme operate on separate mapping systems; the reason for such; if it is intended in the future to... - Departmental Data
909. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the amount of horticultural peat imported to the State in tonnes, by year, in each of the years 2016 to date; and if he will make a... - Forestry Sector
911. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if his departmental officials have held any meetings specifically to address the decline in afforestation applications; if so, the... - Pigmeat Sector
913. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he has reviewed a jointly developed pig stability fund proposal (details supplied) which was commissioned by organisations; if he... - Departmental Staff
914. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the number of civil servants in his Department currently on secondment to the private sector; if he will list the entities they are...
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