Written answers

Thursday, 31 March 2022

Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine

 
  • Pigmeat Sector
    120. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine his views on the proposal by organisations (details supplied) to establish an enhanced pig stability fund to alleviate the financial...
  • Departmental Strategies
    124. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will fundamentally reform the ash dieback replanting scheme given the dramatic spread of the disease throughout the country; if...
  • Agriculture Schemes
    127. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine his consideration for further extensions to be allowed under TAMS LESS given the current difficulties in delivery of low-emission...
  • Forestry Sector
    128. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the measures his Department has taken to ensure afforestation is not only compatible within the next CAP but also encouraged through...
  • Farm Costs
    129. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will consider a future review of the €400 per hectare grant being offered to encourage farmers to plant additional...
  • Ministerial Staff
    130. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the salaries and pensions paid out to special advisers to Ministers and Ministers of State in his Department in 2020 and 2021, broken...
  • Agriculture Schemes
    131. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine his proposals to support producers of hemp in the State. [16818/22]
  • Common Fisheries Policy
    132. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will argue the case for an economic link to fish quotas under the Common Fisheries Policy as opposed to the current...
  • Agriculture Schemes
    133. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the number of applications to date for solar investments under the TAMS schemes; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [16871/22]
  • Fishing Industry
    134. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the supports available for the Irish fishing fleet given the rising cost of fuel pressures on the sector; and if he will make a...
  • Agriculture Schemes
    135. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine his views on the way a dairy farmer retirement scheme could pave the way for more young farmers getting involved in the sector; and...
  • Agriculture Industry
    136. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the engagement that his Department has had on import substitution of particular agriculture produce impacted by the Russian war on...
  • Brexit Supports
    137. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the status of the Brexit Adjustment Reserve for the seafood processing capital investment scheme. [17000/22]
  • Forestry Sector
    138. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the weekly targets for forestry licensing, by type, in 2022. [16993/22]
  • Common Agricultural Policy
    140. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the new measures in his proposed CAP strategic plan that will support young farmers and generational renewal; and if he will make a...
  • Commissions of Investigation
    141. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the number of commissions of investigation under the remit of his Department currently ongoing in the State; the cost of each...
  • EU Regulations
    142. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the detail of his forward planning to allocate resources and capacity within his Department to ensure timely and effective delivery...
  • Departmental Funding
    143. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if an update will be provided on the research funding announced by his Department in December 2021 for research into peat...
  • EU Directives
    144. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the expected timeframe to establish through primary legislation an unfair trading practice enforcement authority. [16973/22]
  • Agriculture Schemes
    145. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the way his Department determines that land has been abandoned. [16789/22]
  • Agriculture Industry
    147. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the anticipated extra tonnage likely to be generated from cereal growing in 2022; if extra incentives are anticipated and-or...
  • Departmental Consultations
    149. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine when he expects to receive the findings of a consultation on the development of a hemp sector; and if he will make a statement on the...
  • Agriculture Industry
    150. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if there is an analysis of the cost savings in terms of the environmental impact for agrifood producers, especially fruit and...
  • Pigmeat Sector
    152. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the way in which he can support the pig sector during the ongoing fodder crisis and the uncertainty facing agricultural markets in...
  • Farm Costs
    153. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the measures he has taken to date and his future plans to provide relief to the farming sector regarding the ever-increasing cost of...
  • Animal Breeding
    154. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the number of prosecutions in respect of the failure of owners to chip their horses since January 2013, in tabular form; and if he...
  • EU Funding
    155. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine his proposals to allocate funds from the European crisis reserve; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [16987/22]
  • Farm Costs
    156. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine his views on, and response to, the high price of fertiliser, which is having a major impact on farming families. [17040/22]
  • Agriculture Industry
    157. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine further to Parliamentary Question No. 130 of 10 February 2022, the status of the wool feasibility study; the expected timeline for...
  • Animal Welfare
    158. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine when, and the manner in which, he intends to honour the programme for Government commitment to uphold the EU pigs directive; and if...
  • Inshore Fisheries
    159. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the measures he and his Department are taking and implementing to support inshore fishing. [16957/22]
  • Pigmeat Sector
    160. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine his proposals to support the pig sector. [16816/22]
  • Horticulture Sector
    162. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine when measures will be introduced to ensure there is an adequate supply of domestic peat for the mushroom and horticulture sector; and...
  • Farm Costs
    163. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the details of the support for horticultural and other agrifood producers impacted by the rise in energy costs and raw materials such...
  • Animal Welfare
    164. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if an update will be provided on the establishment of a horse project in Cork city. [16953/22]
  • Pesticide Use
    165. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the position regarding the status of a review of pesticide use across the agricultural sector as committed to in the programme for...
  • Horticulture Sector
    166. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the progress made in the appointment of an independent expert as referenced in the working paper to address challenges related to...
  • Food Industry
    167. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the steps he is taking to maintain and develop food security in Ireland given the impact of the Ukrainian crisis on European food...
  • Agriculture Industry
    168. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the way that Ireland can engage with its partners in Europe in order to protect European agricultural markets. [16959/22]
  • Departmental Funding
    169. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the amount of funding available to research projects to help farmers reduce their carbon footprint; the projects that are currently...
  • Brexit Supports
    170. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the funding allocated to his Department from the Brexit Adjustment Reserve in 2022; and the areas to which his Department has...
  • EU Funding
    171. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine his proposals to allocate funds from the European crisis reserve; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [16868/22]
  • Forestry Sector
    172. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he intends increasing afforestation grant rates immediately for both existing and new projects given the serious increases in...
  • Common Fisheries Policy
    174. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the quota allocated to the Irish fishing fleet in each of the EEZs of other European Union member states under the Common Fisheries...
  • Control of Horses
    176. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he is satisfied there is sufficient legislation to deal with the challenge of wandering and stray horses in urban areas; and if he...
  • Agriculture Industry
    177. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will examine or commission a study into the damaging environmental and social impacts of the business-led industrial model of...
  • Departmental Funding
    178. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if his attention has been drawn to a developing pastureland project incorporating multi-seed sward analysis research being undertaken...
  • Food Industry
    179. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the steps he is taking to improve national food security and sovereignty. [17043/22]
  • Food Prices
    180. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the role his Department is taking in preventing sharp increases in the cost of food both at production and point of sale. [16954/22]
  • Farm Costs
    181. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the extent to which he and his Department continue to monitor the costs of farm inputs, including fuel and fertilisers, with a view...
  • Forestry Sector
    182. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine his views on, and response to, the sale of Ballymartle forest, Riverstick, County Cork. [17041/22]
  • Agriculture Schemes
    183. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if tillage farmers can increase the acreage of corn and access the new tillage scheme by growing corn on land previously under maize,...
  • Land Issues
    185. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the status of programme for Government commitments to complete a land use review ahead of the drafting of a land use strategy and a...
  • Departmental Bodies
    186. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the progress to date of the beef task force; the timeline for the completion of commitments given to the task force; the steps he is...
  • Food Industry
    187. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the steps he is taking to address the rising costs for food producers. [17042/22]
  • Animal Feedstuffs
    188. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the way in which enough fodder for winter 2022 can be ensured; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [16964/22]
  • EU Funding
    189. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the expected timeframe in which the €500 million European Crisis Reserve Fund will be made available to support farming...
  • Common Agricultural Policy
    190. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he has considered revising the State's CAP strategic plan to remove the proposed age limit on enhanced TAMS for women farmers....
  • Pesticide Use
    191. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine his views on the banning or restriction of the use of glyphosate by public bodies. [9366/22]
  • Agriculture Schemes
    192. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine when the farm environmental study programme which was allocated funding in budget 2021 will be open for applications; and if he will...
  • Inshore Fisheries
    193. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine further to Parliamentary Question No. 186 of 10 February 2022, the status of the commitment to ensure inshore waters continue to be...
  • Animal Welfare
    194. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine his views on the welfare crisis in the dairy suckler calf industry; his further views on the fact that calves are being offered free...
  • Forestry Sector
    195. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the status of the 21 Mackinnon report recommendations issued in 2019; and the number that have been implemented. [16998/22]

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