Written answers

Thursday, 9 March 2023

Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine

 
  • Fuel Prices
    352. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if his attention has been drawn to the increased costs of renewable fuel energy; if they will reduce in price; and if he will make a...
  • Pesticide Use
    353. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if this State gathers data on the amount of rodenticide sold in Ireland each year, or on the amount imported into Ireland each year;...
  • Agriculture Schemes
    354. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if it is his intention to increase the payment for the sheep welfare scheme to €30 per ewe, as requested by the farming...
  • Agriculture Supports
    355. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the measures he is taking to support the sheep sector; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [11882/23]
  • Control of Dogs
    356. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the steps he is taking to improve dog control; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [11883/23]
  • Greenhouse Gas Emissions
    357. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if his attention has been drawn to recent Teagasc research (details supplied) into the sequestering of carbon on Irish farms; and if...
  • Departmental Policies
    358. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if his attention has been drawn to studies showing Government policies are fuelling a mental health crisis among farmers (details...
  • Fishing Industry
    359. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will provide an update on the efforts of the Government to secure a fair allocation of fishing quota across the range of...
  • Agriculture Supports
    360. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if there is a hardship fund to assist a farmer (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [12077/23]
  • Horse Racing Industry
    361. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine how organisations may affiliate to the Irish Horseracing Regulatory Board; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [12098/23]
  • Agriculture Industry
    362. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the steps he has taken to ensure an adequate supply of fencing is available to farmers in 2023 following the implementation of a ban...
  • Departmental Priorities
    363. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if his Department accepts the recommendations of the Wool Feasibility Study; the progress made implementing any accepted...
  • Departmental Data
    364. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the number of individuals who received payments from his Department in 2022 that were customers of a bank (details supplied) that...
  • Animal Diseases
    365. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine further to Parliamentary Question No. 67 of 25 October 2022, the meeting of the TB Forum at which it was agreed that new requirements...
  • Coillte Teoranta
    366. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if following a judgement from the European Court of Justice prohibiting Coillte from receiving state supports; if any repayments were...
  • Calafoirt agus Céanna
    369. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine cén uair a thosófar an obair ar Chéim a Trí den obair ar mhuiríne Ros an Mhíl; agus an ndéanfaidh...
  • Harbours and Piers
    370. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine with regard to the ongoing construction of the Ros a'Mhíl deep water quay, if he has considered increasing the spec of the deck...
  • Departmental Properties
    371. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the number of vacant habitable dwelling units and vacant derelict residential dwelling units in the ownership of or part ownership of...
  • Fisheries Protection
    372. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he intends to introduce regulations on limiting the number of pots under each licence held by inshore fishermen around the coast....
  • Agriculture Schemes
    374. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he has given consideration to lobbies from groups (details supplied) with respect to increasing targeted sheep payments to...
  • Departmental Data
    375. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the total number of the beef herd at present; the extent to which numbers have fluctuated in the past five years; and if he will make...
  • Agriculture Supports
    378. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the degree to which farmers dependent on sheep rearing have experienced an income reduction in recent times; the measures in place or...
  • Agriculture Industry
    381. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the current strength of the dairy herd; the degree if any to which it has fluctuated or likely to so do in the future, with...
  • Animal Diseases
    382. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the ongoing effort to combat bovine TB with particular reference to carriers; the evidence that exists in this regard; and if he will...
  • Food Industry
    383. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the extent to which all food imports into this country remain subject to Irish and EU standards in respect of husbandry, processing...
  • Forestry Sector
    385. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the extent to which the ongoing forestry development programme continues with due regard for the necessity to use marginal lands as...
  • Food Industry
    386. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the extent to which plans are afoot to protect possible shortages in the food chain in this country given the increased population;...
  • Agriculture Industry
    387. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the extent to which the cereal industry in this country continues to remain viable given the evidence of competition in the market...
  • Agriculture Supports
    390. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the extent to which farm supports contain new money or a replacement for previous schemes; and if he will make a statement on the...

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