Written answers

Monday, 9 September 2024

Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine

 
  • Agriculture Supports
    1206.To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine to respond to concerns raised in correspondence (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter.[33793/24]
  • Planning Issues
    1207.To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if consideration has been given to restricting or banning the sale of leylandii trees and saplings, which are the bane of many a...
  • Agriculture Schemes
    1208.To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine to address concerns regarding the abrupt changes to the straw chopping scheme; if he is aware that tillage farmers had customers...
  • Aquaculture Industry
    1210.To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the grid reference boundaries of Fintra Bay, County Donegal for aquaculture licensing purposes; and if he will make a statement on...
  • Animal Welfare
    1211.To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine whether a departmental investigation into the animal cruelty aspects of an RTÉ programme (details supplied) has commenced; if...
  • Legislative Measures
    1212.To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will outline the engagements he has had with veterinary practitioners to discuss their concerns in relation to the changes to...
  • Programme for Government
    1213.To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will report on the implementation of the programme for Government commitments under the remit of his Department.[34002/24]
  • Live Exports
    1214.To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the number of live horses exported from Ireland, by month in 2023 and up to the end of June 2024, in tabular form.[34020/24]
  • Animal Welfare
    1215.To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine his plans to address the animal welfare and food safety issues exposed by an RTÉ documentary (details supplied).[34021/24]
  • Forestry Sector
    1218.To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine to consider implementing a policy providing financial support or compensation to foresters for attending necessary training events...
  • Agriculture Schemes
    1220.To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the number of ash crop owners, out of the 6,500 individual owners, that have applied for the RUS scheme; the number of hectares in...
  • Business Regulation
    1221.To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine his views on questionable sales practices from a company (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter.[34151/24]
  • Greyhound Industry
    1222.To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the status of the 4,368 non-coursing greyhounds who were born in 2021 and had an active status assigned to them as of 17 April 2024...
  • Dairy Sector
    1225.To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the reasons that applicants to the dairy equipment scheme cannot receive funding for a robotic milking machine if they previously...
  • Agriculture Schemes
    1226.To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the current situation regarding an ACRES payment to a person in County Cork (details supplied); if he will provide details of the...
  • Departmental Bodies
    1227.To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the number of committees, forums, working groups, stakeholder groups, advisory groups currently operational in his Department; the...
  • Agriculture Schemes
    1228.To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the status of the payment for approved applicants under the women farmers TAMS grant; when payments will commence; and if he will...
  • Hare Coursing
    1229.To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if, in relation to the news that just four out of 200 events in relation to hare coursing have been monitored in the past five years,...
  • Greyhound Industry
    1230.To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the measures, if any, the Government is taking to make exports of greyhounds illegal (details supplied); and if he will make a...
  • Animal Welfare
    1231.To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if his Department will put a stop to a cruel sport (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter.[34267/24]
  • Veterinary Services
    1234.To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he agrees that no healthy animal should be put down and it should be illegal for vets to do so.[34270/24]
  • Animal Slaughtering
    1235.To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he agrees that horses should not be exported for slaughter; and if he will make this practice illegal.[34271/24]
  • Animal Welfare
    1236.To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he agrees that laws should be passed to ensure that all horses and greyhounds are rehomed when their racing careers are over.[34272/24]
  • Animal Breeding
    1238.To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will propose legislation to limit the number of greyhound pups and foals born each year; if he will limit litters to two per...
  • Veterinary Services
    1239.To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the dates his Department inspected veterinary clinics (details supplied) since the Animal Remedies Act 1993 regulations regarding...
  • Forestry Sector
    1241.To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if, in developing the climate resilient reforestation pilot scheme, any analysis was undertaken on the potential impact of the scheme...
  • Departmental Contracts
    1242.To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the number of contracts a company (details supplied) have had with his Department in the years of 2022, 2023 and to-date in 2024; the...
  • Middle East
    1244.To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he has engaged with the Food and Agriculture Organisation of the United Nations regarding its work to alleviate the humanitarian...
  • Forestry Sector
    1245.To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if there are plans to extend the ash dieback reconstitution scheme to deal with the issue of ash dieback more generally; and if he...
  • Departmental Properties
    1246.To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he has any responsibility for a location (details supplied); and if he accepts a finding.[34655/24]
  • Official Travel
    1247.To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the number of flights he has taken to or from Shannon Airport, Cork Airport and Knock Airport since assuming office.[34750/24]
  • Tillage Sector
    1248.To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the action he is taking to implement action 26 of the Food Vision 2023 Tillage Group Report, namely to provide greater recognition...
  • Fishing Industry
    1249.To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the number of farmed salmon that escaped from a farm (details supplied) on Sunday 11 August 2024; when the Department was notified of...
  • Agriculture Industry
    1250.To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine for an update on the development of two new all-island bioeconomy demonstrator facilities; to provide the total allocation; the...
  • Forestry Sector
    1251.To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the number of changes of ownership from private farmer to commercial forester after licences have been awarded to plant forestry for...
  • Tillage Sector
    1253.To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the actions taken to date with regard to the possible introduction of a €100-ha support for tillage farmers; and if he will...
  • Environmental Impact Assessments
    1254.To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine further to Parliamentary Question No. 298 of 11 July 2024, when he will publish his proposals regarding the independent review of the...
  • Agriculture Schemes
    1255.To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if ACRES land scores can be appealed the following year; and if he will make a statement on the matter.[34897/24]
  • Departmental Staff
    1256.To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the number of political staff employed in his Department, including parliamentary assistants, secretarial assistants, special...
  • Ministerial Staff
    1257.To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine to provide a list of the names of each special adviser employed by his Department since 2020; the Minister and Minister of State whom...
  • Pesticide Use
    1259.To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he recently signed a Ministerial order directing companies involved in pest control to take out the toxic product that kills...
  • Fisheries Protection
    1260.To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine further to Parliamentary Question No. 1714 of 23 July 2024, the status of plans for the introduction of measures to protect the sprat...
  • Industrial Development
    1261.To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine his plans for a national action plan for the development of an indigenous wool industry, arising from the Review of Market...
  • Departmental Bodies
    1263.To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if minutes are taken at the meetings of the Wool Council; if any minutes taken are published; and if he will make a statement on the...
  • Departmental Reviews
    1265.To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the total amount paid to the consortium led by the Agile Executive for carrying out the Review of Market Opportunities for...
  • Fishing Industry
    1266.To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he can provide clarity on the new scheme to support the economic development of the inshore fishing fleet (details supplied); and...
  • Agriculture Schemes
    1267.To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine when a 2023 Acres scheme payment will issue to a farmer in County Kerry (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the...
  • Harbours and Piers
    1271.To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine for an update on when the new Rossaveal deep water harbour in Galway is set to proceed; and if he will make a statement on the...
  • Agriculture Schemes
    1272.To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the number of farmers issued with a payment in respect of ACRES in the amount of €5,000 who now find that the final amount...
  • Fishery Harbour Centres
    1274.To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine when it is intended to seek bids to rent out a building (details supplied); the reason for the delay given the building has lain idle...
  • Departmental Data
    1275.To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the number of WTE staff, by job title currently working in the Office of Agri-Food Regulator; the WTE vacancies, by job title that...
  • Veterinary Services
    1276.To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if a response will issue to correspondence (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter.[35186/24]
  • Departmental Funding
    1277.To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will allocate funding to increase the number of food-trained detector dogs to be based at ports and airports nationwide; and...
  • Agriculture Schemes
    1278.To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the number of applications received from each of the three Aran Island, Árann, Inis Meáin and Inis Oirr, under Tranche 2 of...
  • Departmental Communications
    1282.To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine for an update on his Department’s engagement with relevant EU bodies with respect to the Mercosur Trade Deal; and if he will...
  • Animal Diseases
    1283.To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the reason a farmer in County Kerry (details supplied), whose cattle had a clear TB test two weeks before they were sold, has been...
  • State Bodies
    1284.To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine further to Parliamentary Question No. 918 of 25 July 2023, if there has been any further progress on the case in question; and if he...
  • Harbours and Piers
    1285.To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the reason a vehicle owner from Inis Meáin, Árainn, County Galway (details supplied) was refused a parking permit for...
  • Agriculture Schemes
    1286.To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine for an update on ACRES overpayments (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter.[35486/24]
  • Animal Diseases
    1288.To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will publish the number of incidences of TB detected nationwide for the years 2014 to 2023; and if he will make a statement on...
  • Agriculture Industry
    1292.To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if the Charter of Farmers Rights is still fit for purpose and relevant; his views on whether it should be updated; and if he will...
  • Agriculture Supports
    1293.To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the number of applicants that have joined each of the ACRES 1 and ACRES 2 schemes respectively; the number that have since withdrawn...
  • Agriculture Schemes
    1294.To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the number of ACRES scheme participants that received a preliminary payment under the ACRES scheme of €4,000 for the general...
  • Agriculture Industry
    1297.To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the specific measures that will be introduced in Budget 2025 to support the survival and sustainability of various agricultural...
  • Agriculture Schemes
    1298.To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine when he intends to introduce the 'forgotten farmers' scheme, which aims to provide support to farmers who missed out on previous...
  • Agriculture Industry
    1299.To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the amount of kilograms farmers can spread per hectare in circumstances (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the...
  • Forestry Sector
    1300.To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the current status of afforestation licensing, given the recent achievement of licensing 182 hectares for afforestation recently; if...
  • Agriculture Industry
    1303.To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the size of the national dairy herd for each of the past 15 years, in tabular form; if there is a target figure for the size of the...
  • Agriculture Schemes
    1305.To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will consider the introduction of a farm retirement scheme with funding from CAP and/or national resources; and if he will make...
  • Fodder Crisis
    1306.To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if there is an up-to-date review available concerning the adequacy of fodder stock for the coming winter; and if he will make a...

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