332. Deputy Michael Lowry asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine further to Parliamentary Question Nos. 204, 205, 206, 207, 208, 209 and 210 of 19 May 2021, if he has informed working group 2 of the failure in public consultation procedures that occurred; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [35021/21]
331. Deputy Michael Lowry asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine further to Parliamentary Question Nos. 197, 198, 199 and 203 of 19 May 2021, if he will complete a needs analysis survey of the industry to develop metrics of the requirements for licensing and scheme approvals in the private sector which can inform project woodland given that it is not possible to say with any certainty, the number of licenses that must issue to achieve various targets; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [35020/21]
498. Deputy Michael Lowry asked the Minister for Health if he will consider the vaccination of staff working in essential jobs and services that cannot avoid a high risk of exposure to Covid-19 (details supplied); if he will discuss this matter at the earliest convenience with the National Public Health Emergency Team and the National Immunisation Advisory Committee; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [27126/21]
395. Deputy Michael Lowry asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if his attention has been drawn to a programme developed by an organisation (details supplied) in conjunction with the psychology department in Trinity College, Dublin; if he will endorse this indicative and support it financially through the portfolio of his Department; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [34955/21]
152. Deputy Michael Lowry asked the Minister for Finance if changes to benefit in kind in respect of company electric vehicles which have been proposed to come into effect from January 2023 will be reviewed; if he will address a potential anomaly in which it will be cheaper for persons to remain driving a non-electric vehicle (details supplied); his views on whether calculating benefit in kind on the open market value of a vehicle is unjust; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [34608/21]
435. Deputy Michael Lowry asked the Minister for Health when Covid-19 guidelines will be issued to organisations on the management and operation of summer camps (details supplied) during the summer months in 2021; if such activities can proceed in 2021; if he will discuss this matter at his earliest convenience with public health officials; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [26376/21]
186. Deputy Michael Lowry asked the Minister for Justice the status of the progress made on finding the remains of a person (details supplied) from County Tipperary who was granted a posthumous pardon in 2016; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [33652/21]
171. Deputy Michael Lowry asked the Minister for Social Protection her views on extending the employment of all persons in the community employment programme until at least 31 December 2021 given the difficulty in replacing persons during the Covid-19 pandemic; if she will address the concerns raised by a person (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [32439/21]
704. Deputy Michael Lowry asked the Minister for Education her views on whether access to books and reading is important for young children particularly those who might not have other means to access a wide variety of books; if her attention has been drawn to the fact that in 2009 the Government ceased giving Irish primary schools grants for buying library books; if grants to purchase library books for use by students will be reintroduced to primary schools; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [30517/21]
405. Deputy Michael Lowry asked the Minister for Education the position regarding an application by a school (details supplied); if design approval for this building project will be approved shortly; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [29339/21]
297. Deputy Michael Lowry asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine further to Parliamentary Question number 193 of 19 May 2021, the person or body that will provide the sufficient training and support to the REAP participants and agents to carry out all works involved in the project specifically in relation to tree planting; if plans to exclude mandatory professional foresters many of whom are represented in their profession by an organisation (details supplied) from the scheme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [28994/21]
296. Deputy Michael Lowry asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine further to Parliamentary Question Nos, 359 and 358 of 20 May 2021, if he plans to exclude mandatory Department registered professional forester and ecologist involvement from the scheme to plant trees along rivers and watercourses to act as carbon sinks and interceptors of nutrients currently being prepared by the Minister of State in cases in which any proposed planting of trees is less than 0.1 hectares; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [28992/21]
295. Deputy Michael Lowry asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine further to Parliamentary Question Nos, 359 and 358, of 20 May 2021, if the private forestry sector and specifically the foresters registered with his Department and registered ecologists and an organisation (details supplied) will be involved in developing the scheme terms and conditions; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [28991/21]
294. Deputy Michael Lowry asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine further to Parliamentary Question Nos, 359 and 358, of 20 May 2021, if any proposed planting of trees less than 0.1 hectares is considered a plan or a project and is subject to screening and appropriate assessment in the same manner as forestry currently; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [28990/21]
293. Deputy Michael Lowry asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if complementary environmental measures on new afforestation projects can be funded in any new agri environmental scheme under the CAP whilst the forestry programme could be delivered entirely separately from the CAP strategic plan; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [28989/21]
292. Deputy Michael Lowry asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if a SWAT analysis has been carried out of the compatibility of the present terms and conditions and structure of the GLAS eco scheme with afforestation; if so, if the results of such a SWAT analysis are being considered in the design, terms and conditions of any new eco schemes in the next CAP; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [28988/21]
291. Deputy Michael Lowry asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine further to Parliamentary Question Nos. 191 and 192 of 19 May 2021, the number of farmers that afforested each year since the launch of GLAS in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [28987/21]
290. Deputy Michael Lowry asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine further to Parliamentary Question Nos. 191 and 192 of 19 May 2021, the main farming activity that is, dairy, beef, sheep, tillage and other in percentage terms of the applicants for GLAS; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [28986/21]
289. Deputy Michael Lowry asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine further to Parliamentary Question Nos. 191 and 192 of 19 May 2021, the number of applicants for the basic payments scheme by county; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [28985/21]
288. Deputy Michael Lowry asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine further to Parliamentary Question Nos. 191 and 192 of 19 May 2021, the number of applicants for GLAS by county in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [28984/21]
287. Deputy Michael Lowry asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine further to Parliamentary Question Nos. 191 and 192 of 19 May 2021, if LPIS plots or parcels in GLAS are not available for afforestation opportunities for farmers; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [28983/21]
286. Deputy Michael Lowry asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine further to Parliamentary Question Nos. 191 and 192 of 19 May 2021, if the total LPIS area under which GLAS actions are attached are excluded from afforestation opportunity for the applicant; if such applicants are forced to pay back the monies received on the actions under the GLAS in cases in which they wish or need to afforest parcels attached or under the terms and conditions of the GLAS scheme; his views on whether this serves as a major disincentive to afforestation; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [28982/21]
285. Deputy Michael Lowry asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine further to Parliamentary Question Nos. 191 and 192 of 19 May 2021, the total LPIS area under which GLAS actions are attached on a per year basis since the GLAS was launched in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [28981/21]
284. Deputy Michael Lowry asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine further to Parliamentary Question Nos. 191 and 192 of 19 May 2021, the total number of individual LPIS plots or parcels in GLAS for each year since its launch in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [28980/21]
283. Deputy Michael Lowry asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine further to Parliamentary Question Nos. 191 and 192, of 19 May 2021, the total number of unique farmer applicants for the GLAS scheme per year since its launch in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [28979/21]
282. Deputy Michael Lowry asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine further to Parliamentary Question Nos. 191 and 192, of 19 May 2021, the total area applied for basic payment payments on an annual basis since the launch of GLAS; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [28978/21]
281. Deputy Michael Lowry asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine further to Parliamentary Question Nos. 191 and 192, of 19 May 2021, the total number of individual LPIS plots or parcels submitted under the basic payments scheme each year since the launch of GLAS in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [28977/21]
280. Deputy Michael Lowry asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine further to Parliamentary Question Nos. 191 and 192, of 19 May 2021, the total number of unique farmer applications on an annual basis for the basic payment scheme since the launch of GLAS; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [28976/21]
279. Deputy Michael Lowry asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine further to Parliamentary Question Nos. 191 and 192 of 19 May 2021, if he is satisfied that no changes to the GLAS terms and conditions and structure or system are necessary or planned in REAP or any new environmental or eco scheme in the next CAP to enhance the compatibility of afforestation and such environmental or eco schemes in the next CAP; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [28975/21]
278. Deputy Michael Lowry asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the policy analysis carried out by his Department on the impact GLAS has had on afforestation uptake rates, due to the fact that farmer planting undertook the most serious decline in the history of the scheme during the same time period as GLAS; the policy analysis that was completed by his Department on the impact of GLAS on the afforestation grant scheme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [28974/21]
277. Deputy Michael Lowry asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine further to Parliamentary Question Nos. 191 and 192 of 19 May 2021, if the assistant secretary with responsibility for GLAS is also responsible for forestry; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [28973/21]
196. Deputy Michael Lowry asked the Minister for Education the position in relation to a family liaison post which is allocated to a school (details supplied); if the post will be approved again for the coming academic year 2021-2022; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [28854/21]
218. Deputy Michael Lowry asked the Minister for Justice the status of progress made on the construction of a new Garda station at Kickham Barracks, Clonmel, County Tipperary; if her attention has been drawn to the fact that this project at Kickham Barracks has secured planning; when funding for the construction of the new Garda Station at Kickham Barracks will be provided; the envisaged commencement date for when construction will start; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [28398/21]
553. Deputy Michael Lowry asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if a Forest Service inspector or inspector of his Department has raised concerns over the practicality or operational feasibility or expressed any negative concerns to senior management within his Department on the existing ash dieback reconstitution and underplanting scheme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [27712/21]
552. Deputy Michael Lowry asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the current information on the incidence of rot and decay in trees infected with ash dieback; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [27711/21]
551. Deputy Michael Lowry asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the current impact of ash dieback; the rate of spread across the country; and the position of his Department as to the viability of ash trees in forests and individual trees infected by ash dieback. [27710/21]
550. Deputy Michael Lowry asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he sought a report from a qualified professional on the potential health and safety issues associated with harvesting and recreational activities close to or beside dead and dying ash, both plantations and roadside trees impacted by ash dieback; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [27709/21]
549. Deputy Michael Lowry asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the target for approval of applications by number and area under the existing ash dieback reconstitution and underplanting scheme before the end of December 2021; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [27708/21]
548. Deputy Michael Lowry asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the percentage of applications under the ash dieback reconstitution and underplanting scheme that have been approved since the launch of same; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [27707/21]
547. Deputy Michael Lowry asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will confirm his continued confidence and support for the existing ash dieback reconstitution and underplanting scheme; his views on whether the scheme as currently constituted allowing for the new rules in circular 5 of 2021 is fit for purpose; if it has his full support; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [27706/21]
546. Deputy Michael Lowry asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine when he will instruct his officials to organise information and training events on the existing ash dieback reconstitution and underplanting scheme for forest owners seriously impacted by both the ash dieback disease and the contents of circular 5 of 2021; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [27705/21]
545. Deputy Michael Lowry asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine when he will instruct his officials to organise information and training events for the industry on the existing ash dieback reconstitution and underplanting scheme particularly given the recent new rules associated with the scheme contained in circular 5 of 2021; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [27704/21]
544. Deputy Michael Lowry asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine when his Department will write to each applicant that has lodged an application under the existing ash dieback reconstitution and underplanting scheme and inform them of the contents of circular 5 of 2021 and the way it will affect their individual application; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [27703/21]
224. Deputy Michael Lowry asked the Minister for Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media the way an event organiser (details supplied) in County Tipperary can apply or obtain a licence to hold a limited number of live events in the arts and culture sector either indoor or outdoor; if there is an application process or established criteria to be considered under the recently proposed scheme; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [27684/21]
114. Deputy Michael Lowry asked the Minister for Transport if additional measures will be implemented as a matter of urgency to deal with the major backlog in applicants awaiting theory tests; if he will take into account that the majority of non-essential businesses and services have reopened since 17 May 2021; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [27753/21]
366. Deputy Michael Lowry asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if his Department is on target to date to achieve the stated licensing output target of 4,500 licences; if not, he size of the delay in relation in achieving the target; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [27196/21]
365. Deputy Michael Lowry asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine his plans to revisit the existing academically excellent but operationally nonsensical and impractical RUS scheme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [27195/21]
364. Deputy Michael Lowry asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if his attention has been drawn to the fact that ash plantations subject to ash dieback, which are either dead or dying and rotting are now a very serious health and safety trap for owners, contractors and the public and the contents of circular 5 of 2021 in view of the performance of his Department in issuing approvals in the RUS scheme to date does nothing other than add to the health and safety issue; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [27194/21]
363. Deputy Michael Lowry asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine his plans to develop a process with the Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage that takes account of the fact that ash trees are either dead or dying and rotting and that the process and procedure as laid out in circular 5 of 2021 does not take account of this; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [27193/21]
362. Deputy Michael Lowry asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if there are possible mechanisms in the Forestry Act 2014 that take account of the fact that the ash crops are either dying or dead and as such are not subject to the rules as laid out in circular 5/2021; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [27192/21]