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93 records in IE in 2002
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 15 October 2002
163 Mr. Ring asked the Minister for Agriculture and Food when a person (details supplied) in County Mayo will receive an area-based payment for 2002; and the reason for the delay in the payment issuing. [18099/02]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 15 October 2002
162 Mr. Ring asked the Minister for Agriculture and Food when a person (details supplied) in County Mayo will receive an area-based payment for 2002; the problem with the case; when it will be resolved; and when this person will receive payment. [18098/02]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 15 October 2002
161 Mr. Kenny asked the Minister for Agriculture and Food the regulations and conditions which govern the payment of headage payments where off farm income applies; the limits involved in such cases; if there are categories of off farm employment and income where the drawing of headage payments is approved; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18011/02]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 15 October 2002
160 Mr. Ring asked the Minister for Agriculture and Food when a person (details supplied) in County Mayo will receive their area-based payments for 2002. [18010/02]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 15 October 2002
159 Mr. J. O'Keeffe asked the Minister for Agriculture and Food the position in relation to the quarantine of dogs and other pets coming from Europe; whether it is correct that if an animal is being brought from France it has to be quarantined it if comes directly, but not if it comes via the United Kingdom; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18009/02]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 15 October 2002
158 Mr. Neville asked the Minister for Agriculture and Food the political and diplomatic initiatives he is taking to get beef shipments moving to all traditional Irish markets in Egypt, Saudia Arabia, the Gulf states, South Africa, Indonesia and the Philippines. [18008/02]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 15 October 2002
173 Mr. O'Shea asked the Minister for Agriculture and Food the proposals he has to re-introduce the levy on imported grain; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18284/02]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 15 October 2002
157 Mr. Neville asked the Minister for Agriculture and Food if the ?10 per tonne import tariff on cereals will be reinstated, and the calculation based on true world prices. [18007/02]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 15 October 2002
156 Mr. Neville asked the Minister for Agriculture and Food if, due to the crisis in agriculture, his Department will make 80% advance payment of all livestock premia on 16 October 2002, including the suckler cow, special beef and slaughter premia, as well as the beef national envelope payments. [18006/02]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 15 October 2002
155 Mr. Neville asked the Minister for Agriculture and Food if his Department will make payment of 100% fixed ewe premium on 16 October 2002. [18005/02]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 15 October 2002
170 Mr. Ferris asked the Minister for Agriculture and Food if the Government intends to provide aid for those farmers worst affected by this year's weather crisis in view of continuing difficulties facing farmers in that position. [18281/02]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 15 October 2002
154 Mr. Neville asked the Minister for Agriculture and Food if a viability aid package will be introduced for farmers who are affected by the negative consequences of this year's bad weather through poor quality silage, higher feed bills, disease, pressure and lower yields in tillage crops and crop damage due to heavy rainfall and flooding; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18004/02]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 15 October 2002
153 Mr. Hogan asked the Minister for Agriculture and Food when the payment of a special beef premium will be made to a person (details supplied) in County Laois; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17989/02]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 15 October 2002
152 Mr. Kirk asked the Minister for Agriculture and Food when he expects the framework plan for commonages to be finalised; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17987/02]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 15 October 2002
151 Mr. Perry asked the Minister for Agriculture and Food the reason a person (details supplied) in County Sligo has not received a headage payment; if this person will encounter further payment delays; when the payment will be released; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17962/02]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 15 October 2002
150 Mr. Ring asked the Minister for Agriculture and Food when a person (details supplied) in County Mayo will receive an area based payment for 2002. [17899/02]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 20 June 2002
48 Mr. Stagg asked the Minister for Agriculture and Food , in regard to the commitment given in An Agreed Programme for Government, the specific action it is intended to take to agree a series of proposals with farming organisations to tackle red tape; the specific areas of red tape he intends to deal with; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [13985/02]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 20 June 2002
10 Mr. Quinn asked the Minister for Agriculture and Food, in regard to the commitment given in An Agreed Programme for Government, the specific action it is intended to take to develop the organic sector; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [13983/02]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 20 June 2002
9 Mr. J. Bruton asked the Minister for Agriculture and Food the 2002 Estimates for public capital spending by his Department; if the net expenditure under headings is likely on present trends to be exceeded; and if so, the amount by which in each case. [14042/02]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 20 June 2002
8 Mr. Hogan asked the Minister for Agriculture and Food the risk of poverty for farmers; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [14059/02]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 20 June 2002
7 Mr. Timmins asked the Minister for Agriculture and Food the status of the DVO office in Wicklow; if it contains the files of all Wicklow farmers; if it has a full-time veterinary inspector; the way in which it differs in status from other DVOs; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [14051/02]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 20 June 2002
48 Mr. Stagg asked the Minister for Agriculture and Food , in regard to the commitment given in An Agreed Programme for Government, the specific action it is intended to take to agree a series of proposals with farming organisations to tackle red tape; the specific areas of red tape he intends to deal with; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [13985/02]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 20 June 2002
6 Mr. McGinley asked the Minister for Agriculture and Food his plans to reduce the amount of bureaucracy and red-tape involved in farming; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [14061/02]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 20 June 2002
5 Mr. Hayes asked the Minister for Agriculture and Food the measures he intends to put in place to help alleviate the current crisis in the dairy sector, particularly in view of the unprecedented bad weather and falling milk prices. [14158/02]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 20 June 2002
4 Mr. S. Ryan asked the Minister for Agriculture and Food if he will report on the recommendations of the selection committee in respect of the capital investment scheme for the marketing and processing of certain agricultural produces, potatoes, 2001; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [14161/02]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 20 June 2002
3 Mr. Timmins asked the Minister for Agriculture and Food the submissions he made to the mid-term review of Agenda 2000; when he expects this review to be published; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [14160/02]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 20 June 2002
2 Mr. Penrose asked the Minister for Agriculture and Food if, in view of the significant crisis in farm incomes, he will consider the establishment of a commission on farm incomes to undertake an indepth study of current income levels and to make appropriate recommendations as to the way in which income levels might be improved; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [13962/02]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 20 June 2002
1 Mr. Timmins asked the Minister for Agriculture and Food the current status of the live cattle trade; if there are proposals for transport rule changes; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [14159/02]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 18 April 2002
8 Mr. Shatter asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and Rural Development if the practice of price tiering, now engaged in by grain purchasers, is permissible under the rules of the EU Common Agricultural Policy; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [11982/02]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 18 April 2002
7 Mr. Wall asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and Rural Development the investigation conducted by his Department following the discovery of one tonne of dioxin-contaminated cattle compound; if the source of the material has been established; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [11891/02]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 18 April 2002
6 Mr. Dukes asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and Rural Development if he will make provision to include sheep in the national scheme for collection of fallen animals; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [11983/02]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 18 April 2002
5 Mr. Bell asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and Rural Development the number of farmers who have withdrawn from the REP scheme; the numbers currently joined up; his views on this decrease; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [11902/02]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 18 April 2002
4 Mr. Connaughton asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and Rural Development the reason he is preventing calves being sold at traditional fairs and markets; if his attention has been drawn to the fact that such activity was deemed to be acceptable when the relevant legislation was being debated in Dáil Éireann in 2001; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [12111/02]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 18 April 2002
3 Mr. Dukes asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and Rural Development if he will make arrangements for the certification required for the national beef assurance scheme and the dairy herd certificate to be carried out on each farm on the date of the annual herd test; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [12110/02]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 18 April 2002
2 Mr. Dukes asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and Rural Development the reason the statutory appeals office is not yet in operation; the factors which have caused the delay; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [12109/02]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 18 April 2002
1 Mr. Dukes asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and Rural Development the steps he proposes to take to prevent the illegal labelling of untraceable Argentinean and Brazilian beef as Irish beef for use in the catering trade; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [12108/02]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 14 February 2002
7 Mr. Rabbitte asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and Rural Development if he will report on the meeting of the farm Ministers Council in December 2001; if he has satisfied himself with its decision to fix the basic ewe premium at ?21; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [4947/02]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 14 February 2002
6 Mr. Spring asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and Rural Development if he will provide an update on the closure of the Tralee Beef and Lamb plant in Tralee, County Kerry; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [4956/02]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 14 February 2002
5 Mr. Crawford asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and Rural Development the steps he proposes to take to implement the changes in the penalties applying to European Union direct payment schemes, which were passed by the Agriculture Council in November 2001; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [4918/02]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 14 February 2002
4 Dr. Upton asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and Rural Development the number of cases of BSE reported to date in 2002; the number of cases reported in the month of January; the counties in which all cases in 2002 were discovered; the number of cases which were discovered in each of those counties; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [4975/02]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 14 February 2002
3 Mr. Connaughton asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and Rural Development the reason the 30 day rule, originally intended to remain in force until 1 November 2001, is still applied to livestock dealers and agents; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [4917/02]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 14 February 2002
2 Mr. Penrose asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and Rural Development when he will take steps to review the operation of the 30 day restriction rule in relation to the sale or movement of stock; the reasons the restrictions are remaining in place; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [4974/02]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 14 February 2002
1 Mr. Dukes asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and Rural Development the progress which has been made to date with the cull of sheep flocks with a history of scrapie; the number of extra flocks it is intended to cull; the length of time the operation is expected to last; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [4916/02]