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Question· writtenPQ 803asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 14 December 2021
803. Deputy Matt Carthy asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the number of sheep on which payments were made under the sheep welfare scheme; the payment rate in each of the years 2016 to date, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [61906/21]
Question· writtenPQ 802asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 14 December 2021
802. Deputy Matt Carthy asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the amount paid in pillar 1 payments to date in 2021; the total amount expected to be paid; the amount allocated in 2022; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [61883/21]
Question· writtenPQ 801asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 14 December 2021
801. Deputy Matt Carthy asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if the proposed cap of €66,000 on the basic income support scheme will impact on eco-scheme payments; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [61882/21]
Question· writtenPQ 800asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 14 December 2021
800. Deputy Matt Carthy asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the amount of funding he plans to provide to pillar 2 schemes from the Exchequer; the amount co-funded from 2023 to 2027; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [61881/21]
Question· writtenPQ 799asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 14 December 2021
799. Deputy Matt Carthy asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine further to Parliamentary Question No. 355 of 20 May 2021, the amount of funding provided to pillar 2 schemes from the Exchequer; the amount co-funded by scheme in 2020 to date; the allocated amounts in 2022; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [61880/21]
Question· writtenPQ 798asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 14 December 2021
798. Deputy Matt Carthy asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine his proposals to incentivise and support poultry farmers to invest in and adopt best available technology in order to reduce ammonia emissions; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [61879/21]
Question· writtenPQ 797asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 14 December 2021
797. Deputy Eoin Ó Broin asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if the microchip database of an organisation (details supplied) records the unique identifying code of the person who implants the microchip and registers the dog; if his attention has been drawn to the fact that the recent seizure of 33 dogs by An Garda Síochána and another organisation were registered on the pet sellers list as billionaire bully and online adverts listed by the pet seller indicates that the dogs were registered with the first organisation; and if a commitment will be given to investigate if the dogs were in fact legally registered. [61841/21]
Question· writtenPQ 796asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 14 December 2021
796. Deputy Eoin Ó Broin asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if information on the traceability system RCÉTS is publicly accessible; if not, the reason; and the number of owners and keepers who have failed to update the status of their greyhound on the RCÉTS since January 2021. [61840/21]
Question· writtenPQ 795asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 14 December 2021
795. Deputy Eoin Ó Broin asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the detail of the regulatory changes that took effect in February 2021 regarding the manner in which novice greyhounds are seeded. [61839/21]
Question· writtenPQ 794asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 14 December 2021
794. Deputy Eoin Ó Broin asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the number of veterinary certificates that have been lodged with an organisation (details supplied) in 2020 to allow for a greyhound bitch to have a seventh and-or eighth litter; and if a list of said greyhound bitches will be provided. [61838/21]
Question· writtenPQ 793asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 14 December 2021
793. Deputy Eoin Ó Broin asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the number of death certificates submitted to the welfare department of Rásaíocht Con Éireann since the new code of practice for the care and welfare of greyhounds came into force. [61837/21]
Question· writtenPQ 792asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 14 December 2021
792. Deputy Eoin Ó Broin asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if the recently purchased greyhound utility vehicles are available for use at official and unofficial trials; and if they will be available at all racetracks. [61836/21]
Question· writtenPQ 791asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 14 December 2021
791. Deputy Eoin Ó Broin asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if a detailed breakdown of expenditure of the €1.76 million spent by Rásaíocht Con Éireann on welfare, laboratory, integrity and governance will be provided in tabular form. [61835/21]
Question· writtenPQ 790asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 14 December 2021
790. Deputy Joe Carey asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if a farmer in receipt of, and who has repaid, subsidies for land (details supplied) must apply for a felling licence; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [61752/21]
Question· writtenPQ 789asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 14 December 2021
789. Deputy Brian Leddin asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the proportion of livestock vessels leaving Ireland in 2020 and to date in 2021 that had a vet on board; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [61750/21]
Question· writtenPQ 788asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 14 December 2021
788. Deputy Brian Leddin asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the number of animal deaths and injuries that occurred on the voyage of a livestock vessel (details supplied); if a vet was on board the vessel; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [61748/21]
Question· writtenPQ 787asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 14 December 2021
787. Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if there are supports available from his Department for farmers who wish to use organic fertilisers or fertiliser pellets that are biologically composted and 100% organic; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [61721/21]
Question· writtenPQ 786asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 14 December 2021
786. Deputy Pádraig Mac Lochlainn asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the share of the fish quota in the Irish EEZ under the CFP for the Irish fishing fleet on a species basis in tabular form; the overall share or percentage of the fish quota in the Irish EEZ under the CFP allocated to the Irish fishing fleet; and the overall share and percentage of the fish quota in the Irish EEZ under the CFP allocated to the fishing fleet of all other EU member states on a member basis. [61668/21]
Question· writtenPQ 785asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 14 December 2021
785. Deputy Eoin Ó Broin asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if statistical information in relation to felling licences will be provided for 2020 and to date in 2021 (details supplied). [61652/21]
Question· writtenPQ 784asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 14 December 2021
784. Deputy Dara Calleary asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine further to Parliamentary Question No. 743 of 30 November 2021, his views on assessing a case for a frost recon scheme which has been ongoing since 2019; the reason his Department has not utilised the €7 million unused forestry budget for the frost recon scheme to support forest owners whose forests have been damaged by frost; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [61514/21]
Question· writtenPQ 783asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 14 December 2021
783. Deputy Éamon Ó Cuív asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if the introduction of an equine census that includes donkeys will cease with the need to forward passports for donkeys to his Department for the purposes of the ANC scheme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [61507/21]
Question· writtenPQ 782asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 14 December 2021
782. Deputy Matt Carthy asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he considered enhancing or broadening available supports for those effected by ash dieback when reallocating funds within the recent supplementary estimate; if not, if other forestry related measures were considered; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [61468/21]
Question· writtenPQ 781asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 14 December 2021
781. Deputy Matt Carthy asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he plans to allocate further ecologists and foresters towards the processing of farmer and private individual afforestation applications; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [61467/21]
Question· writtenPQ 780asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 14 December 2021
780. Deputy Matt Carthy asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the period of activity for which already issued licences will meet the demand of Coillte; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [61466/21]
Question· writtenPQ 779asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 14 December 2021
779. Deputy Matt Carthy asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he plans to introduce a statutory period in which applicants for forestry-related licences will be entitled to receive a decision; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [61465/21]
Question· writtenPQ 778asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 14 December 2021
778. Deputy Matt Carthy asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the current weekly and monthly number of Coillte felling, private felling, road and afforestation licences issued by type; if a more ambitious target will be adopted in 2022; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [61464/21]
Question· writtenPQ 777asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 14 December 2021
777. Deputy Marian Harkin asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the reason for the non-payment of farm payments in September 2021 to a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [61446/21]
Question· writtenPQ 776asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 14 December 2021
776. Deputy Michael Fitzmaurice asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine further to Parliamentary Question No. 291 of 20 October 2021, if the afforestation scheme is classed as an environmental scheme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [61443/21]
Question· writtenPQ 775asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 14 December 2021
775. Deputy Michael Fitzmaurice asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the way the Forestry Service within his Department plans to reach its own planting afforestation target given it only issued 49 afforestation planting licences in a five-week period from 1 to 29 October 2021 (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [61442/21]
Question· writtenPQ 774asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 14 December 2021
774. Deputy Michael Fitzmaurice asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the number of afforestation licences issued and the number of Coillte felling licences issued since the assistant secretary of his Department informed the Oireachtas Joint Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine on 29 January 2020 that afforestation needs to be the clear focus for 2020; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [61441/21]
Question· writtenPQ 773asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 14 December 2021
773. Deputy Michael Fitzmaurice asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine his plans to ensure afforestation is complementary within the next CAP to re-engage farmers in forestry; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [61440/21]
Question· writtenPQ 772asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 14 December 2021
772. Deputy Michael Fitzmaurice asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if the forestry sector will be allocated financial support to repair plantations damaged by late spring frost in recent years given the fact that €7 million in capital spending is being moved from the forestry budget; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [61439/21]
Question· writtenPQ 771asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 14 December 2021
771. Deputy Michael Fitzmaurice asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if the €7 million being returned from the forestry budget is a result of the inability of his Department to deliver afforestation licences to the sector; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [61438/21]
Question· writtenPQ 770asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 14 December 2021
770. Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the obligations placed on farmers to facilitate TB inspections in the event that a farmer has demonstrated two clear test results in one year and in which neighbouring herds have already tested clear; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [61353/21]
Question· writtenPQ 769asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 14 December 2021
769. Deputy Pádraig Mac Lochlainn asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine when he plans to establish the proposed stakeholders forum to review the Common Fisheries Policy from an Irish perspective; the number of members he plans to place on the forum; the criteria that will be set in place to become a member; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [61333/21]
Question· writtenPQ 768asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 14 December 2021
768. Deputy John McGuinness asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if his attention has been drawn to the fact that an application before the Forest Service by persons (details supplied) submitted on 20 October 2020 is still awaiting a decision and is being delayed by the NPWS which apparently has no wildlife ranger in place to provide a report; the action he is taking to deal with the delay; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [61323/21]
Question· writtenPQ 767asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 14 December 2021
767. Deputy Holly Cairns asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine his plans to ensure that the €7 million in capital expenditure intended to be moved from the forestry budget is spent on community and small-scale tree-planting initiatives for National Tree Week 2022; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [61235/21]
Question· writtenPQ 766asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 14 December 2021
766. Deputy Holly Cairns asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the rationale for the transfer of €7 million in capital expenditure from the forestry budget; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [61234/21]
Question· writtenPQ 765asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 14 December 2021
765. Deputy Michael McNamara asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if his Department will conduct a full impact assessment of the effect proposals (details supplied) would have on Irish agriculture, in particular, in terms of impact on the dairying and beef sectors, the loss of critical markets for live exports and the potential for creating unanticipated animal welfare problems domestically; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [61210/21]
Question· writtenPQ 764asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 14 December 2021
764. Deputy Michael McNamara asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if his Department has adopted a strategy in advance of the position adopted by the European Parliament ANIT committee (Committee of Inquiry into the Protection of Animals During Transport) which in effect would stop live exports of calves under 35 days old and prevent the transport of in-calf cows domestically in their third trimester being discussed at the Farm Council; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [61209/21]
Question· writtenPQ 763asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 14 December 2021
763. Deputy Thomas Gould asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the status of the horse project for Cork city. [61204/21]
Question· writtenPQ 762asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 14 December 2021
762. Deputy John McGuinness asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if appeals lodged by a person (details supplied) relative to the BPS for 2019, 2020 and 2021 will be expedited and approved; if the power line corridors highlighted on images of their farm holding submitted with the appeals will be included in their claim for benefits; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [61185/21]
Question· writtenPQ 761asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 14 December 2021
761. Deputy Alan Dillon asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the status of CAP funding for Leader; if consideration is being given to increasing the budget for the Leader Programme 2023-2027; the efforts being undertaken to drive bottom-up community-led investment to create and sustain employment in rural Ireland as per the high-level ambitions of Leader 2023-2027 outlined in the draft CAP strategic plan; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [61154/21]
Question· writtenPQ 760asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 14 December 2021
760. Deputy Michael Healy-Rae asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the reason his officials are refusing to review the statutory redundancy being offered to staff affected by the closure of the mink farming industry in Ireland despite his own commitment at the Oireachtas Committee hearing on 15 July 2021 to do so; if his officials will be instructed as a matter of urgency to examine what a more appropriate package of redundancy would be; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [61124/21]
Question· writtenPQ 759asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 14 December 2021
759. Deputy Michael Healy-Rae asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the reason he has not replied to correspondence from a farmer (detailed supplied) which is of the most serious nature on concerns regarding the forced closure of their business; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [61123/21]
Question· writtenPQ 758asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 14 December 2021
758. Deputy Michael Healy-Rae asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the reason his officials have not followed up on their commitment to meet with a farmer (details supplied) with regard to the forced closure of their industry as they had committed to; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [61121/21]
Question· writtenPQ 364asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 9 December 2021
364. Deputy Verona Murphy asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he is instructing his officials to make the necessary arrangements with their counterparts in other Departments to enable work permits to be issued to persons from countries outside of the EU as is happening in other industries; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [61098/21]
Question· writtenPQ 363asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 9 December 2021
363. Deputy Verona Murphy asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine his views on whether there is an immediate need to increase grant support across all support schemes for forestry in line with real increases in costs; his position on TAMS; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [61097/21]
Question· writtenPQ 362asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 9 December 2021
362. Deputy Verona Murphy asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine his views on whether there is an immediate need to increase the second instalment grant on areas already afforested due to real increases in costs; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [61096/21]
Question· writtenPQ 361asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 9 December 2021
361. Deputy Paul Kehoe asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will detail the real inflation adjusted increase or decrease in the afforestation grant for all GPC categories in each year since 2000 to date; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [61031/21]