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Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 8 March 2007
238 Mr. Boyle asked the Minister for Agriculture and Food the number of public appointments made under the aegis of her Department in the first six months of 2002. [9286/07]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 8 March 2007
237 Mr. Gregory asked the Minister for Agriculture and Food the minimum age at which calves can be exported from the Republic of Ireland to continental Europe; the number of calves under six weeks old that were exported from the Republic of Ireland to continental Europe in 2006; and the number of calves under six weeks old that travelled from the Republic of Ireland to the continent in 2006 by ferry and road via Britain using the UK land-bridge route. [9272/07]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 8 March 2007
236 Mr. Gregory asked the Minister for Agriculture and Food the number of cattle and calves exported from the Republic of Ireland to continental Europe in 2006 by direct roll-on, roll-off ferry from Ireland to the Continent, by ferry and road via Britain using the UK land-bridge route and by other means. [9271/07]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 8 March 2007
235 Mr. Perry asked the Minister for Agriculture and Food the reason hundreds of retired farmers are suffering severe financial hardship due to an unfairly implemented EU pension scheme; the measures in place to redress same; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [9270/07]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 8 March 2007
234 Mr. J. O’Keeffe asked the Minister for Agriculture and Food the reason there has been a delay in the REP scheme payment to a person (details supplied) in County Cork. [9249/07]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 8 March 2007
233 Mr. Naughten asked the Minister for Agriculture and Food the reason for the delay in issuing a single farm payment to a person (details supplied) in County Roscommon; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [9229/07]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 8 March 2007
232 Mr. Crawford asked the Minister for Agriculture and Food when a farmer (details supplied) in County Cavan will have their inheritance sorted out and money awarded; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [9225/07]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 8 March 2007
231 Mr. Crawford asked the Minister for Agriculture and Food when a farmer (details supplied) in County Monaghan will be awarded their REP scheme payment which was due in September 2006 but held up on a technicality; if she has satisfied herself that this is an acceptable way to encourage young farmers; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [9224/07]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 8 March 2007
230 Mr. McHugh asked the Minister for Agriculture and Food the reason a person (details supplied) in County Galway was refused the single farm payment in 2005 and 2006; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [9217/07]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 8 March 2007
229 Mr. Callely asked the Minister for Agriculture and Food if her attention has been drawn to concerns or gaps in the labelling framework of food products particularly imported produce; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [9194/07]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 8 March 2007
244 Mr. Durkan asked the Minister for Agriculture and Food if she has satisfied herself that all poultry and poultry products imported are compliant with labelling, traceability, husbandry, production and hygiene standards; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [9346/07]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 8 March 2007
228 Mr. Callely asked the Minister for Agriculture and Food if all imported food products, particularly poultry, meet with the best practice in health and hygiene standards; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [9193/07]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 8 March 2007
227 Mr. Callely asked the Minister for Agriculture and Food the level of supports for the development and promotion of horticultural production to growers; if she will provide a breakdown of such supports; the regions involved in 2006; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [9192/07]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 8 March 2007
226 Mr. Callely asked the Minister for Agriculture and Food the level of funding available in 2007 under the area aid compensation allowance scheme; the level of payments made under the scheme in 2005 and 2006; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [9191/07]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 8 March 2007
225 Mr. Naughten asked the Minister for Agriculture and Food if she will introduce a specific single farm payment reserve fund to allocate a top payment to those who fared poorly under the national reserve allocation due to the DED averaging system; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [8808/07]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 8 March 2007
224 Mr. Naughten asked the Minister for Agriculture and Food the plans her Department has to evaluate the economic implications of the use of genetically modified organisms; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [8847/07]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 8 March 2007
223 Mr. Naughten asked the Minister for Agriculture and Food if she will ensure that farmers can receive their REP scheme payment and compensatory allowance on lands used to grow renewable crops; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [8799/07]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 8 March 2007
222 Mr. Naughten asked the Minister for Agriculture and Food when she will issue farmers with a copy of her Department’s inspection checklist on cross compliance; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [8798/07]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 8 March 2007
221 Mr. Cuffe asked the Minister for Agriculture and Food the reason there is no requirement to use any native species of tree in the national afforestation programme, Growing for the Future; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [7476/07]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 8 March 2007
220 Mr. Sargent asked the Minister for Agriculture and Food the way she will respond to the Irish Farmers Association’s claim that the vegetable growing industry will be gone within three years if the present situation with regard to the dominance of supermarket multiples persists. [9282/07]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 8 March 2007
219 Mr. Crawford asked the Minister for Agriculture and Food the number of farmers who have applied under the new farm waste management scheme; the number of applications sanctioned to date; if she has satisfied herself that there is sufficient personnel available in the farm development offices to process the urgent applications where facilities need to be sanctioned and built for pollution control this season; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [9233/07]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 8 March 2007
218 Dr. Upton asked the Minister for Agriculture and Food if she or her officials have held either informal or formal discussions directly with the Food Safety Authority of Ireland or with her colleague the Minister for Health and Children regarding the phenomenon of food fraud; if her attention has been drawn to the work being carried out by the UK Food Standards Agency in the area of food fraud; the action her Department is taking to contribute to the eradication of this threat to the integrity of Ireland’s food industry implementation to date; the number of DNA tests to detect food fraud on food sold here been carried out either at her Department’s behest or by other Departments; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [9214/07]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 8 March 2007
111 Mr. Quinn asked the Minister for Agriculture and Food the steps she is taking to ensure the sustainability of agribusiness enterprise; the loans, grants and other assistance available from her Department and its agencies to companies in the agribusiness sector; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [8354/07]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 8 March 2007
110 Mr. Allen asked the Minister for Agriculture and Food if she will implement the recommendations of the strategy report for the Irish sheep sector; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [8818/07]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 8 March 2007
109 Mr. Stagg asked the Minister for Agriculture and Food when the comprehensive review of the reactor compensation scheme will be completed; when, after it has been completed, she will introduce appropriate changes to the scheme; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [9097/07]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 8 March 2007
108 Mr. Perry asked the Minister for Agriculture and Food if she will introduce a ewe welfare and quality scheme similar to the suckler cow scheme for the sheep industry; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [8819/07]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 8 March 2007
107 Mr. McCormack asked the Minister for Agriculture and Food her position on the release of genetically modified crops; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [8849/07]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 8 March 2007
106 Ms Burton asked the Minister for Agriculture and Food when the annual progress report on the implementation of Agri Vision 2015 Action Plan will be made available; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [9093/07]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 8 March 2007
105 Mr. P. McGrath asked the Minister for Agriculture and Food the procedure involved for farmers to avail of the 250 kilogram derogation under the nitrates directive; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [8827/07]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 8 March 2007
103 Mr. Stanton asked the Minister for Agriculture and Food if she will backdate the top up payment under the ERS; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [8813/07]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 8 March 2007
102 Mr. Bruton asked the Minister for Agriculture and Food if she is satisfied that farmers are fully aware of the compliance rules under the nitrates directive. [8826/07]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 8 March 2007
101 Mr. Allen asked the Minister for Agriculture and Food the plans she has to increase land mobility; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [8841/07]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 8 March 2007
99 Mr. Coveney asked the Minister for Agriculture and Food the steps she is taking to introduce an all-island animal health regime; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [8840/07]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 8 March 2007
98 Mr. Wall asked the Minister for Agriculture and Food the selection criteria used by her Department in deciding the premises that would be subject to restrictions on the movement of horses, in the aftermath of the current outbreak of equine infectious anaemia; and if she will make a statement on the progress of the investigation into what precipitated the outbreak. [9083/07]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 8 March 2007
97 Mr. S. Ryan asked the Minister for Agriculture and Food her view of proposals to provide redress to an organic farmer who suffers verifiable economic loss as a result of a mixture of genetically modified crops and non-GM crops contained in the proposed new EU regulation on organic production; and if she will make a statement on the matter of the way Ireland’s organic production industry would survive should such a proposal not be included in the final regulation if GMO production here grows. [9094/07]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 8 March 2007
104 Mr. Coveney asked the Minister for Agriculture and Food the steps she is taking to support dairy incomes; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [8835/07]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 8 March 2007
96 Mr. Neville asked the Minister for Agriculture and Food the discussions she has had at EU level to protect dairy supports; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [8844/07]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 8 March 2007
95 Ms Shortall asked the Minister for Agriculture and Food if voluntary modulation funds will become available to farmers here; the other forms of modulation in this context and those that benefit farmers here; the extent of same; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [9087/07]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 8 March 2007
94 Mr. Gilmore asked the Minister for Agriculture and Food if, in view of the fact that she is prepared to administer ex-gratia payments to a number of organisations directly involved in the delivery of non-farm animal care and welfare services, she will accept, albeit non-statutory, responsibility for steering Ireland towards ratification of the European Convention for the Protection of Pet Animals; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [9091/07]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 8 March 2007
93 Dr. Twomey asked the Minister for Agriculture and Food the reason she did not backdate the top up payment under the farm retirement scheme; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [8810/07]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 8 March 2007
90 Mr. Connaughton asked the Minister for Agriculture and Food the steps she is taking to address the burden of red tape in agriculture; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [8823/07]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 8 March 2007
89 Mr. Sherlock asked the Minister for Agriculture and Food her views on the EU committee report on the EU early retirement for farmers scheme; the action she will take arising from the report; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [9074/07]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 8 March 2007
88 Mr. Eamon Ryan asked the Minister for Agriculture and Food the volume of beef that was imported in the years 2002 to 2006, respectively; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [9139/07]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 8 March 2007
87 Mr. Perry asked the Minister for Agriculture and Food if she will introduce a specific single farm payment reserve fund to allocate a top payment to those who faired poorly under the national reserve allocation due to the DED averaging system; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [8807/07]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 8 March 2007
86 Ms Burton asked the Minister for Agriculture and Food her views on introducing legislation here to deal with the issues it raises while she awaits the EU Commissioner for Health and Consumer Protection to deal with the issue of the importation of embryos from cloned animals; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [9090/07]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 8 March 2007
85 Mr. Callely asked the Minister for Agriculture and Food the moneys available in 2007 to Dublin City Council for the school milk scheme; the funding available in each of the years 2003 to 2006; the number of schools that participate in the milk and cheese scheme; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [8543/07]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 8 March 2007
84 Mr. G. Mitchell asked the Minister for Agriculture and Food the inspection regimes administered by her Department in relation to the mushroom growing industry; the frequency with which such inspections take place; the penalties in place for failure to comply with these Departmental regulations; the number of such establishments found to be in breach of existing regulations in 2005 and 2006; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [8815/07]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 8 March 2007
82 Mr. Rabbitte asked the Minister for Agriculture and Food the parties or categories of individuals entitled to receive EU modulation funds; the amount of the modulation funds that have been made available to date to such parties or categories of individuals; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [9081/07]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 8 March 2007
81 Mr. Stanton asked the Minister for Agriculture and Food if she will use her golden share in Greencore; the circumstances under which she would use such powers; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [8816/07]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 8 March 2007
80 Ms Enright asked the Minister for Agriculture and Food if she will increase the rate of payment made to organic farmers; the last time this payment was increased; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [8814/07]