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Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 8 March 2007
79 Ms Enright asked the Minister for Agriculture and Food her plans to increase the rate of support provided to farmers under the energy crop scheme; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [8797/07]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 8 March 2007
78 Mr. O’Dowd asked the Minister for Agriculture and Food the steps she is taking to provide for independent milk testing; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [8828/07]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 8 March 2007
77 Ms O. Mitchell asked the Minister for Agriculture and Food if she will provide support to the former poultry suppliers of Castlemahon; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [8836/07]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 8 March 2007
76 Mr. P. Breen 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. [8795/07]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 8 March 2007
75 Mr. Rabbitte asked the Minister for Agriculture and Food the number, size, sale prices and locations of separate sites owned or managed by Coillte in each county (details supplied) which have been sold or leased during each of the past five years. [9085/07]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 8 March 2007
73 Ms O’Sullivan asked the Minister for Agriculture and Food her views on the apparent success of bringing over two specialist agronomists from the UK on a pilot basis in 2006 to share their experience in relation to organic agriculture with farmers here, on making such expertise available year round to farmers who seek such expertise; if not, the reason for same; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [9089/07]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 8 March 2007
72 Mr. Boyle asked the Minister for Agriculture and Food the estimate of the increase of food prices between March 2006 and March 2007; if she has quantified the reason for these increases; the action she will take to temper these increases; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [9143/07]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 8 March 2007
71 Mr. Sargent asked the Minister for Agriculture and Food if bans on genetically modified crops must be provided for under EU law if they are to be put into effect on a regional or national basis; if she will support such bans as have been adopted by local public representatives; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [9136/07]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 8 March 2007
70 Mr. Howlin asked the Minister for Agriculture and Food the number of complaints her Department has received arising from the activities of the Special Investigations Unit of her Department during each of the past five years; the outcome of each complaint; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [9075/07]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 8 March 2007
69 Mr. McCormack asked the Minister for Agriculture and Food if she will backdate the top up payment under the farm retirement scheme; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [8809/07]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 8 March 2007
68 Mr. J. O’Keeffe asked the Minister for Agriculture and Food the number of animal welfare officers in the country; the funding provided by her Department to the ISPCA; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [8842/07]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 8 March 2007
67 Mr. Sargent asked the Minister for Agriculture and Food her views on whether Austria’s ban on genetically modified crops, upheld at the December 2006 European Council, leaves the way open for Ireland and regions within Ireland to establish similar restrictions; her further views on whether such restrictions would be consistent with EU law; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [9135/07]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 8 March 2007
66 Mr. Hayes asked the Minister for Agriculture and Food when she will commence a review of the new quota exchange system; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [8805/07]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 8 March 2007
65 Mr. Naughten asked the Minister for Agriculture and Food her views on the National Milk Rights Group submission on a dairy welfare scheme; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [8531/07]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 8 March 2007
64 Ms B. Moynihan-Cronin asked the Minister for Agriculture and Food when her attention was drawn to the fact that a consignment of 17 tonnes of illegal poultry from China was apparently seized at Belfast port in August 2005; the steps she has taken to ensure that such consignments do not enter the food chain here. [9104/07]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 8 March 2007
63 Mr. Quinn asked the Minister for Agriculture and Food the categories of establishments for inspection and sampling purposes; the number of establishments her Department is responsible for inspecting; the number of establishments in each inspection category; the number of inspections of establishments in each of the inspection categories which were carried out during 2005 and 2006; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [9086/07]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 8 March 2007
62 Mr. Bruton asked the Minister for Agriculture and Food the number of meetings of the Food Agency Co-operation Council in 2004, 2005 and 2006; the number of times that its successor the high level group of CEOs has held meetings; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [8848/07]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 8 March 2007
61 Mr. Penrose asked the Minister for Agriculture and Food the number of reports she has received from the Food Safety Authority of Ireland of breaches of food labelling law within her jurisdiction; the action has she taken on foot of these reports; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [9101/07]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 8 March 2007
59 Mr. P. Breen asked the Minister for Agriculture and Food if she will ensure that provision is made under the new meat plant investment scheme to provide facilities for farmers to clearly view weighing scales in factories; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [8811/07]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 8 March 2007
58 Mr. Kehoe asked the Minister for Agriculture and Food when she will establish an advisory service for farmers to facilitate the implementation of cross compliance; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [8800/07]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 8 March 2007
56 Ms Shortall asked the Minister for Agriculture and Food the number of samples of US rice tested here since the announcement of the presence of non-authorised LLRICE601 in US rice. [9102/07]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 8 March 2007
55 Mr. P. McGrath asked the Minister for Agriculture and Food the grant aid which will be made available to small farmers to manage rainwater under the Nitrates Action Plan; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [8850/07]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 8 March 2007
54 Mr. S. Ryan asked the Minister for Agriculture and Food if she will report on the status of the CAP simplification process; and if she will make a statement on her position in this process. [9095/07]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 8 March 2007
53 Mr. McEntee asked the Minister for Agriculture and Food the steps she is taking to promote wood energy; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [8830/07]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 8 March 2007
52 Ms McManus asked the Minister for Agriculture and Food the action she is taking to address the apparently widening gap between the beef price here and that of British beef, which is higher; the reason for this gap; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [9096/07]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 8 March 2007
51 Mr. Hayes asked the Minister for Agriculture and Food when she will issue a quota to applicants under the new quota exchange system; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [8806/07]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 8 March 2007
49 Dr. Twomey asked the Minister for Agriculture and Food the action she is taking to implement the recommendations of the sheep strategy group report; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [8829/07]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 8 March 2007
83 Mr. Noonan asked the Minister for Agriculture and Food the status of the WTO talks; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [8846/07]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 8 March 2007
48 Mr. Sherlock asked the Minister for Agriculture and Food the degree of implementation of the general commitment by the main World Trade Organisation negotiating partners at Davos on 28 January 2007 to a full resumption of WTO negotiations; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [9092/07]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 8 March 2007
47 Mr. McGinley asked the Minister for Agriculture and Food when she will establish an advisory service for farmers to facilitate the implementation of cross compliance; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [8793/07]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 8 March 2007
46 Ms O. Mitchell asked the Minister for Agriculture and Food when compensation will be issued to sugar beet producers; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [8820/07]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 8 March 2007
45 Mr. Deasy asked the Minister for Agriculture and Food if she will explain her Department’s failure to implement the regulations covering passports for equines; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [8960/07]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 8 March 2007
44 Mr. J. O’Keeffe asked the Minister for Agriculture and Food the plans she has to establish an all island food label; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [8843/07]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 8 March 2007
43 Ms B. Moynihan-Cronin asked the Minister for Agriculture and Food the procedures which led up to the reported decision to order the slaughter of the pigs which survived the bridge collapse incident in County Kerry earlier in 2007; the reason, when a national newspaper had reportedly found homes for these pigs, they were slaughtered; and if she will make a statement on the animal cruelty aspects of the bridge collapse. [9084/07]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 8 March 2007
42 Mr. English asked the Minister for Agriculture and Food her position on the abolition of the milk quota; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [8837/07]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 8 March 2007
41 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 that have been sanctioned to date; if she is satisfied that there is sufficient personnel available in the Farm Development Office 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. [8956/07]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 8 March 2007
40 Mr. English asked the Minister for Agriculture and Food the plans she has for the enhancement of research and development within the agri-food sector; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [8822/07]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 8 March 2007
100 Mr. Kenny asked the Minister for Agriculture and Food the practical steps she is taking to address the burden of cross compliance on farmers; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [8802/07]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 8 March 2007
74 Mr. Crawford asked the Minister for Agriculture and Food the number of farm inspections that have been carried out to date in 2007 as compared to the same period in 2006; if these inspections will continue over the coming months in the same manner and in the normal way; the steps she has taken at EU level to give reasonable time in order that the farmer or a representative can be available for such inspections in view of the fact that most farmers have been forced into off farm employment or else are the sole operator on the farm; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [8955/07]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 8 March 2007
57 Mr. Deenihan 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. [8794/07]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 8 March 2007
39 Mr. O’Dowd asked the Minister for Agriculture and Food the steps she is taking to ensure farmers have notice of all on farm inspections; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [8958/07]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 8 March 2007
38 Mr. Timmins asked the Minister for Agriculture and Food the steps she is taking to address the burden placed on farmers by the nitrates directive; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [8824/07]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 8 March 2007
36 Mr. O’Shea asked the Minister for Agriculture and Food the range of measures An Bord Bia has introduced to assist small food producers to adapt to emerging market opportunities; the budget available to An Bord Bia in 2007 which is allocated specifically to this range of measures; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [9082/07]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 8 March 2007
35 Mr. G. Murphy asked the Minister for Agriculture and Food the steps she is taking to address the delay in processing the farm waste management grant scheme; when the 2007 costings will be available; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [8803/07]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 8 March 2007
50 Mr. Deenihan asked the Minister for Agriculture and Food the steps she is taking to extend country of origin labelling in the catering trade to lamb, pigmeat and chicken; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [8833/07]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 8 March 2007
34 Mr. Hogan asked the Minister for Agriculture and Food the steps she is taking to ensure that country of origin labelling is clear and transparent to the public; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [8832/07]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 8 March 2007
260 Mr. Sargent asked the Minister for Agriculture and Food her views on allowing regions within Ireland to establish bans on genetically modified crops, in view of the fact that Ireland supported Hungary’s bid to uphold its ban on GM maize in a recent meeting of EU Environment Ministers; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [9216/07]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 8 March 2007
33 Mr. Cuffe asked the Minister for Agriculture and Food her views on allowing regions within Ireland to establish bans on genetically modified crops, in view of the fact that Ireland supported Hungary’s bid to uphold its ban on GM maize in a recent meeting of EU Environment Ministers; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [9137/07]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 8 March 2007
32 Mr. Gormley asked the Minister for Agriculture and Food if she will intervene to curtail the ongoing dominance of supermarket chains in the food market, which is driving many vegetable growers here out of business; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [9144/07]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 8 March 2007
31 Mr. Gilmore asked the Minister for Agriculture and Food her views on the fact that the reported 5% rise in the prices paid to farmers in 2006 has been all but wiped out by rising energy, fuel and fertilizer costs; and the steps she is taking to address this issue. [9105/07]