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Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 29 March 2006
60 Mr. McCormack asked the Minister for Agriculture and Food her position regarding the abolition of export credit refunds by the EU; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [12058/06]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 29 March 2006
59 Mr. Broughan asked the Minister for Agriculture and Food the action her Department takes to ensure Irish entities conform to European standards on enforceability, animal health and welfare and consumer protection; the amount which is spent each year ensuring such compliance; the number of people who are engaged in investigating degrees of compliance with EU law in these areas; the deficiencies she is aware of in the compliance rates with such standards; and the deficiencies she is aware of in the manner of Ireland’s enforcement of such EU laws. [12229/06]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 29 March 2006
58 Mr. Durkan asked the Minister for Agriculture and Food her plans for the future expansion and development of the food producing sector; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [12220/06]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 29 March 2006
57 Mr. Noonan asked the Minister for Agriculture and Food the status of the World Trade Organisation talks; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [12039/06]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 29 March 2006
128 Mr. Coveney asked the Minister for Agriculture and Food the steps she took to retain the processing of sugar beet for the 2006 season; her plans for the future utilisation of the lands and the distribution of the compensation package; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [12010/06]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 29 March 2006
114 Mr. P. Breen asked the Minister for Agriculture and Food the procedure she intends to employ when distributing the compensation envelope to those within the sugar industry who now face substantial losses; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [12009/06]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 29 March 2006
69 Mr. Kenny asked the Minister for Agriculture and Food the procedures to be employed to distribute the sugar compensation package; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [12012/06]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 29 March 2006
56 Mr. Broughan asked the Minister for Agriculture and Food her plans for the distribution of the compensation package arising from the demise of the sugar beet industry here; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [12233/06]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 29 March 2006
55 Mr. Curran asked the Minister for Agriculture and Food if she will comment on her initiative to promote local and regional food economies. [12202/06]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 29 March 2006
54 Mr. Stanton asked the Minister for Agriculture and Food the progress her Department is making, in consultation with the Department of Environment, Heritage and Local Government, in considering the advice received from Teagasc in relation to phosphorous and nitrogen limits with regard to the derogation of part three of the nitrates directive; when it is expected the negotiations with the Commission to be resumed in relation to derogation; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [12182/06]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 29 March 2006
53 Mr. Gogarty asked the Minister for Agriculture and Food the means she has or will put in place to encourage cultivation of crops in rotations which have a high nitrogen uptake such as stubble turnips, winter rye, Westerwolds ryegrass, mustard, phacelia, forage rape and so on to assist with compliance of the nitrates directive. [12177/06]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 29 March 2006
52 Mr. Deenihan asked the Minister for Agriculture and Food the way in which she plans to secure the current pre-payment procedure for export refunds; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [12016/06]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 29 March 2006
51 Mr. P. Power asked the Minister for Agriculture and Food her views on progress on the introduction of the new farm waste management scheme to assist farmers meet the requirements of the nitrates directive. [12199/06]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 29 March 2006
50 Mr. Penrose asked the Minister for Agriculture and Food the steps she has taken, within the context of her responsibilities in respect of agricultural households, to implement Ireland’s commitments under the 1995 Beijing Platform for Action to improve the lot of rural living women here. [12232/06]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 29 March 2006
49 Mr. McGinley asked the Minister for Agriculture and Food the steps she is taking to retain pre-financing of export refunds; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [12015/06]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 29 March 2006
48 Mr. Sargent asked the Minister for Agriculture and Food if she will liaise with the Department of the Environment and Local Government to put in place a strategy to allow farmers engage in direct sales of vegetables and dairy products, etc., on the basis of 60% minimum own produce and 40% maximum bought in produce. [12172/06]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 29 March 2006
47 Mr. O’Dowd asked the Minister for Agriculture and Food the status of her Department’s efforts to detect and combat avian influenza; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [9501/06]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 29 March 2006
46 Dr. Devins asked the Minister for Agriculture and Food her key priorities under the recently announced action plan for the agrifood sector. [12210/06]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 29 March 2006
45 Dr. Devins asked the Minister for Agriculture and Food her views on the grant assistance available in the bio-energy and agri-environment areas under the research stimulus fund. [12209/06]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 29 March 2006
105 Mr. O’Dowd asked the Minister for Agriculture and Food further to Parliamentary Question No. 162 of 23 June 2005, the steps she intends to take on the issue; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [12060/06]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 29 March 2006
44 Mr. Ring asked the Minister for Agriculture and Food further to Parliamentary Question No. 124 of 4 October 2005, the steps she intends to take in that regard; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [12059/06]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 29 March 2006
43 Mr. Perry asked the Minister for Agriculture and Food the impact which the abolition of pre-financing of export refunds would have on the Irish food industry; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [12018/06]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 29 March 2006
42 Mr. Ring asked the Minister for Agriculture and Food the status of the application for a derogation to the nitrates directive; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [12037/06]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 29 March 2006
41 Mr. McGinley asked the Minister for Agriculture and Food the status of the nitrates directive; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [12032/06]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 29 March 2006
40 Mr. Kehoe asked the Minister for Agriculture and Food the reason for the delay in issuing the single farm payment to farmers; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [12045/06]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 29 March 2006
39 Mr. G. Murphy 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. [12057/06]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 29 March 2006
38 Mr. J. O’Keeffe asked the Minister for Agriculture and Food the number of animal welfare officers here; the funding provided by her Department to the ISPCA; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [12004/06]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 29 March 2006
37 Mr. Cuffe asked the Minister for Agriculture and Food when a report will be issued by her Department on the case of animal health problems such as high mortality, stunted growth and low milk production on the farm of a person ( details supplied ) in County Kilkenny; and if she will give this matter every priority and assistance in view of the huge financial loss being suffered primarily by the person concerned. [12176/06]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 29 March 2006
36 Mr. Neville asked the Minister for Agriculture and Food the steps she is taking to protect sugar beet growers; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [12035/06]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 29 March 2006
35 Mr. Naughten asked the Minister for Agriculture and Food the steps she has taken to try to retain the sugar industry for a final season; when her attention was drawn to the decision by Greencore; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [12008/06]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 29 March 2006
34 Mr. McEntee asked the Minister for Agriculture and Food her plans to ensure that adequate shipping capacity is provided at peak periods for the export of excess quantities of live calves to continental Europe; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [12025/06]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 29 March 2006
33 Mr. Naughten asked the Minister for Agriculture and Food the steps she intends to take to stop the European Commission proposal to abolish the current system of offering pre-financing export refunds for farmers; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [12014/06]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 29 March 2006
32 Dr. Cowley asked the Minister for Agriculture and Food the reason sheep farmers in the Ballycroy, Tiernaur, Bangor and Keenagh areas of County Mayo are being asked to remove stock for six months of the year and to de-stock up to 70% when this will mean the total extinction of their farming livelihood; if her attention has been drawn to the fact that the overwhelming majority of those farmers are already involved in REP schemes and have already heavily destocked in recent times; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [12365/06]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 29 March 2006
31 Mr. Crawford asked the Minister for Agriculture and Food the discussions she has had with farming organisations and her own advisory body on milk quotas regarding her recent announcement that milk quota will be available from 2007 at market value through different structures including marts; when full details of this new development will be available in order that co-ops and farmers can plan for the future; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [12363/06]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 29 March 2006
30 Mr. Ferris asked the Minister for Agriculture and Food if there have been breaches of regulations regarding the sale or use of specified risk materials from animals; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [12361/06]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 29 March 2006
29 Dr. Upton asked the Minister for Agriculture and Food the areas in which there is not real equivalence between Irish standards of traceability, animal health and welfare and consumer protection and those which obtain in other EU and non-EU WTO member countries; and the form which her previously stated intention (details supplied) shall take. [12228/06]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 29 March 2006
28 Mr. Naughten asked the Minister for Agriculture and Food the reason for the delay in issuing the single farm payment under the national reserve; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [12550/06]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 28 March 2006
351 Mr. Kehoe asked the Minister for Agriculture and Food the action she will take to encourage farmers in County Wexford into alternative enterprises after they have to stop growing beet; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [12281/06]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 28 March 2006
350 Mr. Hayes asked the Minister for Agriculture and Food when full payment will issue to a person (details supplied) in County Tipperary who has submitted all details as requested under the single payment scheme. [12273/06]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 28 March 2006
349 Mr. Deasy asked the Minister for Agriculture and Food the reason for the delay in issuing payment of dairy premium for a person (details supplied) in County Waterford; and when payment will issue. [12259/06]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 28 March 2006
348 Mr. Deasy asked the Minister for Agriculture and Food the reason for the delay in issuing payment of dairy premium for 2005 to a person (details supplied) in County Waterford; and when payment will issue. [12258/06]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 28 March 2006
347 Mr. Deasy asked the Minister for Agriculture and Food the reason for the delay in issuing payment of suckler cow premium for 2005 to a person (details supplied) in County Waterford; and when payment of same will issue. [12257/06]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 28 March 2006
345 Mr. Fleming asked the Minister for Agriculture and Food the amount awarded to Laois County Council in 2005 in respect of water rates for her Departments offices in Portlaoise; and the amount which was awarded in respect of each Department office in Portlaoise. [12092/06]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 28 March 2006
344 Mr. McGinley asked the Minister for Agriculture and Food when the single payment will issue to a person (details supplied) County Donegal. [11996/06]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 28 March 2006
343 Mr. McHugh asked the Minister for Agriculture and Food the terms and conditions in which a farmer over 35 years of age can resubmit his or her application to a scheme (details supplied) or apply to the said scheme as there are not terms and conditions set out in the scheme document or booklet. [11995/06]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 28 March 2006
342 Dr. Cowley asked the Minister for Agriculture and Food the Government’s stance on the nitrates directive; if her Department is willing to change the current parameters; her views on whether the nitrates directive, along with destocking directive in the west and the beef directives in the south, will guarantee an end to farming here; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [11984/06]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 28 March 2006
341 Dr. Cowley asked the Minister for Agriculture and Food the reason sheep farmers in the Ballycroy, Tiernaur, Bangor and Keenagh areas of County Mayo are being asked to remove stock for six months of the year and to destock up to 70%, when this will mean the total extinction of their farming livelihoods; if her attention has been drawn to the fact that the overwhelming majority of those farmers are already involved in the REP scheme and have already heavily destocked in recent times; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [11983/06]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 28 March 2006
340 Mr. McGuinness asked the Minister for Agriculture and Food if an application for sheep quota under the national reserve in the name of a person (details supplied) in County Kilkenny will be expedited and approved; the timeframe involved for a decision in the case; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [11981/06]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 28 March 2006
339 Mr. Walsh asked the Minister for Agriculture and Food if payment of the single payment scheme will be made to a person (details supplied) in County Cork who has submitted all details. [11962/06]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 28 March 2006
338 Mr. J. O’Keeffe asked the Minister for Agriculture and Food the reason for the delay in issuing a single farm payment for a person (details supplied) in County Cork; when this was approved for payment; and if she will arrange for immediate payment. [11961/06]