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Question· oralPQ 1asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 29 November 2006
1 Mr. Naughten asked the Minister for Agriculture and Food the steps she is taking to address the burden of inspections on farmers under the nitrates directive; and if she will make a statement on the matter.
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Question· writtenPQ 372asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 28 November 2006
403 Mr. Kehoe asked the Minister for Agriculture and Food the reason a person (details supplied) in County Wexford was refused payment entitlements from the 2005 national reserve; the appeal system in place for same; and if she will make a statement on the matter.
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Question· writtenPQ 371asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 28 November 2006
402 Mr. Sargent asked the Minister for Agriculture and Food if she has made representations to the Russian authorities regarding Russia’s possible ban on EU meat; if she has assessed the impact of this policy on agriculture here; and if she will make a statement on the matter.
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Question· writtenPQ 370asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 28 November 2006
401 Mr. Sargent asked the Minister for Agriculture and Food the way she plans to improve compliance with rules regarding the advertising of organic produce; and if she will make a statement on the matter.
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Question· writtenPQ 369asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 28 November 2006
400 Mr. Naughten asked the Minister for Agriculture and Food when a person (details supplied) in County Roscommon will be approved for construction by her Department under the farm waste management grant; and if she will make a statement on the matter.
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Question· writtenPQ 368asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 28 November 2006
399 Mr. Sargent asked the Minister for Agriculture and Food if, in advance of any legislative reform of the Forestry Acts, she is waiving or is prepared to waive the replanting obligation to allow habitat restoration in sensitive areas where forestry is proving uneconomic or has been associated with significant environmental damage.
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Question· writtenPQ 367asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 28 November 2006
398 Mr. Coveney asked the Minister for Agriculture and Food the reason Ireland has not signed or ratified the European Convention for the Protection of Pet Animals; and the action she will take to rectify the matter in view of the fact that other countries (details supplied) have.
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Question· writtenPQ 366asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 28 November 2006
397 Mr. Ferris asked the Minister for Agriculture and Food the amount and the value of beef Ireland has exported to Russia per year since 2002.
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Question· writtenPQ 365asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 28 November 2006
396 Mr. Ferris asked the Minister for Agriculture and Food the steps she will take to persuade Russia that Irish beef over which Russia has expressed concerns is both safe and of a higher standard than beef originating in the accession States of Romania and Bulgaria.
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Question· writtenPQ 364asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 28 November 2006
395 Ms Lynch asked the Minister for Agriculture and Food her views on the trade in dog and cat fur; if there are proposals to ban the trade in dog and cat fur here; her views on the mandatory labelling of products with dog and cat fur; and if she will make a statement on the matter.
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Question· writtenPQ 363asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 28 November 2006
394 Mr. Naughten asked the Minister for Agriculture and Food if, in view of the safety issues involved, she will introduce grant aid for the construction of cattle underpasses on the road network; and if she will make a statement on the matter.
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Question· writtenPQ 362asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 28 November 2006
393 Mr. Kirk asked the Minister for Agriculture and Food the main elements of the recent partnership agreement with the farming organisations; and if she will make a statement on the matter.
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Question· writtenPQ 361asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 28 November 2006
392 Mr. Kirk asked the Minister for Agriculture and Food the recent developments in respect of the farm retirement scheme; and if she will make a statement on the matter.
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Question· writtenPQ 360asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 28 November 2006
391 Mr. Connaughton asked the Minister for Agriculture and Food the position regarding an appeal of a decision not to grant an allocation from the national reserve for the single farm payment in the name of a person (details supplied) in County Galway; and if she will make a statement on the matter.
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Question· writtenPQ 359asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 28 November 2006
390 Ms Harkin asked the Minister for Agriculture and Food if all outstanding payments due to sheep farmers in commonage areas in destocked counties Sligo, Leitrim, Donegal, Mayo and Galway, will be awarded in full within the next two to three weeks; and if she will make a statement on the matter.
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Question· writtenPQ 358asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 28 November 2006
389 Mr. Naughten asked the Minister for Agriculture and Food the reason butchers can not bone out bovine animals over 24 months on their premises; the reason same is not increased to 30 months in line with BSE and SRM restrictions; and if she will make a statement on the matter.
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Question· writtenPQ 357asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 28 November 2006
388 Mr. Deenihan asked the Minister for Agriculture and Food when premiums will be reinstated in the case of a person (details supplied) in County Kerry; and if she will make a statement on the matter.
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Question· writtenPQ 356asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 28 November 2006
387 Mr. Naughten asked the Minister for Agriculture and Food the headings under which her Department is expecting to have an underspend in 2006; the projected underspend under each heading; the reason for the underspend; and if she will make a statement on the matter.
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Question· writtenPQ 355asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 28 November 2006
386 Mr. Ring asked the Minister for Agriculture and Food when a person (details supplied) in County Mayo will receive their REPs scheme payment.
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Question· writtenPQ 354asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 28 November 2006
385 Mr. Kenny asked the Minister for Agriculture and Food the number of farmers who participated in the early farm retirement scheme each year from 1994 to date in 2006; the amount granted in relation to this scheme for the same period; and if she will make a statement on the matter.
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Question· writtenPQ 353asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 28 November 2006
384 Mr. Perry asked the Minister for Agriculture and Food further to a parliamentary question on behalf of a person (details supplied) if her attention has been drawn to the circumstances outlined in correspondence; if she will address the issues raised; and if she will make a statement on the matter.
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Question· writtenPQ 352asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 28 November 2006
382 Mr. Naughten asked the Minister for Agriculture and Food the number of officials within her Department appointed to enforce Regulation 399 European Communities (Equine stud-book and Competition) Regulations 2004; the actions taken against those who have failed to comply with this legislation; the number of individuals who have failed to comply with this legislation since its introduction; the number of veterinary surgeons who have been detected for failing to request relevant identification documents as required under this legislation prior to administering treatment; the action which has been taken against veterinary surgeons for such compliance failures; and if she will make a statement on the matter.
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Question· writtenPQ 351asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 28 November 2006
381 Mr. Naughten asked the Minister for Agriculture and Food the number of registered equidae that are in possession of the necessary identification documents pursuant to Regulation 399 European Communities (Equine stud-book and Competition) Regulations 2004; the estimated number of outstanding equidae that remain to be registered; and if she will make a statement on the matter.
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Question· writtenPQ 350asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 28 November 2006
380 Mr. Naughten asked the Minister for Agriculture and Food the number of equidae registered on stud books with an approved body for the purposes of Regulation 399 European Communities (Equine stud-book and Competition) Regulations 2004; and if she will make a statement on the matter.
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Question· writtenPQ 349asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 28 November 2006
379 Mr. Wall asked the Minister for Agriculture and Food the reason a number of farmers in the south Kildare, Carlow, Laois regions have not been awarded the single farm payment in view of the fact that many of those not in receipt of the payment have raised loans and so on to purchase sugar beet contracts and find themselves in financial difficulties due to the payment not being made; the number of farmers in Kildare who have not received a payment; the number of farmers in Laois who have not received a payment; the number of farmers in Carlow who have not received a payment; and if she will make a statement on the matter.
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Question· writtenPQ 348asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 28 November 2006
383 Mr. Hogan asked the Minister for Agriculture and Food the action she will take to ensure that workers and growers will be properly compensated arising from the closure of the sugar processing plants at Carlow and Mallow in view of the development plans published by Greencore; and if she will make a statement on the matter.
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Question· writtenPQ 347asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 28 November 2006
378 Mr. McGuinness asked the Minister for Agriculture and Food if consideration has been given to a financial package to assist beet growers and contractors who are experiencing hardship while waiting on the court decision regarding EU restructuring aid; and if she will make a statement on the matter.
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Question· writtenPQ 346asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 28 November 2006
377 Mr. Ring asked the Minister for Agriculture and Food the reason a person (details supplied) in County Mayo did not receive an application form for the hill sheep compensation package in view of the fact they did destock in the years 1998 to 2000; when an application form will issue to them; and when they will receive their payment.
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Question· writtenPQ 345asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 28 November 2006
376 Mr. Ferris asked the Minister for Agriculture and Food if back payment and compensation will be awarded to people who were part of the 1994 early retirement scheme but who are no longer in the ERS.
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Question· writtenPQ 344asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 28 November 2006
374 Mr. Kehoe asked the Minister for Agriculture and Food when payment will be made to a person (details supplied) in County Carlow in terms of their single farm payment.
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Question· writtenPQ 343asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 28 November 2006
373 Mr. McCormack asked the Minister for Agriculture and Food if an application by a person (details supplied) in County Galway for part payment made under the force majeure measure of the single payment scheme will be approved pending the outcome of an appeal on this application; and if she will make a statement on the matter.
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Question· writtenPQ 342asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 28 November 2006
372 Mr. Connolly asked the Minister for Agriculture and Food if, in view of the difficulties faced by Monaghan and Cavan producers seeking to dispose of upwards of 400,000 tonnes of poultry litter and pig slurry, he will make a special case for the application of the Nitrates Directive derogation to farmers wishing to take in pig and poultry manure; and if she will make a statement on the matter.
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Question· writtenPQ 341asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 28 November 2006
371 Mr. Connolly asked the Minister for Agriculture and Food the logic of excluding farmers wishing to take in pig and poultry manure from the Nitrates Directive derogation; and if she will make a statement on the matter.
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Question· writtenPQ 253asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 23 November 2006
253 Mr. Sargent asked the Minister for Agriculture and Food if she will provide an assurance that the scientific advice received from the Department of the Environment, Heritage and Local Government in relation to the protection of the fresh water pearl mussel Margaratifera was incorporated into the Draft Forestry and Freshwater Pearl Mussel Requirements and was not amended for commercial or political reasons.
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Question· writtenPQ 252asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 23 November 2006
252 Mr. Sargent asked the Minister for Agriculture and Food if she will seek to include the Forestry Act 1989, which sets the primary objective of Coillte Teo to operate on a commercial basis, in the current review of forestry legislation in view of the fact that the Ex-Ante Evaluation of the Rural Development Plan 2007 to 2013 has halved the forestry planting targets and made the achievement of the commercial target size for the industry impossible.
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Question· writtenPQ 251asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 23 November 2006
251 Mr. Sargent asked the Minister for Agriculture and Food the way, in view of the cuts announced in the planting target for the forestry sector in the Ex-Ante Evaluation of the Rural Development Plan, she proposes to justify the continued heavy subsidisation of the current planting of fast growing conifers of almost €1 billion when the recent review by Bacon and Deloitte confirmed to him that the industry must obtain critical mass and that the reality is that this level must be achieved in the shortest timescale possible, and not later than that outlined in the strategic plan.
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Question· writtenPQ 250asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 23 November 2006
250 Mr. Sargent asked the Minister for Agriculture and Food her plans in view of the fact that Ireland’s 1996’s Strategic Plan for the Forestry Sector here made the case for further investment in the forestry sector primarily on the basis of the ideal or target size for the industry critical mass which can not be achieved under the terms of the Ex-Ante Evaluation of the Rural Development Plan recently submitted to the European Commission, to review forestry policy here; and if plans involve public participation and expert independent advice from outside Ireland.
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Question· writtenPQ 249asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 23 November 2006
249 Mr. Sargent asked the Minister for Agriculture and Food when her attention was drawn to the halving of the forestry planting target of 20,000 hectares a year which was recently announced in the Ex-Ante Evaluation of the Rural Development Plan submitted to the European Commission; and if she will make a statement on the matter.
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Question· writtenPQ 248asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 23 November 2006
248 Mr. Naughten asked the Minister for Agriculture and Food if she will confirm that her Department will restore the official health status of a herd (details supplied) and ensure that a statutory tuberculosis or brucellosis herd test is carried out immediately; and if she will make a statement on the matter.
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Question· writtenPQ 247asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 23 November 2006
247 Mr. Naughten asked the Minister for Agriculture and Food the legal basis for issuing a notice of suspension of the herd number which was received by a person (details supplied) in County Roscommon on 4 November 2005; the reason her Department failed to issue a statutory notice under section 25 of the Diseases of Animals Act 1966; the reason officials from her Department issued a restriction notice, received on 15 November 2005, declaring that the herd was a restricted holding for tuberculosis or brucellosis purposes; and if she will make a statement on the matter.
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Question· writtenPQ 246asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 23 November 2006
246 Mr. Naughten asked the Minister for Agriculture and Food the legal basis for tuberculosis and brucellosis testing; the legal sources, both national and European, used in the operation of the TB and brucellosis statutory scheme; and if she will make a statement on the matter.
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Question· writtenPQ 245asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 23 November 2006
245 Mr. G. Murphy asked the Minister for Agriculture and Food the position regarding the 2006 disadvantaged areas scheme for person (details supplied) in County Kerry; the status of their flock register; and if she will make a statement on the matter.
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Question· writtenPQ 244asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 23 November 2006
244 Mr. Kehoe asked the Minister for Agriculture and Food the number of inspectors employed by her Department; the breakdown of the figures; the breakdown of the figures; and the number of farmers inspected by those inspectors.
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Question· writtenPQ 243asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 23 November 2006
243 Mr. Deenihan asked the Minister for Agriculture and Food when REP scheme payment will be made available to a person (details supplied) in County Kerry; and if she will make a statement on the matter.
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Question· writtenPQ 353asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 22 November 2006
385 Mr. Crawford asked the Minister for Agriculture and Food when a person (details supplied) in County Cavan will be awarded single payment; and if she will make a statement on the matter.
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Question· writtenPQ 352asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 22 November 2006
384 Mr. Stanton asked the Minister for Agriculture and Food when a payment will be made under the national reserve category A to a person (details supplied) in County Cork; and if she will make a statement on the matter.
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Question· writtenPQ 351asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 22 November 2006
383 Mr. Durkan asked the Minister for Agriculture and Food if and when a person (details supplied) in County Kildare will qualify for national reserve; and if she will make a statement on the matter.
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Question· writtenPQ 350asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 22 November 2006
382 Mr. Durkan asked the Minister for Agriculture and Food if and when a person (details supplied) in County Kildare will qualify for installation aid; if consideration will be given due to age issue; if same will be reviewed; and if she will make a statement on the matter.
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Question· writtenPQ 349asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 22 November 2006
381 Mr. Cuffe asked the Minister for Agriculture and Food the quantity, cost and suppliers of water, both tap and bottled, acquired by her Department for its own use in the last year for which figures are available; and if she will make a statement on the matter.
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Question· writtenPQ 348asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 22 November 2006
380 Mr. Cuffe asked the Minister for Agriculture and Food the quantity, cost and suppliers of energy used by her Department in the last year for which figures are available; if an audit has been carried out on her Department’s energy use; the details of same; and if she will make a statement on the matter.
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