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Question· writtenPQ 661asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 29 November 2016
661. Deputy Michael Moynihan asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if his Department has plans to impose an outright ban on the operation of wild animal circuses here in view of the fact that similar bans are now being imposed in many countries across Europe; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [37318/16]
Question· writtenPQ 660asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 29 November 2016
660. Deputy Fergus O'Dowd asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the funding for projects in 2017 in County Meath to be funded by his Department by project name, location and funding amount, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [37295/16]
Question· writtenPQ 659asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 29 November 2016
659. Deputy Fergus O'Dowd asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the applications submitted for funding and projects from Meath County Council in each of the years 2014 to 2016, in tabular form; if the applications where successful; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [37279/16]
Question· writtenPQ 658asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 29 November 2016
658. Deputy Fergus O'Dowd asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the funding that has been provided to County Meath over the previous three years 2014 to 2016 by project name, location and funding amount in tabular form. [37263/16]
Question· writtenPQ 657asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 29 November 2016
657. Deputy Fergus O'Dowd asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the funding for projects in 2017 in County Louth to be funded by his Department by project name, location and funding amount, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [37247/16]
Question· writtenPQ 656asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 29 November 2016
656. Deputy Fergus O'Dowd asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the applications submitted for funding projects from Louth County Council in each of the years 2014 to 2016 in tabular form; and if the applications were successful. [37231/16]
Question· writtenPQ 655asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 29 November 2016
655. Deputy Fergus O'Dowd asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the funding that has been provided to County Louth over the previous three years 2014 to 2016 by project name, location and funding amount, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [37215/16]
Question· writtenPQ 654asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 29 November 2016
654. Deputy Charlie McConalogue asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the status of an appeal (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [37118/16]
Question· writtenPQ 653asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 29 November 2016
653. Deputy Dara Calleary asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the number of staff from his Department currently seconded from a firm in the private sector per annum from 2010 to date in 2016, in tabular form; the details of the company; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [37006/16]
Question· writtenPQ 652asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 29 November 2016
652. Deputy Dara Calleary asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the number of staff from his Department currently seconded to a firm in the private sector per annum from 2010 to date in 2016, in tabular form; the details of the company; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [36990/16]
Question· writtenPQ 651asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 29 November 2016
651. Deputy Dara Calleary asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the number of staff from his Department who have appealed against secondment per annum from 2010 to date in 2016, in tabular form; the appeals mechanism involved; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [36974/16]
Question· writtenPQ 650asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 29 November 2016
650. Deputy Dara Calleary asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the number of staff from his Department currently seconded to other Departments or agencies in the civil service per annum from 2010 to date in 2016, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [36958/16]
Question· writtenPQ 649asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 29 November 2016
649. Deputy Joe Carey asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the status of payments under the disadvantaged area scheme and single farm payment scheme in respect of a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [36952/16]
Question· writtenPQ 648asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 29 November 2016
648. Deputy Tony McLoughlin asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine when his Department intends to inspect an offshore land holding (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [36917/16]
Question· writtenPQ 647asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 29 November 2016
647. Deputy Éamon Ó Cuív asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if it is intended to appoint persons from outside his Department to the agricultural appeals process to ensure absolute independence; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [36904/16]
Question· writtenPQ 646asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 29 November 2016
646. Deputy Éamon Ó Cuív asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if his attention has been drawn to the fact that farmers with shares in three commonages are paying up to €2,300 in professional fees to join the scheme (details supplied); the steps he will take taking to reduce the cost of compliance for such farmers; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [36903/16]
Question· writtenPQ 645asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 29 November 2016
645. Deputy Éamon Ó Cuív asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the total pay out to date under the GLAS and GLAS plus scheme for 2015; the number of farmers that have received their full payment of 2015; the number that have received 85% payment and the number that have received no payment; the number of farmers that joined GLAS in 2015; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [36902/16]
Question· writtenPQ 644asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 29 November 2016
644. Deputy Éamon Ó Cuív asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the evidence of agricultural activity needed to qualify for the basic payment and greening; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [36901/16]
Question· writtenPQ 643asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 29 November 2016
643. Deputy Éamon Ó Cuív asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the reason the full payment is held back from farmers on their direct farm payments when small issues arise even when an interim payment is being made; if it is intended to review this policy; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [36900/16]
Question· writtenPQ 642asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 29 November 2016
642. Deputy Éamon Ó Cuív asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the number of commonages to which planners were assigned and subsequently resigned; the number of GLAS participants affected; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [36898/16]
Question· writtenPQ 641asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 29 November 2016
641. Deputy Éamon Ó Cuív asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the number of commonages to which planners have been assigned; the number to which there is currently no planner assigned; the number of participants in GLAS on the commonages assigned to planners and the number on commonages with no planner assigned to them; the total number of active farmers on these commonages; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [36897/16]
Question· writtenPQ 640asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 29 November 2016
640. Deputy Éamon Ó Cuív asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if farmers who joined GLAS in 2015 and 2016 will be paid their 85% payment under GLAS for commonages in December 2016, even if farmers have not signed up to the interim GLAS plan; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [36896/16]
Question· writtenPQ 639asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 29 November 2016
639. Deputy Éamon Ó Cuív asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the number of commonage framework plans that have been prepared under the GLAS scheme to date broken down by county; the number that remain to be prepared; if payments have been and will be paid out under GLAS for commonages in view of the fact that these plans have not been prepared in some instances; the amount of money held back as a result; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [36895/16]
Question· writtenPQ 638asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 29 November 2016
638. Deputy Charlie McConalogue asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the status of an appeal (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [36854/16]
Question· writtenPQ 637asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 29 November 2016
637. Deputy Charlie McConalogue asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the criteria being used by his Department to decide on a planner to carry out a commonage management plan for GLAS scheme applicants; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [36853/16]
Question· writtenPQ 239asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 24 November 2016
239. Deputy Dara Calleary asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the number of vacancies on State boards in his Department; the number filled since he took office; the number filled through the Public Appointments Service; the timelines to fill vacancies; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [36832/16]
Question· writtenPQ 238asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 24 November 2016
238. Deputy Pat Breen asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the status of an application in respect of a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [36771/16]
Question· writtenPQ 237asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 24 November 2016
237. Deputy Charlie McConalogue asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the status of the €11 million in EU aid that was allocated to Irish farmers and subsequently put into the €150 million agri-loan scheme in budget 2017, if all moneys in this fund are not fully drawn down within the period the facility will remain open for applications; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [36768/16]
Question· writtenPQ 236asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 24 November 2016
236. Deputy Charlie McConalogue asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine when farmers who apply for the new agri-loan scheme announced in budget 2017 can expect this lending facility to be operational in 2017; when successful applicants will receive loans; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [36767/16]
Question· writtenPQ 235asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 24 November 2016
235. Deputy Charlie McConalogue asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the number of applications received, in total, under the targeted agricultural modernisation scheme 2 on a county basis in tabular form; the total number of approved applications; the total number of payment claims lodged; the total number of payment claims that have been approved for payment; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [36764/16]
Question· writtenPQ 234asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 24 November 2016
234. Deputy Charlie McConalogue asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the total number of farmers to date who have applied to join GLAS III per county, and in each respective tier in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [36763/16]
Question· writtenPQ 233asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 24 November 2016
233. Deputy Charlie McConalogue asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine further to Parliamentary Question No. 741 of 21 July 2016, the estimated cost for the original proposal submitted; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [36762/16]
Question· writtenPQ 232asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 24 November 2016
232. Deputy Charlie McConalogue asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the financial allocations under the 2014-2020 rural development programme by measure and sub-measure in tabular form; the respective budget allocations for each year in this RDP; the annual amount of expenditure expended to date; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [36761/16]
Question· writtenPQ 231asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 24 November 2016
231. Deputy Charlie McConalogue asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if planting new hedgerow and low-input permanent pasture will be available under GLAS 3; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [36760/16]
Question· writtenPQ 230asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 24 November 2016
230. Deputy Brendan Smith asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine further to Parliamentary Question No. 651 of 15 November 2016, if persons applying under the sheep fencing scheme TAMS II who had their applications rejected due to not having sheep at the time of submitting the application will have their applications reviewed with a view to approval if they have sheep on the holding prior to the approval of a payment claim; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [36745/16]
Question· writtenPQ 229asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 24 November 2016
229. Deputy Clare Daly asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if Horse Racing Ireland at any time since its inception in 2001 paid to any member of HRI staff compensation or any monetary settlement in respect of any workplace dispute resolution without official recourse to the Workplace Relations Commission or its predecessors; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [36736/16]
Question· writtenPQ 228asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 24 November 2016
228. Deputy Clare Daly asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if the new appointees nominated by him to the Horse Racing Ireland board were so nominated on the basis of specific competencies; the detail of those competencies; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [36735/16]
Question· writtenPQ 227asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 24 November 2016
227. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if his attention has been drawn to the impact which a ruling (details supplied) will have on fishing communities which have traditionally benefitted from North-South co-operation in the area of fishing; if legislation will be introduced to reverse the court's decision; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [36724/16]
Question· writtenPQ 226asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 24 November 2016
226. Deputy Charlie McConalogue asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine his views on the implications of a recent Supreme Court decision for the fishing industry (details supplied); the action he will take in response to the judgment; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [36723/16]
Question· writtenPQ 225asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 24 November 2016
225. Deputy Brendan Smith asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the outcome of discussions at the recent Council of Agriculture Ministers on the need to improve dairy prices due to the ongoing income pressures on dairy farmers; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [36707/16]
Question· writtenPQ 224asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 24 November 2016
224. Deputy Michael Fitzmaurice asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if priority access is being provided to approximately 2,000 farmers who did not get into GLAS 2 as the previous Minister gave a commitment that those persons would receive priority; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [36702/16]
Question· writtenPQ 223asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 24 November 2016
223. Deputy Niamh Smyth asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if the single farm payment is on track to be paid out in full on 1 December 2016 to all farmers, particularly those in counties Cavan and Monaghan; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [36671/16]
Question· writtenPQ 222asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 24 November 2016
222. Deputy Michael Healy-Rae asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine his views on a matter (details supplied) regarding tillage farmers; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [36663/16]
Question· writtenPQ 221asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 24 November 2016
221. Deputy Dara Calleary asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the number of vacancies on boards or agencies within his Department's remit that currently exist; the number that have been filled since 8 May 2016; the number of these that were filled through the Public Appointments Service; the timeline for filling remaining vacancies; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [36640/16]
Question· writtenPQ 220asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 24 November 2016
220. Deputy Clare Daly asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine further to Parliamentary Question No. 636 of 15 November 2016, if he will clarify his reply on which he based his statement that the Forest Service had not received any complaint regarding the felling of oak on this site (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [36639/16]
Question· writtenPQ 219asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 24 November 2016
219. Deputy Clare Daly asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine further to Parliamentary Question No. 636 of 15 November 2016, if he will clarify the records over reports of the felling of sequoias in an ancient woodland in County Longford (details supplied); and the steps he will take to ensure that the contractor and other contractors cannot ignore commitments made to the Forest Service. [36638/16]
Question· writtenPQ 218asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 24 November 2016
218. Deputy Fergus O'Dowd asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the number and value of basic payment scheme entitlements paid in 2016 by the headings sale without land, sale with land, inheritance or change of registration details, lease without land and lease with land. [36635/16]
Question· writtenPQ 217asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 24 November 2016
217. Deputy Peter Burke asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will investigate a breach of the nitrates regulation (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [36626/16]
Question· writtenPQ 200asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 23 November 2016
200. Deputy Brendan Smith asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the outcome of the recent beef forum meeting; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [36568/16]
Question· writtenPQ 199asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 23 November 2016
199. Deputy Brendan Smith asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the new initiatives he will undertake to increase live cattle exports; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [36567/16]