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401 records in IE in 2015
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 25 November 2015
114. Deputy Michael McGrath asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine when a single payment will issue to persons (details supplied) in County Cork. [41973/15]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 25 November 2015
113. Deputy Patrick O'Donovan asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine why a person (details supplied) in County Limerick has been informed of not being entitled to the Scottish derogation grant in 2015, given that the person received the grant in 2014; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [41968/15]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 25 November 2015
112. Deputy John O'Mahony asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine when a person (details supplied) in County Mayo will receive farm payments; the reason for the delay; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [41966/15]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 25 November 2015
111. Deputy Patrick O'Donovan asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine when a payment under the single payment scheme will issue to a person (details supplied) in County Limerick; the reason for the delay; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [41961/15]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 25 November 2015
110. Deputy Brendan Griffin asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if a late application under the basic payment scheme will be accepted from a person (details supplied) in County Kerry; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [41934/15]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 25 November 2015
109. Deputy Derek Nolan asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if a person in receipt of a single payment will continue to qualify for the payment if the person rents out land for green energy purposes; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [41927/15]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 25 November 2015
108. Deputy Derek Nolan asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the amount expended on the farmers' charter of rights to date; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [41926/15]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 25 November 2015
107. Deputy Éamon Ó Cuív asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine when payments for 2015 under the rural environment protection scheme, the agri-environment options scheme and the green low-carbon agri-environment scheme will commence; the expected expenditure on payments for 2015 by scheme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [41917/15]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 25 November 2015
106. Deputy Éamon Ó Cuív asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine when approvals will issue to farmers who applied for the national reserve's young farmers top-up and for the Scottish derogation; when payments will issue; the number of applicants received, and the estimated expenditure by category; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [41916/15]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 25 November 2015
105. Deputy Éamon Ó Cuív asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine when he will announce details of the hen harrier scheme or the locally-led environment scheme announced recently; when applications will be accepted; if farmers who apply to join these schemes will be able to amend their green low-carbon agri-environment plans to maximise their payments under the two schemes; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [41915/15]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 25 November 2015
104. Deputy Éamon Ó Cuív asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the number of farmers who applied for the areas of natural constraint scheme and for the basic payment scheme and the number who have been paid, by county, in 2015 to date, in tabular form; the amount paid; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [41914/15]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 25 November 2015
103. Deputy Éamon Ó Cuív asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine when outstanding payments will be made under the targeted agricultural modernisation scheme 1; the number of farmers who have submitted documentation for payment and the number who have not yet received payment; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [41913/15]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 25 November 2015
102. Deputy Éamon Ó Cuív asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the number of farmers who applied for the basic payment scheme and for the green low-carbon agri-environment scheme, by county and in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [41912/15]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 25 November 2015
101. Deputy Éamon Ó Cuív asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the status of the roll-out of the green low-carbon agri-environment scheme on commonages; the number of commonage plans that have been submitted to his Department; the average percentage of farmers in each commonage who are participating in the scheme to date; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [41911/15]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 25 November 2015
100. Deputy Éamon Ó Cuív asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine his views on electronic identification tagging for cattle; his plans to introduce it in the near future; if he will pass on to farmers, in total or in part, in the form of reduced disease levies, the saving to his Department that would result from this introduction; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [41908/15]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 25 November 2015
99. Deputy Michael Creed asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the reason for the delay in issuing a 2015 basic payment to a person (details supplied) in County Cork; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [41906/15]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 25 November 2015
98. Deputy Michael Ring asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if a person (details supplied) in County Mayo has received a payment under the agri-environment options scheme; the exact position in this case; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [41903/15]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 25 November 2015
97. Deputy Michael Ring asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if a person (details supplied) in County Mayo has received a payment under the agri-environment options scheme 3; the exact position in this case; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [41902/15]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 25 November 2015
96. Deputy Éamon Ó Cuív asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine when payment will issue under the areas of natural constraint scheme and the basic payment scheme for 2015 to a person (details supplied) in County Galway; the reason for the delay; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [41856/15]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 25 November 2015
95. Deputy Dara Calleary asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine when a person (details supplied) in County Mayo will receive outstanding payments; the reason for the delay; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [41855/15]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 25 November 2015
94. Deputy Michael Fitzmaurice asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he is aware that the inspection criteria and his inspectors’ interpretation, methodology and procedures cannot be relied upon, as stated recently by the appeals office in his Department, as the exclusions provide no quantification or description for the deductions made in relation to an applicant (details supplied) in County Laois. [41416/15]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 25 November 2015
41. Deputy Denis Naughten asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the steps he will take to support a live cattle trade to Britain; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [41236/15]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 25 November 2015
40. Deputy Bernard J. Durkan asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the extent to which he remains satisfied regarding the reliability of labelling and traceability structures throughout the food industry, with particular reference to imports from third countries; the average number of checks or tests carried out in the past year; how this compares with previous years; the number of cases detected, which indicate a failure to meet the required standards; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [41354/15]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 25 November 2015
39. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will establish a dedicated unit focused on ensuring that all farms make greater use of native forestry as a climate change mitigation measure, to assist Ireland in meeting European Union emission reduction targets; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [41392/15]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 25 November 2015
38. Deputy Éamon Ó Cuív asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the number of finfish and shellfish licence applications he hopes to decide on between now and 1 April 2016; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [41246/15]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 25 November 2015
37. Deputy Martin Ferris asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will address the injustice around the anomaly which results in young-old farmers being denied payments which are available to young farmers after 2009. [41250/15]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 25 November 2015
36. Deputy Charlie McConalogue asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will extend the criteria for qualifying for a 60% grant for building farm sheds to those young trained farmers who began farming after 2007 and therefore did not get the opportunity to apply for the previous 75% shed grants, but who now, under his proposed criteria for new grants, will be ineligible for the 60% rate because they have been farming for more than five years; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [41394/15]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 25 November 2015
35. Deputy Maureen O'Sullivan asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine his views on concerns that many people are advertising their services as dog trainers with no certification or qualification in the handling and training of dogs, and in many cases are paying no taxation, as they are not licensed; his plans to regulate specifically for dog training schools, and for persons who are profiting from dog owners with no regulation; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [41388/15]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 25 November 2015
34. Deputy Terence Flanagan asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will commit to establishing a dredging programme for Howth fishery harbour in County Dublin; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [41315/15]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 25 November 2015
33. Deputy Thomas Pringle asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will call for the establishment of independent observers in factory trawlers operating off the Irish coast; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [41359/15]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 25 November 2015
32. Deputy Catherine Murphy asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine further to Parliamentary Question No. 116 of 12 November 2015, whether he recognises that the thoroughbred foal levy is regressive in nature; consequent on this recognition, and taking into account his assertion in the former parliamentary question that it would be impractical to calculate the levy on the value of the foal or on the actual fee paid, if he will re-examine the design of the levy in order to find a new method of incorporating greater progressivity; if not, the reason; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [41390/15]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 25 November 2015
31. Deputy Michael Fitzmaurice asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine why he has not accepted the evidence that the shareholders of the Keelderry commonage lands have provided, in the form of a detailed survey and report by suitably qualified experts, with their applications under the 2015 basic payment scheme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [41238/15]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 25 November 2015
30. Deputy Martin Ferris asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if the Sea Fisheries Protection Authority monitored the Margiris supertrawler fishing off the County Donegal coast recently; if the vessel was boarded by the authority; if its catch was examined; and if not, the reason. [41252/15]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 25 November 2015
29. Deputy Seán Kyne asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if areas that were deemed eligible as forage in 2008 under the single payment scheme, and designated as special areas of conservation or special protection areas, are still deemed to be eligible for payment, even if there is encroachment of scrub (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [41361/15]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 25 November 2015
28. Deputy Mick Wallace asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine his views on concerns regarding the movements of the Annelies Ilena and the Margiris motor fishing vehicle, the largest and second largest fishing vessels in the world, and their location and operations in Irish waters; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [41366/15]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 25 November 2015
27. Deputy Terence Flanagan asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine for details of future tendering processes for properties at Howth fishery harbour in County Dublin; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [41314/15]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 25 November 2015
26. Deputy Martin Ferris asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine his interaction with the European Union regarding an increase in the intervention price of dairy products; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [41251/15]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 25 November 2015
25. Deputy Patrick O'Donovan asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the number of students attending agricultural colleges; his plans to examine the level of teaching resources available to meet student demand in these colleges; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [41234/15]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 25 November 2015
24. Deputy Maureen O'Sullivan asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will condemn the legal and illegal treatment of hares, in the name of sport; if a debate is required on this draconian cruel form of entertainment; if there are real opportunities to stop animal cruelty while retaining jobs, through humane versions of coursing. [39538/15]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 25 November 2015
23. Deputy Anthony Lawlor asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the communications his Department had with the Department of Communications, Energy and Natural Resources regarding bio-digesters; if the need to increase the tariffs on electricity generated by bio-digesters was considered; if this would have advantages for the agricultural sector, as a result of the increase in the dairy herd; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [41243/15]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 25 November 2015
22. Deputy Mick Wallace asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the steps he is taking to ensure the continued success of the Irish agri-food sector, given the planned transatlantic trade and investment partnership agreement; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [41367/15]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 25 November 2015
21. Deputy Éamon Ó Cuív asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the number of applications under the areas of natural constraint scheme and the basic payment scheme that have not been paid in 2015; the reason for the delay; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [41248/15]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 25 November 2015
20. Deputy Clare Daly asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine his plans to introduce stiffer penalties for persons convicted of animal cruelty, given the frequent and increasing reports of instances of this. [41254/15]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 25 November 2015
18. Deputy Seán Kyne asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will provide automatic access to the green low-carbon agri-environment scheme plus to farmers who were previously within the Twelve Bens and Maumturks scheme in County Galway and the Nephin and Owenriff schemes in County Mayo, given the large destocking that took place in both areas; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [41360/15]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 25 November 2015
17. Deputy Bernard J. Durkan asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the extent to which he remains satisfied regarding the attainability of the targets in Food Harvest 2020 and Food Wise 2025; if any adjustments are likely to be required in order to ensure the realisability of the targets in any particular area of the food sector; the extent to which he expects employment throughout the sector to grow throughout the period in question; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [41353/15]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 25 November 2015
16. Deputy Michael Fitzmaurice asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he is satisfied that the review which he authorised following the European petitions committee’s recommendation to conduct a fresh and independent inspection into the Keelderry commonage lands was sufficiently fresh and independent; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [41240/15]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 25 November 2015
15. Deputy Éamon Ó Cuív asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine when the funding made available to dairy and pig farmers by the European Union due to the distressed state of the market in 2015 will be paid; the reason for the delay; the amount of money to be paid to each farmer; if there will be a national top-up to this money; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [41247/15]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 25 November 2015
14. Deputy Éamon Ó Cuív asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the number of farmers who have received approval under the targeted agricultural modernisation scheme 2 to date; the number it is expected to approve between now and the end of 2015; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [41249/15]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 25 November 2015
13. Deputy Denis Naughten asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the steps he will take to ensure fairness and transparency in the on-farm inspection regime; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [41237/15]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 25 November 2015
12. Deputy Michael Fitzmaurice asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine in relation to the Roxborough and Derrybrien West commonage lands, the reason he did not apply his Department's inspection findings from the inspections undertaken in or around October 2013, the findings of which he sought to apply without notice or right of appeal to the shareholders in October 2014; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [41242/15]