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51 records in IE in 2002
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 11 December 2002
106 Mr. Hayes asked the Minister for Agriculture and Food the position regarding his efforts to establish a beef summit; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [25964/02]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 11 December 2002
44 Ms Enright asked the Minister for Agriculture and Food his views on the quality of fast food here; the way in which the quality is monitored; if the increased consumption of such food is leading to an increase in obesity; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [25717/02]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 11 December 2002
43 Mr. Costello asked the Minister for Agriculture and Food if he will review the age restriction for farmers who wish to leave the land; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [25776/02]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 11 December 2002
42 Mr. McGinley asked the Minister for Agriculture and Food if he has called a beef summit meeting; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [25701/02]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 11 December 2002
41 Mr. J. O'Keeffe asked the Minister for Agriculture and Food the position in relation to the export of live cattle; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [25679/02]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 11 December 2002
40 Mr. O'Dowd asked the Minister for Agriculture and Food his plans to introduce a green label for Irish food; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [25713/02]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 11 December 2002
39 Mr. Deasy asked the Minister for Agriculture and Food the cost of the export and incineration of specified risk material for the years 2000, 2001 and to date in 2002. [25693/02]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 11 December 2002
38 Mr. Stagg asked the Minister for Agriculture and Food the steps he is taking to reduce the number of deaths on farms; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [25764/02]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 11 December 2002
37 Dr. Upton asked the Minister for Agriculture and Food the reason for spending cuts in his Departmental budget for 2003, particularly in education, research and advisory services, development aid and on-farm investment; if he will seek the reversal of these cutbacks; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [25962/02]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 11 December 2002
36 Mr. Hayes asked the Minister for Agriculture and Food his proposals to increase the disease levies; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [25963/02]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 11 December 2002
35 Mr. Ferris asked the Minister for Agriculture and Food if he will make a statement on the situation regarding the special beef premium. [25965/02]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 11 December 2002
34 Dr. Upton asked the Minister for Agriculture and Food if the departmental investigation into the discovery of BSE in a young bull on a County Limerick farm recently has been completed; if the cause of the infection has been established; if he has satisfied himself with the controls in place to prevent BSE from entering the human food chain; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [25961/02]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 11 December 2002
33 Mr. Timmins asked the Minister for Agriculture and Food the number of animals born after 1997 that have tested positive for BSE; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [25960/02]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 11 December 2002
44 Ms Enright asked the Minister for Agriculture and Food his views on the quality of fast food here; the way in which the quality is monitored; if the increased consumption of such food is leading to an increase in obesity; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [25717/02]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 11 December 2002
43 Mr. Costello asked the Minister for Agriculture and Food if he will review the age restriction for farmers who wish to leave the land; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [25776/02]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 11 December 2002
106 Mr. Hayes asked the Minister for Agriculture and Food the position regarding his efforts to establish a beef summit; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [25964/02]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 11 December 2002
42 Mr. McGinley asked the Minister for Agriculture and Food if he has called a beef summit meeting; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [25701/02]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 11 December 2002
41 Mr. J. O'Keeffe asked the Minister for Agriculture and Food the position in relation to the export of live cattle; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [25679/02]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 11 December 2002
40 Mr. O'Dowd asked the Minister for Agriculture and Food his plans to introduce a green label for Irish food; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [25713/02]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 11 December 2002
39 Mr. Deasy asked the Minister for Agriculture and Food the cost of the export and incineration of specified risk material for the years 2000, 2001 and to date in 2002. [25693/02]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 11 December 2002
38 Mr. Stagg asked the Minister for Agriculture and Food the steps he is taking to reduce the number of deaths on farms; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [25764/02]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 11 December 2002
37 Dr. Upton asked the Minister for Agriculture and Food the reason for spending cuts in his Departmental budget for 2003, particularly in education, research and advisory services, development aid and on-farm investment; if he will seek the reversal of these cutbacks; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [25962/02]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 11 December 2002
36 Mr. Hayes asked the Minister for Agriculture and Food his proposals to increase the disease levies; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [25963/02]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 11 December 2002
35 Mr. Ferris asked the Minister for Agriculture and Food if he will make a statement on the situation regarding the special beef premium. [25965/02]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 11 December 2002
34 Dr. Upton asked the Minister for Agriculture and Food if the departmental investigation into the discovery of BSE in a young bull on a County Limerick farm recently has been completed; if the cause of the infection has been established; if he has satisfied himself with the controls in place to prevent BSE from entering the human food chain; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [25961/02]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 11 December 2002
33 Mr. Timmins asked the Minister for Agriculture and Food the number of animals born after 1997 that have tested positive for BSE; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [25960/02]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 19 November 2002
70 Mr. Broughan asked the Minister for Communications, Marine and Natural Resources the matters discussed and conclusions reached at his meeting with the EU Commissioner for Agriculture and Fisheries on 11 November 2002, particularly in regard to the protection of the integrity of the Irish Box fishing zone; the legal case which was made to the Commissioner for the retention of the 50 mile Irish zone; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22619/02]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 19 November 2002
70 Mr. Broughan asked the Minister for Communications, Marine and Natural Resources the matters discussed and conclusions reached at his meeting with the EU Commissioner for Agriculture and Fisheries on 11 November 2002, particularly in regard to the protection of the integrity of the Irish Box fishing zone; the legal case which was made to the Commissioner for the retention of the 50 mile Irish zone; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22619/02]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 7 November 2002
7 Mr. McHugh asked the Minister for Agriculture and Food if he will introduce legislation to ensure that the high standards required of Irish producers and processors are applied to all imports and that testing control and traceability requirements are applied to imported produce with regular reporting and publication of the testing carried out and the results obtained; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [20705/02]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 7 November 2002
6 Mr. P. McGrath asked the Minister for Agriculture and Food the reason Irish commercial beef exports to non-EU countries for 2000 was 255,000 tonnes while it was only 50,000 tonnes for 2001; the projected export figure for 2002; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [20688/02]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 7 November 2002
5 Mr. S. Ryan asked the Minister for Agriculture and Food if he will report on the 2001 grant allocations in respect of the capital investment scheme 2000-2006 for the marketing and processing of certain agricultural products, in particular potatoes; the payments which have been made to date; if he has satisfied himself as to the administrative operation of the scheme; if any investigation is required, and if so, whether the scheme should be suspended pending such an investigation; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [20914/02]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 7 November 2002
4 Mr. Hayes asked the Minister for Agriculture and Food the reason 5,000 farmers received letters informing them they would be permitted premium payments only on a certain number of sheep from 1 January 2003 and that they would have only one year to shed the balance; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [20909/02]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 7 November 2002
3 Dr. Upton asked the Minister for Agriculture and Food if he will classify all BSE positive and specified risk material retained or stored in Irish facilities as hazardous; if he is satisfied that material stored at a location (details supplied) in County Tipperary does not represent a threat to human health; the restrictions and guidelines which are in place for the storage and transportation of such material; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [20810/02]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 7 November 2002
2 Mr. Sargent asked the Minister for Agriculture and Food if he will meet experts and formulate policy urgently in the area of sterilising and minimising waste caused by SRM and BSE infected carcases using the combined techno logies of alkaline hydrolysis and anaerobic digestion which, unlike incineration, is proven to kill the BSE prion and has satisfied customers throughout the USA, Europe and Asia. [20917/02]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 7 November 2002
1 Mr. Timmins asked the Minister for Agriculture and Food the situation with respect to the Fischler proposals; if implemented, the way in which these would impact on future projections of the number of farm families; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [20916/02]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 15 October 2002
181 Mr. R. Bruton asked the Minister for Agriculture and Food his estimate of the average index of inflation between the last quarter of 2001 and the last quarter of 2002 in the cost of employment goods and services which make up his Department's expenditure. [18423/02]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 15 October 2002
180 Mr. R. Bruton asked the Minister for Agriculture and Food the adjustments which he plans to introduce in the last quarter of 2002 in order to bring the overall spending for the year in line with the moneys provided in the Estimates. [18416/02]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 15 October 2002
179 Mr. R. Bruton asked the Minister for Agriculture and Food the amount of money that remains available to his Department from the voted spending allocation agreed in the Revised Estimates 2002 to spend in the last quarter of 2002 for capital spending and for current spending; and the way in which this compares to the amount spent for current and for capital purposes in the last quarter of 2001. [18409/02]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 15 October 2002
178 Mr. Kehoe asked the Minister for Agriculture and Food if, in relation to the current IFA protest campaigns at meat factories which is causing major damage to the industry and also damaging to livestock farmers, he will intervene and try to bring a resolution to the problem; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18362/02]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 15 October 2002
177 Mr. Penrose asked the Minister for Agriculture and Food if he will take steps to have a recommendation for a penalty to be applied in respect of persons (details supplied) in relation to having their REP scheme application waived in view of the clear medical evidence (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18361/02]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 15 October 2002
176 Mr. Timmins asked the Minister for Agriculture and Food the position with regard to a person (details supplied) in County Wicklow who has not received the 2001 final payment for special beef premium - 20% - and the 2002 disadvantaged headage payment; when these payments will be made; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18287/02]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 15 October 2002
175 Mr. O'Shea asked the Minister for Agriculture and Food when he intends to lead the delegation representing the dairy industry and the Irish Farmers Association to meet Commissioner Fischler to discuss income and support in the dairy industry; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18286/02]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 15 October 2002
174 Mr. O'Shea asked the Minister for Agriculture and Food the proposals he has to change sheep tags from individual to flock numbers; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18285/02]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 15 October 2002
172 Mr. O'Shea asked the Minister for Agriculture and Food if he will give details of disease testing done on imported grain; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18283/02]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 15 October 2002
171 Mr. O'Shea asked the Minister for Agriculture and Food the amount of beef from outside the EU which has been imported since 1 January 2002; the ports through which the beef was imported; the amount in the case of each port; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18282/02]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 15 October 2002
168 Mr. Ring asked the Minister for Agriculture and Food when a person (details supplied) in County Mayo will receive an area-based payment for 2002. [18200/02]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 15 October 2002
167 Mr. Ring asked the Minister for Agriculture and Food the reason a person (details supplied) in County Mayo has not received the area-based payments for 2002; and when payment will issue. [18161/02]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 15 October 2002
166 Mr. Ring asked the Minister for Agriculture and Food if the stocking density regulation in relation to the area-based payments is an EU directive or an Irish directive. [18149/02]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 15 October 2002
164 Mr. Hayes asked the Minister for Agriculture and Food when a decision will be made on an application for installation aid submitted by a person (details supplied) in County Tipperary; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18147/02]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 15 October 2002
165 Mr. Ring asked the Minister for Agriculture and Food when a person (details supplied) in County Mayo will receive the area-based payments for 2002; and the reason for the delay in the money issuing. [18148/02]