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Tue, 15 Apr 2014
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Disadvantaged Areas Scheme Appeals
Charlie McConalogue
518. Deputy Charlie McConalogue asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the position regarding an appeal under the disadvantaged areas scheme in respect of a person, details supplied, in County Donegal; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17400/14]
Tue, 15 Apr 2014
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Single Payment Scheme Eligibility
Derek Nolan
519. Deputy Derek Nolan asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will allow a review of a decision to cut a single farm payment in respect of a person, details supplied, in County Galway; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17442/14]
Tue, 15 Apr 2014
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Farm Safety
Derek Nolan
520. Deputy Derek Nolan asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he has made any advances regarding farm safety in relation to the agitation process for slurry in view of the number of tragic deaths associated with same; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17450/14]
Tue, 15 Apr 2014
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Aquaculture Licences
Brendan Griffin
521. Deputy Brendan Griffin asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will address the problem of delays for shellfish licences; if his attention has been drawn to the long waiting times involved; if his attention has been drawn to the fact that jobs and economic activity are being put on hold; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17695/14]
Tue, 15 Apr 2014
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Hare Coursing
Clare Daly
522. Deputy Clare Daly asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will request the Irish Coursing Club to extend drug testing of greyhounds to all hare coursing events; and in the event that it refuses to do so, if his Department will initiate its own drug testing at all of these events in view of the fact that six greyhounds tested positive for banned substances at the national coursing meeting in Clonmel in February. [17726/14]
Tue, 15 Apr 2014
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Agriculture Scheme Payments
Jim Daly
523. Deputy Jim Daly asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the position regarding agriculture payments in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Cork; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17760/14]
Tue, 15 Apr 2014
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Rural Environment Protection Scheme Payments
Michelle Mulherin
524. Deputy Michelle Mulherin asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the reason for the delay in payment of a rural environment protection scheme payment for 2013 in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Mayo; if he will expedite the processing of their application and the issue of their payment; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17803/14]
Tue, 15 Apr 2014
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Rural Environment Protection Scheme Payments
John O'Mahony
525. Deputy John O'Mahony asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine when a person (details supplied) in County Mayo will receive their rural environment protection scheme 4 payment; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17816/14]
Tue, 15 Apr 2014
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Pigmeat Sector
Brendan Smith
526. Deputy Brendan Smith asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if there have been any further developments regarding the ban by Russia on all imports of pigmeat from the EU; if he raised this issue at the most recent meeting of the European Union Council of Agriculture Ministers; if he has had any direct contact with the Russian authorities regarding the need to lift this ban; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17829/14]
Tue, 15 Apr 2014
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Rural Development Programme Funding
Heather Humphreys
527. Deputy Heather Humphreys asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if there will be any grant assistance towards the construction of silage pits under the new rural development plan; when he expects to make an announcement regarding same; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17853/14]
Tue, 15 Apr 2014
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Animal Identification Schemes
Michael Creed
528. Deputy Michael Creed asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the reason electronic tagging of horses is expected to cost approximately €100 when the cost of electronic tagging in registering a sheep is less than €2 and a bovine is approximately €5; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17877/14]
Tue, 15 Apr 2014
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EU Regulations
Luke 'Ming' Flanagan
529. Deputy Luke 'Ming' Flanagan asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will clarify the relevant article or articles in Council Regulation 504/2008 which authorise the Irish implementing rule, as enacted by Article 5(4) of SI No. 357 of 2011 European Communities (Equine) Regulations 2011 (as amended); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17920/14]
Tue, 15 Apr 2014
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Drainage Schemes Expenditure
Seamus Kirk
530. Deputy Seamus Kirk asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the proposals he has to provide financial assistance towards land drainage in view of the substantial costs involved in such work and the need for drainage works to be undertaken in view of the heavy rainfall over the past few years; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17936/14]
Tue, 15 Apr 2014
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Agri-Environment Options Scheme Payments
Brendan Griffin
531. Deputy Brendan Griffin asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine when an AEOS payment will issue in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Kerry; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17948/14]
Tue, 15 Apr 2014
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Agriculture Scheme Payments
Michael McCarthy
532. Deputy Michael McCarthy asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the position regarding a single farm payment entitlement in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Cork for 2013 and to date in 2014; if this will be subject to financial penalty; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17956/14]
Tue, 15 Apr 2014
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Agriculture Scheme Administration
Willie Penrose
533. Deputy Willie Penrose asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will take steps to ensure that the farm entitlements of a person (details supplied) in County Westmeath which were leased for a number of years up to 31 December 2013 are transferred back into the owner's name without delay; if same will be confirmed in writing to this person; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17977/14]
Tue, 15 Apr 2014
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Fallen Animal Collection Scheme
Damien English
534. Deputy Damien English asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine with regard to the introduction of the revised terms and conditions for the fallen animal TSE subsidy scheme, if he will provide an update of the review process by his Department into the implementation of the scheme; the extent to which his Department is consulting the farming community, the animal collectors association and knackeries; the process that such organisations can pursue to feed into his Departmental review; if his Department has considered remedies for those animal collectors-knackeries who, due to clause 7.8 of the scheme, have seen a substantial increase in the costs of rendering plant services available to them; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17989/14]
Tue, 15 Apr 2014
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Agriculture Scheme Payments
James Bannon
536. Deputy James Bannon asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the reason a person (details supplied) in County Longford is not in receipt of their entitlements to disadvantaged areas payments and single farm payments in respect of lands to which their family has had commonage entitlements for more than four generations; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18001/14]
Tue, 15 Apr 2014
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Agriculture Scheme Payments
James Bannon
537. Deputy James Bannon asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the reason a person (details supplied) in County Longford did not receive their entitlements to single farm payments or disadvantaged areas payments for 2012; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18002/14]
Tue, 15 Apr 2014
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Property Services Regulatory Authority Remit
Seán Kyne
538. Deputy Seán Kyne asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine in view of the introduction of new regulations regarding the operation of marts and the auctioning of livestock, which now requires a person to be licensed by the Property Services Regulatory Authority, his views on whether an educational course specialising in livestock auctioning should be established; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18007/14]