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Meat Processing Plants
Holly Cairns
932. Deputy Holly Cairns asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the number of recorded cases of Covid-19 in a meat plant (details supplied) in County Cork for the period 1 December 2020 to 26 January 2021, inclusive; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [5238/21]
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Meat Processing Plants
Holly Cairns
933. Deputy Holly Cairns asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the status of the measures in place to monitor the health and working conditions in meat plants to prevent further clusters of Covid-19. [5240/21]
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Departmental Functions
Pádraig Mac Lochlainn
934. Deputy Pádraig Mac Lochlainn asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will release a full contact directory of roles and responsibilities within his Department for the marine sector, including persons responsible for various roles to Opposition spokespersons as other Ministers and Departments have done. [5302/21]
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Inland Fisheries
Seán Sherlock
935. Deputy Sean Sherlock asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if his attention has been drawn to plans for the imminent restocking of a salmon farm (details supplied) by its operator; and if he has sanctioned or is prepared to sanction such restocking prior to the determination by the aquaculture licences appeals board of an appeal by the operator against his ministerial order of April 2019 that aquaculture operations at the site be discontinued. [5313/21]
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Fishing Industry
Thomas Pringle
936. Deputy Thomas Pringle asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the nature of plans to have the Naval Service board any of the factory vessels currently fishing for mackerel off the west coast to check them for compliance with the Common Fisheries Policy, recognising that all vessels landing mackerel at ports here are inspected; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [5316/21]
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Fisheries Protection
Fergus O'Dowd
937. Deputy Fergus O'Dowd asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if matters raised in correspondence by a co-operative (details supplied) in relation to its serious and significant concerns on prawn fishing in the north east will receive a response; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [5373/21]
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Animal Culls
Kathleen Funchion
938. Deputy Kathleen Funchion asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine when badger culling will be ended; and if he will publish the scientific and veterinary advice regarding same. [5384/21]
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Animal Welfare
Steven Matthews
939. Deputy Steven Matthews asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the funding that is to be made available for animal welfare organisations in 2021; and if this reflects the agreed doubling of funding for such organisations in the programme for Government. [5395/21]
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Fisheries Protection
Steven Matthews
940. Deputy Steven Matthews asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the tonnage of sprat landed per port in Ireland from October to December 2020; and the amount of sprat exported to other jurisdictions including Northern Ireland in the same time period in tabular form. [5396/21]
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Fur Farming
Steven Matthews
941. Deputy Steven Matthews asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the steps he will take to introduce a draft Bill to outlaw fur farming given it is specified as a priority in the programme for Government; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [5399/21]
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Agriculture Scheme Appeals
Brendan Griffin
942. Deputy Brendan Griffin asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if a decision has been made on an appeal by a person (details supplied) in County Kerry; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [5440/21]
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Forestry Sector
Michael Lowry
943. Deputy Michael Lowry asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if his attention has been drawn to the fact that the Forestry (Amendment) (No. 2) Regulations 2020 do not provide for a transitional arrangement in respect of foresters who applied for planning permission prior to and received planning permission after the introduction of the regulations on 7 February 2020; his plans to address the absence of such a transitional arrangement; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [5444/21]
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Felling Licences
Seán Sherlock
944. Deputy Sean Sherlock asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if a felling licence will be issued to a person (details supplied). [5486/21]
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Horse Racing Industry
Louise O'Reilly
945. Deputy Louise O'Reilly asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the reason point-to-point racing which was designated elite sport status during the previous two lockdowns has been removed from the list of elite sports that can continue during the current lockdown. [5500/21]
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Fishing Industry
Christopher O'Sullivan
946. Deputy Christopher O'Sullivan asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the status of the formation of the fisheries task force; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [5515/21]
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Forestry Grants
Michael McNamara
947. Deputy Michael McNamara asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if an applicant is precluded from receiving a grant in respect of the reforestation of a parcel of land if a grant was not obtained for the original afforestation of that land; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [5597/21]
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Land Issues
Jackie Cahill
948. Deputy Jackie Cahill asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if land counts as hectares in the folio number in cases in which land is under a permanent lake; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [5606/21]
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Forestry Management
Michael Healy-Rae
949. Deputy Michael Healy-Rae asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will address a matter regarding the case of a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [5611/21]
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Beekeeping Industry
Seán Sherlock
950. Deputy Sean Sherlock asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will address a matter raised in correspondence (details supplied). [5683/21]
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EU Funding
Denis Naughten
951. Deputy Denis Naughten asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the EU co-financed funding provided in 2015 and 2016 to the Irish dairy sector to address income volatility within the sector; the value of each measure introduced; the terms and conditions of each scheme; the level of compliance with the terms of each measure; the refunds sought; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [5733/21]