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Thu, 4 May 2017
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Agriculture Scheme Administration
Martin Kenny
224. Deputy Martin Kenny asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the position regarding the issue of persons applying for GLAS with outstanding applications being blocked from making applications to the basic payment scheme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21311/17]
Thu, 4 May 2017
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Laboratory Facilities
Martin Kenny
225. Deputy Martin Kenny asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine his views on keeping a regional veterinary laboratory open in the north west in view of the essential nature of the services offered by the laboratory to farmers in the region. [21312/17]
Thu, 4 May 2017
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Drainage Schemes
Martin Kenny
226. Deputy Martin Kenny asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if during the renegotiation of the Common Agriculture Policy after 2020, the Government will seek the inclusion of land drainage schemes on marginal land. [21313/17]
Thu, 4 May 2017
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Areas of Natural Constraint Scheme
Martin Kenny
227. Deputy Martin Kenny asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the difficulties in meeting the obligations for the designation of areas of natural constraint against a new set of biophysical parameters as he stated at the recent meeting of the Council of EU Agriculture Ministers; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21314/17]
Thu, 4 May 2017
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Areas of Natural Constraint Scheme
Martin Kenny
228. Deputy Martin Kenny asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the stage at which it was decided that the State could not meet its obligations with regard to the maps which were promised in mid-2017 in the review of the areas of natural constraint scheme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21315/17]
Tue, 2 May 2017
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Greyhound Industry
Martin Kenny
1197. Deputy Martin Kenny asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the proportion of the total number of greyhounds that tested positive for prohibited substances, from 2013 to 2016 and to date in 2017, that are recorded by Bord na gCon-Irish Greyhound Board as having no case to answer; and the circumstances that would lead to a positive test result but a finding of no case to answer. [19915/17]
Wed, 12 Apr 2017
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Fishing Vessel Safety
Martin Kenny
316. Deputy Martin Kenny asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the grants available for persons safety schemes; the amount allocated to them; and the participation rate for these schemes for the past 20 years. [18550/17]
Wed, 12 Apr 2017
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Areas of Natural Constraint Scheme
Martin Kenny
319. Deputy Martin Kenny asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the status of the review of areas of natural constraint; when he envisages the completion of the review; and his plans to consult the Oireachtas Joint Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine, the farm organisations and other stakeholders before submitting maps and the results of the review to the European Union for approval. [18591/17]
Wed, 12 Apr 2017
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Inland Fisheries Ireland Expenditure
Martin Kenny
332. Deputy Martin Kenny asked the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the amount spent in the past ten years, per annum, on the restocking of hatcheries and rivers; and the areas in which it has been spent. [18551/17]
Wed, 12 Apr 2017
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Marine Accidents
Martin Kenny
338. Deputy Martin Kenny asked the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the number of lives lost involving commercial fishing in the past 20 years, by location and year, in tabular form. [18549/17]
Tue, 4 Apr 2017
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Agriculture Schemes
Martin Kenny
591. Deputy Martin Kenny asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if on signing up to CAP II he agreed to the implementation of a clawback on the leasing of entitlements; if so, the reason he has not implemented such a clawback; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [16278/17]
Tue, 4 Apr 2017
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Laboratory Facilities
Martin Kenny
610. Deputy Martin Kenny asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if service users and providers will be permitted to have an input in the terms of reference for the cost benefit analysis of the regional veterinary laboratories; and if these bodies will include the IFA, the ICMSA, INHFA, VOA and Impact; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [16759/17]
Tue, 28 Mar 2017
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European Maritime and Fisheries Fund
Martin Kenny
471. Deputy Martin Kenny asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the number of Irish draw-downs under the seafood processing capital investment scheme; the number of persons who availed of the scheme in increments (details supplied) in 2014, 2015 and 2016, in tabular form; the total amount that could have been drawn down by Ireland in each of these years; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [15124/17]
Wed, 22 Mar 2017
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School Transport
Martin Kenny
138. Deputy Martin Kenny asked the Minister for Education and Skills the detail of the school transport rate payable to a provider, per kilometre, per child; and the way this compares with the grant payable to parents to transport their children the same distance to school. [14330/17]
Tue, 21 Mar 2017
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Disadvantaged Status
Martin Kenny
262. Deputy Martin Kenny asked the Minister for Education and Skills the reason a school (details supplied) is not designated as a DEIS school. [13008/17]
Tue, 21 Mar 2017
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Common Agricultural Policy Subsidies
Martin Kenny
1023. Deputy Martin Kenny asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the details of each of the sub-sectors of agriculture to which the Common Agriculture Policy 2014-2020 is allocated; the associated amounts allocated to each sub-sector; the amount of matching funding made available in each of the years 2014 to 2016 and for 2017, 2018, 2019 and 2020, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [12944/17]
Tue, 21 Mar 2017
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Exceptional Needs Payments
Martin Kenny
1025. Deputy Martin Kenny asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the other sub-sectors within farming that have received allocations from the European Commission for each of the years 2015, 2016, 2017, 2018, and 2019; the sub-sectors in which co-financing is also available with regard to the European Commission's announcement in July 2016 that it would support Irish farmers affected by the livestock crisis with €11.1 million and relaxed state aid rules in order that the national Exchequer could co-finance; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [12946/17]
Tue, 21 Mar 2017
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Direct Payment Scheme
Martin Kenny
1037. Deputy Martin Kenny asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will address matters (details supplied) with regard to the European Commission's figures on direct payments for 2015. [13202/17]
Tue, 21 Mar 2017
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Animal Diseases
Martin Kenny
1082. Deputy Martin Kenny asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the number of cases of mycoplasma bovis that have been brought to the attention of his Department for each year since 2007, by county; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [13775/17]
Tue, 21 Mar 2017
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Animal Diseases
Martin Kenny
1083. Deputy Martin Kenny asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine his Department’s strategy for containing the mycoplasma bovis disease; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [13776/17]