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Tue, 14 Dec 2021
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Forestry Sector
Matt Carthy
780. Deputy Matt Carthy asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the period of activity for which already issued licences will meet the demand of Coillte; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [61466/21]
Tue, 14 Dec 2021
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Forestry Sector
Matt Carthy
781. Deputy Matt Carthy asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he plans to allocate further ecologists and foresters towards the processing of farmer and private individual afforestation applications; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [61467/21]
Tue, 14 Dec 2021
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Forestry Sector
Matt Carthy
782. Deputy Matt Carthy asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he considered enhancing or broadening available supports for those effected by ash dieback when reallocating funds within the recent supplementary estimate; if not, if other forestry related measures were considered; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [61468/21]
Tue, 14 Dec 2021
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Agriculture Schemes
Matt Carthy
798. Deputy Matt Carthy asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine his proposals to incentivise and support poultry farmers to invest in and adopt best available technology in order to reduce ammonia emissions; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [61879/21]
Tue, 14 Dec 2021
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Agriculture Schemes
Matt Carthy
799. Deputy Matt Carthy asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine further to Parliamentary Question No. 355 of 20 May 2021, the amount of funding provided to pillar 2 schemes from the Exchequer; the amount co-funded by scheme in 2020 to date; the allocated amounts in 2022; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [61880/21]
Tue, 14 Dec 2021
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Agriculture Schemes
Matt Carthy
800. Deputy Matt Carthy asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the amount of funding he plans to provide to pillar 2 schemes from the Exchequer; the amount co-funded from 2023 to 2027; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [61881/21]
Tue, 14 Dec 2021
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Agriculture Schemes
Matt Carthy
801. Deputy Matt Carthy asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if the proposed cap of €66,000 on the basic income support scheme will impact on eco-scheme payments; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [61882/21]
Tue, 14 Dec 2021
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Agriculture Schemes
Matt Carthy
802. Deputy Matt Carthy asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the amount paid in pillar 1 payments to date in 2021; the total amount expected to be paid; the amount allocated in 2022; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [61883/21]
Tue, 14 Dec 2021
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Agriculture Schemes
Matt Carthy
803. Deputy Matt Carthy asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the number of sheep on which payments were made under the sheep welfare scheme; the payment rate in each of the years 2016 to date, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [61906/21]
Tue, 14 Dec 2021
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Agriculture Schemes
Matt Carthy
804. Deputy Matt Carthy asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if the indicative allocation for a sheep improvement scheme within the proposed CAP Strategic Plan intends an equal allocation of funds across all five years of the plan; the estimated number of individual breeding ewes this would support in each year; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [61907/21]
Tue, 14 Dec 2021
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Agriculture Schemes
Matt Carthy
805. Deputy Matt Carthy asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the number of dairy farmers receiving less than €10,000 in pillar 1 payments for the years 2016 to date by county; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [61908/21]
Tue, 14 Dec 2021
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Agriculture Industry
Matt Carthy
806. Deputy Matt Carthy asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the number of dairy farmers with a family farm income of less than €20,000, by county; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [61910/21]
Tue, 14 Dec 2021
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Rural Schemes
Matt Carthy
818. Deputy Matt Carthy asked the Minister for Rural and Community Development further to Parliamentary Questions Nos. 9, 15 and 21 of 14 April 2011 and 1267 of 2 November 2021, the funding for the LEADER programme during the 2007 to 2013 period; the reason for the discrepancy between the replies; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [61476/21]
Thu, 9 Dec 2021
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Food Industry
Matt Carthy
1. Deputy Matt Carthy asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine when he will introduce legislation to establish an enforcement authority as per the unfair trading practices Directive; if the legislation will provide for a meat regulator; and the powers that will be within the remit of the authority.. [60436/21]
Thu, 9 Dec 2021
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Agriculture Industry
Matt Carthy
3. Deputy Matt Carthy asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he plans to provide for an audit of the carbon storage and capture of each farm in the State in order to allow farmers to be rewarded for good practice and improvements into the future. [60437/21]
Thu, 9 Dec 2021
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Agriculture Schemes
Matt Carthy
18. Deputy Matt Carthy asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the new measures in his proposed CAP strategic plan that will specifically support young farmers; and the intended mechanism within or without the plan to support the group of young farmers known as the forgotten farmers. [60431/21]
Thu, 9 Dec 2021
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Organic Farming
Matt Carthy
32. Deputy Matt Carthy asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine his plans to meet organic conversion targets; and the estimated number of farmers and new hectares that he expects to enter organics in 2022. [60428/21]
Thu, 9 Dec 2021
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Animal Diseases
Matt Carthy
39. Deputy Matt Carthy asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will ensure that all poultry farmers who cull flocks in response to outbreaks of avian influenza in 2021 and 2022 receive compensation in a timely manner. [60430/21]
Thu, 9 Dec 2021
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Forestry Sector
Matt Carthy
60. Deputy Matt Carthy asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the estimated number of hectares of new afforestation in 2021; and his targets for licences for afforestation and felling in 2022. [60427/21]
Thu, 9 Dec 2021
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Agriculture Industry
Matt Carthy
66. Deputy Matt Carthy asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine his plans to support producers of hemp in the State. [60429/21]