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Wed, 21 Apr 2021
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Animal Welfare
Emer Higgins
2431. Deputy Emer Higgins asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine his plans to enforce the issuing of equine identifications given the critical situation in relation to horse neglect and cruelty; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18111/21]
Wed, 21 Apr 2021
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Animal Sales
Emer Higgins
2432. Deputy Emer Higgins asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will consider adapting change of ownership laws in relation to equine purchasing in order that the onus is on the seller to change ownership and not the purchaser; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18112/21]
Wed, 21 Apr 2021
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Common Agricultural Policy
Peadar Tóibín
2433. Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the total CAP payments to Irish farmers in each of the years 2010 to 2020. [18121/21]
Wed, 21 Apr 2021
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Common Agricultural Policy
Peadar Tóibín
2434. Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the total pillar II funding received by Irish farmers in each of the years 2010 to 2020. [18122/21]
Wed, 21 Apr 2021
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Agriculture Industry
Peadar Tóibín
2435. Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the amount of profit from the agricultural sector repatriated abroad. [18124/21]
Wed, 21 Apr 2021
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Beef Industry
Peadar Tóibín
2436. Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the amount the Irish beef sector contributed to the Irish economy as a percentage of GDP and in euro from 2010 to 2020. [18125/21]
Wed, 21 Apr 2021
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Beef Exports
Peadar Tóibín
2437. Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the value of Irish beef exports in each of the years 2010 to 2020, by country. [18126/21]
Wed, 21 Apr 2021
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Beef Exports
Peadar Tóibín
2438. Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the value of Irish beef exports to date in 2021, by country. [18127/21]
Wed, 21 Apr 2021
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Beef Industry
Peadar Tóibín
2439. Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will provide a monthly catalogue of beef prices from 2010 to 2020. [18128/21]
Wed, 21 Apr 2021
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Agriculture Schemes
Pádraig O'Sullivan
2440. Deputy Pádraig O'Sullivan asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the amount that has been allocated annually to farmers in each of the years 2017 to 2020; the annual payment received from the EU; the annual contribution by Ireland; the annual administration costs associated with operating the payments in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18172/21]
Wed, 21 Apr 2021
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Agriculture Schemes
Jackie Cahill
2441. Deputy Jackie Cahill asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the value of the base payment for the upcoming pilot of the new agri-environmental scheme; and if participating farmers will receive the maximum base payment through this trial period. [18195/21]
Wed, 21 Apr 2021
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Land Issues
Marian Harkin
2442. Deputy Marian Harkin asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the packages that have been put in place to compensate landowners that had lands damaged or destroyed by the Shass Mountain Landslide in Drumkeeran, County Leitrim in June 2020; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18211/21]
Wed, 21 Apr 2021
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Agriculture Schemes
Pádraig O'Sullivan
2443. Deputy Pádraig O'Sullivan asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the amount that has been allocated annually to Irish farmers from 2017 to 2020, in tabular form; the annual payment of same received from the European Union in addition to the annual contribution of his Department; if he will include the annual administration costs associated with operating the payments; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18250/21]
Wed, 21 Apr 2021
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Covid-19 Pandemic
Michael Healy-Rae
2444. Deputy Michael Healy-Rae asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will address a matter (details supplied) regarding point-to-point racing; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18321/21]
Wed, 21 Apr 2021
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Agriculture Scheme Appeals
Rose Conway-Walsh
2445. Deputy Rose Conway-Walsh asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if it is the case that when his Department appeals a decision by the Agricultural Appeals Office there is no legal obligation to inform the farmer impacted; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18332/21]
Wed, 21 Apr 2021
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Beekeeping Industry
Patrick Costello
2446. Deputy Patrick Costello asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the actions his Department made in relation to reports of the importation of bees here from Italy (details supplied) to ensure that such importation does not result in the parallel importation of the small hive beetle which is prevalent in Italy; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18338/21]
Wed, 21 Apr 2021
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Beekeeping Industry
Patrick Costello
2447. Deputy Patrick Costello asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the action that has been taken by his Department to ensure that imported European strains will not interbreed with native bees affecting the unique biodiversity of Irish bees as was witnessed previously with the varroa mite given that Ireland has the purest remaining population of black bees in Europe; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18339/21]
Wed, 21 Apr 2021
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Beekeeping Industry
Mattie McGrath
2448. Deputy Mattie McGrath asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the measures his Department is taking to protect the native Irish honey bee that is under significant health threats as a result of the high levels of bees being imported into the country; the efforts he is taking to prevent the native bee from being destroyed and to have it protected as a native and rare species to be preserved; the protections his Department is putting in place as a result of the large increase in bee imports in 2020 which is up 327% on 2019; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18349/21]
Wed, 21 Apr 2021
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Land Issues
Martin Browne
2449. Deputy Martin Browne asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the number of hectares of peat soil per county in tabular form. [18352/21]
Wed, 21 Apr 2021
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Common Agricultural Policy
Martin Browne
2450. Deputy Martin Browne asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if a list will be provided of the areas of peat soils which will be included in GAEC 2 of the new CAP in County Tipperary; and the number of farms effected. [18353/21]