Parliamentary questions

Agriculture Industry

Matt Carthy

1. Deputy Matt Carthy asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if his Department will carry out a comprehensive analysis of the impact of factory owned feedlots on the beef sector including their effect on prices and the environment. [26906/21]

Covid-19 Pandemic

Paul Murphy

2. Deputy Paul Murphy asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if his Department plans to review its handling of the outbreaks of Covid-19 in the meat processing industry over the past year with a view to improving preventative measures in the future. [27379/21]

Organic Farming

Matt Carthy

3. Deputy Matt Carthy asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine his plans to address the low number of applications to the organic farm scheme. [26907/21]

Agriculture Schemes

Denis Naughten

4. Deputy Denis Naughten asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the sources and value of funding for the results-based environmental agri pilot project; if he will review the number of participants in view of the level of demand for participation under the scheme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [27253/21]

EU Funding

Marian Harkin

5. Deputy Marian Harkin asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if the proposed reduction to farmers' entitlement values to create the EU eco-schemes fund will be subject to internal convergence. [26984/21]

Forestry Sector

Matt Carthy

6. Deputy Matt Carthy asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the number of hectares of new forestry planting targeted for 2021; the number of applications for felling licences outstanding; and the expected timeframe to resolve the current backlog. [26909/21]

Common Agricultural Policy

Holly Cairns

7. Deputy Holly Cairns asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the status of convergence rates which will form part of the new Common Agricultural Policy in the trilogue negotiations. [26918/21]

Horticulture Sector

Martin Browne

8. Deputy Martin Browne asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the engagement he has had with the mushroom and horticultural sectors on the changes to the harvesting of horticultural peat; and the provisions he is preparing to support the sector. [27066/21]

Animal Sales

Denis Naughten

9. Deputy Denis Naughten asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the progress to date of the beef task force; the timeline for the completion of commitments given to the task force; the steps he is taking to implement the measures proposed by this Deputy and unanimously adopted by Dáil Éireann on 26 September 2019; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [26493/21]

Departmental Funding

Mark Ward

10. Deputy Mark Ward asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the financial supports his Department provides to a club (details supplied); and if multi-annual funding for this community service will be provided. [26949/21]

Agriculture Schemes

Sorca Clarke

11. Deputy Sorca Clarke asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he has considered amending the sheep welfare scheme in the interests of ensuring animal welfare as a result of the continued depression in wool prices. [26927/21]

Agriculture Schemes

Niamh Smyth

12. Deputy Niamh Smyth asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the number of applications received for his results based environmental agri pilot programme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [27011/21]

Forestry Sector

Catherine Connolly

13. Deputy Catherine Connolly asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the status of the development of a new forestry strategy for Ireland as recommended in reports (details supplied); the timeline for the finalisation of the strategy; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [26986/21]

Inshore Fisheries

Christopher O'Sullivan

14. Deputy Christopher O'Sullivan asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine his plans to introduce a financial support for the inshore fishing sector that have had to deal with a significant reduction in fish prices as a result of Covid; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [26979/21]

Fur Farming

Paul Murphy

15. Deputy Paul Murphy asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine his plans for banning mink fur farming; and the current population of mink in such farms in Ireland. [27019/21]

Renewable Energy Generation

Holly Cairns

16. Deputy Holly Cairns asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the details of his engagement with the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage concerning the request by associations (details supplied) for structures to enable developers to interact with inshore fishers concerning offshore renewable energy projects. [26914/21]

Agriculture Industry

Ruairí Ó Murchú

17. Deputy Ruairí Ó Murchú asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if his Department will undertake a comprehensive analysis of feedlot figures; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [27006/21]

Horticulture Sector

Matt Carthy

18. Deputy Matt Carthy asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine his proposals to support the mushroom industry and other horticultural sectors in view of ongoing challenges including accessibility of horticultural peat. [26911/21]

Forestry Sector

Brendan Smith

19. Deputy Brendan Smith asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the measures that will be implemented to deal with the backlog in forestry felling and planting licences; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [26987/21]

Agriculture Schemes

Holly Cairns

20. Deputy Holly Cairns asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the reason farmers in the organic farming scheme were excluded from the Rural Environmental-Agri Pilot Programme. [26917/21]

Agriculture Schemes

Denis Naughten

21. Deputy Denis Naughten asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the sources of funding of the Results-Based Environment-Agri Pilot Project; if he will review the payment rates for the scheme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [26494/21]

Coillte Teoranta

Martin Browne

22. Deputy Martin Browne asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if prior to March 2021 Coillte has been able to provide generic non-site specific harvest plans with their felling applications; if this has been accepted practice between Coillte and his Department; the number of applications submitted and processed in this manner; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [27065/21]

Common Agricultural Policy

Pearse Doherty

23. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the steps he plans to take in the next CAP to address the longstanding issues of the forgotten farmers. [27043/21]

Forestry Sector

Danny Healy-Rae

24. Deputy Danny Healy-Rae asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the progress that has been made with the granting of felling licences given that there has been a large backlog for years now; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [26516/21]

Milk Supply

Pádraig O'Sullivan

25. Deputy Pádraig O'Sullivan asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if will he intervene in the milk price crisis in a company (details supplied) and facilitate proper discussions between the suppliers affected and the company; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [26442/21]

Milk Supply

Thomas Gould

26. Deputy Thomas Gould asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine his views on the recent introduction of dairy caps by a company (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [26931/21]

Fishing Communities

Ruairí Ó Murchú

27. Deputy Ruairí Ó Murchú asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the progress of the coastal townhall meetings; the status of the feedback received to date; the actions he plans to take to support coastal communities; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [27005/21]

Common Agricultural Policy

Pearse Doherty

28. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine his plans to address the concerns that have been raised in respect of the GAEC 2 proposals further to the adoption of a Private Members’ Motion on 22 April 2021. [27042/21]

Animal Slaughtering

Thomas Gould

29. Deputy Thomas Gould asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the reason cattle are routinely transported across long distances for slaughter. [26932/21]

Consumer Protection

Rose Conway-Walsh

30. Deputy Rose Conway-Walsh asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if the office of the food ombudsman will be given statutory power to enforce the Competition Acts for the protection of primary food producers; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [27008/21]

Agriculture Schemes

Aindrias Moynihan

31. Deputy Aindrias Moynihan asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the measures being taken to assist family farms and to ensure their viability into the future; the new schemes that will be available for climate change; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [27004/21]

Agriculture Industry

Denis Naughten

32. Deputy Denis Naughten asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine his plans to review the current regulations for mechanical grading in beef factories; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [26491/21]

Forestry Sector

Aindrias Moynihan

33. Deputy Aindrias Moynihan asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the number of felling licences approved in each of the previous 12 months; the number of appeals and applications lodged within this timeline; the number of applications yet to be processed; the measures that are being taken to deal with the backlog; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [27003/21]

Greenhouse Gas Emissions

Marc Ó Cathasaigh

34. Deputy Marc Ó Cathasaigh asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if his Department plans to conduct consultations with farmers, farming communities and relevant environmental stakeholder groups in relation to the sector’s role and contribution to meeting Ireland’s greenhouse gas emissions reduction targets under the EU Green Deal; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [27013/21]

Common Agricultural Policy

Denis Naughten

35. Deputy Denis Naughten asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine his views on the GAEC 2 proposal in the new CAP; if he will guarantee that this land continues to be viewed as eligible agricultural land under CAP; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [26495/21]

Agriculture Schemes

Colm Burke

36. Deputy Colm Burke asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if consideration will be given to making resources available in order that all farmers that have applied to the REAP scheme which opened in the past number of weeks for applications and had by its closing date 11,000 applications from farmers will be accepted into the scheme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [27026/21]

Trade Promotion

Bernard Durkan

37. Deputy Bernard J. Durkan asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the extent to which he remains satisfied that adequate alternative provision is being made for Irish exports abroad to compensate for any losses arising from Brexit; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [26973/21]

Inshore Fisheries

Holly Cairns

38. Deputy Holly Cairns asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the supports put in place for inshore fishers whose capacity to fish is restricted by the different stages of the preparation and construction of offshore renewable energy projects. [26915/21]

Agriculture Industry

Paul Kehoe

39. Deputy Paul Kehoe asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if his attention has been drawn to the need for Irish agri-food processing companies to diversify from their dependence on the UK market in a post-Brexit era; his views on new market and value added opportunities for Irish food produce; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [26941/21]

Proposed Legislation

Rose Conway-Walsh

40. Deputy Rose Conway-Walsh asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine his plans to introduce legislation to ensure primary producers are paid costs plus a margin; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [27007/21]

Common Agricultural Policy

Dara Calleary

41. Deputy Dara Calleary asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the position regarding proposals for uplands and commonage in the CAP negotiations; and if he will give an assurance to protect the income of hill farmers. [27009/21]

Horticulture Sector

Darren O'Rourke

42. Deputy Darren O'Rourke asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine his proposals to support the mushroom and broader horticultural sectors in view of ongoing challenges as a result of Government policy pertaining to the sector. [26925/21]

Agriculture Industry

David Stanton

43. Deputy David Stanton asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the new market possibilities and value-added opportunities for Irish food producers in the post-Brexit era given the dependence of the Irish agri-food sector on the UK market; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [26783/21]

Climate Change Policy

Bernard Durkan

44. Deputy Bernard J. Durkan asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the extent to which his Department continues to ensure the future of the agri-food sector in the aftermath of Brexit and notwithstanding carbon reduction targets; the degree to which he has identified opportunities for the meeting of such targets while minimising the impact on production; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [26974/21]

Brexit Issues

Neale Richmond

45. Deputy Neale Richmond asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the status of the impact of the EU-UK Trade and Cooperation Agreement on food exports to the UK; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [26467/21]

Coastal Protection

James O'Connor

46. Deputy James O'Connor asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the status of the provision of pier and other coastal defence funding; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [26929/21]

Agriculture Industry

Éamon Ó Cuív

47. Deputy Éamon Ó Cuív asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if an analysis has been carried out by his Department on the relationship between the value of entitlements and stocking density on livestock farms; if so, the result of this analysis; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [26488/21]

Energy Policy

Brian Stanley

48. Deputy Brian Stanley asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he has a strategy to develop a biomass sector to provide farmers with another income stream; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [26924/21]

Agriculture Industry

Sorca Clarke

49. Deputy Sorca Clarke asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine his views on the ongoing imposition of the four movement and 30-month rules by meat factories on primary producers; and the steps he will take to address such to ensure that farmers can receive a fair price for their produce. [26926/21]

Trade Promotion

Neale Richmond

50. Deputy Neale Richmond asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the status of the work of his Department to promote trade diversification for Irish food exports post-Brexit to the rest of the EU; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [26466/21]

Agriculture Industry

Paul Murphy

51. Deputy Paul Murphy asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if his Department has considered the possible impacts of the further concentration of ownership of the meat processing industry here on small farmers. [27017/21]

EU Programmes

Réada Cronin

52. Deputy Réada Cronin asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the engagements he has had with other Departments to ensure that designations under the critically important EU Biodiversity Strategy 2030 will involve full consultation with farmers; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [26943/21]

Agriculture Industry

Paul Murphy

53. Deputy Paul Murphy asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine his views on the planned expansion of the dairy processing industry here. [27015/21]

Aquaculture Industry

Pa Daly

54. Deputy Pa Daly asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the impact of Covid-19 on the processing of licence appeals in his Department. [26921/21]

Agriculture Industry

Brian Stanley

55. Deputy Brian Stanley asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he has considered the introduction of a ban on below cost selling in the beef sector; and if he plans to take action to address same to ensure that farmers can receive a fair price for their produce. [26923/21]

Agriculture Schemes

Denis Naughten

56. Deputy Denis Naughten asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the steps he is taking to allow flexibility in the implementation of the BEAM 5% nitrogen reduction criteria; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [26492/21]

Trade Agreements

Mark Ward

57. Deputy Mark Ward asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the involvement his Department has had with regard to the economic and sustainability impact assessment of the Mercosur trade agreement. [26981/21]

Departmental Reviews

Catherine Connolly

58. Deputy Catherine Connolly asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the status of the review of the potential demand in international markets for wool-based products; the terms of reference of the review; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [26985/21]

Farm Safety

David Stanton

59. Deputy David Stanton asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the steps his Department is undertaking to ensure that provisions for farm safety and farmer well-being are being incorporated into the formation of the next Common Agricultural Policy; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [26784/21]

Regulatory Bodies

Paul Murphy

60. Deputy Paul Murphy asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine his plans to establish an independent regulator for the meat industry to address instability in the sector. [27018/21]

Forestry Sector

Danny Healy-Rae

61. Deputy Danny Healy-Rae asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the actions being taken to deal with the long delays in granting felling licences. [26595/21]

Animal Diseases

Jackie Cahill

62. Deputy Jackie Cahill asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the status of the BTB incidence rate among Irish herds in 2021; if he expects the annual incidence rate to rise again from 2020; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [27012/21]

Planning Issues

Jennifer Murnane O'Connor

63. Deputy Jennifer Murnane O'Connor asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if there are plans by his Department to bring a company (details supplied) and An Taisce together to identify issues of concern and deliver an outcome to progress this project without any further delay given the importance to the local economy; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [26707/21]

Forestry Sector

Dara Calleary

64. Deputy Dara Calleary asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the steps he is taking to improve the felling licence process here; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [27010/21]

Greyhound Industry

Bríd Smith

65. Deputy Bríd Smith asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine further to Parliamentary Question No. 995 of 11 May 2021, the reason an organisation (details supplied) claims the information requested is not available given its own website appears to contain the requested information, that is, the litter number per dog; if he will request the organisation to provide the information given its statutory obligation under section 26 of the Greyhound Racing Act 2019 to keep and provide such information; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [26976/21]

Greyhound Industry

Bríd Smith

66. Deputy Bríd Smith asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the progress that has been made in creating a racing stud book to cater for the racing greyhound as per the objective set out in the Strategic Plan 2018 of the Irish Greyhound Board; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [26977/21]

Agriculture Schemes

Holly Cairns

67. Deputy Holly Cairns asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the steps he is taking to ensure that as many eligible persons as possible that applied for the Rural Environmental-Agri Pilot Programme will be accepted on to the scheme. [26916/21]

Fishing Industry

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn

68. Deputy Pádraig Mac Lochlainn asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the status of the negotiations with his EU counterparts to secure a fair burden sharing of the fish quota loss that has arisen from the EU- UK Trade and Cooperation Agreement. [27056/21]

Agriculture Schemes

Pa Daly

69. Deputy Pa Daly asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the estimated turnaround time in relation to applications for BEEP-S; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [26922/21]

Covid-19 Pandemic Supports

Peter Fitzpatrick

70. Deputy Peter Fitzpatrick asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the cost to date of all Covid-19-related payments in his Department to individuals and corporate entities; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [15409/21]

Trade Relations

Colm Burke

71. Deputy Colm Burke asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the status of negotiations by his Department on accessing the South Korean market for Irish grass-fed beef produce; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [27027/21]

Milk Supply

Brendan Smith

72. Deputy Brendan Smith asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he is satisfied that there is adequate processing capacity in the dairy sector; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [26975/21]

Harbours and Piers

Éamon Ó Cuív

73. Deputy Éamon Ó Cuív asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he plans sanctioning the building of a deep-water pier in Ros a’ Mhíl soon in order that it can be built before the planning for the pier runs out in 2023; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [26489/21]

Fishing Industry

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn

74. Deputy Pádraig Mac Lochlainn asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the full State and EU funding that will be available to the fishing industry to implement the recommendation that will come from the Seafood Taskforce; and the estimated amount of funding available. [27057/21]

Common Agricultural Policy

Colm Burke

349. Deputy Colm Burke asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the way his Department plans to implement revised definitions of good agricultural environmental conditions or cross-compliance proposed for the next CAP programme ensuring that a flexible approach is adopted when implementing good agricultural environmental conditions at national level in order to minimise the impact on farmers and farm businesses; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [27227/21]

Agriculture Industry

Bernard Durkan

350. Deputy Bernard J. Durkan asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the degree to which he remains satisfied that the agri-food business on the island of Ireland can prosper and grow notwithstanding the impact of Brexit; if he has identified particular issues for early attention and resolution; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [7377/21]

Trade Data

Bernard Durkan

351. Deputy Bernard J. Durkan asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the extent to which he remains satisfied regarding the availability of transportation and ready access to the European market for Irish food exports and that resolution in respect of any obstacles is in hand with particular reference to transport, customs and the meeting of delivery schedules; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [7378/21]

Agriculture Schemes

David Stanton

352. Deputy David Stanton asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the steps taken by his Department to incentivise investment in farm safety measures and equipment given that farm incidents constitute a high proportion of the overall number of workplace accidents; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [1740/21]

Agriculture Schemes

Danny Healy-Rae

353. Deputy Danny Healy-Rae asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if funding will be provided for the farmers whose fences have been burnt down recently as a result of the fire in Killarney National Park and who now have no feed for their animals. [23059/21]

Animal Welfare

Catherine Murphy

354. Deputy Catherine Murphy asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will provide a schedule of additional animal welfare measures he and or his Department have put in place in respect of live exports of animals since 1 March 2020 to date in 2021; and if he will also provide an update in respect of the tracing of live exports from this State to other states in order to ensure animals are kept in the best condition and welfare possible on their journey. [27121/21]

Agriculture Schemes

Matt Carthy

355. Deputy Matt Carthy asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the amount of funding provided to pillar 2 schemes from the Exchequer and the amount co-funded by scheme for each of the years 2014 to 2020 and to date in 2021; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [27137/21]

Forestry Sector

Dara Calleary

356. Deputy Dara Calleary asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine further to Parliamentary Question No. 1255 of 31 March 2021, when the required frost recon scheme will be announced to support owners of woodlands affected by detrimental frost damage in May 2019 and 2020 and again in early May 2021; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [27168/21]

Forestry Sector

Michael Lowry

358. Deputy Michael Lowry asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if it is planned to exclude professional registered foresters from the scheme to plant trees along rivers and watercourses to act as carbon sinks and interceptors of nutrients currently being prepared by the Minister of State; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [27188/21]

Forestry Sector

Michael Lowry

359. Deputy Michael Lowry asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if it is planned to get external expertise and registered foresters to assist his staff in developing the scheme to plant trees along rivers and watercourses to act as carbon sinks and interceptors of nutrients currently being prepared by the Minister of State; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [27189/21]

Forestry Sector

Michael Lowry

360. Deputy Michael Lowry asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if his attention has been drawn to circular 5 of 2021, clarification regarding ash dieback scheme and planning permission; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [27190/21]

Forestry Sector

Michael Lowry

361. Deputy Michael Lowry asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if his Department was not aware of the issues in relation to planning permission when developing and ultimately issuing the RUS scheme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [27191/21]

Forestry Sector

Michael Lowry

362. Deputy Michael Lowry asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if there are possible mechanisms in the Forestry Act 2014 that take account of the fact that the ash crops are either dying or dead and as such are not subject to the rules as laid out in circular 5/2021; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [27192/21]

Forestry Sector

Michael Lowry

363. Deputy Michael Lowry asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine his plans to develop a process with the Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage that takes account of the fact that ash trees are either dead or dying and rotting and that the process and procedure as laid out in circular 5 of 2021 does not take account of this; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [27193/21]

Forestry Sector

Michael Lowry

364. Deputy Michael Lowry asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if his attention has been drawn to the fact that ash plantations subject to ash dieback, which are either dead or dying and rotting are now a very serious health and safety trap for owners, contractors and the public and the contents of circular 5 of 2021 in view of the performance of his Department in issuing approvals in the RUS scheme to date does nothing other than add to the health and safety issue; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [27194/21]

Forestry Sector

Michael Lowry

365. Deputy Michael Lowry asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine his plans to revisit the existing academically excellent but operationally nonsensical and impractical RUS scheme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [27195/21]

Forestry Sector

Michael Lowry

366. Deputy Michael Lowry asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if his Department is on target to date to achieve the stated licensing output target of 4,500 licences; if not, he size of the delay in relation in achieving the target; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [27196/21]

Agriculture Schemes

John McGuinness

367. Deputy John McGuinness asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will review an application under the young farmers scheme in the case of a person (details supplied) and reverse the decision taken given the circumstances of the case; and if the matter will be expedited. [27199/21]

Agriculture Schemes

Michael Healy-Rae

368. Deputy Michael Healy-Rae asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the status of an appeal by a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [27204/21]

Agriculture Schemes

Michael Fitzmaurice

369. Deputy Michael Fitzmaurice asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the location of entitlements leased by persons (details supplied); when the lease expired as neither the leasee or original owner of said entitlements are in possession of same at present; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [27206/21]

Trade Promotion

Colm Burke

370. Deputy Colm Burke asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the details of the way his Department is pursuing new market opportunities for Irish food produce in view of the fact Irish agri-food companies need to diversify their independence on the UK market in a post-Brexit; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [27223/21]

Common Agricultural Policy

Colm Burke

371. Deputy Colm Burke asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine his plans for a genuine farmer definition that must ensure that CAP payments are made to farmers that are actively farming which will be a requirement for all member states in the European Union under the next CAP programme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [27226/21]

Agricultural Colleges

Matt Carthy

372. Deputy Matt Carthy asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine his plans to ensure that capacity for green cert courses meets demand in 2021/2022; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [27233/21]

Agricultural Colleges

Matt Carthy

373. Deputy Matt Carthy asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the role he has with regard to green cert courses overseen by Education and Training Boards; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [27234/21]

Agriculture Schemes

Matt Carthy

374. Deputy Matt Carthy asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the level of funding that is to be provided to the Strategic Banking Corporation of Ireland from his Department in 2021; if these funds relate to the extension of the agriculture cash flow support loan scheme or a different scheme; the total amount of new credit that will be available to borrowers to be drawn down; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [27241/21]

Agriculture Schemes

Matt Carthy

375. Deputy Matt Carthy asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the amount of funding provided by his Department to the Strategic Banking Corporation of Ireland for the purposes of loans to the agricultural sector and the resulting level of borrowings available to the sector by year and by scheme in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [27242/21]