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Animal Culls
Matt Carthy
872. Deputy Matt Carthy asked the Minister for Health when public health advice from the CMO changed to no longer recommend a cull be carried out on farmed mink; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [7055/21]
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Animal Culls
Matt Carthy
873. Deputy Matt Carthy asked the Minister for Health the basis on which public health advice from the CMO changed to no longer recommend that a cull be carried out on farmed mink; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [7056/21]
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Covid-19 Pandemic
Matt Carthy
874. Deputy Matt Carthy asked the Minister for Health the details of all NPHET recommendations conveyed to him in respect of meat processing plants and the food processing industry since 1 October 2020; the actions undertaken by his Department on foot of each of these recommendations; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [7057/21]
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Covid-19 Pandemic
Matt Carthy
875. Deputy Matt Carthy asked the Minister for Health the number of meat and food processing plants at which serial testing has occurred since 1 October 2020, by county in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [7058/21]
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Covid-19 Pandemic
Matt Carthy
876. Deputy Matt Carthy asked the Minister for Health the environmental sampling that has been carried out in meat processing plants in which an outbreak of Covid-19 has occurred since 1 January 2020; the results of such sampling; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [7059/21]
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Meat Processing Plants
Matt Carthy
877. Deputy Matt Carthy asked the Minister for Health the number of unannounced HIQA inspections carried out in meat processing plants since December 2020; the locations and dates of these inspections; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [7060/21]
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Covid-19 Pandemic
Matt Carthy
878. Deputy Matt Carthy asked the Minister for Health if his Department is aware of instances in which meat processing plants have not alerted public health if they are informed of, or suspect, cases of Covid-19 among their workforce since December 2020; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [7061/21]
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Covid-19 Pandemic
Matt Carthy
879. Deputy Matt Carthy asked the Minister for Health the dates serial testing for Covid-19 occurred at locations (details supplied) from September 2020 to date; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [7062/21]
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Covid-19 Pandemic
Matt Carthy
880. Deputy Matt Carthy asked the Minister for Health if the testing that occurred for Covid-19 at locations (details supplied) occurred as part of a scheduled serial testing programme or in response to an individual confirmed case. [7063/21]
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Vaccination Programme
Matt Carthy
930. Deputy Matt Carthy asked the Minister for Health when it is planned that dentists and their staff operating in the HSE dental treatment services scheme will be vaccinated; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [7320/21]
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Covid-19 Pandemic Supports
Matt Carthy
931. Deputy Matt Carthy asked the Minister for Health the PPE supports made available to dentists since the onset of the Covid-19 pandemic; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [7321/21]
Wed, 10 Feb 2021
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Dental Services
Matt Carthy
932. Deputy Matt Carthy asked the Minister for Health his plans to reform the dental treatment services scheme in response to the increased operating costs of operating private dental practices as a result of the Covid-19 pandemic and Brexit; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [7322/21]
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Dental Services
Matt Carthy
933. Deputy Matt Carthy asked the Minister for Health his plans to reform the dental treatment services scheme in response to the withdrawal of a number of dentists since the onset of the Covid-19 pandemic; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [7323/21]
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Agriculture Scheme Appeals
Matt Carthy
1021. Deputy Matt Carthy asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the number of instances since January 2015 to date in which his Department has set aside the findings of the director of the agricultural appeals office following a review at the request of his Department of a decision by an appeals officer; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [7052/21]
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Fur Farming
Matt Carthy
1022. Deputy Matt Carthy asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if his Department issued a direction to mink farms that a cull was to be carried out; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [7064/21]
Wed, 10 Feb 2021
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Fur Farming
Matt Carthy
1023. Deputy Matt Carthy asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the advice he has received from the CMO indicating that a cull on farmed mink is no longer warranted on public health grounds; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [7065/21]
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Farm Inspections
Matt Carthy
1024. Deputy Matt Carthy asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the number of farm inspections carried out by month and county in each of the years 2016 to 2020 and to date in 2021; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [7066/21]
Wed, 10 Feb 2021
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Common Agricultural Policy
Matt Carthy
1026. Deputy Matt Carthy asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the number of recipients who received CAP Pillar 1 payments of €60,000 or higher in 2020, by county in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [7109/21]
Wed, 10 Feb 2021
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Common Agricultural Policy
Matt Carthy
1027. Deputy Matt Carthy asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the level of funding that would be available for redistribution if CAP Pillar 1 payments were capped at €60,000 at 2020 levels. [7110/21]
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Covid-19 Pandemic
Matt Carthy
1034. Deputy Matt Carthy asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if construction in the interests of animal welfare or the essential operation of a farm are permissible under the current level 5 restrictions; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [7324/21]