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Thu, 10 Dec 2020
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Hospital Services
Matt Carthy
168. Deputy Matt Carthy asked the Minister for Health the additional services that will be provided at Monaghan Hospital in 2021. [41639/20]
Thu, 10 Dec 2020
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Food Safety Authority of Ireland
Matt Carthy
385. Deputy Matt Carthy asked the Minister for Health the actions he has taken to ensure that veterinary services are available to local abattoirs for inspections post November 2020. [33515/20]
Thu, 10 Dec 2020
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Meat Processing Plants
Matt Carthy
473. Deputy Matt Carthy asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine further to Parliamentary Question No. 271 of 25 November 2020, if environmental samples were gathered at any other meat processing plants since July 2020 other than in the course of the referenced pilot project; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [42657/20]
Thu, 10 Dec 2020
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Meat Processing Plants
Matt Carthy
474. Deputy Matt Carthy asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine further to Parliamentary Question No. 271 of 25 November 2020, if he will provide all materials, reports, correspondence or findings in relation to the referenced pilot study. [42658/20]
Thu, 10 Dec 2020
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Meat Processing Plants
Matt Carthy
475. Deputy Matt Carthy asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the role his Department’s veterinary staff have played in meat processing plants generally and specifically with regard to Covid-19; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [42659/20]
Thu, 10 Dec 2020
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Departmental Equipment
Matt Carthy
476. Deputy Matt Carthy asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if in the course of their general duties Departmental veterinary staff use a paper or computer-based system; if so when such a computer-based system was introduced; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [42660/20]
Thu, 10 Dec 2020
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Agriculture Schemes
Matt Carthy
477. Deputy Matt Carthy asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if Ordnance Survey maps will be provided to all farmers who will be obliged to fence watercourses as a result of nitrates requirements; the support his Department will provide to ensure farmers meet their requirements; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [42662/20]
Thu, 10 Dec 2020
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Teagasc Activities
Matt Carthy
478. Deputy Matt Carthy asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the form the Teagasc support fund for agriculture students will take; the level of funding that will be made available to students; when payments will issue; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [42663/20]
Thu, 10 Dec 2020
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Sheep Welfare Scheme
Matt Carthy
479. Deputy Matt Carthy asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the mechanism farmers should avail of to change their reference years in relation to the sheep welfare scheme if they have increased their stocking levels but are currently paid on historical stocking rates; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [42665/20]
Thu, 10 Dec 2020
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Farm Safety
Matt Carthy
480. Deputy Matt Carthy asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the way in which applicants should engage with his Department regarding the announced farmer-led farm safety proposals to be funded under the European Innovation Partnership; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [42666/20]
Thu, 10 Dec 2020
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Forestry Sector
Matt Carthy
481. Deputy Matt Carthy asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if the forestry dashboard provided to members of the Houses of the Oireachtas will be updated to include applications received and the status of the applications in order to provide a complete overview of the existing backlog within the forestry licensing process; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [42667/20]
Tue, 8 Dec 2020
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Brexit Supports
Matt Carthy
30. Deputy Matt Carthy asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the contingency measures he will put in place, including financial support, to support farmers and the agri-food sector to deal with the outworkings of Brexit from 1 January 2021. [41596/20]
Tue, 8 Dec 2020
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Trade Agreements
Matt Carthy
32. Deputy Matt Carthy asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he has completed an assessment on the potential impact on the Irish agrifood sector of the EU-Mercosur trade deal. [41597/20]
Tue, 8 Dec 2020
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Veterinary Medicines
Matt Carthy
57. Deputy Matt Carthy asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will apply for a derogation to allow those other than veterinarians to continue proscribe veterinary medicinal products. [41602/20]
Tue, 8 Dec 2020
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Basic Payment Scheme
Matt Carthy
68. Deputy Matt Carthy asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the number of entitlements under the basic payment scheme, leased out in 2019 and 2020; the percentage each year that these represent of the number of entitlements; the value of the leased entitlements in each year; and the number of farmers that lease out at least a portion of their entitlements. [41599/20]
Tue, 8 Dec 2020
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Covid-19 Pandemic
Matt Carthy
70. Deputy Matt Carthy asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the measures he will employ to ensure that further lockdown periods if required will not have the same impact in view of reports that mart throughout was down approximately 30,000 head on corresponding 2019 figures during the recent restrictions. [41601/20]
Tue, 8 Dec 2020
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Animal Diseases
Matt Carthy
71. Deputy Matt Carthy asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if it will be ensured that either an insurance scheme or a standard compensation package is in place for poultry farmers that have to cull flocks as a result of avian influenza outbreaks. [41600/20]
Tue, 8 Dec 2020
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Environmental Protection Enforcement
Matt Carthy
104. Deputy Matt Carthy asked the Minister for the Environment, Climate and Communications if EPA licensing of dairy farms is being considered; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [41314/20]
Tue, 8 Dec 2020
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Northern Ireland
Matt Carthy
307. Deputy Matt Carthy asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs the representatives of the UK Government he has engaged with following the decision of that government not to proceed with a public enquiry into the murder of a person (details supplied); the outcome of these engagements; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [41694/20]
Tue, 8 Dec 2020
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Visa Applications
Matt Carthy
498. Deputy Matt Carthy asked the Minister for Justice the reason a visa applicant (details supplied) has been informed they will need to reapply and pay fresh fees for an application which was approved in April 2020 but has not issued due to Covid-19; her views on whether it is unfair that the applicant should have to pay twice when it was her Department that decided to approve a visa it could not issue; if she will arrange for the first application fee to be refunded if the applicant does need to reapply; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [41231/20]