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Tue, 22 Oct 2019
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Value for Money Reviews
Mattie McGrath
451. Deputy Mattie McGrath asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the details of each value for money and policy review conducted by his Department from 1 January 2018 to 1 January 2019; the cost of each exercise; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [43323/19]
Tue, 22 Oct 2019
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Civil Service Code of Conduct
Michael Fitzmaurice
452. Deputy Michael Fitzmaurice asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the number and grade of staff within his Department who have been sanctioned for breaching section 14 of the Civil Service code of conduct; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [43362/19]
Tue, 22 Oct 2019
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Civil Service Code of Conduct
Michael Fitzmaurice
453. Deputy Michael Fitzmaurice asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the number and grade of staff that have been granted permission by his Department to act on behalf of an association (details supplied) or any group or organisation that has interests with his Department; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [43363/19]
Tue, 22 Oct 2019
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Nitrates Usage
Michael Fitzmaurice
454. Deputy Michael Fitzmaurice asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if there is a helpline which farmers can contact if they have slurry to spread; if so, the contact number for the helpline; the process which follows once a farmer contacts the helpline; if the farmers that contact the helpline will be inspected before they are granted permission to spread slurry; if the farmers will be more likely to experience cross compliance inspections in the coming months; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [43364/19]
Tue, 22 Oct 2019
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Beef Industry
Michael Fitzmaurice
455. Deputy Michael Fitzmaurice asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the frequency planned for the new beef taskforce to meet regularly once it meets initially; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [43365/19]
Tue, 22 Oct 2019
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Organic Farming Scheme
Martin Heydon
456. Deputy Martin Heydon asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the basis on which he will consider the reopening and funding of the organic farming scheme to provide alternative options to farmers; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [43372/19]
Tue, 22 Oct 2019
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Aquaculture Licence Applications
Micheál Martin
457. Deputy Micheál Martin asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine his views on concerns held by persons (details supplied) regarding the status of an application; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [43390/19]
Tue, 22 Oct 2019
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Teagasc Administration
Thomas Pringle
458. Deputy Thomas Pringle asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine his plans to amend and update the Agriculture (Research, Training and Advice) Act 1988 to ensure that Teagasc has the necessary expertise and mandate to consider mitigation strategies from the agriculture and food sectors here in view of the recent UN IPCC special report on land and climate change 2019. [43416/19]
Tue, 22 Oct 2019
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Teagasc Funding
Thomas Pringle
459. Deputy Thomas Pringle asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the percentage of the research budget of Teagasc that is dedicated to climate mitigation activities; and his views on the adequacy of resources available to his Department towards climate mitigation in view of the recent study by the CSO on environmentally damaging subsidies. [43417/19]
Tue, 22 Oct 2019
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Bord Bia Funding
Anne Rabbitte
460. Deputy Anne Rabbitte asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the budget allocated to Bord Bia in each of the years 2011 to 2018, in tabular form. [43446/19]
Tue, 22 Oct 2019
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Bord Bia Funding
Anne Rabbitte
461. Deputy Anne Rabbitte asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the breakdown of the budget of Bord Bia on advertising and promotion in each of the years 2011 to 2018; the amount spent here and in other markets, respectively in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [43447/19]
Tue, 22 Oct 2019
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Bord Bia Funding
Anne Rabbitte
462. Deputy Anne Rabbitte asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the breakdown of the various mediums of advertising and promotions, that is, print and digital used by Bord Bia; the amount allocated each year to each advertising platform in each of the years 2011 to 2018; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [43448/19]
Tue, 22 Oct 2019
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Bord Bia Funding
Anne Rabbitte
463. Deputy Anne Rabbitte asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the breakdown of Bord Bia budget of the advertising budget allocated to beef and lamb by Bord Bia in each of the years 2011 to 2018, in tabular form. [43449/19]
Tue, 22 Oct 2019
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Bord Bia Funding
Anne Rabbitte
464. Deputy Anne Rabbitte asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if his attention has been drawn to the fact that Bord Bia has made an application in 2019 to secure EU funding for suckler beef promotion in key EU markets; if it has applied in the past for the same funding; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [43450/19]
Tue, 22 Oct 2019
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Exports Data
Anne Rabbitte
465. Deputy Anne Rabbitte asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the breakdown of animals exported to Northern Ireland by month from January 2018 to date in October 2019. [43451/19]
Tue, 22 Oct 2019
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Exports Data
Anne Rabbitte
466. Deputy Anne Rabbitte asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the breakdown of animals exported to Northern Ireland by month from January 2018 to October 2019 on a month by month basis in tabular form; the number that went to a farm; and the number that went to a processing plant. [43452/19]
Tue, 22 Oct 2019
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Beef Industry
Anne Rabbitte
467. Deputy Anne Rabbitte asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if Teagasc has completed the in-depth review of the grid with a view to broadening of the in-spec bonus criteria to increase the number of eligible animals including the review of the hot and cold weighing system by Teagasc. [43454/19]
Tue, 22 Oct 2019
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Beef Industry
Anne Rabbitte
468. Deputy Anne Rabbitte asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if an in-depth review of market and customer criteria in relation to the four in-spec bonus criteria has commenced; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [43455/19]
Tue, 22 Oct 2019
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Beef Industry
Anne Rabbitte
469. Deputy Anne Rabbitte asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if Bord Bia has furnished his office with a paper outlining the potential development of a beef market price index model; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [43456/19]
Tue, 22 Oct 2019
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EU Directives
Anne Rabbitte
470. Deputy Anne Rabbitte asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if the consultation process with regard to the establishment of a working group between his Department and the Department of Business, Enterprise and Innovation which was following on from the unfair trading practices directive has been launched; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [43457/19]