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Tue, 22 Oct 2019
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Beef Industry
Anne Rabbitte
471. Deputy Anne Rabbitte asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if an organisation (details supplied) has provided details of its insurance scheme and additional information; if he will provide a copy of same; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [43458/19]
Tue, 22 Oct 2019
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Animal Slaughtering Standards
Anne Rabbitte
472. Deputy Anne Rabbitte asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he has commenced the introduction of the appeal system for carcass classification in manual grading factories; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [43459/19]
Tue, 22 Oct 2019
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Animal Welfare
Anne Rabbitte
473. Deputy Anne Rabbitte asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the calf mortality rates by month, county and sector in each of the years 2017, 2018 and to date in 2019, in tabular form. [43460/19]
Tue, 22 Oct 2019
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Dairy Sector
Anne Rabbitte
474. Deputy Anne Rabbitte asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the number of dairy cows with no recorded births in each of the years 2017, 2018 and to date in 2019 but remain in lactation cycle for those years; the milk yield in litres of such dairy cows; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [43461/19]
Tue, 22 Oct 2019
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Rural Development Programme Data
Charlie McConalogue
475. Deputy Charlie McConalogue asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the financial allocations on an annual basis under the 2014-2020 rural development programme, RDP, for schemes (details supplied); the annual amount expended on the listed schemes in each year since established up to 30 September 2019; the number of active participants in each scheme; and the number of approved applicants that subsequently withdrew from each scheme, in tabular form. [43470/19]
Tue, 22 Oct 2019
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Rural Development Programme Data
Charlie McConalogue
476. Deputy Charlie McConalogue asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the expenditure incurred in each of the years 2014 to 2018 and to 30 September 2019 for each measure under the Rural Development Programme 2014 – 2020 (details supplied) in tabular form; the original budget allocations made for each year in the 2014 to 2020 period; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [43472/19]
Tue, 22 Oct 2019
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Teagasc Data
Charlie McConalogue
477. Deputy Charlie McConalogue asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the annual allocation made to Teagasc in 2018, 2019 and in budget 2020 towards research and knowledge transfer programmes on greenhouse gases; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [43481/19]
Tue, 22 Oct 2019
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Beef Environmental Efficiency Scheme Data
Charlie McConalogue
478. Deputy Charlie McConalogue asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the estimated first and full-year cost of returning a payment by amounts (details supplied) for a scheme based on the most recent participation figures at hand. [43482/19]
Tue, 22 Oct 2019
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Sheep Welfare Scheme Data
Charlie McConalogue
479. Deputy Charlie McConalogue asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine further to Parliamentary Question No. 2010 of 24 July 2018, the latest costings for the figures previously provided for this scheme based on the most recent participation figures at hand. [43483/19]
Tue, 22 Oct 2019
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Departmental Agencies Data
Charlie McConalogue
480. Deputy Charlie McConalogue asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the proposed current and capital allocation to each agency under his remit following budget 2020; and the allocation made in his Department and in each agency under his remit towards hiring new staff. [43484/19]
Tue, 22 Oct 2019
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TB Eradication Scheme
Paul Kehoe
481. Deputy Paul Kehoe 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. [43491/19]
Tue, 22 Oct 2019
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Bord na gCon Inspections
Mick Barry
482. Deputy Mick Barry asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if a fully qualified veterinarian is present at each sports information services greyhound race at tracks here; if drug testing is performed on the racing greyhounds at these events; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [43524/19]
Tue, 22 Oct 2019
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National Raised Bog Management Plan
Thomas Pringle
483. Deputy Thomas Pringle asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the dedicated resources and expertise in relation to paludiculture available within his Department or State agencies under his remit; his plans to implement the recommendation regarding paludiculture research in chapter 8 of the Joint Oireachtas Committee on Climate Action report; his views on the potential for paludiculture in the context of the new €5 million fund for wetlands restoration and rehabilitation as announced by Minister Bruton on 16 October 2019; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [43526/19]
Tue, 22 Oct 2019
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Agrifood Sector
Thomas Pringle
484. Deputy Thomas Pringle asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the names of the 400 stakeholders and delegates invited to attend the open policy debate on a strategy for the agrifood sector to 2030 arranged for 16 October 2019. [43528/19]
Tue, 22 Oct 2019
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Sheep Welfare Scheme Appeals
Michael Healy-Rae
485. Deputy Michael Healy-Rae asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the status of a farm payment for a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [43568/19]
Tue, 22 Oct 2019
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Illegal Dumping
John Deasy
486. Deputy John Deasy asked the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment if his Department has discussed the utilisation of drones or similar technologies by local authorities to counteract illegal dumping; and if funding has been or will be provided to councils for this purpose. [42960/19]
Tue, 22 Oct 2019
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National Broadband Plan Expenditure
Timmy Dooley
487. Deputy Timmy Dooley asked the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the estimated cost of the roll-out of the national broadband plan in each of the years 2020 to 2025, in tabular form. [43468/19]
Tue, 22 Oct 2019
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Broadband Service Provision
Robert Troy
488. Deputy Robert Troy asked the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment when a property (details supplied) will be connected to efibre broadband. [42925/19]
Tue, 22 Oct 2019
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Superannuation Schemes
Michael McGrath
489. Deputy Michael McGrath asked the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment if he will address a matter raised in correspondence from a person (details supplied) in County Cork; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [42929/19]
Tue, 22 Oct 2019
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Water and Sewerage Schemes
Robert Troy
490. Deputy Robert Troy asked the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment if his Department has dealt with proposals to treat the entire sewerage intake for the eastern region and release as sludge into Lough Ennell, County Westmeath. [42937/19]