Parliamentary questions

Fisheries Protection

Johnny Mythen

1171. Deputy Johnny Mythen asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he has seen the audit reports by the European Commission on Irish fishers and the administration report by the SFPA; if he contacted the Commission or the SFPA regarding these reports; if he will request a copy of these reports; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22320/21]

Departmental Transport

Darren O'Rourke

1172. Deputy Darren O'Rourke asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the estimated cost of replacing State vehicles which are owned by his Department or agencies under his remit with hybrid or electric models; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22560/21]

Forestry Sector

Holly Cairns

214. Deputy Holly Cairns asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine his views on increasing the resources and staff of the forestry appeals and licensing process to ensure that all licences and appeals are processed in a timely manner including the clearing of the substantial backlog. [20862/21]

Forestry Sector

Holly Cairns

215. Deputy Holly Cairns asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the details of the average waiting times for licensing applications and appeals in the forestry appeals and licensing process between 1 September 2020 and 31 March 2021; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [20863/21]

Forestry Sector

Holly Cairns

216. Deputy Holly Cairns asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the provisions that have been made for forestry planting under the new organic scheme and the new REPS scheme including the potential impact on backlogs in the forestry appeals and licensing process; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [20864/21]

Agriculture Scheme Appeals

Paul Kehoe

217. Deputy Paul Kehoe asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if a new date for an appeal will issue for persons (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [20925/21]

Aquaculture Development

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn

218. Deputy Pádraig Mac Lochlainn asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will reopen the Covid-19 aquaculture support scheme to allow for the scheme to cover the period from 30 June 2020 onwards; if the eligibility criteria of the scheme will be widened to include aquaculture producers of other species excluded in the previous scheme, that is, abalone, trout and bottom mussels; and if the eligibility criteria is based on gatherers dockets and sales dockets which clearly state volume produced in a given year, rather than returns to BIM of the Annual Aquaculture Production and Employment Survey. [20955/21]

Aquaculture Development

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn

219. Deputy Pádraig Mac Lochlainn asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will consider additional financial supports for the oyster sector which is facing a second year of its production cycle with difficulties in finding and accessing markets for its produce (details supplied). [20956/21]

Beef Industry

Brendan Griffin

220. Deputy Brendan Griffin asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if a decision has been made on a beef exceptional aid measure payment appeal by a person (details supplied) in County Kerry; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [20964/21]

GLAS Issues

Brendan Griffin

221. Deputy Brendan Griffin asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if a decision has been made on the request by persons (details supplied) in County Kerry to have the recent decision on their GLAS payment reviewed; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [20968/21]

Greyhound Industry

Brian Leddin

222. Deputy Brian Leddin asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the number of Irish-bred racing greyhounds exported to the United Kingdom in each of years 2015 to 2020, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [20982/21]

Agrifood Sector

Paul Kehoe

223. Deputy Paul Kehoe asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the funding available for a proposed project (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21000/21]

Animal Feedstuffs

Marc Ó Cathasaigh

224. Deputy Marc Ó Cathasaigh asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if his Department is giving consideration to expanding nationwide the pilot scheme currently being run by the Bantry marine research station which is investigating the effects of using red seaweed in animal feed as a means to reduce methane emissions from cattle; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21002/21]

Fishing Industry

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn

225. Deputy Pádraig Mac Lochlainn asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will honour the commitment in the Programme for Government to work to retain factory weighing of pelagic fish in the context of negotiations on the new EU control regulation; the position regarding the current oversight of weighing systems in Irish fish production factories including tamper-proof systems that are observed by direct video link to the SFPA and subject to unannounced inspections by the NSAI at any time; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21026/21]

Agriculture Schemes

Denis Naughten

226. Deputy Denis Naughten asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if each agricultural planner can only submit ten applications for farmers under the proposed agri-environmental pilot project; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21035/21]

Agriculture Schemes

Denis Naughten

227. Deputy Denis Naughten asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if it will be ensured that measures for the results-based payments under the proposed agri-environmental pilot project will not be weather dependent; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21036/21]

Agriculture Schemes

Denis Naughten

228. Deputy Denis Naughten asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the way in which the additional €79 million allocated for agri-environment and farm safety initiatives in Budget 2021 will be allocated; the amount of this funding sourced from the carbon fund; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21037/21]

Agriculture Schemes

Denis Naughten

229. Deputy Denis Naughten asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if the proposed agri-environmental pilot project is primarily replacing income forgone by farmers; if farmers will have to pay for training under the project; the reason the maximum payments, even with such strict eligibility criteria, have been set so low; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21038/21]

Transport Policy

Holly Cairns

230. Deputy Holly Cairns asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the way in which his Department and agencies under his remit encourage and facilitate employees to use active travel to commute to work; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21045/21]

Covid-19 Pandemic

Marian Harkin

2430. Deputy Marian Harkin asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will consider the resumption of under 18s and pony equestrian competition; the timeline for the resumption of this activity; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [20460/21]