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Thu, 20 May 2021
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Forestry Sector
Danny Healy-Rae
61. Deputy Danny Healy-Rae asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the actions being taken to deal with the long delays in granting felling licences. [26595/21]
Thu, 20 May 2021
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Animal Diseases
Jackie Cahill
62. Deputy Jackie Cahill asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the status of the BTB incidence rate among Irish herds in 2021; if he expects the annual incidence rate to rise again from 2020; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [27012/21]
Thu, 20 May 2021
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Planning Issues
Jennifer Murnane O'Connor
63. Deputy Jennifer Murnane O'Connor asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if there are plans by his Department to bring a company (details supplied) and An Taisce together to identify issues of concern and deliver an outcome to progress this project without any further delay given the importance to the local economy; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [26707/21]
Thu, 20 May 2021
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Forestry Sector
Dara Calleary
64. Deputy Dara Calleary asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the steps he is taking to improve the felling licence process here; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [27010/21]
Thu, 20 May 2021
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Greyhound Industry
Bríd Smith
65. Deputy Bríd Smith asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine further to Parliamentary Question No. 995 of 11 May 2021, the reason an organisation (details supplied) claims the information requested is not available given its own website appears to contain the requested information, that is, the litter number per dog; if he will request the organisation to provide the information given its statutory obligation under section 26 of the Greyhound Racing Act 2019 to keep and provide such information; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [26976/21]
Thu, 20 May 2021
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Greyhound Industry
Bríd Smith
66. Deputy Bríd Smith asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the progress that has been made in creating a racing stud book to cater for the racing greyhound as per the objective set out in the Strategic Plan 2018 of the Irish Greyhound Board; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [26977/21]
Thu, 20 May 2021
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Agriculture Schemes
Holly Cairns
67. Deputy Holly Cairns asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the steps he is taking to ensure that as many eligible persons as possible that applied for the Rural Environmental-Agri Pilot Programme will be accepted on to the scheme. [26916/21]
Thu, 20 May 2021
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Fishing Industry
Pádraig Mac Lochlainn
68. Deputy Pádraig Mac Lochlainn asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the status of the negotiations with his EU counterparts to secure a fair burden sharing of the fish quota loss that has arisen from the EU- UK Trade and Cooperation Agreement. [27056/21]
Thu, 20 May 2021
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Agriculture Schemes
Pa Daly
69. Deputy Pa Daly asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the estimated turnaround time in relation to applications for BEEP-S; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [26922/21]
Thu, 20 May 2021
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Covid-19 Pandemic Supports
Peter Fitzpatrick
70. Deputy Peter Fitzpatrick asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the cost to date of all Covid-19-related payments in his Department to individuals and corporate entities; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [15409/21]
Thu, 20 May 2021
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Trade Relations
Colm Burke
71. Deputy Colm Burke asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the status of negotiations by his Department on accessing the South Korean market for Irish grass-fed beef produce; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [27027/21]
Thu, 20 May 2021
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Milk Supply
Brendan Smith
72. Deputy Brendan Smith asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he is satisfied that there is adequate processing capacity in the dairy sector; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [26975/21]
Thu, 20 May 2021
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Harbours and Piers
Éamon Ó Cuív
73. Deputy Éamon Ó Cuív asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he plans sanctioning the building of a deep-water pier in Ros a’ Mhíl soon in order that it can be built before the planning for the pier runs out in 2023; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [26489/21]
Thu, 20 May 2021
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Fishing Industry
Pádraig Mac Lochlainn
74. Deputy Pádraig Mac Lochlainn asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the full State and EU funding that will be available to the fishing industry to implement the recommendation that will come from the Seafood Taskforce; and the estimated amount of funding available. [27057/21]
Thu, 20 May 2021
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Common Agricultural Policy
Colm Burke
349. Deputy Colm Burke asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the way his Department plans to implement revised definitions of good agricultural environmental conditions or cross-compliance proposed for the next CAP programme ensuring that a flexible approach is adopted when implementing good agricultural environmental conditions at national level in order to minimise the impact on farmers and farm businesses; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [27227/21]
Thu, 20 May 2021
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Agriculture Industry
Bernard Durkan
350. Deputy Bernard J. Durkan asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the degree to which he remains satisfied that the agri-food business on the island of Ireland can prosper and grow notwithstanding the impact of Brexit; if he has identified particular issues for early attention and resolution; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [7377/21]
Thu, 20 May 2021
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Trade Data
Bernard Durkan
351. Deputy Bernard J. Durkan asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the extent to which he remains satisfied regarding the availability of transportation and ready access to the European market for Irish food exports and that resolution in respect of any obstacles is in hand with particular reference to transport, customs and the meeting of delivery schedules; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [7378/21]
Thu, 20 May 2021
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Agriculture Schemes
David Stanton
352. Deputy David Stanton asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the steps taken by his Department to incentivise investment in farm safety measures and equipment given that farm incidents constitute a high proportion of the overall number of workplace accidents; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [1740/21]
Thu, 20 May 2021
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Agriculture Schemes
Danny Healy-Rae
353. Deputy Danny Healy-Rae asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if funding will be provided for the farmers whose fences have been burnt down recently as a result of the fire in Killarney National Park and who now have no feed for their animals. [23059/21]
Thu, 20 May 2021
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Animal Welfare
Catherine Murphy
354. Deputy Catherine Murphy asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will provide a schedule of additional animal welfare measures he and or his Department have put in place in respect of live exports of animals since 1 March 2020 to date in 2021; and if he will also provide an update in respect of the tracing of live exports from this State to other states in order to ensure animals are kept in the best condition and welfare possible on their journey. [27121/21]