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Compensation Schemes
Carol Nolan
903. Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will consider introducing a package of supports for peat contractors who purchased machinery prior to the announcement of the cessation of all peat harvesting by Bord na Móna; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [4036/21]
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Local Authority Funding
Catherine Murphy
904. Deputy Catherine Murphy asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the specific funding streams available to local authorities to apply for; the amount that has been given by county; the amount awarded under each scheme in each of the years 2018 to 2020 and to date in 2021, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [4049/21]
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Herd Number Applications
Brendan Griffin
905. Deputy Brendan Griffin asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if a herd number which is in joint names will be assigned to a person (details supplied) in County Kerry; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [4110/21]
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Grant Payments
Joe Carey
906. Deputy Joe Carey asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine when a payment will issue in respect of a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [4151/21]
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Forestry Grants
Michael Healy-Rae
907. Deputy Michael Healy-Rae asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the status of forestry payments for a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [4164/21]
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Departmental Staff
Martin Browne
908. Deputy Martin Browne asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the estimated full-year cost of recruiting three extra full-time archaeologists to deal with forestry applications within his Department. [4206/21]
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Beef Exports
Martin Browne
909. Deputy Martin Browne asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the exports of beef to the USA in volume and value in 2019 and 2020, in tabular form. [4207/21]
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Licence Applications
Paul Kehoe
910. Deputy Paul Kehoe asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if all licences issued by his Department are being treated with equal importance; if his Department is prioritising a section; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [4241/21]
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Afforestation Programme
Paul Kehoe
911. Deputy Paul Kehoe asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the way in which the current output of afforestation licences being issued by his Department will achieve the target of 8,000 hectares of afforestation for 2021; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [4242/21]
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Ministerial Advisers
Mattie McGrath
912. Deputy Mattie McGrath asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the names and level of renumeration for each ministerial adviser employed within his Department; the specific responsibilities of each adviser; the specific details of each adviser's relevant qualifications; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [4315/21]
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Pesticide Use
Peter Fitzpatrick
913. Deputy Peter Fitzpatrick asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the status of an application for a PCS number by a company (details supplied). [4320/21]
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Horse Racing Industry
Bernard Durkan
914. Deputy Bernard J. Durkan asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the extent to which his attention has been drawn to the operations of communications group based outside the European Union to eavesdrop on the racing industry here by way of drone for rebroadcasting purposes globally; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [4343/21]
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Horse Racing Industry
Bernard Durkan
915. Deputy Bernard J. Durkan asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the extent to which his attention and that of his Department have been drawn to difficulties arising from Brexit for the bloodstock industry and national hunt racing; if any particular response has been identified; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [4346/21]
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Compensation Schemes
Carol Nolan
916. Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if his Department will assist in the provision of compensation to peat harvesting contractors that made significant investments in peat harvesting machinery prior to the sudden and unexpected announcement of the suspension of all peat harvesting for the 2020 season by Bord na Móna; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [4404/21]
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Beef Industry
Brendan Griffin
917. Deputy Brendan Griffin asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if a derogation will be provided to farmers who cannot meet the 5% reduction in stock condition for the BEAM scheme due to market fluctuation and the Covid-19 crisis; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [4405/21]
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Beef Industry
Denis Naughten
918. Deputy Denis Naughten asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the reason he has not given participants in BEAM their 12 month organic nitrogen estimate for 1 July 2021 on a no-change basis; if his attention has been drawn to the fact that the pre-July 2020 stocking rate calculation is not only causing confusion but misleading farmers; if an individual July 2021 projection based on stock on hand between July 2020 and December 2020 will now be provided; the number of current participants who will be within the 5% threshold if they do not alter the stock on hand from the latest available date that stock numbers are available and the date in question used for this calculation; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [4419/21]
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EU Directives
Matt Carthy
919. Deputy Matt Carthy asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine when he plans to publish the statutory instrument to implement the EU unfair trading practices directive; the public consultation process that will be conducted before the adoption of the statutory instrument; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [4445/21]
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Coillte Teoranta
Neasa Hourigan
920. Deputy Neasa Hourigan asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the reason Coillte limited a number of pre-planning public consultations to a 2 km. [4473/21]
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Coillte Teoranta
Neasa Hourigan
921. Deputy Neasa Hourigan asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if opportunities for public access to information on Coillte’s proposed Croaghaun wind farm were reduced compared to the opportunities that would have been available in normal times in view of Covid-19. [4474/21]
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Covid-19 Pandemic
Seán Sherlock
922. Deputy Sean Sherlock asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the budgetary analysis being carried out to plan for long Covid-19 impacts in his Department and each State agency under the remit of his Department in tabular form. [4480/21]