Parliamentary questions

Fishing Vessel Safety

Martin Kenny

316. Deputy Martin Kenny asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the grants available for persons safety schemes; the amount allocated to them; and the participation rate for these schemes for the past 20 years. [18550/17]

Areas of Natural Constraint Scheme

Martin Kenny

319. Deputy Martin Kenny asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the status of the review of areas of natural constraint; when he envisages the completion of the review; and his plans to consult the Oireachtas Joint Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine, the farm organisations and other stakeholders before submitting maps and the results of the review to the European Union for approval. [18591/17]

Inland Fisheries Ireland Expenditure

Martin Kenny

332. Deputy Martin Kenny asked the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the amount spent in the past ten years, per annum, on the restocking of hatcheries and rivers; and the areas in which it has been spent. [18551/17]

Marine Accidents

Martin Kenny

338. Deputy Martin Kenny asked the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the number of lives lost involving commercial fishing in the past 20 years, by location and year, in tabular form. [18549/17]

Agriculture Schemes

Martin Kenny

591. Deputy Martin Kenny asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if on signing up to CAP II he agreed to the implementation of a clawback on the leasing of entitlements; if so, the reason he has not implemented such a clawback; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [16278/17]

Laboratory Facilities

Martin Kenny

610. Deputy Martin Kenny asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if service users and providers will be permitted to have an input in the terms of reference for the cost benefit analysis of the regional veterinary laboratories; and if these bodies will include the IFA, the ICMSA, INHFA, VOA and Impact; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [16759/17]

European Maritime and Fisheries Fund

Martin Kenny

471. Deputy Martin Kenny asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the number of Irish draw-downs under the seafood processing capital investment scheme; the number of persons who availed of the scheme in increments (details supplied) in 2014, 2015 and 2016, in tabular form; the total amount that could have been drawn down by Ireland in each of these years; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [15124/17]

School Transport

Martin Kenny

138. Deputy Martin Kenny asked the Minister for Education and Skills the detail of the school transport rate payable to a provider, per kilometre, per child; and the way this compares with the grant payable to parents to transport their children the same distance to school. [14330/17]

Disadvantaged Status

Martin Kenny

262. Deputy Martin Kenny asked the Minister for Education and Skills the reason a school (details supplied) is not designated as a DEIS school. [13008/17]

Common Agricultural Policy Subsidies

Martin Kenny

1023. Deputy Martin Kenny asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the details of each of the sub-sectors of agriculture to which the Common Agriculture Policy 2014-2020 is allocated; the associated amounts allocated to each sub-sector; the amount of matching funding made available in each of the years 2014 to 2016 and for 2017, 2018, 2019 and 2020, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [12944/17]

Exceptional Needs Payments

Martin Kenny

1025. Deputy Martin Kenny asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the other sub-sectors within farming that have received allocations from the European Commission for each of the years 2015, 2016, 2017, 2018, and 2019; the sub-sectors in which co-financing is also available with regard to the European Commission's announcement in July 2016 that it would support Irish farmers affected by the livestock crisis with €11.1 million and relaxed state aid rules in order that the national Exchequer could co-finance; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [12946/17]

Direct Payment Scheme

Martin Kenny

1037. Deputy Martin Kenny asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will address matters (details supplied) with regard to the European Commission's figures on direct payments for 2015. [13202/17]

Animal Diseases

Martin Kenny

1082. Deputy Martin Kenny asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the number of cases of mycoplasma bovis that have been brought to the attention of his Department for each year since 2007, by county; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [13775/17]

Animal Diseases

Martin Kenny

1083. Deputy Martin Kenny asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine his Department’s strategy for containing the mycoplasma bovis disease; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [13776/17]

Animal Diseases

Martin Kenny

1084. Deputy Martin Kenny asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the supports that his Department provides to farmers who discover mycoplasma bovis disease in their herds; if his Department offers preventative guidance to farmers in this regard; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [13777/17]

Areas of Natural Constraint Scheme Review

Martin Kenny

2. Deputy Martin Kenny asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will ensure that in the current review of areas of natural constraint the designation of mountain-type land will be retained; and if he will ensure payments in line with the more severe natural constraints in these areas. [12478/17]

Animal Disease Controls

Martin Kenny

13. Deputy Martin Kenny asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if, in view of the fact the disease control measures for avian influenza are being implemented on an all-Ireland basis, he will lift the compulsory housing order on poultry on 16 March 2017 as is being done in Northern Ireland. [12338/17]

Food Exports

Martin Kenny

15. Deputy Martin Kenny asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine his views on whether the prices being received by Irish farmers are not reflective of the quality of produce (details supplied); and his further views on whether the marketing of Irish meat is placing sufficient emphasis on the unique quality of the produce in a European Union context. [12339/17]

Common Agricultural Policy Review

Martin Kenny

43. Deputy Martin Kenny asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine his plans to seek a €200-per-head payment for suckler cows in the review of the Common Agricultural Policy. [12337/17]

DEIS Eligibility

Martin Kenny

125. Deputy Martin Kenny asked the Minister for Education and Skills the reason a school (details supplied) is not designated as a DEIS school. [12511/17]