Ceisteanna Parlaiminte

Housing Schemes

Claire Kerrane

775. Deputy Claire Kerrane asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the plans he has to develop housing for older persons to allow them to downsize their own larger home where said older persons own their own home and are not on the local authority social housing list, to support this cohort to live independently; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [28277/23]

Invasive Species Policy

Claire Kerrane

779. Deputy Claire Kerrane asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage if he will provide update on efforts to reduce and eliminate rhododendron ponticum; if he will introduce incentives to eradicate the plant on moorland that pays house owners in moorland areas to replace rhododendron ponticum hedges with non-invasive species; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [28408/23]

Brexit Supports

Claire Kerrane

939. Deputy Claire Kerrane asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the funding allocated to his Department from the Brexit Adjustment Reserve in 2022 and 2023; the areas to which his Department has allocated this funding, by year, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [27305/23]

Agriculture Schemes

Claire Kerrane

940. Deputy Claire Kerrane asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will provide an update on the Suckler Carbon Efficiency Programme; how many applications have been received for the scheme and how many have been approved; the amount of payments that have been made under the scheme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [27306/23]

Forestry Sector

Claire Kerrane

941. Deputy Claire Kerrane asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine how much of the announced €1.3 billion for forestry that is from core expenditure; how much additional funding is in Budget 2023; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [27307/23]

Horticulture Sector

Claire Kerrane

949. Deputy Claire Kerrane asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine when the Scheme of Investment Aid for the Development of the Commercial Horticulture Sector will open for applications in 2023; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [27580/23]

Horticulture Sector

Claire Kerrane

954. Deputy Claire Kerrane asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the number of applications received for the scheme of investment aid for the development of the commercial horticulture sector in 2021 and 2022; the number of applications accepted and the number refused, by year, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [27713/23]

Agriculture Schemes

Claire Kerrane

955. Deputy Claire Kerrane asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the number of cow and calf pairs, per applicant, on which payments were made under the BEEP scheme in 2022; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [27714/23]

Agriculture Schemes

Claire Kerrane

956. Deputy Claire Kerrane asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the number of BDGP herds not included in BEEP-S in 2022 and to date in 2023; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [27715/23]

Animal Slaughtering

Claire Kerrane

957. Deputy Claire Kerrane asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine to outline, in tabular form, the number of bovine animals slaughtered and processed at Department-approved processing plants from both factory-owned and factory-controlled, that is, farmer-owned, feed units, CFUs, during the period 1 January 2023 to 1 June 2023; to categorise and break down the number of slaughtered cattle in this period under various subheadings, details supplied; the total tonnage of saleable meet yield on a weekly basis between the period 1 January 2023 to 1 June 2023; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [27716/23]

Forestry Sector

Claire Kerrane

979. Deputy Claire Kerrane asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if the European Commission has reverted to his Department with any questions or requests for further information in relation to the forestry programme application which was submitted in April; if so, the dates on which such requests or questions occurred; if any such questions or requests have been dealt with; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [28314/23]

Forestry Sector

Claire Kerrane

980. Deputy Claire Kerrane asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will provide details on the projected timeline for the completion of the strategic environmental assessment (SEA) attaching to the new forestry programme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [28315/23]

Forestry Sector

Claire Kerrane

981. Deputy Claire Kerrane asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will confirm that there are no differences in the procedure or process through which private tree felling licences and Coillte tree felling licences are administered by the Forest Service of his Department; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [28316/23]

Agriculture Schemes

Claire Kerrane

984. Deputy Claire Kerrane asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will advise when the fodder support scheme will open for 2024; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [28404/23]

Agriculture Schemes

Claire Kerrane

985. Deputy Claire Kerrane asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if consideration has been given to expanding the fodder support scheme to applicants who did not participate in the scheme in 2022 or 2023; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [28405/23]

Agriculture Schemes

Claire Kerrane

986. Deputy Claire Kerrane asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the number of applicants to the fodder support scheme in 2022 and 2023; the number that were accepted and rejected in each year; if he will provide this information, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [28406/23]

Forestry Sector

Claire Kerrane

987. Deputy Claire Kerrane asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the number of applicants to the reconstitution scheme for ash dieback from 2013 to date and the reconstitution and underplanting scheme (ash dieback) from 2020 to date; if he will advise the number of applications and funding allocated per year per scheme, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [28407/23]

Agriculture Schemes

Claire Kerrane

989. Deputy Claire Kerrane asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will provide an update regarding reports of 'severe' penalties should ACRES scoring deadlines not be met; if he will advise what measures are being taken to ease the pressure being placed on farmers and farm advisors to have land scored by the current August deadline given the app for advisors to do so has been delayed during what is already a very busy period for applications to the scheme; if consideration has been given to extending the scoring deadline into September; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [28456/23]

Common Agricultural Policy

Claire Kerrane

990. Deputy Claire Kerrane asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will provide a breakdown of his Department's spending of EU CAP funding in 2022, after meeting all direct farm payments for that year; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [28463/23]

Horticulture Sector

Claire Kerrane

992. Deputy Claire Kerrane asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine how many applications to the investment aid scheme for the development of commercial horticulture there were in 2022; how many were successful and how many were rejected, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [28514/23]