Ceisteanna Parlaiminte

Organic Farming Scheme Applications

Tony McLoughlin

488. Deputy Tony McLoughlin asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if the decision to reject an organic farming scheme application by a person (details supplied) will be overturned on appeal; the reason almost 75% of applicants to the scheme have been refused despite meeting the conditions of the scheme since first applying; if his attention has been drawn to the fact that the number of farmers in the scheme is only at the level it was at in 2016; his plans to address the matter; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [52585/19]

Forestry Sector

Tony McLoughlin

519. Deputy Tony McLoughlin asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the grant aid available to landowners of forestry which is landlocked and which needs new road access in order to undergo thinning; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [52818/19]

Forestry Sector

Tony McLoughlin

498. Deputy Tony McLoughlin asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the status of a forestry application by a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [47741/19]

Forestry Sector

Tony McLoughlin

499. Deputy Tony McLoughlin asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the status of a forestry application by a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [47742/19]

Forestry Grants

Tony McLoughlin

204. Deputy Tony McLoughlin asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the position regarding a forestry application by a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [43905/19]

Sheepmeat Sector

Tony McLoughlin

57. Deputy Tony McLoughlin asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the opportunities for sheepmeat in the Japanese market; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [28268/19]

Departmental Schemes

Tony McLoughlin

93. Deputy Tony McLoughlin asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the status of the future growth loans scheme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [28267/19]

Agriculture Schemes

Tony McLoughlin

541. Deputy Tony McLoughlin asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the measures he plans to introduce to address an issue (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [28047/19]

Beef Environmental Efficiency Scheme Applications

Tony McLoughlin

385. Deputy Tony McLoughlin asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if an application by a person (details supplied) has been lost; if the person can resubmit an application in the interests of fairness; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [20512/19]

Beef Environmental Efficiency Scheme Pilot

Tony McLoughlin

1148. Deputy Tony McLoughlin asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine his plans to introduce a €200 per cow suckler scheme in order to assist farmers to cope with the high costs and low prices in the sector; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18678/19]

Afforestation Programme

Tony McLoughlin

485. Deputy Tony McLoughlin asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the status of an application (details supplied); when a decision can be expected on same; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [16582/19]

Common Fisheries Policy

Tony McLoughlin

970. Deputy Tony McLoughlin asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine his plans to reintroduce the voisinage agreement; if his attention has been drawn to the concerns of fishermen in relation to this proposal; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [13174/19]

Basic Payment Scheme

Tony McLoughlin

972. Deputy Tony McLoughlin asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the options a person (details supplied) has to buy entitlements; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [13190/19]

Beef Data and Genomics Programme

Tony McLoughlin

474. Deputy Tony McLoughlin asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the reason deductions were made to payments of a person (details supplied); if the matter can be appealed; when full payment will issue; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [11489/19]

Afforestation Programme

Tony McLoughlin

487. Deputy Tony McLoughlin asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the status of an application (details supplied); when a decision on it will issue; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [11863/19]

Afforestation Programme

Tony McLoughlin

505. Deputy Tony McLoughlin asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine when an appeal by persons (details supplied) against the decision to withdraw a forestry licence will be heard; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [12253/19]

Harbours and Piers Maintenance

Tony McLoughlin

185. Deputy Tony McLoughlin asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the OPW funding allocated towards the upkeep of the Pollnadiva pier, Dromore West, County Sligo, since 2001; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [11297/19]

Forestry Sector

Tony McLoughlin

448. Deputy Tony McLoughlin asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if the terms of reference for the recently announced independent review into forestry in County Leitrim report have been made public; if community groups can make suggestions regarding the terms of reference; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [9060/19]

Clean Oceans Initiative

Tony McLoughlin

33. Deputy Tony McLoughlin asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the details of the clean oceans initiative; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [5715/19]

Fisheries Protection

Tony McLoughlin

40. Deputy Tony McLoughlin asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the estimated impact of the decision to protect waters within the six-mile limit; the estimated impact this measure will have for smaller vessels and for sustainability; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [5716/19]

Rural Development Programme Funding

Tony McLoughlin

839. Deputy Tony McLoughlin asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the specific grant schemes provided to support agrifood festivals that promote tourism and Irish food locally and to an international audience; the dates in 2019 these funding schemes will be open for application; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [1346/19]

Agriculture Scheme Appeals

Tony McLoughlin

849. Deputy Tony McLoughlin asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if his attention has been drawn to the fact that the agriculture appeals office is inundated with agriculture appeals seeking review from farmers who are waiting on responses; if his attention has been further drawn to the fact that in one instance an appeal has been with the office for over two years (details supplied); if this issue will be investigated with the appeals office; his plans to tackle this problem going forward; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [1784/19]

Sheepmeat Sector

Tony McLoughlin

10. Deputy Tony McLoughlin asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the way in which the financial support sheep farmers have received is measured. [41461/18]

Fishing Industry

Tony McLoughlin

31. Deputy Tony McLoughlin asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the efforts being made to safeguard the fishing sector in the context of Brexit. [41462/18]

Forestry Management

Tony McLoughlin

389. Deputy Tony McLoughlin asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine his views on whether the concerns of the farming community in County Leitrim should be addressed and as a result new forestry licence applications in the county should be denied in view of the fact that it has reached the national per county target for forestry of 18.9%; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [40827/18]

Agrifood Sector

Tony McLoughlin

390. Deputy Tony McLoughlin asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine his views on whether suckler cow farmers from counties Sligo and Leitrim will benefit from an increased price for their animals if the growing international trend of food being classified as carbon-neutral food arrives here in view of the high level of forestry and carbon reduction plants in the counties; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [40831/18]

Forestry Grants

Tony McLoughlin

391. Deputy Tony McLoughlin asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine his plans to introduce a scheme that encourages landowners to plant trees into hedgerows in order to increase the levels of forestry that does not require prime agricultural land; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [40833/18]

Fodder Crisis

Tony McLoughlin

393. Deputy Tony McLoughlin asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will consider introducing a voucher-based meal subsidy as a part of a future fodder support scheme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [40861/18]

Agriculture Schemes

Tony McLoughlin

386. Deputy Tony McLoughlin asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if a suckler cow scheme will be introduced in order to help to increase the incomes of suckler farmers; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [38497/18]

Departmental Funding

Tony McLoughlin

995. Deputy Tony McLoughlin asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if Sligo County Council will be assisted with the cost of removing a 2.5 tonne whale carcass that has washed ashore to help to stop the spread of pollution into Sligo Bay and onto Strandhill; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [36583/18]

Fishery Harbour Centres

Tony McLoughlin

437. Deputy Tony McLoughlin asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if the Office of Public Works, OPW, will intervene and enable remedial works to be completed at Inishmurray Island, County Sligo in order to allow the Marine Survey Office, MSO, to allow small passenger boats to bring persons to and from the island again; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [27680/18]

Departmental Investigations

Tony McLoughlin

69. Deputy Tony McLoughlin asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the status of the departmental investigation into the Killery fires in County Sligo; if his attention has been drawn to the fact that these aggrieved farmers have now taken action towards closing one of the county's busiest walking trails to the public until it is resolved; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [23616/18]

GLAS Appeals

Tony McLoughlin

170. Deputy Tony McLoughlin asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine when a decision will be made on a GLAS appeal by a person (details supplied). [23847/18]

Departmental Investigations

Tony McLoughlin

475. Deputy Tony McLoughlin asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the status of the ongoing investigation into establishing the perpetrators of the illegal fire at Killery, County Sligo (details supplied); when farmers can expect penalties to be lifted and payments processed; if his attention has been drawn to the fact that these farmers have now taken action towards closing one of County Sligo's busiest walking trails, which is located on their holding, to the public until this situation is resolved; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [23125/18]

Basic Payment Scheme Appeals

Tony McLoughlin

211. Deputy Tony McLoughlin asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine when an appeal by a person (details supplied) will be decided upon by his Department; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [19320/18]

Agriculture Scheme Payments

Tony McLoughlin

143. Deputy Tony McLoughlin asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if farming payments were allocated to a farmer (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [19284/18]

Knowledge Transfer Programme

Tony McLoughlin

445. Deputy Tony McLoughlin asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine when a person (details supplied) will receive a payment under the knowledge transfer dairy programme in view of the fact that this person has been approved for payment but has not been provided with a timeframe for the payment; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17700/18]

Veterinary Inspection Service

Tony McLoughlin

192. Deputy Tony McLoughlin asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine when public consultation will take place on the preferred option identified by the by the strategic review working group for the future development of the regional veterinary laboratories network service in County Sligo; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17015/18]

Farm Improvement Scheme Payments

Tony McLoughlin

193. Deputy Tony McLoughlin asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine when a person (details supplied) in County Mayo will receive a payment under the equine knowledge transfer scheme. [17019/18]

Laboratory Facilities

Tony McLoughlin

423. Deputy Tony McLoughlin asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the status of the cost-benefit analysis of the regional veterinary laboratories; when a decision will issue on a laboratory in County Sligo; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [8063/18]

Afforestation Programme

Tony McLoughlin

439. Deputy Tony McLoughlin asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine when a decision on an afforestation licence application (details supplied) will be decided; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [8333/18]

Fodder Crisis

Tony McLoughlin

57. Deputy Tony McLoughlin asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the measures his Department has taken to support farmers facing difficulty with fodder supply over the winter; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [6913/18]

Brexit Issues

Tony McLoughlin

72. Deputy Tony McLoughlin asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the efforts he is making to seek new markets for agrifood produce produced here in the context of Brexit; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [6912/18]

Beef Industry

Tony McLoughlin

491. Deputy Tony McLoughlin asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the measures he is taking to protect and further the interests of the beef industry in CAP negotiations, particularly those relating to the suckler cow herd; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [5938/18]

Food Imports

Tony McLoughlin

492. Deputy Tony McLoughlin asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the measures which can be taken to stifle the importation of Brazilian beef in view of its questionable sources and harm to the beef industry here; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [5939/18]

GLAS Payments

Tony McLoughlin

1217. Deputy Tony McLoughlin asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the nature of the information technology problem is that is causing the delay in a Green, Low-Carbon, Agri-Environment Scheme, GLAS, payment to a person (details supplied); when the issue will be resolved; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [1352/18]

Fodder Crisis

Tony McLoughlin

1246. Deputy Tony McLoughlin asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the efforts made by his Department to help distressed suckler and commonage farmers in the north west with financing the sourcing, transport and obtaining ownership of fodder and meal for their animals; his views on whether there is now a crisis on this issue; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [1927/18]

TAMS Administration

Tony McLoughlin

190. Deputy Tony McLoughlin asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine his plans to include funding for meal bins for young suckler farmers in the Targeted Agricultural Modernisation Scheme, TAMS; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [53270/17]

Forestry Grants

Tony McLoughlin

451. Deputy Tony McLoughlin asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the status of an afforestation licence application (details supplied); when a decision will issue; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [49306/17]

Afforestation Programme

Tony McLoughlin

169. Deputy Tony McLoughlin asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine when a decision can be expected on an afforestation licence application by a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [48470/17]