Ceisteanna Parlaiminte

Agriculture Schemes

Claire Kerrane

579. Deputy Claire Kerrane asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will confirm targets for land use associated with the growing of crops for 2022, 2023, 2024 and 2025; and his proposed measures to reach those targets. [24055/23]

Forestry Sector

Claire Kerrane

581. Deputy Claire Kerrane asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will advise regarding a specific focus (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [24101/23]

Food Safety

Claire Kerrane

584. Deputy Claire Kerrane asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if there have been changes to the Export Health Cert process; if he will advise specifically with regard to certification of poultry and its transport to Britain; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [24230/23]

Agriculture Supports

Claire Kerrane

605. Deputy Claire Kerrane asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the number of farmers who received payments under the areas of natural constraint scheme in 2022 under each category and payment rate; the average number of hectares on which land was claimed in each, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [24448/23]

Agriculture Supports

Claire Kerrane

606. Deputy Claire Kerrane asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the number of participants in the sheep welfare scheme in 2022; the number of breeding ewes on which payment was made; the rate of payment, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [24450/23]

Agriculture Supports

Claire Kerrane

607. Deputy Claire Kerrane asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the number of participants in the tillage incentive scheme from March 2022 to date, in tabular form by month; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [24451/23]

Agriculture Supports

Claire Kerrane

608. Deputy Claire Kerrane asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the number of participants in the fodder incentive scheme in 2022 and to date in 2023, by year, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [24452/23]

Agriculture Supports

Claire Kerrane

609. Deputy Claire Kerrane asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the number of farmers in receipt of TAMS III, by county, under each category of the payment, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [24453/23]

Animal Welfare

Claire Kerrane

610. Deputy Claire Kerrane asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the amount of ex gratia funding for animal welfare organisations allocated in 2020, 2021, 2022 and to date in 2023; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [24454/23]

Agriculture Schemes

Claire Kerrane

611. Deputy Claire Kerrane asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will provide the target, by year, for the adoption of low emissions slurry spreading (LESS) technology; the intended allocation under TAMS to support same; the target number of farmers in receipt of such funds, by year; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [24455/23]

Agriculture Schemes

Claire Kerrane

612. Deputy Claire Kerrane asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the funding amount allocated to TAMS by year from 2014 to date; the amount that was allocated and expended in relation to low-emission slurry spreading, LESS, technology; the number of applications and refusals in relation to LESS technology, by year, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [24456/23]

Agriculture Schemes

Claire Kerrane

613. Deputy Claire Kerrane asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the number of organic farming scheme participants who exited the scheme in 2019, 2020, 2021, 2022 and to date in 2023; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [24457/23]

Agriculture Supports

Claire Kerrane

614. Deputy Claire Kerrane asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the number of farmers who received payments under the areas of specific constraint islands scheme in 2022, under each category and payment rate; the average number of hectares on which land was claimed in each, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [24458/23]

Nitrates Usage

Claire Kerrane

615. Deputy Claire Kerrane asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the number of farmers availing of the nitrates derogation; the total number of cattle in the herds of those farmers; the total hectarage on which basic payment was claimed, that is, grassland per county from January 2022 to date, in tabular form. [24459/23]

Agriculture Industry

Claire Kerrane

616. Deputy Claire Kerrane asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the number of farmers thought to currently comprise the category known as the forgotten farmers; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [24460/23]

Agriculture Schemes

Claire Kerrane

617. Deputy Claire Kerrane asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the amount of fodder, hay or silage produced under the fodder support scheme in 2022 and to date in 2023; the percentage of fodder that the scheme contributed to overall fodder supplies in each year; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [24465/23]

Agriculture Schemes

Claire Kerrane

618. Deputy Claire Kerrane asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the amount of tillage produced under the tillage incentive scheme in 2022 and to date in 2023; the percentage of tillage that the scheme contributed to overall grain supplies in each year; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [24466/23]

Agriculture Supports

Claire Kerrane

619. Deputy Claire Kerrane asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the number of recipients of CAP Pillar 1 funds, in bands and by county from 2021 to date, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [24467/23]

Agriculture Schemes

Claire Kerrane

620. Deputy Claire Kerrane asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the number of farmers participating in the beef environmental efficiency programme - sucklers in 2022 in which one-, two-, three- and four-cow and calf pairs were weighted; the payment received, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [24468/23]

Agriculture Schemes

Claire Kerrane

621. Deputy Claire Kerrane asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the number of farmers participating in the beef data and genomics programme in 2022 with herd sizes of one, two, three, four and five; the average payment received; the average hectarage of such herds; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [24469/23]

Organic Farming

Claire Kerrane

622. Deputy Claire Kerrane asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the number of organic farming scheme participants by county in 2022 and to date in 2023, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [24470/23]

Agriculture Schemes

Claire Kerrane

623. Deputy Claire Kerrane asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the number of organic farming scheme participants who exited the scheme in 2019, 2020, 2021, 2022 and to date in 2023; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [24471/23]

Agriculture Schemes

Claire Kerrane

624. Deputy Claire Kerrane asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the number of farmers who participated in both the beef environmental efficiency programme - suckler and the beef data and genomics programme from January 2022 to date; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [24472/23]

Agriculture Schemes

Claire Kerrane

625. Deputy Claire Kerrane asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the engagement his Department has had with farmers who have been negatively financially impacted by abolishment of the BurrenLife scheme and the move to ACRES; the action that has been taken to address these cases; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [24500/23]

Agriculture Schemes

Claire Kerrane

629. Deputy Claire Kerrane asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will advise the measures that his Department have put in place to reduce administrative issues arising from the application process for the basic income support for sustainability scheme and the related eco-scheme and complementary redistributive income support for sustainability scheme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [24771/23]

Agriculture Schemes

Claire Kerrane

630. Deputy Claire Kerrane asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he is aware of farmers receiving notification of significant reduction in payments under the new basic income support for sustainability and related schemes in comparison to the previous basic payment scheme; the supports that are being offered to farmers who have received a payment reduction in real-terms and who rely on these payments to meet outgoings, loans and bills; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [24772/23]

Agriculture Schemes

Claire Kerrane

635. Deputy Claire Kerrane asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he had examined the range of crops included in the tillage incentive scheme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [24912/23]

Home Care Packages

Claire Kerrane

814. Deputy Claire Kerrane asked the Minister for Health if he will provide figures on HSE spending on private companies providing home care services in 2022 and to date in 2023, in tabular form by year; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [24723/23]

Agriculture Supports

Claire Kerrane

962. Deputy Claire Kerrane asked the Minister for Rural and Community Development the manner in which her Department supports agricultural shows; the individual shows supported; the allocation and expenditure from 2018 to date, in tabular form; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [24420/23]

Environmental Policy

Claire Kerrane

89. Deputy Claire Kerrane asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage if he will advise his intended next steps regarding the recently published Citizen’s Assembly report on Biodiversity; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18627/23]

Agriculture Schemes

Claire Kerrane

177. Deputy Claire Kerrane asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the financial supports available for farmers to manage roadside ash trees infected by ash dieback disease; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [23353/23]

Agriculture Schemes

Claire Kerrane

178. Deputy Claire Kerrane asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if consideration has been given to providing a full reconstitution grant which would cover costs associated with clearing and replanting sites affected by ash dieback, given that the current reconstitution and underplanting scheme does not recognise the financial losses incurred by farmers or compensate for the loss of timber earnings as a result of addressing ash dieback; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [23354/23]

Horse Racing Industry

Claire Kerrane

180. Deputy Claire Kerrane asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will engage with relevant bodies (details supplied) regarding negotiations on a media rights deal; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [23395/23]

Water Quality

Claire Kerrane

182. Deputy Claire Kerrane asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will confirm whether his Department has sought a delay to water quality reports under the nitrates derogation to allow the effect of new measures on water quality to be appropriately reflected as part of conditionality attached to the derogation; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [23484/23]

Agriculture Industry

Claire Kerrane

183. Deputy Claire Kerrane asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will provide an update on the Suckler Brand Oversight Group, including progress and spending to date; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [23486/23]

Agriculture Schemes

Claire Kerrane

185. Deputy Claire Kerrane asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine to provide an update on his plans to introduce a farm retirement scheme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [23495/23]

Home Care Packages

Claire Kerrane

230. Deputy Claire Kerrane asked the Minister for Health if he will provide an update on the new home care tender; if he has engaged with representative organisations to ensure there are no delays to the 2023 tender; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [23380/23]

Departmental Schemes

Claire Kerrane

264. Deputy Claire Kerrane asked the Minister for Rural and Community Development if she can confirm that Leader programming for the islands will be delivered entirely through Irish, including local development strategies and documentation relating to the programme; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [23391/23]

Schools Building Projects

Claire Kerrane

93. Deputy Claire Kerrane asked the Minister for Education if she will provide an update on when a school (details supplied) will progress to the next stage of their building project; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [22809/23]

School Staff

Claire Kerrane

115. Deputy Claire Kerrane asked the Minister for Education if she will provide an update on work underway in her Department to examine the possibility of a teacher relocation scheme at post-primary level; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [22810/23]

EU Funding

Claire Kerrane

277. Deputy Claire Kerrane asked the Minister for Public Expenditure, National Development Plan Delivery and Reform if he will provide an update on Ireland's transfer of the Brexit Adjustment Reserve to the REPowerEU fund; if a timeline can be provided; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22774/23]

Agriculture Schemes

Claire Kerrane

537. Deputy Claire Kerrane asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if the announced low-emission slurry scheme under TAMS 3 will be available to contractors; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22775/23]

Agriculture Schemes

Claire Kerrane

538. Deputy Claire Kerrane asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will allow flexibility around ACRES deadline, given recent difficult weather conditions and heavy rainfall have caused delays to sowing and fencing; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22776/23]

Forestry Sector

Claire Kerrane

539. Deputy Claire Kerrane asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will confirm that there is no backlog of applications waiting to be processed for afforestation, ash dieback or forest road schemes, given that there have been no accepted applications for these schemes since 1 January 2023; if there is a backlog, the measures his Department is taking to process these applications; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22777/23]

Forestry Sector

Claire Kerrane

540. Deputy Claire Kerrane asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if his Department remains committed to issuing 100 tree felling licences per week; if he will provide an update on how many licences have been issued per week since 1 April 2023; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22779/23]

Forestry Sector

Claire Kerrane

541. Deputy Claire Kerrane asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will provide figures on how many requests to extend felling licences his Department has received since January 2023; how many of these have been approved and rejected, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22780/23]

Development Contributions

Claire Kerrane

217. Deputy Claire Kerrane asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage if he will consider extending the time limit on the waiver announced for development contributions to include houses which commenced earlier in 2023; to assist a greater number of people who have commenced building despite very high costs; if an exception could be considered on a case-by-case basis; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22288/23]

Agriculture Supports

Claire Kerrane

241. Deputy Claire Kerrane asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the stags plans are at for financial support for the cohort known as the Forgotten Farmers; if the criteria as set out by him at an event (details supplied) and subsequently met with dissatisfaction from farm organisations are being revised in light of same; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22236/23]

Turf Cutting

Claire Kerrane

242. Deputy Claire Kerrane asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will clarify whether farmers will be able to cut turf on commonage lands they own if participating in the ACRES scheme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22237/23]

Forestry Sector

Claire Kerrane

245. Deputy Claire Kerrane asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will confirm that the backlog in felling licences is now dealt with; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22298/23]