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Tue, 8 Mar 2022
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Agriculture Schemes
Dara Calleary
768. Deputy Dara Calleary asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will give consideration to a scheme involving the Departments of Rural and Community Development and Housing, Heritage and Local Government that would give financial support to famers and landowners to maintain and cut hedges that are part of or border their land along public roads and amenities ensuring that hedges are sustainably managed and that road safety and visibility issues are also managed; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [12665/22]
Tue, 8 Mar 2022
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Common Agricultural Policy
Jackie Cahill
769. Deputy Jackie Cahill asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the reason that on page 235 of the draft CAP report his Department has opted not to extend the permanent grassland definition to cover, for example, heather dominated sward; if this was a clerical error; if this can be rectified and the definition made more inclusive; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [12666/22]
Tue, 8 Mar 2022
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Forestry Sector
Jackie Cahill
770. Deputy Jackie Cahill asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the progress that has been made on a felling licence for a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [12860/22]
Tue, 8 Mar 2022
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Agriculture Schemes
Colm Burke
771. Deputy Colm Burke asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if calves born after the cut-off date for the beef dairy calf programme in 2022 will be eligible for inclusion in the 2023 dairy beef calf scheme in view of a retro-eligibility measure being undertaken by his Department to facilitate those with calves born after 1 July 2021 to be included in the 2022 dairy beef calf scheme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [12892/22]
Tue, 8 Mar 2022
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Agriculture Schemes
Colm Burke
772. Deputy Colm Burke asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the number of applications received by his Department for the dairy beef calf scheme in 2021 by county in tabular form; the number of payments that have been issued to farmers to date; if additional funding was required to meet demand for the scheme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [12893/22]
Tue, 8 Mar 2022
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Agriculture Schemes
Colm Burke
773. Deputy Colm Burke asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if an annual review will be carried out by his Department to determine the funding allocation for the beef dairy calf programme over the duration of the scheme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [12894/22]
Tue, 8 Mar 2022
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Agriculture Schemes
Jackie Cahill
774. Deputy Jackie Cahill asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine when payment for a herd for additional work under the hen harrier scheme will be made to a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [12920/22]
Tue, 8 Mar 2022
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Agriculture Schemes
Niamh Smyth
775. Deputy Niamh Smyth asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will review a case (details supplied); if the matter will be examined; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [13012/22]
Tue, 8 Mar 2022
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Agriculture Schemes
Marian Harkin
776. Deputy Marian Harkin asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the next deadline dates for European Innovation Partnerships in Agriculture in particular in relation to north County Leitrim (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [13019/22]
Tue, 8 Mar 2022
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Protected Disclosures
Catherine Murphy
777. Deputy Catherine Murphy asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the number of protected disclosures received by his Department in each of the years 2019 to 2021 and to date in 2022, in tabular form; if an external contractor has been engaged regarding a protected disclosure over that time period; if so, the cost of same; and the number of protected disclosures that were rejected, accepted and that remain under review for the time period in question. [13045/22]
Tue, 8 Mar 2022
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Community Development Projects
Thomas Pringle
778. Deputy Thomas Pringle asked the Minister for Rural and Community Development if she will review the community service programme contract between POBAL and community and voluntary groups given that there have been no pro-rata increases since 2015 even though the minimum wage has increased from €8.65 in 2015 to €10.50 which is an increase of 21.4%; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [12345/22]
Tue, 8 Mar 2022
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Flexible Work Practices
Ruairí Ó Murchú
779. Deputy Ruairí Ó Murchú asked the Minister for Rural and Community Development the status of the delivery of remote working hubs; the progress of the development of a national hubs network; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [12429/22]
Tue, 8 Mar 2022
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Rural Schemes
Niall Collins
780. Deputy Niall Collins asked the Minister for Rural and Community Development the status of an application by a city and county council (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [12438/22]
Tue, 8 Mar 2022
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Departmental Staff
Peadar Tóibín
781. Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Rural and Community Development the number of staff currently employed by her Department; the current annual salary of the highest and second highest paid persons respectively, employed by her Department; and the various pay scales for persons working in her Department. [12482/22]
Tue, 8 Mar 2022
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Social Enterprise Sector
Alan Dillon
782. Deputy Alan Dillon asked the Minister for Rural and Community Development the identity of the awardee of a contract to design and implement a baseline study and data collection exercise into the social enterprise sector in Ireland; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [12487/22]
Tue, 8 Mar 2022
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Departmental Schemes
Niamh Smyth
783. Deputy Niamh Smyth asked the Minister for Rural and Community Development if she will review the stringent rules involved in allocating panic alarms (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [12517/22]
Tue, 8 Mar 2022
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Island Communities
Thomas Pringle
784. Deputy Thomas Pringle asked the Minister for Rural and Community Development if her attention has been drawn to the restrictions in service on the Tory Island ferry departing from Magheraroarty Pier, Magheraroarty, Gortahork, County Donegal which are being forced due to the build-up of sand and sediment as they wait for dredging to commence at the pier; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [12633/22]
Tue, 8 Mar 2022
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Protected Disclosures
Catherine Murphy
785. Deputy Catherine Murphy asked the Minister for Rural and Community Development the number of protected disclosures received by her Department in each of the years 2019 to 2021 and to date in 2022, in tabular form; if an external contractor has been engaged regarding a protected disclosure over that time period; if so, the cost of same; and the number of protected disclosures that were rejected, accepted and that remain under review for the time period in question. [13058/22]