597. Deputy Michael Fitzmaurice asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the written scientific criteria applied by his Department in determining when detection of Salmonella Typhimurium in an environmental sample at a duck premises is sufficient to conclude for enforcement purposes that animals or animal products may be affected; when direct faecal, cloacal, egg or other confirmatory testing is requir…
598. Deputy Michael Fitzmaurice asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine further to Departmental correspondence of 13 March 2024 stating that the Food Safety Authority of Ireland had been made aware of the proposed movement of birds from a Salmonella-restricted premises, the dates on which the FSAI was notified of the case; the information supplied to it; and whether advice, observations or recommendat…
599. Deputy Michael Fitzmaurice asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the grade and professional qualification of the authorised officer who made the statutory determination underlying the Section 42 Animal Health and Welfare Act notice issued on 15 March 2024 in respect of a poultry premises in County Wicklow; whether a written veterinary, scientific or risk assessment was prepared before that dete…
600. Deputy Michael Fitzmaurice asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the reasonable cause for an authorised officer (details supplied) to form the opinion that an animal or animal product was or may have been affected with Salmonella Typhimurium for the purposes of the Section 42 notice issued on 15 March 2024; whether direct sampling of the birds was undertaken; and if not, the reason. [71741/26]
5. Deputy Michael Fitzmaurice asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the allocation on carbon tax to agriculture from 2020 to 2025 and to date in 2026; and the projected intake until 2030, yearly. [71037/26]
53. Deputy Michael Fitzmaurice asked the Minister for Transport when a payment under the road transport scheme will issue to a person (details supplied). [70000/26]
132. Deputy Michael Fitzmaurice asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the gross profit margin before interest and tax used in calculating the forest road grant rate for the forestry programme 2023 to 2027. [68984/26]
133. Deputy Michael Fitzmaurice asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the fixed overheads used in calculating the forest road grant rate for the forestry programme 2023 to 2027. [68983/26]
134. Deputy Michael Fitzmaurice asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the charge rate for approved foresters per day used in calculating the forest road grant rate for the forestry programme 2023 to 2027. [68982/26]
135. Deputy Michael Fitzmaurice asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the charge rate for office admin and technical support cost per day used in calculating the afforestation grant rate for the forestry programme 2023 to 2027. [68981/26]
136. Deputy Michael Fitzmaurice asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the total overhead or management costs used in calculating the afforestation grant rate for the forestry programme 2023 to 2027. [68980/26]
137. Deputy Michael Fitzmaurice asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the number of applicants that availed of the private high forest option under the native woodland conservation grant scheme and the corresponding area that was grant aided, per year from 2015 to 2022, in tabular form. [68978/26]
464. Deputy Michael Fitzmaurice asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the gross profit margin before interest and tax used in calculating the afforestation grant rate for the forestry programme 2023 to 2027. [66618/26]
465. Deputy Michael Fitzmaurice asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the charge rate for approved foresters per day used in calculating the afforestation grant rate for the forestry programme 2023 to 2027. [66616/26]
466. Deputy Michael Fitzmaurice asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the breakdown of the fixed overheads used in calculating the afforestation grant rate for the Forestry Programme 2023 to 2027. [66615/26]
467. Deputy Michael Fitzmaurice asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine In the COFORD report of 2022 , Economic Activity and employment levels in the Irish Forest Sector; what did the report state average labour cost would need to increase by if contractors were not to be lost to the construction or other sectors. [66613/26]
468. Deputy Michael Fitzmaurice asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine In the COFORD report of 2022 , Economic Activity and employment levels in the Irish Forest Sector, for afforestation, the forester and office inputs in days, per hectare planted. [66612/26]
1004. Deputy Michael Fitzmaurice asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if under ACRES an extension could be applied to the geese and swans grazing due the drought during the summer. [65738/26]
1007. Deputy Michael Fitzmaurice asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the total number of farmers in Galway, Roscommon, Mayo, Sligo, Leitrim and Donegal that apply for BISS; the average number of hectacres in applications; the average BISS payment per hectacre not including ECO; and the average including BISS, CRISS and ECO. [65836/26]
1183. Deputy Michael Fitzmaurice asked the Minister for Education and Youth when the application for an extension for a school (details supplied) will be finalised, as funding was granted in excess of three years ago and has been at the same stage for the past two years; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [55752/26]
3181. Deputy Michael Fitzmaurice asked the Minister for Health the number of positions that have been filled in the mental Health services in the past 12 months, by county, in tabular form. [55145/26]
189. Deputy Michael Fitzmaurice asked the Minister for Enterprise, Tourism and Employment to provide, for each year since 2012, the number of Microfinance Ireland loan applications submitted through the local enterprise office network and directly to Microfinance Ireland; the number and percentage approved under each route; the reasons for any material difference in approval rates between the two channels; and if he …
258. Deputy Michael Fitzmaurice asked the Minister for Enterprise, Tourism and Employment the evidence, including any evaluation, cost-benefit analysis, economic assessment or statistical analysis, underpinning the policy of providing a 1% interest rate discount on loans (details supplied); whether the Department has assessed whether the discount improves loan performance, repayment rates, business survival or employ…
595. Deputy Michael Fitzmaurice asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the number of participants in ACRES that applied for afforestation approval under the forestry programme since ACRES was launched; the percentage of total ACRES participants this is; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [52929/26]
596. Deputy Michael Fitzmaurice asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the number of participants in ACRES planted land under the forestry programme since ACRES was launched; the percentage of total ACRES participants this is; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [52930/26]