Answers to parliamentary questions put to ministers from other members of Dáil Éireann, relating to Bord Iascaigh Mhara.
To ask the Minister for Agriculture; Food and the Marine the awards made both with and without a tender process to management consultancy firms (details supplied) by his Department and bodies under the aegis of his Department for each of the years 2019 to 2024, in tabular form and classed by firm; the purpose and a brief description of the awards; the value of the awards and the total amounts paid; the timeline or timeframe of the contracts; and the desired or completed output.
Response 242.05 KBTo ask the Minister for Agriculture; Food and the Marine the number of exit and or severance and or redundancy packages granted by his Department, and bodies under his aegis and of bodies he funds in full or in part, of €100,000 and above but less that €200,000, by the amount and by each body in each of the years 2019 to 2023 and to date in 2024.
Response 113.11 KBTo ask the Minister for Agriculture; Food and the Marine the number of exit and or severance and or redundancy packages granted by his Department, and bodies under his aegis, and of bodies he funds in full or in part, of €200,000 and above in the years 2019, 2020, 2021, 2022, 2023 and to date in 2024; and if he will provide the amount of same, body, name and year.
Response 124.43 KBTo ask the Minister for Agriculture; Food and the Marine to clarify the number of redundancies, or so called ‘exit-packages’, that have been paid to staff or personnel at any level of seniority in his Department, or in any agency or body under the aegis of his Department, from 2018 to date; the value of each and the total value, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
Response 124.69 KBTo ask the Minister for Agriculture; Food and the Marine the ground rents payable by his department or agencies under its remit, by named property, by name of landlord and by amount payable, in the years 2016 to date; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
Response 113.60 KBTo ask the Minister for Agriculture; Food and the Marine to provide figures for the number of staff directly employed in agencies and bodies directly under his aegis who work from home/remotely as part of their working week; the percentage of staff on an overall basis who work from home at least one day a week; the number of working hours on average per week that staff in relevant agencies and bodies work from home; the gender breakdown of those who avail of the opportunity to work from home/remotely; if he will provide the figures for 2022 and 2023; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
Response 183.95 KBTo ask the Minister of Agriculture, Food and the Marine; What percentage of the 2023 advertising budget of the public bodies that fall under the umbrella of his Department has been spent on advertising in Irish so far this year and can he confirm that these bodies will reach the 20% set out in the Official Languages (Amendment) Act, 2021 before the end of this year; and will he make a statement on the matter.
Response 115.96 KBTo ask the Minister of Agriculture; Food and Marine what percentage of the 2023 advertising budget of the public bodies that fall under the umbrella of his Department has been spent so far this year on advertising in the Irish media and could he confirm that those bodies will reach the percentage before the end of the year 5% set out in the Official Languages (Amendment) Act, 2021; and whether he will make a statement about it.
Response 137.05 KBTo ask the Minister for Agriculture; Food and the Marine if his Department or any body under the aegis of his Department, has facilitated in-person or remote briefings on any issue by organisations (details supplied) from 2020 to date; if so, the topic discussed; the fees paid to the organisations for these briefings; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
Response 111.54 KBTo ask the Minister for Agriculture; Food and the Marine if his Department or any of its agencies are involved in any exercise, operation, training or research which includes involvement by any Israeli state agency, any Israeli- based company or any company based elsewhere in the world which is owned or part-owned by any Israeli state agency or by any Israeli-based company.
Response 132.78 KBTo ask the Minister for Agriculture; Food and the Marine to provide a breakdown of the advertising spend of his Department and agencies under the remit of his Department, by national media outlet and local newspaper outlet, for each of the years 2020 to 2022, in tabular form.
Response 125.25 KBTo ask the Minister for Agriculture; Food and the Marine the engagements his Department, or any agency or body under his direction, has had with the Palestinian Authority, any organ of the Palestinian Authority, or any engagement within, or with organisations in, the Occupied Palestinian Territory, in the years 2021, 2022 and to-date in 2023; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
Response 109.73 KBTo ask the Minister for Agriculture; Food and the Marine the engagements his Department, or any agency or body under his direction, has had with the government of Israel, any state body of the government of Israel, or any engagement within or with Israel, in 2021, 2022 and to-date in 2023; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
Response 109.34 KBTo ask the Minister for Agriculture; Food and the Marine if his Department, or any body under the aegis of his Department, has facilitated in-person or remote briefings on any issue from organisations (details supplied) from 2021 to date; if so, the topic discussed; the fees paid to the organisations for these briefings; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
Response 109.38 KBTo ask the Minister for Agriculture; Food and the Marine if he will provide a schedule of lands and buildings his Department and bodies under his aegis acquired by using a compulsory purchase order in the past 20 years to date; and the amount expended on same.
Response 125.40 KBTo ask the Minister for Agriculture; Food and the Marine the full complement of buildings and lands owned by his Department, or by agencies under the aegis of his Department in County Clare; if they are currently in use, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
Response 109.36 KBTo ask the Minister for Agriculture; Food and the Marine if his Department or any agency under the aegis of his Department operates a ‘barter account’ for the provision of goods or services; if so, if payments have been directed to be made to a barter account during the period 2011 to date; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
Response 167.64 KBTo ask the Minister for Agriculture; Food and the Marine further to Parliamentary Question No. 160 of 5 July 2023, if he will seek the financial information under headings, (details supplied, see below table), in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
Response 198.66 KBTo ask the Minister for Agriculture; Food and the Marine if his Department, and all agencies under the remit of his Department, have their telephone contact details on their websites and on other media platforms; if all stationery and headed notepaper used in correspondence with the public contain relevant phone contact details, taking into account that everybody is not in a position to correspond by e-mail; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
Response 110.46 KBTo ask the Minister for Agriculture; Food and the Marine to outline the internships, apprenticeships and graduate schemes run by his Department and public bodies under the aegis of his Department.
Response 132.54 KBTo ask the Minister for Agriculture; Food and the Marine the pay and any other benefits, including any loyalty payments/bonuses or other benefit-in-kind, of each chief executive of State/semi-State body or other public body under the aegis of his Department for each year since 2020, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
Response 130.31 KBTo ask the Minister for Agriculture; Food and the Marine the total advertising budget allocated by his Department and agencies in each of the past ten years, and to date in 2023, respectively; the funding provided directly to RTÉ in each year; if he has sought and secured an assurance that none of this funding was rebated via the RTÉ advertising barter account; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
Response 564.56 KBTo ask the Minister for Agriculture; Food and the Marine if he will outline the implementation of Circular 25/2016 by each State body under the aegis of his Department; if he will provide, in tabular form, by State agency, the compliance with each of the standards and timelines set out in responding to Oireachtas Members’ queries; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
Response 132.11 KBTo ask the Minister for Agriculture; Food and the Marine the percentage of social media videos posted on each of his Departmental social media accounts, or the social media accounts of public bodies and agencies that operate under his remit, that included closed captioning/subtitling between 1 May 2022 and 30 April 2023, inclusive; and the percentage of same that feature translations into Irish or another language; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
Response 542.40 KBTo ask the Minister for Agriculture; Food and the Marine the percentage of social media posts made on each of his Departmental social media accounts or the social media accounts of public bodies and agencies that operate under his remit that were exclusively in Irish between 1 May 2022 and 30 April 2023, inclusive; the percentage of same that feature bilingual translations; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
Response 148.66 KBTo ask the Minister for Agriculture; Food and the Marine the number of external consultant reports commissioned by the bodies under his Departments aegis in each of the years 2020, 2021, 2022 and to-date in 2023; the cost of same; the company involved; and the title and publication date by report, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
Response 757.83 KBTo ask the Minister for Agriculture; Food and the Marine the details of each time his Department, or public bodies under the aegis of his Department, enlisted the services of consultants in 2022; the purpose and value of each contract; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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