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Fisheries: Statements (22 Oct 2025)

Pat Buckley: As a coastal TD, I have seen at first hand the decline in the fishing industry. The sector has suffered quota cuts, fleet reductions and fuel pressures. The input of cost increases in recent years has left them facing crisis after crisis. This is following decades of neglect, mismanagement and weak negotiations on their behalf by successive Fianna Fáil- and Fine Gael-led Governments....

Committee on Public Petitions and the Ombudsmen: Decisions on Public Petitions Received (21 Oct 2025)

Pat Buckley: Funny enough, last Saturday was the second anniversary of Storm Babet. I was at that rally. There were over 1,000 people there. I have an update from the group. As the Chairperson mentioned them all, it is a big group. It is the Midleton and the east Cork flood protection group. These are not my words; these are the committee members' words. The statement is as follows: Saturday 18...

Committee on Public Petitions and the Ombudsmen: Decisions on Public Petitions Received (21 Oct 2025)

Pat Buckley: I thank the Chair.

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Fishing Communities (21 Oct 2025)

Pat Buckley: 206. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government if he will arrange for an independent and transparent investigation into the recent Blackwater fish kill; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [57239/25]

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Office of Public Works (21 Oct 2025)

Pat Buckley: 332. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the reason a project (details supplied) has not yet been approved to commence by the OPW; when will it be approved; and the reason for the delay in it being approved. [56581/25]

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Office of Public Works (21 Oct 2025)

Pat Buckley: 333. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform to instruct the OPW to pursue all avenues to provide flood mitigation in an area (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [56582/25]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Funding (21 Oct 2025)

Pat Buckley: 380. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills to clarify the reason a school (details supplied) was excluded from the science implementation support grant; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [56569/25]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Costs (21 Oct 2025)

Pat Buckley: 381. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills to provide the policy rationale for the continued exclusion of minority faith schools from the school improvement service guarantee, the free schoolbooks scheme, and similar supports; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [56570/25]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Costs (21 Oct 2025)

Pat Buckley: 382. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills her Department's long-term strategy for supporting the sustainability and inclusivity of minority faith schools and their pupils; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [56571/25]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Departmental Data (21 Oct 2025)

Pat Buckley: 576. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality whether anyone has ever been prosecuted under the Criminal Justice (Theft and Fraud) Offences Act 2001 specifically for the theft of an animal(s); and, if so, what animal(s). [56678/25]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Departmental Data (21 Oct 2025)

Pat Buckley: 591. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the number of community Gardaí stationed in the east Cork constituency from 2020 to date in 2025. [56935/25]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: An Garda Síochána (21 Oct 2025)

Pat Buckley: 621. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the number of Garda vetting applications currently being processed for individuals living in County Cork. [57402/25]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: An Garda Síochána (21 Oct 2025)

Pat Buckley: 622. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the average wait time for Garda vetting applications for individuals living in County Cork. [57403/25]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Domestic Violence (21 Oct 2025)

Pat Buckley: 623. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the number of domestic violence refugee accommodation places in County Cork. [57404/25]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Animal Welfare (21 Oct 2025)

Pat Buckley: 627. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the total number of prosecutions taken under the Animal Health and Welfare Act 2013 since its implementation; the details of which organisation brought each prosecution; and for a breakdown of the sentences imposed. [56675/25]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Animal Welfare (21 Oct 2025)

Pat Buckley: 628. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the total number of prosecutions taken under the Ear-cropping of Dogs Regulations 2023 (S.I. No. 412 of 2023) since it entered into force. [56676/25]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Animal Welfare (21 Oct 2025)

Pat Buckley: 629. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine whether any prosecutions have been taken under the Animal Health and Welfare Act 2013 specifically for ear-cropping offences. [56677/25]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Animal Welfare (21 Oct 2025)

Pat Buckley: 630. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if it is legal for a greyhound to be killed at a knackery; and if so, the legal basis for undertaking this practice. [56679/25]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Animal Welfare (21 Oct 2025)

Pat Buckley: 631. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine for an update on the proposed statutory instrument to provide that euthanasia of a greyhound must only be carried out by a veterinary surgeon (details supplied). [56680/25]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Animal Welfare (21 Oct 2025)

Pat Buckley: 632. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine for an exhaustive list of those who have been appointed as ‘authorised officers’ under the Animal Health and Welfare Act 2013. [56681/25]