Written answers
				Wednesday, 5 February 2025
  				
Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine
				 
  - Departmental Data 
 852. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the number of requests to his Department that have been granted for various matters (details supplied); the number of such requests...
- Insurance Coverage 
 853. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine to consider a scheme to provide financial support to farmers and small businesses that have suffered damage in recent storms in...
- Environmental Policy 
 854. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the measures his Department is taking to protect Irish woodlands and their biodiversity moving forward from the effects of storms...
- Water Quality 
 855. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if his Department will support the expansion of oyster farms as a means of improving water quality; and if he will make a statement...
- Agriculture Supports 
 856. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine for an update on the introduction of a farm retirement scheme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [2189/25]
- Flood Relief Schemes 
 858. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the proposed date of payment of the Cooley flood damage relief measure. [2262/25]
- Agriculture Schemes 
 859. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine for an update on an ACRES payment for a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [2313/25]
- Agriculture Supports 
 860. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the status of the aquaculture assistance package that was mentioned in December 2024 (details supplied); and if he will make a...
- Coillte Teoranta 
 861. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the size and location of Coillte-owned lands in Kildare South; the plans to provide public walks in these locations; the access...
- Agriculture Schemes 
 862. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the number of farmers in Kerry waiting for GLAS and ACRES payments. [2515/25]
- Animal Welfare 
 863. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he is aware of the ongoing abuse of horses throughout the country with some horses left malnourished, abandoned, and suffering in...
- Development Contributions 
 864. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine to assist the local community with extension works to both the pontoon and slip at Portmagee Pier, County Kerry; and if he will make...
- Agriculture Schemes 
 865. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the reason for the delay in payments under the acres scheme; the number of farmers impacted, by county; when the issue will be...
- Greyhound Industry 
 866. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine for an update on his Department's consultation on surgical artificial insemination in greyhounds; when he will publish the outcomes...
- Weather Events 
 867. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will make emergency relief funding available to organic farmers and growers following damage to their polytunnels during Storm...
- Ministerial Responsibilities 
 869. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will publish the Ministerial brief he received following the recent formation of the Government. [2753/25]
- Departmental Contracts 
 871. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the number of contracts a company (details supplied) had with his Department in 2024 and to-date in 2025; the nature of services this...
- Animal Diseases 
 872. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine to examine the case of a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [2907/25]
- Tree Remediation 
 873. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will consider banning the importation and planting of leylandii cypress trees given how susceptible these are to damage and...
- European Council 
 874. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine for an update on the EU Council meeting in Brussels on Monday 27 January; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [2917/25]
- Weather Events 
 876. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will consider implementing a scheme to provide financial assistance to support farmers in purchasing back-up electricity...
- Agriculture Schemes 
 877. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if the case of an appeal by a person (details supplied) will be reviewed; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [2961/25]
- Ministerial Staff 
 878. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine to provide a schedule of special advisers attached to him, as of 29 January 2025; and the official grade and or title held by that...
- Departmental Contracts 
 879. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if his Department, or any body under its aegis, currently outsources cleaning services and/or service officer/security officer roles...
- Departmental Staff 
 880. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if his Department, or any body under its aegis, currently directly employs cleaners and/or service officers; if so, the number of...
- Official Travel 
 881. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the total value of the annual mileage claims for each Ministers of State assigned to his Department in 2023 and 2024 respectively; to...
- Departmental Staff 
 882. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine to list the composition of his private office, inclusive of the grade and increment of each civil servant assigned to the office;...
- Farm Safety 
 883. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if consideration has been given to the introduction of a safe pass style system for all farms; and if he will make a statement on the...
- Departmental Strategies 
 884. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the number of meetings the high-level implementation committee has held monitoring the implementation of the Food Vision 2030...
- Forestry Sector 
 886. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine when guidelines and details of grant aid will issue to farmers whose forestry plantations have been damaged by storm Éowyn; if...
- An Garda Síochána 
 887. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the progress of a Garda investigation into a matter (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [3493/25]
- Land Issues 
 888. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine further to Parliamentary Question No. 336 of 7 November 2024, if further consideration will be given to the introduction of supports...
- Departmental Staff 
 889. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the measures his Department is taking to encourage civil servants in his Department to take or avail of special leave or career...
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