Written answers

Wednesday, 19 March 2025

Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine

 
  • Greyhound Industry
    1226. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if his Department is aware of the amount of funding that has been provided by Rásaíocht Con Éireann to a charity...
  • Control of Horses
    1227. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the progress of the commitment in the programme for Government to ‘Bring forward a Control of Horses Bill to modernise...
  • Transport of Animals
    1228. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if livestock passport applications (details supplied) will be expedited; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10595/25]
  • Agriculture Schemes
    1229. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if a grant application (details supplied) for a drive shaft cover under the area of natural constraints scheme will be expedited;...
  • Greyhound Industry
    1230. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will provide a breakdown of costs in relation to the money given to two care home providers (details supplied) for the years...
  • Animal Breeding
    1231. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will outline his Department’s policy on illegal puppy farming; if he will provide an update on the progress made under...
  • Forestry Sector
    1232. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine following the damage done by Storm Éowyn, if timber harvested from private forestry can be sold on a volume rather than a...
  • Agriculture Schemes
    1239. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will provide an update on an ACRES payment application by a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the...
  • Fishing Industry
    1240. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will review the case of a person (details supplied) with a view to getting justice for him and his family, as discussed on...
  • Animal Welfare
    1241. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will consider implementing a ban on transporting domestic animals in car boots that are closed and have no light or windows;...
  • Waterways Issues
    1242. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the grants available to promote a safe place for fishing on one’s farmland; if there are any such grants for wooden...
  • Agriculture Industry
    1243. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if his Department has given consideration to introducing further regulations on protected urea fertiliser labels, specifically the...
  • Animal Welfare
    1244. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will instruct his Department to amend the Animal Health and Welfare Act 2013 in order to ban the transport of cats and dogs in...
  • Departmental Regulations
    1246. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine to address,as a matter of priority, the concerns of tens of thousands of farmers (details supplied); and if he will make a statement...
  • Agriculture Schemes
    1247. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if the current TAMS scheme, or TAMS schemes offered heretofore, provides for stock-proof barbed wire fencing for cattle; and if he...
  • Animal Welfare
    1248. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if his Department has viewed the Charities Regulators Report 2024 into a charity (details supplied); if further payments will be...
  • Agriculture Industry
    1250. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine to list all current trials and research under way by bodies under his aegis into the use of seaweed supplements for the reduction of...
  • Agriculture Supports
    1251. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the supports that exist for seaweed supplement producers; the way in which the Government intends to protect and develop the...
  • Agriculture Schemes
    1252. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the number of farmers in each county awaiting ACRES payments for 2023 and 2024; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10890/25]
  • Animal Passports
    1253. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the status of a passport application (details supplied) for a foal out of the mare, submitted in June 2024 to Horse Sport Ireland....
  • Agriculture Schemes
    1255. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the status of ACRES scheme payments for a person (details supplied); when the balance of payment due for 2023 is expected; and the...
  • Departmental Staff
    1257. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if all persons who are recruited to work in his Department and all the related agencies of his Department are fully vetted before...
  • Animal Welfare
    1258. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he is aware of horses being put in subpar conditions in Limerick city, which has led to the deaths of these animals; his plans to...
  • Legislative Reviews
    1259. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will reverse the approach to the Island Fisheries (Heritage Licence) Bill 2017; if the Bill will be allowed to progress in...
  • Horse Racing Industry
    1260. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine , further to Parliamentary Question No. 1095 of 22 January 2025, if he will provide a breakdown of the amounts paid to hunts by...
  • Animal Passports
    1261. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if a passport system is currently in place or will be introduced for the ownership of horses, similar to the registration system for...
  • Departmental Schemes
    1262. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine to expedite a payment in respect of a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [11170/25]
  • Planning Issues
    1263. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the status of the preparation of the application for substitute consent to An Bord Pleanála for the development of the...
  • Agriculture Schemes
    1264. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the reason a young farmer (details supplied) who applied for TAMS 3 young farmers in 2024, following a successful application for...
  • Departmental Meetings
    1265. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if his Department has been in contact with the European Commission regarding the nitrates derogation; if so, what specifically that...
  • Agriculture Industry
    1267. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine in cases in which farmers are in a partnership if farm payments can be paid to all partners equally as opposed to one partner; the...
  • Departmental Contracts
    1268. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine for a list of all contracts that a company (details supplied) has with his Department. [11512/25]
  • Horticulture Sector
    1269. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine for an update on the publication of the results from the survey on the national overview of the provision of allotments and...
  • Animal Sales
    1270. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the number of dogs exported from Ireland for commercial sale in each of the past five years; and if he will make a statement on the...
  • Aquaculture Industry
    1271. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the funding supports available to local communities to help maintain and or acquire local wetland areas in order to protect their...
  • Departmental Staff
    1272. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the annual amount claimed by special advisers attached to him or his Department outside of their regular salary since 1 March 2020...
  • Agriculture Industry
    1273. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if including mineral soil in good agricultural and environmental condition (GAEC) standard 2, meets the objectives set out in...
  • Fishing Industry
    1274. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the revenue generated through activities in each of the fisheries harbour centres under the remit of his Department, in 2024 and...
  • Departmental Meetings
    1275. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine when the EU Agriculture Council will next meet. [11862/25]
  • Animal Welfare
    1276. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the number of persons who received the benefit of the Probation of Offenders Act 1907, following proven charges under the Animal...
  • Departmental Data
    1277. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine further to Parliamentary Question No. 548 of 4 March 2025, of the figures previously provided in relation to disqualification orders...
  • Animal Welfare
    1278. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the number of persons who received fines under the Animal Health and Welfare Act 2013 between 2020 to date which were less than...
  • Agriculture Industry
    1279. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if the deer management strategy group, set up by his predecessor, has the authority to recommend the financing of specialised...
  • State Bodies
    1280. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if his attention has been drawn to other State agencies and if his own Government Department have used any of the same IT services...
  • Agriculture Schemes
    1281. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the number of applicants who have left or been excluded from the sheep improvement scheme since its commencement on 1 February 2023;...
  • Aquaculture Industry
    1282. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine to urgently expediate an aquaculture licence transfer for a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the...
  • Turbary Rights
    1283. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine whether turbary rights are assigned to a property with a dwelling house or to land without a dwelling house; and if he will make a...
  • Agriculture Schemes
    1285. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if an ACRES payment will be expedited in respect of a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter....
  • Forestry Sector
    1288. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the legislation/powers currently in place to prevent the illegal felling of woodlands; what sanctions can be put in place when...
  • Departmental Bodies
    1289. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the number of members of boards in each body under the aegis of his Department who have a professional accounting qualification, for...
  • Nitrates Usage
    1293. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine to outline the current actions being taken by his Department with regard to the possible retention of the nitrates derogation; and...
  • EU Funding
    1294. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the reason delays in issuing payments are occurring under the schemes funded through the European Maritime, Fisheries and...
  • Aquaculture Industry
    1295. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if the necessary resources will be provided to the Aquaculture Licences Appeals Board in order that decisions can be made in a...
  • Artificial Intelligence
    1298. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine to identify specific examples where artificial intelligence has been adapted for the operation of his Department and each body under...

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