Peadar Tóibín (Meath West, Aontú)
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776. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine to provide an update on the number of approvals granted to plant protection products between 2017 and 2024, broken down by year; the number of approvals granted to plant protection products, by product type between 2017 and 2024, by year; and the number of approvals granted to plant protection products, by company between 2017 and 2024, broken down, by year, in tabular form. [17094/25]

Peadar Tóibín (Meath West, Aontú)
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777. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the total number of plant protection product (PPP) applications before the pesticides control division currently; the number of total approvals for PPPs expected in 2025; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17095/25]

Martin Heydon (Kildare South, Fine Gael)
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The Pesticide Controls Division (PCD) of my Department implements an integrated scheduling system for applicants seeking authorisation to place plant protection products (PPPs) on the Irish market. There are currently a total of 524 PPP applications submitted to PCD for new PPPs and re-authorisation of existing PPPs as part of the EU review process. These include applications for which completed datasets and evaluation at EU zonal level are awaited by PCD.

Product evaluations are scheduled taking account of regulatory deadlines set at EU level and priorities agreed with other Member States with whom we cooperate regarding evaluations within the EU zonal evaluation system. Furthermore, my Department officials liaise closely with each applicant regarding their specific priorities.

Depending on the complexity of the datasets, it is expected that more than 100 applications will be evaluated in 2025.