Written answers
Tuesday, 10 June 2025
Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine
- Departmental Programmes
1085. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the reason his Department proposed to use the Teagasc soil and subsoils map for the implementation of the Good Agricultural and... - Departmental Staff
1087. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the estimated full year cost to recruit three additional WTE agricultural inspectors and three additional WTE veterinary inspectors... - Special Areas of Conservation
1088. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine given that the Cong Salmon Hatchery run by Inland Fisheries Ireland in county Galway is not located within a special area of... - Departmental Inquiries
1089. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine when PG1 status will be approved in respect of a food product (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter.... - Departmental Surveys
1090. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he would outline what stock surveys have been conducted to date; what surveys are underway at present and what further surveys... - Departmental Inquiries
1091. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if his Department will look favourably on an appeal by a person (details supplied) of the extensively grazed pasture; and if he will... - Veterinary Services
1092. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the number of WTE staff, by job title currently at the regional veterinary offices based at Raphoe, County Donegal; the WTE... - Departmental Funding
1093. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will provide the costing and a detailed breakdown of the costing for the funding provided by his Department to the Irish... - Trade Missions
1094. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the locations of trade missions he will participate in over the next three months, in tabular form. [29176/25] - Horse Racing Industry
1095. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he was aware of the issues facing Horse Sport Ireland with registering and access to a passport for foals born in 2024; and the... - Departmental Funding
1096. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the amount in funding Horse Sport Ireland receives each year from the State. [29247/25] - Horse Racing Industry
1097. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the number of passports issued in each of the past five years by Horse Sport Ireland; and the number of applications still... - Fishery Harbour Centres
1100. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the dates in 2025 where he has visited each of the fisheries harbour centres under the remit of his Department; and the purpose of... - Animal Culls
1101. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will bring an end to the culling of badgers by the Department, in light of scientific evidence that it is ineffective in... - Animal Welfare
1102. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if intensive agriculture and larger herd sizes have increased TB rates in cattle, the measures he will take to address this; and if... - Animal Culls
1103. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if his Department has carried out any analysis of the impact on biodiversity of culling badgers; and if he will make a statement on... - Disease Management
1104. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the present position in relation to Johne's disease in Ireland; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [29511/25] - Animal Sales
1106. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if a farmer is allowed to sell animals either at a mart or factory if they carried out tests on their cows, heifers and calves and... - Disease Management
1107. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if a farmer carries out tests on cows, heifers and calves and they test positive for Johne's disease if the animals are culled; and... - Animal Welfare
1109. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will increase the rebate paid to local authorities for horse welfare and impounding instances given the current cost far... - Fishing Industry
1110. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if fishing trawler boats can access the sea off the coast of Portrane and close to the beach as a number of trawlers have been seen... - Fishery Harbour Centres
1111. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the amount of capital funding allocated to fishery harbour centres and local authority owned peers and harbours since 2015, broken... - Departmental Inquiries
1112. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the dates and attendees of all his physical or virtual meetings with Coillte since he took office. [29734/25] - Departmental Funding
1113. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the projects at a company (details supplied) that received funding under CAP schemes for the climate and the environment. [29771/25] - Departmental Data
1114. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the environmental work under way at a company (details supplied). [29772/25] - Animal Welfare
1115. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine to confirm that charges under the Animal Health and Welfare Act 2013 and the Control of Horses Act 1996 will be pursued against... - Departmental Investigations
1116. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine to provide an update into the investigation into the operations of a company (details supplied) ; and g when the investigation will... - Departmental Data
1117. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine for an update on the 2024 Acres payment for a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [29819/25] - Natura 2000
1118. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the number of Fisheries Natura Declarations which have been completed for Natura 2000 sites in the marine and coastal environment,... - Departmental Data
1119. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine when a 2024 ACRES payment will issue to a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [29824/25] - Departmental Programmes
1120. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will expedite the long-awaited ban on pair trawling and explain in detail the reason this decision has not been introduced to... - Departmental Properties
1121. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will provide a list of addresses of all properties under the ownership or control of his Department or its agencies which have... - Departmental Inquiries
1122. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the date for when a person's (details supplied) knowledge transfer group details will be cleared for payment; and if he will make a... - Animal Welfare
1123. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine for an update on the Deer Management Strategy and the establishment of local deer management units; if the locations of each of... - National Parks and Wildlife Service
1124. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will consider transferring the forestry holdings of Coillte to the National Parks and Wildlife Service to ensure that... - Departmental Inquiries
1125. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine to provide an update on phase 2 of the land use review; when it will be published; the reason for the delay; and if he will make a... - Horticulture Sector
1126. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will consider a ban on the general sale of wasp poisons given the danger of their use against bees and the need to protect bee... - Greyhound Industry
1127. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the current status of the 11,677 non-coursing greyhounds whose year of birth was 2021 that were being tracked on Rásaíocht... - Wildlife Protection
1132. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if the Deer Management Strategy Group, set up by his predecessor is considering the total removal of the Japanese Sika species to... - Departmental Investigations
1133. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the number of containers inspected by his Departmental officials following arrival into Shannon Airport from 1 January 2024 to 2... - EU Regulations
1134. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he is aware of an EU regulation that is affecting the export of ram lambs intended for fattening that requires testing for... - Beef Sector
1135. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if the An Rialálaí Agraibhia (Agri-Food Regulator), can establish the true market value of the fifth quarter within beef... - Departmental Data
1136. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will provide a list of addresses of all properties under the ownership or control of Coillte which have been lost due to... - Departmental Schemes
1137. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if the new tillage scheme outlined in the food vision tillage report will be in place before cover crops are sown in July 2025 and... - Climate Action Plan
1138. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the strategies and actions his Department is taking to ensure that the Government meets its target under the Climate Action Plan to... - Departmental Funding
1140. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if his Department is seeking to ring-fence the €32 million paid to the tillage sector as part of Budget 2025 for the next...
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