Written answers

Wednesday, 2 July 2025

Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine

 
  • Horse Racing Industry
    189. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will engage with Horse Racing Ireland to explore the possibility of opening racecourse lands in Leopardstown for public use as...
  • Animal Sales
    190. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the requirements that must be fulfilled for a person to deal cattle below 100 in number; and if he will make a statement on the...
  • Agriculture Supports
    192. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the payment supports available to small suckler farmers who are not in receipt of any agricultural payments or supports; and if he...
  • Agriculture Schemes
    193. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine when the proposed early retirement scheme for farmers will be introduced; if an upper age limit of 70 years will be considered for...
  • Domestic Pets
    194. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if there are plans to create a national database of dog DNA in conjunction with dog licences, to aid the identification of those dogs...
  • Wildlife Protection
    195. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the current number of deer management units (DMU’s) nationally; the current number of staff employed in each DMU; the current...
  • Departmental Staff
    196. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the number of vacancies currently in each departmental local office; whether the number of FRS operatives across all regions has been...
  • Nitrates Usage
    197. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine for an update in relation to the retention of the Nitrates Derogation as per the Nitrates Derogation Renewal Plan published in August...
  • Agriculture Schemes
    198. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine for an update regarding the ‘Better Farming for Water’ advisory programme; and if he will make a statement on the...
  • Animal Culls
    199. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the number of badgers that have been culled to date in 2025; the number that have been vaccinated for bovine TB (bTB); of those...
  • Animal Diseases
    200. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine further to Parliamentary Question No. 150 of 20 May 2025, how he intends to “reduce the impact of known high risk animals in...
  • Wild Fires
    202. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if further to the recent fires on Tara Hill, Gorey, County Wexford there will be a review or recommendations into the matter (details...
  • Animal Welfare
    203. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will address matters concerning the mysterious deaths of a large number of the farm animals (details supplied); and if he will...
  • Agriculture Industry
    204. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the numbers of TB reactors for each of the past five years, in tabular form, that were compensated at the maximum rate; how the...

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