Written answers

Wednesday, 17 September 2025

Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine

 
  • Grant Payments
    943. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if grants will be available in the near future similar to the Brexit adjustment reserve local authority marine infrastructure scheme;...
  • Public Procurement Contracts
    944. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine to provide the web links to his Department’s Q1 2025 and Q2 2025 published reports of procurement-related payments or purchase...
  • Agriculture Supports
    946. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the details of planned supports in Budget 2026 for the Irish wool sector aimed at improving farmer returns, such as investment in...
  • Animal Welfare
    947. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will expand the annual animal welfare grant to rehoming charities with a ring-fenced subhead for rescue adoption supports...
  • Agriculture Supports
    948. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he can provide an update on the work of the independent Commission on Generational Renewal in Farming and efforts being made to...
  • Agriculture Schemes
    949. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the actions he will take to ensure continuity of ACRES for a farm (details supplied) following the intestate passing of a co-farmer...
  • Agriculture Supports
    950. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the position regarding a best practice guide for dealing with wild fires; if there is an obligation on a land owner to clear gorse...
  • Departmental Data
    951. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the amount of food products, plant products or any other products that were seized by his departmental officials at ports of entry to...
  • Agriculture Schemes
    952. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the reason a person (details supplied) is not receiving the full entitlements of ACRES; and if he will make a statement on the...
  • Departmental Functions
    953. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will urgently intervene to assist an organisation (details supplied) which is facing eviction and seeking to relocate to a new...
  • Departmental Data
    954. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the number of registered animal sanctuaries operating in Ireland, by county. [48275/25]
  • Agriculture Schemes
    955. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will consider reopening applications for the forgotten farmer scheme, in view of the many cases where a forgotten farmer who...
  • Trade Agreements
    956. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine his Department's assessment of the potential implications of the EU-Mercosur trade agreement for Ireland's beef sector; the...
  • Agriculture Supports
    957. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine to recognise the need to put greater emphasis on policies and supports for the tillage sector (details supplied); and if he will make...
  • Agriculture Schemes
    958. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine to put in place a realistic support scheme for the viability of tillage farming, to increase the percentage of farmland tilled; and...
  • Departmental Regulations
    960. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine to improve the regulations and licensing system for milling of animal feed, to ensure that feedstuff labelled as Irish does not...
  • Departmental Functions
    961. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the assistance his Department can provide to ensure that an organisation (details supplied) can continue operating; if his Department...
  • Statutory Instruments
    962. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine to provide a list of all Statutory Instruments signed by him in 2024 and to date in 2025; and if he will make a statement on the...
  • Agriculture Schemes
    963. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the value of payments in 2024 under the basic income support for sustainability scheme, by county; the total number of farmers paid...
  • Greyhound Industry
    968. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the number of greyhounds injured in racing and in trials to date, by type of injury, in 2025; the date and location where they...
  • Food Labelling
    969. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the current legal requirements and guidelines concerning the labelling of meat products certified as Halal; to detail his...
  • Aquaculture Industry
    974. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will confirm whether any area off Portmarnock Beach is officially licensed for razor shell fishing; the enforcement measures in...
  • Common Agricultural Policy
    977. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the details of the level of CAP funding received by his Department on its lands; and if he will provide a detailed list and funding...
  • Agriculture Supports
    979. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if there are delays in TB compensation payments; if so, the action that is being taken to address the issue; and if he will make a...
  • Agriculture Industry
    980. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the total number of cattle traded through dealer numbers in 2024; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [49069/25]
  • Animal Diseases
    982. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the specific additional measures that will apply to dealers in his TB Action Plan; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
  • Agriculture Industry
    984. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the number of herd numbers that have been re-designated as dealer numbers since 1 January 2022; and if he will make a statement on...
  • Legislative Measures
    985. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if there is a timeline for the transfer of policy and legislative responsibility in relation to the Dog Breeding Establishment Act...
  • Hedge Cutting
    986. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will consider setting up a grant scheme to help landowners with the costs of cutting roadside hedges, as a health and safety...

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