470. Deputy Réada Cronin asked the Minister for Public Expenditure, National Development Plan Delivery and Reform if his Department will publish an account of the progress of the working group at this time in its deliberations; if he will provide specific updates on the situation involving traffic pedestrian and vehicular on Lime Avenue; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [31292/24]
176. Deputy Réada Cronin asked the Minister for Transport the progress on additional bridges for north Kildare, for example, Clane, regarding increased traffic and population; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [31293/24]
170. Deputy Réada Cronin asked the Minister for Public Expenditure, National Development Plan Delivery and Reform to provide the details for the complex at Castletown (details supplied). [30542/24]
95. Deputy Réada Cronin asked the Minister for Education the steps her Department is taking to guarantee sufficient school places for children in north Kildare in primary and secondary (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [29133/24]
232. Deputy Réada Cronin asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if any horses have been exported to the continent for slaughter since the closure of a company (details supplied); if he will act to prevent any such action; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [30294/24]
231. Deputy Réada Cronin asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine whether he has yet begun the necessary process of making sure horses bred for racing or entertainment, within the expensive and wealthy equine industry, are put to sleep humanely and not sent for slaughter; the steps he is taking to make sure this humane end to life is built into the industry; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [30293/24]
230. Deputy Réada Cronin asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will ensure that no horse with an ID (details supplied), or otherwise bred for sport or entertainment, be sent for, or accepted for, slaughter; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [30292/24]
229. Deputy Réada Cronin asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he is satisfied that his Department communicates sufficiently well, internally, and across sections, in the cross-cutting matters of food safety, traceability, animal cruelty and the necessary scrutiny of the licensing and certifying of individuals; whether he has undertaken or will undertake an audit of same, given the matter a company (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [30291/24]
228. Deputy Réada Cronin asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if departmental licensing and competence certification continued at any slaughter operations, including a company (details supplied), while any possible investigations were taking place on passporting and ID issues, relating to any persons in previous years and resulting in the Department itself pursuing a legal case; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [30290/24]
227. Deputy Réada Cronin asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine to provide a list of all applications, certificates or licenses granted in the matter of handling or slaughtering animals to a person and company (details supplied) or their agents or representatives; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [30289/24]
226. Deputy Réada Cronin asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the reasons for the difference between the conditional certification granted to a person (details supplied) on 22 July 2015, which date appears to be within the three-year period where applicants, as operators, must have not convictions for animal cruelty, and the competence certificate issued on 21 April 2017; if competence certificates were required in the intervening period; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [30288/24]
225. Deputy Réada Cronin asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine to clarify the apparently conflicting replies to Parliamentary Question No. 271 of 18 June 2024 and Parliamentary Question No. 329 of 2 July 2024 in the matter of an application (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [30287/24]
223. Deputy Réada Cronin asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if it is normal practice for a slaughterhouse to have 15 non-compliance reports in a calendar year, some week-on-week; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [30248/24]
222. Deputy Réada Cronin asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the basis on which his Department could give the impression to the Public Accounts Committee, and the Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine, that prior to the television documentary exposé, it had no concerns about a company (details supplied), beyond five welfare complaints, and give the further impression that it was shocked at, and disbelieving of, industry and company issues involving passports and microchips at all, given the company and named individuals are before the courts in legal actions taken by his Department, for example, for the discovery of multiple passports without horses and for forging details in horse passports; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [30247/24]
221. Deputy Réada Cronin asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if the lairage of the abattoir at a company (details supplied) or the property reasonably considered by the public and media to be the lairage and to function as such and as shown on a television documentary – was previously licensed, but was subsequently taken out of an updated licence, be it to the company, any of its representatives or operatives; if so, the reason for its removal; the date of its removal; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [30246/24]
220. Deputy Réada Cronin asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine to provide details of all the actions taken by a company (details supplied) and by his Department, to address and resolve non-compliance issues to the latter’s satisfaction, and to prevent a recurrence, particularly in the areas of welfare, passporting/ID, traceability and food safety; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [30245/24]
219. Deputy Réada Cronin asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine to provide details of all the non-compliance issues cited at a company (details supplied) in each of the years 2020 to 2023 and to date in 2024; the number of non-compliance issues that involved welfare, and in each case, what kind; the number that were of passporting/identity, and in each case, what kind; the number that were of traceability and food safety, and in each case, what kind, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [30244/24]
218. Deputy Réada Cronin asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the number of licensed or certified slaughterhouses that were killing equines in each of the years 2020 to 2023 and to date in 2024; the names and locations of such operations, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [30243/24]
568. Deputy Réada Cronin asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the current location of the horses moved from Straffan; in whose care they are in; what verified condition they are in; the reason they have not been seized on welfare grounds given the evidence of cruelty shown on a TV documentary (details supplied), and an existing conviction for horse cruelty involving the company in question; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [29218/24]
339. Deputy Réada Cronin asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he has contacted or liaised with the Ministers for Health and Justice in relation to a facility (details supplied) and-or the equine slaughter industry in Ireland; if so, the nature of that contact; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [27842/24]
338. Deputy Réada Cronin asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the age of the youngest and oldest horse slaughtered at a facility (details supplied); the average age of the horses slaughtered since operations began, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [27841/24]
337. Deputy Réada Cronin asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the number of horses slaughtered at a facility (details supplied) following the revelations of alert referred to by a newspaper article as occurring in 2018; the number that were from the racing or show jumping sector; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [27840/24]
336. Deputy Réada Cronin asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he is confident bute has not entered the food chain given the microchipping situation reported in a facility (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [27839/24]
335. Deputy Réada Cronin asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if his Department can have confidence in the standards and practices of the equine slaughter industry given a horse supposedly slaughtered in 2017 was found to be alive in 2018, according to media reports; if he will publish the reports and actions taken individually by his Department and in association with the FSAI on this matter; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [27838/24]
334. Deputy Réada Cronin asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine whether any official or agent of his Department has been redeployed within his Department or stood down or not re-contracted or had their duties altered in any way with regard to a facility (details supplied) and-or broader issues within the equine and equine-food industry; if so, the number; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [27837/24]
333. Deputy Réada Cronin asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine to publish all contacts and reports his Department had or has with the FSAI regarding horse slaughter and the equine food industry; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [27836/24]
332. Deputy Réada Cronin asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the direct steps his Department took to address the practices at a facility (details supplied) which was reportedly alerted by an inspector on 13 March 2018; the reason his Department continued to authorise the operation of the plant given the alert's significance for food safety and Ireland’s reputation; the security, scientific and health basis on which his Department deemed the operation fit and safe to continue; whether and how his Department can have confidence in the security of the equine microchip system given those revelations; the basis on which his Department has confidence in the food security of the industry given those revelations; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [27835/24]
331. Deputy Réada Cronin asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine when his attention was first drawn to issues with microchips in the horse slaughter industry in the State; the immediate and continued actions he took on foot of that information to resolve the situation, to prevent a recurrence; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [27834/24]
330. Deputy Réada Cronin asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the reason his Department did not revoke and-or temporarily halt the operating licence of a facility (details supplied); when his Department was made aware of microchip issues at the plant, indicating a possible risk to the food chain and Ireland’s reputation; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [27833/24]
329. Deputy Réada Cronin asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the number of licences issued to persons (details supplied) in the matter of equine handling and-or slaughter; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [27832/24]
328. Deputy Réada Cronin asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the frequency with which operators' licences are examined or assessed in the lifetime of their duration; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [27831/24]
327. Deputy Réada Cronin asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if his Department notified the Garda in the matter of tampering, duplication or any other activity regarding microchips apparently notified to it regarding equine slaughter in 2018; if not, the reasons for that decision; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [27830/24]
326. Deputy Réada Cronin asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will publish the departmental reports into the revelations outlined in a newspaper article of 24 June 2024 regarding microchips at a facility (details supplied) reportedly alerted by a veterinary inspector at the plant on 13 March 2018; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [27829/24]
142. Deputy Réada Cronin asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Defence if his Department is acting with all necessary alacrity to engage with the Women of Honour at this stage of matters involving the tribunal, in particular in the matter of the funding of independent legal advice; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [28320/24]
141. Deputy Réada Cronin asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Defence how personnel with convictions for violence, domestic and or otherwise, are allowed to remain in service; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [28319/24]
131. Deputy Réada Cronin asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Defence when the tribunal of inquiry will publish its advice on legal representation for those wishing to engage with it, including the necessary information on assuming or defraying costs related to same; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [28045/24]
329. Deputy Réada Cronin asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will now undertake a complete animal welfare audit of all slaughter facilities; if he will publish the findings of same; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [27203/24]
328. Deputy Réada Cronin asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the number of times veterinarians and-or other Departmental staff raised concerns either orally or in writing about the conditions at or around a company (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [27202/24]
327. Deputy Réada Cronin asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the reason his Department neither sought nor took an official or unofficial welfare interest in the lands adjacent to a company (details supplied) where horses were kept before slaughter and which have been the subject of welfare complaints by members of the public; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [27201/24]
326. Deputy Réada Cronin asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if his Department will establish, immediately, a register of those convicted of animal cruelty or neglect, in order to preclude them from keeping animals and particularly from working with animals, and-or being licensed to do so by his Department or any arm of the State; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [27200/24]
325. Deputy Réada Cronin asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the number of animal-welfare checks that are made on slaughterhouses and any properties involved with them in holding animals each year; to publish the results of same; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [27199/24]
324. Deputy Réada Cronin asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the number of animal welfare checks that were made at a company (details supplied) since the start of its operations; to provide the results of same; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [27198/24]
323. Deputy Réada Cronin asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he can guarantee that Departmental vets, either by employment or contract, attended every slaughter day and for the whole slaughter day at a company (details supplied) since the start of its operations; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [27197/24]
322. Deputy Réada Cronin asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he authorised the transport of horses from the lands adjoining a company (details supplied); the number of horses; their current location; if they are still alive; if they have been slaughtered; if not, what is their fate; who moved the horses and in whose suitable care they were entrusted prior to and during transport; if each horse had a full veterinary check, especially given some might be ill or lame; if the transport was suitable for ill or lame animals; if each equine ID and microchip was cross-checked and recorded; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [27196/24]
321. Deputy Réada Cronin asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine further to Parliamentary Question No. 272 of 18 June 2024, if he will remove the time criterion of the declaration for operators of slaughter plants “the legislation requires that applicants provide a written declaration that they have had no serious infringement under EU and/or national law in the preceding three years”, particularly in the matter of animal welfare, where any infringement must automatically be considered serious; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [27195/24]
320. Deputy Réada Cronin asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine when an operating licence was granted to the current operator of a company (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [27194/24]
316. Deputy Réada Cronin asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine to publish the necessarily-stringent criteria used to appoint a person as a welfare officer to a company handling and-or slaughtering animals; the verification and monitoring processes re same; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [26912/24]
315. Deputy Réada Cronin asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine to publish the list of actions his Department took on foot of the many local complaints notified to it about the treatment of the horses in the lands around a facility (details supplied); and if no actions were taken, the reason therefor; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [26911/24]
314. Deputy Réada Cronin asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the location to which horses at a facility (details supplied) were transported; the conditions in which they were transported; for what purpose they were transported; if their safety and current location have been established; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [26910/24]