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Question· writtenPQ 243asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 10 October 2024
243. Deputy Marc Ó Cathasaigh asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the outcome of the public consultation on retention of landscape features and the Environmental Impact Assessment (Agriculture) Regulations; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [40756/24]
Question· writtenPQ 242asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 10 October 2024
242. Deputy Marc Ó Cathasaigh asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the position regarding the Environmental Impact Assessment (Agriculture) Regulations review in relation to hedgerows; its planned timeline for publication; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [40755/24]
Question· writtenPQ 241asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 10 October 2024
241. Deputy Paul Murphy asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine his views on whether the €99.1million in taxpayers' money announced in the Budget that the horse and greyhound fund will now receive would be better spent on public housing, public health and public education; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [40754/24]
Question· writtenPQ 240asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 10 October 2024
240. Deputy Neasa Hourigan asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine to outline the initiatives to address gender inequalities in the agriculture and food industry and to promote female participation and leadership; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [40714/24]
Question· writtenPQ 239asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 10 October 2024
239. Deputy Michael Creed asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine when a person (details supplied) will have their standing ACRES payment issued. [40673/24]
Question· writtenPQ 238asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 10 October 2024
238. Deputy Pádraig Mac Lochlainn asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the amount of funding announced (in the context of Budget 2025) for the seafood processing capital investment scheme for 2025; the budget allocation for the seafood processing capital investment scheme for 2025 from the national Exchequer; and theamount of the funding that will be from European Union funding sources. [40671/24]
Question· writtenPQ 86asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 10 October 2024
86. Deputy Neasa Hourigan asked the Minister for Rural and Community Development if she will outline her Department’s provision for the additional funding and resources of veterinary services by local authorities to implement the XL bully ban, given that all current local authority vets will transfer to the Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine by January 2025; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [37289/24]
Record· debate2024-10-09published
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 9 October 2024
Joint Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine
Question· writtenPQ 154asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 9 October 2024
154. Deputy Brendan Griffin asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine when a 2024 area of natural constraints payment will issue to a person in County Kerry (details supplied) for the remainder of their declared lands; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [40608/24]
Question· writtenPQ 153asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 9 October 2024
153. Deputy Jackie Cahill asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if compensation will be paid to a sheep farmer who had to destock their ewes due to MV being present in the flock; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [40372/24]
Question· writtenPQ 152asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 9 October 2024
152. Deputy Catherine Murphy asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the capital works projects that are currently ongoing under the Fisheries Harbour Centre and Coastal Infrastructure Development; the estimated cost of each of those projects; The expected timeframe for which those capital works projects will be completed, in tabular form. [40352/24]
Question· writtenPQ 13asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 9 October 2024
13. Deputy Niamh Smyth asked the Minister for the Environment, Climate and Communications his views on the Government's directive regarding the development of solar farms in Ireland, particularly in relation to obligations around community engagement and protections for farming quality agricultural land; the way concerns in relation to the intensification of solar farming in specific areas, such as County Meath will be addressed; and the safeguards that are in place to ensure that such developments do not negatively impact the long-term viability of agriculture in these regions. [40374/24]
Question· writtenPQ 416asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 8 October 2024
416. Deputy Holly Cairns asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine to provide a breakdown of registered Irish fishing boats, by size. [40235/24]
Question· writtenPQ 415asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 8 October 2024
415. Deputy Holly Cairns asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine to provide a breakdown of the mackerel quota allocations within the Irish fleet, by boat size; and to provide the percentage of the quota allocated to inshore fishers. [40234/24]
Question· writtenPQ 414asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 8 October 2024
414. Deputy Jennifer Murnane O'Connor asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine further to Parliamentary Question No. 555 of 18 September 2024, if all costs were included or excluded including administration (details supplied). [40226/24]
Question· writtenPQ 413asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 8 October 2024
413. Deputy Catherine Murphy asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine to provide a breakdown of the amount expended by his Department on consultancies in 2023 and to date in 2024; the company engaged; and the nature of the work conducted by the consultancy on his Department’s behalf, in tabular form. [40207/24]
Question· writtenPQ 412asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 8 October 2024
412. Deputy Éamon Ó Cuív asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine when an oral hearing relating to an appeal to the agriculture appeals office will take place (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [40110/24]
Question· writtenPQ 411asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 8 October 2024
411. Deputy Jackie Cahill asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine to outline the checks carried out by his Department on fertiliser in terms of N, P and K content; the number of samples and checks carried out in 2023 and to date in 2024; the outcomes of the tests in 2023 and to date in 2024; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [40094/24]
Question· writtenPQ 410asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 8 October 2024
410. Deputy Thomas Pringle asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the total cost of associated with the work of the Forestry Appeals Committee for each year from 2020 to date; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [40044/24]
Question· writtenPQ 409asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 8 October 2024
409. Deputy Thomas Pringle asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the number of decisions the Forestry Appeals Committee made in 2023 and 2024 respectively, disaggregated by whether the hearing was paper-based or oral; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [40043/24]
Question· writtenPQ 408asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 8 October 2024
408. Deputy Denis Naughten asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine his plans to enhance the powers of the agri-food regulator; if he has given consideration to correspondence from the office of the regulator with regard to the powers of compellability; if there are plans to review the operation of the regulator and the timeline for such a review; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [40028/24]
Question· writtenPQ 407asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 8 October 2024
407. Deputy Denis Naughten asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will list the most frequent non compliances identified under each scheme for which farmers applied in 2023; the steps he is taking to reduce this error rate; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [40018/24]
Question· writtenPQ 406asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 8 October 2024
406. Deputy Michael Healy-Rae asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine about financial aid for potato farmers (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [40010/24]
Question· writtenPQ 405asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 8 October 2024
405. Deputy Holly Cairns asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine whether he plans to implement the European Parliament recommendations (details supplied) in regards to providing the necessary administrative and financial support for new producer organisations (POs) to set up and operate, especially for small-scale coastal fisheries; the details of the funding measures that will be put in place to assist new POs; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [39928/24]
Question· writtenPQ 404asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 8 October 2024
404. Deputy Michael Healy-Rae asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine for an update on an application by a person (details supplied) to the ACRES scheme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [39886/24]
Question· writtenPQ 403asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 8 October 2024
403. Deputy Paul Murphy asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the location in which the horses that were due for slaughter in a facility (details supplied) between June to date are being held. [39787/24]
Question· writtenPQ 402asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 8 October 2024
402. Deputy Sorca Clarke asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will consider an extension to the slurry dates for this year. [39765/24]
Question· writtenPQ 401asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 8 October 2024
401. Deputy Paul Kehoe asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the status of the proposed tillage incentive scheme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [39734/24]
Question· writtenPQ 400asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 8 October 2024
400. Deputy Paul Murphy asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the number of prosecutions that have been taken in Ireland for docking dogs' tails since the legislation prohibiting this was effected in 2014. [39721/24]
Question· writtenPQ 399asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 8 October 2024
399. Deputy Catherine Murphy asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the last time he met formally with the CEO of Greyhound Racing Ireland; the issues discussed; and when is next scheduled to meet the CEO. [39707/24]
Question· writtenPQ 398asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 8 October 2024
398. Deputy Catherine Murphy asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the last time he met formally with the CEO of Horse Racing Ireland; and the issues discussed; when he is next scheduled to meet the CEO. [39706/24]
Question· writtenPQ 397asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 8 October 2024
397. Deputy Paul Murphy asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the number of horses used at this year's Galway Races festival that have been confirmed dead; if they were killed at the racecourse or elsewhere; and the causes of the deaths. [39688/24]
Question· writtenPQ 396asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 8 October 2024
396. Deputy Paul Murphy asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if the ‘stopped body restraints’ used by his Department to catch badgers are a trap or a snare under the Wildlife Act 1976 (Approved Traps, Snares and Nets) Regulations 2003, which approves them. [39681/24]
Question· writtenPQ 395asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 8 October 2024
395. Deputy Paul Murphy asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine further to Parliamentary Question No. 341 of 2 July 2024, if he is aware that the trainer of a greyhound raced at Curraheen Park track stated that one of the dog's owners is an individual banned from owning dogs (details supplied); and the action he is taking to address this. [39680/24]
Question· writtenPQ 394asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 8 October 2024
394. Deputy Paul Murphy asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he is aware that a claim in Greyhound Racing Ireland's latest annual report that ‘378,748 patrons attended greyhound racing events in 2023’ is inaccurate due to the fact that this figure includes at least 87,628 entries by non-patrons (i.e., greyhound owners, greyhound trainers and bookmakers). [39679/24]
Question· writtenPQ 393asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 8 October 2024
393. Deputy Paul Murphy asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if it is correct to interpret the answer to a previous Parliamentary Question (details supplied) as meaning that during the period 1 January 2021 to 31 December 2021, 12,483 non-coursing greyhounds were whelped; if not, the reason; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [39678/24]
Question· writtenPQ 392asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 8 October 2024
392. Deputy Paul Murphy asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the reason greyhound bitches are the only breed of dog that can still undergo artificial insemination, given that it is a risky and painful procedure and has been banned for other breeds; if he will change this law; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [39639/24]
Question· writtenPQ 391asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 8 October 2024
391. Deputy Patrick Costello asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the total number of non-coursing greyhounds registered as 'deceased' on Rásaíocht Con Éireann’s traceability system for each of the years 2021, 2022, 2023 and 2024 to date, with a breakdown by year of birth; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [39638/24]
Question· writtenPQ 390asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 8 October 2024
390. Deputy Patrick Costello asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the total number of non-coursing greyhounds registered as 'deceased' in the lrish Coursing Club's stud book for each of the years 2020, 2021, 2022, 2023 and 2024 to date, with a breakdown by year of birth; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [39637/24]
Question· writtenPQ 156asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 3 October 2024
156. Deputy Denis Naughten asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will list the most frequent errors identified under each scheme for which farmers applied in 2023; the steps he is taking to reduce this error rate; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [39578/24]
Question· writtenPQ 155asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 3 October 2024
155. Deputy John McGuinness asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if an appeal lodged by persons (details supplied) under the young farmer supports scheme will be expedited; and if the sanctions being suggested will be put on hold until a final decision is made. [39561/24]
Question· writtenPQ 154asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 3 October 2024
154. Deputy John McGuinness asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if all payments due to a person (details supplied) under the basic income support for sustainability scheme have been paid to date. [39557/24]
Question· writtenPQ 153asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 3 October 2024
153. Deputy Michael Fitzmaurice asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the number of farmers in derogation (details supplied); and the number above 700 units; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [39534/24]
Question· writtenPQ 152asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 3 October 2024
152. Deputy Niamh Smyth asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine for an update on an issue (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [39522/24]
Question· writtenPQ 151asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 3 October 2024
151. Deputy Niamh Smyth asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if there are any plans to restore a scheme whereby a farmer could retire on pension aged 55 and pass on the farm to a family member; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [39519/24]
Question· writtenPQ 150asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 3 October 2024
150. Deputy Michael Creed asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he has met with any or all of the approved lists of PV installers; the dates of any such meetings; the agenda for such meetings; the officials present; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [39510/24]
Question· writtenPQ 149asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 3 October 2024
149. Deputy Michael Healy-Rae asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if a herd number will be reissued to a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [39484/24]
Question· writtenPQ 148asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 3 October 2024
148. Deputy Brendan Howlin asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine what is preventing his Department from funding preparatory, preliminary and actual works to dredge Dungarvan Harbour sufficiently to facilitate access to and from Cé Heilbhic in Gaeltacht na nDéise; if he is aware that the indigenous fishing industry is under threat because of silting in the harbour, which is reducing the times daily when boats can get in and out of the quay; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [39481/24]
Question· writtenPQ 186asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 2 October 2024
186. Deputy Bernard J. Durkan asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the amount of dairy and meat products that have been imported into this jurisdiction in each of the past five years to date, by volume and value; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [39456/24]
Question· writtenPQ 185asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 2 October 2024
185. Deputy Bernard J. Durkan asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he remains satisfied that food and food products, with particular reference to meat imported into this country, are subject to the highest level of inspection, quality control, hygiene and husbandry, transport and sale in accordance with EU and Irish standards; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [39455/24]