Parliamentary questions

Forestry Sector

Paul Kehoe

675. Deputy Paul Kehoe asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he has ensured the full integration and compatibility of afforestation and the afforestation scheme into the next Common Agriculture Policy which is a programme for Government commitment; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [2901/22]

Forestry Sector

Paul Kehoe

676. Deputy Paul Kehoe asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the real inflation adjusted increase or decrease in the afforestation grant for all global product classification categories for each year from 2000 to date in 2022; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [2902/22]

Forestry Sector

Paul Kehoe

677. Deputy Paul Kehoe asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine his views on whether there is an immediate need to increase the afforestation grant in line with the recent increase in the TAMS grant; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [2903/22]

Forestry Sector

Jackie Cahill

678. Deputy Jackie Cahill asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if the relevant stakeholders will be consulted on the forestry report being compiled by a person (details supplied) in order to ensure that the report is as comprehensive as possible; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [2907/22]

Forestry Sector

Jackie Cahill

679. Deputy Jackie Cahill asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will consult with farming organisations that are currently undertaking a survey on forestry management in other European countries; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [2908/22]

Environmental Policy

Joe O'Brien

680. Deputy Joe O'Brien asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if guidance on the legislation governing limitations on common ragwort, field thistle, spear thistle, broad-leaved dock and curled dock will be provided; and his plans to review these limitations given the value of these plants to Ireland's biodiversity and broader ecosystem. [2936/22]

Forestry Sector

Emer Higgins

681. Deputy Emer Higgins asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the reason for excluding the Slievethoul and Saggart Hill forests from the conversion process to multi-generational broadleaf forests under the Dublin Mountains Makeover initiative run by Coillte Nature; if he will consider including these forests in the new scheme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [2940/22]

Forestry Sector

Richard Boyd Barrett

682. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the number of Coillte road licences issued on the forestry licensing dashboard on week 2 January 2022; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [3000/22]

Harbours and Piers

Pearse Doherty

683. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the status of works for the smooth pier development (details supplied) at Killybegs Harbour; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [3052/22]

Animal Welfare

Alan Kelly

684. Deputy Alan Kelly asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if an nationwide audit has been carried out into dog pounds; and if there are plans to carry out an audit in the future. [3056/22]

Departmental Bodies

Catherine Murphy

685. Deputy Catherine Murphy asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the methodology used regarding the composition of a business case that was presented to the Department of Public Expenditure and Reform in respect of the salary and remuneration package for the new Chief Executive Officer at Horse Racing Ireland. [3060/22]

Agriculture Schemes

Michael Healy-Rae

686. Deputy Michael Healy-Rae asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the status of a green low-carbon agri-environment scheme or GLAS appeal by a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [3097/22]

Departmental Bodies

Matt Carthy

687. Deputy Matt Carthy asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the reason that the salary for the new Chief Executive Officer of Horse Racing Ireland was set at a higher rate than that previously stipulated; if the decision originated within his Department or Horse Racing Ireland; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [3227/22]

Departmental Bodies

Matt Carthy

688. Deputy Matt Carthy asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the value of pension entitlements that will be accrued, by year, by the new Chief Executive Officer of Horse Racing Ireland; the performance related bonuses; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [3228/22]

Departmental Bodies

Matt Carthy

689. Deputy Matt Carthy asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the salary against which the salary of the new Chief Executive Officer of Horse Racing Ireland was benchmarked; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [3229/22]

Departmental Bodies

Matt Carthy

690. Deputy Matt Carthy asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if a condition or mechanism exists within the contract for the new Chief Executive Officer of Horse Racing Ireland, which would see proposed salary increases in years two and three of the contract not implemented; if such a condition or mechanism exists that would see the salary reduced; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [3230/22]

Departmental Data

Jackie Cahill

691. Deputy Jackie Cahill asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the number of dairy cows there were in County Tipperary in 2021; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [3236/22]

Departmental Data

Jackie Cahill

692. Deputy Jackie Cahill asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the number of suckler cows there were in County Tipperary in 2021; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [3237/22]

Departmental Data

Jackie Cahill

693. Deputy Jackie Cahill asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the value of direct payments to County Tipperary farmers in 2021, by direct payment type and in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [3238/22]

Forestry Sector

Jackie Cahill

694. Deputy Jackie Cahill asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the number of forestry licences his Department projects it will issue in 2022; the number that are projected to be new licences for afforestation; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [3240/22]

Closed-Circuit Television Systems

Jackie Cahill

695. Deputy Jackie Cahill asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine when CCTV cameras will be installed on racecourses and in race yards as has been recommended to him; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [3241/22]

Agriculture Schemes

Jackie Cahill

696. Deputy Jackie Cahill asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine , further to Parliamentary Question No. 354 of 9 December 2021, the breakdown of when the 682 GLAS participants planted land, the number of participants and the area planted per year, respectively, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [3267/22]

Agriculture Schemes

Jackie Cahill

697. Deputy Jackie Cahill asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine , further to Parliamentary Question No. 354 of 9 December 2021, the month and year the 682 participants in GLAS who planted land applied for their afforestation licence; when they received their afforestation licence, by month and year; when they completed the planting of the lands compared with when the first grants and premium were paid, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [3268/22]

Agriculture Schemes

Jackie Cahill

698. Deputy Jackie Cahill asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if the 682 participants in GLAS, who planted land, represents 1.42% of the total participants in GLAS as having planted land under the afforestation grant and premium scheme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [3269/22]

Agriculture Schemes

Jackie Cahill

699. Deputy Jackie Cahill asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the number of the 48,000 participants in GLAS who applied for afforestation approval under the afforestation grant and premium scheme during the term of GLAS; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [3270/22]

Greyhound Industry

Sean Fleming

700. Deputy Sean Fleming asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the status of improvements in terms of safety, well-being and care of greyhounds and dogs in Ireland; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [3386/22]

Agriculture Schemes

Brendan Smith

701. Deputy Brendan Smith asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine when it is proposed to revise costings for farm improvement works to be grant-aided under targeted agricultural modernisation scheme, TAMS; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [3415/22]

Forestry Sector

Colm Burke

702. Deputy Colm Burke asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the number of private roads issued on the forestry licensing dashboard on week 2 January 2022; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [3469/22]

Domestic, Sexual and Gender-based Violence

Mary Lou McDonald

703. Deputy Mary Lou McDonald asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine his Department's total capital and current expenditure budget for 2021 and 2022 for domestic, sexual and gender-based violence with a breakdown for each related allocation for both years, in tabular form. [3493/22]

Agriculture Schemes

Matt Carthy

704. Deputy Matt Carthy asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine , further to Parliamentary Question No. 1172 of 2 November 2021, the location in the terms and conditions of the basic payment scheme in which reference is made to force majeure being accepted as a reason for compliance not being achieved as opposed to an application not being submitted on time or an on-farm inspection not having been facilitated; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [3605/22]

Ministerial Staff

Catherine Murphy

705. Deputy Catherine Murphy asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the number of civilian and Garda ministerial drivers in his current corps of drivers; the breakdown of the civilian versus Garda drivers; and the total costs, including salaries, maintenance, fuel and so on incurred by the driver corps in 2020 and 2021. [3964/22]

Coillte Teoranta

David Stanton

314. Deputy David Stanton asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the terms and conditions included in a felling licence issued by his Department to Coillte for the Curragh Wood, Midleton, County Cork (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [2699/22]

Coillte Teoranta

Jackie Cahill

315. Deputy Jackie Cahill asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will engage with Coillte and the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform with a view to increasing the pension payments for retired workers considering their pensions have not been increased since 2008; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [2700/22]

Coillte Teoranta

Jackie Cahill

316. Deputy Jackie Cahill asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will engage with Coillte with a view to increasing the pension payments for retired workers, considering their pensions have not been increased since 2008; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [2701/22]

Agriculture Schemes

Brendan Griffin

317. Deputy Brendan Griffin asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine when a decision on a 2021 basic payment scheme dual claim will issue to a person (details supplied) in County Kerry for claimed lands at a location; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [2742/22]

Fishing Industry

Brendan Griffin

318. Deputy Brendan Griffin asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if the log period for smaller lobster fishing boats will be extended; if flexibility will be shown in relation to the case of a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [2750/22]

Departmental Reports

Matt Carthy

319. Deputy Matt Carthy asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine further to Parliamentary Question No. 797 of 15 September 2021, the status of the €100,000 report on the development of a woollen industry; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [2770/22]

Departmental Data

Matt Carthy

320. Deputy Matt Carthy asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the number of full-time equivalent Departmental veterinary inspectors to meat processing plants by quarter, weekday and weekend for the years 2017 to date; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [2771/22]

Departmental Data

Matt Carthy

321. Deputy Matt Carthy asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the full-time equivalent of Departmental veterinary inspectors to meat processing plants by month from September 2021 to date; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [2772/22]

Agriculture Industry

Matt Carthy

322. Deputy Matt Carthy asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine his proposals to support the pig sector in response to the decreased prices received by farmers, increased feed costs and issues relating to processing capacity at meat factories; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [2773/22]

Agriculture Industry

Brendan Smith

323. Deputy Brendan Smith asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the outcome of discussions at the recent European Council of Agriculture Ministers in relation to the serious difficulties facing the pigmeat sector at present; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [2801/22]

Agriculture Industry

Brendan Smith

324. Deputy Brendan Smith asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the measures including financial support that will be introduced to support the pigmeat sector through the present serious difficulties; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [2817/22]

Agriculture Industry

Brendan Smith

325. Deputy Brendan Smith asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if his Department can support an increase in processing capacity at pigmeat plants due to present difficulties; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [2818/22]

Agriculture Industry

Brendan Smith

326. Deputy Brendan Smith asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if financial assistance will be made available through existing Covid-19 and Brexit related support funding; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [2824/22]

Coillte Teoranta

Brendan Griffin

327. Deputy Brendan Griffin asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if Coillte will consider purchasing forestry at a location (details supplied) in County Kerry; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [2832/22]

Agriculture Schemes

Robert Troy

328. Deputy Robert Troy asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine when a GLAS appeal by a person (details supplied) will be decided. [2838/22]

Agriculture Schemes

Alan Dillon

329. Deputy Alan Dillon asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the State backed incentives and schemes that are available for young farmers; and the additional measures planned for young farmers in the next CAP. [2840/22]

Forestry Sector

James Browne

330. Deputy James Browne asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the position regarding an ecology felling licence in the case of a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [2845/22]

Departmental Correspondence

David Cullinane

1944. Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine his views on issues raised in correspondence from a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [62945/21]

Departmental Programmes

Pádraig O'Sullivan

1945. Deputy Pádraig O'Sullivan asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will provide a breakdown of payments for an area (details supplied) under the beef sector efficiency programmes; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [62952/21]

Agriculture Schemes

Jackie Cahill

1946. Deputy Jackie Cahill asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if there will be a stocking rate requirement in order to qualify for the single farm payment scheme 2023; if so, if the rate has been set; if equines will be included in calculations; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [62990/21]

Agriculture Schemes

Jackie Cahill

1947. Deputy Jackie Cahill asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the list of requirements to qualify for payment under the eco-schemes; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [62991/21]

Animal Welfare

Paul Murphy

1948. Deputy Paul Murphy asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if his attention has been drawn to a report detailing the recreational shooting of sheep, goats and deer by trophy hunter tourists; if this breaches animal protection legislation; and if he will act to stop it and prosecute those responsible (details supplied). [62994/21]

Animal Welfare

Paul Murphy

1949. Deputy Paul Murphy asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the number of greyhounds injured, killed and destroyed at tracks in 2021; the names of the greyhounds; the nature of each injury and death and destruction; and the associated dates and track locations. [62996/21]

Agriculture Schemes

Jackie Cahill

1950. Deputy Jackie Cahill asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if women with at least a level 6 in agriculture or who have been head of a farm holding for at least three years could qualify for the TAMS 60% grant (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [63016/21]

Agriculture Schemes

Jackie Cahill

1951. Deputy Jackie Cahill asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if women who join a formal farm partnership with a minimum level 6 qualification and who meet the eligible age criteria can obtain the 60% TAMS grant within the partnership; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [63017/21]

Agriculture Schemes

Jennifer Whitmore

1952. Deputy Jennifer Whitmore asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the number of landowners found to have been ineligible for funding under an area-based scheme in each of the past ten years due to an incidence of illegal burning in the previous period by county in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [63086/21]

Agriculture Schemes

Jennifer Whitmore

1953. Deputy Jennifer Whitmore asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the number of inspections, ground and satellite, undertaken by his Department to identify illegal burns by county; the number of illegal burns successfully identified as a result; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [63087/21]

Agriculture Schemes

Jennifer Whitmore

1954. Deputy Jennifer Whitmore asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the number of times land declared as eligible on a basic payment scheme application was identified as having been burned during the closed season; the number of successful appeals made against this; the criteria by which an appeal is judged; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [63088/21]

Fishery Harbour Centres

Thomas Pringle

1955. Deputy Thomas Pringle asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the controls of the harbour master on fishing activity by pots in the area of the fishery harbour centre under his control; the legislative basis for same; the details of those controls; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [63134/21]

Farm Inspections

Matt Carthy

1956. Deputy Matt Carthy asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the number of farmers selected for satellite inspection in 2020; if he has considered processing these inspections in a timeframe that would facilitate payment to these farmers with whom no issue is found at the same time as those not selected for inspection; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [63142/21]

Farm Inspections

Matt Carthy

1957. Deputy Matt Carthy asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the average and maximum delay in issuance of payment under the basic payment scheme for farmers selected for satellite inspection with whom no issue is found; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [63143/21]

Animal Breeding

Fergus O'Dowd

1958. Deputy Fergus O'Dowd asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the number of prosecutions for offences involving illegal puppy farms since new stronger regulations were introduced in 2020 (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [63180/21]

Animal Breeding

Fergus O'Dowd

1959. Deputy Fergus O'Dowd asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the number of sellers and suppliers of pets and animals who have registered with his Department since the new regulations in the area were introduced in 2020; the details on further actions that are required to target the sale and distribution of animals through illicit puppy farms; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [63181/21]

Agriculture Schemes

Sean Fleming

1960. Deputy Sean Fleming asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine when a GLAS payment will be granted to a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [63228/21]

Animal Welfare

Bríd Smith

1961. Deputy Bríd Smith asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if his attention has been drawn to the tourism of paid trophy shooting of sheep, goats and deer in County Wicklow and possibly elsewhere; the steps he will take to outlaw this barbaric practice; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [63236/21]

Forestry Sector

Carol Nolan

1962. Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the reason an issue (details supplied) has not been resolved; if a decision on the application can be expedited; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [63243/21]

Animal Welfare

Emer Higgins

1963. Deputy Emer Higgins asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the criteria that determined the amount of funding that was given to each animal welfare organisation under the €3.7 million allocated to organisations on animal welfare awareness day; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [63270/21]

Agriculture Schemes

Christopher O'Sullivan

1964. Deputy Christopher O'Sullivan asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the number of participants in the current round of TAMS 2014-2021 who were successful in acquiring funds for equine housing; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [63287/21]

Livestock Issues

Brian Leddin

1965. Deputy Brian Leddin asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will provide a list of the voyages of dedicated livestock vessels departing from Ireland in 2020 and in 2021 that were accompanied by a vet, by departure date and destination and if the vet travelled to the destination port and observed the unloading of the livestock; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [63309/21]

Departmental Programmes

Niall Collins

1966. Deputy Niall Collins asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will address the concerns outlined in correspondence (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [63523/21]

Forestry Sector

Paul Kehoe

1967. Deputy Paul Kehoe asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if Christmas tree farmers must apply for a felling licence in order to cut their crop; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [63553/21]

Departmental Programmes

Sean Fleming

1968. Deputy Sean Fleming asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine when a payment will be issued to a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [63565/21]

Timber Supply

Jackie Cahill

1969. Deputy Jackie Cahill asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the amount of timber that has been imported in each month in 2021, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [1079/22]

Farm Inspections

Richard O'Donoghue

1970. Deputy Richard O'Donoghue asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if flexibility will be given in relation to sheep inspections during the busy lambing months given the welfare issues regarding the moving of heavy in-lamb or recently lambed ewes (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [1151/22]

Pigmeat Sector

Michael Creed

1971. Deputy Michael Creed asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the initiatives he plans to assist the pig production sector given the collapse in prices and the significant increase in input costs; the discussions he has had with the sector in this regard; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [1221/22]

Forestry Sector

Martin Browne

1972. Deputy Martin Browne asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the target volume of forestry licences his Department plans to issue in 2022; and the target figures by category. [1267/22]

Forestry Sector

Martin Browne

1973. Deputy Martin Browne asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the number of forestry licences that are awaiting assessment at the start of 2022 in chronological order and by licence type. [1268/22]

Agriculture Schemes

Michael Healy-Rae

1974. Deputy Michael Healy-Rae asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if the case of a person (details supplied) will be examined given they have not received correspondence in relation to the matter; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [1277/22]

Crop Losses

Paul Kehoe

1975. Deputy Paul Kehoe asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the contact he has had with an organisation (details supplied) regarding the hundreds of acres of land that were flooded in County Wexford in December 2021; if he will consider putting in place a grant scheme to assist in replacing winter cereal crops that have been destroyed by the flooding; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [1318/22]

Forestry Sector

Michael Lowry

1976. Deputy Michael Lowry asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if his attention has been drawn to the fact that only 4,035 forestry licences were issued by his Department in 2021, which is well short of his Department's own target of 4,500 for 2021; if his attention has been further drawn to the fact that the figure of 4,035 is far below the of 7,000 licences the industry actually required; the number of forestry licences issued by county; the categories of each type of licence issued in 2021; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [1343/22]

Forestry Sector

Michael Lowry

1977. Deputy Michael Lowry asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the target number of forestry licences his Department plans to issue in 2022; if he plans to invest additional resources in the Forest Service in order to reach the 7,000 licences required annually by the industry given the well documented additional resources invested into the Forest Service in 2020 and 2021; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [1344/22]

Harbours and Piers

Éamon Ó Cuív

1978. Deputy Éamon Ó Cuív asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine when it is hoped to make a decision in relation to the provision of a deep-water pier in Ros a’Mhíl in view of the recent report published by his Department in relation to the pier (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [1369/22]

Fishing Industry

Éamon Ó Cuív

1979. Deputy Éamon Ó Cuív asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the discussions he or his Department have had with the Department of Transport to have marine qualifications and experience in the fishing industry recognised by the merchant navy and vice versa on a like-for-like basis; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [1384/22]

Fishing Industry

Éamon Ó Cuív

1980. Deputy Éamon Ó Cuív asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the proposals he has to introduce new fishing licences and allocate quota to small-scale fishermen on islands and in remote rural areas to encourage the reintroduction of traditional fishing in these communities on a sustainable basis; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [1385/22]

Departmental Reviews

Mary Lou McDonald

1981. Deputy Mary Lou McDonald asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the current number of live studies, reviews and research undertaken or commissioned by him in tabular form; and the date by which each study, review and research is scheduled to be completed. [1546/22]

Agriculture Schemes

Marian Harkin

1982. Deputy Marian Harkin asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if a person (details supplied) will receive full entitlements for 2022; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [1583/22]

Social Media

Seán Sherlock

1983. Deputy Sean Sherlock asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the amount spent on social media by his Department and agencies under his remit in 2021; and the platforms the monies were spent on in tabular form. [1693/22]

Departmental Contracts

Seán Sherlock

1984. Deputy Sean Sherlock asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the amount spent on consultancy services by his Department in 2021; the reason for each consultancy; and the name of the consultancy in tabular form. [1711/22]

Forestry Sector

Seán Sherlock

1985. Deputy Sean Sherlock asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the projected volume of forestry licences his Department will issue in 2022, in tabular form. [1749/22]

Departmental Contracts

Catherine Murphy

1986. Deputy Catherine Murphy asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will provide a schedule of all client and or customer facing and or orientated services that his Department provide via a contracted service provider; the contractor that provides the service; and the cost of same for the past five years to date in 2022. [1793/22]

Forestry Sector

Joe Carey

1987. Deputy Joe Carey asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine when a forestry application by a person (details supplied) will be processed; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [1812/22]

Departmental Reviews

Matt Carthy

1988. Deputy Matt Carthy asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the timeframe for completion of the announced review of the Irish woollen industry; the amount of funding that has been allocated to the review; the terms of reference of the review; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [1852/22]

Food Promotion

Darren O'Rourke

1989. Deputy Darren O'Rourke asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if a food-related trade mission to China will occur in quarter 1 of 2022 [1898/22]

International Relations

Darren O'Rourke

1990. Deputy Darren O'Rourke asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he plans to have an agriculture attaché assigned to the embassy in Singapore. [1899/22]

Greyhound Industry

Martin Browne

1991. Deputy Martin Browne asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if the ownership of Shelbourne Park and the reported issues with ownership of the underground kennel area will be clarified. [1964/22]

Greyhound Industry

Martin Browne

1992. Deputy Martin Browne asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will provide a breakdown of the €2,255,872 spent on animal welfare by Greyhound Racing Ireland in 2018, the €2,174,090 spend in 2019 and the €1,764,569 spend in 2020, categorised in relation to racing regulation, welfare, laboratory, integrity and governance. [1965/22]

Greyhound Industry

Martin Browne

1993. Deputy Martin Browne asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if the Greyhound Racing Ireland laboratory has the capability to test blood and hair follicle samples; if so, the cost of such tests; and the number of such tests carried out in 2020 and 2021. [1966/22]

Seirbhísí Oileán

Éamon Ó Cuív

1994. D'fhiafraigh Deputy Éamon Ó Cuív den Aire Talmhaíochta, Bia agus Mara an bhfuil sé i gceist aige go dtabharfar pasanna d’oileánaigh as na hOileáin Árann le go gceadófar dóibh páirceáil saor in aisce sa gcarr clóis poiblí atá gar don ché farantóireachta i Ros a’Mhíl, ós rud é go bhfuil na socruithe atá i bhfeidhm faoi láthair mífheiliúnach, mar a míníodh dó nuair a thug sé cuairt ar Ros a’Mhíl i mí Dheireadh Fómhair; agus an ndéanfaidh sé ráiteas ina thaobh. [2029/22]

Forestry Sector

Violet-Anne Wynne

1995. Deputy Violet-Anne Wynne asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will incorporate forestry schemes into the CAP environmental requisites for farmers in order to increase the numbers of tree planted across the State and to create a pathway for farmers in order to satisfy their environmental obligations under CAP. [2066/22]