Parliamentary questions

Agriculture Industry

Michael Healy-Rae

549. Deputy Michael Healy-Rae asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will address a matter (details supplied). [19387/24]

Domestic Pets

Michael Healy-Rae

484. Deputy Michael Healy-Rae asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if all pets including cats and dogs that have come into the State from abroad have been the subject of the veterinary checks that are required under legislation; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17605/24]

Agriculture Industry

Michael Healy-Rae

549. Deputy Michael Healy-Rae asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine to provide an update on a case (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [16251/24]

Agriculture Schemes

Michael Healy-Rae

557. Deputy Michael Healy-Rae asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if consideration will be given allowing farmers to graze their SAC ground in view of the current bad weather; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [16538/24]

Agriculture Industry

Michael Healy-Rae

564. Deputy Michael Healy-Rae asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine his views on a matter (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [16744/24]

Agriculture Schemes

Michael Healy-Rae

120. Deputy Michael Healy-Rae asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine when a payment will issue to a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [15585/24]

Agriculture Schemes

Michael Healy-Rae

989. Deputy Michael Healy-Rae asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine when the ACRES tranche 3 will open; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [14643/24]

Fodder Crisis

Michael Healy-Rae

993. Deputy Michael Healy-Rae asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if there are any plans to introduce a fodder scheme due to the bad weather at the moment (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [14676/24]

EU Funding

Michael Healy-Rae

1027. Deputy Michael Healy-Rae asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine how much money in total was the total CAP budget worth for pillar 1 and pillar 2 for the 2023 recording year; of the total CAP budget in 2023 for pillar 1 and pillar 2, how much money was allocated to - farmers, sub-contractors and administration; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [14966/24]

EU Programmes

Michael Healy-Rae

1028. Deputy Michael Healy-Rae asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will consider how any added benefit gained from the PGI logo can be fairly distributed along the supply chain (details supplied); if he will report any concerns of the use of the logo to the Beef Market Taskforce and the relevant authorities; if he will monitor the use of the PGI Irish grass fed beef in trade through assessment of market information; if he will consider if there is a need for advertising campaigns to communicate the value of grass-fed beef to consumers; if the PGI oversight committee was informed of/or consulted with before PGI status was awarded to beef placed on Italian shelves bearing a PGI label; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [14967/24]

Agriculture Supports

Michael Healy-Rae

1029. Deputy Michael Healy-Rae asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if a series of matters in relation to the 2023 BISS online system will be examined and rectified (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [14968/24]

Beef Sector

Michael Healy-Rae

1030. Deputy Michael Healy-Rae asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will address a matter (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [14975/24]

Agriculture Schemes

Michael Healy-Rae

1035. Deputy Michael Healy-Rae asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if his Department will compensate organic farmers for their financial losses (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [15009/24]

Fishing Industry

Michael Healy-Rae

1036. Deputy Michael Healy-Rae asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine his views on a matter (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [15040/24]

Fishing Industry

Michael Healy-Rae

1037. Deputy Michael Healy-Rae asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine his views on a matter (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [15042/24]

Forestry Sector

Michael Healy-Rae

261. Deputy Michael Healy-Rae asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if the case of a person (details supplied) will be examined; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [13539/24]

Agriculture Schemes

Michael Healy-Rae

998. Deputy Michael Healy-Rae asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the reason his Department changed space for nature percentages for Eco scheme applications online after the applications were submitted, when the criteria to be followed and the pre-determined Departmental calculations for space for nature had allowed the Eco scheme applications to pass all checks and balances prior to submission online, this IT issue has been the source of much frustration to FAS advisors and scheme applicants, who await payments; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [12225/24]

Agriculture Schemes

Michael Healy-Rae

999. Deputy Michael Healy-Rae asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if the IT systems and algorithms used to compute, compile and process 2023 farm payments for ACRES, BISS and Eco scheme is fit for purpose; the reason his Department and FAS advisors are unable to finalise farm payments due to applicants within the timeframes promised by him; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [12227/24]

Departmental Contracts

Michael Healy-Rae

1000. Deputy Michael Healy-Rae asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine who developed the agrisnap app for recording information on farms; the amount the app cost to set up; if all the IT issues and difficulties with transfer of information from the app have been fixed; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [12230/24]

Agriculture Schemes

Michael Healy-Rae

1001. Deputy Michael Healy-Rae asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if additional resources were allocated to deal with the IT issues arising from the 2023 BISS, Eco scheme, CRISS and ANC application period for 2024; if the 2024 BISS application period will have the IT issues that were experienced during the 2023 schemes period; if additional resources were allocated to clear the backlog in 2023 payments; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [12231/24]

Agriculture Schemes

Michael Healy-Rae

1002. Deputy Michael Healy-Rae asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the reason farmers who are not participating in ACRES are receiving interim ACRES payments of €5,000 in their bank accounts; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [12232/24]

Fishing Industry

Michael Healy-Rae

1007. Deputy Michael Healy-Rae asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will reinstate the restrictions on vessels over 18 metres in length from operating within both the baseline and the six nautical mile (nm) limit (details supplied); if he will implement additional restrictions on commercial fishing practices within the Kenmare River as it is designated as a special area of conservation and received no protection from unsustainable fishing practices to date; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [12267/24]

Grant Payments

Michael Healy-Rae

1013. Deputy Michael Healy-Rae asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the status of an issue with a farm payment (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [12328/24]

Agriculture Industry

Michael Healy-Rae

1015. Deputy Michael Healy-Rae asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the structure of the Irish Pedigree Breeders Council under headings (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [12471/24]

Agriculture Schemes

Michael Healy-Rae

1016. Deputy Michael Healy-Rae asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the IT issues that farmers and FAS advisors experienced with BISS, Eco scheme, CRISS and ANC applications in 2023; if a guarantee will be given that farmers and FAS advisors will not experience IT issues in the 2024 application period; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [12472/24]

Agriculture Industry

Michael Healy-Rae

1027. Deputy Michael Healy-Rae asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will address a matter (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [12624/24]

Grant Payments

Michael Healy-Rae

1030. Deputy Michael Healy-Rae asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the status of a payment for a person (details supplied); the reason for the delay in issuing the payment; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [12732/24]

Aquaculture Industry

Michael Healy-Rae

1033. Deputy Michael Healy-Rae asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the reason for the difference between the shellfish licence and the mussel licence; the status of licences for persons (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [12776/24]

Teagasc Activities

Michael Healy-Rae

518. Deputy Michael Healy-Rae asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the conditions and circumstances which allowed Teagasc Ballyhaise to spread slurry within the prohibited period; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10385/24]

Agriculture Schemes

Michael Healy-Rae

93. Deputy Michael Healy-Rae asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will review an application for BISS (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [9406/24]

Agriculture Schemes

Michael Healy-Rae

98. Deputy Michael Healy-Rae asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if the case of a person and a compensation scheme for TB can be examined (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [9688/24]

Forestry Sector

Michael Healy-Rae

369. Deputy Michael Healy-Rae asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will provide all peer reviewed research reports his Department relied upon in defining what peat types are plantable under the new forestry programme; the reports that specify the differences between native woodland afforestation and conifer afforestation which support his Department’s position regarding same in the new forestry programme, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [8718/24]

Forestry Sector

Michael Healy-Rae

370. Deputy Michael Healy-Rae asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine for an update regarding the effectiveness of the NTA scheme in promoting forestry among farmers and landowners, given its financial attraction and efficient approval process (details supplied); the reasons for the low uptake; his plans to address and improve the situation; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [8719/24]

Agriculture Schemes

Michael Healy-Rae

372. Deputy Michael Healy-Rae asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the number of 2023 BISS applicants in Ireland that have encountered Departmental IT issues in relation the computation of space for nature percentages for both single measure ( >7% of farm area) and the enhanced measure ( >10% of farm area); the number of these farmers that are still without their ECO scheme payment; when his Department will rectify the issues for these BISS applications; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [8733/24]

Agriculture Supports

Michael Healy-Rae

396. Deputy Michael Healy-Rae asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the reasons for the delay in paying farmers the ECO payment that is due to them; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [9154/24]

Agriculture Industry

Michael Healy-Rae

465. Deputy Michael Healy-Rae asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if issues in relation to straw chopping (details supplied) will be examined; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [8085/24]

Agriculture Schemes

Michael Healy-Rae

265. Deputy Michael Healy-Rae asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if the case of a person (details supplied) will be examined; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [5802/24]

Aquaculture Industry

Michael Healy-Rae

386. Deputy Michael Healy-Rae asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will address a matter in relation to offshore fish farms (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [5090/24]

Agriculture Schemes

Michael Healy-Rae

395. Deputy Michael Healy-Rae asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the status of a payment for a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [5269/24]

Agriculture Schemes

Michael Healy-Rae

441. Deputy Michael Healy-Rae asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the status of a farm payment appeal by a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [3891/24]

Animal Welfare

Michael Healy-Rae

459. Deputy Michael Healy-Rae asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine his views on a proposal (details supplied) to ban electric dog collars; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [2398/24]

Aquaculture Industry

Michael Healy-Rae

267. Deputy Michael Healy-Rae asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine how many finfish aquaculture licences which were up for renewal have been passed through the statutory process and have been renewed by him in the past five years; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [2157/24]

Animal Carcase Disposal

Michael Healy-Rae

1158. Deputy Michael Healy-Rae asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine his plans to rectify a matter (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [56319/23]

Beef Sector

Michael Healy-Rae

1187. Deputy Michael Healy-Rae asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine to review matters raised in correspondence (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [56500/23]

Fishing Industry

Michael Healy-Rae

1190. Deputy Michael Healy-Rae asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the reason a fishery (details supplied) has been closed; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [56508/23]

Agriculture Schemes

Michael Healy-Rae

1195. Deputy Michael Healy-Rae asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine when applications for a scheme (details supplied) will open; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [56527/23]

Agriculture Schemes

Michael Healy-Rae

1196. Deputy Michael Healy-Rae asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if the case of a person (details supplied) will be examined; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [56528/23]

Agriculture Schemes

Michael Healy-Rae

1200. Deputy Michael Healy-Rae asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine to ensure continued support for farmers (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [56622/23]

Agriculture Industry

Michael Healy-Rae

1210. Deputy Michael Healy-Rae asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine when the next tranche of ACRES will open, and for how long; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [56832/23]

Agriculture Schemes

Michael Healy-Rae

1211. Deputy Michael Healy-Rae asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine when the soil sampling submission will begin again, and for how long it will be open; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [56833/23]