Parliamentary questions

Hospital Staff

Michael McNamara

639. Deputy Michael McNamara asked the Minister for Health the number of non-consultant hospital doctors who were employed in HSE-run hospitals in December 2022; the corresponding figure for December 2019; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [4110/23]

Hospital Waiting Lists

Michael McNamara

640. Deputy Michael McNamara asked the Minister for Health the number of persons waiting on hip and or knee surgery and cataract surgery in counties Clare, Limerick and Tipperary. [4111/23]

Primary Care Centres

Michael McNamara

710. Deputy Michael McNamara asked the Minister for Health the services that are presently being provided at the Ennis primary healthcare centre at Station Road, Ennis, County Clare; the additional staffing requirements that are required to facilitate full operations; when the centre will be fully operational; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [4535/23]

Covid-19 Pandemic Supports

Michael McNamara

158. Deputy Michael McNamara asked the Minister for Health the reason for the delay in issuing Covid-19 recognition payments; when he expects outstanding payments to be made to frontline workers in private nursing homes, hospices and agency healthcare assistants; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [3400/23]

Pension Levy

Michael McNamara

233. Deputy Michael McNamara asked the Minister for Finance if he has any plans to abolish the Government pension levy introduced in tandem with the jobs initiative in 2011, as the jobs initiative has now concluded; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [2890/23]

Medical Cards

Michael McNamara

522. Deputy Michael McNamara asked the Minister for Health if he has any plans to increase the threshold for medical card holders in line with increases in budget 2023; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [2888/23]

Flexible Work Practices

Michael McNamara

109. Deputy Michael McNamara asked the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the steps that are being taken to implement the right to work from home in the Civil Service; the systems that are in place to ensure there is no resultant diminution of the output of the Civil Service; the way the impact on civil servants and the output of the Civil Service is being monitored; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [2614/23]

Disability Services

Michael McNamara

311. Deputy Michael McNamara asked the Minister for Health if he will expedite a residential service for a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [2517/23]

Health Services

Michael McNamara

330. Deputy Michael McNamara asked the Minister for Health if he has considered making the cystosponge test for oesophageal cancer diagnosis available in Ireland; if he will outline any plans to do so; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [2597/23]

Hospital Services

Michael McNamara

1379. Deputy Michael McNamara asked the Minister for Health his plans to integrate any planned virtual home hospital services with community care services and GP services to facilitate supported early hospital discharge of patients; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [1018/23]

Hospital Services

Michael McNamara

1380. Deputy Michael McNamara asked the Minister for Health his plans to develop and scale up virtual home hospital services within the HSE for early supported discharge, particularly for respiratory illness in order to relieve winter stress on the hospital services; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [1019/23]

Nursing Homes

Michael McNamara

1697. Deputy Michael McNamara asked the Minister for Health when an application for the fair deal scheme will be processed for a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [2248/23]

Enterprise Policy

Michael McNamara

146. Deputy Michael McNamara asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment when he will make regulations under section 7 of the Transnational Information and Consultation of Employees Act 1996, in view of the migration of more than 100 European Works Councils to Ireland following Brexit; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [62875/22]

Enterprise Policy

Michael McNamara

147. Deputy Michael McNamara asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment his views on the concerns expressed by the European Commission and an organisation (details supplied) regarding the adequacy of Ireland's transposition of Directive 2009/38/EC; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [62876/22]

School Transport

Michael McNamara

142. Deputy Michael McNamara asked the Minister for Education if the case of a child (details supplied) who has no school transport will be addressed; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [62493/22]

School Transport

Michael McNamara

347. Deputy Michael McNamara asked the Minister for Education if she will provide an update on a school transport service (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [61691/22]

Social Welfare Benefits

Michael McNamara

425. Deputy Michael McNamara asked the Minister for Social Protection when a person (details supplied) in County Clare will receive a decision on their invalidity pension claim; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [62223/22]

Departmental Data

Michael McNamara

570. Deputy Michael McNamara asked the Minister for Health the total rent currently paid by the Health Service Executive per month and per year in Ennis, County Clare; if he will list all properties rented by the HSE in Ennis, County Clare; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [61826/22]

Agriculture Schemes

Michael McNamara

159. Deputy Michael McNamara asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the purpose of the discrimination between the funding available to male and female applicants aged 41-55 years under the targeted agricultural modernisation scheme, TAMS; the steps he will take to enable all applicants to access the higher level of funding regardless of their gender; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [61352/22]

Agriculture Schemes

Michael McNamara

162. Deputy Michael McNamara asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the steps he will take to ensure that farmers in co-operation areas can access the same level of funding per hectare under the ACRES scheme as those who are not in co-operation areas; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [61351/22]

School Transport

Michael McNamara

256. Deputy Michael McNamara asked the Minister for Education if the case of children (details supplied) who have no school transport will be addressed; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [61542/22]

School Transport

Michael McNamara

257. Deputy Michael McNamara asked the Minister for Education , further to Parliamentary Question No. 602 of 8 November 2022, when school transport will be facilitated in the case of a person (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [61559/22]

Departmental Data

Michael McNamara

83. Deputy Michael McNamara asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if he will provide the unemployment figures for County Clare including a comparison with the figures nationally; the actions he will take to further create jobs in County Clare; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [60455/22]

Departmental Correspondence

Michael McNamara

213. Deputy Michael McNamara asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage when he will reply to a letter from persons (details supplied) considering matters within his ministerial remit; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [60271/22]

Social Welfare Eligibility

Michael McNamara

371. Deputy Michael McNamara asked the Minister for Social Protection when a decision will be made in relation to an application by a person (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [60756/22]

Care Services

Michael McNamara

584. Deputy Michael McNamara asked the Minister for Health if respite services have been discontinued temporarily at Ennistymon Community Hospital, County Clare; if so, the plans that are in place to have the services fully restored given that the respite and short stay beds provide a lifeline for families and their loved ones; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [60409/22]

Health Services Staff

Michael McNamara

601. Deputy Michael McNamara asked the Minister for Health if a nursing registration PIN can be expedited for a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [60462/22]

Fishing Industry

Michael McNamara

722. Deputy Michael McNamara asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the figures for fish landed into all the local authority harbours in County Clare in each of the years 2019 to 2021 and to date in 2022; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [60456/22]

School Transport

Michael McNamara

104. Deputy Michael McNamara asked the Minister for Education if there are any plans to increase payment of the remote area grant towards the cost of private transport; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [59605/22]

Social Welfare Benefits

Michael McNamara

392. Deputy Michael McNamara asked the Minister for Social Protection when a decision will be made in relation to an application by a person (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [58761/22]

Social Welfare Benefits

Michael McNamara

393. Deputy Michael McNamara asked the Minister for Social Protection when a decision will be made in relation to an application by a person (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [58762/22]

Social Welfare Benefits

Michael McNamara

394. Deputy Michael McNamara asked the Minister for Social Protection when a decision will be made in relation to an application by a person (details supplied) [58764/22]

Social Welfare Benefits

Michael McNamara

416. Deputy Michael McNamara asked the Minister for Social Protection the number of persons in County Clare in receipt of the fuel allowance at the end of 2020, at the end of 2021 and the figure as of November 2022; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [59031/22]

Social Welfare Benefits

Michael McNamara

420. Deputy Michael McNamara asked the Minister for Social Protection when a decision will be made on an application by a person (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [59080/22]

Commissions of Inquiry

Michael McNamara

591. Deputy Michael McNamara asked the Minister for Justice the number of occasions that the single person committee of inquiry advised to disclose partial disclosure or full disclosure, respectively, since September 2020; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [59395/22]

Driver Test

Michael McNamara

161. Deputy Michael McNamara asked the Minister for Transport when a person (details supplied) will be facilitated with a driving test; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [58523/22]

Departmental Schemes

Michael McNamara

170. Deputy Michael McNamara asked the Minister for Finance if the new Disabled Drivers Medical Board of Appeal has been appointed following the resignation of the previous board; if his commitment that a comprehensive review of this scheme has taken place; if so, the outcome of that review; if he has expanded the criteria for qualification for this scheme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [58484/22]

Agriculture Schemes

Michael McNamara

326. Deputy Michael McNamara asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will confirm that his Department differentiates between male and female applicants for TAMS funding, given that 60% TAMS funding will be provided to successful female applicants aged 41-55 years of age, whereas only 40% funding will be provided to similarly aged male applicants. [58556/22]

Agriculture Schemes

Michael McNamara

327. Deputy Michael McNamara asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he sought advice on whether the differentiation between male and female TAMS applicants aged 41-55 years of age is permissible under the Constitution of Ireland. [58557/22]

Agriculture Schemes

Michael McNamara

328. Deputy Michael McNamara asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the arrangements that are in place for transsexual and intersex TAMS applicants aged 41-55 years of age. [58558/22]

Driver Test

Michael McNamara

223. Deputy Michael McNamara asked the Minister for Transport when a person (details supplied) will be facilitated with a driving test; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [57948/22]

Covid-19 Pandemic Supports

Michael McNamara

607. Deputy Michael McNamara asked the Minister for Health when persons (details supplied) will receive their Covid-19 recognition payment for frontline workers; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [57465/22]

Community Development Projects

Michael McNamara

807. Deputy Michael McNamara asked the Minister for Rural and Community Development when a decision will issue to a group (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [57988/22]

Departmental Schemes

Michael McNamara

205. Deputy Michael McNamara asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will address the case of a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [56995/22]

Industrial Development

Michael McNamara

136. Deputy Michael McNamara asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the breakdown of the number of site visits hosted by IDA Ireland in counties Galway, Clare and Limerick to date in 2022, by county; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [56330/22]

Industrial Development

Michael McNamara

137. Deputy Michael McNamara asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the number of new IDA Ireland jobs created in counties Clare, Kerry and Limerick in 2020, 2021 and to date in 2022; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [56331/22]

Emergency Planning

Michael McNamara

144. Deputy Michael McNamara asked the Minister for the Environment, Climate and Communications if any meetings of the national emergency co-ordination group have taken place during 2022 to discuss the State's response to fuel rationing this winter; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [56340/22]

Water Services

Michael McNamara

272. Deputy Michael McNamara asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage if he will be expanding the €50 million scheme providing funding for water services infrastructure in rural villages that currently are outside Irish Water's investment programmes; if he will consider the inclusion of Carrigaholt, Cooraclare and Doolin, County Clare, in any expanded scheme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [56338/22]

Wastewater Treatment

Michael McNamara

273. Deputy Michael McNamara asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the number of group sewerage schemes that were approved funding in each county in the years 2020, 2021 and to date in 2022, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [56341/22]

Emergency Planning

Michael McNamara

313. Deputy Michael McNamara asked the Minister for Defence if he will provide details of the members of the national emergency co-ordination group; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [56339/22]

Emergency Planning

Michael McNamara

314. Deputy Michael McNamara asked the Minister for Defence if any meetings of the national emergency co-ordination group have taken place during 2022 to discuss the State's response to arriving Ukrainian refugees; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [56340/22]

Social Welfare Benefits

Michael McNamara

382. Deputy Michael McNamara asked the Minister for Social Protection if she will provide the number of persons in receipt of the fuel allowance at the end of 2021 and the figure as of November 2022, in tabular form; the average waiting time for applications to be processed; the number of applications that have been refused; the number that are still pending; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [56347/22]

Social Welfare Payments

Michael McNamara

383. Deputy Michael McNamara asked the Minister for Social Protection the number of persons in receipt of the family income supplement in each county at the end of 2021; and the corresponding figure for November 2022. [56348/22]

An Garda Síochána

Michael McNamara

471. Deputy Michael McNamara asked the Minister for Justice the number of Garda Síochána vehicles, by type, that were in operation nationally at the end of each year since 2013; the number that are in operation as of November 2022 and the number of vehicles that are in operation in the Clare Garda Division. [56332/22]

Domestic Violence

Michael McNamara

472. Deputy Michael McNamara asked the Minister for Justice if she will provide details of funding allocated to domestic abuse support organisations in 2021 and to date in 2022, in tabular form; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [56333/22]

Domestic Violence

Michael McNamara

473. Deputy Michael McNamara asked the Minister for Justice if she will provide figures relating to domestic abuse incidents across all divisions of An Garda Síochána in the year to date, including the number of calls received by An Garda Síochána to respond to domestic abuse incidents; the number of criminal charges referred for breaches of domestic abuse court orders; the number of criminal charges reported for alleged crimes involving an element of domestic abuse; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [56334/22]

Hospital Facilities

Michael McNamara

542. Deputy Michael McNamara asked the Minister for Health the number of hospital beds, broken down by acute, non-acute and ICU beds, which are currently in place in HSE-run hospitals; the corresponding figures for 8 February 2020; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [56350/22]

Health Services

Michael McNamara

543. Deputy Michael McNamara asked the Minister for Health when the new chronic disease management hub will become fully operational in County Clare; the location, functions and staffing details of the hub; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [56351/22]

Trade Data

Michael McNamara

611. Deputy Michael McNamara asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the details of beef imports for 2021 and for the first three quarters of 2022; the number of tonnes imported; the countries from which such imports took place; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [56335/22]

Trade Data

Michael McNamara

612. Deputy Michael McNamara asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the total food products of non-animal origin imported to Ireland in 2021 and to date in 2022, by the country of origin and overall tonnage of individual products in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [56336/22]

Regeneration Projects

Michael McNamara

633. Deputy Michael McNamara asked the Minister for Rural and Community Development the status of the rural regeneration and development fund category one funding application submitted by Clare County Council to her Department for Kilrush maritime training centre; when a decision will be made on the application; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [56343/22]

Ukraine War

Michael McNamara

201. Deputy Michael McNamara asked the Minister for Transport the number of certificates of professional competence that have issued to Ukrainian lorry drivers now based in Ireland to enable them to earn a living here as lorry drivers since 24 February 2022; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [54902/22]

Ukraine War

Michael McNamara

202. Deputy Michael McNamara asked the Minister for Transport the number of certificate of professional competence courses for Ukrainian lorry drivers, an essential prerequisite to enable them to obtain a CPC to earn a living here as lorry drivers, since 24 February 2022; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [54903/22]

Driver Licences

Michael McNamara

203. Deputy Michael McNamara asked the Minister for Transport when certificate of professional competence courses for lorry drivers will be carried out online; the reason they are not carried out online to date; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [54904/22]

Driver Licences

Michael McNamara

204. Deputy Michael McNamara asked the Minister for Transport the number of requests for online CPC courses received; the number of objections to attending an in-person CPC course during the initial "lockdown" and periods in which level-five restrictions were in place in 2020, 2021 and 2022; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [54905/22]

Student Accommodation

Michael McNamara

299. Deputy Michael McNamara asked the Minister for Finance the reason that students who are staying in "digs" type accommodation as opposed to students who are staying in Residential Tenancies Board-registered accommodation are not entitled to the recently announced tax credit for student accommodation given that the parents of these students and some of the students are taxpayers; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [55635/22]

Planning Issues

Michael McNamara

350. Deputy Michael McNamara asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the reason that a decision has not been made in an An Bord Pleanála appeal (details supplied) which was lodged on 10 October 2021 and an indicative date of 16 February 2022 for a decision was initially provided; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [54173/22]

Planning Issues

Michael McNamara

351. Deputy Michael McNamara asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage if the delays in decision-making by An Bord Pleanála is as a result of a lack of financial resources and-or a lack of human resources or mismanagement; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [54174/22]

Planning Issues

Michael McNamara

352. Deputy Michael McNamara asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage if the impact of the delays in decision-making by An Bord Pleanála on the economy has been quantified; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [54175/22]

Planning Issues

Michael McNamara

353. Deputy Michael McNamara asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage if An Bord Pleanála will be replaced by a body capable of carrying-out its current remit in an efficient and diligent manner; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [54176/22]

Planning Issues

Michael McNamara

354. Deputy Michael McNamara asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the number of appeals lodged with An Bord Pleanála in 2021 that have not yet been decided; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [54177/22]

Planning Issues

Michael McNamara

355. Deputy Michael McNamara asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the number of cases at An Bord Pleanála that a decision is still awaited more than six months after the initial indicative decision date; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [54178/22]

State Examinations

Michael McNamara

528. Deputy Michael McNamara asked the Minister for Education if the Leaving Certificate exam will be available in Ukrainian language for students to sit the Leaving Certificate in June 2023 (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [54382/22]

School Transport

Michael McNamara

602. Deputy Michael McNamara asked the Minister for Education when school transport will be facilitated in the case of a child (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [55255/22]

Social Welfare Payments

Michael McNamara

637. Deputy Michael McNamara asked the Minister for Social Protection when a reply will issue to a person (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [54285/22]

Health Services Staff

Michael McNamara

1212. Deputy Michael McNamara asked the Minister for Health if he will outline the contractual or other legal basis for the effective demotion of a registered general nurse (details supplied) employed by the HSE mid-West; if that information can be provided directly to the person affected; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [55446/22]

Public Sector Pensions

Michael McNamara

1249. Deputy Michael McNamara asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine further to Parliamentary Question No. 800 of 11 October 2022, when a reply will issue to a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [54159/22]

Agriculture Schemes

Michael McNamara

1306. Deputy Michael McNamara asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will grant an extension to the timeframe for applications regarding the new ACRES scheme (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [55472/22]

School Transport

Michael McNamara

411. Deputy Michael McNamara asked the Minister for Education if she will address the case of a person (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [53437/22]

School Transport

Michael McNamara

413. Deputy Michael McNamara asked the Minister for Education if a school bus service route (details supplied) in County Clare which was cancelled without notice will be reinstated as a matter of urgency given that it affects approximately 50 students; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [53458/22]

Electricity Generation

Michael McNamara

192. Deputy Michael McNamara asked the Minister for the Environment, Climate and Communications the amount (GWh) of electricity produced from coal at Moneypoint power station in the period January to September 2021, all of 2021, and the nine-month period from January to September 2022; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [52576/22]

Departmental Meetings

Michael McNamara

193. Deputy Michael McNamara asked the Minister for the Environment, Climate and Communications the details of the engagement he had with (details supplied) prior to their withdrawal from the Irish wind energy market; if he will include dates of any meetings he participated in with them; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [52577/22]

Tourism Industry

Michael McNamara

216. Deputy Michael McNamara asked the Minister for Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media the number of domestic and international tourists, respectively, visiting each county annually since 1 January 2010, in tabular form; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [52580/22]

Derelict Sites

Michael McNamara

229. Deputy Michael McNamara asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the number of sites on the derelict sites register of each local authority; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [52582/22]

Derelict Sites

Michael McNamara

230. Deputy Michael McNamara asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the number of notices issued under section 11 of the Derelict Sites Act 1990 by each local authority in 2019, 2020, 2021 and to date in 2022; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [52583/22]

Derelict Sites

Michael McNamara

231. Deputy Michael McNamara asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the number of directions made by him and his predecessor under section 12 of the Derelict Sites Act 1990 in respect of each local authority in 2019, 2020, 2021 and to date in 2022; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [52584/22]

Derelict Sites

Michael McNamara

232. Deputy Michael McNamara asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the number of directions made by him and his predecessor under section 13 of the Derelict Sites Act 1990 in respect of sites held by statutory bodies in each local in 2019, 2020, 2021 and to date in 2022; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [52585/22]

Derelict Sites

Michael McNamara

233. Deputy Michael McNamara asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the number of derelict sites acquired by each local authority under the powers provided in the Derelict Sites Act 1990 in 2019, 2020, 2021 and to date in 2022; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [52586/22]

Derelict Sites

Michael McNamara

234. Deputy Michael McNamara asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the sum payable to each local authority in 2019, 2020 and 2021 as a result of the derelict sites levy; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [52587/22]

Derelict Sites

Michael McNamara

235. Deputy Michael McNamara asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the number of prosecutions initiated by each local authority under the powers provided in the Derelict Sites Act 1990 in 2019, 2020, 2021 and to date in 2022; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [52588/22]

Derelict Sites

Michael McNamara

236. Deputy Michael McNamara asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the number of derelict sites acquired by each local authority under the Derelict Sites Act 1990, the Derelict Sites Act, 1961, or the Acquisition of Derelict Sites Act, 1940, used for the purpose of housing in 2019, 2020, 2021 and to date in 2022; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [52589/22]

Departmental Data

Michael McNamara

251. Deputy Michael McNamara asked the Minister for Education the total number of post primary schools operating in the country, by county, in the current academic year; the number in the DEIS category; the number of fee-paying schools, in tabular form; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [52573/22]

Dental Services

Michael McNamara

335. Deputy Michael McNamara asked the Minister for Health the number of public-only dentists working in County Clare in 2006, 2011, 2016, 2021 and in October 2022; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [52574/22]

Agriculture Industry

Michael McNamara

382. Deputy Michael McNamara asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the number of animals in the national dairy herd in each of the years 2003 to date in 2022; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [52565/22]

Agriculture Industry

Michael McNamara

383. Deputy Michael McNamara asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the number of animals that are now in the national bovine herd; the number from 1922 and 1973; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [52566/22]

Agriculture Industry

Michael McNamara

384. Deputy Michael McNamara asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the number of animals that are now in the national sheep herd; the number from 1922 and 1973; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [52567/22]

Horticulture Sector

Michael McNamara

385. Deputy Michael McNamara asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the number of farmers wholly or partly engaged in horticulture in the State; the number that were engaged in the activity from 1922 and 1973; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [52568/22]

Agriculture Industry

Michael McNamara

386. Deputy Michael McNamara asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the number of farmers wholly or partly engaged in poultry production in the State; the number from 1922 and 1973; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [52569/22]

Agriculture Industry

Michael McNamara

387. Deputy Michael McNamara asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the number of farmers wholly or partly engaged in pig production in the State in each of the years since 2016; the number from 1922 and 1973; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [52570/22]

Agriculture Industry

Michael McNamara

388. Deputy Michael McNamara asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the number of number of persons who have left full-time farming since 1997; his views on whether this represents progress; his views on the decline in the number of full-time farmers; the steps that he is taking to counter the decline; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [52571/22]