Parliamentary questions

Departmental Strategies

James O'Connor

224. Deputy James O'Connor asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine his Department's plans to publish the final papers for the biomethane strategy; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22221/24]

Agriculture Supports

James O'Connor

225. Deputy James O'Connor asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the list of grants available for biomethane; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22222/24]

Agriculture Schemes

Denis Naughten

226. Deputy Denis Naughten asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will bring forward the payment date for the ANC scheme in light of the huge cash flow challenges faced by farmers due to adverse weather conditions over the past year; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22228/24]

Agriculture Schemes

Brendan Griffin

227. Deputy Brendan Griffin asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine when payment will issue to a farmer in County Kerry (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22264/24]

Horse Racing Industry

Michael Ring

228. Deputy Michael Ring asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine when a document will issue in respect of an animal (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22279/24]

Greyhound Industry

Joe Flaherty

229. Deputy Joe Flaherty asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the current status of the draft strategic plan submitted to his office in November 2023 by Rásaíocht Con Éireann (details supplied); when he expects this plan to be published; his views on whether it is reasonable to publicly fund a body that has failed to produce a strategic plan since its last one expired a year and a half ago; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22300/24]

Assisted Animal Reproduction

Paul Murphy

85. Deputy Paul Murphy asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will introduce a ban on the surgical artificial insemination of all dog breeds, including greyhounds, in light of the Veterinary Council of Ireland's updated code of professional conduct (details supplied). [21973/24]

Horse Racing Industry

Paul Murphy

86. Deputy Paul Murphy asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine further to Parliamentary Question No. 510 of 5 March 2024, if he will provide a breakdown, by name of hunt and amount, in relation to the 2023 Horse Racing Ireland grants to hunts. [21974/24]

Agriculture Schemes

Michael Creed

87. Deputy Michael Creed asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the reason a person (details supplied) has yet to receive their full basic payment. [22129/24]

Agriculture Schemes

Brendan Griffin

88. Deputy Brendan Griffin asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine his advice regarding an issue (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22130/24]

Departmental Records

Matt Shanahan

476. Deputy Matt Shanahan asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if Land Commission records (details supplied) will be digitised and made available to the public; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21801/24]

Agriculture Industry

Bernard Durkan

477. Deputy Bernard J. Durkan asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the extent to which he continues to ensure a balance between meeting emission reduction targets and ensuring the future of the agri-food sector, ensuring the future of the agricultural production sector while meeting carbon reduction targets to the greatest possible extent; if he is satisfied that neither will progress at the expense of the other, that food security for the future is assured and that everything possible is being done to reduce emissions; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21834/24]

Food Labelling

Niamh Smyth

478. Deputy Niamh Smyth asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine to outline his Department’s actions to combat items being sold as Irish produce in supermarkets that do not have the Bord Bia logo; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21192/24]

Teagasc Activities

Michael Healy-Rae

479. Deputy Michael Healy-Rae asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine his views on a Teagasc matter (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21231/24]

Brexit Supports

Catherine Connolly

480. Deputy Catherine Connolly asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine to provide, in tabular form, an account of the distribution of Brexit adjustment reserve funds to enhance, upgrade, and develop Ireland's coastal and marine infrastructure; the specific projects and costs involved; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21290/24]

Farm Safety

Niamh Smyth

481. Deputy Niamh Smyth asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he is aware that incentivised schemes under his Department are seeing battery energy storage systems erected on farmland, without the proper safety facilities in place; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21385/24]

Agriculture Schemes

Robert Troy

482. Deputy Robert Troy asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will urgently review an application for payment under the young farmer capital investment scheme (details supplied). [21395/24]

Animal Welfare

Sorca Clarke

483. Deputy Sorca Clarke asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the number of calls received by his Department's animal welfare helpline in 2023 and for the first four months of 2024, in tabular form. [21412/24]

Trade Missions

Jennifer Murnane O'Connor

484. Deputy Jennifer Murnane O'Connor asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the international trade missions that will take place for the remainder of 2024, by location, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21446/24]

Departmental Correspondence

Niall Collins

485. Deputy Niall Collins asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine for an update on a query (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21626/24]

Farm Costs

Paul Kehoe

486. Deputy Paul Kehoe asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the financial assistance or lending assistance available to a landowner/farmer for a stocking loan, who has been refused financial lending from high-street banks; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21669/24]

Agriculture Schemes

Claire Kerrane

487. Deputy Claire Kerrane asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if the payment systems to make payments under TAMS III are in place; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21672/24]

Agriculture Schemes

Claire Kerrane

488. Deputy Claire Kerrane asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine to provide, in tabular form, the number of applications outstanding under TAMS III for a decision; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21673/24]

Agriculture Schemes

Claire Kerrane

489. Deputy Claire Kerrane asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will consider fast-tracking payments under TAMS III, given the investment made by farmers and their need for payment. [21674/24]

Departmental Correspondence

Neasa Hourigan

490. Deputy Neasa Hourigan asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine whether his attention has been drawn to a correspondence (details supplied) concerning a shipping vessel; his views on the same; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21681/24]

Employment Rights

Ged Nash

491. Deputy Ged Nash asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if any State, semi-State or commercial semi-State agency under the aegis of their Department is aware of any cases of bogus self-employment in any bodies under their remit from 2020 to 1 May 2024; if they will outline if there are currently any cases from such agencies or bodies currently before the SCOPE section of the Department of Social Protection for investigation or determination; if there are any SCOPE findings and recommendations relating to any agencies or bodies under their remit where SCOPE has found in favour of the worker, and where they recommended the reclassification of the workers employment status to that of direct employee between 2020 and 1 May 2024; if they will provide information on the numbers involved and the names of the individual agencies and bodies in all cases; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21685/24]

Common Agricultural Policy

Peadar Tóibín

492. Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the average annual CAP payments received by farmers in each county in the State. [21720/24]

Farm Costs

Peadar Tóibín

493. Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the average cost of a bag of fertiliser in each of the past ten years and to date in 2024. [21721/24]

Departmental Data

Peadar Tóibín

494. Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the number of live lamb imports into the State in each of the past ten years, in tabular form. [21722/24]

Departmental Data

Peadar Tóibín

495. Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the quantity in tonnes or otherwise of lamb or sheep meat exported from the State in each of the past ten years, in tabular form. [21723/24]

Agriculture Supports

Claire Kerrane

496. Deputy Claire Kerrane asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he has discussed the announced tillage payment of €100 with an Taoiseach given his public comments on the inadequacy of the announced payment; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21727/24]

Environmental Impact Assessments

Peadar Tóibín

497. Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the comparable environmental impacts of agricultural produce produced in Ireland and the produce imported into the EU form the five largest countries in terms of volume; and if the information is not available to him, if he will carry out a comparable environmental impact assessment; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21775/24]

Departmental Advertising

Carol Nolan

498. Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the total costs incurred by his Department from 2019 to date relating to the placing of advertisements in print media; the names of the print media publications involved, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21858/24]

Departmental Funding

Paul Murphy

247. Deputy Paul Murphy asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the amount of money farming organisations receive in core funding from his Department; and the basis on which funding is allocated. [21023/24]

Agriculture Industry

Paul Murphy

248. Deputy Paul Murphy asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the amount of money generated from the EIF levy; and the basis on which funding is allocated. [21024/24]

Fishing Industry

Johnny Mythen

249. Deputy Johnny Mythen asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will consider a fuel subsidy for the fishing industry, as is the case in other EU member states; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21028/24]

Agriculture Supports

Claire Kerrane

250. Deputy Claire Kerrane asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if consideration can be given to providing farmers under financial pressure advance payments of direct farm payments; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21029/24]

Departmental Priorities

Claire Kerrane

251. Deputy Claire Kerrane asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will provide further details on the announced action plan on ash dieback; when such detail will be published on each of the measures included in the plan; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21043/24]

Departmental Priorities

Claire Kerrane

252. Deputy Claire Kerrane asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will provide further details on the climate action performance payment measure, including required actions, eligibility criteria, payment terms and timeframes; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21044/24]

Departmental Priorities

Claire Kerrane

253. Deputy Claire Kerrane asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the number of the recommendations made in the independent review of the Government's response to addressing ash dieback that have been specifically addressed in the announced action plan on ash dieback; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21045/24]

Departmental Expenditure

Neasa Hourigan

254. Deputy Neasa Hourigan asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the awards made both with and without a tender process to management consultancy firms (details supplied) by his Department and bodies under the aegis of his Department for each of the years 2019 to 2024, in tabular form and classed by firm; the purpose and a brief description of the awards; the value of the awards and the total amounts paid; the timeline or timeframe of the contracts; and the desired or completed output. [21167/24]

Departmental Policies

Claire Kerrane

398. Deputy Claire Kerrane asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will provide an update on progress around the farmers' charter; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [20112/24]

Horse Racing Industry

Darren O'Rourke

399. Deputy Darren O'Rourke asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if his Department has received the 2023 Annual Report and 2023 Audited Financial Statement from Horse Racing Ireland; and if not, when his Department expects to receive same. [20164/24]

Agriculture Supports

Claire Kerrane

400. Deputy Claire Kerrane asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will advise on eligibility criteria for the complementary income support for young farmers; if applicants must meet the educational criteria or if flexibility can be allowed where an individual holds a level 6 qualification in a subject other than agriculture; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [20283/24]

Departmental Staff

Carol Nolan

401. Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the number of employees within his Department and bodies under the aegis of his Department who are currently suspended on full pay pending disciplinary investigations; to outline, in tabular form, the length of time these employees have been under suspension; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [20308/24]

Pesticide Use

Claire Kerrane

402. Deputy Claire Kerrane asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine further to Parliamentary Question No. 138 of 24 April 2024, if he will advise on flexibility around sanctions in situations where a farmer may not be aware that they have spread fertiliser containing phosphorus; if he will advise on what communication has been made with farmers to advise of rule changes and possible penalties on this issue; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [20329/24]

European Union

Matt Carthy

403. Deputy Matt Carthy asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the EU programmes or funds outside of the multiannual financial framework that Ireland has paid into from the year 2014 to date; any receipts from same, by programme or fund, by year; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [20349/24]

Departmental Policies

Duncan Smith

404. Deputy Duncan Smith asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if, in the context of the widespread destruction of ash trees right across the country, due to the ash dieback disease, he will consider positively the provision of grant incentives to householders, landowners and other tenants to replace trees on their holdings that have died due to the specific disease; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [20387/24]

Agriculture Schemes

Claire Kerrane

405. Deputy Claire Kerrane asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he intends to provide in-person training for the suckler carbon efficiency programme, in consideration of individuals who may not have access to or ability to use online facilities; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [20406/24]

Animal Diseases

John McGuinness

406. Deputy John McGuinness asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will provide details of the actions taken by his Department following recent meetings with a person (details supplied) relative to the ongoing health issues they are experiencing with their horses; if the tests and examination of the horses affected have been analysed; if current test results have been compared with the results of tests taken some years ago by UCD and his Department; if there is a course of treatment or interventions that his Department will now undertake; if his Department is concerned that the health issues identified some years ago still persist; if this is an isolated case or similar to other cases investigated; if his Department will continue to work with the person until such time as the issues are fully resolved; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [20435/24]