460. Deputy Martin Kenny asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the total number of afforestation hectares submitted to his Department each year from 2010 to 2025 and to date in 2026; and the actual hectares planted each year. [66429/26]
479. Deputy Martin Kenny asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the number of hectares of peat land designated as areas of natural constraint land; and the number of hectares in each category. [67129/26]
230. Deputy Martin Kenny asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage if carer's allowance and carer's benefit is disregarded from income assessed for local authority housing; and the income that the local authority have discretion in relation to disregard. [66005/26]
291. Deputy Martin Kenny asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the number of animals that have been tested for bluetongue virus since 1 January 2026 to date; and the number that have come back as positive. [65995/26]
292. Deputy Martin Kenny asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the number of animals both bovine and ovine have been vaccinated against bluetongue virus since January 2026. [65997/26]
293. Deputy Martin Kenny asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if his Department is tracing where the bluetongue virus that has been found in animals in Kildare and Wexford recently originated; and the actions his Department is taking to combat this virus. [66002/26]
294. Deputy Martin Kenny asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if his Department is conducting testing of animals on surrounding farms of the two cases where bluetongue has been found in Wexford and Kildare in recent weeks. [65999/26]
974. Deputy Martin Kenny asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the timeframe for his Department to draw down the funding from the EU fertiliser support scheme; and if the Government will co-finance it with €30 million. [64193/26]
975. Deputy Martin Kenny asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if the funds that were unspent as part of the fuel support scheme remains in his Department; and his plans for these funds. [64192/26]
976. Deputy Martin Kenny asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if his Department will review the rules regarding the cut of dates and start dates for spreading fertiliser and slurry as the weather in recent years has not been compatible with the dates for spreading fertiliser and slurry. [64198/26]
538. Deputy Martin Kenny asked the Minister for Transport the reason that when a person applies for renewal of their driving licence early, they then lose that time from their licence (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [57781/26]
747. Deputy Martin Kenny asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Finance the estimated annual cost of reducing the livestock VAT rate to 4.5%; and if he has the powers to reduce it. [56506/26]
3. Deputy Martin Kenny asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will provide an update on CAP negotiations and specifically in relation to coupled payments and the future of entitlements. [52240/26]
5. Deputy Martin Kenny asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he has engaged with the board of Bord Bia in relation to the report on the review of governance procedures at Bord Bia; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [52241/26]
38. Deputy Martin Kenny asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the plans to deploy a Bovine TB vaccine as part of the BTB eradication programme following reports that the UK intend to rollout a vaccine programme by 2030; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [52032/26]
39. Deputy Martin Kenny asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if his Department will provide dedicated funding to farmers to implement the Nature Restoration Plan; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [52033/26]
167. Deputy Martin Kenny asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine for a breakdown by product type of the amount of fertiliser purchased by Irish farmers in 2025; and the average cost per tonne. [51918/26]
248. Deputy Martin Kenny asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Finance the formula used for calculating the flat rate of tax for farmers; and the reason the flat rate changes from year to year while the livestock rate remains the same. [51138/26]
230. Deputy Martin Kenny asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine to provide written confirmation to poultry farmers in the North of Ireland who wish to expand their enterprise in order that they can export poultry manure from the north to the south. (details supplied). [49934/26]
886. Deputy Martin Kenny asked the Minister for Health if the primary care speech and language therapy, SLT, role for counties Sligo and Leitrim, south Donegal and west Cavan is vacant; if so, the length of time this role has been vacant; when it is expected to be filled the role; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [49432/26]
248. Deputy Martin Kenny asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Finance the estimated annual cost of increasing the VAT flat rate for farmers to 5.1% [48440/26]
367. Deputy Martin Kenny asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the estimated cost of increasing the tillage support scheme to €150 per hectare for the first 100 hectares. [48422/26]
368. Deputy Martin Kenny asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the estimated cost of increasing the organics budget by 10%. [48423/26]
369. Deputy Martin Kenny asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the number of young, trained farmers that are expected to qualify with a Green Certificate in 2026; and the estimated cost of providing installation of €10,000 per farmer to those qualified farmers who set up a farming enterprise. [48424/26]
370. Deputy Martin Kenny asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the estimated first and full-year cost of increasing the budget for animal welfare charities by 10%. [48425/26]