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Frankie Feighan Written 18 Feb 2025 · to Agriculture
590. Deputy Frankie Feighan asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the status of the payments for ACRES 2024 given a number of farmers in Sligo and Leitrim have yet to receive any payment for 2024; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [5695/25]
Ryan O'Meara Written 18 Feb 2025 · to Agriculture
591. Deputy Ryan O'Meara asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the persons who have been appointed to the Forest Windblow Taskforce; if membership of the taskforce is representative of all stakeholders of the industry; the breakdown of membership, including name and the sector of the industry being represented, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [5708/25]
Michael Cahill Written 18 Feb 2025 · to Agriculture
592. Deputy Michael Cahill asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine to expedite a 2024 ACRES payment for persons (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [5727/25]
Michael Cahill Written 18 Feb 2025 · to Agriculture
593. Deputy Michael Cahill asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine to expedite a 2024 ACRES payment for persons (details supplied). [5765/25]
Ivana Bacik Written 18 Feb 2025 · to Agriculture
594. Deputy Ivana Bacik asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the gender breakdown of his Department in respect of principal officers, assistant secretaries and secretaries general, respectively; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [5846/25]
Robert O'Donoghue Written 18 Feb 2025 · to Agriculture
595. Deputy Robert O'Donoghue asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the details of the compensatory package and holidays of each CEO or CEO equivalent in each public body or publicly funded body under the aegis of his Department; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [5885/25]
Robert O'Donoghue Written 18 Feb 2025 · to Agriculture
596. Deputy Robert O'Donoghue asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine whether, since 1 January 2020, any HR department in any public body or publicly funded body under the aegis of his Department has been party to a non-disclosure agreement with any staff member in relation to issues of bullying, harassment, victimisation, confidential disclosures, data protection concerns, damage to the environment, …
Robert O'Donoghue Written 18 Feb 2025 · to Agriculture
597. Deputy Robert O'Donoghue asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the combined value of all art purchased or owned since 1 January 2020 by his Department or any public body or publicly funded body under the aegis of his Department; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [5887/25]
Robert O'Donoghue Written 18 Feb 2025 · to Agriculture
598. Deputy Robert O'Donoghue asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the number of employees or the WTE in each Department, public body or publicly funded body under his aegis; the corresponding number on 1 January 2020; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [5888/25]
Robert O'Donoghue Written 18 Feb 2025 · to Agriculture
599. Deputy Robert O'Donoghue asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine for an update on the scale of commonage dormancy in Ireland; if there are any individual commons parcels where all shareholdings have become dormant; what plans exist for these commons and if he would like; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [5889/25]
Robert O'Donoghue Written 18 Feb 2025 · to Agriculture
600. Deputy Robert O'Donoghue asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine for an update on the development of merino sheep herds in Ireland; the estimated numbers of such in each of the years 2020 to 2024; what financial supports exist; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [5890/25]
Robert O'Donoghue Written 18 Feb 2025 · to Agriculture
601. Deputy Robert O'Donoghue asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine for an update on the development of Galway Sheep herds in Ireland; the estimated numbers of such in each of the years 2020 to 2024; what financial supports exist; and whether; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [5891/25]
Robert O'Donoghue Written 18 Feb 2025 · to Agriculture
602. Deputy Robert O'Donoghue asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine for an update on the development of Dexter cattle herds in Ireland; the estimated numbers of such in each of the years 2020 to 2024; what financial supports exist; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [5892/25]
Robert O'Donoghue Written 18 Feb 2025 · to Agriculture
603. Deputy Robert O'Donoghue asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine for an update on the development of Kerry Cattle herds in Ireland; the estimated numbers of such in each of the years 2020 to 2024; what financial supports exist; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [5893/25]
Robert O'Donoghue Written 18 Feb 2025 · to Agriculture
604. Deputy Robert O'Donoghue asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine for an update on the development of goat herds in Ireland; the estimated numbers of such in each of the years 2020 to 2024; what financial supports exist; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [5894/25]
Robert O'Donoghue Written 18 Feb 2025 · to Agriculture
605. Deputy Robert O'Donoghue asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if, more than 20 years after the merger of Bord Glas into Bord Bia, the stated objectives of the time were achieved; whether horticulture has grown at the rate envisaged in 2004; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [5895/25]
Robert O'Donoghue Written 18 Feb 2025 · to Agriculture
606. Deputy Robert O'Donoghue asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine for an update on the development of llama and alpaca herds in Ireland; the estimated numbers of such in each of the years 2020 to 2024; what financial supports exist; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [5896/25]
Michael Fitzmaurice Written 18 Feb 2025 · to Agriculture
607. Deputy Michael Fitzmaurice asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the area of clear fell and thinning that is the subject of a felling licence application to his Department that remains to be licenced, per county, for each of the years 2024 to 2034, for the private sector, identifying broadleaf and conifer separately and the corresponding details for Coillte, in tabular form; and if he will make…
Michael Fitzmaurice Written 18 Feb 2025 · to Agriculture
608. Deputy Michael Fitzmaurice asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the area of clear fell and thinning that is licenced per county for 2024 to 2034; the details that are available to him on the felling licence application provided by the applicant, for the private sector, identifying broadleaf and conifer separately and the corresponding details for Coillte, in tabular form; and if he will make a…
Michael Fitzmaurice Written 18 Feb 2025 · to Agriculture
609. Deputy Michael Fitzmaurice asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine to outline his Department's forestry licencing plan for 2025, particularly in terms of afforestation, roads, private felling licences and Coillte felling licences; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [5931/25]
Paul Donnelly Written 18 Feb 2025 · to Agriculture
610. Deputy Paul Donnelly asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the capital works projects that were funded under the 2024 Fishery Harbour and Coastal Infrastructure Development Programme that are still ongoing; and when each of these projects be completed, in tabular form. [5970/25]
Paul Donnelly Written 18 Feb 2025 · to Agriculture
611. Deputy Paul Donnelly asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the WTE vacancies, by job title currently within the import control division of his Department; and the estimated timeframe for when each of the vacancies will be filled, in tabular form. [5971/25]
Holly Cairns Written 18 Feb 2025 · to Agriculture
612. Deputy Holly Cairns asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine whether it is his intention to proceed with a ban on pair trawling within the six-mile limit; and if so, to provide an update and estimate timeframe for the ban to be implemented. [5991/25]
Holly Cairns Written 18 Feb 2025 · to Agriculture
613. Deputy Holly Cairns asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine to provide details of the empty buildings, by county, in his Department’s portfolio; the value of the property; the length of time they have lain empty; and the physical status of each building, in tabular form. [6224/25]
Holly Cairns Written 18 Feb 2025 · to Agriculture
614. Deputy Holly Cairns asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine to provide details of undeveloped sites, by county, in his Department’s portfolio; the value of the property; the length of time they have lain undeveloped; and the reason for the lack of development, in tabular form. [6242/25]