1235. Deputy Ryan O'Meara asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will introduce a scheme to grant aid the cost of additional diggers and track machines required to harvest windblown forests following Storm Éowyn; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10643/25]
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1236. Deputy Ryan O'Meara asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will introduce a scheme to grant aid the additional transport costs of transporting timber harvested from windblown forests, given the normal price of transport has increased from €14 per tonne to €20 per tonne; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10644/25]
1237. Deputy Ryan O'Meara asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine to consider introducing an intervention scheme for forestry for windblown forests to ensure that timber that has fallen during Storm Éowyn can be harvested and stored in a timely manner to avoid it decaying on the ground; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10645/25]
1238. Deputy Ryan O'Meara asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine to introduce a replanting grant for windblown forests in recognition of the fact that the less-mature timber that fell during Storm Éowyn will now be sold at a lesser price than anticipated by the farmer had the forests fully matured, given that replating is going to be more expensive than usual as additional rehabilitation works will b…
1239. Deputy Natasha Newsome Drennan asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will provide an update on an ACRES payment application by a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10663/25]
1240. Deputy Fionntán Ó Súilleabháin asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will review the case of a person (details supplied) with a view to getting justice for him and his family, as discussed on many occasions during the last Oireachtas term. [10708/25]
1241. Deputy Ruth Coppinger asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will consider implementing a ban on transporting domestic animals in car boots that are closed and have no light or windows; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10727/25]
1242. Deputy Niamh Smyth asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the grants available to promote a safe place for fishing on one’s farmland; if there are any such grants for wooden infrastructure along the riverbank; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10728/25]
1243. Deputy Ryan O'Meara asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if his Department has given consideration to introducing further regulations on protected urea fertiliser labels, specifically the inclusion of NBPT inhibitor application dates and expected efficacy duration and more transparent labels regarding storage and handling conditions that may impact inhibitor effectiveness; and if he will make…
1244. Deputy Paul Murphy asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will instruct his Department to amend the Animal Health and Welfare Act 2013 in order to ban the transport of cats and dogs in the boots of cars; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10740/25]
1245. Deputy John Lahart asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will consider the appointment of an animal welfare director, as it is obvious that there is a considerable public appetite for such a public position now and the most energetic agencies tend to be individuals and NGOs; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10771/25]
1246. Deputy Michael Cahill asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine to address,as a matter of priority, the concerns of tens of thousands of farmers (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10772/25]
1247. Deputy Cathal Crowe asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if the current TAMS scheme, or TAMS schemes offered heretofore, provides for stock-proof barbed wire fencing for cattle; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10774/25]
1248. Deputy Robert O'Donoghue asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if his Department has viewed the Charities Regulators Report 2024 into a charity (details supplied); if further payments will be made to the charity in advance of the publication of the report; if the €200,000 advanced to the charity in August 2024 was sanctioned without any knowledge of the details of the report; and if he will ma…
1249. Deputy Robert O'Donoghue asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the purpose of the advanced grant of €200,000 to a charity (details supplied) in 2024; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10859/25]
1250. Deputy Robert O'Donoghue asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine to list all current trials and research under way by bodies under his aegis into the use of seaweed supplements for the reduction of methane in ruminants; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10860/25]
1251. Deputy Robert O'Donoghue asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the supports that exist for seaweed supplement producers; the way in which the Government intends to protect and develop the national seaweed sector; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10861/25]
1252. Deputy Natasha Newsome Drennan asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the number of farmers in each county awaiting ACRES payments for 2023 and 2024; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10890/25]
1253. Deputy Micheál Carrigy asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the status of a passport application (details supplied) for a foal out of the mare, submitted in June 2024 to Horse Sport Ireland. [10893/25]
1254. Deputy Micheál Carrigy asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he is aware of significant delays in processing equine passport applications; the number of outstanding 2024 applications for equine passports; the average processing time for applications; and the steps being taken to address delays, given the impact on equine sales and exports. [10894/25]
1255. Deputy Micheál Carrigy asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the status of ACRES scheme payments for a person (details supplied); when the balance of payment due for 2023 is expected; and the timeline for payment for 2024. [10895/25]
1256. Deputy Natasha Newsome Drennan asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the status of an ACRES payment for a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10902/25]
1257. Deputy Alan Kelly asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if all persons who are recruited to work in his Department and all the related agencies of his Department are fully vetted before they are employed by his Department and-or said agencies. [11077/25]
1258. Deputy Paul Murphy asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he is aware of horses being put in subpar conditions in Limerick city, which has led to the deaths of these animals; his plans to address this matter; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [11125/25]
1259. Deputy Pádraig Mac Lochlainn asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will reverse the approach to the Island Fisheries (Heritage Licence) Bill 2017; if the Bill will be allowed to progress in 2025, if re-introduced; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [11128/25]