Questions

1705. Deputy Barry Heneghan asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the timeline for the introduction to Dáil Éireann of the Protection of the Native Irish Honey Bee Bill 2021, which has already passed through Seanad Éireann his Department’s position on the protection of the native Irish honey bee (apis mellifera mellifera); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [19317/25]

1706. Deputy Sinéad Gibney asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the number of contracts currently held by his Department with a company (details supplied); the details of contracts currently held by the Department with the company; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [19338/25]

1707. Deputy Barry Heneghan asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will publish the findings of the research conducted by the University of Galway on the native Irish honey bee apis mellifera mellifera, which concluded in December 2024; if he will outline the timeline for completing the evaluation of the report; the steps he intends to take based on its conclusions; and if he will make a statem…

1708. Deputy Niamh Smyth asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will review correspondence (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [19483/25]

1709. Deputy Rose Conway-Walsh asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he is aware of allegations made to his Department on 15 April 2024, of sheep semen being brought from England to Ireland which was not registered through the required EU TRACES system; if this allegation was investigated; and if so, the outcome of that investigation and will he provide an update on the matter. [19484/25]

1710. Deputy Eamon Scanlon asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine further to Parliamentary Question No. 232 of 26 February 2025, if he will provide an update in relation to the assessment of damage to Irish forests from storms Darragh and Éowyn and the deliberations that have taken place regarding support for affected landowners; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [19536/25]

1711. Deputy Paul Murphy asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the steps being taken to find and take action against illegal puppy farms that are not registered as dog breeding establishments; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [19812/25]

1712. Deputy Paul Murphy asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will consider forming a special task force comprising rescue centres, the Revenue Commissioners and an organisation (details supplied) and other relevant actors to find and shut down illegal puppy farmers; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [19813/25]

1713. Deputy Paul Murphy asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he has reviewed the two detailed reform proposals submitted by a person (details supplied) concerning urgent changes needed in the regulation of dog breeding establishments and the Control of Horses Act 1996; the actions he will take in response; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [19818/25]

1714. Deputy Niamh Smyth asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the reason a person (details supplied) is still waiting for their ACRES payments for 2023, 2024 and 2025. [19836/25]

1715. Deputy Willie O'Dea asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he has considered reviewing and updating the Control of Horses Act 1996 and related enforcement systems to address concerns around equine welfare, public safety and legal oversight; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [19841/25]

1716. Deputy John Brady asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the measures being taken to combat increasing deer population in County Wicklow; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [19987/25]

1717. Deputy Paul Nicholas Gogarty asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine given that agriculture accounted for 34.3% of greenhouse gas emissions in 2023 and given that a reduction in the number of cattle is essential to reduce emissions from this sector, even allowing for technological advances that reduce individual cattle emissions, if he will outline how the 25% reduction in these emissions relati…

1718. Deputy Paul Nicholas Gogarty asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the incentives in place to encourage development of the organic beef and dairy sectors in order to allow for better quality agricultural production and higher farm incomes, while also enabling Ireland to reduce emissions from the sector; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [20021/25]

1719. Deputy Ryan O'Meara asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine for an update on the establishment of local deer management units, as per the Deer Management Strategy Group recommendations; the locations of each of these units; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [20040/25]

1720. Deputy Paul Murphy asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will provide a detailed breakdown of the amount Bord Bia has spent on social media campaigns, including collaborations with influencers, since January 2021 to promote Irish fat-filled milk powder in Nigeria, Senegal, and Ghana respectively; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [20123/25]

1721. Deputy Paul Murphy asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine to provide detailed information on the number of trade missions involving Bord Bia to Senegal, Ghana, or Nigeria, each year since 2021, including how many of these trade missions included the promotion of dairy products, including milk powder. [20124/25]

1722. Deputy Paul Murphy asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine to provide detailed information on the number, names and organisational affiliations of all participants who were paid by the State to travel on the Bord Bia trade mission to Senegal and Nigeria in September 2023. [20125/25]

1723. Deputy Paul Murphy asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the number of market study visits to west Africa were conducted in preparation for the trade mission in September 2023. [20126/25]

1724. Deputy Paul Murphy asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if Bord Bia has planned any future trade missions to Senegal or Nigeria. [20127/25]

1725. Deputy Paul Murphy asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the number of meetings that have been held by his Department, Bord Bia, or any other representatives of the State, with government ministers, staff and civil servants in Nigeria, Senegal and Ghana on behalf of Ireland's dairy and agriculture industries. [20128/25]

1726. Deputy Paul Murphy asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine to provide estimates of the carbon footprints per litre of fat-filled milk powder produced and of milk; and whether export emissions are included in the carbon footprint of fat-filled milk powder given that it is only produced for foreign markets. [20130/25]

1727. Deputy Paul Murphy asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if fat-filled milk powder is sold to consumers in Ireland, if it is not sold to consumers in Ireland, the reasons why it is not sold, and if he will make a statement on his Department’s view on government-funded bodies like Bord Bia facilitating the sale of fat-filled milk powder in foreign markets. [20131/25]

1728. Deputy Ruth Coppinger asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the legislation governing the sale, importation and welfare of exotic animals in light of a recent incident (details supplied); his plans to update this legislation; if a record exists of such animal imports; and if so, the location that such records are published. [20159/25]

1729. Deputy Barry Heneghan asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will provide a breakdown, by Department or office, of the percentage of employees who have disclosed a disability for the past ten years, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [20204/25]