488. Deputy Mattie McGrath asked the Minister for Justice further to Parliamentary Question No. 98 of 21 May 2025, to provide further information on whether the multi-stakeholder process has commenced to determine the long-term strategy for the sites; if he will outline the stakeholders involved in the process; if local elected representatives will be involved in the process or informed of the process; and if he will…
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489. Deputy Eoin Hayes asked the Minister for Justice to supply the annual number of US citizens who have sought international protection in Ireland every year from 2010 to 2024; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [27711/25]
490. Deputy Eoin Ó Broin asked the Minister for Justice if IPAS has entered into a contract with a hotel (details supplied); and if so, to set out the details of the contract and his Department’s plans to engage with the local community on these plans. [27715/25]
491. Deputy Cathal Crowe asked the Minister for Justice if he will facilitate the reunification of a family currently housed in two temporary protection accommodation centres on either side of the country (details supplied). [27716/25]
492. Deputy Ruth Coppinger asked the Minister for Justice the status of a visa application (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [27717/25]
493. Deputy Cian O'Callaghan asked the Minister for Justice if he will review a deportation order (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [27735/25]
494. Deputy Michael Cahill asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine to strengthen the moorings at the marina in Knighstown, Valentia, County Kerry; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [26713/25]
495. Deputy Michael Cahill asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine to provide a new lifting loader at Kilmacalogue Pier, County Kerry, as the existing one is at the end of its lifespan; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [26714/25]
496. Deputy Michael Cahill asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine to carryout emergency improvement works to the Tuosist/Coornagillagh Pier, County Kerry; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [26715/25]
497. Deputy Michael Cahill asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine to carryout improvement works to Scragane Pier, Maherees, County Kerry; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [26716/25]
498. Deputy Michael Cahill asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine to expedite an ACRES payment in respect of a person in County Kerry (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [26763/25]
499. Deputy Albert Dolan asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if framework-based procurement is included in his Department's reporting of "tendered" procurement in its annual accounts; if so, to distinguish between contracts awarded via framework mini-competition, contracts awarded via direct drawdown from a framework without competition and frameworks run independently by his Department versus tho…
500. Deputy Albert Dolan asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine to provide a list of all framework agreements used by his Department or its agencies since 2022, by name and description of framework; if it was established by his Department, the OGP or another central or sectoral body; if it is a single-supplier or multi-supplier framework; if drawdowns required mini-competitions; and the total number …
501. Deputy Albert Dolan asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if all drawdowns from frameworks by his Department or its agencies from 1 January 2022 to 31 December 2024 valued over €25,000 were accompanied by publication of a contract award notice on the eTenders portal as required by Circular 05/2023; and, if not, to list any known contracts where such publication did not occur and the reason. [27…
502. Deputy Michael Cahill asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine to urgently address the high cost of animal medications (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [27088/25]
503. Deputy John Paul O'Shea asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine when a 2024 ACRES payment will issue to a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [27098/25]
504. Deputy John Paul O'Shea asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if the IT issue preventing payment of 2023 and 2024 ACRES payments to a person (details supplied) has been rectified; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [27099/25]
505. Deputy Conor D. McGuinness asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the reason grant aid for course fees, under the new European Maritime and Fisheries Fund announced July 2024, is only available to BIM training courses or equivalent courses, resulting in the same qualifications as those provided by BIM and not for academic courses like the Higher Diploma in Business in Fisheries and Aquaculture o…
506. Deputy Conor D. McGuinness asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine to consider providing 50% grant aid for student fees for the Higher Diploma in Business in Fisheries and Aquaculture offered by South East Technological University, as had been the case in the past; if he will designate a State body with responsibility for promoting third level education courses and degree programmes in the fisher…
507. Deputy Conor D. McGuinness asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the actions taken in line with what the programme for Government calls "the promotion of marine education courses and degree programmes with a view to increasing enrolments"; if it is planned to make any promotional funding available to increase enrolments; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [27118/25]
508. Deputy Conor D. McGuinness asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine given the State has more than eight degree courses in agriculture, well-funded and endowed since 1926, whether it is now time to promote at least one degree course in fisheries in Ireland. [27119/25]
509. Deputy Ryan O'Meara asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the total number of TB reactors for January, February and March 2025; the equivalent figure for January, February and March 2024, formatted as the specific figure for these months and not the rolling average as given in response to Parliamentary Question No. 1872 of 29 April 2025; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [27120/25]
510. Deputy Martin Daly asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the budget allocation for social farming from the rural innovation and development fund from within his Department in 2024 and to date in 2025, in tabular form. [27167/25]
511. Deputy Ruth Coppinger asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the expert and scientific studies his Department has consulted in relation to its badger cull; if he will pause the cull in light of a high number of non-TB infected badgers being killed, as well as other wildlife being killed in traps; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [27530/25]
512. Deputy Matt Carthy asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the afforestation rate in quarter 1 of 2019, 2020, 2021, 2022, 2023, 2024 and 2025; his targets for afforestation, by year, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [27560/25]