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Danny Healy-Rae Written 29 Jul 2025 · to Agriculture
2227. Deputy Danny Healy-Rae asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine to provide an update on an outstanding agri-climate rural environment scheme, ACRES, payment (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [43640/25]
Sinéad Gibney Written 29 Jul 2025 · to Agriculture
2228. Deputy Sinéad Gibney asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the number of full-time equivalents directly employed by his Department, broken down by grade, in tabular form. [43652/25]
Sinéad Gibney Written 29 Jul 2025 · to Agriculture
2229. Deputy Sinéad Gibney asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine whether his Department has a policy or goal of better insourcing of IT requirements and needs of the Department for better cybersecurity, autonomy and crisis management; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [43670/25]
Danny Healy-Rae Written 29 Jul 2025 · to Agriculture
2230. Deputy Danny Healy-Rae asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine to provide an update on an agri-climate rural environment scheme, ACRES, payment for a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [43711/25]
Joe Cooney Written 29 Jul 2025 · to Agriculture
2231. Deputy Joe Cooney asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine in view of the recent announcement of a total allowable catch of pollack for 2026 and the division between recreational and commercial, if there are plans for the establishment of an angling catch limit on pollack; if any consultation on such limit has taken place with angling and charter skippers representative groups to establish the im…
Danny Healy-Rae Written 29 Jul 2025 · to Agriculture
2232. Deputy Danny Healy-Rae asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will provide an update on a scheme (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [43920/25]
Cathy Bennett Written 29 Jul 2025 · to Agriculture
2233. Deputy Cathy Bennett asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will report on his engagements regarding the Mercosur trade agreement; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [43942/25]
Cathy Bennett Written 29 Jul 2025 · to Agriculture
2234. Deputy Cathy Bennett asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will provide details of the amount raised from farmers through levies; the contribution of the European Union; the amount of Exchequer funding allocated to the TB allocation programme; the TB incidence rate, in each the years 2019 to date; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [43943/25]
Rose Conway-Walsh Written 29 Jul 2025 · to Agriculture
2235. Deputy Rose Conway-Walsh asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine when he intends to increase the ceiling rates of compensation for livestock impacted by TB to enable proper alignment with actual valuations; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [44082/25]
Robert O'Donoghue Written 29 Jul 2025 · to Agriculture
2236. Deputy Robert O'Donoghue asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the number of people engaged in the food production industry, broken down by county and age demographics, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [44110/25]
Colm Burke Written 29 Jul 2025 · to Agriculture
2237. Deputy Colm Burke asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the action his Department is taking to promote the Protected Geographical Indicator for Irish grassfed beef as a premium brand in overseas markets, as per the programme for Government; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [44132/25]
Colm Burke Written 29 Jul 2025 · to Agriculture
2238. Deputy Colm Burke asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the progress made to date by his Department on examining the feasibility of a scouring plant for wool in developing an Irish wool brand, as per the programme for Government; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [44133/25]
Colm Burke Written 29 Jul 2025 · to Agriculture
2239. Deputy Colm Burke asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine to provide an update on the progress made to date by his Department in reviewing investment items and reference costs under the targeted agricultural modernisation scheme, TAMS. [44134/25]
Colm Burke Written 29 Jul 2025 · to Agriculture
2240. Deputy Colm Burke asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the progress made to date by his Department in examining a mechanism to engage with stakeholders on the design of national agriculture schemes, in particular the next Common Agricultural Policy; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [44135/25]
Colm Burke Written 29 Jul 2025 · to Agriculture
2241. Deputy Colm Burke asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the action his Department are taking to improve and accelerate IT capabilities in his Department in order to enhance systems and to avoid payment delays, as experienced by ACRES applicants in the current CAP; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [44136/25]
Colm Burke Written 29 Jul 2025 · to Agriculture
2242. Deputy Colm Burke asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine to provide an update on his Department’s engagement with the Department for Health in relation to examining the fair deal scheme to ensure it does not impede succession planning and recognises the distinctive position of agricultural land; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [44137/25]
Colm Burke Written 29 Jul 2025 · to Agriculture
2243. Deputy Colm Burke asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the progress made to date by his Department in relation to a review of the eligibility criteria for the succession planning advice grant to ensure better up take of the grant; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [44138/25]
Colm Burke Written 29 Jul 2025 · to Agriculture
2244. Deputy Colm Burke asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine to provide an update on his Department’s progress to date in relation to the delivery of a scheme that recognises the category of farmers known as the “Forgotten Farmers”; when it is envisaged that this scheme will commence; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [44139/25]
Colm Burke Written 29 Jul 2025 · to Agriculture
2245. Deputy Colm Burke asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the progress made to date by his Department in relation to the introduction of a national framework for carbon farming to guide the development of a carbon farming scheme to strengthen farm incomes; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [44140/25]
Colm Burke Written 29 Jul 2025 · to Agriculture
2246. Deputy Colm Burke asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the action being undertaken by his Department to support women in agriculture, in particular in relation to female farm succession; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [44141/25]
Colm Burke Written 29 Jul 2025 · to Agriculture
2247. Deputy Colm Burke asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine to provide an update on the implementation of the National Women in Agriculture Action Plan, to support gender equality in the agriculture sector, in particular in relation to female farm succession; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [44142/25]
Pearse Doherty Written 29 Jul 2025 · to Agriculture
2248. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the number of hectares of land in the State eligible for payment under the single farm payment scheme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [44207/25]
Pearse Doherty Written 29 Jul 2025 · to Agriculture
2249. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the number of entitlements held by farmers; the number of naked hectares which are eligible for payment but not claimed on; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [44234/25]
Fionntán Ó Súilleabháin Written 29 Jul 2025 · to Agriculture
2250. Deputy Fionntán Ó Súilleabháin asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if there will be an area based scheme sought by organisations (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [44238/25]
Pearse Doherty Written 29 Jul 2025 · to Agriculture
2251. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the number of hectares of land claimed on, with entitlements that is used for livestock; the number used for tillage; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [44303/25]