135. Deputy Jennifer Whitmore asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the reason the latest restrictions on sprat fishing were undertaken without consideration of the ICES advice; if he will reconsider it given the recent statement by the Marine Institute stating that, in the absence of any stock data, the ICES advice the precautionary principle should dictate the management of a fishery; and if he wi…
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136. Deputy Cathy Bennett asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine his response to the report of the Comptroller and Auditor General on the TB eradication programme. [54968/25]
137. Deputy Thomas Gould asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the number of horses seized in Cork city to date in 2025. [54734/25]
138. Deputy Cathal Crowe asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he has had discussions with an organisation (details supplied) on the issues facing the tillage sector; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [55035/25]
139. Deputy Martin Kenny asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will provide clarity on the safeguards for Irish farmers from being impacted by the Mercosur trade deal; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [54997/25]
140. Deputy Barry Ward asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he is conscious of the need to support dry stock farmers in the Dublin region; the engagement he has had with farmers in this region; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [54866/25]
141. Deputy Naoise Ó Cearúil asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the steps being taken by his Department to secure renewal of Ireland’s nitrates derogation; the contingency plans in place should it expire at the end of 2025; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [55000/25]
142. Deputy Liam Quaide asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the schemes available to farmers to improve the quality of hedgerows and to enable hedgerows to better support biodiversity; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [54984/25]
143. Deputy William Aird asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the way in which he plans to safeguard Irish farm competitiveness in the face of ongoing EU trade negotiations, including Mercosur, the EU-UK agreement, and US tariff policies on Irish agriculture; if he will request mandatory safeguards to prevent Irish beef, dairy, and tillage producers being undermined by imports produced to lower sta…
144. Deputy John Connolly asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the number of applications for the beef welfare scheme in 2025 in each county; the number of the applications opted to participate in category action 2 and category action 3, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [55028/25]
145. Deputy Jennifer Whitmore asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the contingency plans his Department has in place should Ireland's nitrates derogation be rejected by the European Commission; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [55038/25]
146. Deputy Peter 'Chap' Cleere asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the way in which measures taken in Budget 2026 will support generational renewal in farming. [54915/25]
147. Deputy Colm Burke asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the progress made to date in relation to examining a new farm income volatility taxation measure to safeguard farmers from markets rising and falling, as per the Programme for Government; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [54721/25]
148. Deputy Aindrias Moynihan asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the number of applications received under the forgotten farmers scheme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [55031/25]
149. Deputy Natasha Newsome Drennan asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the measures that will be introduced in 2025 to support the tillage farming sector; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [55018/25]
150. Deputy Albert Dolan asked the Taoiseach if there are any technical, legal, operational, or policy constraints preventing his Department, when publishing quarterly reports of payments or purchase orders over €20,000, from including additional columns that link each payment to its underlying procurement process specifically tender/contract title; name and address of the awarded contractor/supplier; contract award …
151. Deputy Albert Dolan asked the Taoiseach if all contracting authorities under the aegis of his Department are in full compliance with Circular 05/2023, in particular the mandatory requirement to publish contract award notices for all contracts above €25,000; and if he will provide details of the monitoring or enforcement arrangements in place to ensure this requirement is met. [55084/25]
152. Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Taoiseach to provide a list of all studies, research and reports commissioned by his Department that were outsourced, in each of the past five years, in tabular form; the names of the companies to which each study, research and report was outsourced; the total cost for each; the number of reports finalised and presented to him that have yet to be released by his Department; the dat…
153. Deputy David Cullinane asked the Taoiseach when the Cabinet Committee on the Economy, Trade and Competitiveness will next meet. [55263/25]
154. Deputy David Cullinane asked the Taoiseach when the Cabinet Committee on Infrastructure will next meet. [55264/25]
155. Deputy Albert Dolan asked the Taoiseach if his Department and each body under its aegis discloses expenditure on external consultancy and adviser fees, by category (details supplied) in their annual report and or financial statements for each accounting year; if they provide direct web links to the most recent publications where these Section 1.5 disclosures are set out for his Department and for each aegis body…
156. Deputy Niall Collins asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if an application will be processed (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [54629/25]
157. Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if a series of matters in relation to safeguards for veterans in the Joint Framework announcement (details supplied) will be clarified. [54753/25]
158. Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade to outline his understanding of the ‘safeguards for veterans’ package’ as described by the British government to protect army veterans; and if the Taoiseach, Tánaiste and Government officials are aware of or involved in same. [54754/25]
159. Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the details of the British army veterans’ package prior to the Joint Framework announcement; if the Irish Government was involved in discussions with the British government in relation to the package in the period leading up to the Joint Framework announcement; and if it was the Irish Government’s understanding that the safeguards…