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TDs ask ministers questions to get answers on the record, most of them in writing. Here is every one asked in the 34th Dáil, by the department it went to and the subject heading it was filed under. How questions work

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Michael Cahill Written 3 Mar 2026 · to Agriculture
688. Deputy Michael Cahill asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if a grant application (details supplied) will be processed and awarded as soon as possible; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [16338/26]
Alan Kelly Written 3 Mar 2026 · to Agriculture
689. Deputy Alan Kelly asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the number of WTE qualified entomologists employed by his Department as of 24 February 2026, in tabular form. [16508/26]
James Geoghegan Written 3 Mar 2026 · to Agriculture
690. Deputy James Geoghegan asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine further to Parliamentary Question No. 455 of 19 February 2026, if he will provide the information requested, for the past five years; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [16519/26]
Danny Healy-Rae Written 3 Mar 2026 · to Agriculture
691. Deputy Danny Healy-Rae asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine for an update on the lime subsidy scheme; if he will consider reintroducing this scheme for 2026; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [16520/26]
Martin Kenny Written 3 Mar 2026 · to Agriculture
692. Deputy Martin Kenny asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he is aware that valais blacknose ovine semen is being imported from the UK that does meet Scrapie 1 regulations; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [16526/26]
Martin Kenny Written 3 Mar 2026 · to Agriculture
693. Deputy Martin Kenny asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the reason Ireland is registering valais blacknose sheep that are the progeny of UK sheep who do not meet the Scrapie 1 regulations; and are bred using imported ovine semen. [16527/26]
Martin Kenny Written 3 Mar 2026 · to Agriculture
694. Deputy Martin Kenny asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if it is illegal to import ovine semen that does not meet Scrapie 1 regulations; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [16528/26]
Martin Kenny Written 3 Mar 2026 · to Agriculture
695. Deputy Martin Kenny asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he is concerned that ovine semen from animals that are do not meet Scrapie 1 regulations is being imported into the country; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [16529/26]
Martin Kenny Written 3 Mar 2026 · to Agriculture
696. Deputy Martin Kenny asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if his Department has contacted those breeders who are registered with an organisation (details supplied) as having valais blacknose sheep that are not meeting Scrapie 1 regulations to determine where they received the ovine semen to breed these sheep. [16530/26]
Martin Kenny Written 3 Mar 2026 · to Agriculture
697. Deputy Martin Kenny asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if the continuation of breeding of sheep with ovine semen that does not meet Scrapie 1 will affect Ireland’s scrapie status; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [16531/26]
Albert Dolan Written 3 Mar 2026 · to Agriculture
698. Deputy Albert Dolan asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine to list all schemes, funding programmes, capital funds, grant streams or other expenditure headings administered by his Department in 2025 and 2026 which result in allocations, awards, or spending that can be identified with a specific geographical location including county, district, town, or project site, to group these by funding stre…
Albert Dolan Written 3 Mar 2026 · to Agriculture
699. Deputy Albert Dolan asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine to provide the web link to his Department’s Q4 2025 published report of purchase orders/payments over €20,000, in line with the FOI model publication scheme requirements; the date on which this report was published; and if it has not yet been published, the planned publication date. [16561/26]
Matt Carthy Written 3 Mar 2026 · to Agriculture
700. Deputy Matt Carthy asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the basis for compensation levels regarding bovine viral diarrhoea; when current compensation levels were set; when they were last reviewed; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [16598/26]
Martin Kenny Written 3 Mar 2026 · to Agriculture
701. Deputy Martin Kenny asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine how the proposal of Minister of State Healy-Rea at his Department concerning changing the definition of a farmer to allow people to claim increased forestry premiums will affect discussions and negotiations in defining an active farmer for the purposes of CAP; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [16676/26]
Barry Heneghan Written 3 Mar 2026 · to Agriculture
702. Deputy Barry Heneghan asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will address gaps in enforcement relating to urban horse control and animal welfare, following a recent incident in which a pregnant horse collapsed and died on a public road; the agency which has responsibility for out of hours intervention where there are risks to public safety, criminality or animal welfare; whether he will co…
Martin Kenny Written 3 Mar 2026 · to Agriculture
703. Deputy Martin Kenny asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the annual total amount of forestry premiums paid to individual farmers, private companies, Coillte, and any other entities for each of the years 2020 to 2025. [16911/26]
Martin Kenny Written 3 Mar 2026 · to Agriculture
704. Deputy Martin Kenny asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the number of hectares of forestry owned by individual farmers, private companies, Coillte and any other entities at present. [16912/26]
Martin Kenny Written 3 Mar 2026 · to Agriculture
705. Deputy Martin Kenny asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the number of hectares of forestry owned by individual farmers, private companies, Coillte and any other entities that was clear felled between 2020 and 2025. [16913/26]
Conor D McGuinness Written 3 Mar 2026 · to Agriculture
706. Deputy Conor D. McGuinness asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he is aware of any egg shortages in supermarkets in Waterford or nationally. [17112/26]
Conor D McGuinness Written 3 Mar 2026 · to Agriculture
707. Deputy Conor D. McGuinness asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will outline the pressures facing producers, particularly in relation to rising feed, energy, labour and packaging costs. [17113/26]
Conor D McGuinness Written 3 Mar 2026 · to Agriculture
708. Deputy Conor D. McGuinness asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the amount by which input costs for egg producers have risen in the past five years, in tabular form. [17114/26]
Conor D McGuinness Written 3 Mar 2026 · to Agriculture
709. Deputy Conor D. McGuinness asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the average increase in farm-gate returns for egg producers in the past five years, in tabular form. [17115/26]
Conor D McGuinness Written 3 Mar 2026 · to Agriculture
710. Deputy Conor D. McGuinness asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the average increase in egg prices on supermarket shelves in the past five years, in tabular form. [17116/26]
Albert Dolan Written 3 Mar 2026 · to Agriculture
711. Deputy Albert Dolan asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine when the next tranche of the ACRES will open for applications, specifically in relation to new entrants and farmers who were unable to access the previous intake; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17149/26]
Aengus Ó Snodaigh Written 3 Mar 2026 · to Agriculture
712. D'fhiafraigh Deputy Aengus Ó Snodaigh den Aire Talmhaíochta, Bia agus Mara cá mhéad long nó bád eachtranach a stopadh nó a gabhadh de thairbhe iad a bheith ag iascaireacht go neamhdhleathach le cúig bliana anuas; cad é an toradh ar gach cás [17210/26]