842. Deputy Martin Kenny asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the progress in increasing the budget for the CAP post-2027; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [15186/26]
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270. Deputy Martin Kenny asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will provide an update on when live exports to the North of Ireland will resume for cattle and sheep; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [11000/26]
271. Deputy Martin Kenny asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the amount his Department has spent on making promotional videos for forestry with a person (details supplied); and the cost of sending these videos and other message to farmers through mobile phone communication; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [11001/26]
848. Deputy Martin Kenny asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will provide the names of the three Irish companies that imported Brazilian beef containing the growth hormone oestradiol in September 2025; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [7410/26]
849. Deputy Martin Kenny asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the amount of South American poultry meat which was imported into Ireland in 2025; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [7411/26]
850. Deputy Martin Kenny asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if a company (details supplied) imported poultry meat from South American countries in 2025; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [7412/26]
851. Deputy Martin Kenny asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the amount of beef and poultry meat a company (details supplied) imported into Ireland in 2025; and the countries which it was imported from. [7413/26]
852. Deputy Martin Kenny asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the breakdown of the number of dairy farmers who are milking over 100 cows; and the number of them participating in the ACRES, the ECO scheme as part of the BISS scheme, and the dairy beef welfare scheme. [7481/26]
3. Deputy Martin Kenny asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will provide increased powers and resources for the Agri-Food regulator; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [6709/26]
5. Deputy Martin Kenny asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will ensure that increased funding of the Common Agricultural Policy is a key objective during Ireland's Presidency of the EU; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [6780/26]
25. Deputy Martin Kenny asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if there are adequate amounts of bluetongue vaccine here to carry out a vaccine programme in the spring, if needed; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [6708/26]
768. Deputy Martin Kenny asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the number of farmers which applied for the long established young farmer scheme; the number of farmers approved; the refused; and the average payment per farmer. [71499/25]
276. Deputy Martin Kenny asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the compensation available for farmers with outbreaks of bluetongue on their farms. [70503/25]
736. Deputy Martin Kenny asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if it is permissible to use recycled telegraph/ESB poles for fencing under the non-productive investments for the ACRE scheme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [69925/25]
737. Deputy Martin Kenny asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he is aware of any Brazilian beef recalled from the shelves of Irish shops due to it containing banned growth hormones; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [69926/25]
738. Deputy Martin Kenny asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he has contacted the EU Commission in relation to the importation of Brazilian beef that was contaminated with growth hormones; how this beef was not identified at abattoir level in Brazil; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [69927/25]
739. Deputy Martin Kenny asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if all beef imported into the EU is tested for growth hormones and other illegal substances; if not, if just random samples are tested; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [69928/25]
754. Deputy Martin Kenny asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if his attention has been drawn to a shortage of Department vets in meat factories; the location of these shortages; the reason for these shortages; and the way in which he intends to resolve this issue. [70338/25]
755. Deputy Martin Kenny asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if the vaccine for bluetongue will be licenced and approved for farmers to use given the outbreak of the disease on the Island; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [70339/25]
756. Deputy Martin Kenny asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the measures his Department is taking to stop the spread of bluetongue across the island of Ireland; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [70340/25]
100. Deputy Martin Kenny asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he is aware of any Brazilian or South American beef being imported into Ireland that is produced using hormones and antibiotics that are banned in Ireland under food safety standards; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [66303/25]
128. Deputy Martin Kenny asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will reverse his decision to cut the payment rate to the beef and sheep welfare scheme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [66295/25]
131. Deputy Martin Kenny asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the reason the 2025 budget for the forgotten farmer scheme has reduced from €5 million to €2.25 million in the supplementary estimates; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [66294/25]
731. Deputy Martin Kenny asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he can provide further details on the cross-Border pilot Regional Cooperation Programme on tackling bovine TB announced as part of the Shared Island Programme; and if the €6.4 million allocated to it will come out of his Department’s TB eradication programme budget. [65748/25]
878. Deputy Martin Kenny asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine for an update on the independent review of Government funding for the Irish horse and greyhound racing industry that was due to commence following the publication of the report to the Irish Horseracing Regulatory Board by Mazars in November 2024. [63998/25]