99. Deputy Paul Murphy asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine his views on the impact of Sitka spruce plantations on biodiversity; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [35799/26]
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102. Deputy Paul Murphy asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if his Department officially endorses a publication (detailed supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [35758/26]
393. Deputy Paul Murphy asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the number of prosecutions for horse welfare offences from 2020 to 2025 and to date in 2026. [31793/26]
394. Deputy Paul Murphy asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the number of horses sent for slaughter overseas from 2024 to date in 2026. [31794/26]
395. Deputy Paul Murphy asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the current status of the new equine slaughter facility; and the proposed opening date. [31795/26]
2264. Deputy Paul Murphy asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the amount paid out by Horse Racing Ireland (HRI) in 2025 to hunts in point-to-point racing grants, by the name of the hunts, the name and dates of the point-to-point race meetings organised by each hunt and the corresponding amounts paid out by HRI for prize money, administration grants and so on for all the meetings. [25742/26]
261. Deputy Paul Murphy asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine further to Parliamentary Question No. 899 of 10 February 2026, to provide details of the greyhound track attendance statistics for 2025, covering both Greyhound Racing Ireland tracks and private tracks; the breakdown of the figures, by attendance at each track, type of entry, that is, paid entry, free entry, entry by adults, children, sta…
442. Deputy Paul Murphy asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the status of, and the reason for delay in publishing the 2024 Horse Racing Ireland's annual report and financial statement. [17983/26]
469. Deputy Paul Murphy asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the number of equine premises numbers currently registered to premises located within urban or built-up areas, by local authority; the number of equines registered to such premises, by local authority; the number of equines recorded on his Department’s equine identification and registration systems as being located in urban or built-up ar…
456. Deputy Paul Murphy asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the number of matings in the greyhound racing and coursing industries that involved surgical artificial insemination in each of the years 2019 to 2025; the number of those matings that involved the use of semen obtained from a sire deceased at the time the surgical artificial insemination occurred; the date of death of the sire, in tabula…
457. Deputy Paul Murphy asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the specific date for making the results of Greyhound Racing Ireland's public consultation on artificial insemination in greyhounds available for public review; to provide a specific timeline in respect of the next steps following this consultation; when a ban on surgical artificial insemination of greyhounds will commence; and if he will…
458. Deputy Paul Murphy asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the number of active approved centres for artificial insemination of greyhounds, by county, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [13597/26]
459. Deputy Paul Murphy asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the number of active approved inseminators for artificial insemination of greyhounds, by county, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [13598/26]
460. Deputy Paul Murphy asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the number of artificial insemination licences issued yearly within the greyhound industry in each of the years 2019 to 2025, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [13599/26]
461. Deputy Paul Murphy asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the fee cost or other compensation paid directly or indirectly by Greyhound Racing Ireland to social media influencers for the 2025 Irish Greyhound Derby; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [13600/26]
462. Deputy Paul Murphy asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the number of greyhounds homed directly by the greyhound racing industry; the number of greyhounds homed by rescues with the assistance of the greyhound racing industry in 2025; the amount of money paid to rescues to aid the homing of these greyhounds; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [13601/26]
463. Deputy Paul Murphy asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if a registered veterinarian attends every race meeting and trial scheduled at Youghal greyhound track in Cork, since 2023; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [13602/26]
464. Deputy Paul Murphy asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the number of greyhound litters born in Ireland in 2025; the number of individual pups born; the breakdown of coursing versus non-coursing pups of both litters and individual pups; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [13603/26]
899. Deputy Paul Murphy asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will provide details of the greyhound track attendance statistics for 2025, covering both Greyhound Racing Ireland tracks and private tracks; and the breakdown of the figures, by attendance at each track, type of entry, that is, paid entry, free entry, entry by adults, children, staff, owners and trainers, bookmakers, press, and so …
8. Deputy Paul Murphy asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if his Department has contingency planning in place to protect the future of Irish farming if the Atlantic Meridional Overturning Circulation, AMOC, collapses; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [6975/26]
26. Deputy Paul Murphy asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine his views on the finding of a report by a consultancy firm that there is an ‘element of deadweight’ in prize money allocation from the Horse and Greyhound Fund; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [6973/26]
32. Deputy Paul Murphy asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the plans his Department has to control the numbers of Sika deer, which have been designated as an invasive species; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [6976/26]
33. Deputy Paul Murphy asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine his views on whether a conflict of interest exists in the CEO of a major agri-food company serving as chairperson of Bord Bia; the action he will take to address this; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [6972/26]
60. Deputy Paul Murphy asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine his views on whether there will be an eventual end to culling badgers as a result of the rollout of TB vaccination programmes; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [6974/26]
366. Deputy Paul Murphy asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he is concerned at the impact the continuation of the Nitrates Derogation will have on Irish habitats, 90% of which are in bad condition; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [72885/25]