352. Deputy Paul Murphy asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine to provide an update and specific timeline as to when we can expect the publication and entry into force of the regulations banning the use on dogs and cats of electronic shock collars operated by hand-held remote controls. [10378/25]
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134. Deputy Paul Murphy asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the amount of grant funding an organisation (details supplied) received for their inspections each year since 2019. [9923/25]
135. Deputy Paul Murphy asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the amount awarded by his Department to an organisation (details supplied) for linear profiling training since 2019. [9924/25]
136. Deputy Paul Murphy asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the amount of grand funding for marketing awarded by his Department to an organisation (details supplied) each year since 2023. [9925/25]
299. Deputy Paul Murphy asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he is aware of plans to export 5000 calves from Waterford to the Netherlands on the MV Alondra in April; the health risks such a trip exposes these animals to; if there have been any subsidies provided to cover the trip; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [6879/25]
162. Deputy Paul Murphy asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he considers it a child protection issue that a 17-year-old boy was permitted to train a racing greyhound to provide a betting product for an Irish semi-State body; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [6636/25]
166. Deputy Paul Murphy asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the funding his Department has provided to an organisation (details supplied) for linear profile training since it was introduced in 2019. [6616/25]
167. Deputy Paul Murphy asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the legal minimum age for a person in Ireland to obtain a licence to train a greyhound to race; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [6625/25]
168. Deputy Paul Murphy asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will provide Greyhound Racing Ireland's costs to sponsor the greyhound laurels race final on television (details supplied) on 5 October 2024; the viewership figures for this broadcast; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [6626/25]
169. Deputy Paul Murphy asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will provide a status update on his Department's public consultation on the proposal to ban surgical artificial insemination in greyhounds; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [6627/25]
170. Deputy Paul Murphy asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will provide the fee cost or other compensation paid by Greyhound Racing Ireland to social media influencers for the 2024 Irish Greyhound Derby 2024; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [6628/25]
171. Deputy Paul Murphy asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will provide Greyhound Racing Ireland's costs to sponsor the 2024 Greyhound derby semi-final and final on television (details supplied) on 16 and 23 November 2024; the viewership figures for this broadcast; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [6629/25]
172. Deputy Paul Murphy asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if there are freezers for deceased greyhounds at all fifteen greyhound racing tracks licenced by Greyhound Racing Ireland; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [6630/25]
173. Deputy Paul Murphy asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine when Greyhound Racing Ireland's new five-year strategic plan will be published, considering that the most recent five-year strategic plan expired in December 2022; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [6631/25]
174. Deputy Paul Murphy asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will advise on the current location and status of a greyhound (details supplied) which tested positive for a prohibited substance at Curraheen track in Cork on 17 August 2024 and was subsequently sold at a sales auction at Curraheen greyhound track on 2 November 2024 for €1,100, but is still listed in the Irish Greyhound Stud Book u…
175. Deputy Paul Murphy asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine how an Irish greyhound (details supplied) is recorded on the Rásaíocht Con Éireann traceability system as it was found very recently in a stray dog pound in the UK, following a seven-day stay and described as "full of fleas, overgrown nails and muzzle marks to the nose already with dirty teeth", while still being registered to its Irish o…
176. Deputy Paul Murphy asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the current status of the 51,650 non-coursing greyhounds who were entered on the Rásaíocht Con Éireann traceability system between January 2021 and 19 October 2024, by year of birth; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [6655/25]
177. Deputy Paul Murphy asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the number of non-coursing greyhounds registered at whelping stage with the Irish Coursing Club for each year from 1 January 2018 to 31 December 2024, inclusive; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [6677/25]
502. Deputy Paul Murphy asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine further to Parliamentary Question No. 1081 of 22 January 2025, the grants that were approved; the grants they drew down with a breakdown for each area including marketing, inspection; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [4686/25]
504. Deputy Paul Murphy asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine further to Parliamentary Question No. 1125 of 22 January 2025, if all 256 horses certified for export from Ireland for slaughter in France were actually exported; the method and route of transport used; and the number that were thoroughbreds. [4700/25]
201. Deputy Paul Murphy asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if his Department was informed of the deaths from bubonic plague, also known as the Black Death, of monkeys at Dublin Zoo in 2024; the steps that were taken to prevent and track any contagion to farm animals; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [3700/25]
863. Deputy Paul Murphy asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he is aware of the ongoing abuse of horses throughout the country with some horses left malnourished, abandoned, and suffering in urban and rural areas alike; the action he will commit to in order to prevent further cruelty; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [2551/25]
1081. Deputy Paul Murphy asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will confirm the grants awarded and paid to an organisation (details supplied). [46877/24]
1093. Deputy Paul Murphy asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the number of greyhounds injured in racing and trials in 2024 and to date in 2025, with a breakdown into type of injury; the date and location where they occurred; the number killed outright or euthanised by track vets; the number and causes of additional racing fatalities; and the results of any related post-mortems. [1312/25]
1094. Deputy Paul Murphy asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will provide details of the greyhound track attendance statistics for 2024, 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…