Parliamentary questions

1776. Deputy Seán Canney asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine to consider amending the Forest Act 2014 and the Forestry Regulations 2017 to allow forest owners who have felled their forest to use the land for other purposes, as some forest owners want to use their land for alternative purposes but are prohibited from doing so by the replanting obligation of the clear-felling lic…

1777. Deputy Sorca Clarke asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine to outline the funding and supports available to landowners who wish to engage in reforestation and native tree planting projects; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [46103/25]

1778. Deputy Robert O'Donoghue asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the measures being taken to strengthen equine identification and traceability systems, including the enforcement of microchipping regulations, in order to improve animal welfare, prevent fraud and ensure compliance with EU standards; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [46118/25]

1779. Deputy Robert O'Donoghue asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if his Department has undertaken or plans to undertake a review of the current legislation relating to carriage horses, with a view to ensuring that the highest standards of animal welfare, safety and regulation are being applied; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [46119/25]

1780. Deputy Robert O'Donoghue asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if his Department has completed the final review of the control of horses legislation; if so, when the findings will be published; and the measures being introduced to strengthen enforcement and support local authorities in the management of horse welfare and public safety issues; and if he will make a statement…

1781. Deputy Colm Burke asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will extend the deadline of the forgotten farmers scheme, in view of the fact that applicants had difficulty in gathering the necessary documentation and information before the deadline and were unable to complete the application on time; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [46292/25]

1782. Deputy Colm Burke asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will consider late applications for the forgotten farmers scheme, in view of the fact that the application process was only open for a fortnight and the difficulties in obtaining the appropriate documentation and information in order to complete the application; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [462…

1783. Deputy Erin McGreehan asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine to provide an update on the total funding allocated to County Louth under this Department from 2023 to date, per year in tabular form. [46356/25]

1784. Deputy Eamon Scanlon asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine to clarify whether meat plants are informed ahead of all inspections; if he will consider implementing a system that allows for unannounced inspections of scales; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [46405/25]

1785. Deputy Brian Brennan asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine for an update on the establishment of a new independent statutory body to be known as the agriculture appeals review panel; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [46425/25]

1786. Deputy Brian Brennan asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the current timeframe to seek a review of a decision of the Agricultural Appeals Office; whether there is an update on the proposed changes to this under the Agriculture Appeals (Amendment) Act 2024; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [46426/25]

1787. Deputy Conor Sheehan asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine to provide the details and addresses of all properties in the ownership of the Department that are absolved from paying commercial rates to the relevant local authority of the location that the property is in; to provide a similar list of properties for agencies or bodies under its remit that are also absolved from …

1788. Deputy Matt Carthy asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if there are any operational horse abattoirs within the State; if so, the locations of same; the regulatory and animal welfare frameworks that govern them; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [46508/25]

1789. Deputy Matt Carthy asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the process whereby an application of interest to establish a horse abattoir can be made; if this process will be revised; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [46509/25]

1790. Deputy Matt Carthy asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the number of horses exported from the State destined for horse abattoirs in other states in each year since 2015; the number exported to each relevant state, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [46510/25]

1791. Deputy Matt Carthy asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the role of his Department to ensure that regulatory and animal welfare standards are adhered to in respect of horses exported from the State destined for horse abattoirs in other states; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [46511/25]

1792. Deputy Michael Cahill asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will introduce a bounty for shooting deer, similar to the scheme that was in place many years ago for foxes and seals (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [46512/25]

1793. Deputy Cathal Crowe asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will consider broadening the qualifying terms of the forgotten farmers scheme in Budget 2026, including changing the date of birth eligibility to 1 January 1970; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [46513/25]

1794. Deputy Cathal Crowe asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will urgently review his Department’s plans to introduce two-step verification to login to the AgFood portal, given that two-step verification will prevent agricultural consultants from logging in on behalf of their client farmers and this will be of major disadvantage to farmers who have little or no IT skills…

1795. Deputy Louis O'Hara asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine to clarify whether a non-organic young farmer is eligible for the lower grant rate, 40 percent rate, under the terms of the organic capital investment scheme of TAMS 3 (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [46625/25]

1796. Deputy Colm Burke asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the total number of farmers in receipt of basic income support for the sustainability scheme under the current CAP with farm holdings no less than 30 hectares registered within the current Cork City Council administrative boundary, as revised in 2019; if he will further provide a breakdown of these by farming enterpris…

1797. Deputy Paul Donnelly asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he plans to have a food related trade mission to Canada before the end of 2025. [46725/25]

1798. Deputy Paul Donnelly asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the number of WTE qualified entomologist working within the Department in 2023, 2024 and to-date in 2025, in tabular form. [46726/25]

1799. Deputy Claire Kerrane asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine in view of the fact that in cow traits the figure 8 is used for carbon, the way in which that figure is applied to the evaluation and stars of suckler cows; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [46733/25]

1800. Deputy Claire Kerrane asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the way in which carbon can be evaluated in view of the fact farmers do not trade in carbon and the reason it is included in the traits used for suckler cows; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [46734/25]