Questions

792. Deputy Paul Lawless asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if the Livestock Breeding, Production and Trade Division (LBPTD) of his Department is the designated section responsible for the oversight and approval functions set out in regulation (EU) 2016/1012, including the approval and ongoing monitoring of breeding bodies and breeding programmes in accordance with articles four, eight and 12 of …

793. Deputy Paul Lawless asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the way in which officials from his Department who are appointed to governance roles within designated third-party breeding organisations such as organisations (details supplied) are able to fulfil their fiduciary duties of independence, impartiality, loyalty to the State, accountability, due care and transparency; the way these official…

794. Deputy Paul Lawless asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if organisations (details supplied) are legally structured as non-State, independent entities that is, as a co-operative, company limited by guarantee or similar, rather than as public bodies or State-controlled organisations; whether this legal status is the reason that under the domestic transposition of Regulation (EU) 2016/1012 he ha…

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]

208. Deputy Michael Fitzmaurice asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine when the next payment run will be made for farmers who are not paid their ACRES first payment for the scheme year 2025, and the figures not paid yet for 2025 first payment; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [68177/25]

209. Deputy Michael Fitzmaurice asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if his Department has enough funding to pay farmers in the different agricultural schemes the money they are owed before the year end 2025; and given his Department’s payments and budget, whether he envisages a shortfall in any scheme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [68178/25]

456. Deputy Cathal Crowe asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will intervene to resolve a long-running issue affecting a payment (details supplied). [67522/25]

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]

138. Deputy Louis O'Hara asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will reconsider the cuts to the beef and sheep welfare schemes; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [65495/25]

155. Deputy Rose Conway-Walsh asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the reason his Department refuses to accept invoices for TAMS grant claims in cases where the farmer has legitimately paid in cash; if he will review this rule in view of cases where fully paid, valid invoices have been ruled ineligible solely because payment was made in cash; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [66685/25…

161. Deputy Colm Burke asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine to provide an update on a review of the agri-climate rural environment scheme (ACRES); when the review will be completed; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [66670/25]

169. Deputy Erin McGreehan asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the reason the sheep welfare scheme payments were lower than anticipated; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [66740/25]

453. Deputy Malcolm Byrne asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the measures in place to support biodiversity restoration; and to provide examples of where these are having an impact; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [67038/25]

256. Deputy William Aird asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine to set out the measures from Budget 2026 that will support generational renewal in farming; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [66334/25]

258. Deputy Naoise Ó Cearúil asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the schemes available to assist small farmers in transitioning to sustainable practices, including low-emission slurry spreading and biodiversity projects; if additional funding will be provided to support these initiatives; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [66466/25]

261. Deputy John Connolly asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine when a balancing payment will issue to a person (details supplied); the reason for the delay in issuing this payment to the person; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [65586/25]

300. Deputy Matt Carthy asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the total allocation to TAMS in the years 2019 to 2026, by year; the indicative allocation for 2027; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [64036/25]

853. Deputy Naoise Ó Muirí asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine when payments under the forgotten farmers scheme will issue to eligible applicants; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [63216/25]

854. Deputy Naoise Ó Muirí asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine to specify the exact date by which eligible applicants under the forgotten farmers scheme can expect to receive payment; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [63217/25]

855. Deputy Naoise Ó Muirí asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the amount each eligible applicant under the forgotten farmers scheme will receive; whether the maximum payment of €5,000 will apply in all cases; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [63218/25]

856. Deputy Naoise Ó Muirí asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will confirm whether the €5 million allocation for the forgotten farmers scheme will be sufficient to meet all eligible applications; if additional funding will be announced to ensure no applicant is excluded; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [63219/25]

857. Deputy Naoise Ó Muirí asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the contingency measures in place should the number of eligible applicants exceed the initial €5 million allocation for the forgotten farmers scheme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [63220/25]

869. Deputy Erin McGreehan asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the rationale for reducing the payment rate under the national sheep welfare scheme to €11.50 per ewe, despite the prior indication to farmers of a higher expected level of support; and the way in which his Department plans to address the financial shortfall now faced by sheep farmers as a result of this change. [63486/25]

870. Deputy Erin McGreehan asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if an assessment was carried out on the impact of the reduced per-ewe payment on the viability of sheep farms, particularly hill and low-income farms, before the decision was taken to adjust the rate downward. [63487/25]