Parliamentary questions

2193. Deputy Paul Lawless asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the steps his Department is taking to ensure that State forestry incentives do not disproportionately advantage large investment funds over young or family farmers, in tabular form. [41844/25]

2194. Deputy Paul Donnelly asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the number of WTE staff by job title and gender working within biosecurity division of his Department as of 18 July 2025; the WTE vacancies by job title within his Department and the timeframe for filling each of those vacancies, in tabular form. [41878/25]

2195. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the reason for the absence of figures for the number of euthanisations carried out at a dog pounds (details supplied), from February 2025 to date; and whether there is there a legal obligation to publish euthanisation numbers. [42028/25]

2196. Deputy Pa Daly asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the breakdown on the number of delayed ACRES payments, by county and by average duration of delay and the reason for the delay; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [42030/25]

2197. Deputy Pa Daly asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he is aware that 396 farmers have yet to receive their final ACRES payment for 2023; when these payments will be paid; the reason for the continued delay; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [42031/25]

2198. Deputy John Brady asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the measures he will make to combat the increasing deer population in Wicklow; his targets for the county; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [42126/25]

2199. Deputy John Brady asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the details of any personal emails for his Government business; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [42148/25]

2200. Deputy John Brady asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the details of any messaging provider downloaded on his Ministerial phone; the details of any provider downloaded; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [42149/25]

2201. Deputy Conor Sheehan asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the amount spent by his Department and State bodies under its aegis on travel and subsistence in 2021, 2022, 2023, 2024 and to date in 2025, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [42457/25]

2202. Deputy Niamh Smyth asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the reason a person (details supplied) is not receiving the full entitlements of ACRES; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [42500/25]

2203. Deputy Seán Fleming asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine whether his Department or any agency operating under its aegis has, in the past five years, used reserved contracts or included social clauses in public procurement tenders; and if so, to detail the types of contracts or clauses used; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [42852/25]

2204. Deputy Pat Buckley asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he intends to ban surgical insemination of greyhounds; and if so, the timeline for doing so. [42939/25]

2205. Deputy Pat Buckley asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine to provide an update on ongoing legislative work relating to dog welfare and control; and the timeline for when this legislation will be ready for scrutiny by the Houses of the Oireachtas. [42940/25]

2206. Deputy Pa Daly asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine to provide an update on the two new actions due and the nine legacy actions due as outlined in the Q1 2025 progress report (details supplied); to outline which actions they are; the reason for the delay; the status of the progress to date; the timeline for completion, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on th…

2207. Deputy Jennifer Whitmore asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the number of farmers who still have not received any payments under the ACRES scheme for 2023 to date, on a county by county basis; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [43058/25]

2208. Deputy Robert O'Donoghue asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine to provide a contact list of all State and semi-State bodies connected with his Department; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [43128/25]

2209. Deputy James Geoghegan asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the details of the capital funding programmes or grants which his Department or any body under his aegis has responsibility, for which sporting organisations are eligible to apply for; the details of any funding programme or grant that is currently open or the date when a subsequent prospective funding programme o…

2210. Deputy James Geoghegan asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the details of capital funding programmes or grants which his Department or any body under his aegis has responsibility, for which community organisations are eligible to apply for; the details of any funding programme or grant that is currently open or the date of when a subsequent prospective funding programme o…

2211. Deputy Brendan Smith asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the progress to date in obtaining an extension of the nitrates derogation; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [43241/25]

2212. Deputy Brendan Smith asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the outcome of his most recent discussions with other EU agriculture ministers, and at the EU Agriculture Council, in relation to the need to ringfence funding for the CAP post 2027; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [43242/25]

2213. Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will support the ringfencing of funding for farm schemes within the overall EU budget [43266/25]

2214. Deputy Michael Cahill asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if consideration will be given to initiating a new largescale afforestation programme to reduce our carbon footprint and provide much needed income to small farmers; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [43285/25]

2215. Deputy Ruairí Ó Murchú asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine to outline the recent engagements he and his Department have had with the EU regarding the nitrates derogation; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [43295/25]

2216. Deputy Ruairí Ó Murchú asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine to outline the recent engagements he and his Department have had with the EU regarding possible changes to CAP payments; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [43296/25]

2217. Deputy Ruairí Ó Murchú asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine to outline the recent engagements he and his Department have had on formulating an extreme weather event financial scheme for farmers; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [43297/25]