Parliamentary questions

2218. Deputy Ruairí Ó Murchú asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine to outline the plans he has to resource the Agricultural Appeals Review Board; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [43298/25]

2219. Deputy Ruairí Ó Murchú asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine to outline the plans there are to streamline the ACRES scheme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [43299/25]

2220. Deputy Ruairí Ó Murchú asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine to provide an update on the progress being made to find suitable replacements for potato desiccants such as diquat, to provide any results there are so far as to their effectiveness; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [43300/25]

2221. Deputy Cormac Devlin asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if the Government intends to support strategic investment in local marine infrastructure in areas such as Dún Laoghaire under the maritime regeneration, development and conservation fund; including the upgrade of small harbours, improvements to marine access and development of eco-tourism facilities; and if he will …

2222. Deputy Sinéad Gibney asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the plans to ban or limit the practice of blood sports in Ireland such as hare coursing and fox hunting; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [43611/25]

2223. Deputy Sinéad Gibney asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will align Irish laws with those of other European countries and ban surgical insemination of racing greyhounds, as it is with all other types of dog breeds due to the cruel and harmful nature of the practice; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [43612/25]

2224. Deputy Sinéad Gibney asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if his Department monitors the number of greyhounds being surgically artificially inseminated; if he will provide those figures for the past three years, broken down by month, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [43613/25]

2225. Deputy Brendan Smith asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the outcome of discussions he has had to date with the EU Agriculture and Environment Commissioners and at the Agriculture Council on the need to retain the nitrates derogation; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [43616/25]

2226. Deputy Conor D. McGuinness asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the supports that are available for small-scale farmers and fishermen facing exclusion from direct market supply chains and processors and are forced to sell to middlemen which often eats into their profits and leads to higher prices for consumers. [43633/25]

2227. Deputy Danny Healy-Rae asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine to provide an update on an outstanding agri-climate rural environment scheme, ACRES, payment (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [43640/25]

2228. Deputy Sinéad Gibney asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the number of full-time equivalents directly employed by his Department, broken down by grade, in tabular form. [43652/25]

2229. Deputy Sinéad Gibney asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine whether his Department has a policy or goal of better insourcing of IT requirements and needs of the Department for better cybersecurity, autonomy and crisis management; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [43670/25]

2230. Deputy Danny Healy-Rae asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine to provide an update on an agri-climate rural environment scheme, ACRES, payment for a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [43711/25]

2231. Deputy Joe Cooney asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine in view of the recent announcement of a total allowable catch of pollack for 2026 and the division between recreational and commercial, if there are plans for the establishment of an angling catch limit on pollack; if any consultation on such limit has taken place with angling and charter skippers representative groups…

2232. Deputy Danny Healy-Rae asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will provide an update on a scheme (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [43920/25]

2233. Deputy Cathy Bennett asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will report on his engagements regarding the Mercosur trade agreement; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [43942/25]

2234. Deputy Cathy Bennett asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will provide details of the amount raised from farmers through levies; the contribution of the European Union; the amount of Exchequer funding allocated to the TB allocation programme; the TB incidence rate, in each the years 2019 to date; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [43943/25]

2235. Deputy Rose Conway-Walsh asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine when he intends to increase the ceiling rates of compensation for livestock impacted by TB to enable proper alignment with actual valuations; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [44082/25]

2236. Deputy Robert O'Donoghue asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the number of people engaged in the food production industry, broken down by county and age demographics, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [44110/25]

2237. Deputy Colm Burke asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the action his Department is taking to promote the Protected Geographical Indicator for Irish grassfed beef as a premium brand in overseas markets, as per the programme for Government; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [44132/25]

2238. Deputy Colm Burke asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the progress made to date by his Department on examining the feasibility of a scouring plant for wool in developing an Irish wool brand, as per the programme for Government; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [44133/25]

2239. Deputy Colm Burke asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine to provide an update on the progress made to date by his Department in reviewing investment items and reference costs under the targeted agricultural modernisation scheme, TAMS. [44134/25]

2240. Deputy Colm Burke asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the progress made to date by his Department in examining a mechanism to engage with stakeholders on the design of national agriculture schemes, in particular the next Common Agricultural Policy; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [44135/25]

2241. Deputy Colm Burke asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the action his Department are taking to improve and accelerate IT capabilities in his Department in order to enhance systems and to avoid payment delays, as experienced by ACRES applicants in the current CAP; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [44136/25]

2242. Deputy Colm Burke asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine to provide an update on his Department’s engagement with the Department for Health in relation to examining the fair deal scheme to ensure it does not impede succession planning and recognises the distinctive position of agricultural land; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [44137/25]