Parliamentary questions

2243. Deputy Colm Burke asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the progress made to date by his Department in relation to a review of the eligibility criteria for the succession planning advice grant to ensure better up take of the grant; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [44138/25]

2244. Deputy Colm Burke asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine to provide an update on his Department’s progress to date in relation to the delivery of a scheme that recognises the category of farmers known as the “Forgotten Farmers”; when it is envisaged that this scheme will commence; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [44139/25]

2245. Deputy Colm Burke asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the progress made to date by his Department in relation to the introduction of a national framework for carbon farming to guide the development of a carbon farming scheme to strengthen farm incomes; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [44140/25]

2246. Deputy Colm Burke asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the action being undertaken by his Department to support women in agriculture, in particular in relation to female farm succession; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [44141/25]

2247. Deputy Colm Burke asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine to provide an update on the implementation of the National Women in Agriculture Action Plan, to support gender equality in the agriculture sector, in particular in relation to female farm succession; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [44142/25]

2248. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the number of hectares of land in the State eligible for payment under the single farm payment scheme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [44207/25]

2249. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the number of entitlements held by farmers; the number of naked hectares which are eligible for payment but not claimed on; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [44234/25]

2250. Deputy Fionntán Ó Súilleabháin asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if there will be an area based scheme sought by organisations (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [44238/25]

2251. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the number of hectares of land claimed on, with entitlements that is used for livestock; the number used for tillage; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [44303/25]

2252. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the number of hectares of land claimed on with entitlements are classified as commonage, rough grazing or uplands; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [44375/25]

450. Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if the chairperson of an organisation (details supplied) will meet with another organisation to explain the reason current costings, for example, beef price and meal price, are not being applied to algorithms determining breeding recommendations and also changing breeding bull star ratings. [40213/25]

451. Deputy Danny Healy-Rae asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the number of acres of farmland taken up with solar panels; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [40264/25]

452. Deputy Danny Healy-Rae asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the number of acres of farmland purchased by the State in 2023, 2024 and to date in 2025; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [40265/25]

453. Deputy Cathal Crowe asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the total amount of farmer scheme payments made, by county basis for 2024, in tabular form (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [40279/25]

454. Deputy David Maxwell asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the steps his Department can take to expediate afforestation applications that are currently being appealed, in most cases, these appeals are taking approximately three to four years to be resolved. [40370/25]

455. Deputy Albert Dolan asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine further to Parliamentary Question Nos. 329 and 331 of 24 June 2025, to the Minister for Public Expenditure, Infrastructure, Public Service Reform and Digitalisation, which confirmed that responsibility for analysing collapsed or re-run procurement competitions rests with individual contracting authorities, if his Depa…

456. Deputy Albert Dolan asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine to provide a list of all Public-Private Partnership projects under his remit, including project name, contract value, and start/end date since 2010; and to confirm whether any projects have been subject to cost overruns, renegotiation or early termination since 2010. [40407/25]

457. Deputy Ruth Coppinger asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he is aware that it is now illegal to export live animals from the UK and the way in which this affects Irish livestock and horses; and if his Department is considering a ban. [40427/25]

458. Deputy Roderic O'Gorman asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he plans to introduce legislation to ban surgical artificial insemination in all dogs, including greyhounds; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [40461/25]

459. Deputy Roderic O'Gorman asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine when the results of his Department's public consultation on banning surgical artificial insemination in dogs will be published; the steps that will be taken as a result of this consultation; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [40462/25]

460. Deputy Conor D. McGuinness asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the amount of funding given to each county under the basic income support for sustainability from 2015 to 2025, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [40489/25]

461. Deputy Conor D. McGuinness asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the amount of funding given to each county under the horticulture investment schemes (2025), in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [40490/25]

462. Deputy Conor D. McGuinness asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the amount of funding given to each county under the food waste reduction scheme from 2015 to 2025, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [40491/25]

463. Deputy Conor D. McGuinness asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the amount of funding given to each county under the knowledge transfer programme 2024-2026, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [40492/25]

464. Deputy Conor D. McGuinness asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the amount of funding given to each county under the farm safety measure 2024, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [40493/25]