Parliamentary questions

465. Deputy Conor D. McGuinness asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the amount of funding given to each county under the pig exceptional payment scheme from 2015 to 2025, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [40494/25]

466. Deputy Conor D. McGuinness asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the amount of funding given to each county under the traditional farm buildings grant scheme from 2015 to 2025, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [40495/25]

467. Deputy Conor D. McGuinness asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the amount of funding given to each county under the animal welfare and nutrient storage scheme from 2015 to 2025, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [40496/25]

468. Deputy Conor D. McGuinness asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the amount of funding given to each county under the young farmers capital investment scheme from 2015 to 2025, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [40497/25]

469. Deputy Conor D. McGuinness asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the amount of funding given to each county under the woodland improvement scheme from 2015 to 2025, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [40498/25]

470. Deputy Conor D. McGuinness asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the amount of funding given to each county under the aquaculture capital investment scheme from 2015 to 2025, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [40500/25]

471. Deputy Conor D. McGuinness asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the amount of funding given to each county under the seafood training scheme from 2015 to 2025, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [40501/25]

472. Deputy Conor D. McGuinness asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the amount of funding given to each county under the shared island bioeconomy demonstration initiative from 2015 to 2025, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [40502/25]

473. Deputy Micheál Carrigy asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if his Department, or any agency under its aegis, has procured services from a company (details supplied), including but not limited to internet connectivity, satellite communications, or associated technologies; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [40541/25]

474. Deputy Sinéad Gibney asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine further to Parliamentary Question No. 297 of 10 July 2025, if he will provide further details on how artificial intelligence is used to analyse content to produce IT documentation; if this is a new output from his Department or replacing a function previously done by an employee; and if he will make a statement on th…

192. Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he has received correspondence relating to an unauthorised agricultural operation (details supplied); if he has responded to this correspondence; the steps taken to address the matter; if he will arrange for an inspection of this operation to judge its compliance with regulations; and if he will make a statement…

193. Deputy Louise O'Reilly asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine in the context of the recent and annually recurring very stark warnings in respect of Avian Flu issued by his Department, the Department of Health, the Health Surveillance Protection Centre, the Health and Safety Executive, and indeed by the Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage/National Parks and Wi…

194. Deputy Louise O'Reilly asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine in the context of his Department's annually recurring stark warnings to the general public with regard to Avian Flu and appropriate safety precautions and avoidance measures vis. a vis. seabirds, sick/dead birds and faecal waste and nest detritus of wild birds, and the necessary and thorough zonal biosecurity proto…

195. Deputy Eoghan Kenny asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the position as of July 2025 on the Programme for Government commitment to develop an extreme weather event assistance scheme for farmers; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [40704/25]

774. Deputy Ciarán Ahern asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine his response to the fact that over half of assessments of forested areas in Ireland indicate bad conservation status under the Nature Directives; the steps he is taking to remedy the situation; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [39455/25]

775. Deputy Darren O'Rourke asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the current vacancies by job title at the Agri-Food Regulator; and the expected timeframe for filling each of those vacancies in tabular form. [38658/25]

776. Deputy James Geoghegan asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will detail the total number of CCTV cameras owned by his Department; the specific video file format used in the recording and dissemination of the recorded footage; the total number of CCTV cameras owned by bodies under the aegis of his Department; the specific video file format used in the recording and dis…

777. Deputy Cathal Crowe asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the main policy achievements of his Department since 23 January 2025; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [38747/25]

778. Deputy Donna McGettigan asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the number of WTE Departmental staff by job title that are based at Shannon Airport; the hours of the week his Departmental staff are present at the Airport; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [38791/25]

779. Deputy Willie O'Dea asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will consider increasing funding for an organisation (details supplied) in view of the fact that veterinary care costs have increased significantly; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [38823/25]

780. Deputy Thomas Gould asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the funding provided to Cork City Council for the control of horses in each of the first six months of 2020, 2021, 2022, 2023, 2024 and 2025, in tabular form. [38842/25]

781. Deputy Seán Ó Fearghaíl asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine when the review, which his predecessor committed to have undertaken into the deaths of animals on a farm (details supplied) will be completed; if the report on its completion will be immediately published; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [38909/25]

782. Deputy Catherine Connolly asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine to confirm that the electricity generation test-site station on Galway Bay under foreshore lease (details supplied) is now fully decommissioned; that all structures, infrastructure, devices, items and or utilities included in the foreshore lease application have now been permanently removed from the Galway Bay m…

783. Deputy Erin McGreehan asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will confirm whether he intends to do more than provide a modest seed grant to the Wool Council; whether there are any plans to ensure oversight and accountability mechanisms for this independent body; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [39039/25]

784. Deputy Erin McGreehan asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the actions he is taking to support the development of value-added wool products, such as insulation and other innovative applications; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [39040/25]