871. Deputy Erin McGreehan asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will confirm whether there will be a review of the 2025 and 2026 scheme allocations to restore the payment level originally understood by farmers; and to ensure that farmers are not penalised for participating in good faith in a scheme whose terms were subsequently diminished. [63488/25]
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872. Deputy Erin McGreehan asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the measures being considered to rebuild trust with farmers following the reduction in scheme payments, given the ongoing pressures of poor market returns, high input costs, and tight margins in the sheep sector. [63489/25]
873. Deputy Erin McGreehan asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine whether his Department will reopen discussions with stakeholders regarding future scheme design to ensure payment stability, transparency, and fairness for sheep farmers who relied on the original scheme commitments when planning their farm income. [63490/25]
397. Deputy Michael Cahill asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will allow for a late application due to illness under the sheep welfare scheme for a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [62383/25]
401. Deputy John Connolly asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the number of applications nationally, under tranche 2 of ACRES; that have withdrawn their applications to date; the number of remaining participants in the scheme on each island; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [62522/25]
803. Deputy Naoise Ó Muirí asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine for an update on the current TB compensation scheme payment caps of €3,000 for commercial TB reactors and €5,000 for pedigree cows, in–calf heifers and stock bulls; if he has any plans to increase those payment caps given the current value of cattle in the market; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [61462/25]
828. Deputy Cathal Crowe asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the reason stock-proof fencing, required by goat farmers, has been omitted from targeted agriculture modernisation schemes to date; his plans to address this; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [61955/25]
829. Deputy Cathal Crowe asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will consider providing grant funding to enable goat farmers to purchase electronic ‘no-fence’ collars so as to better manage their goat herds; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [61956/25]
317. Deputy Erin McGreehan asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the timeline and commencement dates for the advance payments for the areas of natural constraint scheme. [60637/25]
318. Deputy Erin McGreehan asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the timeline and commencement dates for the areas of specific constraint scheme. [60638/25]
319. Deputy Erin McGreehan asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the timeline and commencement dates for the organic farming scheme. [60639/25]
320. Deputy Erin McGreehan asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the timeline and commencement dates for the eco-scheme. [60640/25]
321. Deputy Erin McGreehan asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the timeline and commencement dates for the targeted agriculture modernisation scheme (TAMS III). [60641/25]
322. Deputy Erin McGreehan asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine for an update on the timeline and commencement dates for the basic income support for sustainability scheme. [60648/25]
323. Deputy Erin McGreehan asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine for an update on the timeline and commencement dates for the complementary redistributive income support for sustainability scheme. [60649/25]
345. Deputy Michael Cahill asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if a BISS payment can be expedited on behalf of a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [60873/25]
1398. Deputy Martin Kenny asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine in light of the increase in funding for ACRES in 2026, to provide a breakdown of the ACRES budget for the years 2023, 2024 and 2025, to include money allocated to the scheme in each year, and total spend for each year. [57700/25]
1399. Deputy Martin Kenny asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine for a breakdown of the number of landscape actions as part of ACRES that have been applied for, approved, claim submitted and paid for the years 2023, 2024 and 2025. [57701/25]
1400. Deputy Martin Kenny asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine for a breakdown of the ACRES budget to show the amount of funding allocated to non-productive investments, landscape actions and the administration of the eight cooperation zones for the years 2023, 2024 and 2025. [57702/25]
1407. Deputy John Connolly asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the number of applications received from Árann, Inis Meáin and Inis Oirr, under tranche 2 of ACRES; the number of these who have withdrawn their applications to date; the number of remaining participants in the scheme on each island; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [57849/25]
1421. Deputy Colm Burke asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the number of non-productive investment applications received under the ACRES and ACRES-CP schemes for 2023 to date in 2025, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [58139/25]
1438. Deputy Michael Cahill asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine to urgently introduce a scheme to assist farmers and landowners who need to carry out critical coastal protection works to their properties (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [58948/25]
1440. Deputy Ryan O'Meara asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if his Department has given consideration to implementing measures to target the issue of re-occurring dual claim cases on a yearly basis; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [59077/25]
1453. Deputy Cathy Bennett asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the number of farmers that fall within the cohort known as the so-called forgotten farmers; the amount of funding necessary to redress their exclusion from young farmer supports; if the allocation to the long-established young farmers scheme is sufficient to fully redress all impacted farmers; and if he will make a statement on the mat…
1454. Deputy Cathy Bennett asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the basis upon which the long-established young farmers scheme is limited to those who had commenced in agriculture prior to 2008; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [59846/25]