Parliamentary questions

199. Deputy Robert O'Donoghue asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the number of badgers that have been culled to date in 2025; the number that have been vaccinated for bovine TB (bTB); of those culled, the number that tested positive for bTB; if he will provide similar figures for 2024; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [36433/25]

200. Deputy Robert O'Donoghue asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine further to Parliamentary Question No. 150 of 20 May 2025, how he intends to “reduce the impact of known high risk animals in spreading bTB”; if he is referring to badgers in this sentence; to outline those measures; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [36434/25]

201. Deputy Robert O'Donoghue asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine further to his statement on 24 June 2025 that “Heydon gets approval from Cabinet to address current high levels of bovine TB”, to confirm the measures that were approved by Cabinet; when those proposals will be published; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [36435/25]

202. Deputy Brian Brennan asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if further to the recent fires on Tara Hill, Gorey, County Wexford there will be a review or recommendations into the matter (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [36451/25]

203. Deputy Seán Ó Fearghaíl asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will address matters concerning the mysterious deaths of a large number of the farm animals (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [36593/25]

204. Deputy Aindrias Moynihan asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the numbers of TB reactors for each of the past five years, in tabular form, that were compensated at the maximum rate; how the maximum rate is determined; if he is satisfied that the maximum rates are appropriate; if he has plans to review the maximum compensation rate per animal; and if he will make a statement…

603. Deputy Ryan O'Meara asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if a strategic environmental assessment was carried out prior to the development and publication of the National Biomethane Strategy; the way in which this assessment informed the strategy; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [35453/25]

604. Deputy Michael Fitzmaurice asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine in relation to the 2022 pilot farm environmental study programme, the delivery of which was awarded to an organisation (details supplied) after a public tender process; when the decision not to proceed with the study programme was made by his Department; when the organisation was informed by his Department that…

605. Deputy Conor Sheehan asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he plans to implement a ban on glyphosate use as has been done in other countries due to increasing research that it is probably carcinogenic to humans; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [35277/25]

606. Deputy Michael Fitzmaurice asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine when the decision not to proceed with the 2022 Pilot Farm Environmental Study Programme was made by his Department; when an organisation (details supplied) was informed by his Department that it no longer planned to proceed with the study programme; the reason the programme did not proceed as planned; and if he…

607. Deputy John Paul O'Shea asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if his Department will contribute to the local improvement scheme fund in recognition of the significant proportion of roads being funded under the scheme to enable and improve access to agricultural holdings; if his Department has ever been approached by the Department of Rural and Community Development and the G…

608. Deputy Jennifer Whitmore asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the number of farmers still impacted by the delay in payments under the ACRES for 2023, by county; when the issue will be resolved; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [35311/25]

609. Deputy Alan Kelly asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he has met with a group (details supplied); and if not, if he will do so in the coming months. [35318/25]

610. Deputy Alan Kelly asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine to list the dates and attendees of all meetings he and or his Department officials have had with the Environmental Protection Agency since he took office. [35323/25]

611. Deputy Pádraig Rice asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if his attention has been drawn to the mistreatment of horses in County Clare (details supplied); the steps he is taking to ensure that those who are responsible for this cruelty are held accountable; to outline the legislation that is in place to protect animals when they are involved in events such as fairs; and if …

612. Deputy Holly Cairns asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine for the number of export licences for dogs granted by his Department for 2020, 2021, 2022, 2023 and 2024, by country of destination, in tabular form. [35422/25]

613. Deputy Aengus Ó Snodaigh asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine to list all the public services contracts worth €10 million or more, which have been granted by himself or the forerunner for his Department, or other State bodies in the past five years; the value of each contract; the length of term of each; the expiration date of each contract; and whether any contract was dis…

614. Deputy Ryan O'Meara asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine for an update on the progress made by the deer management strategy group; the number of deer culled as a result of its work; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [35511/25]

615. Deputy Frankie Feighan asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the amount in terms of acres/hectares of forestry land currently owned by Coillte in the Ballycastle area; the amount of forestry land in the Ballycastle area sold by Coillte over the past ten years; and when was it sold. [35724/25]

616. Deputy Roderic O'Gorman asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the reason Greyhound Racing Ireland still have no strategic plan in place two-and-a-half years after the last plan expired; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [35802/25]

617. Deputy Roderic O'Gorman asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the indicators and targets, as stipulated in the Code of Practice for the Governance of Stare Bodies that are being used to measure the performance of the Irish greyhound industry in the absence of a strategic plan for the past two-and-a-half years; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [35803/25]

618. Deputy Conor D. McGuinness asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine to outline his Department’s policy on land eligibility for CAP payments where bracken or heather encroachment has occurred due to natural conditions beyond a farmer’s control. [35816/25]

619. Deputy Conor D. McGuinness asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if his Department has considered reintroducing or substituting a safe chemical alternative to Asulox for bracken control in uplands. [35817/25]

620. Deputy Conor D. McGuinness asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will support the establishment of a new EIP or pilot project to support sustainable grazing, biodiversity and wildfire prevention in the Comeragh Mountains. [35818/25]

621. Deputy Michael Cahill asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine for an update on his Department’s work to support Ireland’s sea fisheries sector. [36003/25]