Parliamentary questions

622. Deputy Brendan Smith asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine when new EU regulations and conditions attaching to such regulations will be applied (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [36043/25]

623. Deputy Brian Stanley asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the consideration given by his Department to re-establishing sugar beet processing in the State; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [36091/25]

624. Deputy Brian Stanley asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the analysis his Department conducted on carbon sequestration qualities of the States hedgerows and how they may be used as mitigation against agriculture emissions; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [36092/25]

625. Deputy Brian Stanley asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if his Department reviewed the biogenic carbon cycle from grass fed cattle in terms of emission reduction; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [36093/25]

297. Deputy Brendan Smith asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will give detailed consideration to a recent briefing note of the Northern & Western Regional Assembly: Regional Infrastructure Priorities for the Northern and Western Region, June 2025; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [35165/25]

151. Deputy Emer Currie asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if his Department has examined the capabilities of Irish food and drink SMEs to implement market diversification, particularly in non-English speaking markets; if new measures are being considered to support Irish business to enhance the necessary capabilities; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [34584/25]

152. Deputy Conor D. McGuinness asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the number of horse passports issued annually, by passport issuing organisation; and by year since 2008, in tabular form. [34655/25]

153. Deputy Conor D. McGuinness asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the average waiting time for passport issuance by Horse Sport Ireland, by county, by year for the past 10 years, in tabular form. [34656/25]

154. Deputy Conor D. McGuinness asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the number of applications for horse passports currently outstanding, by passport issuing organisations, to provide a breakdown, by county, in tabular form. [34657/25]

155. Deputy Conor D. McGuinness asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine to confirm the number of horse passports issued over the past 10 years that have included a "Do Not Enter Food Chain" stamp, by reason, county and year. [34658/25]

156. Deputy Conor D. McGuinness asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the annual number of complaints received regarding horse passport delays, errors or irregularities, by county, and by year since 2010. [34659/25]

157. Deputy Conor D. McGuinness asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine to confirm whether a centralised national microchip and passport database for equines exists; and if not, whether there are plans to establish one. [34660/25]

158. Deputy Conor D. McGuinness asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine to outline the Department's strategy for supporting the wider equine sector, particularly small-scale breeders and leisure horse owners. [34661/25]

159. Deputy Conor D. McGuinness asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine to detail the level of State investment in the horse sport and leisure industry, in each of the past 10 years, broken down by programme and county. [34662/25]

160. Deputy Conor D. McGuinness asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the timeline by which he expects ministerial functions to be delegated to the Minister of State for Fisheries and the Marine, if he will account for the delay of almost five months; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [34663/25]

161. Deputy Conor D. McGuinness asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he is concerned about the closure of smaller scale abattoirs and the difficulties now facing small producers and organic producers in processing their animals (details supplied); to highlight any solutions or supports that might be available to these small-scale producers; and if he will make a statement on …

162. Deputy Mairéad Farrell asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the reason a license was issued (details supplied) in spite of not all the requirements being met; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [34945/25]

683. Deputy Pádraig O'Sullivan asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will outline the complete list of recipient firms and corresponding capital grant amounts allocated to each under the 'capital investment scheme for Processing and Marketing of Agricultural Products', in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [33579/25]

684. Deputy Albert Dolan asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if his Department has a designated head of procurement; if each agency or public body under his Department’s remit also has a designated head of procurement; and if so, to list those entities, along with the name or grade of the person holding that role. [33633/25]

685. Deputy Albert Dolan asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the number of staff within his Department and its agencies who hold a formal procurement qualification or certification (for example, CIPS, NFQ Level 6 or higher in procurement, EU public procurement training), broken down by organisation, in tabular form. [33651/25]

686. Deputy Albert Dolan asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if his Department and each agency or public body under its remit uses a formal contract management system or procurement tracking platform; to list the systems in use; and if they are centrally monitored or independently operated. [33669/25]

687. Deputy James O'Connor asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if his Department has considered the possibility of cleaning or dredging a harbour at a location (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [33777/25]

688. Deputy Paul Murphy asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will provide a breakdown of paying attendees at the Curragh racecourse for 2025, specifically for the Guineas weekend, to include Friday, Saturday and Sunday 23 to 25 May 2025. [33778/25]

689. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine for a full list of all documents, reports, strategies, and resources that have been “unpublished” by his Department over the past ten years (details supplied), including all such materials that have been “unpublished” by divisions, sections and units of his Department that became part of the Minister’s Departm…

690. Deputy John Paul O'Shea asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if it is possible for an ACRES payment for 2024 to be paid to farm partnerships instead of individual farmers; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [33928/25]