Parliamentary questions

461. Deputy Maeve O'Connell asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the number of calls or reports to the dedicated e-mail address and helpline in place for reporting suspected cases of animal welfare (details supplied). [31661/25]

255. Deputy Holly Cairns asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine to provide an updated list of all email and phone lines for use of Oireachtas members within his Department, including all subsidiary bodies, in tabular form. [30767/25]

256. Deputy Mairéad Farrell asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will provide the list of capital projects for IT services, by his Department or bodies under its aegis, which had contracts valued in excess of €1million that failed to reach completion; the value that was written off, for the years 2022, 2023 and 2024, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the …

257. Deputy Mairéad Farrell asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will provide, the list of capital projects, by his Department or bodies under its aegis, which had contracts valued in excess of €5million, which ran over cost in 2023, along with a description of the contract, the initial price and final price provided, in tabular form. [30815/25]

258. Deputy John Paul O'Shea asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine when a 2024 ACRES scheme payment will issue to a farmer in County Kerry (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [30890/25]

259. Deputy Eamon Scanlon asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine how independent valuers can apply for roles under the on-farm market valuation scheme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [30894/25]

260. Deputy Eoghan Kenny asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine for a date for the payment of ACRES 2023 and 2024 for a person [details supplied]; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [30915/25]

261. Deputy Noel McCarthy asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if an ACRES payment to a person (details supplied) will be expedited; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [31257/25]

262. Deputy Aidan Farrelly asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the number of retired officials that were re-engaged by his Department on a consultancy basis in the past four years and to date in 2025; the reason for engaging them; the costs incurred in respect of their engagement; and if his Department requires consultants to declare conflicts of interest in advance of utilisin…

1085. Deputy Jennifer Whitmore asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the reason his Department proposed to use the Teagasc soil and subsoils map for the implementation of the Good Agricultural and Environmental Condition (GAEC) 2 rather than using the Department-funded new Irish Peat Soils Map; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [28986/25]

1086. Deputy Sorca Clarke asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the percentage of the 2024 capital budget allocation for works under the Fisheries Harbour Coastal Infrastructure Development Programme; and if any underspent of the 2024 funding was transferred to the 2025 budget allocation. [28906/25]

1087. Deputy Sorca Clarke asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the estimated full year cost to recruit three additional WTE agricultural inspectors and three additional WTE veterinary inspectors for his Department. [28907/25]

1088. Deputy Mairéad Farrell asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine given that the Cong Salmon Hatchery run by Inland Fisheries Ireland in county Galway is not located within a special area of conservation, the reason the licence for its operation is to be subject to an initial appropriate assessment screening under the EU Habitats Directive when the current licence is renewed in …

1089. Deputy Brendan Smith asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine when PG1 status will be approved in respect of a food product (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [29061/25]

1090. Deputy Pat the Cope Gallagher asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he would outline what stock surveys have been conducted to date; what surveys are underway at present and what further surveys are planned for pollack in box 6a before ICES make a determination for 2026 in this stock; if he will further confirm that his Department are committed to making a scientific cas…

1091. Deputy Niamh Smyth asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if his Department will look favourably on an appeal by a person (details supplied) of the extensively grazed pasture; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [29094/25]

1092. Deputy Charles Ward asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the number of WTE staff, by job title currently at the regional veterinary offices based at Raphoe, County Donegal; the WTE vacancies at the office, by job title; the expected timeframe for filling each of those vacancies, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [29150/25]

1093. Deputy Robert O'Donoghue asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will provide the costing and a detailed breakdown of the costing for the funding provided by his Department to the Irish Retired Greyhound Trust care centres in County Kildare and County Limerick; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [29164/25]

1094. Deputy Paul Donnelly asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the locations of trade missions he will participate in over the next three months, in tabular form. [29176/25]

1095. Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he was aware of the issues facing Horse Sport Ireland with registering and access to a passport for foals born in 2024; and the steps he has taken to ensure this does not repeat this year. [29246/25]

1096. Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the amount in funding Horse Sport Ireland receives each year from the State. [29247/25]

1097. Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the number of passports issued in each of the past five years by Horse Sport Ireland; and the number of applications still outstanding from 2024. [29248/25]

1098. Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the average wait time for a passport from Horse Sport Ireland. [29249/25]

1099. Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the number of horse passports and registrations dealt with from outside Ireland. [29250/25]

1100. Deputy Aidan Farrelly asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the dates in 2025 where he has visited each of the fisheries harbour centres under the remit of his Department; and the purpose of each visit, in tabular form. [29372/25]