Parliamentary questions

341. Deputy Niamh Smyth asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the reason a person (details supplied) is not receiving the full acres payment; the reason she is been penalised; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [27850/25]

342. Deputy Pádraig Mac Lochlainn asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine to provide the first and full year-cost of introducing a €0.20/litre fuel aid support scheme for the Irish fishing fleet for a three month, six month, and 12 month period. [27923/25]

343. Deputy Pádraig Mac Lochlainn asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine to provide the first and full-year cost of introducing a continuity grant for the Irish inshore fishing fleet, vessels less than 18m, equivalent to 20% of turnover and based on turnover from 2021,2022,2023 and 2024. [27924/25]

344. Deputy Pádraig Mac Lochlainn asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine to outline the funding allocated to local authorities under the local authority marine infrastructure scheme over the past 15 years, by year, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [27925/25]

345. Deputy Pádraig Mac Lochlainn asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine to outline the funding allocated under the fishery harbour centre and coastal infrastructure development programme over the past 15 years, year by year, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [27926/25]

346. Deputy Pádraig Mac Lochlainn asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the current annual budget for the Marine Institute in Ireland; the cost of increasing this budget by 5%, 10% and 15% respectively; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [27927/25]

347. Deputy Pádraig Mac Lochlainn asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the annual budget allocated to the Sea Fisheries Protection Authority for 2025; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [27928/25]

348. Deputy Pádraig Mac Lochlainn asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the preparatory work, stakeholder engagements, and policy priorities concerning fisheries and the marine being planned by his Department in advance of Ireland’s upcoming Presidency of the Council of the European Union; if he will ensure that the issue of the deeply unfair allocation of fish quotas to the Iris…

349. Deputy Pádraig Mac Lochlainn asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the current list of support schemes and initiatives for fishermen and sea workers; the initiatives-schemes that are in development and-or are planned to be launched; the funding for same, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [27932/25]

350. Deputy Pádraig Mac Lochlainn asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the publication timeline for a five-year fisheries sector strategy that will include an examination of the processing sector, as committed to in the Programme for Government; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [27933/25]

351. Deputy Conor Sheehan asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine when the review of the Control of Horses Act 1996, and the replacement legislation will be published, in order to address systemic horse cruelty and mismanagement; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [28026/25]

352. Deputy John Paul O'Shea asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine The reason a penalty was applied to 2023 ACRES scheme payment in respect of a farmer in Co. Kerry (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [28072/25]

494. Deputy Michael Cahill asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine to strengthen the moorings at the marina in Knighstown, Valentia, County Kerry; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [26713/25]

495. Deputy Michael Cahill asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine to provide a new lifting loader at Kilmacalogue Pier, County Kerry, as the existing one is at the end of its lifespan; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [26714/25]

496. Deputy Michael Cahill asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine to carryout emergency improvement works to the Tuosist/Coornagillagh Pier, County Kerry; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [26715/25]

497. Deputy Michael Cahill asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine to carryout improvement works to Scragane Pier, Maherees, County Kerry; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [26716/25]

498. Deputy Michael Cahill asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine to expedite an ACRES payment in respect of a person in County Kerry (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [26763/25]

499. Deputy Albert Dolan asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if framework-based procurement is included in his Department's reporting of "tendered" procurement in its annual accounts; if so, to distinguish between contracts awarded via framework mini-competition, contracts awarded via direct drawdown from a framework without competition and frameworks run independently by his D…

500. Deputy Albert Dolan asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine to provide a list of all framework agreements used by his Department or its agencies since 2022, by name and description of framework; if it was established by his Department, the OGP or another central or sectoral body; if it is a single-supplier or multi-supplier framework; if drawdowns required mini-competitions; a…

501. Deputy Albert Dolan asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if all drawdowns from frameworks by his Department or its agencies from 1 January 2022 to 31 December 2024 valued over €25,000 were accompanied by publication of a contract award notice on the eTenders portal as required by Circular 05/2023; and, if not, to list any known contracts where such publication did not occur…

502. Deputy Michael Cahill asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine to urgently address the high cost of animal medications (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [27088/25]

503. Deputy John Paul O'Shea asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine when a 2024 ACRES payment will issue to a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [27098/25]

504. Deputy John Paul O'Shea asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if the IT issue preventing payment of 2023 and 2024 ACRES payments to a person (details supplied) has been rectified; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [27099/25]

505. Deputy Conor D. McGuinness asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the reason grant aid for course fees, under the new European Maritime and Fisheries Fund announced July 2024, is only available to BIM training courses or equivalent courses, resulting in the same qualifications as those provided by BIM and not for academic courses like the Higher Diploma in Business in Fisheri…

506. Deputy Conor D. McGuinness asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine to consider providing 50% grant aid for student fees for the Higher Diploma in Business in Fisheries and Aquaculture offered by South East Technological University, as had been the case in the past; if he will designate a State body with responsibility for promoting third level education courses and degree prog…