Parliamentary questions

289. Deputy Erin McGreehan asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the actions being taken to protect farmers under the EU Commission's GAEC 2. [24954/25]

290. Deputy John Paul O'Shea asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine when 2023 and 2024 ACRES payments will issue to a farm partnership in County Kerry (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [24986/25]

291. Deputy John Paul O'Shea asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if a decision has been made on an appeal of ACRES penalties applied to a course provider in County Kerry (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [24987/25]

292. Deputy Fionntán Ó Súilleabháin asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine when applicants of the ACRES scheme will receive their long-overdue payments (noting approximately five thousand applicants are waiting for scheme pay since 2023); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [24994/25]

293. Deputy Fionntán Ó Súilleabháin asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the reason for the delay in ACRES scheme payments; if a solution has been provided for this issue; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [24995/25]

294. Deputy Fionntán Ó Súilleabháin asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine to commit to delaying the implementation of GAEC-2 to support the farming industry; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [24996/25]

295. Deputy Michael Cahill asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine further to Parliamentary Question No. 1741 of 29 April 2025, if the details requested will be issued to this Deputy, given the response is not accurate and Kerry County Council does not have anything to do with the processing or issuing of foreshore licences; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [25007/25]

152. Deputy Ivana Bacik asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if his Department sources IT equipment from companies named on the official boycott, divestment and sanctions list; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [24575/25]

153. Deputy Peter 'Chap' Cleere asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if his Department intends to introduce measures to curb the spread of foot and mouth into Ireland, given that we are approaching the busy summer travel season, when many people will travel to and from countries impacted by the disease. [24639/25]

154. Deputy Peter 'Chap' Cleere asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he intends to rollout an awareness campaign on foot and mouth for those travelling to and from central Europe this summer, given the recent outbreak of the disease across the region. [24640/25]

155. Deputy Paul Lawless asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine when a person (details supplied) will receive a decision on their application for a farm partnership. [24667/25]

156. Deputy Niamh Smyth asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the reason a person (details supplied) is not receiving the full entitlements of ACRES; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [24712/25]

157. Deputy Cathy Bennett asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the amount allocated and expended in relation to ash dieback, by year; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [24862/25]

158. Deputy Cathy Bennett asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the number of farmers participating in ACRES in County Monaghan; the number who have been paid; the total amount paid; the average amount paid; the number whose payment has been delayed; the total and average amount by which payments have been delayed; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [24882/25]

159. Deputy Cathy Bennett asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he expects the nitrates derogation will be renewed; by which time it will be renewed; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [24883/25]

160. Deputy Cathy Bennett asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the amount allocated to the TB eradication scheme, by year since 2019; the bTB incidence rate and year-on-year change in incidence rates, by year; the amount contributed by the European Union, by year; the basis upon which there was any change in the level of funding provided by the European Union; and if he will mak…

161. Deputy Cathy Bennett asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he intends to implement GAEC-2 regulation in 2025; if he has engaged with the European Commission in relation to same in the context of EU simplification measures; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [24885/25]

915. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine further to Parliamentary Question No. 728 of 8 April 2025, whether it remains his Department’s position that wool is a low-carbon textile (details supplied); and whether he will offer any clarity on the relative carbon impact of wool compared with other textiles. [23203/25]

916. Deputy Matt Carthy asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the number of forestry licences issued in the years 2023 to date, by type, by quarter, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [23215/25]

917. Deputy Matt Carthy asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the number of hectares of land licensed for afforestation in the years 2023 to date, by quarter, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [23216/25]

918. Deputy Matt Carthy asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the number of hectares of land afforested in the years 2023 to date, by quarter, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [23217/25]

919. Deputy Matt Carthy asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will outline his targets for forestry licence issuance and new afforestation; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [23218/25]

920. Deputy Malcolm Byrne asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the specific measures taken in his departmental offices and operations in reducing energy usage and to assist in Ireland meeting our climate targets for 2030; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [23313/25]

921. Deputy Michael Cahill asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will expedite an ACRES payment in respect of farmers in County Kerry (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [23455/25]

922. Deputy Albert Dolan asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will review the exclusion of the Level 9 MSc (Agriculture) in Environmental Resource Management at University College Dublin from Schedule 2B of the Finance Act 2007, given that shorter, fee-based courses offered by private providers such as FarmEd.ie are currently accepted under this framework; and if, in this …