Parliamentary questions

948. Deputy Peter 'Chap' Cleere asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine for an update on the National TB eradication strategy; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [24450/25]

373. Deputy Cathy Bennett asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the number of IT projects within their Department, or bodies under its aegis, which have been allocated funds in excess of €1 million in the years 2020 to date; the purpose of any projects; the initial estimate to complete for such projects; the total amount expended to date; the total estimated cost to complete; the…

374. Deputy Eamon Scanlon asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the processing time for felling licence applications at each stage from submission to completion; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22956/25]

375. Deputy Fionntán Ó Súilleabháin asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine to confirm the set-back rule for residential tree planting; the required distance to protect private dwellings; the body responsible for residential matters in relation to tree planting; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22966/25]

376. Deputy Jennifer Whitmore asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the number of farmers impacted by the delay in payments under the acres scheme for 2023, by county; when the issue will be resolved; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [23055/25]

377. Deputy Jennifer Whitmore asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the number of farmers impacted by the delay in payments under the acres scheme for 2024, by county; when the issue will be resolved; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [23056/25]

378. Deputy Brian Brennan asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the way in which a farmer (details supplied) can access areas of natural constraints scheme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [23096/25]

379. Deputy Brendan Smith asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will give detailed consideration to issues of concern of the IFA (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [23105/25]

354. Deputy Ryan O'Meara asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the number of applications were received for the Shannon Callows flood scheme 2023; the number of these were approved without appeal; the number of appeals taken against refusal for admission into the scheme; the number of appeals successfully awarded to applicants, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on…

355. Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine to confirm that all Ministers of State within his Department have had their ministerial powers delegated to them; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22125/25]

356. Deputy Marie Sherlock asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the estimated cost of abolishing the parental levy on the school milk scheme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22177/25]

357. Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the measures being taken to resolve the delays affecting ACRES payments; if he anticipates an increase in departmental payment processing staff to ensure such delays do not occur again; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22212/25]

358. Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if it is intended to bring forward a nitrates derogation action plan; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22213/25]

359. Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he accepts that there have been significant challenges with mapping relating to the BISS application process; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22214/25]

360. Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will rule out any attempt to impose mandatory ploughing and drainage restrictions on the use of peaty soil with respect to GAEC-2; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22215/25]

361. Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will accede to the request from a farming organisation (details supplied) to discuss the need for a fully resourced TB scheme that will include dealing with infected wildlife in all counties; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22216/25]

362. Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the amount drawn down to date under the compensation package relating to flooding on the Shannon Callows; if consideration will be given to disbursing the remaining amount to those who were initially refused compensation on the basis of a Department mapping assessment of their application; and if he will make a stateme…

363. Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if consideration will be given to increasing the grant amount available for slurry and septic tanks, given the increase in costs for the material relating to their construction; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22218/25]

364. Deputy George Lawlor asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine when the independent scientific assessment on the protection of the native Irish honey bee, carried out by NUIG, will be published; his views on the Protection of the Native Irish Honey Bee Bill 2021; if he has considered temporarily halting imports of honey bees as an interim measure to protect the Irish species unt…

365. Deputy Seán Fleming asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if a revised test will be given for a farm inspection (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22264/25]

366. Deputy Cormac Devlin asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the number of cycle to work scheme applications processed by his Department and its agencies, affiliated agencies or subordinate agencies, each year from 2020 to 2024; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22315/25]

367. Deputy Michael Collins asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the reason SCEP payments are on hold; when payments will recommence; and the length of time before all 2024 payments are complete. [22360/25]

368. Deputy John McGuinness asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the reasons an ACRES payment has not been made to a person (details supplied). [22379/25]

369. Deputy Noel McCarthy asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine to outline the funding that has been made available by his Department, or any agency under the aegis of his Department, over the past five years towards the development of a bioethanol or a sugar processing plant in Ireland; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22441/25]

370. Deputy Martin Kenny asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the number of hectares of land that would fall under condition 63 of Ireland’s State aid approval letter from the commission in relation to afforestation, that is, sensitive habitats such as peat lands and wetlands, as well as areas of high ecological value including areas under high natural value farming are currentl…