Parliamentary questions

1673. Deputy Paul Murphy asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if a greyhound litter (details supplied) born on 23 June 2023 was created using surgical artificial insemination; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18611/25]

1674. Deputy Paul Murphy asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he is aware of a non-coursing greyhound (details supplied) who is registered as a rehomed pet in Limerick on the Irish Stud Book and the Greyhound Racing Ireland website but is reportedly advertised as being located and available for stud in the Hebei Province, People's Republic of China, following his last race at…

1675. Deputy Niall Collins asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine further to Parliamentary Question No. 143 of 5 March 2025, if he will respond to further correspondence in response to the question (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18643/25]

1676. Deputy Alan Kelly asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he plans to regulate the employment terms and conditions of workers who work in the equine industry. [18658/25]

1677. Deputy John Paul O'Shea asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the number of applications received to date in 2025 for the ash dieback scheme, what moneys have been paid to date in 2025; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18674/25]

1678. Deputy Mairéad Farrell asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the reason commonage framework plans prepared under the last CAP for the townlands of Ballyconneely, Galway, are no longer publicly accessible; and if there is any change in policy on making such plans publicly available. [18710/25]

1679. Deputy Mairéad Farrell asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the reason his department have no records on file for an appropriate assessment or a natura impact statement as required under the EU habitats directive for (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18720/25]

1680. Deputy Malcolm Byrne asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine to provide an update on measures to support the development of commercial flour milling in Ireland; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18825/25]

1681. Deputy Niamh Smyth asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will review the impact of recent storm damage on private forestry plantations (details supplied); the support schemes or compensation options that are available or under consideration for affected landowners; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18860/25]

1682. Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the amount allocated to ACRES; and the amount actually paid out in ACRES payments in each of the past five years and to date in 2025. [18872/25]

1683. Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the number of farmers who applied to ACRES; the number who have received payments and the number of outstanding ACRES payments in each of the past five years, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18873/25]

1684. Deputy Paul Murphy asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the number of injured horses killed at Irish racecourses in 2024, with a breakdown into type of injury and location; and if, given the ongoing suffering and death at races, he will defund horse racing. [18879/25]

1685. Deputy Paul Murphy asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the number of greyhounds injured in racing and trials to date in 2025, with a breakdown into type of injury; the date and location where they occurred; the number killed outright or euthanised by track vets; the number and causes of additional racing fatalities; and the results of any related post-mortems. [18880/25]

1686. Deputy Paul Murphy asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the number of thoroughbred horses that have been subjected to wind surgeries in Ireland over the past five years (details supplied); and if he will consider banning these highly invasive and unethical operations, given that their sole purpose is to maximise air flow into a horse's lungs to improve performance and incr…

1687. Deputy Niamh Smyth asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine further to Parliamentary Question No. 273 of 3 April 2025, if he will note the situation at present that the farmer finds himself in and provide an update on this matter (details supplied). [18913/25]

1688. Deputy Martin Kenny asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if afforestation plantations, specifically sitka spruce trees will be allowed on land that comes under the good agricultural environmental condition 2 (GAEC 2) standard; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18925/25]

1689. Deputy James Geoghegan asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he is aware of an incident (details supplied); the plans he has in place to ensure that those who commit animal cruelty face the full force of the law; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18954/25]

1690. Deputy Máire Devine asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the number of calls his Department received via the animal welfare hotline in 2024 and to date in 2025, in tabular form. [18971/25]

1691. Deputy Máire Devine asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the engagements his Department has had with the government of the United States of America or any state body of the government of the United States in 2024. [18972/25]

1692. Deputy Eoin Hayes asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine his views on the public and private financial resources required and available to support his Department’s plans to meet Ireland’s climate targets by 2030; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [19090/25]

1693. Deputy Holly Cairns asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine whether he would consider restricting the microchipping of puppies to registered vets in order to restrict the practice of breeders microchipping puppies for other puppy farm operators; if his attention has been brought to reports of breeders failing to include breeder’s details and mother’s microchip numbers; and if…

1694. Deputy Holly Cairns asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine whether he would consider introducing legislation to prohibit the commercial breeding of cats, in light of the increased emergence of kitten farms and breeding of pedigree cat breeds; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [19163/25]

1695. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the details of all services, grants, loans and payments available to individuals or households funded by his Department and agencies under his remit; the eligibility requirements and any conditionality for receiving the service, grant, loan or payment (details supplied); and the monetary value, or range of va…

1696. Deputy Michael Cahill asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if his Department is trying to pull CAP, single farm payments, and so on, from farmers that own bogland; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [19186/25]

1697. Deputy Michael Cahill asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine further to Parliamentary Question No. 589 of 1 April 2025, if he will introduce a scheme now given farmers can not wait until later on in the year to put roofs on their sheds; if he will accept the urgency in regard to this issue; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [19191/25]