Parliamentary questions

1748. Deputy Michael Cahill asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if all outstanding ACRES payments to farmers in County Kerry can be expedited as a matter of urgency; how many payments have issued to date in 2025; how many are outstanding; how long it will take before all farmers receive their payments; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [20625/25]

1749. Deputy Ged Nash asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine how many ACRES applications are awaiting processing, approval and payment as of 18 April 2025; if he will provide the data on a county basis, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [20640/25]

1750. Deputy Michael Cahill asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will expedite a 2024 ACRES payment in respect of a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [20673/25]

1751. Deputy Michael Cahill asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will expedite a 2024 ACRES payment in respect of a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [20676/25]

1752. Deputy Peter 'Chap' Cleere asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the international trade missions that will take place for the remainder of 2025, by location, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [20683/25]

1753. Deputy Peter 'Chap' Cleere asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he plans to introduce a retirement scheme for farmers over 65 years; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [20684/25]

1754. Deputy Peter 'Chap' Cleere asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine when delayed ACRES payments due to County Kilkenny and County Carlow farmers will be paid out; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [20685/25]

1755. Deputy Peter 'Chap' Cleere asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will provide details of financial supports available to farmers who are retiring; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [20686/25]

1756. Deputy Peter 'Chap' Cleere asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will provide an update on negotiations regarding the Common Agricultural Policy post-2027; if he has had discussions on the same with his Ministerial counterparts and the European Commission; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [20687/25]

1757. Deputy Peter 'Chap' Cleere asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will consider tax relief on trainer payments for anyone who gets involved in a horse syndicate or partnership which supports Irish horse trainers and the horse racing industry. [20689/25]

1758. Deputy Peter 'Chap' Cleere asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine what plan there is for the 7,600 farmers still waiting for payments for the 2024 ACRES scheme, and of these, the 1,850 who as still waiting for payment for the 2023 scheme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [20691/25]

1759. Deputy Paul Donnelly asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the additional biosecurity measures his Department is taking to prevent Asian hornets insects from getting in to the State. [20905/25]

1760. Deputy Paul Donnelly asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he met with the administrator of the US Animal and Plant Health Inspection Services during his recent visit to the United States. [20906/25]

1761. Deputy Paul Donnelly asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if his Department will arrange for posters to be erected on all approaches to entry points at all airports and ports reminding persons not to touch sick or dead wild birds and to report same due to the increase number of dead wild birds being reported. [20907/25]

1762. Deputy Michael Fitzmaurice asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will advise, following many promises to the forgotten farmers, when the scheme for the forgotten farmers will be implemented; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21121/25]

1763. Deputy John Connolly asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine why the Marine Institute carries out screening for appropriate assessment for aquaculture licences, but doesn’t fulfil the same function for applications for a foreshore licence; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21147/25]

1764. Deputy Micheál Carrigy asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will provide an update on an application for a herd number submitted to his Department’s office in Drumshanbo by a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21158/25]

1765. Deputy John Paul O'Shea asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine when a liming payment will be issue to a farmer in County Kerry (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21269/25]

1766. Deputy John Paul O'Shea asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine when a liming payment will be issued to a farmer in County Kerry (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21280/25]

1767. Deputy John Paul O'Shea asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine when a liming payment will be issue to a farmer in County Kerry (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21281/25]

324. Deputy Paul Murphy asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine to outline the total costs of the trade mission to Nigeria and Senegal in September 2023, including the costs of the research and materials produced as part of the mission.; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18234/25]

325. Deputy Jennifer Whitmore asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he signed off on the dismantling of Coillte Nature; if so, the consideration he took into account before doing so; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17630/25]

326. Deputy Brendan Smith asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine in view of the widespread damage caused by falling trees in recent storms affecting ESB transmission lines, telecommunication lines and other critical infrastructure, if measures will be implemented across Departments to ensure that diseased trees are felled and financial support provided to landowners and households…

327. Deputy James Geoghegan asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will outline the steps his Department is taking to improve data collection and database construction in anticipation of the increased data processing capacity that artificial intelligence adoption entails; if he will outline the logic behind their approach; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [1835…

328. Deputy James Geoghegan asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will identify any projects which the Department has underway with CeADAR, Ireland’s national centre for AI; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18370/25]