Parliamentary questions

348. Deputy Brendan Smith asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine when compensation measures will be introduced for farmers whose forestry plantations were badly damaged in storm Éowyn; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [8916/25]

225. Deputy William Aird asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the status of the payments for ACRES 2024 to farmers in Laois; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [8231/25]

226. Deputy Aidan Farrelly asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the number of the 8,758 non-coursing greyhounds whelped in 2023 that were subsequently registered in the stud book of an organisation (details supplied) at microchipping stage at 12 weeks of-age; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [8285/25]

227. Deputy Aidan Farrelly asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the number of the 8,758 non-coursing greyhounds whelped in 2023 that were subsequently registered on the Rásaíocht Con Éireann traceability system at microchipping stage at 12 weeks of-age; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [8286/25]

228. Deputy Aidan Farrelly asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the current status of the 8,758 non-coursing greyhounds whelped in 2023 giving a detailed breakdown into active, inactive, exported and so on; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [8287/25]

229. Deputy Aidan Farrelly asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the number of non-coursing greyhounds registered with an organisation (details supplied) at whelping stage whose year of birth was 2024; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [8288/25]

230. Deputy Aidan Farrelly asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the current economic value of the greyhound racing industry to the economy here not including a figure for the economic value of hare coursing in the island of Ireland, or for greyhound racing and hare coursing greyhounds in Northern Ireland (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [8289/25…

231. Deputy Eamon Scanlon asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the supports in place for farmers whose herds are locked up due to TB bovine testing; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [8511/25]

232. Deputy Eamon Scanlon asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if landowners who have had damage to their forestry as a result of storm Éowyn can apply for compensation; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [8512/25]

233. Deputy James O'Connor asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if his Department has undertaken any analysis on the rapid development of large-scale solar farms ranging upwards of 1,000 acres on productive agriculture lands in Ireland; if his Department has considered on how it may impact the agri-food industry, in particular, the stability of Ireland’s dairy industry; and if h…

234. Deputy James O'Connor asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if his Department has considered in categorising lands suitable for large-scale solar projects by taking into consideration on the basis of their suitability for commercial agriculture; if his Department has considered the context of mapping the risk of mass transfers of agricultural land usage away from food produc…

235. Deputy Edward Timmins asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will provide details of staff resources in Naas regional veterinary offices dedicated to the wildlife programme from 2015 to date annually, detailing veterinary inspectors, technical officers, administration staff and the complement of farm relief service operatives available for the badger programme each year…

696. Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will provide immediate funding assistance for farmers who had damage to roofs in the recent storm. [7142/25]

697. Deputy Noel McCarthy asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the process involved in the approval of new pesticide products for agricultural use; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [7160/25]

698. Deputy Noel McCarthy asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if there is a reasonable and fair turnaround time recognised by his Department for the adjudication of applications for new pesticide products; if early decisions on licensing applications for new pesticide products should be the guiding policy of his Department; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [7162/2…

699. Deputy James Geoghegan asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the status of a felling licence (details supplied) submitted approximately three to four months ago; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [7175/25]

700. Deputy Seán Ó Fearghaíl asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the grant aid available to developers of biomethane plants; if grant aid has yet been made available to any developers; if the total amount of grant aid made available can be specified; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [7220/25]

701. Deputy Conor D. McGuinness asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the total value of payments under ACRES that are currently delayed; the number of individual farmers impacted by delayed payments; when the delays first began; the plans he has in place to address these delays and ensure farmers get their payments; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [7259/25]

702. Deputy Michael Cahill asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine to confirm the payment of €30,000 to an organisation (details supplied); when this funding will be paid; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [7354/25]

703. Deputy Aidan Farrelly asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will provide a schedule of all external legal consultation that he engaged in, in 2023, 2024 and to date in 2025; the general nature of the engagement; if the external consultation resulted in a report and or recommendations; and the cost of each consultant and or company engaged. in tabular form. [7428/25]

704. Deputy Albert Dolan asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine to provide data on the final cost of public procurement tenders where his Department or agencies under the aegis of his Department acted as the contracting authority in each of the past five years, indicating the number of tenders where the final cost was under, on, or over the contract award value at the time of tend…

705. Deputy Albert Dolan asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the total amount spent in excess of the contract award value for all public procurement tenders within his Department and agencies under the aegis his Department of in each of the past five years. [7517/25]

706. Deputy Niall Collins asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine when the measures under Budget 2023 to address the group of farmers known as "forgotten farmers" will be implemented; if the farmers affected were consulted in the process; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [7684/25]

707. Deputy Robert O'Donoghue asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if since 1 January 2020 any officials of his Department, or board or council members of any public body under his aegis or employee thereof, or board or council member of any publicly funded body under his aegis or employee thereof, has received funding from his Department or those bodies in excess of €7,500 to a…

708. Deputy Robert O'Donoghue asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will report on the development of the National Biomethane Strategy; the progress to date; if a revised timelines exists; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [7692/25]