Parliamentary questions

161. Deputy Aengus Ó Snodaigh asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine to provide a list of the private service providers who have received contracts from State agencies to develop or maintain a website over the past five years, in tabular form (details supplied). [6451/25]

162. Deputy Paul Murphy asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he considers it a child protection issue that a 17-year-old boy was permitted to train a racing greyhound to provide a betting product for an Irish semi-State body; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [6636/25]

163. Deputy Ivana Bacik asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he is aware of any overspends exceeding €500,000 on projects undertaken or commissioned by his Department or by any State or semi-State body under the aegis of his Department in each of the past five years; if so, the number and extent of any such overspends, in tabular form; to outline the plans to ascertain levels…

164. Deputy Erin McGreehan asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine when the leadership practices inventory actions for the co-operation areas under ACRES will be finalised; and the reason for the three year delay. [6552/25]

165. Deputy Erin McGreehan asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the number of farmers who are waiting for the co-operation areas in ACRES to be finalised, by each co-operation area, in tabular form . [6553/25]

166. Deputy Paul Murphy asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the funding his Department has provided to an organisation (details supplied) for linear profile training since it was introduced in 2019. [6616/25]

167. Deputy Paul Murphy asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the legal minimum age for a person in Ireland to obtain a licence to train a greyhound to race; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [6625/25]

168. Deputy Paul Murphy asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will provide Greyhound Racing Ireland's costs to sponsor the greyhound laurels race final on television (details supplied) on 5 October 2024; the viewership figures for this broadcast; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [6626/25]

169. Deputy Paul Murphy asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will provide a status update on his Department's public consultation on the proposal to ban surgical artificial insemination in greyhounds; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [6627/25]

170. Deputy Paul Murphy asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will provide the fee cost or other compensation paid by Greyhound Racing Ireland to social media influencers for the 2024 Irish Greyhound Derby 2024; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [6628/25]

171. Deputy Paul Murphy asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will provide Greyhound Racing Ireland's costs to sponsor the 2024 Greyhound derby semi-final and final on television (details supplied) on 16 and 23 November 2024; the viewership figures for this broadcast; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [6629/25]

172. Deputy Paul Murphy asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if there are freezers for deceased greyhounds at all fifteen greyhound racing tracks licenced by Greyhound Racing Ireland; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [6630/25]

173. Deputy Paul Murphy asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine when Greyhound Racing Ireland's new five-year strategic plan will be published, considering that the most recent five-year strategic plan expired in December 2022; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [6631/25]

174. Deputy Paul Murphy asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will advise on the current location and status of a greyhound (details supplied) which tested positive for a prohibited substance at Curraheen track in Cork on 17 August 2024 and was subsequently sold at a sales auction at Curraheen greyhound track on 2 November 2024 for €1,100, but is still listed in the Irish G…

175. Deputy Paul Murphy asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine how an Irish greyhound (details supplied) is recorded on the Rásaíocht Con Éireann traceability system as it was found very recently in a stray dog pound in the UK, following a seven-day stay and described as "full of fleas, overgrown nails and muzzle marks to the nose already with dirty teeth", while still being regis…

176. Deputy Paul Murphy asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the current status of the 51,650 non-coursing greyhounds who were entered on the Rásaíocht Con Éireann traceability system between January 2021 and 19 October 2024, by year of birth; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [6655/25]

177. Deputy Paul Murphy asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the number of non-coursing greyhounds registered at whelping stage with the Irish Coursing Club for each year from 1 January 2018 to 31 December 2024, inclusive; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [6677/25]

178. Deputy Ged Nash asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will provide details of any planned changes to remote working arrangements applying to staff in his Department; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [6684/25]

179. Deputy Eoin Ó Broin asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine to clarify that he does formally endorse, sign or otherwise support the Dublin Declaration of Scientists on the Societal Role of Livestock. [6778/25]

586. Deputy Darren O'Rourke asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if his predecessor spoke formally with his US counterpart in 2024. [5481/25]

587. Deputy Fionntán Ó Súilleabháin asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will review the case of a person (details supplied). [5533/25]

588. Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if his Department or bodies under the aegis of his Department received funding support for projects of any kind from the United States of America International Development for the period 2016 to date in 2025; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [5642/25]

589. Deputy Michael Fitzmaurice asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if a suckler farmer who is in BISS and has cattle but is not in any other scheme can qualify for a grant for a generator under TAMS or any other scheme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [5691/25]

590. Deputy Frankie Feighan asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the status of the payments for ACRES 2024 given a number of farmers in Sligo and Leitrim have yet to receive any payment for 2024; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [5695/25]

591. Deputy Ryan O'Meara asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the persons who have been appointed to the Forest Windblow Taskforce; if membership of the taskforce is representative of all stakeholders of the industry; the breakdown of membership, including name and the sector of the industry being represented, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [5708…