Parliamentary questions

592. Deputy Michael Cahill asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine to expedite a 2024 ACRES payment for persons (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [5727/25]

593. Deputy Michael Cahill asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine to expedite a 2024 ACRES payment for persons (details supplied). [5765/25]

594. Deputy Ivana Bacik asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the gender breakdown of his Department in respect of principal officers, assistant secretaries and secretaries general, respectively; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [5846/25]

595. Deputy Robert O'Donoghue asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the details of the compensatory package and holidays of each CEO or CEO equivalent in each public body or publicly funded body under the aegis of his Department; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [5885/25]

596. Deputy Robert O'Donoghue asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine whether, since 1 January 2020, any HR department in any public body or publicly funded body under the aegis of his Department has been party to a non-disclosure agreement with any staff member in relation to issues of bullying, harassment, victimisation, confidential disclosures, data protection concerns, damage …

597. Deputy Robert O'Donoghue asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the combined value of all art purchased or owned since 1 January 2020 by his Department or any public body or publicly funded body under the aegis of his Department; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [5887/25]

598. Deputy Robert O'Donoghue asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the number of employees or the WTE in each Department, public body or publicly funded body under his aegis; the corresponding number on 1 January 2020; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [5888/25]

599. Deputy Robert O'Donoghue asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine for an update on the scale of commonage dormancy in Ireland; if there are any individual commons parcels where all shareholdings have become dormant; what plans exist for these commons and if he would like; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [5889/25]

600. Deputy Robert O'Donoghue asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine for an update on the development of merino sheep herds in Ireland; the estimated numbers of such in each of the years 2020 to 2024; what financial supports exist; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [5890/25]

601. Deputy Robert O'Donoghue asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine for an update on the development of Galway Sheep herds in Ireland; the estimated numbers of such in each of the years 2020 to 2024; what financial supports exist; and whether; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [5891/25]

602. Deputy Robert O'Donoghue asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine for an update on the development of Dexter cattle herds in Ireland; the estimated numbers of such in each of the years 2020 to 2024; what financial supports exist; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [5892/25]

603. Deputy Robert O'Donoghue asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine for an update on the development of Kerry Cattle herds in Ireland; the estimated numbers of such in each of the years 2020 to 2024; what financial supports exist; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [5893/25]

604. Deputy Robert O'Donoghue asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine for an update on the development of goat herds in Ireland; the estimated numbers of such in each of the years 2020 to 2024; what financial supports exist; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [5894/25]

605. Deputy Robert O'Donoghue asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if, more than 20 years after the merger of Bord Glas into Bord Bia, the stated objectives of the time were achieved; whether horticulture has grown at the rate envisaged in 2004; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [5895/25]

606. Deputy Robert O'Donoghue asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine for an update on the development of llama and alpaca herds in Ireland; the estimated numbers of such in each of the years 2020 to 2024; what financial supports exist; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [5896/25]

607. Deputy Michael Fitzmaurice asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the area of clear fell and thinning that is the subject of a felling licence application to his Department that remains to be licenced, per county, for each of the years 2024 to 2034, for the private sector, identifying broadleaf and conifer separately and the corresponding details for Coillte, in tabular form;…

608. Deputy Michael Fitzmaurice asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the area of clear fell and thinning that is licenced per county for 2024 to 2034; the details that are available to him on the felling licence application provided by the applicant, for the private sector, identifying broadleaf and conifer separately and the corresponding details for Coillte, in tabular form; a…

609. Deputy Michael Fitzmaurice asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine to outline his Department's forestry licencing plan for 2025, particularly in terms of afforestation, roads, private felling licences and Coillte felling licences; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [5931/25]

610. Deputy Paul Donnelly asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the capital works projects that were funded under the 2024 Fishery Harbour and Coastal Infrastructure Development Programme that are still ongoing; and when each of these projects be completed, in tabular form. [5970/25]

611. Deputy Paul Donnelly asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the WTE vacancies, by job title currently within the import control division of his Department; and the estimated timeframe for when each of the vacancies will be filled, in tabular form. [5971/25]

612. Deputy Holly Cairns asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine whether it is his intention to proceed with a ban on pair trawling within the six-mile limit; and if so, to provide an update and estimate timeframe for the ban to be implemented. [5991/25]

613. Deputy Holly Cairns asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine to provide details of the empty buildings, by county, in his Department’s portfolio; the value of the property; the length of time they have lain empty; and the physical status of each building, in tabular form. [6224/25]

614. Deputy Holly Cairns asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine to provide details of undeveloped sites, by county, in his Department’s portfolio; the value of the property; the length of time they have lain undeveloped; and the reason for the lack of development, in tabular form. [6242/25]

615. Deputy Alan Kelly asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if there are plans for an Agriculture Attaché to be posted at the Irish embassy in Canberra. [6287/25]

616. Deputy Aidan Farrelly asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if his Department has taken advice in respect of the use of artificial intelligence (AI) within his Department in 2024 and to date in 2025; if any section of his Department currently makes use of artificial intelligence; if he will outline the purposes it is utilised for and costs associated with same; if he has con…