Parliamentary questions

617. Deputy Mairéad Farrell asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine to provide an update on ongoing work to secure a national quota for bluefin tuna; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [6385/25]

618. Deputy Michael Murphy asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will include an organisation (details supplied) in the list of stakeholders that will be supported in improving water quality. [6403/25]

619. Deputy Barry Heneghan asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will provide a detailed breakdown and a full disclosure on several matters relating to the curlew conservation programme in operation since 2017 (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [6412/25]

266. Deputy Michael Cahill asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine to urgently address the scoring assessment carried out for Alohart, Beaufort, Killarney, County Kerry; to provide itemised, signed and dated minutes of all meetings held in regard to the classification and score results reported for Alohert commonage; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [5268/25]

267. Deputy Paula Butterly asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine for an update on flood relief scheme payments for farmers affected by flooding in the Cooley Peninsula, County Louth in November 2023; when applicants can expect payments to be issued; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [5283/25]

268. Deputy Seán Ó Fearghaíl asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if, given the spread of ash dieback disease he has a proposal, or if he plans to bring forward any initiative to ensure the removal of trees affected or potentially affected from roadside hedgerows where they constitute a very real danger to public safety; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [5340/25]

269. Deputy Mairéad Farrell asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the supports in place for farms damaged by storm Éowyn; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [5370/25]

270. Deputy Brendan Smith asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if consideration will be given to the extension of deadlines for specific work to be carried out by participants in ACRES in view of delays that have occurred due to recent storms; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [5407/25]

230. Deputy Louis O'Hara asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if farmers who have had damage to their farm as a result of storm Éowyn can apply for compensation; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [4864/25]

231. Deputy Roderic O'Gorman asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine how many of the 11,698 non-coursing greyhounds whelped in 2022 were subsequently registered in the Irish Coursing Club’s Stud Book at microchipping stage (12 weeks old); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [4910/25]

232. Deputy Roderic O'Gorman asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine how many of the 11,698 non-coursing greyhounds whelped in 2022 were subsequently registered on the Rásaíocht Con Éireann Traceability System at microchipping stage (12 weeks old); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [4911/25]

233. Deputy Roderic O'Gorman asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the current status of the 11,698 non-coursing greyhounds whelped in 2022, giving a detailed breakdown into active, inactive, exported, and so on; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [4912/25]

234. Deputy Brian Brennan asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine when payments will be made under the bailing assistance payment scheme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [4933/25]

235. Deputy Aidan Farrelly asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the annual payment by his Department to the climate action fund scheme, as required by virtue Circular 01/2020 (D/PER), broken down by trip, in each of the past five years and to date in 2025, in tabular form. [4949/25]

236. Deputy Ryan O'Meara asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine for an update on an ACRES payment for a person (details supplied) for 2024 and 2025; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [5007/25]

237. Deputy John Connolly asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine when his Department will announce the commencement of the new fisheries local action group funding for coastal communities; when applications can be submitted; and the duration of the new scheme. [5050/25]

238. Deputy Michael Cahill asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine to provide an emergency fund for agricultural buildings damaged during the recent storm; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [5051/25]

239. Deputy Ryan O'Meara asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine for an update on an ACRES payment (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [5093/25]

240. Deputy Brendan Smith asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine to give further consideration to the appointment of a community representative, or representatives, particularly from the areas worst affected by recent storms and the damage caused by falling trees, to the recently appointed Forestry Task Force; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [5101/25]

241. Deputy Brendan Smith asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the additional measures being introduced to ensure the proper maintenance of forests and plantations; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [5102/25]

468. Deputy Pa Daly asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the number of applications made to the climate action performance payment, CAPP; the number of disallowed or refused applications; the reasons that payments were disallowed or refused; and the amount drawn down, in each of the years that the CAPP has been available, broken down by county, in tabular form. [3959/25]

469. Deputy Ruth Coppinger asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the number of greyhound care homes with a dedicated, unique visitor room funded by Rásaíocht Con Éireann that are currently in operation; the total cost to Rásaíocht Con Éireann of such care homes; the number of non-coursing greyhounds homed by the operators of these care homes, by year, for the past five years; and…

470. Deputy Ruth Coppinger asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the reason Rásaíocht Con Éireann still has no strategic plan in place over two years after the last one expired, almost two years after they were quoted in a national newspaper claiming that such a strategic plan was in the process of being finalised by consultants (details supplied), and 14 months after his predece…

471. Deputy Holly Cairns asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the current status of the 11,666 non-coursing greyhounds whose year of birth was 2021, who were being tracked on the Rásaíocht Con Éireann traceability system as of 15 August 2024, giving a detailed breakdown into active, inactive, exported etc; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [3991/25]

472. Deputy Holly Cairns asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the number of non-coursing greyhounds exported to the United Kingdom for the years 2021, 2022, 2023 and 2024, as recorded on the Rásaíocht Con Éireann traceability system, by year of birth; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [3992/25]