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TDs ask ministers questions to get answers on the record, most of them in writing. Here is every one asked in the 34th Dáil, by the department it went to and the subject heading it was filed under. How questions work

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Martin Kenny Written 23 Apr 2026 · to Agriculture
451. Deputy Martin Kenny asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the way in which farmers who purchase fuel at the pump for their tractor and do not keep receipts will be able to access the fuel support scheme. [29270/26]
Martin Kenny Written 23 Apr 2026 · to Agriculture
452. Deputy Martin Kenny asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine when the fuel support scheme will open for applications. [29271/26]
Martin Kenny Written 23 Apr 2026 · to Agriculture
453. Deputy Martin Kenny asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if his Department will make advance payments, monthly payments or one lump sum payment to those successful applicants of the fuel support scheme. [29272/26]
Martin Kenny Written 23 Apr 2026 · to Agriculture
454. Deputy Martin Kenny asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if his Department will be basing fuel consumption for 2025 on the whole 12 months or on specific months. [29273/26]
Martin Kenny Written 23 Apr 2026 · to Agriculture
455. Deputy Martin Kenny asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if there will be a maximum limit to the amount of financial support that one can receive from the fuel support scheme. [29274/26]
Martin Kenny Written 23 Apr 2026 · to Agriculture
456. Deputy Martin Kenny asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if there will be any exceptions in the fuel support scheme, for people who may have expanded their business in 2026 and consequently are using a higher volume of fuel this year compared to 2025. [29275/26]
Martin Kenny Written 23 Apr 2026 · to Agriculture
457. Deputy Martin Kenny asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if people who are not tax compliant due to the current financial pressure from the fuel crisis be accepted into the fuel support scheme. [29276/26]
Paul Lawless Written 25 Mar 2026 · to Agriculture
219. Deputy Paul Lawless asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will provide a table detailing the number of financial penalties imposed on farmers for failure to comply with schemes (details supplied); the total monetary value of the financial penalties imposed under each scheme, where that re-couped or withheld money is spent; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22638/26]
Michael Cahill Written 24 Mar 2026 · to Agriculture
773. Deputy Michael Cahill asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine to significantly increase the amount and scope of the forestry road grant; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22018/26]
Michael Fitzmaurice Written 18 Mar 2026 · to Agriculture
1412. Deputy Michael Fitzmaurice asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine when the consultation process started for the Improved Lightweight Performance Action Plan; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18260/26]
Michael Fitzmaurice Written 18 Mar 2026 · to Agriculture
1413. Deputy Michael Fitzmaurice asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the person or body which was asked to contribute to the consultation process for the Improved Lightweight Performance Action Plan; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18261/26]
Michael Fitzmaurice Written 18 Mar 2026 · to Agriculture
1414. Deputy Michael Fitzmaurice asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the person or body which contributed to the final document for the Improved Lightweight Performance Action Plan; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18262/26]
Michael Fitzmaurice Written 18 Mar 2026 · to Agriculture
1415. Deputy Michael Fitzmaurice asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if any public consultation took place in relation to the Improved Lightweight Performance Action Plan; if so where and when did this take place; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18263/26]
Sean Fleming Written 16 Dec 2025 · to Agriculture
800. Deputy Sean Fleming asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine when an application for an EIA screening decision will be approved (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [72205/25]
Robert Troy Written 4 Dec 2025 · to Agriculture
387. Deputy Robert Troy asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will examine the TB compensation scheme payment for a person (details supplied). [68564/25]
Emer Currie Written 27 Nov 2025 · to Agriculture
452. Deputy Emer Currie asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine to list all funding schemes, grant programmes and any other financial supports that are currently administered by his Department and its agencies; the expected launch and closing dates for applications for each scheme in 2026, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [66922/25]
Cathy Bennett Written 20 Nov 2025 · to Agriculture
526. Deputy Cathy Bennett asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine further to Parliamentary Question No. 1453 of 4 November 2025, if the allocation of €5 million will allow for all farmers within the cohort known as the so-called forgotten farmers to participate; if it will allow for payments fully in line with those they were previously denied access to; and if he will make a statement on the matter. …
Eamon Scanlon Written 8 Sep 2025 · to Agriculture
1729. Deputy Eamon Scanlon asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will extend the eligibility conditions of the long established young farmers scheme by two years to include those farming on or before 31 December 2009; the rationale behind the current eligibility date of December 2007; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [44705/25]
Grace Boland Written 8 Sep 2025 · to Agriculture
1826. Deputy Grace Boland asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will implement a reimbursement scheme for rescue organisations that neuter dogs taken from pounds; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [47184/25]
Conor D McGuinness Written 15 Jul 2025 · to Agriculture
796. Deputy Conor D. McGuinness asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the progress made on the introduction of a farm retirement scheme for older famers; and the timeline for when the scheme will commence. [39712/25]
John Paul O'Shea Written 1 Jul 2025 · to Agriculture
607. Deputy John Paul O'Shea asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if his Department will contribute to the local improvement scheme fund in recognition of the significant proportion of roads being funded under the scheme to enable and improve access to agricultural holdings; if his Department has ever been approached by the Department of Rural and Community Development and the Gaeltacht with a view…
Pádraig O'Sullivan Written 24 Jun 2025 · to Agriculture
683. Deputy Pádraig O'Sullivan asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will outline the complete list of recipient firms and corresponding capital grant amounts allocated to each under the 'capital investment scheme for Processing and Marketing of Agricultural Products', in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [33579/25]
John Paul O'Shea Written 11 Jun 2025 · to Agriculture
258. Deputy John Paul O'Shea asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine when a 2024 ACRES scheme payment will issue to a farmer in County Kerry (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [30890/25]
Eamon Scanlon Written 11 Jun 2025 · to Agriculture
259. Deputy Eamon Scanlon asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine how independent valuers can apply for roles under the on-farm market valuation scheme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [30894/25]
Eoghan Kenny Written 11 Jun 2025 · to Agriculture
260. Deputy Eoghan Kenny asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine for a date for the payment of ACRES 2023 and 2024 for a person [details supplied]; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [30915/25]