Parliamentary questions

690. Deputy James Geoghegan asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine further to Parliamentary Question No. 455 of 19 February 2026, if he will provide the information requested, for the past five years; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [16519/26]

691. Deputy Danny Healy-Rae asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine for an update on the lime subsidy scheme; if he will consider reintroducing this scheme for 2026; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [16520/26]

692. Deputy Martin Kenny asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he is aware that valais blacknose ovine semen is being imported from the UK that does meet Scrapie 1 regulations; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [16526/26]

693. Deputy Martin Kenny asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the reason Ireland is registering valais blacknose sheep that are the progeny of UK sheep who do not meet the Scrapie 1 regulations; and are bred using imported ovine semen. [16527/26]

694. Deputy Martin Kenny asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if it is illegal to import ovine semen that does not meet Scrapie 1 regulations; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [16528/26]

695. Deputy Martin Kenny asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he is concerned that ovine semen from animals that are do not meet Scrapie 1 regulations is being imported into the country; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [16529/26]

696. Deputy Martin Kenny asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if his Department has contacted those breeders who are registered with an organisation (details supplied) as having valais blacknose sheep that are not meeting Scrapie 1 regulations to determine where they received the ovine semen to breed these sheep. [16530/26]

697. Deputy Martin Kenny asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if the continuation of breeding of sheep with ovine semen that does not meet Scrapie 1 will affect Ireland’s scrapie status; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [16531/26]

698. Deputy Albert Dolan asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine to list all schemes, funding programmes, capital funds, grant streams or other expenditure headings administered by his Department in 2025 and 2026 which result in allocations, awards, or spending that can be identified with a specific geographical location including county, district, town, or project site, to group t…

699. Deputy Albert Dolan asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine to provide the web link to his Department’s Q4 2025 published report of purchase orders/payments over €20,000, in line with the FOI model publication scheme requirements; the date on which this report was published; and if it has not yet been published, the planned publication date. [16561/26]

700. Deputy Matt Carthy asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the basis for compensation levels regarding bovine viral diarrhoea; when current compensation levels were set; when they were last reviewed; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [16598/26]

701. Deputy Martin Kenny asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine how the proposal of Minister of State Healy-Rea at his Department concerning changing the definition of a farmer to allow people to claim increased forestry premiums will affect discussions and negotiations in defining an active farmer for the purposes of CAP; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [16676/26]

702. Deputy Barry Heneghan asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will address gaps in enforcement relating to urban horse control and animal welfare, following a recent incident in which a pregnant horse collapsed and died on a public road; the agency which has responsibility for out of hours intervention where there are risks to public safety, criminality or animal welfare…

703. Deputy Martin Kenny asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the annual total amount of forestry premiums paid to individual farmers, private companies, Coillte, and any other entities for each of the years 2020 to 2025. [16911/26]

704. Deputy Martin Kenny asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the number of hectares of forestry owned by individual farmers, private companies, Coillte and any other entities at present. [16912/26]

705. Deputy Martin Kenny asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the number of hectares of forestry owned by individual farmers, private companies, Coillte and any other entities that was clear felled between 2020 and 2025. [16913/26]

706. Deputy Conor D. McGuinness asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he is aware of any egg shortages in supermarkets in Waterford or nationally. [17112/26]

707. Deputy Conor D. McGuinness asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will outline the pressures facing producers, particularly in relation to rising feed, energy, labour and packaging costs. [17113/26]

708. Deputy Conor D. McGuinness asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the amount by which input costs for egg producers have risen in the past five years, in tabular form. [17114/26]

709. Deputy Conor D. McGuinness asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the average increase in farm-gate returns for egg producers in the past five years, in tabular form. [17115/26]

710. Deputy Conor D. McGuinness asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the average increase in egg prices on supermarket shelves in the past five years, in tabular form. [17116/26]

711. Deputy Albert Dolan asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine when the next tranche of the ACRES will open for applications, specifically in relation to new entrants and farmers who were unable to access the previous intake; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17149/26]

712. D'fhiafraigh Deputy Aengus Ó Snodaigh den Aire Talmhaíochta, Bia agus Mara cá mhéad long nó bád eachtranach a stopadh nó a gabhadh de thairbhe iad a bheith ag iascaireacht go neamhdhleathach le cúig bliana anuas; cad é an toradh ar gach cás [17210/26]

448. Deputy Pádraig Mac Lochlainn asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the number of aquaculture licence determinations issued by the Department in 2022, 2023 and 2024 respectively; to provide a breakdown of how many of these were new licence applications or licence renewals; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [15665/26]

449. Deputy Brian Brennan asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will consider legislation to make it illegal to give away live animals for prizes to stop animal suffering, like was introduced in Scotland; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [15736/26]