Parliamentary questions

826. Deputy Paul Lawless asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the quantity, in tonnes, of beef or beef products imported into the State in each of the past ten years, by country of origin, in tabular form. [14575/26]

827. Deputy Seán Ó Fearghaíl asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine If he will address the serious animal welfare concerns raised in correspondence (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [14641/26]

828. Deputy William Aird asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will engage with Coillte to ensure that its existing forest road network is used optimally by all forest owners, with a view to avoiding duplication, reducing resource wastage, and supporting best-practice forest management and timber mobilisation; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [14814/26]

829. Deputy Paul Lawless asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if his Department has undertaken efforts to measure the average percentage increase in the cost of fertiliser in each of the past ten years; and if he will provide this data to this Deputy, setting the base year of 2015 as the 100% figure [14901/26]

830. Deputy Paul Lawless asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the number of farmers leaving the sector on an annual basis over the past ten years [14902/26]

831. Deputy Pádraig Mac Lochlainn asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the level of monitoring and inspections that has taken place of the large EU and UK registered pelagic freezer trawlers operating off the Irish coast during January and early February of 2026 targeting horse mackerel and other species; and the landings made by these vessels including bycatches of boarfish [14…

832. Deputy Seán Canney asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine when Möscha swivel spout, an improved alternative to traditional splash plates as it has lower emissions, will be approved in terms of TAMS grants, as currently, small or medium-sized farmers cannot afford to buy large tankers which necessitate large tractors, which are unsuitable for hilly or wet ground; and if he wil…

833. Deputy Paul Lawless asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine when he intends to progress the Protection of the Native Irish Honey Bee Bill 2021 to the next legislative stage; if he will confirm whether his Department has concluded its internal review of the independent scientific assessment commissioned in 2023 and delivered to his Department in December 2024; and if he will ma…

834. Deputy Paul Lawless asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the reason the independent scientific assessment on hybridisation and biosecurity threats to the native Irish honey bee, completed by a team of international experts and delivered to the Department in December 2024, has not yet been published; when this essential report will be released to the Oireachtas; and if he wi…

835. Deputy Paul Lawless asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he accepts the scientific evidence showing that hybridisation in Irish honey bee populations has increased at an alarming rate, including a 300% rise in introgression over a six year period; the immediate actions his Department is taking to protect the genetic integrity of the native Apis mellifera mellifera ecotyp…

836. Deputy Paul Lawless asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the measures being taken to prevent the importation of pests such as the Tropilaelaps mite (described by experts as potentially more destructive than Varroa) and other invasive species including the Small Hive Beetle and the Asian Hornet; if his Department will commit to mandatory physical inspection of all honey bee …

837. Deputy Paul Lawless asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the supports his Department currently provides to Irish beekeeping organisations, namely NIHBS, FIBKA, IBA, UBKA, INIB, and the Irish Bee Foundation; whether his Department intends to strengthen these supports; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [15048/26]

838. Deputy Louis O'Hara asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if the Fund for Students with Disabilities will be expanded to include students who attend agricultural colleges; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [15073/26]

839. Deputy Emer Currie asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine for an update on implementation of the recommendations of the Commission on Generational Renewal in Farming. [15127/26]

840. Deputy Martin Kenny asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine for a breakdown of the number of farmers currently over the age of 64 and over the age of 66 in receipt of a BISS payment in 2025. [15184/26]

841. Deputy Martin Kenny asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the Government’s position in relation to national and regional partnership plans for delivering the next CAP; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [15185/26]

842. Deputy Martin Kenny asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the progress in increasing the budget for the CAP post-2027; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [15186/26]

451. Deputy James O'Connor asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the reason a full payment has not been made to a person (details supplied) for TB in their herd; the timeline for when the farmer will be paid; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [13441/26]

452. Deputy Holly Cairns asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the total amount of funding allocated by Rásaíocht Con Éireann to their two dedicated care homes (details supplied) in 2025 and the number of non-coursing greyhounds homed by the operators of these two care homes both domestically and internationally in 2025; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [13479/26]

453. Deputy Holly Cairns asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the total amount of money given to private rehoming organisations by Rásaíocht Con Éireann/Irish Retired Greyhound Trust in 2025; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [13480/26]

454. Deputy Holly Cairns asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if the two increases in prize money announced by Rásaíocht Con Éireann since October 2025, and the absence of an increase in budgetary funding to this organisation in Budget 2026 means that spending on greyhound welfare, specifically in relation to amounts allocated by Rásaíocht Con Éireann to their homing programme (…

455. Deputy James Geoghegan asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will outline each section of enacted legislation, where the responsibility lies in the Minister to commence that section, that has not been commenced; if he will outline each section of enacted legislation which provides for the making of regulations by the Minister that have not been made by the Minister; if…

456. Deputy Paul Murphy asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the number of matings in the greyhound racing and coursing industries that involved surgical artificial insemination in each of the years 2019 to 2025; the number of those matings that involved the use of semen obtained from a sire deceased at the time the surgical artificial insemination occurred; the date of death of…

457. Deputy Paul Murphy asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the specific date for making the results of Greyhound Racing Ireland's public consultation on artificial insemination in greyhounds available for public review; to provide a specific timeline in respect of the next steps following this consultation; when a ban on surgical artificial insemination of greyhounds will comm…

458. Deputy Paul Murphy asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the number of active approved centres for artificial insemination of greyhounds, by county, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [13597/26]