Parliamentary questions

156. Deputy Maurice Quinlivan asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the number of horses seized under the Control Of Horses Act 1996, and subsequently returned to their owners, per county, for each of the years 2020 to 2025, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [6925/26]

157. Deputy Maurice Quinlivan asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the number of horses seized under the Control Of Horses Act 1996, and subsequently rehoused by animal charities, per county, for each of the years 2020 to 2025, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [6926/26]

158. Deputy Maurice Quinlivan asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the number of horses seized under the Control Of Horses Act 1996, and subsequently euthanised, per county, for each of the years 2020 to 2025, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [6927/26]

779. Deputy Barry Heneghan asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the steps his Department has taken, or plans to take, in conjunction with Dublin City Council and other relevant agencies, to support the development of a regulated community equine or stables facility in Darndale, similar to the Cherry Orchard Equine Centre model; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [556…

780. Deputy Erin McGreehan asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the current status of the five-year management plan for a cockle fishery (details supplied); the role of the National Parks and Wildlife Service in setting harvest limits; the way in which the requirement to maintain food resources for overwintering birds is balanced with the socioeconomic needs of the 28 licencehol…

781. Deputy Alan Kelly asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the amount his Department has spent on legal fees for each of the years 2020-2025, in tabular form. [5529/26]

782. Deputy Emer Currie asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the timeline for when he expects to receive recommendations regarding dog breeding legislation from the dog control stakeholder group; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [5576/26]

783. Deputy Gary Gannon asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine to provide a breakdown of expenditure by his Department and bodies, agencies or organisations under his remit on paid verification services on a platform (details supplied) or any other verified account products, for each of the years 2023, 2024, 2025 and to date in 2026; the number of verified accounts held under each…

784. Deputy Roderic O'Gorman asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the current status of the 11,686 non-coursing greyhounds whose year of birth was 2021 who were being tracked on Rásaíocht Con Éireann's traceability system, RCETS, as of 24 September 2025, giving a detailed breakdown into active, inactive, exported and so on; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [5655/26…

785. Deputy Roderic O'Gorman asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the current status of the 10,837 non-coursing greyhounds whose year of birth was 2022 who were being tracked on Rásaíocht Con Éireann's traceability system, RCETS, as of 24 September 2025, giving a detailed breakdown into active, inactive, exported and so on; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [5656/26…

786. Deputy Roderic O'Gorman asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the current status of the 8,104 non-coursing greyhounds whose year of birth was 2023 who were being tracked on Rásaíocht Con Éireann's Traceability System as of 24 September 2025, giving a detailed breakdown into active, inactive, exported and so on; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [5657/26]

787. Deputy Roderic O'Gorman asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the number of the 9,175 non-coursing greyhounds registered at whelping stage in the Irish Coursing Club's Stud Book whose year of birth was 2024, have been entered on the Rásaíocht Con Éireann's Traceability System, giving a detailed breakdown into active, inactive, exported and so on for these dogs; and if he wil…

788. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine in regard to EU Regulation 2019/6 and cross-Border veterinary trade, the specific co-operative measures his Department is implementing to minimise trade disruptions for Border-based retailers; the way these protections will be codified to ensure the "seamless" trade promised under the Good Friday Agreement, GFA, str…

789. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine in regard to EU Regulation 2019/6 and cross-Border veterinary trade, given Northern Ireland’s alignment with EU rules under the Windsor Framework, the practical steps, derogations or exemptions his Department is exploring to allow Republic of Ireland businesses to continue the legal supply of products to Northern Ir…

790. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine in regard to EU Regulation 2019/6 and cross-Border veterinary trade, the specific form of prescription that is legally required for a Northern Ireland resident to purchase antiparasitics in the Republic; the general data protection regulation, GDPR, implications and data-sharing protocols for recording the personal …

791. Deputy Shónagh Ní Raghallaigh asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if a food trade mission is scheduled for the United Arab Emirates in quarter 1 of 2026. [5840/26]

792. Deputy Eamon Scanlon asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will review the current compensation rate of €3,000 paid to farmers for cattle that test positive for TB, given that this figure does not reflect the actual market value in many cases (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [5887/26]

793. Deputy Michael Fitzmaurice asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the number of applicants for funding through the support fund for anaerobic digestors, which closed in December 2025; the number of applications that were successful; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [6040/26]

794. Deputy Michael Cahill asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine to urgently intervene and allow for an agri-climate rural environment scheme, ACRES, payment in the case of a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [6251/26]

795. Deputy Ryan O'Meara asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine to provide an update on the progress made by the deer management strategy group; the number of deer culled as a result of its work; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [6406/26]

796. Deputy Robert O'Donoghue asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if it has been brought to his attention that the 117 dairy heifers exported to Libya on 5 January 2025, at the time of certification and approval for transport from Ireland to Spain, were intended for onward export by sea to Libya; whether any assessment was undertaken by his Department of animal welfare conditio…

797. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the governance framework applied by his Department in assessing potential conflicts of interest when appointing or approving the appointment of a chairperson to Bord Bia, including the criteria used to assess external commercial interests; and whether this framework has been reviewed or updated in view of recent public…

798. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the ongoing oversight mechanisms in place within his Department to monitor conflicts of interest arising during the term of office of Bord Bia board members, including the chairperson; and whether his Department requires updated disclosures where material changes arise in commercial activities relevant to the statutory…

799. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine whether he is satisfied that existing governance arrangements fully protect the statutory role of Bord Bia in promoting Irish food and agricultural produce; and the safeguards in place to ensure that board-level decision-making is not perceived to conflict with the interests of Irish farmers or Ireland’s agrifood reput…

800. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the assessment which has been carried out by his Department on the impact of governance controversies within Bord Bia on farmer confidence in the Bord Bia quality assurance system; and the steps his Department takes, at policy level, to maintain confidence among primary producers in State-supported quality assurance st…