Parliamentary questions

625. Deputy Eoin Hayes asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the total cost of engagement with a company (details supplied) in each of the years 2020 to 2025, across his Department, by project, year and value; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [51795/26]

626. Deputy Michael Fitzmaurice asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine whether his Department carried out any assessment of whether the 2023/2024 potato crop losses met the criteria for support under the EU Agricultural Reserve; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [51817/26]

627. Deputy Michael Fitzmaurice asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine whether his Department sought advice from, or made any formal or informal representations to the European Commission regarding the availability of Agricultural Reserve support for Irish potato growers affected by the adverse weather conditions of late 2023 and early 2024; and if he will make a statement on the …

377. Deputy Aindrias Moynihan asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the measures being taken to address the high demand under TAMS 3 under the solar capital investment scheme; his plans to allocate additional funding to meet the demand; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [50407/26]

378. Deputy Roderic O'Gorman asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will provide the names of the ten largest egg production operations here; the number of birds that went through the system in each of the top five, in 2025; the number of mortalities in each of the top five producers in 2025; the reasons for these mortalities; the average age of the birds when they expired; …

379. Deputy Roderic O'Gorman asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine further to Parliamentary Question No. 720 of 16 June 2026, if he will clarify if any birds on Irish egg producer operations, be they enriched, barn or free range, have their beaks trimmed; if so, to provide accurate statistics on the number of birds whose beaks were trimmed in 2025; the breakdown for enriched, bar…

380. Deputy Roderic O'Gorman asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the number of day-old female chicks that were imported into Ireland in 2025; the countries from which these day-old chicks were imported; the breakdown in numbers for each country; the way in which the chicks were packed for transport; the method and duration of transport from the overseas hatchery to the egg prod…

381. Deputy Michael Cahill asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the reason a person (details supplied) has not yet received their 2024 national protein incentive scheme (NPIS) payment; the reason for the continued delay arising from the reported technical issue involving the migration of inspection details from AgInspect to his Department’s claims system; when this issue is expe…

382. Deputy Michael Cahill asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will investigate a dual claim affecting a 2025 basic income support for sustainability (BISS) application (details supplied); the reason for the dual claim; the steps required to resolve the matter; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [50511/26]

383. Deputy Michael Cahill asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine to perform urgent improvement works to Kilkeveragh Pier, Portmagee, County Kerry (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [50518/26]

384. Deputy John Connolly asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the intention within his Department to review the criteria of the ACRES scheme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [50599/26]

385. Deputy Michael Cahill asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine to take into consideration the mitigating circumstances in relation to the registration of ten calves in County Kerry (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [50731/26]

230. Deputy Martin Kenny asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine to provide written confirmation to poultry farmers in the North of Ireland who wish to expand their enterprise in order that they can export poultry manure from the north to the south. (details supplied). [49934/26]

231. Deputy Michael Healy-Rae asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if a name will be removed from a herd number (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [49995/26]

232. Deputy Paul Murphy asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if media reports that an organisation (details supplied) have settled a legal action being taken against them for defamation are true (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [50063/26]

628. Deputy Brian Brennan asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the funding streams available through his Department for agricultural shows or gymkhanas or other equine events; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [48756/26]

629. Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine whether an organisation (details supplied) has informed his Department, Sport Ireland or any other State body of the total value of payouts, settlements, legal costs, insurance claims or related expenditure arising from bullying allegations, workplace complaints, HR disputes or employment-related claims in the past f…

630. Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he accepts that the fact bullying-related payouts or legal costs that may have been covered by insurance does not remove the need for accountability, investigation or governance review; and his views on whether insurance coverage does not address the underlying workplace culture, harm caused to staff, reputational…

631. Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he is satisfied that an organisation (details supplied) has a safe and properly governed workplace culture; whether any independent investigation has been undertaken into bullying allegations, HR disputes or workplace complaints within the organisation; and if he will require an independent review into whether the…

632. Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine whether senior leadership within an organisation (details supplied), including the CEO and COO, have been assessed in respect of their responsibility for workplace culture, staff welfare, complaints handling and governance; and whether any accountability measures have been taken following bullying-related claims, set…

633. Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the current number of outstanding horse passport applications with an organisation (details supplied); the average processing time for passports in 2023, 2024, 2025 and to date in 2026; the number of applications delayed beyond the target processing time; and the action he is taking to ensure breeders, owners and pro…

634. Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the number of passport errors, corrections, duplicate passports, identification issues or complaint cases have been recorded by an organisation (details supplied) in each of the past five years; whether his Department audits the accuracy of passport data; and if he is satisfied that the current system protects the in…

635. Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine whether he is aware of concerns that an organisation (details supplied) passporting and IT system may require or result in two barcodes being used in relation to horse identification; whether this could create confusion or risk in the long-term identification of animals; and if he will order an independent technical …

636. Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the amount of public and industry money has been spent by an organisation (details supplied) on IT systems over the past five years; who approved this expenditure; the procurement process that was used; if value-for-money assessments were carried out; and if he is satisfied that the systems delivered are functional, …

637. Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if his attention has been drawn to stakeholder concerns that, rather than the organisation (details supplied) fixing its IT system, breeders, vets, stallion owners and owners are being forced to change their processes to accommodate a fractured and poorly functioning system; and if he considers this acceptable for a …