Parliamentary questions

638. Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he is aware that stallion owners are reportedly experiencing payment delays or non-payment due to an organisation's (details supplied) passporting or IT system failures; the number of such cases that have been reported; the financial impact this is having on stallion owners and breeders. [48889/26]

639. Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he is aware that breeders are reportedly being required to call out vets more than once due to failures or delays in an organisation's (details supplied) passporting process; if his Department has assessed the additional cost to breeders; and whether this organisation will be required to compensate breeders where …

640. Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the medical, physiotherapy, equine physiotherapy, veterinary, psychological, logistical and performance supports provided by horse sport Ireland to Irish equestrian athletes and horses at the most recent Olympic games; how this compared with supports provided to athletes in other publicly funded sports; and whether t…

641. Deputy Maurice Quinlivan asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the reason no compensation was provided to a person (details supplied) following the forced depopulation of their herds during the period 1984 to 1987; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [48897/26]

642. Deputy Michael Fitzmaurice asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the measures his Department is taking to ensure that the beef being imported from Mercosur countries are not containing any type of chemical preservative to their fresh meat which, achieves an extended shelf life, leading to negative health impacts; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [48912/26]

643. Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine whether a high performance expenditure within an organisation (details supplied) is subject to full board oversight, independent review and stakeholder scrutiny; whether it is accurate that high performance spending is treated as being solely under the remit of the executive; and whether he considers this appropriate…

644. Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine whether an organisation's (details supplied) status as a company limited by guarantee limits the Department’s ability to scrutinise its spending, governance, executive decisions or internal financial controls; and whether the Minister considers it acceptable for an organisation receiving significant public funding…

645. Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine whether his Department or Sport Ireland has been informed of any decision by the board of an organisation (details supplied) regarding the renewal, retention or performance review of the CEO; his views such a decision should proceed while serious concerns remain unresolved; and if he will request that any CEO contrac…

646. Deputy Barry Heneghan asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine whether his Department has considered the use of cattle grids as a livestock management measure in Ireland, including in comparison with practices in other jurisdictions such as Scotland; whether barriers to their wider use have been identified; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [49017/26]

647. Deputy Sorca Clarke asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the last inactive status recorded on the Rásaíocht Con Éireann Traceability System for all dogs subject to traceability on this system in 2021 (details supplied); the breakdown of the number, by active, inactive, exported and reported dead; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [49023/26]

648. Deputy Sorca Clarke asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the number of individual greyhound pups born in Ireland during the period 1 January 2025 to 31 December 2025; the breakdown of racing and coursing pups and the number of litters born in the same period; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [49024/26]

649. Deputy Roderic O'Gorman asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine further to Parliamentary Question No. 308 of 15 April 2026, if it is not known what happened to the 23,760 non-coursing greyhounds entered on the Rásaíocht Con Éireann traceability system in 2021 (details supplied); if so, his views on whether the Rásaíocht Con Éireann traceability system is fit for purpose; and i…

650. Deputy Roderic O'Gorman asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine how much the Rásaíocht Con Éireann traceability system cost to put in place; annual cost of operating this system; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [49026/26]

651. Deputy Roderic O'Gorman asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine to clarify the discrepancy in the figures given for the number of greyhounds homed by the operators of a greyhound care home (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [49027/26]

652. 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. [49085/26]

653. Deputy Pádraig Mac Lochlainn asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the level of activity of EU registered pelagic freezer trawlers inside the Irish EEZ over the period April-June, 2026; the monitoring and inspections of these vessels that has taken place over the same period April-June; and if he will provide information on the reported landings made by these vessels includi…

654. Deputy Michael Healy-Rae asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the reason work on a forestry boundary (details supplied) has not been carried out; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [49259/26]

655. Deputy Michael Cahill asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the number of aquaculture licenses processed in 2025; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [49390/26]

656. Deputy Michael Cahill asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the number of aquaculture licenses processed during the past five years and to date in 2026, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [49391/26]

657. Deputy Michael Cahill asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the number of aquaculture licenses are awaiting to be processed; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [49392/26]

658. Deputy Michael Fitzmaurice asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine when funding will be released to participants under the Farming for Water EIP including a person ( details supplied ); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [49424/26]

659. Deputy Michael Fitzmaurice asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine when the extension to the fuel subsidy support scheme be open to the construction sector; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [49433/26]

660. Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he is aware that passporting delays can result in foals being older and more difficult to handle by the time identification and veterinary processes are completed; whether any animal welfare or health and safety assessment has been carried out; and if he accepts that delays may increase risk for breeders, vets, ha…

661. Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine whether an organisation (details supplied) has provided a full breakdown of expenditure related to the most recent Olympic Games; whether it is correct that staff in the organisation chose accommodation outside of that provided by the Olympic Federation at an additional cost to the organisation; and whether he will r…

662. Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the total amount of public funding allocated to an organisation (details supplied) in each of the past five years; the purpose for which that funding was allocated; whether his Department receives detailed accounts showing how this funding is spent; and if he will publish a full breakdown of funding, by programme, in…