Parliamentary questions

801. Deputy Michael Fitzmaurice asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will make the terms and conditions available for the equine technical support scheme operated by his Department for 2024 and 2025; if he can confirm the recipients of the funding, the initiative supported, the amount of grant awarded and eventually paid to date to each recipient, in tabular form; if he is…

802. Deputy Michael Cahill asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if an organisation still exists or has it been replaced by another name/organisation (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [61443/25]

803. Deputy Naoise Ó Muirí asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine for an update on the current TB compensation scheme payment caps of €3,000 for commercial TB reactors and €5,000 for pedigree cows, in–calf heifers and stock bulls; if he has any plans to increase those payment caps given the current value of cattle in the market; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [6146…

804. Deputy Martin Daly asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if his Department has conducted an assessment of milk and beef prices in the west of Ireland; the findings of same; the measures being considered to support farmers in Roscommon and Galway; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [61485/25]

805. Deputy Malcolm Byrne asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the level of foresight or future planning that operates within his Department; who is responsible for long-term planning; the input these individuals or teams have into Departmental policy and practice; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [61654/25]

806. Deputy Michael Murphy asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine when consultations will commence with tillage and farming organisations regarding the design of the proposed €50 million tillage support package for 2026; the process through which stakeholder input will inform the targeting of supports by crop type and farm type; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [6169…

807. Deputy Michael Murphy asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the way the €50 million in funding for the tillage sector in 2026 will be allocated between the protein aid scheme, straw incorporation measure and tillage support scheme; and whether he intends to refine eligibility criteria or payment rates to better support dedicated grain growers and other specialised tillage pr…

808. Deputy Michael Murphy asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine to clarify whether any interim supports will be provided to the tillage sector in 2025 ahead of the introduction of the new 2026 package; and the timeline for finalising scheme design and issuing guidelines to farmers and stakeholders. [61699/25]

809. Deputy Michael Cahill asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine to urgently examine issues outlined in correspondence (details supplied); in view of correspondence from the Minister of State for Nature, Heritage and Biodiversity to provide an update on the progress of the 2021 Bill to ban imports of non-native honeybees; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [61700/25]

810. Deputy Michael Cahill asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine to ensure Ireland gets the best possible nitrates derogation deal for Irish farmers; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [61793/25]

811. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine his Department’s current surveillance and containment measures in response to the most recent outbreak of avian influenza among Irish poultry flocks; the number and location of outbreaks confirmed since September 2025; the supports being made available to affected poultry farmers, including compensation for stock losse…

812. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he has engaged with the poultry industry and retail sector to assess the likely impact of the 2025 avian influenza outbreak on the domestic supply and price of turkeys and other poultry products during the Christmas period; if contingency plans are in place to stabilise supply and prevent price inflation for consume…

813. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the current biosecurity and import-control measures at ports, airports, and border inspection posts to prevent the introduction or spread of avian influenza from Great Britain or continental Europe; the frequency of veterinary inspections on imported poultry, eggs, and related products; whether additional surveillance …

814. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine his views on reports that Teagasc will be taking part in joint projects with Israeli counterparts (details supplied) [61859/25]

815. Deputy Robert O'Donoghue asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine his Department’s response plan following the recent confirmation of avian influenza (H5N1) outbreaks on commercial turkey farms in counties Meath and Carlow; the measures being taken to prevent further spread of the disease; and if he will provide details of the compensation supports available to affected farmers…

816. 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 2024, in tabular form; the number of those matings that involved the use of semen obtained from a sire deceased at the time the surgical artificial insemination occurred; and…

817. Deputy Paul Murphy asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the specific date for making the results of his Department’s consultation on surgical artificial insemination in greyhounds available for public review; and a specific timeline in respect of the next steps following this consultation; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [61921/25]

818. Deputy Paul Murphy asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the number of non-coursing greyhound homed via Irish Retired Greyhound Trust, listed both directly and assisted from 2019 to 2024 inclusive; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [61922/25]

819. Deputy Paul Murphy asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the number of non-coursing greyhounds exported yearly via Irish Retired Greyhound Trust to the United States of America from 2019 to 2024 inclusive; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [61923/25]

820. Deputy Paul Murphy asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if Greyhound Racing Ireland or Irish Retired Greyhound Trust pays for the cost of transatlantic transport of non-coursing greyhounds to the United States of America from 2019 to 2024 inclusive; if so, the yearly cost of same; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [61924/25]

821. Deputy Paul Murphy asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine for a breakdown of exports of non-coursing greyhounds by country destination as recorded in Rásaíocht Con Éireann Traceability System (RCETS) from 2021 to 2024 inclusive; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [61925/25]

822. Deputy Paul Murphy asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine to provide Greyhound Racing Ireland's costs to sponsor the Greyhound Derby quarterfinals, semi-finals and final on a television station (details supplied) in September 2025; the viewership figures for all three broadcasts; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [61926/25]

823. Deputy Paul Murphy asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if the decision to award €19.82 million to Greyhound Racing Ireland in the 2026 Budget was reliant on the figures stated in the July 2021 report (details supplied) based on estimates from 2019; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [61927/25]

824. Deputy Paul Murphy asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if it is acceptable that page 28 of Greyhound Racing Ireland's 2025-2029 strategic plan's performance metrics includes the number of injuries at racing tracks but not the number of greyhound deaths at racing tracks; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [61928/25]

825. Deputy Paul Murphy asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if it is acceptable that Greyhound Racing Ireland's industry update January to June 2025 includes the injuries at racing tracks as a percentage of starters instead of the actual number of injuries at racing tracks and also excludes the number of greyhound deaths at racing tracks, given the industry's claims of transpar…