Questions

490. Deputy Robert O'Donoghue asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine to list the number of engagements between his Department and the European Commission in relation to the next forestry programme. [70313/26]

2268. Deputy Paul Lawless asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will confirm when his Department last met with an organisation (details supplied); if he will commit to an immediate meeting in light of the escalating diesel price crisis; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [25820/26]

2269. Deputy Paul Lawless asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will formally recognise agricultural and forestry contractors as essential service providers within the national food production system; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [25821/26]

2270. Deputy Paul Lawless asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he has assessed the risk to national fodder and food production arising from the escalating diesel costs faced by agricultural contractors; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [25822/26]

762. Deputy Malcolm Byrne asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the number of heads of government, heads of state, ministers, governors, mayors or other senior elected officials he and Ministers of State in his Department met for the St. Patrick's Day engagements overseas this year. [21894/26]

763. Deputy Malcolm Byrne asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the number of Irish diaspora groups, including but not limited to sporting and cultural organisations, as well as emigrant organisations he and Ministers of State in his Department met for the St. Patrick's Day engagements overseas this year. [21912/26]

764. Deputy Malcolm Byrne asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the number of businesses and business representative organisations he and State Ministers of State in his Department met for the St. Patrick's Day engagements overseas this year. [21930/26]

765. Deputy Malcolm Byrne asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the value of trade and tourism respectively, between Ireland and the states visited by him and by Ministers of State in his Department for the St Patrick's Day engagements overseas this year; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21948/26]

779. Deputy Michael Fitzmaurice asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the number of meetings with an association (details supplied) in the past three years; the amount of funding provided by his Department directly or via third parties to market and promote the traditional Irish horse; the number of meetings each year between the associations; the marketing plan each year since 2023 to market the tr…

508. Deputy Aindrias Moynihan asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine his engagement with his Northern Ireland counterpart regarding the confirmed cases of bluetongue in County Down; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [70906/25]

1837. Deputy Colm Burke asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine to provide an update on a recent meeting between the Deer Management Strategy Group and Bord Bia in relation to the marketing of venison; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [47324/25]

450. Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if the chairperson of an organisation (details supplied) will meet with another organisation to explain the reason current costings, for example, beef price and meal price, are not being applied to algorithms determining breeding recommendations and also changing breeding bull star ratings. [40213/25]

787. Deputy Michael Cahill asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will ensure that an official from his Department and an independent ecologist be present for a meeting (details supplied) in light of the ongoing and prolonged difficulties with this case; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [39068/25]

317. Deputy Cian O'Callaghan asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine whether he has met with the Chairman of the Agri-Food Regulator following his request for a meeting in February; if so, the outcome of that meeting; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [36710/25]

609. Deputy Alan Kelly asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he has met with a group (details supplied); and if not, if he will do so in the coming months. [35318/25]

610. Deputy Alan Kelly asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine to list the dates and attendees of all meetings he and or his Department officials have had with the Environmental Protection Agency since he took office. [35323/25]

236. Deputy Alan Kelly asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the dates and attendees of all MinMAC meetings in his Department since he took office. [16195/25]

1265. Deputy Jennifer Whitmore asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if his Department has been in contact with the European Commission regarding the nitrates derogation; if so, what specifically that contact has entailed; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [11455/25]

1266. Deputy Jennifer Whitmore asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if his Department has met with the European Commission to discuss an extension of the nitrates derogation for Ireland; if so, what was discussed at those meetings and what the outcomes of those meetings were; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [11456/25]

1275. Deputy Sorca Clarke asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine when the EU Agriculture Council will next meet. [11862/25]

586. Deputy Darren O'Rourke asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if his predecessor spoke formally with his US counterpart in 2024. [5481/25]