815. Deputy Paul Lawless asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the average annual CAP payments received by farmers in each county in 2025; the breakdown of the total payments issued by his Department (including Direct Payments and Capital Payments such as TAMS) to farmers by county; and to indicate the average farmer payment (rounded to the nearest €500), in tabular form. [14011/26]
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711. Deputy Paul Lawless asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the scientific basis for statements in the CAP Strategic Plan 2023–2027 (details supplied); and if these claims were based on his Department’s funded research or internal analyses by organisations given low scrapie prevalence and limited demonstrated performance differences. [65506/25]
712. Deputy Paul Lawless asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine his Department's process for updating SIS policy where scientific evidence, including evidence derived from datasets (details supplied) or his Department's funded research, has been contradicted or superseded; and the way in which independence is ensured. [65507/25]
715. Deputy Paul Lawless asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if his Department has assessed whether linking eligibility for SIS or other supports to the use of a single operator (details supplied) restricts competition or limits breeder rights under Articles 13 and 14. [65510/25]
716. Deputy Paul Lawless asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the reason no records exist regarding the inclusion of the genotyped ram task in the sheep improvement scheme, despite its central role in the CAP Strategic Plan; and whether this indicates a failure in documentation or oversight. [65511/25]
725. Deputy Paul Lawless asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the way in which his Department ensures that linking eligibility or participation in CAP schemes such as SCEP or SIS to the use of systems (details supplied) does not create conflicts of interest or market distortions; and to provide any assessments conducted under Article 8(4)(b) to evaluate the impact on breeders' economic activities. …
728. Deputy Paul Lawless asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine to list the peer-reviewed scientific papers relied upon when designing and justifying the sheep improvement scheme genotyped ram action, particularly where the supporting evidence was derived from organisations (details supplied); if his Department assessed the limitations and risk of bias inherent in such internal analyses where indepen…
1413. Deputy Paul Lawless asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine to provide the peer-reviewed scientific evidence used to justify the inclusion of an organisation (details supplied) in the sheep improvement scheme under the CAP Strategic Plan 2023-2027; and whether any of this evidence has since been amended, retracted, or contradicted by subsequent findings. [57898/25]