52. Deputy Erin McGreehan asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the funding available for wool washing facilities. [51853/26]
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169. Deputy Erin McGreehan asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the reason the sheep welfare scheme payments were lower than anticipated; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [66740/25]
869. Deputy Erin McGreehan asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the rationale for reducing the payment rate under the national sheep welfare scheme to €11.50 per ewe, despite the prior indication to farmers of a higher expected level of support; and the way in which his Department plans to address the financial shortfall now faced by sheep farmers as a result of this change. [63486/25]
870. Deputy Erin McGreehan asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if an assessment was carried out on the impact of the reduced per-ewe payment on the viability of sheep farms, particularly hill and low-income farms, before the decision was taken to adjust the rate downward. [63487/25]
871. Deputy Erin McGreehan asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will confirm whether there will be a review of the 2025 and 2026 scheme allocations to restore the payment level originally understood by farmers; and to ensure that farmers are not penalised for participating in good faith in a scheme whose terms were subsequently diminished. [63488/25]
872. Deputy Erin McGreehan asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the measures being considered to rebuild trust with farmers following the reduction in scheme payments, given the ongoing pressures of poor market returns, high input costs, and tight margins in the sheep sector. [63489/25]
873. Deputy Erin McGreehan asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine whether his Department will reopen discussions with stakeholders regarding future scheme design to ensure payment stability, transparency, and fairness for sheep farmers who relied on the original scheme commitments when planning their farm income. [63490/25]
317. Deputy Erin McGreehan asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the timeline and commencement dates for the advance payments for the areas of natural constraint scheme. [60637/25]
318. Deputy Erin McGreehan asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the timeline and commencement dates for the areas of specific constraint scheme. [60638/25]
319. Deputy Erin McGreehan asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the timeline and commencement dates for the organic farming scheme. [60639/25]
320. Deputy Erin McGreehan asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the timeline and commencement dates for the eco-scheme. [60640/25]
321. Deputy Erin McGreehan asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the timeline and commencement dates for the targeted agriculture modernisation scheme (TAMS III). [60641/25]
322. Deputy Erin McGreehan asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine for an update on the timeline and commencement dates for the basic income support for sustainability scheme. [60648/25]
323. Deputy Erin McGreehan asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine for an update on the timeline and commencement dates for the complementary redistributive income support for sustainability scheme. [60649/25]
93. Deputy Erin McGreehan asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine when farmers will have the opportunity to avail of landscape actions and carry out works in upland co-operation areas under ACRES; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [36363/25]
649. Deputy Erin McGreehan asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the number po BISS applications made in County Louth from 2015 to 2025, in tabular format. [31849/25]
287. Deputy Erin McGreehan asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine for an update on the EU Commission's approval of Ireland's GAEC 2 approach; the collaboration his Department has had with the EU Commission on this; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [24952/25]
288. Deputy Erin McGreehan asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine when farmers will expect to receive a confirmation of the rules under the EU Commission's GAEC 2. [24953/25]
289. Deputy Erin McGreehan asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the actions being taken to protect farmers under the EU Commission's GAEC 2. [24954/25]
1746. Deputy Erin McGreehan asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine to outline the number of farmers who have received ACRES payments over the past three years, per county, in tabular form. [20532/25]
1747. Deputy Erin McGreehan asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine to outline the number of farmers accepted to the ACRES scheme who have not received any payment under the scheme to date in 2025, by county, in tabular form. [20533/25]
58. Deputy Erin McGreehan asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he plans to financially reward farmers for carbon sequestration; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [13687/25]
164. Deputy Erin McGreehan asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine when the leadership practices inventory actions for the co-operation areas under ACRES will be finalised; and the reason for the three year delay. [6552/25]
165. Deputy Erin McGreehan asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the number of farmers who are waiting for the co-operation areas in ACRES to be finalised, by each co-operation area, in tabular form . [6553/25]