889. Deputy Eamon Scanlon asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine to address the exclusion of young farmers from the traditional farm buildings grant scheme due to the requirement to be in ACRES or the organic farming scheme (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [38750/26]
Parliamentary questions
Questions
TDs ask ministers questions to get answers on the record, most of them in writing. Here is every one asked in the 34th Dáil, by the department it went to and the subject heading it was filed under. How questions work
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Department names as the record prints them. Some changed in June 2025.
All 20 departments
| Department | Questions | Oral | Written |
|---|---|---|---|
| Health | 27,764 | 145 | 27,619 |
| Education | 14,148 | 145 | 14,003 |
| Transport | 11,178 | 139 | 11,039 |
| Justice | 9,962 | 135 | 9,827 |
| Housing | 9,139 | 160 | 8,979 |
| Children | 8,691 | 142 | 8,549 |
| Social | 5,914 | 135 | 5,779 |
| Finance | 5,884 | 153 | 5,731 |
| Agriculture | 4,894 | 136 | 4,758 |
| Enterprise | 3,942 | 139 | 3,803 |
| Climate | 3,915 | 130 | 3,785 |
| Foreign | 3,868 | 190 | 3,678 |
| Public Expenditure | 3,737 | 167 | 3,570 |
| Further and Higher Education | 3,437 | 140 | 3,297 |
| Taoiseach | 2,683 | 1,513 | 1,170 |
| Defence | 2,599 | 179 | 2,420 |
| Culture | 2,492 | 147 | 2,345 |
| Rural | 2,361 | 140 | 2,221 |
| Environment | 1,029 | 26 | 1,003 |
| Tourism | 703 | 31 | 672 |
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890. Deputy Malcolm Byrne asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the mechanisms in place in his Department to ensure delivery on the commitments in the Programme for Government; the civil servant specifically responsible for overseeing such delivery; the measures that are used to assess progress; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [38805/26]
891. Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the number of farm inspections carried out in 2025 related to biodiversity compliance versus those for animal welfare; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [38968/26]
892. Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the position regarding emergency financial supports for farmers facing bluetongue disease risks and associated movement restrictions; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [38969/26]
893. Deputy Michael Cahill asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will urgently address the compensation ceilings currently in place for TB reactors, as current rates are leaving many farmers significantly out of pocket; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [39006/26]
894. Deputy Michael Cahill asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine in the interest of health and safety, to urgently provide the construction of a landing facility (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [39076/26]
895. Deputy Michael Cahill asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if small farmer incomes are protected in the context of the new CAP negotiations, in regard to stocking rates; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [39113/26]
896. Deputy Pat the Cope Gallagher asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the combined landing dues, levies for pelagic stocks landings into Killybegs Fishery Harbour Centre for the period 2019 to 2025; if he will provide the levies for exporting of pelagic stocks by freezer vessels for the same period, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [39285/26]
897. Deputy Robert O'Donoghue asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will outline the mechanisms in place to monitor and track the welfare and current location of greyhounds that become the subject of animal welfare concerns or investigations and have been taken into care; if greyhound racing Ireland maintains records relating to the ongoing welfare and whereabouts of such dogs; and if he will …
898. Deputy Mairéad Farrell asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the reason domestic dwellings are to be removed from TAMS 3 solar capital grants; if he has considered the impact this will have on small farmers in rural Ireland who use their domestic dwelling as the primary source for their electricity; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [39328/26]
899. Deputy Michael Fitzmaurice asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the number of applications under the BISS scheme that were received from 2022 to 2025, inclusive; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [39331/26]
900. Deputy Michael Fitzmaurice asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the number of applications under the BISS scheme that were received from 2022 to 2025, inclusive; and the number of applications that were received under the equivalent schemes in the years 2009 and 2015; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [39334/26]
901. Deputy Emer Currie asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine his plans to conduct a review of dog breeds legislation, with a view to replacing it with proportionate, breed-neutral measures that promote public safety while recognising responsible ownership; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [39432/26]
902. Deputy Michael Healy-Rae asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the position regarding an application on behalf of a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [39475/26]
903. Deputy Jennifer Whitmore asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the status of the Red Cover Silage Measure; whether funding is still available to farmers under this fund; if there are plans to expand it; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [39508/26]
904. Deputy Michael Healy-Rae asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine to address an issue regarding the inputting of an incorrect date (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [39534/26]
905. Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the investigations that have been carried out by greyhound racing Ireland into the reported conditions at a premises (details supplied); and if any breaches of animal welfare legislation or regulations were identified. [39565/26]
906. Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the position regarding the status and welfare of the greyhounds identified in a case (details supplied); including whether they are in the care of greyhound racing Ireland, have been returned to private ownership, or have been placed for rehoming through the Irish Retired Greyhound Trust. [39566/26]
907. Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine given that approximately €19.8 million in public funding is allocated annually to the greyhound sector, the measures that are in place to ensure transparency and independent oversight of greyhound welfare, including public access to traceability data on the lifecycle and outcomes of registered greyhounds. [39567/26]
908. Deputy Paul Lawless asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if livestock trailers, including cattle trailers, are currently excluded from eligibility under the targeted agriculture modernisation schemes; the rationale for their exclusion given their central role in farm safety and animal welfare; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [39611/26]
909. Deputy Paul Lawless asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if his Department has examined the approach taken in Northern Ireland, where agricultural capital grant schemes include livestock trailers as eligible items to support safer transport of animals; if he will assess whether similar supports should be introduced here; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [39612/26]
910. Deputy Paul Lawless asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he acknowledges that livestock trailers are subject to significant wear and tear and that outdated trailers pose risks to animal welfare, farm safety, and road safety; if he will consider expanding TAMS to incentivise the upgrading of such equipment; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [39613/26]
911. Deputy Paul Lawless asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if the current CAP Strategic Plan 2023-2027 provides scope to include livestock trailers as eligible capital investments under TAMS; if his Department will review this possibility in light of farmer concerns; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [39614/26]
912. Deputy Paul Lawless asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will undertake a review of the TAMS eligible item lists to ensure they reflect modern farm safety needs, including the potential inclusion of livestock trailers; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [39615/26]
913. Deputy Paul Lawless asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he has assessed the competitive disadvantage faced by farmers in the Republic of Ireland compared with those in Northern Ireland, where grant aid is available for livestock trailers; if he will consider measures to address this disparity; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [39616/26]