1243. Deputy Ryan O'Meara asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if his Department has given consideration to introducing further regulations on protected urea fertiliser labels, specifically the inclusion of NBPT inhibitor application dates and expected efficacy duration and more transparent labels regarding storage and handling conditions that may impact inhibitor effectiveness; and if he will make…
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A subject heading for parliamentary questionsAgriculture Industry
238 questions from 69 TDs, between 22 January 2025 and 8 October 2026.
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230 written, 8 oral
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| January 2025 | 1 |
| February 2025 | 5 |
| March 2025 | 11 |
| April 2025 | 18 |
| May 2025 | 8 |
| June 2025 | 0 |
| July 2025 | 10 |
| August 2025 | 0 |
| September 2025 | 23 |
| October 2025 | 7 |
| November 2025 | 13 |
| December 2025 | 26 |
| January 2026 | 18 |
| February 2026 | 21 |
| March 2026 | 14 |
| April 2026 | 5 |
| May 2026 | 20 |
| June 2026 | 15 |
| July 2026 | 11 |
| August 2026 | 0 |
| September 2026 | 4 |
| October 2026 | 8 |
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1250. Deputy Robert O'Donoghue asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine to list all current trials and research under way by bodies under his aegis into the use of seaweed supplements for the reduction of methane in ruminants; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10860/25]
1267. Deputy Mattie McGrath asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine in cases in which farmers are in a partnership if farm payments can be paid to all partners equally as opposed to one partner; the steps available to a farmer in a partnership where one partner received the payment but is not paying it out to the other partners in the partnership; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [11494/…
1273. Deputy Martin Kenny asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if including mineral soil in good agricultural and environmental condition (GAEC) standard 2, meets the objectives set out in Irelands CAP Strategic Plan, which states the main objective of GAEC standard 2 is the protection of carbon rich soils; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [11812/25]
1279. Deputy Michael Cahill asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if the deer management strategy group, set up by his predecessor, has the authority to recommend the financing of specialised fencing to prevent deer from straying onto public roads in Kerry and recommend the set up of a dedicated lyme disease unit in University Hospital Kerry, near to where there is a large population of deer; and if…
142. Deputy Robert O'Donoghue asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the steps being taken to promote the consumption of hogget; if the Teagasc research centre has carried out any research in this regard; if such sources could be developed for the provision of emergency food resources for Irish Aid food and nutrition interventions; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10012/25]
143. Deputy Niall Collins asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if there are any plans to push back the start date for low-emission slurry spreading (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10029/25]
233. Deputy James O'Connor asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if his Department has undertaken any analysis on the rapid development of large-scale solar farms ranging upwards of 1,000 acres on productive agriculture lands in Ireland; if his Department has considered on how it may impact the agri-food industry, in particular, the stability of Ireland’s dairy industry; and if he will make a statem…
234. Deputy James O'Connor asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if his Department has considered in categorising lands suitable for large-scale solar projects by taking into consideration on the basis of their suitability for commercial agriculture; if his Department has considered the context of mapping the risk of mass transfers of agricultural land usage away from food production to commercial s…
591. Deputy Ryan O'Meara asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the persons who have been appointed to the Forest Windblow Taskforce; if membership of the taskforce is representative of all stakeholders of the industry; the breakdown of membership, including name and the sector of the industry being represented, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [5708/25]
487. Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine given the increasing regulatory pressures on Irish farmers, the efforts he is making to ensure that new European Union environmental policies do not disproportionately impact Ireland’s agricultural sector compared to other European Union Member States; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [4589/25]
205. Deputy Holly Cairns asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine for clarification on the Government's policy towards the farming of hemp, particularly in light of a number of cases of licensed hemp farmers being monitored and raided by An Garda Síochána; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [3907/25]
1103. Deputy Malcolm Byrne asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the age profile of those employed in agriculture; the measures he has put in place to encourage younger people into farming and the outcomes of those measures; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [1353/25]