964. Deputy Peter 'Chap' Cleere asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the value of payments in 2024 under the complementary redistributive income support for sustainability scheme, by county; the total number of farmers paid in each county; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [48761/25]
Topics / Agriculture Schemes
A subject heading for parliamentary questionsAgriculture Schemes
585 questions from 79 TDs, between 22 January 2025 and 21 October 2026.
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576 written, 9 oral
79
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| January 2025 | 10 |
| February 2025 | 30 |
| March 2025 | 44 |
| April 2025 | 40 |
| May 2025 | 50 |
| June 2025 | 4 |
| July 2025 | 43 |
| August 2025 | 0 |
| September 2025 | 23 |
| October 2025 | 12 |
| November 2025 | 44 |
| December 2025 | 16 |
| January 2026 | 35 |
| February 2026 | 11 |
| March 2026 | 26 |
| April 2026 | 60 |
| May 2026 | 39 |
| June 2026 | 39 |
| July 2026 | 34 |
| August 2026 | 0 |
| September 2026 | 7 |
| October 2026 | 18 |
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965. Deputy Peter 'Chap' Cleere asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the value of payments in 2024 under the eco-scheme, by county; the total number of farmers paid in each county; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [48762/25]
966. Deputy Peter 'Chap' Cleere asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the value of payments in 2024 under the agri-climate rural environment scheme, by county; the total number of farmers paid in each county; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [48763/25]
967. Deputy Peter 'Chap' Cleere asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the value of payments in 2024 under the areas of natural constraint scheme, by county; the total number of farmers paid in each county; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [48764/25]
1752. Deputy John McGuinness asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he agrees that administrative complexity and payment delays have dogged the farm environment scheme (details supplied); if he will make an interim payment from national funds to mitigate payment delays impacting farmers; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [45661/25]
1759. Deputy John McGuinness asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine for an update on GAEC-2 and if he will take into account the issues for farmers (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [45720/25]
1781. Deputy Colm Burke asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will extend the deadline of the forgotten farmers scheme, in view of the fact that applicants had difficulty in gathering the necessary documentation and information before the deadline and were unable to complete the application on time; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [46292/25]
1782. Deputy Colm Burke asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will consider late applications for the forgotten farmers scheme, in view of the fact that the application process was only open for a fortnight and the difficulties in obtaining the appropriate documentation and information in order to complete the application; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [46293/25]
1792. Deputy Michael Cahill asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will introduce a bounty for shooting deer, similar to the scheme that was in place many years ago for foxes and seals (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [46512/25]
1793. Deputy Cathal Crowe asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will consider broadening the qualifying terms of the forgotten farmers scheme in Budget 2026, including changing the date of birth eligibility to 1 January 1970; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [46513/25]
1794. Deputy Cathal Crowe asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will urgently review his Department’s plans to introduce two-step verification to login to the AgFood portal, given that two-step verification will prevent agricultural consultants from logging in on behalf of their client farmers and this will be of major disadvantage to farmers who have little or no IT skills; and if he will mak…
1795. Deputy Louis O'Hara asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine to clarify whether a non-organic young farmer is eligible for the lower grant rate, 40 percent rate, under the terms of the organic capital investment scheme of TAMS 3 (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [46625/25]
1803. Deputy Seán Canney asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the status of a balancing payment for ACRES to a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [46772/25]
1853. Deputy Ruairí Ó Murchú asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will outline any plans there are to streamline ACRES; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [47425/25]
2196. Deputy Pa Daly asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the breakdown on the number of delayed ACRES payments, by county and by average duration of delay and the reason for the delay; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [42030/25]
2197. Deputy Pa Daly asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he is aware that 396 farmers have yet to receive their final ACRES payment for 2023; when these payments will be paid; the reason for the continued delay; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [42031/25]
2202. Deputy Niamh Smyth asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the reason a person (details supplied) is not receiving the full entitlements of ACRES; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [42500/25]
2213. Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will support the ringfencing of funding for farm schemes within the overall EU budget [43266/25]
2218. Deputy Ruairí Ó Murchú asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine to outline the plans he has to resource the Agricultural Appeals Review Board; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [43298/25]
2219. Deputy Ruairí Ó Murchú asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine to outline the plans there are to streamline the ACRES scheme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [43299/25]
2239. Deputy Colm Burke asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine to provide an update on the progress made to date by his Department in reviewing investment items and reference costs under the targeted agricultural modernisation scheme, TAMS. [44134/25]
2240. Deputy Colm Burke asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the progress made to date by his Department in examining a mechanism to engage with stakeholders on the design of national agriculture schemes, in particular the next Common Agricultural Policy; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [44135/25]
2244. Deputy Colm Burke asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine to provide an update on his Department’s progress to date in relation to the delivery of a scheme that recognises the category of farmers known as the “Forgotten Farmers”; when it is envisaged that this scheme will commence; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [44139/25]
2248. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the number of hectares of land in the State eligible for payment under the single farm payment scheme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [44207/25]
2249. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the number of entitlements held by farmers; the number of naked hectares which are eligible for payment but not claimed on; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [44234/25]