2250. Deputy Fionntán Ó Súilleabháin asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if there will be an area based scheme sought by organisations (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [44238/25]
Topics / Agriculture Schemes
A subject heading for parliamentary questionsAgriculture Schemes
585 questions from 79 TDs, between 22 January 2025 and 21 October 2026.
585
questions
576 written, 9 oral
79
TDs have asked
9
parties and groups
Independents counted together
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departments asked
Questions per month
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| Month | Questions |
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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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The party each TD belonged to on the day, in alphabetical order. Parties differ a lot in size, and members of the Government answer questions rather than ask them, so this shows who raised it, not how much a party cares about it.
The TDs who asked most
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The questions
2251. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the number of hectares of land claimed on, with entitlements that is used for livestock; the number used for tillage; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [44303/25]
2252. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the number of hectares of land claimed on with entitlements are classified as commonage, rough grazing or uplands; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [44375/25]
790. Deputy Jennifer Whitmore asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the date when an individual (details supplied) will receive his ACRES payments; if he will instruct a Department official to engage with this individual to inform them of same; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [39137/25]
795. Deputy Michael Cahill asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine to expedite an ACRES payment in respect of a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [39690/25]
293. Deputy Eamon Scanlon asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if a review of a penalty imposed on a person (details supplied) can be authorised given that all non-compliant measures have been rectified since the last inspection; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [38372/25]
697. Deputy John Paul O'Shea asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine for an update on TAMS grant payment for a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [37154/25]
703. Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the progress that has been made in establishing a verifiable framework for farmers to trade carbon credits; the way in which his Department is addressing the integration of carbon sequestration into existing agri-environmental schemes; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [37387/25]
704. Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the current backlog of targeted agricultural modernisation scheme applications; the number of unprocessed applications; the average processing time, broken down by region; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [37388/25]
708. Deputy Eoghan Kenny asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine for an update on the Programme for Government commitment to examine a mechanism to engage with stakeholders on the design of national agriculture schemes as of July 2025; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [37652/25]
79. Deputy Mattie McGrath asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will provide a full explanation for the ongoing delays in issuing ACRES payments to participating farmers; the number of applicants still awaiting full or partial payment under all streams of the scheme; the urgent steps being taken by his Department to resolve system bottlenecks and ensure timely payment to farmers who have met a…
85. Deputy Cathal Crowe asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will consider introducing an incentive scheme to encourage farmers who have particularly old and potentially dangerous tractors and machinery in their farm yards to upgrade to newer and safer options; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [36295/25]
87. Deputy Claire Kerrane asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the number of farmers waiting on outstanding ACRES payments, including the numbers in Roscommon and Galway; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [36047/25]
88. Deputy Aindrias Moynihan asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the up-to-date position on payments issuing in respect of farmers' participation in ACRES in 2023 and 2024; the number of payments still outstanding for both of these years; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [36629/25]
90. Deputy Noel McCarthy asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine to outline the plans, if any, to standardise the rules for people with equine premises numbers that are applying for full herd numbers, which are at present decided on a case-by-case basis, in order to ensure they will not be disadvantaged by the five-year rule when applying for young farmers enhancement schemes in the future; and if he …
92. Deputy Tony McCormack asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine whether he would consider reintroducing the young farmer installation aid scheme to support new entrants into farming. [36529/25]
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]
101. Deputy Mattie McGrath asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the reasons behind ongoing delays in the issuing of basic income support for sustainability and areas of natural constraint payments to farmers, particularly in County Tipperary; the steps being taken to resolve processing backlogs and ensure timely payments going forward; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [35595/25]
104. Deputy Cathal Crowe asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will introduce TAMS grant funding for goat herd owners in order that they can install suitable fencing and handling and housing facilities for their livestock; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [36294/25]
106. Deputy Roderic O'Gorman asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the number of farmers who have taken up the TAMS grant to enable them to install solar panels on their farm, by county, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [36513/25]
112. Deputy Louis O'Hara asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine to outline the current funding allocation for TAMS 3; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [35606/25]
124. Deputy Roderic O'Gorman asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the overall value of TAMS grants to support the installation of solar panels on farms to date; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [36514/25]
125. Deputy Naoise Ó Cearúil asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the expected timeline for delivering a farm succession scheme that supports generational renewal; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [36524/25]
126. Deputy Ruairí Ó Murchú asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the current number of farmers still awaiting ACRES payment; the plans in place to clear the backlog; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [36523/25]
311. Deputy Conor D. McGuinness asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the number of farmers awaiting ACRES payments, by county, date of application, and date of approval. [35863/25]