314. Deputy Sorca Clarke asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine when the current round of TAMS applications will be processed; when approvals will issue; and if the Department will commit to faster turnaround times going forward. [36701/25]
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
TDs have asked
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parties and groups
Independents counted together
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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.
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The questions
315. Deputy Sorca Clarke asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the average waiting time for payments under the young farmer capital investment scheme in the past 12 months; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [36702/25]
316. Deputy Sorca Clarke asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the number of farmers currently awaiting approval and payment under the organic farming scheme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [36703/25]
319. Deputy Michael Fitzmaurice asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine when an ACRES payment for the years 2023, 2024 and 2025 will issue for persons (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [36741/25]
193. Deputy Ryan O'Meara asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine when the proposed early retirement scheme for farmers will be introduced; if an upper age limit of 70 years will be considered for the scheme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [36283/25]
198. Deputy Colm Burke asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine for an update regarding the ‘Better Farming for Water’ advisory programme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [36367/25]
608. Deputy Jennifer Whitmore asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the number of farmers still impacted by the delay in payments under the ACRES for 2023, by county; when the issue will be resolved; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [35311/25]
356. Deputy Brian Brennan asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine when he plans to carry out the next reclassification of land in the jurisdiction of Ireland for the purposes of the areas of natural constraints scheme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [33280/25]
357. Deputy John Paul O'Shea asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine his Department’s proposals for a scheme to support long established young farmers, commonly been referred to as Forgotten Farmers (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [33343/25]
124. Deputy Jennifer Whitmore asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the number of farmers impacted by the delay in payments under ACRES for 2024, by county; when the issue will be resolved; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [32991/25]
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]
341. Deputy Niamh Smyth asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the reason a person (details supplied) is not receiving the full acres payment; the reason she is been penalised; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [27850/25]
352. Deputy John Paul O'Shea asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine The reason a penalty was applied to 2023 ACRES scheme payment in respect of a farmer in Co. Kerry (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [28072/25]
498. Deputy Michael Cahill asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine to expedite an ACRES payment in respect of a person in County Kerry (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [26763/25]
503. Deputy John Paul O'Shea asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine when a 2024 ACRES payment will issue to a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [27098/25]
504. Deputy John Paul O'Shea asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if the IT issue preventing payment of 2023 and 2024 ACRES payments to a person (details supplied) has been rectified; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [27099/25]
515. Deputy Martin Kenny asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the number of hectares of peat land designated as areas of natural constraint land; and the number of hectares in each category. [27619/25]
516. Deputy Martin Kenny asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the number of recipients of area of natural constraint payments in 2022, 2023 and 2024. [27620/25]
517. Deputy Martin Kenny asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the total area of natural constraint amounts paid in 2024; and the breakdown, per categories 1, 2 and 3. [27621/25]
522. Deputy Mairéad Farrell asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine to provide an update on the ACRES payments for 2024; the number of applications processed to date and the number of applications received; if the majority of payments will be made by the end of May as he previously stated; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [27718/25]
319. Deputy John Paul O'Shea asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if a decision has been made on a director’s review of an appeal by farmers in County Kerry (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [26465/25]
105. Deputy Eoghan Kenny asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the number of those farmers who are participants in ACRES awaiting payment for both 2024 and 2025; the amount awaiting a balancing payment for 2023; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [26097/25]
106. Deputy Aisling Dempsey asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine when the ACRES 2023 balancing payments will be issued to the remaining 1,850 farmers. [26152/25]
107. Deputy Aisling Dempsey asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine when the ACRES 2024 balancing payments will be paid to the remaining 7,660 farmers. [26153/25]
119. Deputy Naoise Ó Muirí asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if TAMS 3 is facilitating investment in farms to help make them more resilient in the face of severe storms such as Storm Éowyn; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [25109/25]