97. Deputy Naoise Ó Muirí asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the rationale for the exclusion of domestic dwellings from the TAMS solar scheme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [35778/26]
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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Independents counted together
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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 questions
104. Deputy John Paul O'Shea asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the number of farmers in Cork currently participating in the eco scheme and ACRES; the total value of payments issued to date in the county; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [34697/26]
110. Deputy Colm Burke asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the total number of TAMS-supported solar PV applications received by his Department to date; the total number of applications approved; the total number of applications refused, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [35732/26]
123. Deputy Rose Conway-Walsh asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if his Department has the required resources in place in Mayo to process and approve TAMS 3 applications in a timely manner; to provide an explanation as to the reason delays in approvals are being experienced by many Mayo farmers; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [35783/26]
124. Deputy James O'Connor asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the number of applications received for the fuel income support scheme to date; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [35739/26]
128. Deputy Martin Kenny asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the length of time applicants will have to wait for payment from the fuel support scheme once they have submitted a valid application; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [35478/26]
130. Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine his views on whether the fuel funding package is oversubscribed and if subsequent applicants will get a smaller amount; and if he will ensure all applicants will get the full amount to which they are entitled. [35798/26]
137. Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if there will be an extension to the end date for submissions for the fuel support package beyond 22 May 2026 (details supplied). [35760/26]
141. Deputy Paul Lawless asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the amount paid out under the fuel income support scheme announced by his Department; and the total number of people who have applied for the scheme since it opened. [35067/26]
149. Deputy Brian Brennan asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine to confirm that payments to farmers and agricultural contractors under the fuel support scheme will be quick and swift and implemented with a minimum of bureaucracy; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [35733/26]
702. Deputy Mattie McGrath asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the number of TAMS grants received; the number of grants deemed unsuccessful; the number of applications deemed unsuccessful in County Tipperary; the number of applications received in County Tipperary; the reason a large number of applications have been deemed unsuccessful; the budget constraints associated with this scheme; if the fu…
728. Deputy Conor D. McGuinness asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine further to Parliamentary Question Nos. 655, 649, 650, 651, 652, 653, 65 and 656 of 21 April 2026, when he proposes to answer these questions, and to account for the ongoing delay in providing responses to these questions. [33366/26]
218. Deputy Matt Carthy asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the amount allocated to TAMS in each of the years 2019 to 2025; the outturn; the amount allocated in 2026, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [31095/26]
890. Deputy Michael Cahill asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine to simplify as a matter of priority, the targeted agriculture modernisation scheme as a significant number of applications are being turned down due to the scheme being too onerous and complicated; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [30291/26]
891. Deputy Michael Cahill asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the number of targeted agriculture modernisation scheme applications that have been granted/refused in each of the years 2022 to 2025 and to date in 2026, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [30292/26]
892. Deputy Michael Cahill asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the number of targeted agriculture modernisation scheme applications that have been granted/refused in County Kerry, in each of the years 2022 to 2025, and to date in 2026, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [30293/26]
896. Deputy Ciarán Ahern asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the grant supports in place for farmers or agricultural contractors who want to purchase zero-emission farm vehicles; if there are supports available under the targeted agricultural modernisation scheme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [30380/26]
909. Deputy Michael Cahill asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine to urgently examine issues pertaining to TAMS (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [30881/26]
644. Deputy Micheál Carrigy asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the status of the agri-climate rural environment scheme (ACRES) payments for a farm partnership (details supplied); the reason for the continued delay in issuing the full 2024 scheme year payment and the 2025 payment to date; if he will address the technical issue where the ACRES application is not visible on the partnership's Agfood …
649. Deputy Conor D. McGuinness asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the number of applicants declaring commonage lands in the Knockmealdown Mountains, County Waterford, under the basic income support for sustainability and preceding area-based schemes in each of the past ten years, in tabular form. [28618/26]
650. Deputy Conor D. McGuinness asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the total number of applications received in respect of commonage lands in the Knockmealdown Mountains, County Waterford, under area-based schemes in each of the past ten years, in tabular form. [28619/26]
651. Deputy Conor D. McGuinness asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the total value of payments issued in respect of commonage lands in the Knockmealdown Mountains, County Waterford, under BISS and all other relevant area-based schemes in each of the past ten years, broken down by scheme, in tabular form. [28620/26]
652. Deputy Conor D. McGuinness asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine both the average payment and the median payment per applicant in respect of commonage lands in the Knockmealdown Mountains, County Waterford, in each of the past ten years, in tabular form. [28621/26]
653. Deputy Conor D. McGuinness asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the number of registered flock numbers associated with commonage lands in the Knockmealdown Mountains, County Waterford, in each of the past ten years, in tabular form. [28622/26]
654. Deputy Conor D. McGuinness asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the prescribed or recommended stocking density levels applicable to commonage lands in the Knockmealdown Mountains, County Waterford; and how such levels are determined, in tabular form. [28623/26]