328. Deputy Martin Kenny asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the total spend and the number of recipients in the area of natural constraint scheme in 2024. [27797/25]
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A subject heading for parliamentary questionsDepartmental Expenditure
1,121 questions from 103 TDs, between 22 January 2025 and 22 October 2026.
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1,118 written, 3 oral
103
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| May 2025 | 40 |
| June 2025 | 46 |
| July 2025 | 143 |
| August 2025 | 0 |
| September 2025 | 69 |
| October 2025 | 45 |
| November 2025 | 67 |
| December 2025 | 29 |
| January 2026 | 134 |
| February 2026 | 57 |
| March 2026 | 34 |
| April 2026 | 46 |
| May 2026 | 52 |
| June 2026 | 123 |
| July 2026 | 76 |
| August 2026 | 0 |
| September 2026 | 53 |
| October 2026 | 20 |
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329. Deputy Martin Kenny asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the total spend and the number of recipients for the tillage incentive scheme in 2024. [27798/25]
330. Deputy Martin Kenny asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the total spend and the number of recipients for the sheep improvement scheme and the sheep welfare scheme, in 2024. [27799/25]
331. Deputy Martin Kenny asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the first and full-year cost of increasing the sheep improvement scheme by €5 per ewe; and what be the percentage cost increase in this scheme. [27800/25]
332. Deputy Rose Conway-Walsh asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine following the establishment of the Forest Windblow Taskforce, if he will provide details of the terms of reference for the Taskforce; if the provision of financial supports to affected landowners is under consideration by the Taskforce; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [27801/25]
333. Deputy Rose Conway-Walsh asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine when the next meeting of the Forest Windblow Taskforce will take place; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [27802/25]
334. Deputy Martin Kenny asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the total spend for the investment aid for the development of the horticulture sector in 2024. [27811/25]
335. Deputy Martin Kenny asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the first and full-year cost of a 25% increase in the budget for the agri food regulator. [27812/25]
336. Deputy Martin Kenny asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the total spend in the forestry programme in 2024. [27813/25]
337. Deputy Martin Kenny asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the total spend on ash die back scheme in 2024. [27814/25]
338. Deputy Martin Kenny asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the estimated cost to provide full compensation for the Forgotten Farmers. [27815/25]
339. Deputy Martin Kenny asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the first and full-year cost of increasing the budget for animal welfare charities by 10%. [27816/25]
344. Deputy Pádraig Mac Lochlainn asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine to outline the funding allocated to local authorities under the local authority marine infrastructure scheme over the past 15 years, by year, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [27925/25]
345. Deputy Pádraig Mac Lochlainn asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine to outline the funding allocated under the fishery harbour centre and coastal infrastructure development programme over the past 15 years, year by year, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [27926/25]
346. Deputy Pádraig Mac Lochlainn asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the current annual budget for the Marine Institute in Ireland; the cost of increasing this budget by 5%, 10% and 15% respectively; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [27927/25]
347. Deputy Pádraig Mac Lochlainn asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the annual budget allocated to the Sea Fisheries Protection Authority for 2025; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [27928/25]
348. Deputy Pádraig Mac Lochlainn asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the preparatory work, stakeholder engagements, and policy priorities concerning fisheries and the marine being planned by his Department in advance of Ireland’s upcoming Presidency of the Council of the European Union; if he will ensure that the issue of the deeply unfair allocation of fish quotas to the Irish fishing fleet with…
349. Deputy Pádraig Mac Lochlainn asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the current list of support schemes and initiatives for fishermen and sea workers; the initiatives-schemes that are in development and-or are planned to be launched; the funding for same, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [27932/25]
350. Deputy Pádraig Mac Lochlainn asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the publication timeline for a five-year fisheries sector strategy that will include an examination of the processing sector, as committed to in the Programme for Government; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [27933/25]
1276. Deputy Conor D. McGuinness asked the Minister for Rural and Community Development if he will confirm whether all capital underspends in 2024 were reallocated within the Department, or returned to the Exchequer. [23391/25]
187. Deputy Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Defence for the amount of funding surrendered from his Department to the Exchequer in 2024; the reason the allocated funds were unspent; and the amount he expects his Department to surrender in 2025, and the reason therefor. [18072/25]
189. Deputy Matt Carthy asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Defence if he intends to revise downwards his proposed increase in military expenditure arising from increased economic uncertainty; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17921/25]
190. Deputy Willie O'Dea asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Defence the proposed increase in defence spending in view of the recent geo-political developments; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17918/25]
212. Deputy Eamon Scanlon asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Defence if expenditure under Vote 35 is taken into account when calculating Ireland’s defence expenditure as a share of national income; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17689/25]
202. Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Minister for Education and Youth to provide details on the number of prefab units purchased out right by her Department from 2020 to date; the total costs involved and the number of such purchases, by county; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [22560/25]