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Pesticide Use

5 questions from 3 TDs, between 25 February 2025 and 29 April 2026.

5
questions
5 written, 0 oral
3
TDs have asked
3
parties and groups
Independents counted together
1
departments asked

Questions per month

The record holds no questions for August, when the Dáil does not sit.

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Who asks, by party

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.

  • Fine Gael3 from 1 TD · 38 seats today
  • Labour Party1 from 1 TD · 11 seats today
  • Sinn Féin1 from 1 TD · 39 seats today

The TDs who asked most

Members of the Government answer questions rather than ask them. Each question counts once.

  1. Noel McCarthy
    3
  2. Ciarán Ahern
    1
  3. Denise Mitchell
    1

Asked of

The questions

Ciarán Ahern Written 29 Apr 2026 · to Agriculture
217. Deputy Ciarán Ahern asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the way in which his Department has engaged with local authorities to support them to reduce the use of pesticides in public areas; if there will be mandatory or revised guidelines provided; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [31459/26]
Noel McCarthy Written 6 Mar 2025 · to Agriculture
355. Deputy Noel McCarthy asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine further to Parliamentary Question Nos. 697 and 698 of 25 February 2025, if he will provide an update on his Department’s engagement with a company (details supplied) with regard to its applications for pesticides products; when he expects a decision to be made on these applications; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10390/…
Denise Mitchell Written 4 Mar 2025 · to Agriculture
578. Deputy Denise Mitchell asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine whether any exemptions on the use of neonicotinoid pesticides were issued in 2024; what measures the Department are taking to ensure the EU ban on neonicotinoid pesticides is complied with across the State; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [9537/25]
Noel McCarthy Written 25 Feb 2025 · to Agriculture
697. Deputy Noel McCarthy asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the process involved in the approval of new pesticide products for agricultural use; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [7160/25]
Noel McCarthy Written 25 Feb 2025 · to Agriculture
698. Deputy Noel McCarthy asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if there is a reasonable and fair turnaround time recognised by his Department for the adjudication of applications for new pesticide products; if early decisions on licensing applications for new pesticide products should be the guiding policy of his Department; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [7162/25]