Ceisteanna Parlaiminte

Departmental Expenditure

Sorca Clarke

479. Deputy Sorca Clarke asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine his Department's capital underspend, if any, in 2023; and his Department's projected spend for 2024. [17419/24]

Tillage Sector

Claire Kerrane

480. Deputy Claire Kerrane asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he is considering allocating funding to address the tillage vision stakeholder group report; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17486/24]

Tillage Sector

Carol Nolan

481. Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the supports he is putting in place to address the many issues currently impacting the economic viability of the tillage sector; if he has met with farmer representative groups to discuss these issues; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17500/24]

Flood Relief Schemes

Michael Lowry

482. Deputy Michael Lowry asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he is aware that farmers along the Shannon Callows in Redwood, Ballyea and Ballymacegan, areas of County Tipperary who were greatly impacted by flooding over a minimum of six flood occurrences over the course of dates between 2 July 2023 and 29 September 2023, were not included in the recent compensation scheme; if he is taking steps to address this oversight; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17540/24]

Harbours and Piers

Frankie Feighan

483. Deputy Frankie Feighan asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine for details of piers and harbour funding allocated in an area (details supplied) from 2019-2024; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17549/24]

Domestic Pets

Michael Healy-Rae

484. Deputy Michael Healy-Rae asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if all pets including cats and dogs that have come into the State from abroad have been the subject of the veterinary checks that are required under legislation; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17605/24]

Departmental Data

Peadar Tóibín

485. Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine to provide a breakdown, in tabular form, of the number of family farms acquired by international investment funds, with the quantity of land by hectares, and farming type when acquired, for each of the past five years; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17631/24]

Agriculture Schemes

Martin Kenny

486. Deputy Martin Kenny asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine how many hectares of land farmers applied for under the hay meadow measure in ACRES 2023; how many hectares of hay meadow his Department paid out to farmers under the ACRES measure for 2023; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17663/24]

Animal Welfare

Neasa Hourigan

487. Deputy Neasa Hourigan asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine his plans to ensure the protection of the old Irish goat, which according to reports (details supplied), is being hunted for sport and on the verge of extinction; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17669/24]

Agriculture Schemes

Brendan Griffin

488. Deputy Brendan Griffin asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine when a 2023 organics payment will issue to a farmer in County Kerry (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17681/24]

Fuel Prices

Claire Kerrane

489. Deputy Claire Kerrane asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he has engaged with the Minister for Finance on fuel excise increases given the financial pressure many farmers are facing at this time and the additional strain higher fuel costs could add; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17734/24]

Agriculture Supports

Marc MacSharry

490. Deputy Marc MacSharry asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will consider the provision of meal vouchers in light of the impact of the inordinate weather on the farming community; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17750/24]

Harbours and Piers

Marc Ó Cathasaigh

491. Deputy Marc Ó Cathasaigh asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he has considered approaches to resolving the ongoing issues at Helvick Pier in An Rinn, where the silting up of the harbour prevents the launch of the RNLI boat at periods of very low tide, with obvious consequent safety concerns; if the small fisheries harbour scheme could be amended in order to include works of this kind; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17755/24]

Fishery Harbour Centres

Paul Donnelly

492. Deputy Paul Donnelly asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the names of each harbour master currently located in each fishery harbour centre under his remit; and when each harbour master was deployed to each fishery harbour centre under his remit, in tabular form. [17807/24]

Foreshore Issues

Michael McNamara

493. Deputy Michael McNamara asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine when a decision will issue on an application for a foreshore licence (details supplied); if it is lawful to carry out acquaculture activities at the site in the meantime; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17894/24]

Forestry Sector

David Stanton

494. Deputy David Stanton asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine further to Parliamentary Question No. 1056 of 20 March 2024, to outline the progress made by his Department in presenting the ash dieback action plan for Cabinet approval; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17899/24]

Forestry Sector

Éamon Ó Cuív

495. Deputy Éamon Ó Cuív asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine when a decision will be made in relation to a felling licence application by a person (details supplied) in County Galway, given observations from both the National Parks and Wildlife Service and Inland Fisheries Ireland were submitted to his Department over a month and a half ago; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17901/24]

Forestry Sector

Michael Fitzmaurice

496. Deputy Michael Fitzmaurice asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if the Department can provide a table of afforestation applications received in January 2024 and every month since; if they could send it monthly excluding NTA and felling; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17989/24]

Forestry Sector

Michael Fitzmaurice

497. Deputy Michael Fitzmaurice asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if, due to the collapse in the number of new afforestation enquiries that the industry is receiving from landowners and farmers, if he will now meet with stakeholders to make the necessary changes to the forestry programme to better suit Ireland and promote industry expansion. [17990/24]

Fisheries Protection

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn

498. Deputy Pádraig Mac Lochlainn asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine what research has been carried out on the link between the decline in the sea trout population and sprat fishing in south Kerry; what the allowable by-catch is as a percentage of the total sprat catch in south Kerry; the volume of the total sprat for each of the years since 2007 in south Kerry, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18010/24]