Willie O'Dea

Fianna Fáil · Limerick City

Activity on Agriculture — 42 events (7 lobbying · 33 questions · 3 votes) full profile →

• 2026-01-29
  PQ
  Asked Agriculture

  Deputy Willie O'Dea asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the approval rate for the solar capital investment scheme under both Tranche 7 and Tranche 8 of TAMS 3; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [6859/26]
• 2026-01-29
  PQ
  Asked Agriculture

  Deputy Willie O'Dea asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the number of applications for the solar capital investment scheme under Tranche 8 of TAMS which have been approved; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [6860/26]
• 2025-10-14
  PQ
  Asked Agriculture

  Deputy Willie O'Dea asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the action being taken to promote responsible dog ownership. [38075/25]
• 2025-09-15
  LOBBY
  The Irish Farmers' Association - IFA 4 returns Agriculture

  • GAEC-2 - IFA Spring Lobbying 2025
  • Bovine TB - Spring Lobbying 2025
  • ACRES - IFA Spring Lobbying 2025
  • Nitrates Derogation - IFA Spring Lobbying 2025
• 2025-07-15
  PQ
  Asked Agriculture

  Deputy Willie O'Dea asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will consider increasing funding for an organisation (details supplied) in view of the fact that veterinary care costs have increased significantly; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [38823/25]
• 2025-07-09
  PQ
  Asked Agriculture

  Deputy Willie O'Dea asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will consider appointing a national animal welfare director; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [38000/25]
• 2025-04-29
  PQ
  Asked Agriculture

  Deputy Willie O'Dea asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he has considered reviewing and updating the Control of Horses Act 1996 and related enforcement systems to address concerns around equine welfare, public safety and legal oversight; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [19841/25]
• 2025-01-20
  LOBBY
  The Irish Farmers' Association - IFA 19 returns AgricultureEmployment

  • Regional Veterinary Laboratories - IFA Submission to all Political Parties and Dáil Éireann Candidates for the 2024 General Election
  • VAT Rate on Vaccines - IFA Submission to all Political Parties and Dáil Éireann Candidates for the 2024 General Election
  • Johnes
  • BVD
  • Spent Mushroom Compost Scheme
  • Infectious Bovine Rhinotracheitis (IBR)
  • Parasite Control Programme
  • Development of Vaccine for TB - IFA Submission to all Political Parties and Dáil Éireann Candidates for the 2024 General Election
  • Deer Management Programme - IFA Submission to all Political Parties and Dáil Éireann Candidates for the 2024 General Election
  • Equine
  • Seed Potato
  • Farmer Liability in Payment for TB Testing
  • Wildlife Control Programme
  • Limerick IFA Budget 2025 Priorities
  • Beef Calf from Dairy Herds Rearing Scheme
  • Suckler Cow Supports - IFA Submission to all Political Parties and Dáil Éireann Candidates for the 2024 General Election
  • Suckler Cow & Beef
  • Dairy - 2024 General Election
  • Cost of Employment
• 2025-01-20
  LOBBY
  Veterinary Ireland Agriculture

  • Communications with Taoiseach, Tanaiste, Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine, Minister for Health, Chief Veterinary Officer, and other DPOs, regarding Veterinary Ireland concerns on the Veterinary Medicinal Products, Medicated Feed and Fertilisers Regulation Act 2023, and associated Statutory Instrument.
• 2025-01-18
  LOBBY
  The Irish Farmers' Association - IFA 29 returns AgricultureEU Affairs

  • Fallen Animals
  • Tillage Survival Scheme
  • Tillage Expansion Scheme - I2024 General Election
  • Organic Farming
  • Aquaculture - 2024 General Election
  • Farm Forestry
  • Roadside Ash Dieback Scheme - 2024 General Election.
  • Amendments to State Aid Guidelines to Support Farmers with Ash Dieback
  • Designated Natura Areas
  • Areas of Natural Constraints (ANCs)
  • Beef Sustainability Scheme - IFA Submission to all Political Parties and Dáil Éireann Candidates for the 2024 General Election
  • Sheep - IFA Submission to all Political Parties and Dáil Éireann Candidates for the 2024 General Election
  • Pig Stability Fund
  • Dog Control - IFA Submission to all Political Parties and Dáil Éireann Candidates for the 2024 General Election
  • Simplified, Fully Funded Common Agricultural Policy (CAP)
  • Generational Renewal
  • Producer Organisations (POs)
  • EU Trade Policy
  • Pigs - 4 Day Notification of Organic Nutrient Movements
  • Common Agricultural Policy (CAP) Transition Period
  • Milling Industry Support - IFA Submission to all Political Parties and Dáil Éireann Candidates for the 2024 General Election
  • Hedge Cutting and Controlled Burning
  • Targeted Agricultural Modernisation Scheme (TAMS)
  • Agriculture Appeals
  • Soil Monitoring and Resilience
  • Utilisation of Low Emission Slurry Spreading (LESS)
  • Agri Climate Rural Environment Scheme (ACRES) - IFA Submission to all Political Parties and Dáil Éireann Candidates for the 2024 General Election
  • Protected Urea
  • Fertiliser Register
• 2025-01-17
  LOBBY
  The Irish Farmers' Association - IFA 2 returns Energy and Natural ResourcesBanking and Financial Institutions

  • Measures Implementing Ireland's Biomethane Strategy
  • Banking
• 2025-01-16
  LOBBY
  The Irish Farmers' Association - IFA 2 returns Finance

  • Stamp Duty on Agricultural Land - IFA Submission to all Political Parties and Dáil Éireann Candidates for the 2024 General Election
  • VAT & Taxation on Farm Inputs
• 2025-01-15
  LOBBY
  The Irish Farmers' Association - IFA 6 returns AgricultureEU Affairs

  • Agricultural Rainy-Day Fund
  • Rural Social Scheme - IFA submission to all Political Parties and Dáil Éireann Candidates for the 2024 General Election
  • Farm Safety
  • Emergency Humanitarian Support Scheme - IFA Submission to all Political Parties and Dáil Éireann Candidates for the 2024 General Election
  • Green Public Procurement Policy
  • Agri-Food Regulator
• 2024-07-04
  PQ
  Asked Agriculture

  Deputy Willie O'Dea asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine when he will appoint an animal welfare inspector for Limerick; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [28765/24]
• 2024-06-27
  PQ
  Asked Agriculture

  Deputy Willie O'Dea asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he has full confidence in his Department’s officials who were on the premises where the mistreatment and abuse of horses took place, as revealed in a recent RTE TV documentary investigating the mistreatment of horses in County Kildare; and his plans to ensure that this horrific cruelty is never repeated again. [27701/24]
• 2024-06-25
  PQ
  Asked Agriculture

  Deputy Willie O'Dea asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine when a pension will be paid to a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [26753/24]
• 2023-09-20
  PQ
  Asked Agriculture

  Deputy Willie O'Dea asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if any financial assistance is available to farmers who need to remove ash trees infected with ash dieback; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [39775/23]
• 2023-09-20
  PQ
  Asked Agriculture

  Deputy Willie O'Dea asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine when he will appoint an animal welfare inspector for Limerick; what efforts the Government is making to deal with the increase in cases of animal cruelty; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [40472/23]
• 2023-05-24
  VOTE
  Agriculture and Food Supply Chain Bill 2022 · 2 divisions

  • ✗ voted to reject an amendment to the bill motion failed · 54–67
  • ✗ voted to reject an amendment to the bill motion passed · 53–66
• 2023-03-09
  PQ
  Asked Agriculture

  Deputy Willie O'Dea asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if there is evidence to suggest that there is an increase of TB infection in livestock near clear-felling sites; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [11724/23]
• 2023-03-09
  PQ
  Asked Agriculture

  Deputy Willie O'Dea asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will provide an update on the National Strategic Plan for Sustainable Aquaculture Development 2030. [11725/23]
• 2022-12-14
  PQ
  Asked Agriculture

  Deputy Willie O'Dea asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine further to Parliamentary Question No. 251 of 25 March 2021, if he will review the reply (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [62392/22]
• 2022-12-14
  PQ
  Asked Agriculture

  Deputy Willie O'Dea asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine his views on whether it is unfair that only successful applicants for the 2022 fodder support scheme are eligible to apply for the 2023 scheme; if he will consider opening the 2023 scheme up to applicants who, for whatever reason, did not apply for the 2022 fodder support scheme but are still facing significant extra costs to produce fodder; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [62403/22]
• 2022-07-14
  PQ
  Asked Agriculture

  Deputy Willie O'Dea asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the progress that he has made in implementing the various supports and schemes recommended by the Seafood Sector Taskforce. [38547/22]
• 2022-07-14
  PQ
  Asked Agriculture

  Deputy Willie O'Dea asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the status of his work in relation to afforestation licensing. [38546/22]
• 2022-06-01
  PQ
  Asked Agriculture

  Deputy Willie O'Dea asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will meet with persons (details supplied) who are calling for a public inquiry into the Department of Agriculture investigation into animal health problems on their farm in the mid-1990s. [28322/22]
• 2022-05-26
  PQ
  Asked Agriculture

  Deputy Willie O'Dea asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the targeted measures that will be included in the new agri-environment scheme under CAP to ensure that farmers are rewarded for results that help to tackle the biodiversity crisis; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [26937/22]
• 2022-05-26
  PQ
  Asked Agriculture

  Deputy Willie O'Dea asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the progress that has been made by the carbon farming working group on developing a system for calculating the amount of carbon sequestered on farmland; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [26934/22]
• 2022-04-26
  PQ
  Asked Agriculture

  Deputy Willie O'Dea asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine his plans to provide an animal welfare Inspector for Limerick; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21246/22]
• 2021-10-12
  PQ
  Asked Agriculture

  Deputy Willie O'Dea asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the efforts being made to deal with the rising tide of animal cruelty; the number of cases that have been prosecuted on indictment for animal cruelty; the number of sentences of imprisonment that have been imposed for the mistreatment of animals in the past five years; the average fine imposed upon conviction in the past 12 months; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [49343/21]
• 2021-01-14
  PQ
  Asked Agriculture

  Deputy Willie O'Dea asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the reason coursing events which had been allowed take place during the run-up to Christmas 2020 due to its inclusion on an approved list of permitted sports are no longer permitted. [1974/21]
• 2020-12-08
  PQ
  Asked Agriculture

  Deputy Willie O'Dea asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine his plans to deal with the scourge of animal cruelty, particularly in relation to horses, which is prevalent in many urban areas across the country; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [41838/20]
• 2020-10-20
  PQ
  Asked Agriculture

  Deputy Willie O'Dea asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the number of portal inspectors and plant health inspectors recruited by his Department in each of the past three years in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [31537/20]
• 2020-07-21
  PQ
  Asked Agriculture

  Deputy Willie O'Dea asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he has spoken to the Chief Executive Officer of Horse Racing Ireland recently; if so, the issues discussed; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [16615/20]
• 2019-10-15
  PQ
  Asked Agriculture

  Deputy Willie O'Dea asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the amount of funding provided to each State agency under the remit of his Department in 2018 and 2019, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [41870/19]
• 2019-09-26
  VOTE
  Agriculture

  • ✗ voted to reject an amendment to the bill motion failed · 38–84
• 2019-07-11
  PQ
  Asked Agriculture

  Deputy Willie O'Dea asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the estimated cost of implementing a living wage €12.30 for all employees directly employed and or in agencies under his remit; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [30763/19]
• 2019-07-02
  PQ
  Asked Agriculture

  Deputy Willie O'Dea asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if an agricultural attaché will be allocated to the Irish embassies in Ottawa, New Delhi and Seoul; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [28092/19]
• 2019-05-08
  PQ
  Asked Agriculture

  Deputy Willie O'Dea asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine his plans to strengthen the laws on animal welfare and to improve the powers of animal welfare groups to rescue animals that are being abused; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [20152/19]
• 2019-03-26
  PQ
  Asked Agriculture

  Deputy Willie O'Dea asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the number of meat processing plants that have applied for CNC licences to export beef products to China; the length of time CNC applications are taking to process; the reason for the delay; the progress status of the CNC licence application made by a company (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [13667/19]
• 2018-10-09
  PQ
  Asked Agriculture

  Deputy Willie O'Dea asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the bilateral meetings he has had with his EU counterparts over the past six months regarding Brexit; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [41196/18]
• 2015-09-29
  PQ
  Asked Agriculture

  Deputy Willie O'Dea asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he has received a notification from the IMPACT trade union, in relation to a retired Department of Agriculture official (details supplied); if he will re-examine the files pertaining to this case given that the ex-official has discontinued all legal proceedings due to lack of resources; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [33005/15]