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Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Greenhouse Gas Emissions (7 Feb 2024)

Charlie McConalogue: Regulation (EU) 2023/1115 on the making available on the Union market and the export from the Union of certain commodities and products associated with deforestation and forest degradation entered into force on 29 June 2023. In accordance with Article 14.1 of the Regulation, the European Commission was advised on 29 December 2023 that the Department of Agriculture, Food, and the Marine would...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Greyhound Industry (7 Feb 2024)

Charlie McConalogue: Rásaíocht Con Éireann (RCÉ) is a commercial state body, established under the Greyhound Industry Act, 1958 chiefly to control greyhound racing and to improve and develop the greyhound industry. RCÉ is a body corporate and a separate legal entity to the Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine. The question raised by the Deputy is an operational matter for...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Greyhound Industry (7 Feb 2024)

Charlie McConalogue: Rásaíocht Con Éireann (RCÉ) is a commercial state body, established under the Greyhound Industry Act, 1958 chiefly to control greyhound racing and to improve and develop the greyhound industry. RCÉ is a body corporate and a separate legal entity to the Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine. In 2018, conditional consent was granted for redevelopment works...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Agriculture Industry (7 Feb 2024)

Charlie McConalogue: On the 6th of October 2023 I announced flexibility regarding the spreading deadline under the National Liming Programme. This extended the spreading deadline from the 31st of October 2023 until the 31st of March 2024 giving approved applicants significantly more time to spread their approved quantity of lime. This 5-month extension to the spreading deadline was made in light of the...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Agriculture Schemes (7 Feb 2024)

Charlie McConalogue: I fully appreciate the frustration felt by farmers experiencing payment delays and their concern regarding uncertainty of payments. Officials in my Department are working continuously to expedite payments to all ACRES participants as a matter of absolute priority. Over €79 million has been paid in advance payments to date to 17,723 participants in the ACRES Scheme. ACRES General stream...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Forestry Sector (7 Feb 2024)

Charlie McConalogue: Afforestation applications received by my Department are reviewed for completeness to ensure they are a valid application which can be progressed to licence decision stage. Between 1 and 31 January 2024, five valid applications for Afforestation, covering an area of 51 hectares, were submitted and these are currently being processed. A significant number of incomplete applications were...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Agriculture Industry (7 Feb 2024)

Charlie McConalogue: Movements of livestock manure between holdings must be recorded and verified online on www.agfood.ie. The exporter must login to their online account to upload the movement. The importer must then login and verify that movement took place. In line with my Department’s procedures, as part of the control process, unverified movements are considered not to have taken place, i.e. the...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Official Travel (7 Feb 2024)

Charlie McConalogue: The following information was provided to the Deputy on 27th July 2022 in my response to PQ No. 40038/22. Location Travel Dates Flight Cost Accommodation Cost Notes 2020 Brussels 20 - 22 Sept 264.08 Government Jet Luxembourg 18 -...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Agriculture Schemes (7 Feb 2024)

Charlie McConalogue: All applicants in the Organic Farming Scheme are subject to annual validation checks to ensure the correct payments are made. To date, approximately 92% of farmers have received their advance payment. Almost half of all payments due to farmers in partnerships have been made. It is my Department's aim that the majority of organic farmers, including the remaining partnerships, will be paid...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Departmental Data (7 Feb 2024)

Charlie McConalogue: Promoting and safeguarding plant health is a key strategic principle of the Plant Health and Biosecurity Strategy 2020-2025. Within the EU, plant health, including plant pest outbreaks, is governed by Regulation (EU) 2016/2031 on protective measures against pests of plants. In 2023 DAFM investigated twenty-one potential outbreaks of Fireblight (Erwinia amylovora (Burrill) Winslow et al.) of...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Agriculture Industry (7 Feb 2024)

Charlie McConalogue: Promoting and safeguarding plant health is a key strategic principle of the Plant Health and Biosecurity Strategy 2020-2025. Within the EU, plant health, including plant pest outbreaks, is governed by Regulation (EU) 2016/2031 on protective measures against pests of plants. At fireblight outbreak sites, a “demarcated area” consisting of a 500m “infested...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Agriculture Industry (7 Feb 2024)

Charlie McConalogue: Promoting and safeguarding plant health is a key strategic principle of the Plant Health and Biosecurity Strategy 2020-2025. Within the EU plant health is governed by the EU Plant Health Regulation 2031 of 2016 and the Official Controls Regulations 625 of 2017. My Department conducts annual plant health surveillance checks for plant pests and diseases, including Fireblight. Following...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Departmental Reports (7 Feb 2024)

Charlie McConalogue: My Department conducts annual plant health surveillance checks for plant pests and diseases, including Erwinia amylovora (Fireblight). Ireland is recognised as having a favourable plant health status and has the highest number of protected zones in the EU, with 23 pests and diseases listed. A protected zone is a region in which a harmful organism which has established in one or more parts of...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Departmental Advertising (7 Feb 2024)

Charlie McConalogue: My Department provides public information about the Department's wide range of schemes, services and policies. The amount spent by my Department on advertising in each of the past ten years, and to date in 2024, is set out in the table below. This included information campaigns in 2023 on farm safety and the new Forestry Programme. Expenditure also includes the publication of Statutory...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Departmental Contracts (7 Feb 2024)

Charlie McConalogue: The information requested by the Deputy is being collated by my Department and a reply will be forwarded within 10 working days.

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Departmental Expenditure (7 Feb 2024)

Charlie McConalogue: It is not possible to provide the information requested by the Deputy in the required time. The information is currently being compiled and I will forward it to the Deputy as soon as it is available.

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Departmental Expenditure (7 Feb 2024)

Charlie McConalogue: It is not possible to provide the information requested by the Deputy in the required time. The information is currently being compiled and I will forward it to the Deputy as soon as it is available.

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Agriculture Schemes (7 Feb 2024)

Charlie McConalogue: Following exceptional flooding in the Shannon Callows during summer 2023, on 7 November 2023 I announced the launch of the Shannon Callows Flood Scheme. The aim of the scheme is to support farmers who have lost fodder due to flooding in the region during summer 2023. I have allocated funding of approximately €800,000 which will allow for a payment rate of up to €325 per hectare....

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Food Labelling (7 Feb 2024)

Charlie McConalogue: Geographical Indications identify a product whose quality, reputation or other such characteristics are linked to its geographical origin. My Department, as the Competent Authority for Protected Geographical Indications (PGI), checks PGI applications to ensure that the application meets the conditions of the relevant EU Regulations governing the scheme. As part of its scrutiny of the...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Agriculture Industry (7 Feb 2024)

Charlie McConalogue: I can confirm that a shipment of in-calf animals was recently exported from Ireland to Algeria on a dedicated livestock vessel. It is important to emphasise that the Department of Agriculture Food and the Marine only permits animals to be transported in compliance with the EU's animal welfare legislation, which is amongst the most progressive legal frameworks in the world. Furthermore,...