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Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Agriculture Schemes (8 Sep 2025)

Martin Heydon: My Department, along with the Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage established the Irish Deer Management Strategy group to develop a strategy for the sustainable management of deer in Ireland. The Group comprised representatives from my Department, National Parks & Wildlife Service (NPWS) and Coillte.  A report was published into “Developing a...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Agriculture Schemes (8 Sep 2025)

Martin Heydon: The application window for the scheme to support Long Established Young Farmers, more commonly referred to as forgotten farmers, has closed and there are no plans to extend the eligibility criteria or to provide for another scheme in future years.  Since the time my Department was first approached in 2015 with regard to the group commonly referred to as forgotten farmers, the...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Agriculture Schemes (8 Sep 2025)

Martin Heydon: The introduction by my Department of two-step verification for AgFood portal accounts will not prevent an agricultural consultant from logging in on behalf of a client farmer.

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Agriculture Schemes (8 Sep 2025)

Martin Heydon: The Organic Capital Investment Scheme is one of eleven schemes under the Targeted Agriculture Modernisation Scheme (TAMS 3).  The Organic Capital Investment scheme is only open to organic farmers who hold a current organic licence and are registered with one of the two Organic Control Bodies that operate in Ireland.  Non-organic farmers are not eligible to apply for the Organic...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Departmental Data (8 Sep 2025)

Martin Heydon: In order to draw down area-based payments, such as the Basic Income Support for Sustainability (BISS), farmers are required annually to submit an application form.  In 2025 a total of 276 farmers have declared land within the Cork City Council administrative boundary, of which 71 had all their farmland within the city administrative boundary.  Twenty-three of these farmers...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Trade Missions (8 Sep 2025)

Martin Heydon: My Department has already undertaken trade promotion activities in Canada this year. My colleague Minster of State Timmy Dooley TD, visited Montreal, Ottowa and Toronto as part of the St. Patrick’s Day festival. During his visit, Minister Dooley had a number of engagements with Canadian Government Ministers, including with the Prime Minister, the Minister of Fisheries and Oceans...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Departmental Staff (8 Sep 2025)

Martin Heydon: My Department engages in workforce planning to assess its current and future recruitment needs. The educational qualifications required and the relevant selection criteria are reviewed and updated on an ongoing basis to ensure that they meet these needs. Tailored to specific grades, my Departments recruitment campaigns may invite candidates who hold qualifications in a...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Agriculture Industry (8 Sep 2025)

Martin Heydon: My Department does not conduct bovine genetic evaluations. The Irish Cattle Breeding Federation (ICBF) was established to drive genetic improvement and efficiency across Ireland's cattle industry, ensuring better productivity, sustainability and profitability for farmers. ICBF is an independent body owned by its shareholders and operates under the governance and oversight of its board.

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Agriculture Industry (8 Sep 2025)

Martin Heydon: My Department does not conduct the bovine genetic evaluations. The Irish Cattle Breeding Federation (ICBF) was established to drive genetic improvement and efficiency across Ireland's cattle industry, ensuring better productivity, sustainability and profitability for farmers. ICBF is an independent body owned by its shareholders and operates within the governance and oversight of its board.

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Agriculture Industry (8 Sep 2025)

Martin Heydon: My Department does not conduct the bovine genetic evaluations. The Irish Cattle Breeding Federation (ICBF) was established to drive genetic improvement and efficiency across Ireland's cattle industry, ensuring better productivity, sustainability and profitability for farmers. ICBF is an independent body owned by its shareholders and operates within the governance and oversight of its board. ...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Agriculture Industry (8 Sep 2025)

Martin Heydon: My Department does not conduct the bovine genetic evaluations. The Irish Cattle Breeding Federation (ICBF) was established to drive genetic improvement and efficiency across Ireland's cattle industry, ensuring better productivity, sustainability and profitability for farmers. ICBF is an independent body owned by its shareholders and operates within the governance and oversight of its board. ...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Agriculture Schemes (8 Sep 2025)

Martin Heydon: The person named submitted an application under the Agri-Climate Rural Environment Scheme (ACRES) General stream and was approved into Tranche 1 of the scheme, with a commencement date of 1st January 2023.  All payments in respect of their participation in the Scheme in 2023 have been finalised. With regard to the 2024 Scheme year, I can confirm that an advance payment in the sum of...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Agriculture Industry (8 Sep 2025)

Martin Heydon: As Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine, I have no role in determining or intervening in prices for agri-food commodities at farm gate or retail level; market prices are a commercial matter between suppliers and buyers. My Department, however, will continue to monitor trends in agricultural inputs and outputs. We also continue to support farmers and the agri-food sector through the...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Trade Agreements (8 Sep 2025)

Martin Heydon: The Programme for Government is clear, whereby it includes a commitment to “work with like-minded EU countries to stand up for Irish farmers and defend our interests in opposing the current Mercosur trade deal”. Irish and EU farmers are subject to complex regulations requiring them to farm in a sustainable manner, which is why it is difficult to explain to them why...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Renewable Energy Generation (8 Sep 2025)

Martin Heydon: The Targeted Agricultural Modernisation Scheme (TAMS 3) provides grants to farmers to build and/or improve a specified range of farm buildings and equipment on their holdings.  The Solar Capital Investment scheme is one of these measures, and provides support to farmers wishing to invest in renewable energy. To encourage on-farm renewable technology uptake and usage, grant aid is...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Aquaculture Industry (8 Sep 2025)

Martin Heydon: The Aquaculture Licence Appeals Board (ALAB) is an independent appeals body established under the Fisheries (Amendment) Act 1997.  The purpose of ALAB is to provide an independent authority for the determination of appeals against decisions of the Minister on aquaculture licence applications. Pursuant to Section 62(2) of the Fisheries (Amendment) Act 1997, the Minister may not...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Control of Dogs (8 Sep 2025)

Martin Heydon: The Microchipping of Dogs Regulation 2015 and Microchipping of Dogs (Amendment) Regulations 2015 require that all dogs over 12 weeks of age (or younger if sold before 12 weeks) must be microchipped and the microchip number must be registered to one of four approved databases.  Animal Welfare Officers are authorised to obtain information from the approved databases in relation to...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Control of Dogs (8 Sep 2025)

Martin Heydon: The Microchipping of Dogs Regulation 2015 and Microchipping of Dogs (Amendment) Regulations 2015 require that all dogs over 12 weeks of age (or younger if sold before 12 weeks) must be microchipped and the microchip number must be registered to one of 4 approved databases.  Animal Welfare Officers are authorised to obtain information from the approved databases in relation to...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Animal Breeding (8 Sep 2025)

Martin Heydon: All policy and Legislative responsibility for Dog control transferred to my Department from the Department of Rural and Community Development and the Gaeltacht on 1 June 2025 and for Dog breeding establishments on 1 August 2025. Local authorities retain responsibility for all operational, implementation and enforcement matters.  All dog breeding establishments are required to undergo an...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Assisted Animal Reproduction (8 Sep 2025)

Martin Heydon: On 1 June 2025, all policy and legislative responsibility for the Control of Dogs Acts transferred to my Department from the Department of Rural and Community Development and the Gaeltacht (DRCDG) and all policy responsibility in relation to the Dog breeding Establishments Acts transferred on 1 August 2025.  It must be noted that local authorities retain responsibility for all...