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Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Forestry Sector (7 Dec 2023)

Charlie McConalogue: The Forestry Act 2014 provides the main legal and regulatory framework for forestry in Ireland. The Forestry Act 2014 defines deforestation as the conversion of a forest into land that is not a forest. The regulation of forestry is necessary in order to protect forests and also to ensure that forestry operations and activities are carried out in compliance with the principles of sustainable...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Forestry Sector (7 Dec 2023)

Charlie McConalogue: Forestry in Ireland operates within a legal and regulatory framework – the Forest Act 2014 and the Forestry Regulations 2017 (SI No 191 of 2017). Tree felling licences carry an obligation to replant the area felled. The requirement to obtain a tree felling licence with an obligation to replant after felling has facilitated, in part, sustainable forest management, in all but the most...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Agriculture Schemes (7 Dec 2023)

Charlie McConalogue: The Suckler Carbon Efficiency Programme (SCEP) is designed to improve the environmental sustainability of beef rearing at farm level and thereby improve the overall genetic merit of the national beef herd. The policy objective of this intervention is to accelerate genetic and sustainability gains delivered through previous support schemes for the beef sector. Genomic selection is central...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Forestry Sector (7 Dec 2023)

Charlie McConalogue: The Forestry Programme 2023-2027 is the most ambitious Programme to date, when compared to its predecessors. It offers new and revised schemes, which are reflected by the increased payment rates contained within this Programme. These increased rates are intended to incentivise the behavioural changes required, whilst also reflecting the new terms and conditions associated within these...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Forestry Sector (7 Dec 2023)

Charlie McConalogue: The afforestation scheme in the previous forestry programme outlined the types of land suitable for afforestation in the document ‘Land Types for Afforestation (2017)’. A maximum peat depth of 50cm was applied, for certain site types only. This maximum peat depth did not apply to fertile sites classified as Grant Premium Category 2 (GPC 2) to GPC 12, nor did it apply in all GPC...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Agriculture Industry (7 Dec 2023)

Charlie McConalogue: Over the past three and a half years the country, and the agrifood sector in particular, has faced three significant challenges: the closure of the hospitality and food service sector for long periods worldwide during COVID-19; the disruption to trade with our nearest and most important agrifood trading partner as a result of Brexit; and the significant increases in input costs, especially...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Departmental Data (6 Dec 2023)

Charlie McConalogue: My Officials in the Records Branch inform me that the decision to grant academics access to Land Commission Records on a case by case basis was taken in or around November 2022. I am informed that there have been nine requests for access since that time and all nine have been granted. However, only six of the nine academics accepted the invite to attend Records Branch.

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Departmental Data (6 Dec 2023)

Charlie McConalogue: My Officials in Records Branch inform me that requests for academic access to Irish Land Commission records can be made by contacting the Records Branch at the following email address: recordsbranch@agriculture.gov.ie. Requests for academic access are dealt with on a case-by-case basis and granted at the discretion of the Department. The matters that will be considered by my Officials when...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Departmental Data (6 Dec 2023)

Charlie McConalogue: My Officials in Records Branch inform me that currently requests for academic access to Irish Land Commission records are dealt with on a case-by-case basis and granted at the discretion of the Department. There are no immediate plans to expand academic access to Irish Land Commission Records. My Department plans to procure specialist archival advice with a view to ascertaining how best...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Professional Qualifications (6 Dec 2023)

Charlie McConalogue: The Farm Advisory System (FAS) was established to ensure that Advisers have the appropriate skills, knowledge and competency to provide suitable advice to farmers on a range of issues including but not limited to, land eligibility, Conditionality, scheme applications and to help farmers to meet their obligations and avoid financial reductions under EU and nationally funded Schemes. Article 15...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Departmental Schemes (6 Dec 2023)

Charlie McConalogue: The changes introduced as part of the Animal Health and Welfare and Forestry (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act 2022, allowed the introduction of Regulations to facilitate small scale planting of native tree areas without the need to first obtain an afforestation licence. Introducing an exemption for the afforestation in certain circumstances facilitates the exclusion of clearly defined...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Horse Racing Industry (6 Dec 2023)

Charlie McConalogue: The Irish Horseracing Regulatory Board (IHRB) is the regulatory body for all horseracing in Ireland. The role of the IHRB is provided for under the Horse Racing Ireland Act 2016 and subsequent Statutory Instruments. The question raised by the Deputy is a matter for this organisation.

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Agriculture Schemes (6 Dec 2023)

Charlie McConalogue: The Targeted Agriculture Modernisation Scheme (TAMS 3) provides grants to farmers to build and/or improve a specified range of farm buildings and equipment on their holdings. There is an indicative budget of €370 million available for the period 2023-2027, and all investments must be linked to Climate, Environment or Animal Welfare. To date the total expenditure for TAMS in 2023 has...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Animal Slaughtering (6 Dec 2023)

Charlie McConalogue: I propose to take Questions Nos. 138 and 139 together. Certain beef herds are defined by my Department as Controlled Finishing Units (CFUs) in the context of the Bovine TB Eradication Programme. Currently, there are 421 beef herds designated as CFUs. A monthly breakdown of annual CFU kill numbers at DAFM-approved plants from 2017 onwards is published on my Department's website in the section...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Animal Slaughtering (6 Dec 2023)

Charlie McConalogue: The management and development of the Sustainable Beef and Lamb Assurance Scheme is an operational matter for An Bord Bia. The Deputy is invited to contact An Bord Bia directly on the e-mail address supplied to the Oireachtas services for such matters info@bordbia.ie and a response will be provided in accordance with Bord Bia's Quality Customer Service policy.

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Animal Welfare (6 Dec 2023)

Charlie McConalogue: I am aware that a shipment of cattle left Ireland on 10th November 2023. Animals exported from Ireland must be transported in compliance with EU animal welfare rules, and with Ireland’s national rules for sea transport of livestock introduced by my Department, which go beyond EU rules. Each loading of livestock onto dedicated vessels for export to non-EU countries is monitored and...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Animal Welfare (6 Dec 2023)

Charlie McConalogue: I am aware that an unidentified bovine carcase was found in France and can confirm that officials of my department have been in communication with both their French counterparts, and the Captain of the Sarah M, on this issue. These communications are ongoing, however there is currently no evidence to link the carcase to the vessel.

Confidence in the Minister for Justice: Motion (5 Dec 2023)

Charlie McConalogue: What about confidence in the Garda?

An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (5 Dec 2023)

Charlie McConalogue: As Deputy Canney knows, any time a scheme is announced there have to be terms and conditions for it. There can be challenges around the edges in regard to that. If the Deputy has information on particular cases then I ask him to forward them to me and I will have them considered. We have to have terms and conditions for what is eligible and what is not. It was generally a wet year but in...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Redundancy Payments (5 Dec 2023)

Charlie McConalogue: The Animal Health and Welfare (Fur Farming Compensation Scheme) Regulations 2022 S.I. 650 OF 2022 makes provision for compensation of the employer (fur farmer) for costs incurred in making an employee redundant, including any lump sum paid to the employee in accordance with section 19 of the Redundancy Payments Act of 1967, as a result of the ban on fur farming. This may also include certain...