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Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Departmental Data (15 Jul 2025)

Martin Heydon: As an independent body, this is an operational matter for the Agri-Food Regulator and officials of my Department have forwarded your query directly to the Agri-Food Regulator for response. If the Deputy wishes to follow up with the Regulator directly, the Regulator has a dedicated inbox for Oireachtas queries: oireachtas@agrifoodregulator.ie

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Closed-Circuit Television Systems (15 Jul 2025)

Martin Heydon: The Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine is a tenant in buildings provided to it through the Office of Public Works (OPW), which manages the State's property portfolio on behalf of Government Departments. These buildings are either state-owned, or leased from private landlords by the OPW. This Department does not own or maintain the CCTV infrastructure in these buildings. The OPW...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Departmental Policies (15 Jul 2025)

Martin Heydon: Some of the key policy achievements since January, include: Continued support to farmers under the €9.8 billion CAP Strategic Plan and via specific sectoral supports. It is positive to see the Teagasc National Farm Survey preliminary results estimate that the average farm income in 2024 rose by 87%, and that 2025 income forecasts are also positive. Preparations for a new round of CAP...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Departmental Staff (15 Jul 2025)

Martin Heydon: The table below provides details on the numbers of officers who are serving in Shannon Airport within the Department as of 7th July 2025. Work Schedule Job Title Std Hrs/Wk FTE STANDARD Clerical Officer 43.25 1.00 STANDARD Executive Officer 43.25 1.00 ...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Departmental Funding (15 Jul 2025)

Martin Heydon: Animal welfare is a key priority for my Department and considerable funding is provided to support eligible animal welfare charities nationwide, through the annual Animal Welfare Grant Programme, which is administered by my Department. The purpose of animal welfare grants are to support operational activities of such registered animal welfare charities that meet certain criteria. In...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Departmental Funding (15 Jul 2025)

Martin Heydon: Under the Control of Horses Act 1996, Local Authorities may take a range of actions in relation to equines. My Department provides financial support to help Local Authorities to, among other activities, facilitate equine seizures. Please see the below table which sets out details of funding provided to Cork City Council as supports towards the Control of Horses in each of the first six...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Departmental Reviews (15 Jul 2025)

Martin Heydon: Dr Sean Brady was appointed as independent chairperson of this review by my predecessor and then Minister for Agriculture Food and the Marine Charlie McConalogue. Dr Brady is engaging directly with the herdowner to progress this review, based on terms of reference as agreed with the herdowner. On conclusion of the review, Dr Brady will provide a report detailing the findings.

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Electricity Generation (15 Jul 2025)

Martin Heydon: The foreshore lease referred to by the Deputy was granted by the then Minister for Housing, Planning and Local Government. The role of assessing applications for Maritime Area Consents has since been transferred to the Maritime Area Regulatory Authority (MARA), an agency under the remit of the Department of Climate, Energy and the Environment. Responsibility for enforcement of the terms...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Grant Payments (15 Jul 2025)

Martin Heydon: I propose to take Questions Nos. 783, 784, 785 and 786 together. In 2022, my Department published an in-depth study of the Irish wool market called Review of Market Opportunities for Irish-Grown Wool Based Products. The main recommendation of the report was the establishment of an all-Island Wool Council to drive the development of the wool sector. The Council was to be a non-statutory...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Departmental Meetings (15 Jul 2025)

Martin Heydon: A procedure has been put in place whereby a formal review of commonage scores may be sought by participants in ACRES if they so wish. Details of this process are outlined in the ‘Review of ACRES commonage scores – January 2025’ document available on my Department's website at gov.ie - Agri-Climate Rural Environment Scheme (ACRES) (). This procedure consists of a...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Departmental Data (15 Jul 2025)

Martin Heydon: 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: Departmental Data (15 Jul 2025)

Martin Heydon: My Department is committed to ensuring that a skilled and motivated workforce is in place to meet its priority business needs. Workforce planning processes are utilised to identify our requirements across all our grade streams and locations, aiming to ensure a long-term, proactive and strategic plan by which current and future staffing needs are addressed. As business needs arise, staff are...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: ACRES Payments (15 Jul 2025)

Martin Heydon: The person named was accepted into ACRES General Tranche 1, with a contract commencement date of January 1st, 2023. An advance payment of €5,736.67 issued to the herd owner in December 2023 in respect of his participation in the Scheme in 2023. The ACRES balancing payment in respect of 2023 has not yet cleared the required pre-payment validation checks in this case due to an issue...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Departmental Data (15 Jul 2025)

Martin Heydon: 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: Environmental Impact Assessments (15 Jul 2025)

Martin Heydon: Dr Sean Brady was appointed as independent chairperson of this review by my predecessor and then Minister for Agriculture Food and the Marine Charlie McConalogue. Dr Brady is engaging directly with the herdowner to progress this review, based on terms of reference as agreed with the herdowner.

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Departmental Strategies (15 Jul 2025)

Martin Heydon: I wish to inform the Deputy that a list of all national strategies and action plans currently in operation under the remit of my Department is set out below:The CAP Strategic Plan (CSP) 2023-2027The Evaluation Plan to the CSP 2023-2027Climate Action RoadmapThe National Biomethane StrategySectoral Adaptation PlanFood Vision Tillage ReportFood Vision 2030 - Food Vision 2030Report of the Food...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: ACRES Payment (15 Jul 2025)

Martin Heydon: The person named submitted an application under the ACRES Co-operation stream and was approved into Tranche 1 of the scheme, with a commencement date of 1st January 2023. Payments in respect of scheme year 2023 are up to date for this herd. To date this case has not passed the 2024 advance payment validations. ACRES officials are actively working to resolve the issues preventing this...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Departmental Schemes (15 Jul 2025)

Martin Heydon: The new Programme for Government prioritises “supporting inter-generational farm succession”. Food Vision 2030, our shared strategy for the agri-food sector, states that generational renewal in farming is critically important to ensure the future viability and social sustainability of the Irish agri-food sector and of rural Ireland. While supporting young farmers and new...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Agriculture Schemes (10 Jul 2025)

Martin Heydon: The herd owner in this matter was subject to a Local Authority Inspection, by Leitrim County Council, on 30th January 2025, following which a cross report was submitted to my Department. The result of this inspection was communicated by Formal Notice to the herd owner on 10th June 2025, by my Department’s local District Superintendent for Leitrim. The following non compliances were...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Aquaculture Industry (10 Jul 2025)

Martin Heydon: My Department considers applications for aquaculture and foreshore licences in accordance with the provisions of the Fisheries (Amendment) Act 1997 as amended, the Foreshore Act 1933 (as amended) and applicable national and EU legislation. The licensing process involves consultation with a wide range of scientific and technical advisers as well as various Statutory Consultees. The legislation...