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Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Wildlife Regulations (16 Jul 2025)

Martin Heydon: Wild birds such as gulls are the responsibility of the National Parks and Wildlife Service. My Department monitors the avian influenza disease situation in wild birds to inform the risks posed to poultry and captive birds. My Department's advice is that people should not pick up or touch sick, dead or dying wild birds and should keep their pets away from them. Dogs should be kept on a...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Health and Safety (16 Jul 2025)

Martin Heydon: Human health matters in regard to avian influenza are the responsibility of the Minister for Health and the Health Service Executive. The National Parks and Wildlife Service has primary responsibility with regard to issues relating to wild birds. My Department's primary function in relation to Avian Influenza is to help protect and to control outbreaks of the disease in poultry and...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Weather Events (16 Jul 2025)

Martin Heydon: The unpredictable nature of extreme weather/flooding events, and the resulting impact on agriculture, does not lend itself to a ready-made scheme template, given that local effects vary with each event. My Department in recent years has provided a number of schemes to support farmers who have been badly affected by extreme weather/flooding. These include the Shass Landslide, the Shannon...

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

Martin Heydon: I am fully aware of the conservation status of forested areas, and my Department's Forestry Programme contains a number of well-funded provisions aimed at addressing the restoration and expansion of native woodlands in Ireland. Three forest types that may be selected by interested landowners, under the Afforestation Scheme, relate specifically to the creation of new native woodland on...

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...