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Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Animal Diseases (23 May 2023)

Charlie McConalogue: Since my Department began the widespread rollout of the badger vaccination programme in 2019 significant resources have been required in terms of manpower, supplies and services. My Department has funded these resources each year in line with requirements. In 2022 approximately €6.4 million was spent on the wildlife programme. Given the range of activities and varied workload that...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Animal Diseases (23 May 2023)

Charlie McConalogue: I propose to take Questions Nos. 592 and 595 together. There are approximately 54 full time equivalent (FTE) DAFM technical officers working on the wildlife programme across the country, working primarily from the Department's regional veterinary offices. In addition there are also 2 FTE veterinary staff working on the programme, with support from regional veterinary staff assisting with...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Animal Diseases (23 May 2023)

Charlie McConalogue: Under the TB Eradication Programme badger vaccination is being substituted for continued culling of badgers such that a significant reduction in the numbers of badgers culled can be achieved over the coming years while still maintaining effective control of the risk posed to other species. The intention is to gradually reduce badger culling per annum in tandem with the badger vaccination...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Departmental Programmes (23 May 2023)

Charlie McConalogue: All badgers that are vaccinated and microchipped by my Department as part of the Wildlife programme are recorded on a piece of dedicated software. Whilst this piece of software has GIS capabilities, the geographical data is limited to the GPS co-ordinates of all main badger setts and sub setts that have been identified as part of the Wildlife programme.

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Agriculture Schemes (23 May 2023)

Charlie McConalogue: The person named submitted and received approval for two applications under the Animal Welfare Nutrient Storage Scheme of TAMS II and submitted claims for payment 27thSeptember 2022. Both applications were subject to an on-farm inspection prior to which the applicant was notified of the documentation to be made available for inspection. At the time of inspection, some required documentation...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Greyhound Industry (23 May 2023)

Charlie McConalogue: I propose to take Questions Nos. 598 to 604, inclusive, together. 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...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Agriculture Supports (23 May 2023)

Charlie McConalogue: I propose to take Questions Nos. 605 and 614 together. The Areas of Natural and other Specific Constraints scheme provides payments to people farming land in designated areas face significant hardships from factors such as remoteness, difficult topography, climatic problems, and poor soil conditions. Support is provided based on the following categories of land::Category 1 land: The system of...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Agriculture Supports (23 May 2023)

Charlie McConalogue: As set out in the terms and conditions of the Sheep Welfare Scheme, the rate of payment is set at €10 per eligible breeding ewe on completion by the participant of both of their selected scheme actions. Payment is made up to the applicable reference number of animals determined for payment for the scheme year. Please see the information requested below as regards the number of...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Agriculture Supports (23 May 2023)

Charlie McConalogue: The 2022 Tillage Incentive Scheme was announced in March 2022 as part of a support package for farmers in direct response to the situation in Ukraine. The scheme opened to online applicants on 27th June 2022. The online portal remained open until 20th July 2022, with some 4,123 individuals applying to participate in the scheme. Payments commenced in December 2022 and to date payments in...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Agriculture Supports (23 May 2023)

Charlie McConalogue: Following the illegal invasion of Ukraine by Russia in February 2022, the Deputy will be aware that on the 15th of June 2022, I announced the launch of the €56 million Fodder Support Scheme. The aim of the scheme was to incentivise farmers, in particular drystock farmers, to grow more fodder (silage and/or hay) to ensure Ireland does not have any animal welfare issues over the 2022...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Agriculture Supports (23 May 2023)

Charlie McConalogue: TAMS 3 provides funding for capital investments on farms and will be in place for five years and will include 10 schemes. As it is just in its first tranche there are no farmers yet approved for payment. The first 6 of the TAMS 3 Schemes - Solar Capital Investment Scheme (SCIS), Animal Welfare Nutrient Storage Scheme (AWNSS), Pigs and Poultry Investment Scheme (PPIS), Organics Capital...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Animal Welfare (23 May 2023)

Charlie McConalogue: Animal welfare is a key priority for me as Minister and for the Government. Considerable funding is provided to support animal welfare charity organisations. In 2020, I allocated €3.2 million in funding for animal welfare organisations. In 2021, this figure was €3,739,875 and in December 2022, I announced the record allocation of over €5.8 million in funding to 99 animal...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Agriculture Schemes (23 May 2023)

Charlie McConalogue: Under the Nitrates Regulations, Low Emission Slurry Spreading equipment must be used for the application of slurry on holdings with a previous year’s grassland stocking rates of 150kg nitrogen per hectare. This is from grazing livestock manure or above prior to export of livestock manure from the holding from 1st January 2023 and for all slurry produced by pigs. From 1st January...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Agriculture Schemes (23 May 2023)

Charlie McConalogue: Over €390m was allocated through Targeted Agricultural Modernisation Scheme (TAMS II) to the end of 2022 for the full suite of seven TAMS measures including the Low Emission Slurry Spreading Scheme (LESS). TAMS is a demand-led scheme and the interest in the LESS measure of TAMS II has been very strong with payments in excess of €71m to date. TAMS III provides funding for...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Agriculture Schemes (23 May 2023)

Charlie McConalogue: I propose to take Questions Nos. 613 and 623 together. The table below provides the number of organic farming scheme participants that have exited the scheme in each year from 2019 to date. Year No. of Participants 2019 24 2020 73 2021 48 2022 11 Total ...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Nitrates Usage (23 May 2023)

Charlie McConalogue: The information requested is detailed in the attached table. It should however be noted that the land area for 2023 is not yet available as the 2023 Basic Income Support for Sustainability (BISS) Scheme is open for applications until the 29th of May 2023. Processing of 2023 Nitrates Derogation applications is still on-going, as are compliance checks for 2022 applicants. The outcome of these...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Agriculture Industry (23 May 2023)

Charlie McConalogue: ‘Forgotten Farmer’ is a term used to describe a group of farmers who had set up their agricultural holdings prior to 2008, were under the age of 40 in 2015 and held low value payment entitlements, but were ineligible for young farmer supports under the CAP from 2015. As the purpose of the young farmer supports from 2015 was to provide support to farmers in the early years...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Agriculture Schemes (23 May 2023)

Charlie McConalogue: Following the invasion of Ukraine by Russia in February 2022, the Deputy will be aware that on the 15thJune 2022, I announced the launch of the €56 million Fodder Support Scheme. The aim of the scheme was to incentivise farmers, in particular drystock farmers, to grow more fodder (silage and/or hay) to ensure Ireland does not have any animal welfare issues over the 2022 winter and...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Agriculture Schemes (23 May 2023)

Charlie McConalogue: Last year, I introduced the Tillage Incentive Scheme which is acknowledged as contributing to an increase in the area under tillage of 20,000ha or 6% from approximately 320,000ha in 2021 to 340,000ha in 2022. This comprised of an increase of 13,000ha in the area of cereal crops and 7,000ha in the area under alternative crops. The Scheme is a support measure to incentivise an increase in...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Agriculture Supports (23 May 2023)

Charlie McConalogue: The attached table outlines the CAP Pillar 1 Direct Payments for 2021 and 2022, including the Basic Payment Scheme (BPS), the Greening Scheme and the Young Farmer Scheme. Residual payments from previous scheme years continue to issue in subsequent years. Approximately, €1.2bn is paid annually as an income support and is 100% funded by the EU....