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

Charlie McConalogue: The Beef Environmental Efficiency Programme – Suckler aimed to increase the efficiency of Ireland’s suckler herd. It will do this by improving the data that is collected about the herd. This is a nationally funded scheme. The information requested by the Deputy is set out in the table below: Pairs Weighed Number of Herds Average Payment ...

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

Charlie McConalogue: The information requested by the Deputy is set out in the table below: Number of Dams Number of Herds Forage (hectares) Average Payment 1 34 21.27 €63.16 2 106 20.57 €150.38 3 174 19.86 €224.58 4 ...

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

Charlie McConalogue: Below is the breakdown of the number of Organic Farming Scheme participants by county in 2022 and to date in 2023. The figures outlined in respect of 2023 are cumulative and represent the current total number of organic farming scheme participants. County 2022 2023 Carlow 14 33 Cavan 90 226 ...

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

Charlie McConalogue: The Beef Environmental Efficiency Programme – Suckler (BEEP-S) aimed to increase the efficiency of Ireland’s suckler herd. It will do this by improving the data that is collected about the herd. This was a nationally funded scheme in 2022. The Beef Data and Genomics Programme (BDGP) provided financial support to farmers for using technology and genomics to improve the...

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

Charlie McConalogue: I acknowledge the excellent work done to date under the Burren Programme and am pleased that ACRES, the new flagship agri-environment scheme under the CAP Strategic Plan 2023-2027, has been designed using learnings from that Programme, amomgst others. The Government has committed €1.5 billion to ACRES over the term 2023 to 2027. This is the largest amount ever committed to an...

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

Charlie McConalogue: 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 in relation to a named...

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

Charlie McConalogue: The Hen Harrier Project is operationally independent of my Department and is run by the Hen Harrier Project Team. The Project team are responsible for the administration of the project and associated payments. Any queries relating to payments due should be addressed directly to the Project team.

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

Charlie McConalogue: 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: Agriculture Schemes (23 May 2023)

Charlie McConalogue: My Department is committed to helping farmers to submit their scheme applications on-time and to assisting farmers to rectify any issues identified on their application, to allow payments to issues as promptly as possible in 2023. My Department opened the online application process for the 2023 Basic Income Support for Sustainability and other area related schemes on the 28 February 2023. The...

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

Charlie McConalogue: The BISS (Basic Income Support for Sustainability) scheme replaced the Basic Payment Scheme (BPS) in 2023. This means that the BPS plus the Greening payment is replaced by a single BISS payment. The value of all payment entitlements reduced in 2023 based on the financing available for each Direct Payment Scheme. The reason for this is the addition of new schemes and an increase in the payment...

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

Charlie McConalogue: I propose to take Questions Nos. 631 to 633, inclusive, together. The person named applied successfully for GLAS 1 with a contract commencement date of 1st January 2016. The GLAS contract was selected for an on-farm inspection on 9th March 2022. During the course of this inspection, areas of non-compliance with the Terms and Conditions of the scheme were noted and outlined in the...

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

Charlie McConalogue: According to the 2021 Power Report, commissioned by RCÉ, the greyhound industry provides and supports considerable employment both directly and indirectly across the Irish economy. It is estimated that in 2019, the industry supported 4,150 full-time and part-time jobs in the economy. In addition, there are 6,211 active greyhound owners. The total number of people deriving economic...

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

Charlie McConalogue: As the Deputy may be aware, I introduced the Tillage Incentive Scheme (TIS) last year in response to the illegal invasion of Ukraine by Russia. The Scheme is a support measure for farmers to incentivise the increase in eligible tillage crops. A payment of €400/ha was made on eligible tillage crop area. To qualify for the payment, there must have been an increase in the total...

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

Charlie McConalogue: All staff in my Department are placed on a corresponding Civil Service pay scale according to their grade. The annual pay scales for Senior Superintending Veterinary Inspectors (SSVI) and District Superintendents (DS) in my Department are listed in tabular form below. Please note that, apart from in exceptional circumstances, new entrants to the Department would begin on the first point of...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Tillage Sector (18 May 2023)

Charlie McConalogue: I understand the difficulties being faced by tillage farmers this year with high production costs and lower grain prices. While early estimates from industry suggest that there may be a reduction in the tillage area this season, I will await analysis of the the BISS data later in the Summer to give an accurate picture of overall crop areas. Notwithstanding the above, maintaining the...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Greyhound Industry (18 May 2023)

Charlie McConalogue: 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: Greyhound Industry (18 May 2023)

Charlie McConalogue: 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: Greyhound Industry (18 May 2023)

Charlie McConalogue: 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: Forestry Sector (18 May 2023)

Charlie McConalogue: My Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine does not engage in afforestation. This is a voluntary activity by private landowners, supported by the Government. The national forest estate is expanding and has reached 11.6% of total land area. The total land area has increased from 697,842 hectares in 2006 to 808,848 hectares in 2022. as verified in the National Forest Inventory. The...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Agriculture Industry (17 May 2023)

Charlie McConalogue: I understand early estimates from industry suggest that a challenging environment for tillage production this year. However, the area of crops cannot be confirmed until my Department collates and analyses Basic Income Support Scheme (BISS) data later in the Summer.  Last year, I initiated a new  Tillage Incentive Support Scheme as an additional support for increasing area of...