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Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Agriculture Industry (9 May 2023)

Charlie McConalogue: My Department is not involved in the regulation of unicorporated agriculture associations.

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Agriculture Schemes (9 May 2023)

Charlie McConalogue: As the Deputy may be aware, I introduced the Straw Incorporation Measure (SIM) in 2021 as a pilot measure. The purpose of the scheme is to chop straw and incorporate it into the soil, thereby improving soil organic matter with which a lot of additional environmental and climate change benefits are associated. These include increased carbon storing potential, recycling nutrients to tillage...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Agriculture Schemes (9 May 2023)

Charlie McConalogue: The Targeted Agricultural Modernisation Scheme (TAMS 3) provides funding for capital investments on farms and will be in place for 5 years with a budget of €370m. The Tillage Capital Investment Scheme (TCIS), due to open this month, will have a wide range of tillage investments available for grant aid at a rate of 40%. Eligible applicants can also avail of grant aid for the tillage...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: EU Directives (9 May 2023)

Charlie McConalogue: At the outset it is important to acknowledge that pesticide use in Ireland is relatively low compared to many EU Member States and Ireland is making good progress in reducing chemical pesticide use as measured by EU indicators. My Department has put in place a range of measures to achieve more sustainable use of pesticides in Ireland as required by Directive 2009/128/EC. These measures...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Teagasc Activities (9 May 2023)

Charlie McConalogue: Teagasc has statutory responsibility for the provision of education, research and advisory services to the agricultural sector. Its programmes and activities are developed in conjunction with clients and partners and is overseen by the Teagasc Authority who are collectively responsible for leading and directing Teagasc activities. The Authority comprises a Chairman and 10 ordinary...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Agriculture Schemes (9 May 2023)

Charlie McConalogue: I introduced the Tillage Incentive Scheme (TIS) in 2022, in response to the illegal invasion of Ukraine by Russia. The Scheme is a support measure to incentivise an increase in domestic cereal production thereby reducing dependency on imports. In 2022, just under €10.1 million was paid out to 3,622 farmers on an area of approximately 25,000 hectares under the Scheme. Since its...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Animal Welfare (9 May 2023)

Charlie McConalogue: Under the Animal Health and Welfare Act 2013, a person is prohibited from causing unnecessary pain or suffering or endangering the health and welfare of any animal. The Act also provides that a person having possession of an animal must ensure that the animal is kept in a manner that safeguards its health and welfare. All legislation under the remit of my Department is kept under...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Fishing Industry (9 May 2023)

Charlie McConalogue: The Brexit Voluntary Permanent Cessation Scheme was open to licence holders of fishing vessels that are registered on the Irish sea-fishing boat register in the polyvalent or beam trawl segments, held a valid sea-fishing boat license issued by the Licensing Authority for Sea-Fishing boats at the date of application and vessels which were 10 years or more in age at the time of application. ...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Turf Cutting (9 May 2023)

Charlie McConalogue: The Department of Agriculture Food and the Marine has no responsibility for and does not monitor peat production in Ireland. The quantity of peat exported from Ireland from 2016 to 2023 is outlined below in the table via figures from the CSO. Year Tonnes of Peat Exported 2016 1,012,634 2017 836,946 2018 ...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Trade Data (9 May 2023)

Charlie McConalogue: The quantity of peat imported into Ireland from 2016 to 2023 broken down by country is outlined in the table below. The figures are provided by the CSO. Imports - 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023 (Jan & Feb) Country Tonnes Tonnes Tonnes Tonnes ...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Agriculture Supports (9 May 2023)

Charlie McConalogue: We all absolutely acknowledge the critical importance of protecting and enhancing biodiversity. Our terrestrial biodiversity measures are designed for the conservation of farmland biodiversity and for semi-natural habitats which rely on agriculture for appropriate management to restore or maintain good habitat condition. My Department does not have specific supports for...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Agriculture Industry (9 May 2023)

Charlie McConalogue: The table below sets out the total value of agri-food trade between Ireland and Northern Ireland for the five year period 2018-2022. Value of Agri-food Trade – Ireland-Northern Ireland 2018-2022 Year Exports to Northern IrelandValue€million Imports from Northern IrelandValue€million 2018 1,103 1,065 ...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Agriculture Schemes (9 May 2023)

Charlie McConalogue: TAMS provides funding for capital investments on farms and will be in place for five years with a budget of €370 million and will include 10 Schemes. The TAMS 3 Scheme opened on 22nd February with the opening of the Solar Capital Investment Scheme (SCIS). To date, six of the 10 TAMS Schemes have opened for applications - Solar Capital Investment Scheme (SCIS), Animal Welfare...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Agriculture Industry (9 May 2023)

Charlie McConalogue: I propose to take Questions Nos. 503 and 504 together. I attach in tabular form the value and volume of sheepmeat, chilled or frozen, exported from Ireland over the past five calendar years, showing the detail for the top twenty export destinations based on the CSO’s trade statistics. The Deputy has also asked for this data by animal type, but trade data is not available to the level...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Live Exports (9 May 2023)

Charlie McConalogue: Exports and imports of live sheep are recorded on the Trade Control and Expert System (TRACES). TRACES is the European Commission's online platform for sanitary and phytosanitary certification required for the importation of animals, animal products, food and feed of non-animal origin and plants into the European Union. It is also used for intra-EU trade and EU exports of animals and certain...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Agriculture Industry (9 May 2023)

Charlie McConalogue: Imports and exports of live sheep are recorded on the Trade Control and Expert System (TRACES). TRACES is the European Commission's online platform for sanitary and phytosanitary certification required for the importation of animals, animal products, food and feed of non-animal origin and plants into the European Union, intra-EU trade and EU exports of animals and certain animal products. My...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Export Controls (9 May 2023)

Charlie McConalogue: I propose to take Questions Nos. 507, 510 and 511 together. Official controls and certification provide the necessary assurance to our trading partners that Ireland is as a safe, secure, and sustainable source of agri-food products. In the case of intracommunity movements to and from Ireland and other Member States, the requirements of these trade-related movements and the accompanying...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Export Controls (9 May 2023)

Charlie McConalogue: I propose to take Questions Nos. 508 and 509 together. TRACES is used for recording intracommunity movements of certain animals and animal by-products. Reasons for non- conformances include non -compliance with health legislation and non-compliance with welfare legislation. Further detail on the nature of individual non-compliance is not mandatory on TRACES for export certificates, and was...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Departmental Correspondence (9 May 2023)

Charlie McConalogue: I advise the Deputy that this matter relates to issues surrounding a former employee of this Department. While I cannot share personal details relating to an individual, I can state that the matters, including the correspondence have been dealt with appropriately and correctly. As this relates to a former employee of this Department, it is not appropriate for me, as Minister, to comment...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Agriculture Schemes (9 May 2023)

Charlie McConalogue: The Organic Farming Scheme (OFS) contract for the person named, commenced on 1st May 2021. The participant declared 110.06 hectares in their 2021 BPS application, which was then used to calculate their Organic Farming Scheme payment. As per the OFS 2021 terms and conditions, payment was computed based on a minimum stocking level of 0.5 livestock units per hectare of the forage area...