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Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Animal Welfare (14 Feb 2023)

Charlie McConalogue: This information is not readily available and will be forwarded to the Deputy shortly.

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Climate Action Plan (14 Feb 2023)

Charlie McConalogue: As the Deputy will be aware, the Climate Action Plan for 2023 contains the measures necessary to ensure compliance with the sectoral ceiling as assigned for each sector of the economy last summer. Agriculture was assigned a 25% reduction target, with carbon budgets of 106MT and 96MT assigned for budget periods 2021-2025 and 2026-2030 respectfully. This target reflects a very challenging...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Departmental Funding (14 Feb 2023)

Charlie McConalogue: Teagasc operates as a non-commercial state body under the aegis of my Department. The day-to-day running of the organisation is the responsibility of the executive and its governing board, the Teagasc Authority. My Department provides Teagasc with an annual Grant Aid subvention for salary and pension costs, operational activities, and to aid infrastructure projects. The amounts provided...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Teagasc Activities (14 Feb 2023)

Charlie McConalogue: Teagasc was established under the Agriculture (Research, Training and Advice) Act, 1988, to provide research, training and advice to the agricultural sector. The Teagasc Authority is collectively responsible for leading and directing Teagasc’s activities, including reviewing and guiding strategic direction. In fulfilling its functions, the Authority is guided by the principles in the...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Animal Diseases (14 Feb 2023)

Charlie McConalogue: As the Deputy may be aware, as of 9thFebruary 2023, 10 poultry flocks have been confirmed as positive for Salmonella Typhimurium and the number in each relevant county is listed below. For GDPR reasons where there are less than 5 flocks affected in a county, then the figure given is “<5”. County No. Outbreaks Cork < 5 ...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Animal Diseases (14 Feb 2023)

Charlie McConalogue: This is a very complex investigation as there are many potential different sources of Salmonella infection. Our focus is on protecting the integrity of this industry which plays such a key role in so many communities across the country. All possible sources are being investigated -such sources could include an infected Broiler breeder flock (as infection can pass via the hatching eggs),...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Animal Diseases (14 Feb 2023)

Charlie McConalogue: I am aware of the recent identification of Salmonella typhimurium in a number of broiler flocks which were identified as part of surveillance under the national salmonella control programme. In these cases the business operator undertook a cull of the birds to mitigate any food safety risk. My Department has and continues to work closely with the Food Business Operator, the Food Safety...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Forestry Sector (14 Feb 2023)

Charlie McConalogue: The Code of Practice for the Governance of State Bodies requires that Government Departments should ensure that they have written oversight agreements clearly defining the terms of the State Body’s relationship with the relevant Minister/parent Department. For commercial State bodies the oversight agreement between the relevant Minister/parent Department and the State Body is...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Forestry Sector (14 Feb 2023)

Charlie McConalogue: Coillte’s dividend policy focuses on delivering a material financial dividend to shareholders based on the optimal use of the significant commercial assets, in particular forests, vested in the company by the state. The dividend policy was last reviewed in 2019 and provides for a dividend payment of 20% to 30% of normalised profits each year, which has formed the basis for all...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Food Industry (14 Feb 2023)

Charlie McConalogue: Organic regulations which were introduced on 1st January 2022 restricted the previously allowed 5% non-organic feed protein derogation to young poultry and pigs, resulting in older, mature stock requiring a 100% organic feed. It became apparent in early 2022 that a scarcity of organic protein feed had developed as a consequence of the Russian invasion of Ukraine, impacting on the...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Forestry Sector (14 Feb 2023)

Charlie McConalogue: The Deputy may be aware that the Government has recently secured funding of €1.3 billion for the Forestry Programme 2023-2027. Subject to State Aid approval, this will support the biggest and best-funded Forestry Programme to date in Ireland. This funding provides unprecedented incentives to encourage the planting of trees that can provide a valuable addition to farm income and also to...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Control of Dogs (14 Feb 2023)

Charlie McConalogue: I am fully committed to promoting responsible pet ownership among the general public. The Animal Welfare Strategy 2021-2025 Working Together for Animal Welfareincludes a commitment to establish an Advisory Council on Companion Animal Welfare (ACCAW). The ACCAW convened in November 2021 and has diverse range of skill sets, so that it can advise me on matters relating to companion animals...

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

Charlie McConalogue: At the outset, I want to express the Government's commitment to the sheep sector. Our sheep farmers produce a world-class product and the sheep sector plays a critical role in the overall success of our agri-food export industry. As the Deputy will be aware, I established the Food Vision Beef and Sheep Group in June of 2022, to advance the actions for the beef and sheep sector identified in...

Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: Greenhouse Gas Emissions (8 Feb 2023)

Charlie McConalogue: I thank the Deputy. Certainly, there is an urgency around this. I have outlined my ambition to make sure that Ireland is the first country in the world to have genotyped our full beef and livestock herd. That is something that I am now taking forward with my own Department and stakeholders. We are assessing and identifying the verifiable emissions reductions from doing that, and also the...

Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: Greenhouse Gas Emissions (8 Feb 2023)

Charlie McConalogue: I thank Deputy Cahill for raising this important issue and for outlining the benefits that genotyping would have for our national herd. As the Deputy knows, this is a matter that I have spoken on recently. I have outlined clearly that it is my ambition to ensure that Ireland's is the first beef herd in the world to be fully genotyped. I look forward to taking steps towards that and...

Select Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Estimates for Public Services 2023
Vote 30 - Agriculture, Food and the Marine (Revised) (8 Feb 2023)

Charlie McConalogue: I do not know the answer to that as regards the time ahead or into the future. The current EU requirements and controls are that we must have disposal for meat and bone meal. Brexit has posed a particular challenge around that, as the Chair knows, because much of the meat and bone meal disposal has gone abroad up to now. That is why €20 million is allocated towards it. We are...

Select Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Estimates for Public Services 2023
Vote 30 - Agriculture, Food and the Marine (Revised) (8 Feb 2023)

Charlie McConalogue: That is our current allocation and projection. Obviously, as the year goes on, we manage the budget. Revised Estimates can occur across any budget line as the year goes on. There has been a lot of good engagement between my team, the TB forum and farming organisations on reaching an agreed outcome on how we deal with TB testing in respect of males more than 36 months old and the testing...

Select Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Estimates for Public Services 2023
Vote 30 - Agriculture, Food and the Marine (Revised) (8 Feb 2023)

Charlie McConalogue: I am very much aware of the pressure the sector is under at the moment. It is a changed situation from a few months ago and, indeed, what the situation was last year. The new sheep welfare scheme is kicking off at €12, which is up from €10 previously. As the Deputy said, that is small in the context of the change in price from last year. I have been engaging closely with...

Select Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Estimates for Public Services 2023
Vote 30 - Agriculture, Food and the Marine (Revised) (8 Feb 2023)

Charlie McConalogue: Yes.

Select Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Estimates for Public Services 2023
Vote 30 - Agriculture, Food and the Marine (Revised) (8 Feb 2023)

Charlie McConalogue: -----but we have two separate ceilings now. One of the reasons we feel the uptake was not as strong as it might have been in the outgoing TAMS was the opportunity costs of availing of it where farmers would not then be able to use their ceiling for other on-farm capital investment. There are two separate ceilings now. In theory, farmers will be now be able to avail of TAMS for up to...