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Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Departmental Staff (26 Apr 2022)

Charlie McConalogue: My Department regularly reviews its staff assignments to ensure that our resources are being used to support our work in the most effective and strategic manner possible. In this regard, consideration is given to achieving a balance between facilitating temporary secondment opportunities while also retaining key expertise within my Department for ongoing responsibilities. These secondments...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Apprenticeship Programmes (26 Apr 2022)

Charlie McConalogue: The Department does not currently run any apprentice programmes and is not engaged in any training of apprentices. However, it is participating with other Departments in the development of a Public Service Apprenticeship Recruitment Plan as part of the Government's Action Plan for Apprenticeship 2021-2025. The question of apprenticeship programmes in the State Agencies under the...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Departmental Staff (26 Apr 2022)

Charlie McConalogue: The number of staff employed by my Department who are earning a wage which would equate to less than €12.30 per hour is 305.  These are staff who have joined the organisation relatively recently and are on the early points of their salary scales in the grades of Temporary Clerical Officer, Clerical Officer, Technical Agricultural Officer, Laboratory...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Agriculture Schemes (26 Apr 2022)

Charlie McConalogue: Applications from participants in the 2020 Beef Data and Genomics Programme (BDGP) who were deemed eligible to continue their participation in the BDGP 2021 transitional programme could be submitted using the Department’s online facility through www.agfood.ieeither by the applicant themselves or by an individual authorised to act on their behalf or by reply to...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Nitrates Usage (26 Apr 2022)

Charlie McConalogue: I refer to your correspondence on behalf of the person named and I can confirm that a response has issued in recent days.

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Food Industry (26 Apr 2022)

Charlie McConalogue: As the Deputy may be aware, the Programme for Government commits to the establishment of a new Authority to enforce the Unfair Trading Practices (UTP) Directive and to have a specific role in analysing and reporting on price and market data in Ireland. On 22nd March, the Government approved the priority drafting of the General Scheme of the Agricultural and Food Supply Chain Bill 2022. The...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Fishing Industry (26 Apr 2022)

Charlie McConalogue: I propose to take Questions Nos. 1872, 1880 and 1881 together. Management of the national mackerel quota is set down in Ministerial Policy, which has been developed and put in place over many years going back to the early years when EU TACs and quotas were set for this stock. Amendments to this policy in 2010 and 2017 were introduced following a full review and public...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Fishing Industry (26 Apr 2022)

Charlie McConalogue: The monitoring and control of fisheries within Ireland’s Exclusive Fisheries Zone are matters for the Irish control authorities.  Under the Sea Fisheries and Maritime Jurisdiction Act, 2006, all operational issues of this nature are exclusively for the Sea Fisheries Protection Authority (SFPA) and the Naval Service.  As Minister, I am expressly precluded from getting involved...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Fishing Industry (26 Apr 2022)

Charlie McConalogue: The requirements in respect of fishing methods are set out in Regulation (EU) 2019/1241 of the European Parliament and of the Council on the conservation of fisheries resources and the protection of marine ecosystems through technical measures, also known as the Technical Measures Regulation. Technical measures are rules on how, where and when fishers may fish and also include gear, catch...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Fishing Industry (26 Apr 2022)

Charlie McConalogue: Ireland has strongly supported the introduction of more selective fishing gear to reduce catches of juvenile fish and unwanted by-catches. In the past, fishing gear trials have been carried out in our main fisheries working in collaboration with our fishing sector. A number of changes to fishing gear and practices which demonstrate improved selectivity have been adopted at EU level...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Fishing Industry (26 Apr 2022)

Charlie McConalogue: As the Deputy will be aware, in Ireland, fishing quota, including pelagic stocks such as Mackerel, is a public resource and is managed to provide for proper management and conservation and rational exploitation of the State’s fishing quotas. The arrangements have been set and developed over many years since the commencement of the Common Fisheries Policy and the introduction of...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Fishing Industry (26 Apr 2022)

Charlie McConalogue: I propose to take Questions Nos. 1878 and 1879 together. The percentages of the State's mackerel quota allocated to vessels over and under 15 metres from January 2019 are contained in the following table. 2019 Quota: 55,313 tonnes Quota made available (in tonnes) % Share  Hook and line  400...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Departmental Staff (26 Apr 2022)

Charlie McConalogue: My Department regularly reviews its staffing assignments to ensure that our resources are being used to support our work in the most effective and strategic manner possible. In this regard, consideration is given to facilitating temporary secondment opportunities to support our internal workforce, providing current Department staff with an opportunity to benefit from the expertise and...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Animal Diseases (26 Apr 2022)

Charlie McConalogue: The prohibition on gatherings of poultry is a risk mitigation measure in order to reduce the risk of the spread of Avian Influenza. Ireland remains in the high-risk period (October to April) for the introduction of Avian Influenza (AI) however the risk levels and infection pressure are reducing with the departure of migratory birds, increasing temperatures and lengthening daylight hours....

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Environmental Schemes (26 Apr 2022)

Charlie McConalogue: I propose to take Questions Nos. 1884 to 1887, inclusive, together. Farmers in all areas of the country will be able to participate in the proposed new agri-environment climate measure (AECM) under the next CAP Strategic Plan (CSP). The new AECM Scheme will have a General stream and a Co-operation stream.  The Co-operation stream will be managed by new...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Animal Diseases (26 Apr 2022)

Charlie McConalogue: I have contacted the Connemara Pony Breeders Society (CPBS) and they have informed me that they raised a query with the testing laboratory in relation to a foal, whose parentage was certified by private test as not carrying the HWSD gene. The same foal had been tested by the testing laboratory and found to be a carrier of the disease. The testing laboratory informed the CPBS that given that...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Agriculture Industry (26 Apr 2022)

Charlie McConalogue: The Deputy will be aware that, In November 2020, the Department lodged the application for Irish Grass Fed Beef with the EU Commission. At that time, I wrote to the European Commission advising that Ireland would support an extension of this application to cover the island of Ireland when a grass-fed verification system is in place in Northern Ireland. Since August 2020, my...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Fodder Crisis (26 Apr 2022)

Charlie McConalogue: There are no plans at present for any derogation in respect of the GLAS specifications. Any such derogation would require the formal approval of the EU Commission.  As always the position will continue to be closely monitored by my Department.

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Energy Prices (26 Apr 2022)

Charlie McConalogue: Specifically in the context of the Ukrainian crisis, significant implications are being seen across all sectors, including the agri-food sector. As well as the immediate humanitarian crisis, which must take priority, we need to take the necessary steps to ensure that food security is maintained. At farm level, the crisis is already impacting very significantly on the price of fertiliser,...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Departmental Staff (26 Apr 2022)

Charlie McConalogue: My Department currently has in place a total of 24 remunerated student interns within the organisation. The majority are placed in IT business areas (these students are undertaking IT degree courses), with the remainder, who are studying courses relevant to their assignments, assigned to administrative, laboratory and technical Divisions. The Department has also received sanction to engage 10...