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Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Agriculture Schemes (5 Apr 2022)

Charlie McConalogue: The above named applicant applied on a commonage in the townland of Dunloe Upper in Co. Kerry. The lands in question have been under query for a number of years due to issues with regards to the grazing rights on the commonage lands. Notwithstanding the above, payments have recently issued to the applicant on the lands in question. However, the Department will, during the course of...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Agriculture Industry (5 Apr 2022)

Charlie McConalogue: I was pleased to publish the report of the Chair of the Beef Taskforce in November last year. The report clearly sets out that the group satisfied its remit in monitoring and progressing the implementation of the actions agreed by stakeholders in the beef sector agreement of 15thSeptember 2019. The Taskforce has delivered on its commitments which consisted of a total of 38 actions in two...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Animal Welfare (5 Apr 2022)

Charlie McConalogue: The Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine only permits animals to be transported in compliance with the EU's animal welfare legislation. Ireland has also introduced its own national legislation regulating animal welfare in dedicated livestock vessels, which lays down more stringent controls that go far beyond those in EU law. Furthermore, over the past three years, my Department...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Agriculture Industry (5 Apr 2022)

Charlie McConalogue: My Department has no legal basis upon which to establish and maintain a register of farm and forestry contractors. However, the sector could decide to self regulate and establish a register of members in its own right.

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Food Industry (5 Apr 2022)

Charlie McConalogue: The people of Ireland have shown great solidarity and support for Ukraine and the Ukrainian people and, on their behalf, the Government will continue to co-ordinate a humanitarian, economic and diplomatic response to the crisis. Ireland is one of the most food secure countries in the world. However, at farm level, the crisis is already impacting on the price of animal feed, fertiliser and...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Common Agricultural Policy (5 Apr 2022)

Charlie McConalogue: I believe that it is important to ensure the preservation and protection of rare breed farm animals as a genetic resource for future generations and for the benefit of agriculture in general. The current Rare Breeds measure in my Department's GLAS Scheme sets out to retain and, where possible, increase populations of specific rare breed animals to ensure their long-term protection and...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Agriculture Schemes (5 Apr 2022)

Charlie McConalogue: Eligibility for the various area-based schemes operated by the Department is governed by EU Regulations. One of the specific pillars of land eligibility is that the land must be an agricultural area, which is defined as either permanent grassland, permanent crops or arable land. However, within the current CAP there is provision for certain non-agricultural areas to be deemed eligible in...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Agriculture Schemes (5 Apr 2022)

Charlie McConalogue: The person named has a history of using all Artificial insemination (AI) in his herd However, he had recorded a sire as 'unknown' in his records submitted as part of the 2021 scheme. As a result, a query was raised and the person named did not receive his Beef Data and Genomics Programme (BDGP) payment for 2021 as it was deemed the scheme requirements had not been met. However, in light...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Departmental Contracts (5 Apr 2022)

Charlie McConalogue: The information requested by the Deputy is set out in the attached table.

Ceisteanna ar Reachtaíocht a Gealladh - Questions on Promised Legislation (31 Mar 2022)

Charlie McConalogue: I will take that question on behalf of the Government and I thank the Deputy for raising this matter. This is something he has been advocating strongly for and it makes total sense. It is something the Government is pushing as a key priority. Within my Department there are grants for solar energy, which are available to farmers to invest in and generate energy for their farms. There has...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Renewable Energy Generation (31 Mar 2022)

Charlie McConalogue: I thank the Deputies. Deputy Stanton is correct that it makes absolute sense to reward and incentivise farmers to feed into the grid and develop the potential of family farms to make a real contribution to energy production, in addition to what that means for emissions and what it can mean in delivering an income for farmers. There is a challenge with TAMS investments in particular and the...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Renewable Energy Generation (31 Mar 2022)

Charlie McConalogue: It is a wider cap. I will get the exact details for the Deputy on the piece around that. TAMS supports on-farm generation for on-farm usage. It is a very sensible and worthwhile thing for farmers to do but it is mainly being used by those who have higher energy needs at present. It only makes sense if farmers use the electricity generated and, therefore, it is more limited in that sense....

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Food Industry (31 Mar 2022)

Charlie McConalogue: I thank the Deputy for raising this matter. As we know, the war in Ukraine has had a number of impacts on our agrifood sector. It is the number one priority for me, the Ministers of State, Deputies Hackett and Heydon, and the Department. I am working with key agrifood and marine sector stakeholders on an ongoing basis to discuss the impact of the crisis on agrifood supply chains,...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Food Industry (31 Mar 2022)

Charlie McConalogue: I am satisfied that everything is being done to get supply into the country. That does not mean supply is easy to get or there are not challenges. My Department and I have been liaising closely with feed importers and fertiliser importers. We are in constant contact in that regard. There will be challenges over the next period. It is steady at present, particularly as regards feed over...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Food Industry (31 Mar 2022)

Charlie McConalogue: All importers have been working very hard to try to secure supplies. They have been assessing all potential markets to source their supplies. They draw supplies from around the world at different times. Supply chains have obviously been disrupted by what has happened but suppliers are working very hard to see where that security of supply will come from in the months ahead. That is the...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Inshore Fisheries (31 Mar 2022)

Charlie McConalogue: Article 66 of the regulation allows the managing authority of the programme a partial derogation from the regulatory requirements, in that a 50% advance may be paid after approval of the PO's PMP. This derogation is not included in the PO scheme, which was approved at the programme's outset by the monitoring committee of stakeholders. The scheme states that only once the marketing plan has...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Inshore Fisheries (31 Mar 2022)

Charlie McConalogue: I thank Deputy Ó Cuív for raising this issue and for his advocacy on, and research into, it and the regulation. It is important that we support our new POs in getting established. I have been supportive of the PO in question. It is playing a major role and providing a significant service to inshore fishers and, in particular, island communities. I will assess the Deputies'...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Renewable Energy Generation (31 Mar 2022)

Charlie McConalogue: I thank the Deputy for raising this matter. While overall national energy policy formation is the direct responsibility of the Department of the Environment, Climate and Communications, my Department engages closely with it on energy-related matters from an agricultural perspective as well as with a wide range of industry and other stakeholder groupings. The importance of renewable...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Renewable Energy Generation (31 Mar 2022)

Charlie McConalogue: Under EU regulations, where a farmer is using CAP funding through TAMS, it has to be for his or her own use on the farm, not for generating electricity for payment. It is important that we develop such generation, of course. At the start of this year, the Minister, Deputy Eamon Ryan, and his Department came forward with a proposal to ensure that feed-in electricity being generated on farms...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Harbours and Piers (31 Mar 2022)

Charlie McConalogue: I cannot answer that now for the Deputy but I certainly will consider the points he has made and come back to him directly. I would be happy to engage with him on any other ideas or views he has on how we approach the project. It was a tremendous day to be there, to see the spirit in the local community, and to meet with all those who have driven this project and advocated for it for so...