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Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Forestry Sector (22 Mar 2022)

Charlie McConalogue: I propose to take Questions Nos. 1117 and 1119 together. My Department has, through Project Woodland, established a definition of the backlog, which is anything on hand over 120 days. Therefore, the current licences on hand, broken down by category and those over 120 days is indicated in the table below. These cohorts of applications have reduced by 29% since the end of last August, which is...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Forestry Sector (22 Mar 2022)

Charlie McConalogue: In 2021, approvals for 502 afforestation licences for some 4,606 hectares were given for planting, while only 2,016 hectares were planted, and we do need to significantly increase this figure. There are 5,200 ha in the system, which have a valid approval, but have not gone ahead to planting. We have written to applicants with unused licences to remind them that their licence is still valid...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Forestry Sector (22 Mar 2022)

Charlie McConalogue: My Department published the Forestry Licensing Plan 2022, recently, which may be found here gov.ie - Forestry Licensing Plan 2022 (www.gov.ie). The targets for each of the licence types are indicated in the table below, with the weekly average shown. While the weekly overall target of forestry licences to issue is 101, this may fluctuate from week-to-week, but overall we aim to minimise...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Departmental Expenditure (22 Mar 2022)

Charlie McConalogue: The budget allocation for Forestry for 2022 is €100,081,000. This provides for new planting, the serving of existing afforestation contracts, and payments in relation to forestry support schemes and forestry related activities. Some €5,890,411 of the Forestry budget was spent in February, and this is slightly under the profiled amount of €5,922,000. The remainder of the...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Departmental Expenditure (22 Mar 2022)

Charlie McConalogue: The expenditure under the Forestry Budget for the month of February this year and last is shown in the table below: Expenditure by the Forest Service, DAFM - the month of February 2022 versus February 2021 Month Feb-21 Feb-22 Expenditure €5,652,063 €5,890,410 The spending in February this year is in excess of...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Traveller Community (22 Mar 2022)

Charlie McConalogue: Urban horse welfare programmes supported by my Department are relevant to recommendations under the chapters on both Education and Health in the Programme for Government. Since 2015, in cooperation with local authorities and other government agencies, my Department has supported urban horse projects, with expenditure amounting to a total of €1,622,000. In keeping with government...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Agriculture Schemes (22 Mar 2022)

Charlie McConalogue: I wish to inform the Deputy that the Agriculture Appeals Office operates independently of my Department. I have been advised that, following conversation with the legal representatives of the person-named, the Director of Agriculture Appeals has assigned the matter to an Appeals Officer for review. The Agriculture Appeals Office will be in contact with the person-named in due course to...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Agriculture Schemes (22 Mar 2022)

Charlie McConalogue: The persons named were approved to GLAS 1 with a contract commencement date of 1stOctober 2015. Processing of the 2021 Advance Payment for the persons named are at an advanced stage and I expect the payment in this case to be finalised shortly. GLAS payments are continuing on a weekly basis as applications pass all validation checks and are approved for payment.

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Agriculture Schemes (22 Mar 2022)

Charlie McConalogue: A review has been initiated in this case and is currently being processed. The person named will be informed of the outcome as soon as it is available.

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Land Issues (22 Mar 2022)

Charlie McConalogue: Following a review announced in Budget 2018 by my colleague the Minister for Finance, Pascal Donohoe TD, and in recognition of the then Government's commitment to facilitate the development of solar energy projects in Ireland, a revised approach was introduced to qualifying agricultural property for the purposes of agricultural relief from Capital Acquisitions Tax or Capital Gains Tax...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: World Economic Forum (22 Mar 2022)

Charlie McConalogue: I wish to advise the Deputy that neither myself nor officials from my Department have engaged in any form of communication with the World Economic Forum or representatives of the World Economic forum from 1st January 2019 to date.

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Agriculture Schemes (22 Mar 2022)

Charlie McConalogue: All payments under the GLAS scheme are currently up to date in this case.

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Animal Diseases (22 Mar 2022)

Charlie McConalogue: I propose to take Questions Nos. 1131 and 1132 together. The attached table details, per county, the number of bovine TB tests carried out, the number of reactor animals, the number of animals whose test result was inconclusive and the number of animals that tested negative under the Bovine TB Eradication Programme in 2019, 2020 and 2021. This disease causes untold hardship for farmers and...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Agriculture Schemes (22 Mar 2022)

Charlie McConalogue: The detailed information requested by the Deputy is being assembled and will be forwarded to him as soon as possible.

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Agriculture Schemes (22 Mar 2022)

Charlie McConalogue: I am acutely aware of the challenges facing farmers with regard to very significantly increased input costs, arising from the impact of the illegal Russian invasion of Ukraine. At an emergency Agriculture Council on 2nd March, I joined colleagues from across the EU in highlighting concerns about the humanitarian situation in Ukraine, food security across Europe, and the availability and...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Departmental Reports (22 Mar 2022)

Charlie McConalogue: Implementation of the Mackinnon report is well underway through Project Woodland, which was established by, Minister of State Pippa Hackett, a year ago to improve the licensing system and deal with the backlog, and to drive forward the planting of trees under a shared vision for forestry in Ireland. I am pleased to report that significant progress has been made. All recommendations are...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Departmental Data (22 Mar 2022)

Charlie McConalogue: The data requested is provided in the table below. This information is based on data returned in respect of the 2020 Annual Pig Census undertaken by my Department in October 2020. (Where numbers in any category at county level are low, it is reported as reported as < 5 to avoid release of what might be construed as personal data.) The 2020 Annual Pig Census Report is published on my...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Departmental Funding (22 Mar 2022)

Charlie McConalogue: I assure the Deputy that animal welfare is a high priority for my Department and considerable resources and funding are provided to address the issue. The Programme for Government includes an undertaking to provide additional funding in support of animal welfare in the coming years to which I am fully committed. Animal welfare organisations are allocated funding on the basis of clear...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Departmental Funding (22 Mar 2022)

Charlie McConalogue: My Department provides funding to animal welfare charities each year. The funding is provided only to charities registered with the Charities Regulator, and subject to the requirements of Department of Public Expenditure and Reform (DPER) Circular 13/2014. As part of a review of the animal welfare grant process, my Department's Internal Audit Unit undertook a full audit of the grant...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Animal Welfare (22 Mar 2022)

Charlie McConalogue: My Department continues to operate a confidential animal welfare helpline and email through which members of the public can report incidents of animal cruelty or neglect. All case of alleged neglect or cruelty are investigated and appropriate actions, up to and including prosecution, may be taken. The e-mail address and Helpline number for reporting suspected cases of animal welfare breaches...