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Ceisteanna - Questions - Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Agriculture Schemes (21 Oct 2021)

Charlie McConalogue: -----came nowhere near the 11% increase I delivered last year. Agriculture was short-changed even in the massive spending proposed in the Sinn Féin manifesto before the most recent general election. I am glad-----

Ceisteanna - Questions - Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Agriculture Schemes (21 Oct 2021)

Charlie McConalogue: Sinn Féin profiled less than Fianna Fáil or Fine Gael profiled in their manifestos. Thankfully, Sinn Féin is not in government. This Government is delivering for Irish farm families.

Ceisteanna - Questions - Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Agriculture Schemes (21 Oct 2021)

Charlie McConalogue: Obviously, as regards budget pressures at European level, we fight that battle to try to keep that budget up. We got it narrowly increased after a big battle. As regards matters within our control, we are delivering a 50% increase in national funding.

Ceisteanna - Questions - Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Agriculture Schemes (21 Oct 2021)

Charlie McConalogue: I am very glad to be able to do so to support farm family incomes.

Ceisteanna - Questions - Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Inshore Fisheries (21 Oct 2021)

Charlie McConalogue: I thank the Deputy for her question. As she is aware, the programme for Government commits to ensuring "that inshore waters continue to be protected for smaller fishing vessels and recreational fishers and that pair trawling will be prohibited inside the six-mile limit". I am fully supportive of this objective, as is the Deputy. As she may be aware, in December 2018, the then Minister,...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Fishing Industry (21 Oct 2021)

Charlie McConalogue: Bord Iascaigh Mhara (BIM) is the State agency with responsibility for the sustainable development of the Irish seafood industry.   While the matter raised is proper to BIM, it has provided information to assist in providing a full understanding of the issue being raised.  BIM advise that it has engaged INDECON Economic Consultants to carry out a survey of the...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Hare Coursing (21 Oct 2021)

Charlie McConalogue: Coursing is regulated under the Greyhound Industry Act, 1958, chiefly by the Irish Coursing Club, subject to the general control and direction of Rásaíocht Con Éireann; hare coursing is managed and regulated by the Irish Coursing Club.  The organisation consists of 89 affiliated clubs from Ireland and Northern Ireland, all of whom are governed by...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Forestry Sector (21 Oct 2021)

Charlie McConalogue: The Deputy will be aware that the Department has had a reconstitution scheme for Ash Dieback available since 2013.  The existing scheme, the Reconstitution and Underplanting Scheme for  Ash Dieback was announced on the 10th June 2020 and applications could be submitted from the 22nd June 2020.  The objectives of the scheme are to encourage the active management of ash...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Departmental Staff (21 Oct 2021)

Charlie McConalogue: The Programme for Government emphasises the diversification and development of new markets for the Irish agri-food sector. The appointment of Minister of State Martin Heydon with special responsibilities including ‘New Market Development’ affirms our commitment to delivering on this undertaking. The success of the Department's diplomatic representation abroad - in...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Forestry Sector (21 Oct 2021)

Charlie McConalogue: The Department's forestry-related Circular 5 of 2021 outlines the advice the Department received from Department of Housing, Planning and Local Government in relation to the “replacement of Broadleaf High Forest with conifer species”. The Circular outlined the situations where planning permission from the Local Authority is required when replacing Broadleaf High Forest with...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Programme for Government (21 Oct 2021)

Charlie McConalogue: The Deputy will be aware that the commitment in the Programme for Government is that a new National Food Ombudsman will enforce the UTP Directive and will have a role in analysing and reporting on price and market data in Ireland. The establishment of such an Office requires primary legislation.  The Deputy will also be aware that Directive 2019/633, dealing...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Oireachtas Committees (21 Oct 2021)

Charlie McConalogue: The Department received the comprehensive Report of the Oireachtas Joint Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine on the Proposed Regulation of Veterinary Medicines in Ireland. We welcome the Report and are considering all of the findings and recommendations contained therein. The Department officials were in attendance at the Committee on October 6th last to discuss all the...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Organic Farming (21 Oct 2021)

Charlie McConalogue: I am delighted to have secured a significant increase in the budget for organic farming for 2022. Funding for the Organic Farming Scheme (OFS) has been increased to €21 million up from €16milion last year with a further €2 million for further organic sector development measures.  This increase is very welcome and addresses the growing demand from both...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Common Agricultural Policy (21 Oct 2021)

Charlie McConalogue: The CSO Labour Force Survey 2019 showed that 13% of workers in the primary agriculture, forestry and fishing sector were female. For 2020, the figure was 15%, the highest since 2010. The CSO’s 2016 Farm Structure Survey recorded 71,700 women working on farms, of which less than one quarter (16,100) were farm holders. My Department’s records currently show 26,507 women...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Organic Farming (21 Oct 2021)

Charlie McConalogue: I am delighted to have secured a significant increase in the budget for organic farming for 2022. Funding for the Organic Farming Scheme (OFS) has been increased to €21 million up from €16million  last year with a further €2 million for further organic sector development measures.  This increase is very welcome and addresses the growing demand...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Forestry Sector (21 Oct 2021)

Charlie McConalogue: The Mackinnon report commissioned by the Department to review the processes and procedures for forestry licenses in Ireland, recommended that there would be a review of the legislation on forestry and that this review would consider the introduction of a single consent covering planting, road construction, management and felling. The Department, in response to this recommendation,...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Agriculture Industry (21 Oct 2021)

Charlie McConalogue: Wool production is an important component of agri-industry. There are approximately 46,332 sheep flock-keepers registered on the Department’s database and Department officials oversee and inspect 50 approved and registered wool stores where the wool is held while awaiting sale.  Wool is a sustainable, organic, renewable natural material which can be used in a wide range of...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Common Agricultural Policy (21 Oct 2021)

Charlie McConalogue: I have, with my officials, engaged extensively with all stakeholders on the future of the CAP and on the development of the CAP Strategic Plan (CSP) 2023-2027. The Department has most recently completed a five-week public consultation on the proposed draft interventions, with over 1,000 responses received. As the Deputy is aware, I have also been meeting farmers across the...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Legislative Measures (21 Oct 2021)

Charlie McConalogue: The Deputy will be aware that the Programme for Government includes a commitment for a new office of the National Food Ombudsman to enforce the UTP Directive and to have a role in analysing and reporting on price and market data in Ireland. The establishment of such an Office requires primary legislation.  The Deputy will also be aware that Directive...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Forestry Sector (21 Oct 2021)

Charlie McConalogue: As the Deputy may be aware, Cratloe Woods in Clare is owned and managed by Coillte and as such is its day-to-day management an operational matter for the Coillte.  In view of the question raised, I have however made enquiries with Coillte on the matter.    Coillte advise that the wood in Cratloe is approximately 356 hectares in size and, although it may have...