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Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Inshore Fisheries (5 Oct 2021)

Charlie McConalogue: I propose to take Questions Nos. 729 and 754 together. As the Deputy will be aware, in Ireland, fishing quota, including pelagic stocks such as Mackerel and Herring, is a public resource and is managed to provide for proper management and conservation and rational exploitation of the State’s fishing quotas. It is managed as a public good that ensures that property rights are not...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Inshore Fisheries (5 Oct 2021)

Charlie McConalogue: In March 2021, I established the Seafood Sector Task Force comprised of stakeholders from our fisheries, aquaculture and seafood processing sectors, together with representatives of coastal community development groups, coastal local authorities, State enterprise development agencies and others. The remit of this Task Force is to examine the implications arising from the Trade and...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Fishing Industry (5 Oct 2021)

Charlie McConalogue: In 2002, Commission Regulation (EC) No 494/2002 introduced a number of technical measures to aid in the recovery of the Hake stock. Technical measures are rules on how, where and when fishers may fish and also include gear, catch composition and ways to deal with accidental catches. The technical measures introduced by the 2002 Regulation include minimum mesh sizes applicable in an area of...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Veterinary Services (5 Oct 2021)

Charlie McConalogue: EU Regulation 2019/6 on veterinary medicinal products comes into effect in January 2022. This Regulation is binding in full and has direct effect on all Member States. The Department is currently drafting secondary legislation to give effect to this Regulation which is expected to be in place in advance of the 28th January 2022 deadline.

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Agriculture Schemes (5 Oct 2021)

Charlie McConalogue: Under the Terms and Conditions of the Basic Payment Scheme (BPS), amongst other conditions, lands declared under the scheme must be eligible for payment by virtue of being suitable for an agricultural activity and to actually be subject to an agricultural activity during the year of application. In particular, the lands declared must be subject to an agricultural activity for a period...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Agriculture Schemes (5 Oct 2021)

Charlie McConalogue: In order to qualify for payment under the Basic Payment Scheme (BPS), farmers must have an eligible hectare of land in respect of each entitlement held. Where land has been burned between the period of 1st March and 31st August of any given year, it is not eligible for payment under the BPS. This is clearly stated in the terms and conditions of the scheme. Where such land is claimed under a...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Farm Inspections (5 Oct 2021)

Charlie McConalogue: A cross report was received from the National Parks and Wildlife Service (NPWS) in January 2021, in relation to lands declared by the named parties. My Department's District Inspector for that region issued a final decision letter to the applicant on 10thFebruary 2021. The findings from the NPWS cross report and the associated sanction were detailed in that letter. The sanction was applied...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Farm Inspections (5 Oct 2021)

Charlie McConalogue: A cross report was received from the National Parks and Wildlife Service (NPWS) in January 2021, in relation to lands declared by the named party. My Department's District Inspector for that region issued a final decision letter to the applicant on 10thFebruary 2021. The findings from the NPWS cross report and the associated sanction were detailed in that letter. The sanction was applied to...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Common Agricultural Policy (5 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. I have also been meeting farmers across the country through a series of Mart meetings...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Forestry Sector (5 Oct 2021)

Charlie McConalogue: I propose to take Questions Nos. 738 and 739 together. The Reconstitution and Underplanting Scheme (RUS – Ash dieback) provides the forest owner with a broader range of silvicultural and management options, than the previous Scheme. An underplanting option has been introduced, whereby groups or bands of trees within the plantation would be felled and replanted but around 40...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Agriculture Schemes (5 Oct 2021)

Charlie McConalogue: The Hardship Grant is a targeted scheme aimed at assisting eligible Herdowners who retain and feed animals during prolonged periods of restriction as a result of a TB breakdown. The specific focus of the eligibility period from 1st November to 30th April is a relief measure aimed at reducing cattle wintering costs for restricted farmers. In order to abide by the scheme criterion of a...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Livestock Issues (5 Oct 2021)

Charlie McConalogue: Where a herd owner chooses not to slaughter an inconclusive reactor current TB policy is to carry out a gamma interferon test on it 7 to 30 days after the TB skin test on which it was disclosed. A blood test was carried out on animal IE 161414760061 on 23rd August 2021 in the herd of the person named after the various options were discussed with him. The animal in question was confirmed...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Livestock Issues (5 Oct 2021)

Charlie McConalogue: Initially a herd is restricted where an inconclusive result is disclosed. There are three courses of actions available to farmers as follows: The animal can be retained in the herd but it will be subject to a gamma interferon blood test between seven and thirty days later. If the animal fails this blood test, it will be removed as a reactor. If the animal passes the blood test, it may remain...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Agriculture Schemes (5 Oct 2021)

Charlie McConalogue: My colleague, Minister of State Hackett, announced the opening of the Organic Farming Scheme(OFS) earlier this year. A total of 317 applications were received by the closing date for the 2021 Organic Farming Scheme. I am pleased to advise that 261 OFS approval letters have already issued to applicants and further approvals will continue to issue. The total number of hectares included in...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Agriculture Schemes (5 Oct 2021)

Charlie McConalogue: A total of 317 applications were received under the 2021 Organic Farming Scheme. I am pleased to advise that 261 OFS approval letters have already issued to applicants, while five farmers have decided not to proceed with their applications. My Department has contacted another 51 applicants, from across all sectors, with regard to the information supplied by them in respect of their...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Agriculture Schemes (5 Oct 2021)

Charlie McConalogue: I am pleased to inform the deputy that no farmer has been refused a place in the Organic Farming Scheme 2021 to date. 261 approvals have already issued and 51 applicants have been contacted by my Department with regard to the information supplied by them in respect of their applications. We are awaiting correspondence from the applicants on the issues raised. Upon resolution of these issues,...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Animal Welfare (5 Oct 2021)

Charlie McConalogue: The Programme for Government places a positive emphasis on animal welfare and specifically commits to the continued robust enforcement of the Animal Health and Welfare Act 2013. This Act provides a modern framework for regulating and applying standards in the area of animal health and welfare and replaced a number of enactments dating back over a century. The Act was passed, after a...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Fishing Industry (5 Oct 2021)

Charlie McConalogue: I propose to take Questions Nos. 747 and 748 together. The management arrangements have been set and developed over many years since the commencement of the Common Fisheries Policy (CFP) and the introduction of quotas. Any amendments or changes to the over arching policy on management arrangements, including pelagic stocks, are determined by the Minister following detailed analysis and full...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Agriculture Schemes (5 Oct 2021)

Charlie McConalogue: The person named appealed against a 2018 decision to reject their GLAS scheme application for that year. This decision also resulted in the GLAS payments for 2015 to 2017 being recouped as the person concerned had joined the Scheme in 2015. The appeal was partially successful, and the Appeals Office (AO) decision was issued on 12th April 2021. While the AO decision had a direct impact on...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Common Fisheries Policy (5 Oct 2021)

Charlie McConalogue: The monitoring and control of fishing vessels 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 in...