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Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Greenhouse Gas Emissions (6 Jul 2021)

Charlie McConalogue: By 2050, the Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine's aim is to develop a climate neutral food system compatible with the Paris temperature goals. Such a system would reduce the climate impact of biogenic methane to zero, balance remaining agricultural emissions by removals through land use, and also make a significant contribution to renewable energy. AgClimatise is the roadmap for...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Agriculture Schemes (6 Jul 2021)

Charlie McConalogue: Wild Bird Cover (WBC) is one of the actions undertaken by participants in each of the three tranches of the Green Low carbon Agri-environment Scheme (GLAS). The Terms and Conditions of each tranche of the Scheme state that actions whether on owned, leased or rented land must be delivered for the entire period of the contract’ subject to certain provisions. The GLAS contractual...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Agriculture Schemes (6 Jul 2021)

Charlie McConalogue: The Department carried out checks ahead of the 2020 BDGP payments. These checks included a review of the stock bull/AI replacement requirement for 2019. The review determined that the person named had not met the stock bull replacement requirements for 2019 and, therefore, a penalty was applied against payment for 2019 in accordance with the terms and conditions of the programme. This...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Departmental Data (6 Jul 2021)

Charlie McConalogue: The information requested by the Deputy is as follows: 2017€585 2018€8,661 2019€24,505 2020€3,558 2021€447

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Agriculture Industry (6 Jul 2021)

Charlie McConalogue: Biocidal products may only be marketed and used in Ireland once they are registered with the Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine and are entered on the “Product Register” in accordance with Regulation 20 of Statutory Instrument 427 of 2013. The process for registering biocidal products aims to ensure that the making available on the Irish market of such products does...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Veterinary Services (6 Jul 2021)

Charlie McConalogue: I am satisfied that all veterinarians appointed by the Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine are fully qualified and receive on-going training to ensure that the inspections conducted by the Department’s staff are in compliance with all the relevant regulations and official controls. Regulation 884/2004 has been replaced by Regulation (EU) No 2017/625 of European...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Veterinary Services (6 Jul 2021)

Charlie McConalogue: This is a matter that has been the subject of a great deal of correspondence from one individual. The Department is satisfied that the advice on the appointment of veterinary inspectors as official veterinarians was, and remains, appropriate.

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Protected Disclosures (6 Jul 2021)

Charlie McConalogue: Arising from a complaint received in 2020, the Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine carried out a review and found that a protected disclosure made in May 2018 had not been processed in accordance with the Department’s official procedures. The review found that the disclosure had been overlooked when the official involved was, at that time, actively involved in dealing...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Animal Diseases (6 Jul 2021)

Charlie McConalogue: I propose to take Questions Nos. 578, 579 and 606 together. Under the Terms and Conditions of the TB Compensation Scheme, as set out on page 19 of the Compensation booklet it states: “Scans are not accepted by the Department as a means of verifying the pregnancy. The post mortem result carried out at the factory of slaughter is final in this regard”. The Department...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Forestry Sector (6 Jul 2021)

Charlie McConalogue: The Department is committed to issuing 4,500 forestry licences this year, which is an increase of 75% on 2020. To 30thJune, over 39% of that target has issued, with 105 licences issuing last week, including 67 private tree felling licences. In terms of afforestation, the Department has issued more licences than at the same time last year, which are for a land area that is 20% greater in...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Departmental Investigations (6 Jul 2021)

Charlie McConalogue: Releaseis a dangerous product for use by veterinary practitioners only and appropriately authorised officers may lawfully seize this product in circumstances provided for under the law. Records of all seizures are not readily available but I can confirm that Court proceedings were initiated in one case as a result of a seizure made in 2018.

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Departmental Investigations (6 Jul 2021)

Charlie McConalogue: Dexedrineis a performance enhancing drug and appropriately authorised officers may lawfully seize this product in circumstances provided for under the law. Records of all seizures are not readily available but I can confirm that a seizure of this product occurred in 2018 and that court proceedings were initiated against the individual from whom it was seized on foot of related offences.

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Departmental Investigations (6 Jul 2021)

Charlie McConalogue: 4 Fillies is an anabolic steroid with performance enhancing properties and appropriately authorised officers may lawfully seize this product in circumstances provided for under the law. Records of all seizures are not readily available but I can confirm that a seizure of this product occurred in 2018 and that court proceedings were initiated against the individual from whom it was seized.

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Departmental Investigations (6 Jul 2021)

Charlie McConalogue: Cartrophenis a veterinary medicine for use by veterinary practitioners only and appropriately authorised officers may lawfully seize this product in circumstances provided for under the law. Records of all seizures are not readily available but I can confirm that a seizure of this product occurred in 2018 and that court proceedings were initiated against the individual from whom it was...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Departmental Investigations (6 Jul 2021)

Charlie McConalogue: Rásaíocht Con Éireann (RCÉ) - Greyhound Racing Ireland (formerly the Irish Greyhound Board/Bord na gCon) regulates greyhound racing in Ireland. Occasionally authorised officers of the Investigations Division of my Department accompany staff from this body while they are carrying out enforcement activity. I can confirm that this occurred six times in the past four years.

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Fishing Industry (6 Jul 2021)

Charlie McConalogue: In December 2018, following a public consultation process in which over 900 submissions were received, the then Minister for Agriculture, Food and Marine announced that vessels over 18 metres will be excluded from trawling in inshore waters inside the six nautical mile zone and the baselines from 1st January 2020. A transition period of three years for vessels over 18m targeting sprat was...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Freedom of Information (6 Jul 2021)

Charlie McConalogue: The Department publishes a wide range of information on the website as set out in the Department's Freedom of Information publication scheme - gov.ie - Freedom of Information Publication Scheme (www.gov.ie). All logs are up to date. Details of non-personal Freedom of Information (FOI) requests, requests for Access to Information on the Environment Regulations (AIE) and details of...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Freedom of Information (6 Jul 2021)

Charlie McConalogue: The information requested by the Deputy is set out in the table below: Year Amount Collected 2014 €10 2015 €490 2016 €745 2017 €2,600 2018 €841 2019 €1,944 2020 ...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Freedom of Information (6 Jul 2021)

Charlie McConalogue: Since 2014, five Freedom of Information (FOI) requests have been refused on the basis of exceeding the fees threshold. Each of these requesters was notified of the proposed fees and was offered assistance to refine the requests with a view to bringing the fees below the threshold. However, in these five cases, no response was received.

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Forestry Sector (6 Jul 2021)

Charlie McConalogue: I propose to take Questions Nos. 590 to 593, inclusive, together. The Department is intensively engaging with all relevant stakeholders in order to resolve the current licensing delays and we remain committed to a target of 4,500 forestry licences to be issued this year. Updates are published in our weekly Forestry Dashboard. The target of issuing 4,500 forestry licences this year is an...