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Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Tillage Sector (23 Jul 2024)

Charlie McConalogue: The difficult weather in early 2024 has resulted in extremely low fodder supplies in the country, including straw. As a consequence of this I recently proposed a deferral of the 2024 Straw Incorporation Measure (SIM) and indicated that I would engage with the Farmers' Charter on the matter. I made this proposal balancing the need to ensure adequate supplies of straw are available for the...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Aquaculture Industry (23 Jul 2024)

Charlie McConalogue: The €258m European Maritime, Fisheries and Aquaculture Fund (EMFAF) 2021-2027, co-funded by the Irish government and the EU, is the primary funding package for the seafood sector, including aquaculture. EMFAF is managed by my Department. I recently announced the opening of a new scheme under our EMFAF Operational Programme to support capital investment in aquaculture - the Sustainable...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Veterinary Services (23 Jul 2024)

Charlie McConalogue: There is no consideration currently being given to removing the requirement for a prescription for any veterinary medicines that currently require a veterinary prescription. Therefore no risk analysis has been conducted. Antibiotics continue to remain prescription only medicines.

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Tillage Sector (23 Jul 2024)

Charlie McConalogue: The difficult weather in early 2024 has resulted in extremely low fodder supplies in the country, including straw. As a consequence of this I recently proposed a deferral of the 2024 Straw Incorporation Measure (SIM) and indicated that I would engage with the Farmers' Charter on the matter. I made this proposal balancing the need to ensure adequate supplies of straw are available for the...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Forestry Sector (23 Jul 2024)

Charlie McConalogue: I propose to take Questions Nos. 1720 to 1722, inclusive, together. In the table at the link below, I provide details of the area in hectares planted in each County broken down by broadleaf and conifer since 2018 to the end of June 2024. In relation to a breakdown by number of trees and species and by local area, my Department is examining the detail of your request in order to provide the...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Fishing Industry (23 Jul 2024)

Charlie McConalogue: In December 2018, a transition period to a ban on vessels over 18 metres trawling in inshore waters, inside the six nautical mile zone was announced. A significant part of the objective of this measure was to manage the fishing effort on sprat stocks which are primarily targeted within inshore waters. This measure, however, was the subject of extended legal proceedings the outcome of which,...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Fishing Industry (23 Jul 2024)

Charlie McConalogue: In Ireland, quotas are a public resource and are managed to ensure that property rights are not granted to individual operators. The result of this long standing policy is that the Irish fishing fleet involves a balanced spread of sizes and types of fishing vessels who have retained a strong economic link with our coastal communities and have delivered economic activity including vital...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Tillage Sector (23 Jul 2024)

Charlie McConalogue: The tillage sector is an important and integral component of the Agri-food industry and is a sector that I want to see grow and develop. That is why I established the Food Vision Tillage Group in May 2023 to set out a road map for the sustainable growth and development of the sector to 400,000ha by 2030 in line with the targets set out in the Climate Action Plan. The Group, which was made up...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Tillage Sector (23 Jul 2024)

Charlie McConalogue: The total tillage area from 2018 to 2024 is set out below. Tillage includes cereals, oilseeds, protein crops and the main fodder crops (beet and maize), along with potatoes. Notwithstanding the current pressures in the tillage sector, particularly in the early part of this year, since 2018 there has been an increase in excess of 30,000 hectares. Crops 2018 (ha) 2019 (ha) 2020 (ha)...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Tillage Sector (23 Jul 2024)

Charlie McConalogue: The difficult weather in early 2024 has resulted in extremely low fodder supplies in the country, including straw. As a consequence of this I recently proposed a deferral of the 2024 Straw Incorporation Measure (SIM) and indicated that I would engage with the Farmers' Charter on the matter. I made this proposal balancing the need to ensure adequate supplies of straw are available for the...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Agriculture Schemes (23 Jul 2024)

Charlie McConalogue: The difficult weather in early 2024 has resulted in extremely low fodder supplies in the country, including straw. As a consequence of this I recently proposed a deferral of the 2024 Straw Incorporation Measure (SIM) and indicated that I would engage with the Farmers' Charter on the matter. I made this proposal balancing the need to ensure adequate supplies of straw are available for the...

Agriculture Appeals (Amendment) Bill 2024: Referral to Select Committee (11 Jul 2024)

Charlie McConalogue: I move: That the Bill be referred to the Select Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine pursuant to Standing Orders 95 and 181.

Agriculture Appeals (Amendment) Bill 2024: Second Stage (11 Jul 2024)

Charlie McConalogue: I thank the Deputies for their contributions and, indeed, for the broad-based support for this legislation. I also thank the Oireachtas Joint Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine. In particular, I thank the Chairman, Deputy Cahill, who has put a lot of work, time and effort into this, as have all of the committee members. I appreciate the fact that the committee members took the...

Agriculture Appeals (Amendment) Bill 2024: Second Stage (11 Jul 2024)

Charlie McConalogue: I move: "That the Bill be now read a Second Time." I thank the Business Committee for putting this legislation on the schedule today. I am delighted to introduce the Agriculture Appeals (Amendment) Bill 2024, which seeks to amend the Agriculture Appeals Act 2001. Its primary purpose is to establish an independent agricultural appeals review panel in law. As Deputies will be aware, the...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Animal Welfare (11 Jul 2024)

Charlie McConalogue: I acknowledge your request for myself or officials from my Department to meet with the newly established community of stakeholders group - Dogs in Society. The Deputy will be aware that the Department of Rural and Community Development (DCRD) has policy responsibility for Dog Control and Dog Breeding Establishments. I would be most grateful if the Deputy could provide my office with more...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Departmental Investigations (11 Jul 2024)

Charlie McConalogue: The deputy will be aware that in response to the July 4th Dail motion on this issue I outlined the very significant resources invested by the State to get to the bottom of the matter, with scientific studies carried out by the Inter-agency group, comprising experts from my Department’s Veterinary laboratories, Teagasc, the South-Eastern Health Board (as it then was), and Kilkenny...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Grant Payments (11 Jul 2024)

Charlie McConalogue: Simplification is a key focus of my Department. The Department has taken full advantage of all the digitisation in recent years. All area-based interventions under the CAP or National Schemes are now applied for on the single platform, agfood.ie. This is a major change and simplification for farmers, who previously had to manually enter information in a number of different places,...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Farm Inspections (11 Jul 2024)

Charlie McConalogue: My Department has examined the relevant records and has confirmed that the herd owner submitted a Basic Payment Scheme application on the 30th of March 2022. The applicant was subject to a 2022 cross reported inspection. A 5% penalty was applied following a non-compliance with Statutory Management Requirement 1 – EU Nitrates Directive. The applicant was notified of the inspection...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Agriculture Schemes (11 Jul 2024)

Charlie McConalogue: Farm payments are a critical component of farm income. I'm fully aware of the importance of the Areas of Natural Constraints (ANC) and the Basic Income Support for Sustainability (BISS) schemes as for many farmers these form a significant proportion of their annual payments. The planned 2024 payment dates for the ANC scheme and the BISS scheme, are set out in the BISS terms and...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Agriculture Schemes (11 Jul 2024)

Charlie McConalogue: Scheme year 2024 advance payments are scheduled to commence in November 2024. Agri-Climate Rural Environment Scheme (ACRES) payments for scheme year 2023 commenced over the period December 2023 to January 2024, when €88.35 million was issued in advance payments to 19,719 ACRES General participants. In recognition of the complexity of the scheme and the time required to fully...