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Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Fishing Industry (13 Jan 2021)

Charlie McConalogue: I propose to take Questions Nos. 1150, 1152, 1169 and 1170 together. Within the terms of the Trade and Cooperation Agreement between the EU and UK, access arrangements are set out in Article 8 Fish. This Article sets out: provided that TACs have been agreed, each Party shall grant vessels of the other Party access to fish in its waters in the relevant ICES sub-areas that year. Access...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Fishing Industry (13 Jan 2021)

Charlie McConalogue: The applicants of the Judicial Review (2017/816JR) are challenging a decision made by the Minister in July 2017 in respect of the allocation of Ireland’s total mackerel fishing quota (Ministerial Decision regarding a Proposal from the Irish South & West Fish Producers Organisation (IS&WFPO) for a revised mackerel distribution between the Polyvalent Segment and the RSW...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Food Exports (13 Jan 2021)

Charlie McConalogue: The key challenge here is to maximise the volume and value of Irish agri-food exports to all destinations, and to anticipate and, as best we can, mitigate the potential impact of adverse developments in trading patterns. This requires a two-handed approach comprised of support for our existing and potential future UK trade, as well as development of increased EU and third country market...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Covid-19 Pandemic (13 Jan 2021)

Charlie McConalogue: On 30th December, An Taoiseach announced that the entire country would move to Level 5 restrictions under the Framework for Living with Covid19. Protecting the agri-food sector and people in rural communities is my key priority. Consequently, there should be no public access to sales rings, in line with Level 5 measures. Marts may conduct sales using online platforms or through a tender...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Beef Industry (13 Jan 2021)

Charlie McConalogue: Subject to meeting the relevant regulatory and control requirements, and where relevant, the payment of tariffs, the import or export of beef is a matter for commercial operators. The European Commission's medium term outlook shows that the EU as a whole imported 348,000 tonnes of beef in 2020 (down from 386,000 tonnes in 2019); and this figure is projected to grow by 0.6% annually in...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Brexit Issues (13 Jan 2021)

Charlie McConalogue: The EU-UK Trade and Cooperation Agreement (TCA) creates a new framework for the future EU-UK relationship that ensures quota-free and tariff-free trade between the EU and the UK. This is of significant importance to the Irish agri-food and fisheries sectors. The overarching body that will monitor the agreement and ensure its effective implementation is the Partnership Council. This will...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Beef Industry (13 Jan 2021)

Charlie McConalogue: Three separate but related market transparency studies have been procured as agreed in the beef sector agreement of September 2019. Some delays in this work occurred as an inevitable result of the COVID-19 pandemic. However, at the most recent Beef Taskforce meeting held on 17th December 2020 (virtually), the consultancy commissioned to carried out the studies updated on progress as follows:...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Beef Industry (13 Jan 2021)

Charlie McConalogue: In the beef sector, there are currently two recognised Producer Organisations (POs) under SI 49 of 2016. These Organisations make annual returns to my Department on their activities in line with regulations and relevant details are published on my Department's website. Commercially sensitive information such as membership numbers and throughput are not published by DAFM. My Department...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: EU Directives (13 Jan 2021)

Charlie McConalogue: Directive (EU) No. 2019/633 on unfair trading practices in business-to-business relationships in the agricultural and food supply chain (UTP Directive) must be transposed into Irish law by 1st May 2021. This can be done by way of a Statutory Instrument, but any measures that extend beyond the minimum harmonisation requirements of the UTP Directive will require primary legislation. The...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Beef Imports (13 Jan 2021)

Charlie McConalogue: The table shows the total beef imports (including offals) in volume terms for the period requested. The trade stats produced by the CSO provides a breakdown of certain cut types, but it is not possible to determine which product goes to processing from the data available. Source: CSO Beef Imports (Tonnes) 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 Jan - Sep -...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Live Exports (13 Jan 2021)

Charlie McConalogue: I propose to take Questions Nos. 1161 and 1162 together. The data requested by the Deputy is set out in the following tables. Year Number of live cattle exported from Ireland 2015 182,482 2016 145,570 2017 188,874 2018 246,629 2019 301,563 ...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Beef Exports (13 Jan 2021)

Charlie McConalogue: The table shows beef tonnage exported to China annually for the years 2015 to 2019 inclusive and for the first ten months of 2020. It is split into two categories, as market access to the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region is subject to a separate agreement and predates that to the rest of China. Ireland gained access to the Chinese beef market in 2018. Beef Exports to the...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Beef Industry (13 Jan 2021)

Charlie McConalogue: While peat is used for a range of purposes in the agricultural and horticultural sectors, my Department is not involved in the regulation of it's extraction. This is a planning process under the remit of the Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage and an Integrated Pollution Control (IPC) license process, under the remit of the Department of Communications, Climate Action and...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Afforestation Programme (13 Jan 2021)

Charlie McConalogue: I propose to take Questions Nos. 1165 and 1166 together. My Department publishes forestry statistics on its website, which include the hectares planted and whether they were broadleaf or conifers. My Department does not publish information on the number of trees planted. However, at establishment, the stocking density is normally 2,500 trees per hectare for conifers and 3,300 trees per...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Targeted Agricultural Modernisation Scheme (13 Jan 2021)

Charlie McConalogue: The Pig and Poultry Investment Scheme (PPIS) is one of the suite of seven measures available under TAMS II. The full indicative allocation for all TAMS II measures over the course of the Rural Development Programme is €395 million. To date, €264 million has been paid across all the available schemes. A further €130m has been committed to scheme participants which they...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Fishing Industry (13 Jan 2021)

Charlie McConalogue: This week, my Department has published a Preliminary Analysis of Transfers of Quota Shares under the EU/UK Trade and Cooperation Agreement from Ireland/EU to the UK on the gov.ie website which details the level of quota transfers for Ireland across the different stocks. This includes the estimated quota transfer relative to total quota for other Member States. The Deputy will see from...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Fishing Industry (13 Jan 2021)

Charlie McConalogue: Within the terms of the Trade and Cooperation Agreement between the EU and UK, access arrangements are set out in Article 8 - Fish. This Article sets out: provided that TACs have been agreed, each Party shall grant vessels of the other Party access to fish in its waters in the relevant ICES sub-areas that year. Access shall be granted at a level and on conditions determined in those annual...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Fishing Industry (13 Jan 2021)

Charlie McConalogue: Ireland's percentage of the EU EEZ (excluding overseas territories) prior to the 1 January 2021 was 10%. It has now increased to 12%. As the Deputy will be aware, Fisheries was one of the most difficult areas of the negotiations. Under the EU-UK Trade and Cooperation Agreement, EU fishing vessels will continue to have the current level of access to UK waters at least until 2026.

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Fishing Industry (13 Jan 2021)

Charlie McConalogue: The EU-UK Trade and Cooperation Agreement will, unfortunately, have a negative impact on our fishing industry. However, this impact would have been far greater had the Barnier Task Force agreed to UK demands or had we been in a no-deal scenario which would have seen all EU vessels barred from UK waters and subsequent displacement into Ireland's fishing zone. This week, I published a...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Fishing Industry (13 Jan 2021)

Charlie McConalogue: Ireland’s goals for sustainable fisheries are supported through the Common Fisheries Policy (CFP). The CFP provides the framework for the long term conservation and sustainability of fish stocks and is designed to ensure the long term sustainability of fishing in Ireland and throughout EU waters. The CFP utilises the best scientific advice as a key determinant in setting annual fishing...