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Seanad: Nithe i dtosach suíonna - Commencement Matters: Agriculture Schemes (18 Nov 2020)

Charlie McConalogue: I welcome the opportunity to provide an update on the calf investment scheme for farmers. I thank the Senator for raising this matter, which he has raised on many occasions before on the agriculture committee and which he has a strong commitment to developing. This on-farm investment scheme supporting investments in calf-related items opened to farmers last January. The scheme was one of...

Seanad: Nithe i dtosach suíonna - Commencement Matters: Agriculture Schemes (18 Nov 2020)

Charlie McConalogue: I do not have the figure to hand but there is sufficient funding in place to cater for the number of applications that were approved. There is not funding in next year's budget for a new calf welfare scheme. In the budget, I secured an 11% increase in funding for the Department compared to the funding for the outgoing year. That is significant and is targeted at ensuring we can continue...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Brexit Issues (18 Nov 2020)

Charlie McConalogue: Brexit poses enormous challenges for the agrifood and fisheries sectors by virtue of their exposure to the UK market.  The UK is our largest market, with exports of €5.5 billion in 2019. This represents 38% of total agrifood exports in 2019. The UK also remains our largest import market, with imports of €4.6 billion in 2019.  If there is no...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Fisheries Protection (18 Nov 2020)

Charlie McConalogue: I should advise the Deputy that the monitoring and control of fishing vessels within Ireland’s Exclusive Fisheries Zone are law enforcement 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.  I am...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: European Council Meetings (18 Nov 2020)

Charlie McConalogue: The Agri-fish Council of Ministers reached an agreed general approach on the CAP Reform Package on 21st October, after more than two years of negotiations. The Council now has a political mandate and trilogue negotiations are underway with the European Parliament and Commission.  However, until overall agreement has been achieved we will not have certainty on the final shape of the...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Agriculture Schemes (18 Nov 2020)

Charlie McConalogue: The granting of court orders is a matter for the Courts and my Department is obliged to comply with any court order which is served on it in accordance with the terms of that order.  The legislation underpining the decision in relation to any court order is a matter for the Court.

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Agriculture Schemes (18 Nov 2020)

Charlie McConalogue: The granting of court orders is a matter for the Courts and my Department is obliged to comply with any court order which is served on it in accordance with the terms of that order. 

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Basic Payment Scheme (18 Nov 2020)

Charlie McConalogue: I propose to take Questions Nos. 215 and 216 together. My Department received over 129,000 applications in 2020 for the basic payment scheme, of which just over 122,000 are currently eligible. To date, over 120,000 farmers have received almost €800m in advance payments and payments have continued since they commenced on the 16th October. This represents a greater amount of money...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Agriculture Scheme Eligibility (18 Nov 2020)

Charlie McConalogue: Teagasc deliver the Green Cert Programme on a full-time, part-time and distance education basis in the Agricultural Colleges and Regional Education Centres. I am advised by Teagasc that there is no upper age limit on the Green Cert course entry. Promoting generational renewal is a priority and there are supports available for young farmers, both under the CAP and through...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Animal Sales (18 Nov 2020)

Charlie McConalogue: Livestock Marts approved by my Department interact with the Animal, Identification and Movement (AIM) database via a webservice system. Animals presented for sale at marts are notified in real time to the AIM database. The marts own web service system identifies those bovines which move into the mart and interacts with AIM. Relevant...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Greyhound Industry (17 Nov 2020)

Charlie McConalogue: Hare coursing is regulated under the Greyhound Industry Act, 1958 chiefly by the Irish Coursing Club (ICC). Hare coursing is managed and regulated by the ICC.   Funding for ICC is derived from Stud Book registration fees and the sale of the ICC newspaper “The Sporting Press”. The ICC does not receive funding from Government or RCÉ....

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Basic Payment Scheme (17 Nov 2020)

Charlie McConalogue: Financial allocations for the Basic Payment Scheme are not set by the national budgetary process in the same way as, for example, schemes such as the Areas of Natural Constraint Scheme and the Sheep Welfare Scheme that are financed by the Rural Development Programme. Rather, ceilings are set for Direct Payments Schemes by the EU Regulations.  For 2019, EU...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Areas of Natural Constraint Scheme (17 Nov 2020)

Charlie McConalogue: The budget for the Areas of Natural Constraints Scheme has received a number of significant increases in recent years, with an increase of €25 million being allocated to the scheme in 2018 and an additional €23 million being allocated in 2019.  These increases have brought the total budget for the scheme to €250 million per annum. This represents a...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: GLAS Issues (17 Nov 2020)

Charlie McConalogue: The allocation for the Green-Low Carbon Agri-environment Scheme in Budget 2019 was €203m.  A total of €213.8m was paid out under that Scheme in the year 2019. €202.7m was allocated to GLAS for payments in 2020. To date, €184m has been paid to GLAS participants. GLAS payments continue to issue on a regular basis as applications are cleared...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Agri-Environment Options Scheme (17 Nov 2020)

Charlie McConalogue: The allocation for the Agri-Environment Options Scheme (AEOS) in Budget 2019 was €0.479m with a total of €0.568m paid out under that Scheme in the year 2019. This amount covered residual payments due to legacy participation in the scheme.

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Beef Data and Genomics Programme (17 Nov 2020)

Charlie McConalogue: The BDGP forms part of Ireland’s Rural Development Programme 2014-2020. It involves funding of €300 million over the six year programme and addresses widely acknowledged weaknesses in the maternal genetics of the Irish suckler herd, makes a positive contribution to farmer profitability and reduces the greenhouse gas intensity of Ireland’s beef production. A...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Beef Environmental Efficiency Scheme (17 Nov 2020)

Charlie McConalogue: The objective of BEEP was to further increase economic and environmental efficiency in the suckler herd through better quality data on herd performance supporting decision making on farm. The 2019 budget allocated a total of €20 million for the Beef Environmental Efficiency Pilot (BEEP) A total of 16,556 farmers participated in the pilot with payments totalling €15.4m.

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Sheep Welfare Scheme (17 Nov 2020)

Charlie McConalogue: The Sheep Welfare Scheme was launched in December 2016, for a period of four years.  The scheme reflected the commitment of the Government to the sheep sector in Ireland and was introduced as part of Ireland’s Rural Development Programme.  The total budget allocated to the scheme in 2019 amounted to €18m. A total of €17.38m was paid out under the Sheep...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Targeted Agricultural Modernisation Scheme (17 Nov 2020)

Charlie McConalogue: The indicative allocation for the TAMS II scheme over the course of the Rural Development Programme is €395 million. To date, over 33,350 approvals to proceed with investment works under TAMS II have issued. A total of €252 million has been paid to date.  The available budget allocated for all TAMS measures in 2019 was €70 million. However €76.516...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Organic Farming Scheme (17 Nov 2020)

Charlie McConalogue: The Organic Farming Scheme (OFS) is one of the most successful Schemes under our current Rural Development Programme (RDP). The Scheme has more than achieved its targets in terms of new land converted and the maintenance of organic land.  The target for the RDP was to attract some 16,000 hectares of new land into production and to support 46,000 hectares of converted land....