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Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Agriculture Schemes (10 Nov 2020)

Charlie McConalogue: The person named owns a number of entitlements under the Basic Payment Scheme (BPS) and it is an option for them to lease out the entitlements to another herd owner, either with or without land. As the deadline for applications for the 2020 scheme year has already passed and the named person has received their 2020 payment, the lease could not commence before 1 January 2021. Applications for...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Targeted Agricultural Modernisation Scheme (10 Nov 2020)

Charlie McConalogue: The person named applied for grant aid for the purchase of two Automatic Slurry Scrapers with New Drives under tranche 12 of the Animal Welfare and Nutrient Storage Scheme, one of the suite of seven measures available under TAMS II. Approval issued on 21 November 2018. A payment claim for the purchase of the approved equipment was subsequently submitted. A number of issues arose...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Land Transfers (10 Nov 2020)

Charlie McConalogue: I wish to advise the Deputy that this is a complex case, due to the nature of the title held to the lands in question. My Department has now considered its position and officials from the Legal Services Division will be in contact with the solicitor concerned in the coming days.

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Aquaculture Licences (10 Nov 2020)

Charlie McConalogue: My Department considers applications for aquaculture licences in accordance with the provisions of the 1997 Fisheries (Amendment) Act, the 1933 Foreshore Act and applicable National and EU legislation. The licensing process also includes a period of public and statutory consultation. In relation to the licence applications referred to by the Deputy, the public consultation stage of the...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Food Exports (10 Nov 2020)

Charlie McConalogue: The following table, using data from the Central Statistics Office, outlines the value (€000) and volume (Tonnes) of dairy ingredients/produce exported to Australia in 2019: 2019 Jan-Mar cumulative Jan-Jun cumulative Jan-Sep cumulative Jan-Dec cumulative €000 432 2,496 6,073 11,618 ...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: GLAS Issues (10 Nov 2020)

Charlie McConalogue: I wish to inform the Deputy that the Agriculture Appeals Office operates independently of my Department. I have been advised, however, that the records of the Agriculture Appeals Office indicate that a GLAS appeal was received from the named person in January 2020. The Appeals Office requested the file and a statement on the grounds of appeal from my Department and all relevant documentation...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Fishing Industry (10 Nov 2020)

Charlie McConalogue: The Fisheries Local Action Group Scheme is a community-led local development initiative for the socio-economic development of coastal communities and forms part of my Department's European Maritime and Fisheries Fund Programme 2014-20. There are seven Fisheries Local Action Groups, each responsible for a specific coastal region, and each has published a Local Development Strategy for its...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Forestry Sector (10 Nov 2020)

Charlie McConalogue: As per the Reconstitution and Underplanting Scheme (Ash Dieback) document, which is available on my Department’s website, a tree felling licence is not required for this Scheme (Section 3.4.1(d)). This exemption is under Section 19 (1)(c) of the Forestry Act, 2014 – exempted trees – and is given to “control or prevent the spread of fires or a pest or...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Animal Welfare (10 Nov 2020)

Charlie McConalogue: The Animal Health and Welfare Act 2013 applies to all “protected animals”, that is animals in the possession of man, including dogs. The Act in its totality applies to dogs in the same manner as it applies to other domestic animals. I would draw the Deputy’s particular attention to sections 11 (1)(a) (duty to protect animal welfare), section 12(1)(b) (prohibition on...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Livestock Issues (10 Nov 2020)

Charlie McConalogue: I propose to take Questions Nos. 815 and 824 together. On 19thOctober, the Taoiseach announced that the whole country would move to Level 5 of the Framework for Living with COVID-19 for a period of 6 weeks, starting midnight on Wednesday, the 21st. This decision was made on foot of strong evidence presented to the Government of a potentially grave situation arising in the weeks ahead. For...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Climate Change Policy (10 Nov 2020)

Charlie McConalogue: The Irish carbon reporting system (CARBWARE) was initially implemented in 2004 to meet reporting requirements to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) on all national forest sources and sinks. Following the completion of the first National Forest inventory in 2006, methods needed to be developed to integrate forest statistics and all available research information...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Departmental Staff (10 Nov 2020)

Charlie McConalogue: There are two main lead roles on environment policy within my Department's Forestry Inspectorate. The first is Head of the ecology unit which is filled at Forestry Inspector Grade 1 level. The Head of this unit is a qualified ecologist. This is a new role to reflect the significant investment in ecologists by my Department this year to improve our output on forestry licensing. Separately,...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Forestry Sector (10 Nov 2020)

Charlie McConalogue: The Public Service Management Act, 1997 requires that Secretaries General prepare and submit a Statement of Strategy for Government Departments to their Minister within 6 months of his or her appointment as a Minister. Arising from the recent appointment of a new Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine, the Department is in the process of preparing a new Statement of Strategy to serve...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Fishing Industry (10 Nov 2020)

Charlie McConalogue: I propose to take Questions Nos. 819 and 820 together. The previous Minister met with representatives of the fisheries sector on a number of occasions earlier this year to discuss the impacts of the Covid 19 Pandemic on market access and prices for seafood. At their request, a Covid-19 Temporary Fleet Tie-up Scheme was introduced for fishing vessels in the Polyvalent, Beam Trawl and Specific...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Beef Industry (10 Nov 2020)

Charlie McConalogue: Article 14 of Regulation 1379/2013 on the Common Organisation of the Market for Fishery and Aquaculture Products (CMO) specifies EU regulatory requirements for recognition of fisheries and aquaculture producer organisations. The Department as competent authority for the CMO in Ireland has a process in place which allows for groups of fisheries or aquauclture producers to apply for...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Commonage Land Use (10 Nov 2020)

Charlie McConalogue: The person named was approved into GLAS 2 and has received payments for scheme years 2016 – 2019 and the 2020 Advance payment. Following the outcome of an internal review, the person named is due payments in respect of the commonage action. The Department is currently working on this issue and once all pre-payment checks are completed, the processing of these payments will be completed.

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Basic Payment Scheme (10 Nov 2020)

Charlie McConalogue: The person named submitted an application under the 2020 Basic Payment Scheme (BPS) on 8 April 2020. As part of the standard checks undertaken on such applications, an overclaim has been identified on a commonage parcel declared by the person named. My Department has been in correspondence with the person's agent in relation to this matter, and is also undertaking a review of the eligibility...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Flood Relief Schemes (10 Nov 2020)

Charlie McConalogue: A study to determine the feasibility of any future once-off targeted scheme for Voluntary Farm Building Relocation is being undertaken. My Department has evaluated a range of at risk farmyards, impacted by flooding, to see if any alternative remedial works can be undertaken to protect farm buildings at risk of flooding and is currently considering this evaluation.

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Farms Data (10 Nov 2020)

Charlie McConalogue: The annual Teagasc National Farm Survey (NFS) examines many aspects of farming, including viability. A farm is defined as viable if family labour is remunerated at greater than or equal to the minimum wage and there is sufficient income to provide an additional five per cent return on non-land based assets employed on the farm. Over the past decade or more the results indicate that...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Beef Industry (10 Nov 2020)

Charlie McConalogue: The Beef TaskForce, at its last meeting on 22 October 2020, supported a proposal from Bord Bia for a programme of Suckler Beef promotion and the development of a brand proposition for Irish Suckler Beef, with a budget of up to €6 million over the next three years, subject to annual review of progress. This annual review, which will be overseen by a monitoring group with majority...