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Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Agriculture Industry (3 Nov 2020)

Charlie McConalogue: The critical role of the Bioeconomy in a sustainable global transition has been widely recognised albeit at an early stage of development. The bioeconomy refers to the development of value from biological resources with a particular focus on waste streams. The Government has invested significantly in this early development. This follows the development of a national policy statement and...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Biocidal Products (3 Nov 2020)

Charlie McConalogue: Biocidal products, including hand sanitisers, may only be marketed and used in Ireland once they are registered with the Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine and entered on the Biocidal Product Register" in accordance with Regulation 20 of Statutory Instrument 427 of 2013. The hand sanitiser Virapro was approved by our Biocides Unit and registered on the 21st April 2020 on the...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Farm Safety (3 Nov 2020)

Charlie McConalogue: My Department has and continues to undertake a wide range of initiatives to highlight the importance of and promotion of farm safety. My ministerial colleague, Martin Heydon, TD. has been assigned specific responsibilty for Farm Safety within my Department. In relation to the promotion of better mental health, my Department is co-funding, with the HSE and the Department of Health, a...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Agriculture Industry (3 Nov 2020)

Charlie McConalogue: Wool production is an important component of agri-industry. There are approximately 46,124 sheep flock-keepers registered on my Department’s database. The data from the 2019 census returns indicate that there were 3.8 million sheep in the State on 31 December 2019, representing an increase of 2% on the December 2018 figure of 3.73 million. Approximately 2.76 million sheep were...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Agriculture Industry (3 Nov 2020)

Charlie McConalogue: My Department is very supportive of agricultural fairs and festivals and acknowledges the benefit that they provide in showcasing livestock and agricultural produce, along with the wider social benefits to local communities. My Department does not have a direct role in the organisation of these events, but makes a contribution through the Irish Shows Association in respect of the...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Trade Promotion (3 Nov 2020)

Charlie McConalogue: Gaining third country market access, and opening up trading opportunities around the world for Irish exports, have long been integral to my Department’s strategic approach to the development of the agri-food sector. This is particularly important as we deal with the challenges presented by Brexit and the COVID-19 pandemic. Trade missions will continue to play a key role here....

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Beef Industry (3 Nov 2020)

Charlie McConalogue: Since the beginning of the Covid19 crisis, my Department has worked intensively, in cooperation with marts representative organisations, to ensure that marts may remain in operation. I would like to commend the representative organisations for this good and necessary cooperation. I would like to commend also the marts themselves, and farmers around the country, for the resilience they have...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Biocidal Products (3 Nov 2020)

Charlie McConalogue: Biocidal products, including hand sanitisers, may only be marketed and used in Ireland once they are registered with the Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine and entered on the Biocidal Product Register" in accordance with Regulation 20 of Statutory Instrument 427 of 2013. The hand sanitiser Virapro was approved by our Biocides Unit and registered in April 2020 on the basis of the...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Medicinal Products (3 Nov 2020)

Charlie McConalogue: The Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine is the national competent authority for the approval and registration of biocide products, including sanitisers. Biocidal products, including any type of hand sanitisers, 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 Biocidal Product...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Greyhound Industry (3 Nov 2020)

Charlie McConalogue: Rásaíocht Con Éireann (RCÉ) is a commercial state body, established under the Greyhound Industry Act, 1958 chiefly to control greyhound racing and to improve and develop the greyhound industry. RCÉ is a body corporate and a separate legal entity to the Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine. An extra €2.4 m allocation was announced in the Budget...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Pension Provisions (3 Nov 2020)

Charlie McConalogue: Under Section 44 of the Forestry Act 1988, the introduction by Medite (a subsidary of Coillte CGA) of a scheme for the granting of pensions requires the approval of the Minister for Agriculture Food and the Marine, as the Department with responsibility for the oversight of Coillte, with the concurrence of the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform. This approval has been given by...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Medicinal Products (3 Nov 2020)

Charlie McConalogue: Biocidal products, including hand sanitisers, 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 Biocidal Product Register” in accordance with Regulation 20 of Statutory Instrument 427 of 2013. The process for registering biocidal products aims to ensure that their use does not result in...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Beef Industry (3 Nov 2020)

Charlie McConalogue: The Beef Finisher Payment (BFP) scheme is a one off, exchequer funded grant aid scheme under the Covid 19 State Aid Temporary Framework with a budget of €50 million. The objective of BFP is to provide support for beef finishing farms in Ireland which have been severely impacted by the economic effects of the Covid-19 pandemic. Payments under the Beef Finisher Payment scheme will...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Agriculture Schemes (3 Nov 2020)

Charlie McConalogue: As CAP negotiations are ongoing, my Department is pressing for the earliest adoption of EU regulations to facilitate the operation of schemes in the period between the current CAP and the CAP Strategic Plan post-2020. Our intention is to rollover the existing schemes from the current RDP and the Government made provision for this in the Budget with an allocation of €879m for...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Animal Welfare (3 Nov 2020)

Charlie McConalogue: The Government has issued a list which is available on gov.ie which sets out, among others things,guidance/direction as to purposes for essential travel (beyond 5Km), essential retail outlets, essential services, essential wholesale and retail trade and support activities which is available here: . The measures are made based on expert advice from the National Public Health Emergency Team...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Live Exports (3 Nov 2020)

Charlie McConalogue: I propose to take Questions Nos. 1486 to 1489, inclusive, together. In relation to vessels dedicated to the transport of livestock from Ireland, there are currently four vessels licensed by my Department. The capacity of these vessels depends on the particulars of the consignments being shipped in terms of the size of the animal being transported. To approximate, the smallest of these...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Areas of Natural Constraint Scheme (3 Nov 2020)

Charlie McConalogue: In order to be eligible for the Areas of Natural Constraints (ANC) Scheme, farmers must apply for the scheme by completing the relevant section of the Basic Payment Scheme application form. This is done using the Department’s online application system at www.agfood.ie. When completing the Basic Payment Scheme online application, under a heading of “Other Schemes and...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Common Agricultural Policy (3 Nov 2020)

Charlie McConalogue: I understand that the Deputy's question refers to the funding for the LEADER Programme in the transitional period in 2021. The LEADER 2014-2020 programme will come to an end this year as far as new project commitments are concerned. The Local Action Groups that deliver the programme have indicated that all available project funding will be allocated by the end of December 2020. The...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Agriculture Schemes (3 Nov 2020)

Charlie McConalogue: The Department has received the decision from the Agriculture Appeals Office in relation to this case and my officials are currently in the process of reinstating the GLAS application as per the decision letter. Once this application clears all validation checks, the 2019 GLAS payment will be processed. ANC and BPS payments for scheme year 2019 have issued to the person named.

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Forestry Management (3 Nov 2020)

Charlie McConalogue: As you may be aware, there is a backlog of license applications that require an Appropriate Assessment (AA). My Department has put in place a detailed project plan for dealing with this backlog which includes recruitment of additional ecologists, forestry inspectors and administrative staff where required. Applications for which Natura Impact Statements (NIS) have been submitted will be...