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Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Forestry Sector (16 Apr 2024)

Charlie McConalogue: I propose to take Questions Nos. 558 and 559 together. My Department has a policy goal of incentivising small-scale tree planting and changes introduced as part of the Animal Health and Welfare and Forestry (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act 2022, facilitate small scale planting of native tree areas without the need to first obtain an afforestation licence. This exemption allows forests to be...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Agriculture Schemes (16 Apr 2024)

Charlie McConalogue: The Sheep Improvement Scheme complements some of the elements provided for in the Sheep Welfare Scheme, by providing increased support, while also building on other actions beneficial to sheep health and welfare, including the targeted application of genomic technologies in the sheep sector. The Terms and Conditions of the Sheep Improvement scheme require participants to submit a Sheep...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Forestry Sector (16 Apr 2024)

Charlie McConalogue: The increased use of timber has an important role to play in decarbonising our built environment. Materials such as cross laminated timber (CLT) are used to construct buildings and demand is growing globally. My Department has provided funding to research the use of engineered wood products such as CLT and there are opportunities to increase the use of such materials in the buildings we...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Greyhound Industry (16 Apr 2024)

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. The report referred to by the Deputy was commissioned by...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Agriculture Schemes (16 Apr 2024)

Charlie McConalogue: The National Sheep Welfare Scheme opened for applications on 8 April 2024 and remains open until 23.59 on 21 May 2024 before a further 25 day late application period, albeit with late penalties. This €15 million sheep scheme will pay €8 per breeding ewe and will be addition to payments farmers may be eligible for under the Sheep Improvement Scheme where they are participating in...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Agriculture Industry (16 Apr 2024)

Charlie McConalogue: I am very aware of the challenges facing inshore fishers at the moment. I met with representatives of the sector on the 28th November 2023 and will be meeting them again in the coming weeks. Officials from my Department, along with BIM officials are also regularly in contact with representatives of the sector. A range of supports have been put in place for the inshore fleet over recent...

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

Charlie McConalogue: The 2024 Scheme of Investment Aid for the Development of the Commercial Horticulture Sector opened for applications on 08 November 2023 and closed on 10 January 2024. The Scheme which has a budget of €10 million in 2024 is intended to assist in the development of the horticulture sector, including beekeeping, by grant aiding capital investments in specialised plant and equipment. All...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Forestry Sector (11 Apr 2024)

Charlie McConalogue: Ireland's existing forest estate is an important and expanding supply of timber for the construction sector with significant amounts of timber exported to the UK and abroad. The recent COFORD "All Island Roundwood Production Forecast" predicts that the annual potential supply of roundwood timber will increase from around 5.6 million in 2023 to 7.9 million cubic metres by 2025. This supply of...

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

Charlie McConalogue: Both the Organic Farming Scheme (OFS) and ACRES terms and conditions advise that farmers may participate in both schemes, but for certain actions payment will be foregone in OFS in order to avoid double funding. As per the ACRES terms and conditions: “Organic Farmers can apply for the ACRES General approach under Tier 1 provided they are registered with, and approved as, an organic...

Future Ireland Fund and Infrastructure, Climate and Nature Fund Bill 2024: Second Stage (10 Apr 2024)

Charlie McConalogue: I thank the Deputies who contributed to this debate for their constructive engagement on what is important and far-seeing legislation. I am certain my colleague, the Minister, Deputy McGrath, looks forward to engaging with Deputies further on Committee and Report Stages on the issues which have been raised this evening. As the Minister stated during the significant amount of time he was...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Forestry Sector (10 Apr 2024)

Charlie McConalogue: The forest owner number supplied does not correspond to the felling licence application number supplied. However the felling licence application referred to, this felling application was approved in 2021.

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Horse Racing Industry (10 Apr 2024)

Charlie McConalogue: Horse Racing Ireland (HRI) is a commercial state body established under the Horse and Greyhound Racing Act, 2001, and is responsible for the overall administration, promotion and development of the horse racing industry. The Irish Horse Racing Regulatory Board (IHRB) is the regulatory body for horse racing in Ireland. The role of the body as the regulator of horse racing is provided for...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Trade Missions (10 Apr 2024)

Charlie McConalogue: While an agrifood Trade Mission to Vietnam is not scheduled for Quarter 2 of 2024, my Department, in conjunction with Bord Bia, are currently developing plans for a trade mission to Southeast Asia, including Vietnam, in Quarter 4 of 2024. Ireland has a long history of engagement with Vietnam on agriculture development issues and this planned trade mission will provide opportunities to...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: EU Funding (10 Apr 2024)

Charlie McConalogue: The list of financial allocations and expenditure under the Brexit Adjustment Reserve (BAR) Fund from my department for 2023 is set out below. Ultimately the Department of Public Expenditure, NDP Delivery and Reform will determine which schemes form part of Ireland’s BAR claim which is due to be submitted in September 2024. Table 1: 2023 BAR Allocation and Provisional Spend ...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Aquaculture Industry (10 Apr 2024)

Charlie McConalogue: The Brexit Fish Processor Transition Scheme aimed to facilitate and underpin the short-term orderly transition of the processing sector post-Brexit through provision of transition funding and training. The scheme supported seafood processing plant enterprises with an approvals number issued by the SFPA – Processing Plant (PP) or Fresh Fishery Products Plant (FFPP). To be eligible for...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Agriculture Supports (10 Apr 2024)

Charlie McConalogue: The Programme for Government 2020 includes a commitment to bring forward legislation that prohibits fur farming in the State. The Animal Health and Welfare and Forestry (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act 2022 (Number 4 of 2022) was enacted by the Oireachtas in April 2022. The Act makes provision, inter alia, for the prohibition on fur farming and the compensation of licensees under the Musk Rat...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Agriculture Schemes (10 Apr 2024)

Charlie McConalogue: Advance payments to organic farmers commenced on 7th December 2023. To date, approximately 97% of Organic Farming Scheme participants have received advance payments. My Department is working to finalise payments for the remaining 3% of participants. The majority of these payments, including in respect of this case, will issue within the next 4 weeks.

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Departmental Licences (10 Apr 2024)

Charlie McConalogue: My Department has published a Forestry Licensing Plan which outlines our strong commitment to issuing licences in 2024. We are working towards the priorities, outlined in the plan. We estimate that we will issue 4,200 new licences in 2024, and we believe we now have the capacity to issue sufficient licences to meet the annual target of 8,000 hectares of new forests. This is however...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Fodder Crisis (10 Apr 2024)

Charlie McConalogue: I propose to take Questions Nos. 122 and 123 together. In March 2022 I established the National Fodder and Food Security Committee. The remit of the Committee is to prepare an industry response, contingency plans and advice to assist farmers in managing their farm enterprises through difficult periods. In recognition of the ongoing and challenging weather conditions, I asked the Chairman...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Agriculture Schemes (10 Apr 2024)

Charlie McConalogue: Planning permission or a declaration of exemption is required for a number of eligible investments under the TAMS scheme. Planning permission relates to the construction of the building, so for TAMS grant purposes, it does not matter in whose name the planning permission is issued. I would advise the person named to submit an application under TAMS. The application will then be examined...