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Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Grant Payments (12 Jul 2023)

Charlie McConalogue: The person named has completed his GLAS contract and Department records show that he has received all payments for GLAS due to him for 2021.

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Renewable Energy Generation (12 Jul 2023)

Charlie McConalogue: The Anaerobic Digestion industry in Ireland has significant potential for development to benefit both the agriculture and energy sectors. While energy policy formation, including renewable energy, is the direct responsibility of the Department of the Environment, Climate and Communications (DECC), my Department continues to engage with DECC on all energy related matters from an agricultural...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Horse Racing Industry (12 Jul 2023)

Charlie McConalogue: The Irish Horseracing Regulatory Board (IHRB) is the regulatory body for all horseracing in Ireland. The role of the IHRB as the regulatory body for horseracing is provided for in legislation, however, the body itself remains a private entity. Horse Racing Ireland (HRI) is a commercial state body established under the Horse and Greyhound Racing Act, 2001, and is responsible for the...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Agriculture Industry (12 Jul 2023)

Charlie McConalogue: Information available to my Department indicates that there are over 800 cattle herds in the State with 350 LSU or more. This figure includes cattle of all ages from dairy, suckler and other cattle farms.

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Agriculture Industry (12 Jul 2023)

Charlie McConalogue: My Department undertook the 2022 Annual Pig Census on 23rd October 2022. The 2022 Annual Pig Census Report, providing a comprehensive breakdown of the data returned is published on my Department’s website at www.gov.ie/en/collection/0c3ec-national-pig-census/. Table 4 of the 2022 Report provides a breakdown of pig numbers recorded in herds within specific size ranges (extract below) in...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Agriculture Industry (12 Jul 2023)

Charlie McConalogue: Information available to my Department indicates that there are approximately 700 poultry flocks of 280 LSU or more.

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Agriculture Supports (12 Jul 2023)

Charlie McConalogue: There is a legal requirement for animal feed imported into the State to be notified to my Department. In 2022, some 160,000 tonnes of maize was imported from Ukraine. However of this amount, over 83,000 tonnes had already been imported into Ireland by the time the war had started. In 2023 to date, c. 26,500 tonnes have been imported from Ukraine.

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Horse Racing Industry (12 Jul 2023)

Charlie McConalogue: I would like to clarify that my Department did not allocate €50,000 to Horse Sport Ireland for the purchase of sand for the Greenogue Equestrian facility.

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Aquaculture Industry (12 Jul 2023)

Charlie McConalogue: The National Strategic Plan for Sustainable Aquaculture Development 2030 (NSPSA) is the successor plan to that developed in 2015, and provides the strategic vision and framework for aquaculture in Ireland to 2030. It visualises a sustainable, profitable, competitive and market-focused aquaculture industry making the maximum long-term economic and social contribution to coastal communities and...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: EU Regulations (12 Jul 2023)

Charlie McConalogue: The Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage (DHLGH) is responsible for coordinating the State's position regarding the Nature Restoration Regulation. As such, they are the lead authority for communication, including engagement with representative groups. The Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine (DAFM) has participated in stakeholder engagement, following...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Fishing Industry (13 Jul 2023)

Charlie McConalogue: Annual catch limits for the Northern Albacore Tuna stock are set by the International Commission for the Conservation of Atlantic Tunas (ICCAT) based on scientific advice. The annual Total Allowable Catch (TAC) for the Northern Albacore Tuna stock has been set by ICCAT at 37,801 tonnes for both 2022 and 2023. In both 2022 and 2023, on the basis of the shares set out in the EU-UK Trade and...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Pesticide Use (13 Jul 2023)

Charlie McConalogue: Pesticide active substances, such as glyphosate, contained in plant protection products are approved centrally at EU level and plant protection products are subsequently authorised for specific uses nationally using robust scientific evaluation and decision-making criteria. The current approval for glyphosate will expire on 15 December 2023. The EU process to consider whether or not to...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Agriculture Industry (13 Jul 2023)

Charlie McConalogue: Social farming is the practice of offering farming and horticultural participation in a farming environment as a choice to people who avail of a range of therapeutic day support services. These operations are run in a number of settings ranging from working family farms, local community initiatives through to more institutional frameworks. Last year, my Department provided funding of...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Bord Bia (13 Jul 2023)

Charlie McConalogue: Let me be clear - Bord Bia is not funding climate disinformation. It is a fact that Ireland has a comparative advantage in grass-based livestock production, and that Ireland’s carbon footprint per unit of milk produced is one of the lowest amongst milk-producing countries because of our grass-based system. Irish dairy farmers have been on a sustainability journey for many...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Hare Coursing (13 Jul 2023)

Charlie McConalogue: Coursing is regulated under the Greyhound Industry Act, 1958, chiefly by the Irish Coursing Club (ICC), subject to the general control and direction of Rásaíocht Con Éireann. The ICC consists of 90 affiliated clubs from Ireland and Northern Ireland, all of whom are governed by the ICC's rules and regulations. The granting of licenses for the netting and tagging of hares is a...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Construction Industry (13 Jul 2023)

Charlie McConalogue: I pleased to announce that I launched a call for expressions of interest for membership to the new Timber Working Group in Construction earlier this week. The new working group will bring together key Departments, Industry and experts from representative bodies to work across a range of thematic areas aimed at increasing the use of timber in construction in construction. It is vitally...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Food Industry (13 Jul 2023)

Charlie McConalogue: One of our Statement of Strategy objectives within DAFM is to promote measures to support farmers viability and resilience. Under Goal 3, the statement commits to developing a policy framework to improve viability and resilience, within the Agricultural Sector, with the aim of putting climate adaptation at the centre of resilience planning. Climate adaptation was considered and included...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Organic Farming (13 Jul 2023)

Charlie McConalogue: The Organic Sector in Ireland has seen a rapid expansion in the last year and I am focused on maximising the potential of this developing sector. Bord Bia, under the aegis of the Department, continues to invest in identifying and supporting export market opportunities for Irish organic companies (including those seeking to export beef) through their network of 15 overseas offices and...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Farm Safety (13 Jul 2023)

Charlie McConalogue: I thank the Deputy for raising this important topic. My Department is implementing a range of measures on farm safety utilising dedicated funding of €2.5m secured in Budget 2023. These measures include actions to educate and raise awareness of farm safety, health and and capital support to make farms a safer working environment. These initiatives promote farm safety practices, risk...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Food Industry (13 Jul 2023)

Charlie McConalogue: Support for sustainable food production in the European Union, and the need to ensure food security for our citizens, is an ongoing and core element of discussions at the Council of Agriculture and Fisheries Ministers. During these discussions I have continually emphasised the central role of the Common Agriculture Policy in underpinning EU agriculture and food security. The CAP must...