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Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Departmental Staff (17 Oct 2023)

Charlie McConalogue: My Department's Human Resources Division uses workforce planning processes to identify and address staffing requirements. We are committed to ensuring a motivated and skilled workforce is in place to meet our business needs. As a consequence of the size and diversity of my Department structure, vacancies arise regularly as team members are promoted, exit the Department through retirements...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Departmental Bodies (17 Oct 2023)

Charlie McConalogue: The information requested by the Deputy is an operational matter for the Marine Institute. I have referred the query to them for direct reply to the Deputy.

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Control of Dogs (17 Oct 2023)

Charlie McConalogue: In January this year I convened a Working Group on the Control of Dogs. The Group is composed of officials at my Department, the Department of Rural and Community Development, representatives of the County and City Managers Association, including representatives of local authority dog wardens and veterinary inspectors, and representatives of An Garda Síochána. The Group has met...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Greyhound Industry (17 Oct 2023)

Charlie McConalogue: I propose to take Questions Nos. 426, 427, 428, 429, 431 and 432 together. 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...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Greyhound Industry (17 Oct 2023)

Charlie McConalogue: The Irish Coursing Club (ICC) is the competent authority with regard to the maintenance of the Irish Greyhound Stud Book. The ICC has been responsible for the Irish Greyhound Stud Book since 1923 and this was further underpinned by the enactment of the Greyhound Industry Act, 1958. Coursing is regulated under the Greyhound Industry Act, 1958, chiefly by the Irish Coursing Club (ICC),...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Harbours and Piers (17 Oct 2023)

Charlie McConalogue: The current funding scheme is the Brexit Adjustment: Local Authority Marine Infrastructure Scheme 2022-2023. This scheme is proposed for funding under the Brexit Adjustment Reserve and is specifically to address the impacts of the EU UK Trade and Cooperation Agreement on the seafood sector, in line with the Seafood Taskforce Report which I established to identify how to address the impacts...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Agriculture Schemes (17 Oct 2023)

Charlie McConalogue: I established the Food Vision Dairy Group as well as the Food Vision Beef & Sheep Group last year to advance the actions for the beef and sheep, and dairy sectors identified in the Food Vision 2030 strategy, taking account of the requirement for the sectors to contribute to achieving the targets set for agriculture emissions in the Climate Act process. The first priority for both...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Invasive Species Policy (17 Oct 2023)

Charlie McConalogue: In November 2019, my Department launched a major plant health initiative in its ‘Plant Health and Biosecurity Strategy 2020-2025’ which outlines the importance of plant health biosecurity for Ireland and helps ensure that all stakeholders are aware of the risks to plant health in Ireland, and their role and responsibilities to reduce those risks. My Department has invested...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Common Agricultural Policy (17 Oct 2023)

Charlie McConalogue: The indicative allocation for the CAP Strategic Plan (CSP) is set out below. The Plan provides €9.838 billion to support farmers and rural communities. This includes EU CAP funding for Ireland of €7.53 billion over the five-year period from 2023 to 2027. This EU funding is split between Pillar I (Direct Payments and Sectoral Interventions - €5.97 billion) and Pillar II...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Data Protection (17 Oct 2023)

Charlie McConalogue: For operational and security reasons it is not considered appropriate to disclose specific details on the nature of data breaches experienced by my Department. I can confirm that the majority of the data breaches were classified as low risk breaches. The Department did contact relevant individuals with respect to data breaches where it was deemed appropriate to do so, in line with GDPR...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Departmental Legal Cases (18 Oct 2023)

Charlie McConalogue: It is not possible to provide this information in the required time. I will forward it to the Deputy as soon as it is available.

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Harbours and Piers (18 Oct 2023)

Charlie McConalogue: I announced the allocation of €37.3m for capital projects in 2023 in Ireland’s six state-owned Fishery Harbour Centres at Killybegs, Ros an Mhíl, An Daingean, Castletownbere, Dunmore East and Howth through the Fishery Harbour and Coastal Infrastructure Development Programme. The western marina pontoon is used by leisure boats in the summer and provides a sheltered berth...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Harbours and Piers (18 Oct 2023)

Charlie McConalogue: I announced the allocation of €37.3m for capital projects in 2023 in Ireland’s six state-owned Fishery Harbour Centres at Killybegs, Ros an Mhíl, An Daingean, Castletownbere, Dunmore East and Howth through the Fishery Harbour and Coastal Infrastructure Development Programme. The Dinish wharf expansion has been one of the flagship projects undertaken by my Department in...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Animal Welfare (18 Oct 2023)

Charlie McConalogue: Animal welfare is a key priority for me as Minister and the Government. Considerable funding is provided to support animal welfare charity organisations. In December 2022, I announced the record allocation of over €5.8 million in funding to 99 animal welfare charities throughout the country, under the Animal Welfare Grant Programme. This marks the largest award of grant funding to...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Agriculture Schemes (18 Oct 2023)

Charlie McConalogue: The National Liming Programme was introduced this year as a once-off, National Exchequer funded measure in response to cost increases arising form the war in Ukraine. The budget of €16 million for the Programme is only available in 2023. I recently announced an important flexibility regarding the lime spreading deadline under the Programme. This was in response to the...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: EU Regulations (18 Oct 2023)

Charlie McConalogue: Negotiations on the Commission proposal for a Regulation on the Sustainable Use of Pesticides are ongoing at EU level. My Department held a public consultation on the Commissions proposal to engage stakeholders and the public on this important matter. Over 300 submissions were received, including significant input from agriculture sectors. The information and views gathered have...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Special Areas of Conservation (18 Oct 2023)

Charlie McConalogue: I note from the response provided in September 2023, that, of the folio numbers provided, one is fully within both the Middle Shannon Callows SPA and the River Shannon Callows SAC, while the vast majority of the second folio is also within in the same SPA and SAC apart from a very small portion which is outside the designated sites. Special Areas of Conservation (SACs) and Special...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Budget 2024 (18 Oct 2023)

Charlie McConalogue: The 2024 Estimates provide a gross vote of €1.942 billion for my department. My goal in this budget is to support our farm families in Co. Clare and nationally. The funding provided supports the sector’s environmental ambition and on-farm sustainability while at the same time supporting farmer incomes and providing vital infrastructure to support the development of our fishing...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Agriculture Schemes (19 Oct 2023)

Charlie McConalogue: The Targeted Agriculture Modernisation Scheme (TAMS 3) provides grants to farmers to build and/or improve a specified range of farm buildings and equipment on their holdings. The scheme has proved very popular, with an unprecedented level of applications received (almost four times the average number received per tranche under TAMS 2). Applications received across all of the measures in...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Agriculture Schemes (19 Oct 2023)

Charlie McConalogue: The Agri-Climate Rural Environment Scheme, or ACRES, is the central agri-environment climate measure in Ireland’s CAP Strategic Plan (CSP) 2023-2027. It is a flagship agri-environmental project with funding of €1.5bn committed over the scheme lifetime. This is the largest amount ever committed to an agri-environment scheme. ACRES will play a huge role in driving environmental...