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Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Departmental Contracts (7 Feb 2024)

Charlie McConalogue: The information requested by the Deputy is being collated by my Department and a reply will be forwarded within 10 working days.

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Departmental Expenditure (7 Feb 2024)

Charlie McConalogue: It is not possible to provide the information requested by the Deputy in the required time. The information is currently being compiled and I will forward it to the Deputy as soon as it is available.

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Departmental Expenditure (7 Feb 2024)

Charlie McConalogue: It is not possible to provide the information requested by the Deputy in the required time. The information is currently being compiled and I will forward it to the Deputy as soon as it is available.

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Agriculture Schemes (7 Feb 2024)

Charlie McConalogue: Following exceptional flooding in the Shannon Callows during summer 2023, on 7 November 2023 I announced the launch of the Shannon Callows Flood Scheme. The aim of the scheme is to support farmers who have lost fodder due to flooding in the region during summer 2023. I have allocated funding of approximately €800,000 which will allow for a payment rate of up to €325 per hectare....

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Food Labelling (7 Feb 2024)

Charlie McConalogue: Geographical Indications identify a product whose quality, reputation or other such characteristics are linked to its geographical origin. My Department, as the Competent Authority for Protected Geographical Indications (PGI), checks PGI applications to ensure that the application meets the conditions of the relevant EU Regulations governing the scheme. As part of its scrutiny of the...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Agriculture Industry (7 Feb 2024)

Charlie McConalogue: I can confirm that a shipment of in-calf animals was recently exported from Ireland to Algeria on a dedicated livestock vessel. It is important to emphasise that the Department of Agriculture Food and the Marine only permits animals to be transported in compliance with the EU's animal welfare legislation, which is amongst the most progressive legal frameworks in the world. Furthermore,...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Agriculture Industry (7 Feb 2024)

Charlie McConalogue: The nutrient values for poultry manure, as stated in Tables 7 and 8 of the Good Agricultural Practice for the Protection of Waters (GAP) Regulations (S.I. No. 113 of 2022, as amended), cover litter/manure from egg producing birds (known as layers) and meat producing birds (known as broilers). The tables represent manures of varying dry matters and litter types. Both of these parameters have...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Animal Welfare (7 Feb 2024)

Charlie McConalogue: Under the Control of Horses Act 1996, local authorities may take a range of actions in relation to equines including prohibiting horses in certain areas, the issuing of licences and the seizure of horses in contravention of the Act. These powers can be used in respect of straying horses, which includes horses put on land without the owner’s permission, including public land. Local...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Animal Welfare (7 Feb 2024)

Charlie McConalogue: My Department endeavours on an ongoing basis to maximise the levels of compliance with equine identification legislation and enforcement is carried out by authorised officers across the Regional Office network in conjunction with authorised officers in the Local Authorities, An Garda Síochána, the Revenue Commissioners and other relevant organisations .My Department does not...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Harbours and Piers (7 Feb 2024)

Charlie McConalogue: In January 2022, I launched the Brexit Adjustment Local Authority Marine Infrastructure (BALAMI) Scheme 2022-2023 exclusively for the rejuvenation of local authority owned public piers and harbours based on the recommendations of the Seafood Taskforce Report. The scheme was a unique initiative designed to support job creation and protection by distributing Brexit Adjustment Reserve (BAR)...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Agriculture Schemes (7 Feb 2024)

Charlie McConalogue: An application for participation in the 2023 Areas of Natural Constraint (ANC) scheme was received from the above named applicant on the 25thMay, 2023. The applicant did not receive an advance payment due to an overclaim with the land parcel B1420100022. This was subsequently resolved. At the time of ANC payment issuance, January 15th2024, a request to remove the ANC penalty amount attached...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Horse Racing Industry (7 Feb 2024)

Charlie McConalogue: The horse and greyhound racing industries receive financial support from the State through the Horse and Greyhound Racing Fund (the Fund) under Section 12 of the Horse and Greyhound Racing Act, 2001. My Department disburses the Fund to Horse Racing Ireland (HRI) and Rásaíocht Con Éireann (RCÉ) with 80% allocated to HRI and 20% to RCÉ. As part of Budget 2024...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Greyhound Industry (7 Feb 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 question raised by the Deputy is an operational matter for...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Timber Supply (7 Feb 2024)

Charlie McConalogue: I propose to take Questions Nos. 414 and 415 together. Coillte is a private limited company established under the Forestry Act 1988 and is operationally independent from the Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine. My Department does not receive official figures on the amount of timber harvested by Coillte in specific counties. Day-to-day operational matters, such as their harvesting...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Agriculture Schemes (8 Feb 2024)

Charlie McConalogue: The above named person submitted an application under the BISS 2023 scheme, on the 26th of May 2023. The eligible area of the parcel affected here was subject to a review under the 2022 scheme year. This review was completed and the Eligible area was updated. This Eligible Area has also been updated for 2023. The applicants claimed area has now been updated to reflect the new eligible area....

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Forestry Sector (8 Feb 2024)

Charlie McConalogue: A breakdown by county of the number of hectares Coillte received permission to plant in 2023 is shown in the table below. County No of Applications Hectares Tipperary 1 34.91 Cork 1 18.32 Roscommon 1 1.5 Galway 1 6.93 ...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Aquaculture Industry (8 Feb 2024)

Charlie McConalogue: All Producer Organisations (POs) had access to funding under a scheme as part of the European Maritime and Fisheries Fund (EMFF) Programme 2014-2020. Part A of that scheme provided supports of up to €55,000 to groups of fisheries or aquaculture producers working to achieve recognition as a PO. Part B of the scheme supported POs that had been recognised by this Department, up to a...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Fishing Industry (8 Feb 2024)

Charlie McConalogue: As the Deputy is aware, the advice on fish stocks published by the International Council for the Exploration of the Sea (ICES) forms the basis of the scientific advice used by the European Commission in proposing Total Allowable Catches (TACs). The ICES advice for Pollack in ICES Areas 6-7 (the waters around Ireland) for 2024 is for zero catch. A copy of this advice is available on the...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Fishing Industry (8 Feb 2024)

Charlie McConalogue: Management arrangements for the State’s fisheries, including the Mackerel fishery, have been set and developed over many years since the commencement of the Common Fisheries Policy (CFP) and the introduction of quotas. Pelagic stocks such as Mackerel are managed on an annual or seasonal basis with catch limits set based on allocation regimes developed over many years and related to...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Fishing Industry (8 Feb 2024)

Charlie McConalogue: The Sea Fisheries Protection Authority (SFPA) is an independent regulatory agency as set down in the Sea-Fisheries and Maritime Jurisdiction Act 2006. The annual budget allocation enables the SFPA to continue to meet its National and EU obligations as Ireland's Competent Authority for the enforcement of sea fisheries and seafood safety law. The annual budget details for the SFPA, as per the...