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

Charlie McConalogue: My Department received two applications for the person named and a related person in 2023. One application was received under the herd number mentioned and a second duplicate application was received under a temporary reference number. Department colleagues have now reconciled both applications received to ensure that the Eco-Scheme application can now be processed. Payment will issue shortly.

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

Charlie McConalogue: As part of the governance and oversight of the Climate Action Plan process, the Department of An Taoiseach publish, on a quarterly basis, progress reports on the status of the actions within the Climate Action Plan (CAP) for 2021 and 2023. These reports are available online: www.gov.ie/en/publication/55fde-climate-action-important-pub lications All actions assigned to the agriculture...

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

Charlie McConalogue: The persons named submitted applications to my Department under the 2023 Transfer of Entitlements, the Complementary Income Support for Young Farmers and also under the young farmer category of the National Reserve. My Department is working to finalise the processing of these applications as soon as possible. The persons named will be notified of the outcome when this process is completed.

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Agriculture Schemes (8 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...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Agriculture Schemes (8 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: Agriculture Schemes (8 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...

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

Charlie McConalogue: My Department has reviewed the BISS application for herd G1204067. There was a delay with processing the application due to a verification of commonage lands. The application has now been cleared and payment will issue shortly.

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

Charlie McConalogue: The person named is among those in the ACRES Co-operation Project stream awaiting payments. The level of environmental ambition within ACRES and the scaling up of a results-based system brings with it many opportunities for farmers, but is not without its challenges. ACRES Co-operation Project payments are more complex to administer and work is ongoing in this regard, with every effort...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Export Controls (13 Feb 2024)

Charlie McConalogue: In addition to food businesses which are subject to approval and control by my Department, certain food businesses are subject to approval and supervision by Local Authorities. Regarding export certification, those businesses subject to Local Authority control should engage with that control authority on the matter

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Animal Slaughtering (13 Feb 2024)

Charlie McConalogue: There is no definition for the term Abattoir contained in the European Union Hygiene Regulation. The Competent Authority that inspects and approves an abattoir may not necessarily be my Department, but another Competent Authority, depending on the throughput. The European Union (Food and Feed Hygiene) Regulations 2020 (S.I. No. 22 of 2020), however set down the demarcation limits for...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Export Controls (13 Feb 2024)

Charlie McConalogue: Abattoirs firstly must be approved to slaughter and process meat under SI 22/2020 by the Department of Agriculture Food and the Marine (DAFM) or their Local Authority. In the case of DAFM, this process is clearly laid out on the Gov.ie website. Regarding exports after approval, abattoir operators should make enquiries, in the first instance, with their respective DAFM or Local Authority...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: EU Regulations (13 Feb 2024)

Charlie McConalogue: The Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage (DHLGH ) are the leading government authority in Ireland for the Nature Restoration Law (NRL). My Department has worked closely with DHLGH to ensure that the text of the NRL will deliver for the environment and climate whilst supporting all sectors of society, including farmers and rural communities. The definitions within the NRL...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Forestry Sector (13 Feb 2024)

Charlie McConalogue: I am happy to clarify that the total figure for Sitka Spruce planted excludes associated areas of biodiversity (which are digitised out) and is the actual area planted. This area may however include areas of open space which are not digitised, such as set-backs for watercourses, and those are attributed to the species planted.

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Data Protection (13 Feb 2024)

Charlie McConalogue: The named organisation provides services to my Department operating under service level agreements (SLAs). In particular, certain SLAs specify that the organisation has Disaster Recovery/Business Continuity plans, covering services provided to my Department, that are tested on a regular basis. These detailed plans, while not itemised in the SLA, include data security, data breach protection,...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Departmental Schemes (13 Feb 2024)

Charlie McConalogue: I propose to take Questions Nos. 486 and 487 together. The Native Tree Area Scheme (NTAS) was introduced with the purpose of facilitating small-scale tree planting. The introduction of an exemption for afforestation in limited circumstances facilitates the exclusion of clearly defined activities from requiring an afforestation licence. This exemption is an enabling proposal that allows...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Forestry Sector (13 Feb 2024)

Charlie McConalogue: In my previous response regarding the existing farm partnership arrangements with Coillte, I mentioned that Coillte CGA has a farm partnership portfolio of 644 farm partnerships, which accounts for over 12,000 hectares of productive forests. Coillte’s farm partnership forests are well-managed to create sustainable, valuable assets for both the farm partner and Coillte. The vast...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Agriculture Schemes (13 Feb 2024)

Charlie McConalogue: The person named is among those in the ACRES Co-operation Project stream awaiting payments. As the Deputy will be aware, my officials are continuing the processing of further ACRES payments, following their commencement last December 2023. This is taking more time to complete than originally anticipated. Therefore, I have decided to make an interim payment to all ACRES participants, both...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Agriculture Schemes (13 Feb 2024)

Charlie McConalogue: A BISS and other area-related schemes application was submitted by an agent on behalf of the herdowners on the 29th of May 2023. Four land parcels were included on this application. An amendment was submitted on the 29th of September 2023, requesting the addition of a number of further parcels to the application. The closing date for receipt of applications was the 31st of May 2023, and...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Agriculture Industry (13 Feb 2024)

Charlie McConalogue: The €1.3 billion funded Forestry Programme 2023-2027 provides a range of schemes to support the establishment and management of forests in Ireland. Sustainably managed forests make a significant contribution to the rural economy and contribute to Ireland's climate targets by removing carbon dioxide from the atmosphere through sequestration and the storage of carbon in harvested wood...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Agriculture Schemes (13 Feb 2024)

Charlie McConalogue: Following the invasion of Ukraine by Russia in February 2022, the Deputy will be aware that on 15 June 2022, I announced the launch of the €56 million Fodder Support Scheme. The aim of the scheme was to incentivise farmers to grow more fodder. Building on the success of the 2022 Fodder Support Scheme, on 2 November 2022, I launched the 2023 Fodder Support Scheme. The 2023 Fodder...