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Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Agriculture Schemes (17 Apr 2024)

Charlie McConalogue: A total of 889 applications were received from 770 farmers under the first two tranches of the Tillage Capital Investment Scheme, which opened in May last year. These applicants had a total land area of 93,617 hectares, with an average farm size of 122 hectares. It should be noted that applicants are permitted to submit multiple applications under the scheme. For example, a tillage...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Agriculture Schemes (17 Apr 2024)

Charlie McConalogue: The Tillage Incentive Scheme (TIS) is a support Measure for farmers to incentivise the increase in the eligible tillage crop area in order to assist in reducing the dependency on imported feed material. The Scheme is funded from a National Exchequer allocation to the Department of Agriculture, Food and Marine provided to offset some of the negative impacts of the Russian invasion of...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Agriculture Schemes (17 Apr 2024)

Charlie McConalogue: The Tillage Capital Investment Scheme is a measure under the Targeted Agriculture Modernisation Scheme (TAMS 3). As outlined in the terms and conditions of the scheme, eligible applicants must have a minimum area of 15 hectares of eligible crops declared under their Basic Income Support for Sustainability (BISS) Payment Scheme, or equivalent, in the year of application, or previous year....

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Departmental Schemes (17 Apr 2024)

Charlie McConalogue: The Reconstitution Ash Dieback Scheme 2023-2027 is contained within the Forestry Programme 2023-2027 and was introduced on 24/07/2023. Through the Reconstitution Scheme, DAFM financial support can be made available for: a) Site clearance: This involves the clearance of ash trees and associated operations in order to present the site for reconstitution. b) Reconstitution: This involves...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Departmental Schemes (17 Apr 2024)

Charlie McConalogue: I propose to take Questions Nos. 107 to 110, inclusive, together. The funding for the Reconstitution scheme is capital funding and there is no current funding involved. My colleague, Minister of State Pippa Hackett will be announcing further actions shortly to deal with ash dieback which will increase demand for the reconstitution scheme and encourage entry into the scheme during the...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Animal Diseases (17 Apr 2024)

Charlie McConalogue: Johne’s disease is a chronic enteric disease of cattle and other ruminants, caused by infection with the bacterium Mycobacterium avium subspecies paratuberculosis (MAP). The disease is notifiable in Ireland under S.I. 130 of 2016 concerning the Notification and Control of Diseases affecting Terrestrial Animals. While my Department does not capture prevalence and distribution figures...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Aquaculture Industry (17 Apr 2024)

Charlie McConalogue: My Department considers all applications for aquaculture licences in accordance with the provisions of the Fisheries (Amendment) Act 1997, the Foreshore Act 1933 (as amended) and applicable National and EU legislation. The licensing process is complex and involves consultation with a wide range of scientific and technical advisors, as well as various Statutory Consultees. The legislation...

Ceisteanna ar Reachtaíocht a Gealladh - Questions on Promised Legislation (18 Apr 2024)

Charlie McConalogue: I am aware that this is an issue in particular areas of the country. We have a land market and there are no such restrictions in place at the moment but it is open to any private individual or Member of the Parliament to come forward with any suggestions they might wish to propose in that regard. It is not something that the Department of agriculture has assessed. Obviously land ownership,...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Food Promotion (18 Apr 2024)

Charlie McConalogue: Geographical Indications identify a product whose quality, reputation or other 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 and product specification are compliant with the relevant European Commission Regulations governing the scheme. ...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Agriculture Schemes (18 Apr 2024)

Charlie McConalogue: The objective of the Solar Capital Investment Scheme, which is a measure in TAMS 3, is to encourage on-farm renewable technology uptake and to lower the energy costs at farm level. The electricity consumption of the dwelling house can be included on the solar survey as part of the holding for sizing the Solar PV when submitting the TAMS application. Issues relating to the linking of farm...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Departmental Data (18 Apr 2024)

Charlie McConalogue: There have been no confirmed detections of Fireblight Erwinia amylovora to date in 2024.

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Agriculture Schemes (18 Apr 2024)

Charlie McConalogue: The person named submitted a payment claim for grant aid under the Lower Emissions Slurry Spreading Scheme on 25th March 2024. My Department is currently focusing on the issuing of approvals. It is expected that the processing of payments will commence once the issuing of approvals in respect of applications on hand has been completed.

Weather-Related Supports for Farmers: Statements (24 Apr 2024)

Charlie McConalogue: I thank the Ceann Comhairle and the Dáil Business Committee for scheduling these statements today and for allowing me and the Minister of State, Deputy Heydon, to give an update on the real challenges facing farmers over the last few weeks and the work the Government is doing to try to support the sector and farm families through this period. We are very aware of the acute challenges...

Weather-Related Supports for Farmers: Statements (Resumed) (24 Apr 2024)

Charlie McConalogue: I thank all of the Members for their extensive contributions and for agreeing, on a cross-party basis, to allocate three hours for a debate on a very important topic to ensure that all the issues involved got a good airing. Many different issues were raised over the course of the three hours. One that was raised by a number of speakers is that of transport subsidy scheme we have introduced...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Agriculture Schemes (23 Apr 2024)

Charlie McConalogue: The Young Farmers Scheme operated from 2015 to 2022 and was replaced under the new CAP from 2023 by the Complementary Income Support for Young Farmers. Under the Terms and Conditions of the scheme, where an applicant is deemed not to be meeting the eligibility criteria of the scheme following an on-the-spot-check, the applicant is excluded from receiving payment for the scheme year...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Horse Racing Industry (23 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 question raised by the Deputy is an operational matter for HRI, therefore, the question has been referred to the body for direct reply.

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Departmental Expenditure (23 Apr 2024)

Charlie McConalogue: Details of my department's 2023 capital spend are outlined in the table below. Table 1: 2023 Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine capital spend. €000 2023 Capital Allocation 456,446 Plus Capital Carryover from 2022 into 2023 27,500 Total 2023 Capital Allocation 483,946 ...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Tillage Sector (23 Apr 2024)

Charlie McConalogue: The tillage sector is an important and integral component of the Agri-food industry and is a sector that I want to see grow and develop. That is why I established the Food Vision Tillage Group in May 2023 to set out a road map for the sustainable growth and development of the sector to 400,000 ha by 2030 in line with the targets set out in the Climate Action Plan. The Group, which was...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Tillage Sector (23 Apr 2024)

Charlie McConalogue: My Department officials regularly meet farmer representative groups in relation to the issues and challenges being experienced by tillage growers. As well as this engagement, I personally am in contact with the farm organisations directly myself by phone, at meetings and other events regularly and this will continue as long as I am Minister . I am acutely aware of the challenges being...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Flood Relief Schemes (23 Apr 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....