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Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Fodder Crisis (30 Apr 2024)

Charlie McConalogue: On 15th June 2022, I announced the launch of the €56 million Fodder Support Scheme 2022, which aimed to incentivise farmers, in particular drystock farmers, to grow more fodder (silage and/or hay) for winter 2022. This was to ensure that Ireland did not not have any animal welfare issue over the 2022 winter/2023 spring and was a direct result of the illegal invasion of Ukraine by...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Horse Racing Industry (30 Apr 2024)

Charlie McConalogue: Following a competitive procurement process carried out in 2022, Horse Sport Ireland (HSI) was awarded the contract from 2023 to deliver studbook services for the Irish Sport Horse, Irish Draught, Irish Sport Pony, Irish Cob and Irish Partbred Cob breeds. The contract requires HSI to operate breeding programmes for these breeds in accordance with the rules of the EU Animal Breeding...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Broadband Infrastructure (30 Apr 2024)

Charlie McConalogue: The Department has approximately 90 WAN circuits delivered on DSL over copper. The Department has no active copper-based lease lines. The costings for the WAN circuits on copper lines are approximately €25 per circuit per month. The Departments Telephony uses 634 lines at €16,599 per month ex. Vat.

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Agriculture Industry (30 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. Adding value to Irish grain is an integral part of growing and improving the economic sustainability of the tillage sector. Research work carried out by Teagasc and University College Dublin has confirmed the nutritional quality and low carbon nature...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Departmental Data (30 Apr 2024)

Charlie McConalogue: The Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine border control post (BCP) at Dublin Airport operates everyday between 7:30am and 9:00pm, Monday to Sunday. My staff provide a range of services including inspections on imports from non-EU countries and compliance checks on pets arriving in Ireland. Passengers coming from outside the EU with their pets are required to notify my officials...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Beef Sector (30 Apr 2024)

Charlie McConalogue: An application for participation in the Areas of Natural Constraint (ANC) scheme was received from the above named applicant on May 30th, 2023. Following completion of all the relevant administration checks by my Department, ANC advance and balancing payments totalling €3,190 issued to the applicant on October 17th 2023 and December 1st , 2023. Remittance details relating to...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Agriculture Schemes (30 Apr 2024)

Charlie McConalogue: My Department officials have advised me that there is no record of an application being submitted in 2022 for Tranche 1 of the Agri-Climate Rural Environment Scheme (ACRES) for the person named. I can confirm that an ACRES General application was submitted on behalf of the person named on the 10th of December 2023 for Tranche 2 of the scheme. Tranche 2 participants have a contract...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: European Union (30 Apr 2024)

Charlie McConalogue: Since February 2020, my Department made approximately 90 Statutory Instruments and was the sponsoring Department for 3 Bills which were necessitated to transpose or give effect to European regulations and directives. Please see the list of Acts and Regulations below. Sea Fisheries (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act 2022 (No. 2 of 2022) Agricultural and Food Supply Chain Act 2023 (No. 19 of...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Agriculture Schemes (30 Apr 2024)

Charlie McConalogue: An application for participation in the Basic Income Support of Sustainability (BISS) scheme was received from the above named applicant on May 26th, 2023. A new requirement under the Common Agricultural Policy (CAP) effective from January 1st, 2023 requires that applicants receiving payments under any CAP scheme must meet an “active farmer check”. This is to ensure the person...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Local Authorities (30 Apr 2024)

Charlie McConalogue: I wish to inform the Deputy that funding provided through the Brexit Adjustment Local Authority Marine Infrastructure (BALAMI) Scheme 2022-2023 was allocated for individual projects in advance of project commencement. My Department co-funded up to 95% of the total cost of the approved projects, with the local authorities providing the balance. Local authorities were reimbursed eligible...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Agriculture Industry (30 Apr 2024)

Charlie McConalogue: An ER1 herd number application was received in Kerry Regional Veterinary Office (RVO) on 31st May 2023 from the named person. The application at the time was not accompanied with the required documentation. A Technical Agricultural Officer of my Department visited the holding and informed the applicant of the documentation required to progress the application. The applicant supplied the...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Agriculture Supports (30 Apr 2024)

Charlie McConalogue: I am deeply committed to safeguarding the Irish potato sector and my Department provides a range of supports to achieve this. In response to the UK’s decision to leave the EU, the sector was supported in 2022 and 2023 through the Scheme of Investment Aid for the Seed Potato Sector and the Chipping Potato Sector. My Department also provides ongoing and expanded support for potato...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Agriculture Schemes (1 May 2024)

Charlie McConalogue: A total of 868 applications under the Women Farmer Capital Investment Scheme have been received in the first three tranches of the scheme. This includes 171 applications under Tranche 3, which closed for applications on 12 April 2024. Tranche 4 is currently open for applications - to date, six online applications have been submitted. These will not be examined until after the closure of...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Greyhound Industry (1 May 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: Agriculture Industry (1 May 2024)

Charlie McConalogue: I propose to take Questions Nos. 206 and 207 together. There are no and have not been designated services of economic interest related to agricultural technology and neither of the bodies in question are part of such an agreement. This is also the case for services related to software for farm management. My colleague, the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment, can advise on the...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Invasive Species Policy (1 May 2024)

Charlie McConalogue: I propose to take Questions Nos. 208 and 209 together. Imports of untreated coniferous roundwood with bark into Ireland are prohibited from areas known to be affected by quarantine bark beetle species. The only area internationally from which this type of import can be made into Ireland is the ‘Pest Free Area’ (PFA) in the West of Scotland. The pest free status is established...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Fishing Industry (1 May 2024)

Charlie McConalogue: The Fisheries Control Regulation provides for a Union fisheries control system for ensuring compliance with the rules of the Common Fisheries Policy and establishing a level-playing field across the EU on fisheries control. The current Control Regulation (Regulation (EU) 2023/2842) entered into force in January 2024 and replaces the previous Control Regulation (Regulation (EC) 1224/2009). ...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Fishing Industry (1 May 2024)

Charlie McConalogue: The advice of the International Council for the Exploration of the Seas (ICES) for Pollack in Areas 6-7 (which includes the waters around Ireland) for 2024 is for zero catch. Following the conclusion of the EU-UK negotiations on 2024 fishing opportunities for shared stocks, the parties agreed on a limited, by-catch only TAC for Pollack in Areas 6-7 to avoid a "choke" situation which would...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Fishing Industry (1 May 2024)

Charlie McConalogue: Each year I carry out a Sustainability Impact Assessment (SIA) to look at the overall impacts the possible fishing opportunities for the following year could have on the sustainability of the fishing sector from a biological, economic and social perspective. The SIA involves a public consultation process along with expert contributions from the Marine Institute (MI) and Bord Iascaigh...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Fishing Industry (1 May 2024)

Charlie McConalogue: I propose to take Questions Nos. 213 and 214 together. 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). I am advised that the ICES stock assessment for Pollack has been thoroughly evaluated and there is no indication that...