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Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Fishing Industry (23 Jul 2024)

Charlie McConalogue: In Ireland, quotas are a public resource and are managed to ensure that property rights are not granted to individual operators. The result of this long standing policy is that the Irish fishing fleet involves a balanced spread of sizes and types of fishing vessels who have retained a strong economic link with our coastal communities and have delivered economic activity including vital...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Tillage Sector (23 Jul 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 400,000ha by 2030 in line with the targets set out in the Climate Action Plan. The Group, which was made up...

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

Charlie McConalogue: The total tillage area from 2018 to 2024 is set out below. Tillage includes cereals, oilseeds, protein crops and the main fodder crops (beet and maize), along with potatoes. Notwithstanding the current pressures in the tillage sector, particularly in the early part of this year, since 2018 there has been an increase in excess of 30,000 hectares. Crops 2018 (ha) 2019 (ha) 2020 (ha)...

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

Charlie McConalogue: The difficult weather in early 2024 has resulted in extremely low fodder supplies in the country, including straw. As a consequence of this I recently proposed a deferral of the 2024 Straw Incorporation Measure (SIM) and indicated that I would engage with the Farmers' Charter on the matter. I made this proposal balancing the need to ensure adequate supplies of straw are available for the...

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

Charlie McConalogue: The difficult weather in early 2024 has resulted in extremely low fodder supplies in the country, including straw. As a consequence of this I recently proposed a deferral of the 2024 Straw Incorporation Measure (SIM) and indicated that I would engage with the Farmers' Charter on the matter. I made this proposal balancing the need to ensure adequate supplies of straw are available for the...

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

Charlie McConalogue: There are two aspects to this case. The first of these is that it is clear that the farmer and family named above should obtain legal advice regarding farm succession, to protect the legal rights and assets of all involved. When this issue is resolved, my Department can help the farmer and family to ensure that the farm is transferred smoothly, and assisting them with ensuring that farm...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Harbours and Piers (18 Sep 2024)

Charlie McConalogue: It is my understanding that Inchagoill Island in Lough Corrib is in the ownership of Coillte. As Coillte was established as a private commercial company under the Forestry Act, 1988, day-to-day operational matters, such as the installation of a floating pier on the island, are the responsibility of the company. I have referred the matter to Coillte for direct follow-up with the Deputy.

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Artificial Intelligence (18 Sep 2024)

Charlie McConalogue: My Department has an Artificial Intelligence (AI) policy in place. The policy is in the process of being communicated to all staff. My Department has issued guidance to assist Department staff in understanding their responsibilities on the use of artificial intelligence, including large language models, natural language processing, generative or otherwise or products based thereon in the...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Artificial Intelligence (18 Sep 2024)

Charlie McConalogue: Artificial Intelligence (AI), such as Generative AI (GenAI) is currently blocked from use within the Departments IT Infrastructure, precluding use in business activities such as in the preparation of and response to parliamentary questions or in response to any correspondence from outside the organisation. The Department continues to comply with guidance provided by the National Cyber...

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

Charlie McConalogue: Funding allocated by my Department to Social Farming through the Rural Innovation and Development Fund in years 2020 to 2024: Year Funding 2020 €760,000 2021 €777,000 2022 €777,000 2023 €777,000 2024 €777,000

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Invasive Species Policy (18 Sep 2024)

Charlie McConalogue: The Asian Hornet poses a serious threat to our honey bee colonies and to all our pollinators. In Ireland, the first discovery of a live specimen of Asian Hornet occurred on the 25th of April 2021. As the Asian Hornet is considered an invasive species it falls under the responsibility of the National Parks and Wildlife Service (NPWS) at the Department of Housing, Local Government and...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Official Engagements (18 Sep 2024)

Charlie McConalogue: The European Commission reached political agreement in its trade negotiations with the Mercosur countries in June 2019. Throughout these negotiations my Department and the Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment, which leads on trade policy issues for the Government, have engaged extensively and will continue to engage on the ongoing negotiations between the European Union and...

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

Charlie McConalogue: I will respond to the Deputy directly when the information requested has been compiled.

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

Charlie McConalogue: Low Emission Slurry Spreading (LESS) is an important, environmentally sustainable technology that will facilitate Ireland in meeting its environmental commitments through reductions in ammonia and other reactive nitrogen emissions from soil. Due to the emissions reduction differential between dribble bar and trailing shoe, and the need to meet Ireland's national ammonia ceiling under the...

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

Charlie McConalogue: Following the success of TAMS II, I significantly increased the number of investment items available under TAMS 3. I also increased the reference costs as appropriate across all schemes, based on a review carried out in late 2022/early 2023. The reference costs are updated periodically to ensure that they reflect actual/market costs for the construction of farm buildings and facilities,...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Tree Remediation (18 Sep 2024)

Charlie McConalogue: My Department has introduced a comprehensive Action Plan on Ash Dieback which provides comprehensive supports to landowners who planted ash plantations under a grant-aided scheme overseen by my Department. There are no plans to extend the scheme. My Department supported the Tree Council of Ireland in publishing guidelines for managing roadside trees. This document is available on the Tree...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Fishing Industry (18 Sep 2024)

Charlie McConalogue: The Brexit Fish Processor Transition Scheme intended to compensate processors that suffered a reduction in turnover of at least 15% as compared to the scheme baseline reference period, and who could also demonstrate that their reduction in turnover was attributed to the EU-UK Trade and Cooperation Agreement in respect of reduced supply of species directly impacted by quota cuts and/or because...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Fishing Industry (18 Sep 2024)

Charlie McConalogue: On 13 August 2024 my Department received notification from the Licensee that there had been an escape of salmon from one cage at a site in Killary Harbour, Co. Galway. The Marine Institute and Inland Fisheries Ireland were also informed, in accordance with the applicable aquaculture licence conditions. My Department’s Marine Engineers carried out an inspection of the site on 15 August...

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

Charlie McConalogue: Food Vision 2030, Ireland’s stakeholder-led strategy for the agri-food sector, has the potential to transform our agriculture, food, forestry, and marine sectors, with environmental, economic and social sustainability at its core. Food Vision aims for Ireland to be “A World Leader in Sustainable Food Systems”. It was designed using a food systems approach, recognising the...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Veterinary Laboratories (18 Sep 2024)

Charlie McConalogue: My Department is working with the Office of Public Works to deliver the Regional Laboratories Redevelopment Programme. The design team is finalising an exemplar laboratory design and in accordance with the redevelopment programme, a planning application will be submitted in the coming months for the Kilkenny site in the first instance. When finalised, the exemplar design will form the basis...