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Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Forestry Sector (17 Oct 2024)

Charlie McConalogue: The Forestry Programme for the period 2023-2027 aims to encourage a substantial increase in afforestation by offering attractive and diverse options for planting. This Government has committed €1.3 billion of funding to the Programme in order to support our national ambition of 8,000 hectares of afforestation per year. It also provides for a range of schemes to support the maintenance...

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

Charlie McConalogue: The implementation of the Bovine TB Eradication Strategy 2021-2030 is overseen by the Bovine TB Stakeholders Forum along with support from three working groups – a Scientific group, an Implementation Working Group and a Finance Group to ensure all aspects of the Strategy are addressed. The Bovine TB Stakeholders Forum and its working groups comprise of representatives from across the...

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

Charlie McConalogue: Animal welfare is a key priority for my Department and considerable funding is provided to support, eligible, animal welfare charities, nationwide, through the annual Animal Welfare Grant Programme, which is administered by my Department. Grants are to support operational activities of such organisations and are not for capital or infrastructural purposes. Work on the 2024 Animal Welfare...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Sheepmeat Sector (17 Oct 2024)

Charlie McConalogue: The double tagging of sheep is an EU requirement set down in the EU Animal Health Law Regulation 2016/429 and its delegated regulation 2019/2035. The EU rules provide that lambs aged under 12 months that are moving directly to a slaughter premises from the holding of their birth may be tagged with a single yellow electronic tag. However, all other sheep regardless of when they were born...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Social Enterprise Sector (17 Oct 2024)

Charlie McConalogue: I wish to inform the Deputy that the total amount allocated in funding, including for specific projects or initiatives, by my department in each year from 2021 to date in 2024 is set out in the tables attached. 2021 Name of Social Enterprise Organisation/Body Funding Amount € Food Cloud 59,400 Leitrim Integrated Development...

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

Charlie McConalogue: The use of the Area Monitoring System (AMS) to monitor area-based schemes in EU Member States became mandatory on 1 January 2023. My Department is monitoring all area-based schemes using AMS in 2024. The AMS is the regular and systematic observation and assessment of agricultural activities and practices on agricultural areas by Copernicus Sentinel Satellite. The system monitors all...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Food Security (15 Oct 2024)

Charlie McConalogue: Maintaining food production is at the core of the Government's economy-wide target to reduce greenhouse gas emissions by 51% by 2030. My position is consistent- each sector, including agriculture, needs to play its part to achieve this target whilst continuing to sustainably produce food and feed. The Food Vision 2030 Strategy sets out a pathway for Ireland to become a world leader in...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Departmental Bodies (15 Oct 2024)

Charlie McConalogue: The 2024 allocations for each agency are set out in the table below. State Body 2024 allocation €000 Teagasc 170,450 Bord Bia 57,378 An Rialálaí Agraibhia (Agri-Food Regulator) 2,590 Horse Racing Ireland 76,000 Rásaíocht Con Éireann 19,000 Marine Institute 43,377 ...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Agriculture Schemes (15 Oct 2024)

Charlie McConalogue: In Budget 2025, I secured additional exchequer funding to increase supports for primary production in the sheep sector. There are two existing schemes to support sheep farmers – the CSP Sheep Improvement Scheme (SIS) and the 2024 National Sheep Welfare Scheme (NSWS). Farmers participating in both schemes who correctly complete all the action requirements can currently expect to...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Horticulture Sector (15 Oct 2024)

Charlie McConalogue: My Department is committed to supporting the horticulture sector, the fourth largest agriculture sector in Ireland, with a range of initiatives and supports. The full year costs of the supports are not available in advance of year end, therefore the scheme budgets are provided in the tables below. 2024 Scheme Scheme Budget 2024 Scheme of Investment Aid for the...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Pigmeat Sector (15 Oct 2024)

Charlie McConalogue: The continued development of the pigmeat sector is a priority for the Government, given the pivotal role the industry plays in the national economic context. The sector supports approximately 8,000 jobs spanning production, slaughter, processing, feed manufacture and services. As in other meat sectors, global trade conditions will be crucial in determining the outlook for the Irish pigmeat...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Agriculture Schemes (15 Oct 2024)

Charlie McConalogue: In Budget 2025, I secured additional exchequer funding to increase supports for primary production in the beef sector. There are two existing schemes to support suckler beef farmers – the CSP Suckler Carbon Efficiency Programme (SCEP) and the 2024 Beef Welfare Scheme (BWS). Farmers participating in both schemes who correctly complete all the action requirements can currently expect...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Agriculture Schemes (15 Oct 2024)

Charlie McConalogue: Budget 2025 sent a strong message of support for farmers engaged in the production of dairy beef calves. Earlier this year, I published a 10-point plan to develop and support our growing Dairy Beef sector. To further encourage this development, I am doubling the current payment per eligible calf to €40. As my aim is to encourage greater integration of the dairy and beef sectors, the...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Agriculture Schemes (15 Oct 2024)

Charlie McConalogue: The budget allocation for the Traditional Farm Buildings grant scheme is approximately €1.5 million. The maximum grant rate payable under the scheme for approved works is 75%, and the maximum grant amount is €30,000. This allows for approximately 50 projects per year to be funded. The vacant property grant is €50,000 per project. Increasing the traditional farm building...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Agriculture Schemes (15 Oct 2024)

Charlie McConalogue: The Health and Safety Authority (HSA), which is under the remit of the Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment, has statutory responsibility for safety in the workplace including the safety of young people operating tractors on farms. The FRS Co-Op delivers a course which is specifically designed to develop the safety skills of 14 to 16-year-olds in relation to tractor driving. The...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Agriculture Schemes (15 Oct 2024)

Charlie McConalogue: Funding for the fishing fleet is provided for through schemes administered by Bord Iascaigh Mhara (BIM) on behalf of my Department, and funded under the Seafood Development Programme (SDP). The SDP is co-funded by the Irish Government and the EU Commission under the European Maritime, Fisheries and Aquaculture Fund (EMFAF) 2021-2027. The EMFAF regulation sets out what EMFAF funding can, and...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Aquaculture Industry (15 Oct 2024)

Charlie McConalogue: Funding for aquaculture sector supports is provided under the Seafood Development Programme (SDP). The SDP is co-funded by the Irish Government and the EU Commission under the European Maritime, Fisheries and Aquaculture Fund (EMFAF) 2021-2027. Aquaculture operators may access support under a number of scheme, such as the Seafood Training Scheme, the Sustainable Aquaculture Scheme, and the...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Tillage Sector (15 Oct 2024)

Charlie McConalogue: The Tillage Sector has been allocated additional funding in both 2024 and 2025, above the annual €20m already provided via the Cap Strategic Programme for both the Protein and Straw Incorporation Measures. The additional Tillage Top Up and Unharvested Crop Loss expenditure of €14.3M realised in early 2024, was in respect of cereal crops planted during Winter 22 - Spring 23...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Organic Farming (15 Oct 2024)

Charlie McConalogue: My Department is committed to meeting our target of 10% of all agricultural land being farmed organically by 2030. There has been a very strong uptake of the Organic Farming Scheme over the last three years, most recently in December 2023, when a further 1,000 farmers joined the Scheme. This means that, this year, there will be approximately 5,000 organic farmers in Ireland farming...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Agriculture Supports (15 Oct 2024)

Charlie McConalogue: My Department has provided a number of schemes in support of extreme weather/flooding in recent years. These include the Shass Landslide Scheme, the Shannon Callows Flood Scheme, the Unharvested Crop Loss Support Scheme, the Fodder Transport Support Scheme and most recently the Cooley Flood Damage Relief Scheme. Please see table below outlining the cost associated with the most recent...