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Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Agriculture Supports (22 Jan 2025)

Charlie McConalogue: There was no suspension in beef payments in early December 2024. The maximum number of participants that could be paid under both schemes (as set out below) was paid in December 2024. If the Deputy has a specific case(s), he can provide it to my Department. The Suckler Carbon Efficiency Programme (SCEP) aims to provide support to beef farmers to improve the environmental sustainability of...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Nitrates Usage (22 Jan 2025)

Charlie McConalogue: Last August I published “Water and Agriculture - a collaborative approach”. It outlines a summary of the collaborative and unprecedented approach being taken at present to improve Irish water quality from an agricultural perspective. As set out in that document, at the EU Nitrates Committee in December, in line with the process set by the European Commission, Ireland...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Agriculture Schemes (22 Jan 2025)

Charlie McConalogue: ACRES advance payments for the 2024 scheme year commenced on 22 November 2024, when payments totalling €123.7 million were made to 28,294 Tranche 1 participants. Currently, a total of €172.1 million has been paid in advance payments in respect of the 2024 scheme year to 39,826 ACRES participants that have cleared all the required pre-payment checks. A total of €246.9...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Departmental Contracts (22 Jan 2025)

Charlie McConalogue: The principle of competitive tendering for Government contracts is used by The Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine for the acquisition of goods and services. This is a requirement in accordance with the Directive on Public Procurement and the European Union (Award of Public Authority Contracts) Regulations 2016. Central to those procedures is the requirement to allow fair...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Departmental Contracts (22 Jan 2025)

Charlie McConalogue: I wish to advise the Deputy that my Department has not issued any public contracts to the company (details supplied) over the last 10 years.

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Horse Racing Industry (22 Jan 2025)

Charlie McConalogue: The number of horses slaughtered in 2024 was 919 of which 641 were notified as thoroughbred horses. The Department does not have a record of the racing history of those notified as thoroughbred horses. The licence of Shannonside Foods, which was the only approved equine slaughter plant, was revoked on animal welfare and equine traceability grounds in June 2024 and no horses have been...

Written Answers — Department of Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Swimming Pools (5 Feb 2025)

Charlie McConalogue: My Department operates two capital funding programmes for sport, the Community Sport Facilities Fund (CSFF) and the Large Scale Sport Infrastructure Fund (LSSIF). The Department has not received an application for funding in respect of the swimming pool referred to by the Deputy. Cumulative investment from the LSSIF since 2020 now stands at €297 million, while over a quarter of a...

Written Answers — Department of Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Sports Funding (5 Feb 2025)

Charlie McConalogue: In 2024, the Large Scale Sport Infrastructure Fund (LSSIF) received unprecedented demand for funding, amounting to €665 million from 96 applications. As a result of this significant demand, a range of valid applications did not receive an LSSIF allocation at the initial allocation stage. Allocations totalling over €173m were made in respect of 35 projects. In relation to...

Written Answers — Department of Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Sports Facilities (5 Feb 2025)

Charlie McConalogue: My Department operates two capital funding programmes for sport, the Community Sport Facilities Fund (CSFF) and the Large Scale Sport Infrastructure Fund (LSSIF). Cumulative investment from the LSSIF since 2020 now stands at €297 million, while over a quarter of a billion euro was allocated to community sports clubs and facilities from the CSFF in 2024. This funding represents the...

Written Answers — Department of Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Foras na Gaeilge (6 Feb 2025)

Charlie McConalogue: Is í an Chomhairle Aireachta Thuaidh-Theas (CATT) a cheadaíonn maoiniú reatha don Fhoras Teanga Thuaidh-Theas, Foras na Gaeilge san áireamh. Cuireann mo Roinn 75% de bhuiséad ceadaithe Fhoras na Gaeilge ar fáil go bliantúil, leis an 25% eile ag teacht ó Roinn Pobal Tuaisceart Éireann, de réir an cóimheas maoinithe a aontaíodh...

Written Answers — Department of Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Sports Facilities (6 Feb 2025)

Charlie McConalogue: In 2024, the Large Scale Sport Infrastructure Fund ('LSSIF') received an unprecedented demand for funding, amounting to €665 million from 96 applications. As a result of this significant demand, a range of valid applications did not receive an LSSIF allocation at the initial allocation stage including the National Basketball Arena. In relation to LSSIF applications which have not...

Written Answers — Department of Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Sports Facilities (6 Feb 2025)

Charlie McConalogue: I propose to take Questions Nos. 120 and 121 together. In the first instance, I would hope that sporting facilities’ own commercial insurance would cover the cost of restoring such facilities back to sporting use where they have been damaged by the recent adverse weather events. Adequate insurance for facilities is a condition of capital funding granted by my Department under...

Written Answers — Department of Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Sports Funding (6 Feb 2025)

Charlie McConalogue: Sport Ireland, which is funded by my Department, is the statutory body with responsibility for funding National Governing Bodies of Sport (such as the IRFU), the development of sport and increasing participation. This remit also includes the allocation of funding to sporting organisations for the implementation of a range of programmes. As the issue raised is a matter for Sport Ireland, I...

Written Answers — Department of Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Údarás na Gaeltachta (11 Feb 2025)

Charlie McConalogue: I propose to take Questions Nos. 327 and 329 together. The Údarás na Gaeltachta (Amendment) Bill 2024, which completed 2nd Stage in Dáil Éireann prior to last year's general election, has recently been restored for inclusion in the business of the current Dáil. It is my intention to continue to progress this Bill through the Houses of the Oireachtas. The Bill...

Written Answers — Department of Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Sports Funding (11 Feb 2025)

Charlie McConalogue: On 4 November 2024, funding allocations under the Large Scale Sport Infrastructure Fund (LSSIF) were announced. The total amount of grants awarded under this second round was €173 million, benefiting 35 individual projects. With this announcement, the cumulative investment from the LSSIF since the first round in 2020 now totals €297 million. Last year the Large Scale Sport...

Written Answers — Department of Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Sports Funding (11 Feb 2025)

Charlie McConalogue: On 4 November 2024, funding allocations under the Large Scale Sport Infrastructure Fund (LSSIF) were announced. The total amount of grants awarded under this round was €173 million, benefiting 35 individual projects. With this announcement, the cumulative investment from the LSSIF since 2020 now totals €297 million. All applications submitted under the LSSIF were required...

Written Answers — Department of Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Coláistí Samhraidh (11 Feb 2025)

Charlie McConalogue: Tá éileamh íocaíochta faighte ag mo Roinn i leith obair an duine atá luaite ag an Teachta. Bhí an Roinn, áfach, ag fanacht ar chruthúnas cánach a theastaigh chun an duine seo a shocrú suas ar chóras íocaíochta na Roinne. Tá an cruthúnas seo faighte ag an Roinn anois agus déanfar íocaíocht leis an duine...

Written Answers — Department of Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Sports Organisations (11 Feb 2025)

Charlie McConalogue: Sport Ireland, which is funded by my Department, is the statutory body with responsibility for funding National Governing Bodies of Sport (such as the IRFU), the development of sport and increasing participation. This remit also includes the allocation of funding to sporting organisations for the implementation of a range of programmes and the conditions upon which funding has been allocated....

Written Answers — Department of Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Sports Funding (11 Feb 2025)

Charlie McConalogue: The organisation referred to by the Deputy submitted an application under the 2023 Community Sport Facilities Fund (formerly the Sports Capital and Equipment Programme). In some situations, applicants must complete documentation confirming continued access to the relevant property/land. The relevant documentation was not received as part of the initial application and therefore was deemed...

Written Answers — Department of Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Gaeltacht Scholarships (11 Feb 2025)

Charlie McConalogue: In order to foster language acquisition and enrichment opportunities in the Gaeltacht outside of the post-primary education system for learners of the language, the Department provides a subsidy under Scéim na bhFoghlaimeoirí Gaeilge / the Irish Language Learners Scheme (SFG) payable to qualifying Gaeltacht households providing accommodation for those attending an Irish course in...