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Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Agriculture Schemes (18 Feb 2025)

Martin Heydon: Backup PTO generators are available for grant aid under the Targeted Agriculture Modernisation Scheme (TAMS 3). Farmers may apply for these generators under the Dairy Equipment Scheme (DES), Organic Capital Investment Scheme (OCIS), Young Farmers Capital Investment Scheme (YFCIS) and Women Farmers Capital Investment Scheme (WFCIS). While backup PTO generators are included as an...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Agriculture Schemes (18 Feb 2025)

Martin Heydon: I can confirm that a total of 42,128 of ACRES participants, representing just under 78% of active participating herds, have now received their 2024 advance payments, totalling €181.75m. Almost 88% of Leitrim 2024 advance claims, and almost 86% of Sligo 2024 advance claims, have been paid. There are currently 293 herd owners in Leitrim and 301 herd owners in Sligo awaiting their 2024...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Agriculture Industry (18 Feb 2025)

Martin Heydon: The Forest Windblow Taskforce, comprises stakeholders representing forest owners, forestry companies, Teagasc and Coillte as well as DAFM. It is meeting regularly to work collaboratively and is focusing on providing practical solutions immediately to those landowners whose forests have been adversely affected and are faced with a major clean-up operation in dealing with fallen trees. The...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Agriculture Schemes (18 Feb 2025)

Martin Heydon: The person named submitted an application under the ACRES Co-operation stream and was approved into Tranche 1 of the scheme, with a commencement date of 1st January 2023. An interim payment in respect of their participation in the Scheme in 2023 issued to the participant in February 2024. The balancing payment issued in September 2024. The advance payment claim associated with this herd...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Agriculture Schemes (18 Feb 2025)

Martin Heydon: The person named submitted an application under the ACRES Co-operation stream, and was approved into Tranche 1 of the scheme with a commencement date of 1st January 2023. I can confirm that all ACRES payments in respect of 2023 have been finalised for this participant. The advance payment claim associated with this herd in respect of participation in ACRES in 2024 has not yet issued...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Departmental Staff (18 Feb 2025)

Martin Heydon: My Department is committed to being a modern, diverse and inclusive organisation that reflects and is capable of serving 21st century Irish society. The number of senior positions broken down by gender in my Department is shown in the table below. Positions Female Male Grand Total Secretaries General 1 1 ...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Departmental Data (18 Feb 2025)

Martin Heydon: The information requested by the Deputy is an operational matter for the State Bodies themselves. I have referred this query to the State Bodies under the aegis of my Department and have asked that they respond directly to the Deputy.

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Departmental Data (18 Feb 2025)

Martin Heydon: The information requested by the Deputy is an operational matter for the State Bodies themselves. I have referred this query to the State Bodies under the aegis of my Department and have asked that they respond directly to the Deputy.

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Departmental Data (18 Feb 2025)

Martin Heydon: My Department does not purchase or own any art. All artwork that is on display in my Department's buildings is part of the State Art Collection which is managed by the OPW Art Management Office. As regards the 13 State Bodies under the aegis of my Department, the information requested is an operational matter for the State Bodies themselves. I have referred the Deputy’s question...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Departmental Data (18 Feb 2025)

Martin Heydon: The staff headcount, and Full Time Equivalents (FTE) for the Department on the respective requested dates is outlined in tabular form below. The information requested by the Deputy is an operational matter for the public body themselves. I have referred this query to the bodies under the aegis of my Department and have asked that they respond directly to the Deputy. Date ...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Commonage Land Use (18 Feb 2025)

Martin Heydon: Each year farmers through the Basic Income Support for Sustainability (BISS) and other area-based schemes application are required to declare all lands that they farm, including commonages. Specifically for commonage land, farmers are required to provide evidence of their right to declare the land by the provision of supporting legal documentation such as a land folio. They are also...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Livestock Issues (18 Feb 2025)

Martin Heydon: The Merino Sheep is not a recognised breed society in Ireland and does not operate an approved breeding programme in accordance with the EU Animal Breeding Regulations. My Department does not compile statistics on the number of herds and no direct financial supports specifically for this breed are provided by my Department.

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Livestock Issues (18 Feb 2025)

Martin Heydon: Each year my Department carries out a census of sheep. This census counts the number of flocks keeping sheep, the number of sheep kept and the breeds of those sheep. The number of flocks, keeping Galway sheep, returned as per the census in the years 2020 to 2023 is set out in the table below. Analysis of the 2024 sheep census is ongoing. Flocks declaring Galway breed in census return ...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Livestock Issues (18 Feb 2025)

Martin Heydon: The Dexter Breed Society is recognised by Department and operates an approved breeding programme in accordance with the EU Animal Breeding Regulations. I am informed by the Dexter Cattle Society of the following: Information required 2021 2022 2023 2024 Total number of breeding...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Livestock Issues (18 Feb 2025)

Martin Heydon: The Kerry Cattle is one of our oldest native breeds with cows bred predominantly for milk production. The Kerry Cattle was once the dominant breed in Ireland, with a reputation for durability in the past farming landscape while producing quality milk. It is believed to be one of the oldest breeds in Europe. However, it is now a breed considered to be seriously at risk, as farmers have moved...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Livestock Issues (18 Feb 2025)

Martin Heydon: Each year my Department carries out a census of goats. This Census counts the number of herds keeping goats and the number of goats kept. The number of goats returned as per the census in the years 2020 to 2023 is set out in the table below. Analysis of the 2024 goat census is ongoing. Goat herds who made a census return Year No. of herds 2020 ...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Horticulture Sector (18 Feb 2025)

Martin Heydon: The then Minister’s stated objective at the time of the merger of Bord Bia with Bord Glas in 2004 was that both sectors would be better served by the joint expertise of an amalgamated body that could achieve the synergies necessary to best promote and market both food and horticulture at home and abroad. Since the merger, Bord Bia has actively worked to promote and develop the...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Livestock Issues (18 Feb 2025)

Martin Heydon: My Department's livestock database does not maintain a specific herd category for llamas and alpacas. Operators keeping these species are required to be registered with the Department and to obtain a herd number. The livestock species associated with these herd numbers is "other" and it is not currently possible to extract camelid specific herds from this category. A new category of...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Forestry Sector (18 Feb 2025)

Martin Heydon: Felling licence applications may have an operational period of up to 10 years, with timings for harvesting events, whether thinning, clearfell or both, contained at periods within that. The following information has been obtained from Departmental records, and where a licence application had both a thinning and clearfell event, the hectares to be thinned or clearfelled are shown in their...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Forestry Sector (18 Feb 2025)

Martin Heydon: Felling licences may have an operational period of up to 10 years, with timings for harvesting events, whether thinning, clearfell or both, contained at periods within that. The following information has been obtained from Departmental records and where a licence had both a thinning and clearfell event, the hectares to be thinned or clearfelled are shown in their respective years. Some...