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Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Departmental Funding (25 Feb 2025)

Martin Heydon: Horse Racing Ireland (HRI) is a commercial state body established under the Horse and Greyhound Racing Act, 2001, and is responsible for the overall administration, promotion and development of the horse racing industry. I understand that the matter referred to by the Deputy concerns a funding request made by the organisation named to HRI, therefore the question has been referred to HRI...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Departmental Consultations (25 Feb 2025)

Martin Heydon: The Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine generally avails of the legal services of the Chief State Solicitor's Office and its own Legal Services Division. However, occasionally it engages private Solicitor Firms and Junior and Senior Counsel for external legal advice. I wish to inform the Deputy that all external legal consultation that my Department engaged in, in 2023, 2024 as...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Public Procurement Contracts (25 Feb 2025)

Martin Heydon: I propose to take Questions Nos. 704 and 705 together. The information requested is not readily available in the format sought by the Deputy. A response providing the requested information will be issued to the Deputy in 10 working days.

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Agriculture Schemes (25 Feb 2025)

Martin Heydon: As part of Budget 2025 my Department secured an allocation of €5 million for 2025 to support the group of farmers commonly referred to as forgotten farmers. Work continues on addressing a number of remaining issues, before the details of the eligibility requirements and benefits to successful applicants under any scheme can be finalised. My Department has received representations...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Departmental Funding (25 Feb 2025)

Martin Heydon: The table below sets out details of executive education in excess of €7,500 that was undertaken by staff of my Department since 1 January 2020. The Advanced Leadership Programmes attended in 2023 and 2024 were sourced in line with procurement guidelines. Officers seeking such training would have reviewed options on the market at that time to ensure that the training was relevant and...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Departmental Strategies (25 Feb 2025)

Martin Heydon: As the deputy may be aware, the Department of Agriculture Food and the Marine alongside the Department of Environment, Climate and Communications (DECC) co-published an Agri Centric, farmer led National Biomethane Strategy in May of 2024. This was Ireland’s first major policy statement on biomethane and is an important milestone in the development of an indigenous sector. Strategy...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Farm Inspections (25 Feb 2025)

Martin Heydon: The following table presents the requested figures in respect of GLAS inspections per county during the time period 2020 to 2022. No GLAS inspections took place in 2023 or 2024 while no AEOS inspections took place during the time period 2020 to 2024. County 2020 2021 2022 Carlow 28 26 16 Cavan 148 ...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Ministerial Responsibilities (25 Feb 2025)

Martin Heydon: I wish to advise the Deputy that the briefing material I and the Ministers of State at my Department received on commencement will be published on my Department's website shortly. The Ministers of State appointed to my Department and their areas of responsibility are as follows:Mr. Noel Grealish, T.D. : Minister of State with Special Responsibility for Food Promotion, New Markets, Research...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Animal Diseases (25 Feb 2025)

Martin Heydon: I am aware of recent shortages in the market of Heptavac P Plus, a vaccine which is used for control of clostridial diseases and pasteurellosis in sheep and my officials have been working to address this. The relevant marketing authorisation holder has advised my officials that shipments are scheduled for delivery throughout February and March. Whilst my Department can not directly control...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Agriculture Schemes (25 Feb 2025)

Martin Heydon: The Targeted Agriculture Modernisation Scheme (TAMS 3) provides support to any farmer, regardless of their farming enterprise, to purchase backup generators. I am actively examining the extent to which existing investment items that are eligible for support under TAMS 3 may be suitable in the context of the response to Storm Éowyn. I am also considering whether there may be other...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Weather Events (25 Feb 2025)

Martin Heydon: The Targeted Agriculture Modernisation Scheme (TAMS) currently provides grant aid for investment in new structures rather than repair of existing structures. The main reason for this approach is that the state of the structure is unknown, which may lead to further issues associated with grant aiding repair work on existing farm sheds. Any proposed work would require sign-off by a structural...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Forestry Sector (25 Feb 2025)

Martin Heydon: The Climate Resilient Reforestation Pilot Scheme, which opened in July 2024, aims to provide supports to private forest owners at reforestation stage that incentivise species and structural diversity. This can result in an increase in the resilience and adaptiveness of the forest land to climate-related threats. The Scheme offers three elements, namely: 1: Reforestation for Continuous...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Forestry Sector (25 Feb 2025)

Martin Heydon: I am pleased to say that the portal to receive applications for the second instalment of the Climate Action Performance Payment Scheme is expected to go live on Wednesday 26th February, 2025.

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Renewable Energy Generation (25 Feb 2025)

Martin Heydon: This question is not a matter for my Department. The question was answered by my colleague the Minister for Environment, Climate and Communications on the 20th February 2025. Parliamentary question 6971/25 refers.

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Agriculture Supports (25 Feb 2025)

Martin Heydon: The Targeted Agriculture Modernisation Scheme (TAMS 3) already provides support to any farmer to purchase both water pumps and backup generators. Grant aid is also available under TAMS 3 for stand alone solar water pumps and solar fencing which operate off-grid, allowing their operation during power outages. I am actively examining the extent to which other existing investment items that...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Forestry Sector (25 Feb 2025)

Martin Heydon: The information requested in respect of the "Tree Belts for Ammonia Capture from Farmyards" action within the Agri-Climate Rural Environment Scheme (ACRES) is provided in the below table: Tranche 1 Tranche 2 Number of Applicants 95 13 Number of Hectares 32.31 4.71

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Agriculture Schemes (25 Feb 2025)

Martin Heydon: The person named was accepted into ACRES Tranche 1, with a contract commencement date of January 1st 2023. An interim payment of €4,000 issued to the herd owner in early 2024 in respect of their participation in the Scheme in 2023. My Department is currently investigating the issue preventing this case from passing the required validations for the balancing payment for 2023....

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Fishing Industry (25 Feb 2025)

Martin Heydon: The Young Fisher Scheme was launched in July of 2024. This scheme is administered by Bord Iascaigh Mhara (BIM) on my behalf. Applications for the first round of the scheme were being accepted until the 31st of October 2024. To date grant aid of €212,000 has been paid to young fishers under this scheme. The scheme is designed to support the purchase of a first fishing vessel. It is...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Animal Diseases (25 Feb 2025)

Martin Heydon: Bovine tuberculosis (bTB) is a challenging disease to control and eradicate. I am committed to making real progress in eradicating TB because I am acutely aware of the emotional and financial trauma associated with a TB breakdown for farmers, most especially the impact it has on the livelihoods of those in both the beef and dairy industries. The implementation of the Bovine TB Eradication...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Departmental Records (25 Feb 2025)

Martin Heydon: My Department is currently running a tender competition to procure archival services to undertake a 12-month pilot cataloguing and re-housing project, in order to devise a comprehensive project plan for cataloguing all of the records of the former Irish Land Commission including the Congested Districts Board records. My Department, with Officials from the National Archives, is working with a...