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Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Departmental Data (10 Jun 2025)

Martin Heydon: Coillte was established as a commercial state company with private limited status under the Forestry Act, 1988, to become custodian and manager of the national forest estate. The company is currently managing 440,000 hectares of land (7% of the total area of the Republic of Ireland), and its day-to-day operations, such as maintaining lists of addresses of properties that form part of the...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Departmental Schemes (10 Jun 2025)

Martin Heydon: The tillage sector is an integral part of Irish farming and makes a significant contribution to overall agricultural output. This Government recognises the importance of the sector and wants to grow the area under tillage crops in the years ahead. The report of the Food Vision Tillage Group, which was published in May 2024, sets out a road map for the sustainable growth and development of...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Climate Action Plan (10 Jun 2025)

Martin Heydon: This Government recognises the importance of the sector and wants to grow the area under tillage crops in the years ahead. The Climate Action Plan has set a target of growing the tillage area to 400,000 hectares as a diversification measure, and the report of the Food Vision Tillage Group sets out a road map to achieve this. My Department is engaging with stakeholders to progress the...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Climate Action Plan (10 Jun 2025)

Martin Heydon: Conditionality sets the baseline requirements for farmers in receipt of CAP payments and replaces the “cross compliance” requirements in the previous CAP. Conditionality consists of Statutory Management Requirements (SMRs) and Good Agricultural and Environmental Condition (GAEC) standards. GAEC 7 is concerned with improving soil quality and health and reducing the...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Departmental Funding (10 Jun 2025)

Martin Heydon: The tillage sector is an integral part of Irish farming and makes a significant contribution to overall agricultural output. This Government recognises the importance of the sector and wants to grow the area under tillage crops in the years ahead. My Department has provided significant direct supports to tillage farmers across a range of initiatives over the past number of years. In...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Departmental Data (11 Jun 2025)

Martin Heydon: My Department operates a dedicated Oireachtas Liaison Unit. The Unit was established in 2016 to assist Oireachtas members with their constituent's individual payment queries, specifically related to schemes under the Common Agricultural Policy. The Contact details are: e-mail: oireachtas@agriculture.gov.ie, Telephone: 076 -1064460. State Bodies under the aegis of my Department provide...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Departmental Contracts (11 Jun 2025)

Martin Heydon: There were no capital projects for IT Services in my Department that had contracts valued in excess of €1million, and that failed to reach completion for the years 2022, 2023 and 2024. 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 to...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Departmental Contracts (11 Jun 2025)

Martin Heydon: I wish to inform the Deputy that the information requested is set out in the attached table. 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 to the Agencies and have requested that a response should issue within 10 days. Capital...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Departmental Schemes (11 Jun 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. While payments for 2023 have been made, to date this case has not passed all the required 2024 advance payment validations due to an issue relating to the commonage claim. The case is being worked on and I expect this...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Departmental Schemes (11 Jun 2025)

Martin Heydon: The On Farm Market Valuation Scheme (OFMV) is the main element of the compensation regime for bovine livestock slaughtered as part of a national statutory disease eradication programme. Independent Valuers are appointed by me to undertake live valuations of bovine livestock under the OFMV for official disease control purposes. The current panel of Independent Valuers is due to expire on...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Departmental Schemes (11 Jun 2025)

Martin Heydon: The person named submitted an application under the ACRES General stream and was approved into Tranche 1 of the scheme, with a commencement date of 1st January 2023. An ACRES interim payment issued to the herd owner in February 2024 in the sum of €4,000. To date this case has not passed the 2023 payment validations. Department officials are actively working to resolve the issues...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Departmental Inquiries (11 Jun 2025)

Martin Heydon: The person named submitted an application under the ACRES General stream and was approved into Tranche 1, with a commencement date of 1st January 2023. I have made further enquiries and it is my understanding that my Department has been in contact with the herdowner explaining the current position in relation to the processing of this transfer request. My Department acknowledges the...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Departmental Staff (11 Jun 2025)

Martin Heydon: I can advise the Deputy that my Department has engaged retired officials on 11 occasions on a consultancy basis in the past four years and to date in 2025. The reasons for engaging them and the cost incurred are included in the attached table. All Department staff provide annual Conflict of Interest declarations. It is not Department policy to apply this obligation on contractors. ...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Departmental Data (12 Jun 2025)

Martin Heydon: The following table represents the number of participants paid and awaiting payment following the latest payment run on 6 June 2025: Scheme year General Co-operation Total Number of ACRES participants paid Number of ACRES participants awaiting payment Number of ACRES participants paid ...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Departmental Data (12 Jun 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 have made further enquiries and it is my understanding that my Department has been in contact with the herdowner explaining the current position in relation to the processing of this transfer request. My Department...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Tax Reliefs (12 Jun 2025)

Martin Heydon: Taxation policy is the responsibility of the Minister for Finance. However, both of our Departments work closely to ensure taxation policy is consistent with Government priorities for the agri-food sector. Nationally, there are strong taxation measure in place to facilitate succession and the early inter-generational transfer of farms. Agricultural Relief is a key measure for succession...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Departmental Expenditure (12 Jun 2025)

Martin Heydon: The Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine has not been renamed or re-branded since 2011 therefore no costs have been incurred recently.

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Grant Payments (12 Jun 2025)

Martin Heydon: Applications for a Succession Planning Advice Grant are accepted and processed by the Department all year round. I am advised that my department has no record of an application received from or on behalf of the individual referred to. Applications are currently being accepted for Tranche 3 and can be sent by email to . Full details of the scheme are available on the Department's website .

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Animal Breeding (12 Jun 2025)

Martin Heydon: The Dog Control Stakeholder Group was established in March 2024 to review the Control of Dogs Acts and the Dog Breeding Establishments Act. The stakeholder group's remit includes considering the need for legislative change. Following a number of serious incidents, the then Minister for Rural and Community Development decided to introduce legislation to protect public safety. As part of...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Animal Welfare (12 Jun 2025)

Martin Heydon: The Veterinary Council of Ireland (VCI) announced in April 2024 that it had updated its Code of Professional Conduct for Veterinary Practitioners to prohibit veterinarians from carrying out surgical artificial insemination in dogs due to ethical and welfare considerations. However, this new prohibition does not apply to greyhounds, as the practice is provided for in legislation under the...