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Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Departmental Reviews (15 Jul 2025)

Martin Heydon: Dr Sean Brady was appointed as independent chairperson of this review by my predecessor and then Minister for Agriculture Food and the Marine Charlie McConalogue. Dr Brady is engaging directly with the herdowner to progress this review, based on terms of reference as agreed with the herdowner. On conclusion of the review, Dr Brady will provide a report detailing the findings.

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Electricity Generation (15 Jul 2025)

Martin Heydon: The foreshore lease referred to by the Deputy was granted by the then Minister for Housing, Planning and Local Government. The role of assessing applications for Maritime Area Consents has since been transferred to the Maritime Area Regulatory Authority (MARA), an agency under the remit of the Department of Climate, Energy and the Environment. Responsibility for enforcement of the terms...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Grant Payments (15 Jul 2025)

Martin Heydon: I propose to take Questions Nos. 783, 784, 785 and 786 together. In 2022, my Department published an in-depth study of the Irish wool market called Review of Market Opportunities for Irish-Grown Wool Based Products. The main recommendation of the report was the establishment of an all-Island Wool Council to drive the development of the wool sector. The Council was to be a non-statutory...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Departmental Meetings (15 Jul 2025)

Martin Heydon: A procedure has been put in place whereby a formal review of commonage scores may be sought by participants in ACRES if they so wish. Details of this process are outlined in the ‘Review of ACRES commonage scores – January 2025’ document available on my Department's website at gov.ie - Agri-Climate Rural Environment Scheme (ACRES) (). This procedure consists of a...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Departmental Data (15 Jul 2025)

Martin Heydon: Rásaíocht Con Éireann (RCÉ) is a commercial state body, established under the Greyhound Industry Act, 1958 chiefly to control greyhound racing and to improve and develop the greyhound industry. RCÉ is a body corporate and a separate legal entity to the Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine. The question raised by the Deputy is an operational matter for...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Departmental Data (15 Jul 2025)

Martin Heydon: My Department is committed to ensuring that a skilled and motivated workforce is in place to meet its priority business needs. Workforce planning processes are utilised to identify our requirements across all our grade streams and locations, aiming to ensure a long-term, proactive and strategic plan by which current and future staffing needs are addressed. As business needs arise, staff are...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: ACRES Payments (15 Jul 2025)

Martin Heydon: The person named was accepted into ACRES General Tranche 1, with a contract commencement date of January 1st, 2023. An advance payment of €5,736.67 issued to the herd owner in December 2023 in respect of his participation in the Scheme in 2023. The ACRES balancing payment in respect of 2023 has not yet cleared the required pre-payment validation checks in this case due to an issue...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Departmental Data (15 Jul 2025)

Martin Heydon: Rásaíocht Con Éireann (RCÉ) is a commercial state body, established under the Greyhound Industry Act, 1958 chiefly to control greyhound racing and to improve and develop the greyhound industry. RCÉ is a body corporate and a separate legal entity to the Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine. The question raised by the Deputy is an operational matter for...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Environmental Impact Assessments (15 Jul 2025)

Martin Heydon: Dr Sean Brady was appointed as independent chairperson of this review by my predecessor and then Minister for Agriculture Food and the Marine Charlie McConalogue. Dr Brady is engaging directly with the herdowner to progress this review, based on terms of reference as agreed with the herdowner.

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Departmental Strategies (15 Jul 2025)

Martin Heydon: I wish to inform the Deputy that a list of all national strategies and action plans currently in operation under the remit of my Department is set out below:The CAP Strategic Plan (CSP) 2023-2027The Evaluation Plan to the CSP 2023-2027Climate Action RoadmapThe National Biomethane StrategySectoral Adaptation PlanFood Vision Tillage ReportFood Vision 2030 - Food Vision 2030Report of the Food...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: ACRES Payment (15 Jul 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. Payments in respect of scheme year 2023 are up to date for this herd. To date this case has not passed the 2024 advance payment validations. ACRES officials are actively working to resolve the issues preventing this...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Departmental Schemes (15 Jul 2025)

Martin Heydon: The new Programme for Government prioritises “supporting inter-generational farm succession”. Food Vision 2030, our shared strategy for the agri-food sector, states that generational renewal in farming is critically important to ensure the future viability and social sustainability of the Irish agri-food sector and of rural Ireland. While supporting young farmers and new...