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Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Wind Energy Guidelines (8 Oct 2019)

Charlie McConalogue: 510. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the status of the review of the 2006 wind energy development guidelines; when the review will be completed and the new guidelines published; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [40827/19]

Financial Resolutions 2019 - Financial Resolution No. 9: General (Resumed) (9 Oct 2019)

Charlie McConalogue: I welcome the opportunity to speak on the impact of budgetary measures on the agriculture and marine sector. The overall agriculture and marine envelope leaves people underwhelmed. It falls far short of the expectations of those in both sectors. As for the agrifood and agriculture sector, considering the massive financial pressure farmers have been under in recent months, there is nothing...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Knowledge Transfer Programme (10 Oct 2019)

Charlie McConalogue: 218. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the number of approved applicants to the knowledge transfer group scheme in the beef, sheep, dairy, tillage, equine and poultry sectors in tabular form; the number of approved applicants that subsequently withdrew from the scheme; the targeted number of groups formed; the number of groups finalised to date; the number of payments...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Knowledge Transfer Programme (10 Oct 2019)

Charlie McConalogue: 219. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if the knowledge transfer group scheme will be continued after year three of the current programme concludes; and if his officials examined using unused funds previously allocated to the scheme to finance the continuation of the programme in 2020 and beyond. [41595/19]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Agriculture Scheme Data (10 Oct 2019)

Charlie McConalogue: 220. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the number of sheep farmers that applied to the sheep EID tag subsidy scheme by 30 September deadline by county in tabular form; the process for reviewing applications; and the allocation for the scheme in 2019 and 2020. [41596/19]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Bord Bia Data (10 Oct 2019)

Charlie McConalogue: 221. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the amount in levies paid by farmers to An Bord Bia in each year over the 2016 to 2018 period and to date in 2019 for livestock slaughtered or exported in tabular form; the monetary breakdown in total levies collected annually for this period for cattle, sheep, pigs and other sector individually; and the individual levy per animal...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Seafood Sector (10 Oct 2019)

Charlie McConalogue: 222. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will provide an overview of the seafood scaling and new market development scheme; the amount of funding that will be allocated to the scheme in 2019 and 2020; and when the applications will open. [41598/19]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Beef Industry (10 Oct 2019)

Charlie McConalogue: 223. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine when the first meeting of the beef market task force will take place; and the status of the development of a beef market price index model as agreed by stakeholders at talks. [41599/19]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Invalidity Pension Applications (10 Oct 2019)

Charlie McConalogue: 252. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection when a decision will be made on an invalidity pension application by a person (details supplied) in County Donegal; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [41439/19]

An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (15 Oct 2019)

Charlie McConalogue: All Deputies will agree that the earlier in the year slurry is spread, the more value there is in terms of its nitrogen value and for farmers. As has been pointed out, according to Met Éireann, August was one of the wettest months for six or seven years. Farmers who planned to spread slurry then were unable to do so due to the wet conditions. Although it makes sense to spread earlier...

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Beef Industry (15 Oct 2019)

Charlie McConalogue: 54. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the amount in euro if all applications submitted to the beef emergency aid measure scheme were approved; the euro value for all approved applicants to date; the number of payments that have issued under the 2019 beef environmental efficiency pilot scheme; the total value of all approved applications; the status of the first meeting...

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Beef Industry (15 Oct 2019)

Charlie McConalogue: I ask the Minister the amount of euro involved if all applications submitted to the beef emergency aid measure scheme were approved and how much finance has been approved, the euro value for all approved applications to date, the number of payments that have issued to date under the 2019 beef environmental efficiency pilot scheme and the total value of all approved applications. In addition,...

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Beef Industry (15 Oct 2019)

Charlie McConalogue: I thank the Minister for his response. As he well knows, the reason we have such a crisis in the beef sector, which led to the protests and pickets over the summer, is the fact that for months, and indeed over recent years, farmers have been consistently losing money, and it is simply not sustainable. Coming out of the negotiation process, the agreement was that the beef task force would...

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Beef Industry (15 Oct 2019)

Charlie McConalogue: Talking about measures the Minister is introducing for farmers and debating them in the Dáil does not put bread on any farmer's table. I refer to the two schemes the Minister mentioned as providing tremendous support, in his view, to the beef sector, namely, the beef environmental efficiency pilot, which was announced in last year's budget, and BEAM, which was announced prior to the...

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Beef Industry (15 Oct 2019)

Charlie McConalogue: Not one euro has been paid yet.

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Fish Quotas (15 Oct 2019)

Charlie McConalogue: I ask the Minister for his views on the recent ICES mackerel advice which shows a further increase in the revised scientific advice given in May 2019 for the mackerel TAC for 2020. I also ask whether he will give an assurance to the marine sector that this new advice of 922,000 tonnes will be fully incorporated into the overall TAC quotas for 2020.

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Fish Quotas (15 Oct 2019)

Charlie McConalogue: It is very concerning that ICES is getting its advice so wrong. The advice it gave last year, which contributed to the formulation of the 2019 TAC, was off the mark by 50% in respect of mackerel. The decision in May to revise the TAC advice from ICES to 20%, as the Minister stated, was not incorporated into the TAC for the Irish fishing fleet. It is now essential that we see the full...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Fish Quotas (15 Oct 2019)

Charlie McConalogue: I emphasise the importance of ensuring that it is off the ICES advice regarding the figure of 955,000 this year. If that updated figure is used, the equivalent impact on the Irish fishing fleet would be a total allowable catch for mackerel in 2020 of 77,500 tonnes as opposed to just over 55,000 tonnes. This would be a net benefit of €40 million for the mackerel sector so the stakes...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Knowledge Transfer Programme (15 Oct 2019)

Charlie McConalogue: 66. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if the knowledge transfer scheme will be extended for a further year and opened for applications in 2020; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [41971/19]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Brexit Preparations (15 Oct 2019)

Charlie McConalogue: 76. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the contingencies being operated and supports that will be in place to safeguard farmers and the agrifood sector for all scenarios including a no-deal hard Brexit, including measures in budget 2020; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [41969/19]