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Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Brexit Preparations (30 Sep 2020)

Charlie McConalogue: My Department's Brexit preparedness work has resulted in various supports being introduced over successive budgets to help the agri-food and fisheries sectors mitigate the impact of Brexit. These include supports in the form of direct aid, as well as the provision of low-cost loans such as the €300 million Future Growth Loan Scheme. In addition,...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Forestry Sector (30 Sep 2020)

Charlie McConalogue: Work on a new ambitious Forestry Programme is due to begin in the coming months. This will include a public consultation process and full stakeholder engagement across the sector. Restoration of the farmer premium and a grant for the harvesting plan can be considered within this consultation framework. The Ash Dieback scheme was subject to a review starting in April 2018. A...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Animal Diseases (30 Sep 2020)

Charlie McConalogue: Questions relating to taxation are ultimately matters for my colleague the Minister for Finance. As part of the current ‘One Health’ national action plan to address antimicrobial resistance, disease prevention is a key tool to reducing the need for antimicrobials and in particular antibiotics. My understanding is that in order to seek a reduction in the VAT...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Food Industry (30 Sep 2020)

Charlie McConalogue: The Programme for Government includes a commitment to: Ensure fairness, equity, and transparency in the food chain by establishing a new authority called the National Food Ombudsman (NFO) to enforce the Unfair Trading Practices Directive. This new authority will enforce EU-wide rules on prohibited unfair trading practices in the food supply chain and will have powers to enforce this...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Aquaculture Licences (30 Sep 2020)

Charlie McConalogue: The Independent Review of Aquaculture Licensing was commissioned in 2016 and the Report of the Group and was submitted to my Department in May 2017. The Review Group carried out a detailed examination of the existing aquaculture licensing process, undertook comprehensive stakeholder consultation and looked at comparative national and international...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Farm Safety (30 Sep 2020)

Charlie McConalogue: Farm safety remains a top priority for me, my Department and the Government and my colleague Minister of State Martin Heydon has been given direct responsibility for this area in my Department. The indicative allocation for the TAMS II scheme over the course of the Rural Development Programme is €395 million. To date, €243 million has been paid across all the...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Animal Diseases (30 Sep 2020)

Charlie McConalogue: African swine fever (ASF), a disease of pigs and wild boar continues to pose a threat to the Irish pig sector and my Department implements a range of risk mitigation measures to prevent an incursion of the disease in Ireland.  Ireland is free of the disease.  It should be noted that the disease does not pose a threat to humans and meat is safe to eat. Since 2018, in light of...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Departmental Expenditure (30 Sep 2020)

Charlie McConalogue: My Department purchases online and media publications in compliance with procurement guidelines and it avails of the Office of Government Procurement framework agreements.  Since the onset of the current crisis, the provision of publications is regularly reviewed, with the suspension of some print copies and the migration to increased digital access. All expenditure is monitored on an...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Departmental Contracts (30 Sep 2020)

Charlie McConalogue: My Department availed of media monitoring services from Kantar Media and Truehawk Media during the period in question. The expenditure, excluding VAT, for this service was €9,253.51 in 2017,  €13,791.44 in 2018, €21,701.37 in 2019 and €11,200 to date in 2020.

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Fishing Communities (1 Oct 2020)

Charlie McConalogue: The Fisheries Local Action Group Scheme is a community-led local development initiative for the socio-economic development of coastal communities and forms part of my Department's European Maritime and Fisheries Fund Programme 2014-20.  There are seven Fisheries Local Action Groups, each responsible for a specific coastal region, and each has published a Local Development Strategy for...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Covid-19 Pandemic (1 Oct 2020)

Charlie McConalogue: There are no Covid-19-related restrictions in place regarding the importation of domestic animals and pets through Dublin Airport.

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Forestry Sector (1 Oct 2020)

Charlie McConalogue: The role of my Department is to oversee the development of forestry in a manner which is compatible with the economic, social and environmental sustainability objectives of the Government as a whole. The Department is also designated as the National Plant Protection Organisation and is responsible for the implementation of the relevant Official Controls Regulation...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Timber Supply (1 Oct 2020)

Charlie McConalogue: Forest pests and disease can be readily transported from one country to another and we need to be vigilant in respect of all these harmful organisms. These organisms may be associated with a variety of internationally traded plants, plant products including wood and wood packaging material such as crates and pallets which can be associated with goods of any kind. In order to address this...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Areas of Natural Constraint Scheme (1 Oct 2020)

Charlie McConalogue: An application for the 2020 Areas of Natural Constraints (ANC) Scheme was made by the person named on 9 March 2020.  Subsequent to the submission of the application for the scheme, it was necessary to process a change in the status of the herd number under which the application for the scheme was submitted.  My Department is currently processing this change and is awaiting...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Tuberculosis Eradication Programme (1 Oct 2020)

Charlie McConalogue: A full breakdown of the costs of the TB programme for 2017 to 2019 is presented in the table. The most up to date estimates of expected 2020 expenditure on the TB Programme are also presented. The overall cost of the TB Programme has increased from €86.4 million in 2017 to an estimated €97.3 million in 2020 (+€10.9 million or 13%). In that time, the primary drivers of...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Agriculture Scheme Appeals (1 Oct 2020)

Charlie McConalogue: Following processing of the applications for 2019 and 2020 on behalf of the persons named, a number of overclaims were identified.  These overclaims were notified and accepted by the applicants' agricultural agent. The largest parcel was then appealed and a Rapid Field Visit was arranged. This resulted in the eligible area being increased by 0.72 hectares.  The result...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Na hOileáin amach ón gCósta (1 Oct 2020)

Charlie McConalogue: Tháinig Scéim na Limistéar faoi Shrianta Nádúrtha (ANC) in áit Scéim na Limistéar faoi Mhíbhuntáiste in 2015.  Nuair a tugadh isteach Scéim na Limistéar faoi Shrianta Nádúrtha ainmníodh tailte ar oileáin amach ón gcósta ina Limistéir faoi Shrianta Sonracha i gcomhréir le forálacha...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Fisheries Protection (1 Oct 2020)

Charlie McConalogue: I propose to take Questions Nos. 402 and 403 together. I should advise the Deputy that the monitoring and control of fishing vessels within Ireland’s Exclusive Fisheries Zone are law enforcement matters for the Irish control authorities.Under the Sea Fisheries and Maritime Jurisdiction Act, 2006, all operational issues of this nature are exclusively for the Sea Fisheries Protection...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Fisheries Protection (1 Oct 2020)

Charlie McConalogue: The Income and Expenditure figures for the SFPA for the years 2016 to 2019 are provided below. Please note that 2016 - 2018 figures are taken from SFPA Annual Reports.  As the 2019 annual report is in the process of being published, these figures were taken from the 2019 Financial statement which was signed off by C&AG. 2016 2017 ...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Fishing Industry (1 Oct 2020)

Charlie McConalogue: I am assuming that the Deputy is referring to my Department's European Maritime and Fisheries Fund Programme 2014-20, which is the financial mechanism for supporting implementation of the CFP.  The EMFF Programme is implemented through a suite of 18 support schemes addressing various aspects of the development needs for the fisheries, aquaculture and seafood processing sectors, and...