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Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Departmental Properties (8 Oct 2020)

Charlie McConalogue: My Department owns, operates and maintains six designated State-owned Fishery Harbour Centres (FHC) under statute, including Killybegs FHC, Howth FHC and Dunmore East FHC. The FHCs contain a diverse property portfolio reflecting their role as working fishery harbours and as the location for a broad range of other marine activities. The total number of properties (excluding infrastructure)...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Harbours and Piers (8 Oct 2020)

Charlie McConalogue: My Department owns, operates and maintains six designated State-owned Fishery Harbour Centres, located at Castletownbere, Dingle, Dunmore East, Howth, Killybegs and Ros An Mhíl under statute. In addition, my Department also has responsibility for the upkeep and maintenance of North Harbour at Cape Clear, as well as the maintenance of a small number of specific piers, lights and beacons...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Fishing Licences (8 Oct 2020)

Charlie McConalogue: I propose to take Questions Nos. 322 and 331 together. My Department’s records indicate that the company referred to by the Deputy has an application for an aquaculture licence under active consideration by my Department. My Department considers all applications for aquaculture licences in accordance with the provisions of the 1997 Fisheries (Amendment) Act, the 1933 Foreshore Act...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Immigrant Investor Programme (8 Oct 2020)

Charlie McConalogue: My Department has a statutory responsibility to approve slaughter plants in accordance with the European Union (Food and Feed Hygiene) Regulations 2020. With regard to any proposed additional processing facilities, I would urge those involved to engage with my Department veterinary officials at an early stage in order to understand and address the requirements for approval to be registered...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Departmental Contracts (8 Oct 2020)

Charlie McConalogue: I wish to advise the Deputy that my Department has not engaged any public relations agencies or consultants during 2019 or to date in 2020.

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Hare Coursing (8 Oct 2020)

Charlie McConalogue: Coursing is regulated under the Greyhound Industry Act, 1958, chiefly by the Irish Coursing Club (ICC), subject to the general control and direction of Rásaíocht Con Éireann. Hare coursing is managed and regulated by the Irish Coursing Club (ICC). The organisation consists of 89 affiliated clubs from Ireland and Northern Ireland, all of whom must abide by the ICC’s...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Departmental Staff (8 Oct 2020)

Charlie McConalogue: I can confirm that the (IPA) Ireland-A Directory (which is published annually) contains the information being sought by the Deputy regarding my Department. My Department's Oireachtas Liaison Unit will supply relevant extracts from this publication directly to the deputy within five working days.

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Tuberculosis Eradication Programme (8 Oct 2020)

Charlie McConalogue: The bovine Tb skin test used in Ireland is the Single Intradermal Comparative Tuberculin Test (SICCT). The sensitivity of a test is the ability of a test to correctly identify an infected animal as positive. The higher the sensitivity of a test the lower the probability of incorrectly classifying an infected animal as uninfected (a false negative result). The SICCT Tb skin test used in...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Harbours and Piers (8 Oct 2020)

Charlie McConalogue: My Department owns, operates and maintains six designated State-owned Fishery Harbour Centres, located at Castletownbere, Dingle, Dunmore East, Howth, Killybegs and Ros An Mhíl under statute. In addition, my Department also has responsibility for the upkeep and maintenance of North Harbour at Cape Clear, as well as the maintenance of a small number of specific piers, lights and beacons...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Food Industry (8 Oct 2020)

Charlie McConalogue: I propose to take Questions Nos. 329 and 330 together. Ireland currently has formally recognised Producer Organisations (POs) under the EU Producer Organisations scheme in the fruit and vegetable and beef sectors. There are currently four fruit and vegetable POs recognised under the EU Producer Organisations scheme in Ireland. The EU fruit and vegetables regime supports POs for implementing...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Departmental Schemes (8 Oct 2020)

Charlie McConalogue: My Department continues to monitor the situation in relation to the floods, with significant flooding occurring of farmlands but, in general, not of farmyards to-date. A study to determine the feasibility of any future once-off targeted scheme for Voluntary Farm Building Relocation is being undertaken. My Department has evaluated a range of at risk farmyards, impacted by flooding, to...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Afforestation Programme (8 Oct 2020)

Charlie McConalogue: The Mackinnon Report carried out by Jim Mackinnon, former Chief Planner with the Scottish Government reviewed the forestry approval process and related issues in Ireland. This was similar to an exercise which Mr. Mackinnon had previously conducted for the Scottish authorities. It was published at the end of last year and presented to the Forestry Programme Implementation Group in January. Its...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Afforestation Programme (8 Oct 2020)

Charlie McConalogue: The current Forestry Programme covers the period ending 2020, but given delays in finalising CAP regulations and State Aid rules, will have to extend into 2021. The Programme will set out the different measures that the Department will support during the next programming period. I am anxious that this new programme reflect societal expectations for a modern forestry programme when it...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Fishing Industry (8 Oct 2020)

Charlie McConalogue: I note the publication of the Northern Ireland Fishing and Seafood Development Programme (FSDP)(Stage 1) report, which was published by the Department of Agriculture, Environment & Rural Affairs in Northern Ireland on the 25th of September 2020. This is a report focused on the possible future development of Northern Ireland's fishing port infrastructure. The report focuses on the...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Forestry Grants (8 Oct 2020)

Charlie McConalogue: An application under the Reconstitution and Underplanting Scheme (Ash Dieback) was received on behalf of the person named and is currently with our Registration Team for processing. Once registration has been completed, the Department will write to the applicant and his Registered Forester, providing a CN reference number. At this stage, the application will also be forwarded to the...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Agriculture Schemes (13 Oct 2020)

Charlie McConalogue: My aim is to ensure the continuation of the Rural Development Programme schemes during the transitional period. In cases where contracts are already in place under relevant Schemes to continue beyond 2020, these will continue as outlined under the RDP. Any decision to extend current RDP schemes will be made in the context of Budget 2021 and will ultimately require an amendment to the RDP to...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Rural Development Programme (13 Oct 2020)

Charlie McConalogue: I continue to work with my officials and Ministerial colleagues to ensure that we have a sufficient national and EU budget for the transitional period and beyond. It is our priority to ensure stability of income while producing outputs in areas such as environment, biodiversity and public goods. The national funding is a matter for discussion as part of the annual budgetary process which...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Rural Environment Protection Scheme (13 Oct 2020)

Charlie McConalogue: The Programme for Government has proposed to allocate €1.5bn. from the proposed Climate Action Fund over the next ten years, to a rural environment protection programme to encourage and incentivise farmers to farm in a greener and more sustainable way. The planning and funding for this scheme will be matters for discussions in relation to the Budget.

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Agriculture Industry (13 Oct 2020)

Charlie McConalogue: I propose to take Questions Nos. 582 and 588 together. My Department's Brexit preparedness work has resulted in various supports being introduced over successive budgets to help the agrifood and fisheries sectors mitigate the impact of Brexit. These measures were aimed at enhancing competitiveness and market and product diversification and included low cost loan schemes, supports for Bord...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Brexit Supports (13 Oct 2020)

Charlie McConalogue: I propose to take Questions Nos. 583 and 589 together. My Department's Brexit preparedness work has resulted in various supports being introduced over successive budgets to help the agrifood and fisheries sectors mitigate the impact of Brexit. These measures were aimed at enhancing competitiveness and market and product diversification and included low cost loan schemes, supports for Bord...