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Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Targeted Agricultural Modernisation Scheme (15 Jul 2020)

Dara Calleary: The person named submitted an application for grant-aid on 5 June 2020 under the Animal Welfare, Nutrient and Storage Scheme of TAMS II in tranche 17. This tranche also closed on 5 June 2020. All applications received in a given tranche are initially be subject to an administrative check. This includes an examination of the documentation supplied. It should be noted that the submission...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Meat Processing Plants (15 Jul 2020)

Dara Calleary: I propose to take Questions Nos. 121 and 122 together. Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2017/1184 of 20 April 2017 governs the monitoring of carcase classification, carcase presentation and weighing. To date, in 2020, officers from the Carcase Classification Division of my Department have conducted over 260 inspections across 32 factories (mechanical and manual grading plants) and...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Targeted Agricultural Modernisation Scheme (16 Jul 2020)

Dara Calleary: TAMS II is currently scheduled to close to new applications on 31 December 2020. As there has been a delay in agreeing the EU budget and the new CAP reform regulations, transitional arrangements will be made to provide legal and financial certainty for RDP schemes for 2021. The European Commission has therefore introduced draft transitional Regulations to cover the period between the...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Areas of Natural Constraint Scheme (16 Jul 2020)

Dara Calleary: The person named submitted an application for the 2019 Areas of Natural Constraints (ANC) Scheme on 10/5/2019. All requirements for the 2019 scheme year were met by the person named and payment in full issued on April 7 2020. The person named made an application for the 2018 ANC scheme on 14 May 2018. The Terms and Conditions of the 2018 ANC scheme require that a number of requirements...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Meat Processing Plants (16 Jul 2020)

Dara Calleary: Equine slaughter plants whose meat is destined for human consumption must meet the requirements set out in detailed EU regulations relating to food safety and animal health and welfare.The slaughter process and the handling of equines destined for slaughter at each of the slaughter plants approved by my Department takes place under strictly supervised conditions. There is an appointed...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Animal Culls (16 Jul 2020)

Dara Calleary: Bord na gCon 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. Bord na gCon 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 Bord na gCon and therefore the...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Coillte Teoranta (16 Jul 2020)

Dara Calleary: Coillte is a commercial State body under the aegis of the Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine. It is operationally independent of my Department and I have therefore passed the questions which are specific to Coillte for response and direct reply to the Deputy. I welcome the establishment of Coillte Nature in June 2019 and the recent launch of the Dublin Mountains Conversion...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Live Exports (16 Jul 2020)

Dara Calleary: Under EU Intra Community Trade Directive, 64/432, cattle being exported for breeding and production must come from officially tuberculosis-free herds and, in the case of all animals over 42 days of age, must at the time of export, have been tested with negative results to the intradermal tuberculin test during the 30 days prior to certification for export. Failure to meet this EU...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Agriculture Schemes (16 Jul 2020)

Dara Calleary: My Department is aware of spring frost events that took place in May of this year that affected forestry plantations across the Midlands and the West of Ireland. The Department is monitoring the recovery of crops through routine inspections and surveys to ascertain the extent and severity of any frost damage arising. A Departmental Circular to the Forestry Sector was issued on 12thJune, 2020...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Departmental Correspondence (21 Jul 2020)

Dara Calleary: I propose to take Questions Nos. 490 and 514 together. A letter from a member of the public addressed to Minister Humphreys (dated January 22nd) was received in DAFM on 24thJanuary, and was passed to the appropriate senior line manager for consideration. It was passed to the Department without any representations, notation or any other contact from Minister Humphreys. Once received the...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Felling Licences (21 Jul 2020)

Dara Calleary: I propose to take Questions Nos. 491, 492 and 493 together. The commencement of the Forestry Act, 2014 in May, 2017 brought about significant changes in the consent process for forestry operations. Felling licences are now valid for up to 10 years and may cover several felling events, such as thinning then clear felling on the same plot. Landowners considering future operations, have the...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Fishing Licences (21 Jul 2020)

Dara Calleary: The Fisheries (Amendment) Act 2003 transferred the functions of sea-fishing boat licensing from the Minister to the Licensing Authority for Sea-fishing Boats, which operates on an independent basis subject to criteria set out in that Act and Ministerial Policy Directives. The Licensing Authority is the Registrar General of Fishing Boats, an official of the Department of Agriculture, Food and...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Ministerial Advisers (21 Jul 2020)

Dara Calleary: On the commencement of every Dáil, the Department of Public Expenditure and Reform issues guidelines setting out the arrangements for the staffing of Ministerial Offices. The Guidelines for the 33rd Dáil are currently awaiting Government approval. It should be noted that the appointment of individual Special Advisers is a matter for each Government Minister subject to the...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Bord Iascaigh Mhara (21 Jul 2020)

Dara Calleary: My Department's €240 million European Maritime and Fisheries Fund (EMFF) Progranmme 2014-20 is the principal source of development funding for the fisheries, aquaculture and seafood processing sectors. The Programme includes a €12 million Fisheries Local Action Group Scheme which aids community and micro enterprise projects in fisheries and aquaculture communities, mostly...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Targeted Agricultural Modernisation Scheme (21 Jul 2020)

Dara Calleary: The person named has submitted an application under TAMS II, tranche 17 under the Animal Welfare Safety and Nutrient Storage Scheme. This application has passed the initial administrative checks required and will be subject to the ranking and selection process. Ranking and selection is the process of ranking each application in each tranche using certain pre-defined criteria. If the...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Horse Racing Ireland (21 Jul 2020)

Dara Calleary: Horse Racing Ireland (HRI) is a commercial State Body responsible for the overall administration, promotion and development of the horse racing industry. My predecessor, together with Ministers of State Hackett and Heydon and officials from my Department met the CEO, the Chairperson of the Board and officials from HRI on Tuesday 14thJuly 2020. The items discussed included: - HRI’s...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Targeted Agricultural Modernisation Scheme (21 Jul 2020)

Dara Calleary: The person named has submitted an application under TAMS II, tranche 17 under the Animal Welfare Safety and Nutrient Storage Scheme. This application has passed the initial administrative checks required and will be subject to the ranking and selection process. Ranking and selection is the process of ranking each application in each tranche using certain pre-defined criteria. If the...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Greyhound Industry (21 Jul 2020)

Dara Calleary: Bord na gCon (BnG) 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. Bord na gCon is a body corporate and a separate legal entity to the Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine. Section 26 of the Greyhound Industry Act 1958 establishes the Irish Coursing Club (ICC)...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Harbours and Piers (21 Jul 2020)

Dara Calleary: Greencastle Harbour is owned by Donegal County Council and responsibility for its maintenance and development rests with that Local Authority in the first instance, and its parent Department, the Department of Housing, Planning and Local Government, thereafter. My Department owns, operates and maintains six designated State-owned Fishery Harbour Centres, located at Castletownbere,...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Maritime Safety (21 Jul 2020)

Dara Calleary: This proposed project by Bord Iascaigh Mhara (BIM) has been assessed in the wider context of the provision of existing specialised professional sea survival training facilities within the State and the cost, both construction and operational, of such a facility. There are existing professional sea survival training facilities based at the National Maritime College of Ireland,...