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Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Covid-19 Pandemic (5 Nov 2020)

Charlie McConalogue: Biocidal products, including any type of hand sanitisers, may only be marketed and used in Ireland once they are registered with the Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine and are entered on the Biocidal Product Register" in accordance with Regulation 20 of Statutory Instrument 427 of 2013. The process for registering biocidal products aims to ensure that their use does not...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Land Issues (5 Nov 2020)

Charlie McConalogue: The case referred to is a complex one which centred on establishing ownership of a piece of land bordering Castletownbere Fishery Harbour Centre. Since my previous reply to the Deputy on this issue, significant progress has been made in finalising the matter and documents will be exchanged with the relevant parties involved shortly.

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Dairy Equipment Scheme (5 Nov 2020)

Charlie McConalogue: Under the Dairy Equipment Scheme, one of the suite of seven measures available under TAMS scheme, batch/multi place Meal Feeders are currently available on the list of investment items. The person named made an application for individual meal feeders on 5 April 2019. TAMS is a demand-led scheme and due to the high increase in application numbers, ranking and selection was applied with a...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Forestry Sector (5 Nov 2020)

Charlie McConalogue: Ireland’s forests and harvested wood products play a significant role in climate change mitigation by removing greenhouse gases from the atmosphere. The national forest estate is an important store for carbon, estimated at over 312 million tonnes. Ireland’s total forest area is not a net emitter of greenhouse gases and is a substantial sink for carbon dioxide compared to other...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Agriculture Scheme Data (5 Nov 2020)

Charlie McConalogue: The information requested by the Deputy is provided below. Basic Payment Scheme (BPS) County Eligible Applicants Paid Applicants Percentage Paid Amount Paid Cavan 4,667 4,596 98.5% €23,164,530 Monaghan 3,904 3,841 98.4% ...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Fishing Industry (5 Nov 2020)

Charlie McConalogue: Management arrangements for three migratory stocks in the North East Atlantic in which Ireland has an interest - Mackerel, Blue Whiting and Atlanto-Scandian Herring - are negotiated by means of a Coastal States Framework between parties in whose waters significant concentrations of the fish stock are to be found and who have had a track record in the fishery. The Coastal State...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Gambling Sector (10 Nov 2020)

Charlie McConalogue: Horse Racing Ireland (HRI) is a commercial state body established under the Horse and Greyhound Racing Act, 2001, and is responsible for the overall administration, promotion and development of the horse racing industry. HRI has informed this Department that there are no immediate plans to provide assistance to on course bookmakers. The Board of HRI considers matters relating to the impact...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Fishing Industry (10 Nov 2020)

Charlie McConalogue: The recent report on the Common Fisheries Policy (CFP) from BirdWatch Ireland puts forward its assessment of the implementation of the CFP and recommendations for future development. However, a number of the findings do not provide a true reflection of situation on the ground and the extensive work that has been carried out to improve our seas. For example, for 2020, 62 out of 78 TACs...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Agriculture Industry (10 Nov 2020)

Charlie McConalogue: Ireland’s greenhouse gas emissions reduction targets for the agriculture sector are governed under the European Union's Effort Sharing Regulations. For the current period 2021-2030, Ireland was given additional flexibility in terms of meeting its targets by securing additional greenhouse gas offsets (forestry, landuse management) counting towards our national commitment. This...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Covid-19 Pandemic (10 Nov 2020)

Charlie McConalogue: The Sport Horse industry is an industry that has been supported by respective Governments down through the years. I am very much aware of its importance to the economy and the desire for all involved to resume all activities as soon as possible. It is clear that Covid 19 is having a major effect on all sports, including Equine Sports. Ireland is currently at Level 5 in the fight...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Livestock Issues (10 Nov 2020)

Charlie McConalogue: Since the beginning of the Covid-19 crisis, my Department has worked intensively, in cooperation with marts representative organisations, to ensure that marts may remain in operation. My Department has adapted the conditions under which marts must operate since April, to reflect the various measures introduced by the Government to stop the spread of Covid. On 19thOctober, the Taoiseach...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Basic Payment Scheme (10 Nov 2020)

Charlie McConalogue: The Basic Payment Scheme came into effect in 2015 and established payment entitlement values under the scheme from that date. While the value of individual entitlements can be traced back to an initial reference period of 2001-2003, the effect of this has been significantly moderated through convergence. During the current CAP programme, farmers who held low value entitlements have...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Covid-19 Pandemic (10 Nov 2020)

Charlie McConalogue: OLAF, the European Anti-Fraud Office, notified the Revenue Commissioners regarding the import of a hand sanitiser product from Turkey to Ireland from the same supplier of a product that had been tested in Denmark and found to contain excessive levels of methanol. The Revenue Commissioners notified the Department of this information on 25thSeptember 2020 and arrangements were made to test the...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Covid-19 Pandemic (10 Nov 2020)

Charlie McConalogue: I propose to take Questions Nos. 791, 792 and 793 together. Biocidal products, including hand sanitisers, may only be marketed and used in Ireland once they are registered with the Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine and are entered on the Biocidal Product Register" in accordance with Regulation 20 of Statutory Instrument 427 of 2013. The hand sanitiser Virapro was approved by our...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Agriculture Schemes (10 Nov 2020)

Charlie McConalogue: Since the onset of the Covid-19 pandemic there has been a very significant upsurge in the volume of applications to my Department for registration and approval of new biocide products including also amendments to existing product registrations. Since the arrival of the pandemic, our Pesticide Registration and Control Division (PRCD) in the Department has received approximately 900 new...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Departmental Staff (10 Nov 2020)

Charlie McConalogue: Prior to the onset of the Covid-19 pandemic, a team of four staff routinely serviced the processing of biocidal product registration applications in addition to carrying out a range of other duties within the Pesticide Controls Division. Since the arrival of the covid-19 pandemic, a number of other staff within Pesticide Registration and Controls Divisions, approximating to 1.5 whole...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Agriculture Schemes (10 Nov 2020)

Charlie McConalogue: No staff from the meat control division of my Department have been assigned to assist with the backlog of PCS applications. Prior to the onset of the covid-19 pandemic, a team of four staff routinely serviced the processing of biocidal product registration applications in addition to carrying out a range of other duties within the Pesticide Controls Division. Since the arrival of the...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Covid-19 Pandemic (10 Nov 2020)

Charlie McConalogue: The Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine is the national competent authority for the approval and registration of biocide products, including sanitisers. Only biocidal products listed on the Department’s Biocidal Product Register may be placed on the market in Ireland. Following my Department's instruction to cease the use of all ViraPro products on Friday 23 October,...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Dog Breeding Industry (10 Nov 2020)

Charlie McConalogue: Dog breeding establishments with 6 or more breeding bitches are required to be registered by local authorities under the Dog Breeding Establishments Act, 2010. These registers of commercial breeders are published by local authorities. In 2019, my Department introduced the Animal Health and Welfare (Sale or Supply of Pet Animals) Regulations (SI 681 of 2019), with a view to further...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Sheep Welfare Scheme (10 Nov 2020)

Charlie McConalogue: The Sheep Welfare Scheme was launched in December 2016, for a period of four years. The scheme reflected the commitment of the Government to the sheep sector in Ireland and was introduced as part of Ireland’s Rural Development Programme. I am happy to confirm that in the recent budgetary process I secured funding for an additional year of the Sheep Welfare Scheme as we enter the CAP...