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Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Organic Farming Scheme (10 Mar 2021)

Charlie McConalogue: I was very pleased to recently reopen the Organic Farming Scheme and I hope that as many farmers as possible are giving consideration to converting. Interested farmers will find a wealth of supporting and informative material available from my Department, Teagasc, the Organic Certification Bodies or from their farm adviser. Applications will be accepted from all sectors and the scheme is...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Beef Industry (10 Mar 2021)

Charlie McConalogue: As the Deputy will be aware, prices for beef and other commodities is a commercial matter which I have no role in determining. I am acutely aware of the recent price volatility in the beef sector and I am conscious that the sector is particularly exposed to factors such as COVID, given its reliance on external trade and the food service and hospitality markets. My Department and I are...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Beef Industry (10 Mar 2021)

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: Agriculture Industry (10 Mar 2021)

Charlie McConalogue: The Department of Housing, Planning, Local Government and Heritage is the competent authority for the Nitrates Regulations (S.I. 605 of 2017 as amended). This regulation obliges farmers to keep within the limits set out of 170 kgs of Nitrogen from livestock manure per hectare (or 250 kgs/ N/ha for those who hold a Nitrates Derogation.) Measures farmers can take to reduce nitrogen and...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Forestry Sector (10 Mar 2021)

Charlie McConalogue: Forestry will play an important role in meeting our environmental objectives under the Climate Action Plan and on biodiversity as outlined in the Programme for Government. It is for this reason my Department will be focusing on afforestation applications in the coming weeks. I am mindful of the seasonality associated with afforestation and while other forestry licence types will continue...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Forestry Sector (10 Mar 2021)

Charlie McConalogue: The introduction of a new requirement for an Environmental report supported by a Planning grant is one of the recommendations in the Mackinnon report. The implementation report by Jo O’Hara, accepted by me, will now be advanced under Project Woodland. This, however, is a completely separate issue to the funding of ecologists which are an integral part of the licence approval...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Beef Industry (10 Mar 2021)

Charlie McConalogue: The objective of the Beef Exceptional Aid Measure (BEAM) was to provide temporary exceptional adjustment aid to farmers in the beef sector in Ireland subject to the conditions set out in EU Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2019/1132. BEAM participants gave a commitment to reduce the production of bovine livestock manure nitrogen on the holding by 5% for the period 1st July 2020 to...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Beef Industry (10 Mar 2021)

Charlie McConalogue: The objective of the Beef Exceptional Aid Measure (BEAM) was to provide temporary exceptional adjustment aid to farmers in the beef sector in Ireland subject to the conditions set out in EU Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2019/1132. BEAM participants gave a commitment to reduce the production of bovine livestock manure nitrogen on the holding by 5% for the period 1st July 2020...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Teagasc Activities (10 Mar 2021)

Charlie McConalogue: I can confirm that the 20 posts represent new fixed term teaching positions over and above the existing staff complement approved for Teagasc. I understand that Teagasc have panels in place from which they intend to make appointments. In some circumstances, existing contract staff whose contracts are coming to an end can apply for the positions, which have a duration of two years. The...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Departmental Advertising (10 Mar 2021)

Charlie McConalogue: I wish to advise the Deputy that my Department has not incurred expenditure on advertising in relation to COVID-19 during the period 1st March 2020 to 1st March 2021.

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Veterinary Services (11 Mar 2021)

Charlie McConalogue: I propose to take Questions Nos. 257 to 260, inclusive, together. The requirement for certification into and through GB falls to be determined by the UK. Under its Border Operating Model (BOM), the UK is progressively introducing new checks and controls on its trade with the EU on 1st January, 1st April and 1st July. This requirement places new additional demands on industry and the...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Areas of Natural Constraint Scheme (11 Mar 2021)

Charlie McConalogue: The person named applied under the 2020 Areas of Natural Constraints (ANC) scheme on 6th May 2020. Based on the information available to the Department at the time of application, it was determined that the person named had made an overclaim. This penalty was applied to the payment which issued from my Department on 15th January 2021. Following a review of the overclaim based on...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Areas of Natural Constraint Scheme (11 Mar 2021)

Charlie McConalogue: An application under the 2016 Areas of Natural Constraints (ANC) Scheme was received from the person named on 4th May 2016. In order to qualify for payment, participants were required to meet minimum requirements regarding stocking density and retention. As the person named used equines to make up his stocking requirements, it was necessary for him to demonstrate that his premises are...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Areas of Natural Constraint Scheme (11 Mar 2021)

Charlie McConalogue: An application to participate in the 2020 Areas of Natural Constraints (ANC) scheme was submitted by the person named on 30th April 2020. Under the terms and conditions of the scheme, participants are required to meet minimum requirements concerning stocking density and retention. Additional documentation in the form of a flock register and equine passports were requested by my Department...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Areas of Natural Constraint Scheme (11 Mar 2021)

Charlie McConalogue: An application under the 2020 Areas of Natural Constraints (ANC) scheme was submitted by the person named on 27th March 2020. Under the terms and conditions of the scheme, participants were required to meet minimum requirements concerning stocking density and retention. Additional documentation in the form of a flock register and equine passports were required by my Department from the...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Areas of Natural Constraint Scheme (11 Mar 2021)

Charlie McConalogue: The person named submitted a Basic Payment Scheme (BPS) application in 2020. Their BPS application contained a commonage parcel. As a result of standard administrative checks carried out by my Department, it was found that the specific commonage parcel was overclaimed. In that context, a full review of all evidence submitted to support the various applicants' claims on the specific commonage...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: GLAS Issues (11 Mar 2021)

Charlie McConalogue: The person named was approved into GLAS I with a contract commencement date of 1st October 2015 and has received payments for scheme years 2015 - 2019 and the 2020 advance payment, The Department is aware of an issue which has delayed the payment of a commonage claim for 2020 and is currently working to resolve it as soon as possible. Once this issue is resolved and the claim has cleared...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Aquaculture Data (11 Mar 2021)

Charlie McConalogue: My Department's €240 million European Maritime and Fisheries Fund Programme 2014-20 is the principal source of financial supports for our seafood sector. The Programme supports a wide variety of measures, including capital investment, innovation, professional advisory services, marketing and training, among others. The EMFF Sustainable Aquaculture Scheme supports capital investment by...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Agriculture Industry (11 Mar 2021)

Charlie McConalogue: The matter referred to is an operational commercial matter which neither I, as Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine nor my Department, have any role in.

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Departmental Data (11 Mar 2021)

Charlie McConalogue: I have provided in the attached table an estimate of the pay costs of the three forestry divisions in my Department. The figures represent a snapshot of the staffing complement in each of the years in question. Please note that the number of ecologists refers only to those employed directly by the Department at the end of 2020. ">table