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Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Forestry Sector (8 Jul 2021)

Charlie McConalogue: I propose to take Questions Nos. 329, 330 and 334 together. There are currently 904 afforestation licence applications representing 7,400 hectares on hand in the Department and we are committed to dealing with these licences, along with felling and roads licences on hand. The weekly statistics issued by the Department show clearly that there has been an increase in forestry licence...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Forestry Sector (8 Jul 2021)

Charlie McConalogue: The ‘Land Availability for Afforestation’ document reported that there were 178,823 hectares of unenclosed land that were not farmed and technically suitable for forestry development. A decision was made by the Department to restrict the planting of unenclosed land in December 2010, to no more than 20% of any one application. Unenclosed land is, in general, less fertile and more...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Common Agricultural Policy (8 Jul 2021)

Charlie McConalogue: In May 2019, the then Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine decided to establish the CAP Consultative Committee in order to facilitate stakeholder engagement in the CAP reform process, by keeping them updated as the reform discussions progressed and by facilitating a regular exchange of views on the issues arising. Committee Membership was drawn from a broad range of invited...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Forestry Sector (8 Jul 2021)

Charlie McConalogue: A decision was made by the Department to restrict the planting of unenclosed land in December 2010, to no more than 20% of any one application. It is the case therefore that this rule has the effect of reducing the proportion and total hectarage of planting on unenclosed land. However, enclosed land is, in general, less fertile and more exposed than enclosed land and trees planted on...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Agriculture Schemes (8 Jul 2021)

Charlie McConalogue: The eligibility criteria for the Results-based Environment-Agri Pilot (REAP) Project stated that anyone who had ever been approved into GLAS would not be eligible to participate in the project. This was published in the terms and conditions of the project full details of which are available on my Department's website. As a result, the person named was ineligible for the scheme.

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Aquaculture Industry (8 Jul 2021)

Charlie McConalogue: Aquaculture licences are granted subject to the provisions of the Fisheries (Amendment) Act, 1997, the 1993 Foreshore Act and applicable EU legislation. Section 69 - (2) of the 1997 Fisheries Amendment Act provides for: - Revocation of an aquaculture licence in circumstances where aquaculture at a site has ceased for a continuous period of 2 years. - Consideration of factors in relation...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Climate Action Plan (8 Jul 2021)

Charlie McConalogue: While the agriculture sector needs to make a significant contribution to abating emissions of methane and nitrous oxide, two greenhouse gases associated with livestock based agriculture, it is also clear that we must acknowledge the role of removals within the landscape and the important role farmers can play in terms of enhancing these removals. While accounting for these removals is...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Pigmeat Sector (8 Jul 2021)

Charlie McConalogue: The continued development of the pigmeat sector is a priority for me, given the pivotal role the industry plays in the national economic context. It is the fourth largest agri-food sector accounting for 6.3% of the total agri-food output. The sector supports approximately 8,000 jobs spanning production, slaughter, processing, feed manufacture and services and has played a key role in meeting...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Horse Racing Industry (13 Jul 2021)

Charlie McConalogue: Horse Racing Ireland (HRI) is a commercial state body established under the Horse and Greyhound Racing Act, 2001. The Horse Racing Ireland Act, 2016 provides that HRI is responsible for the overall administration, governance, development and promotion of the Irish horse racing industry, and for guaranteeing funding to the Racing Regulatory Body to carry out its functions through an integrity...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Horticulture Sector (13 Jul 2021)

Charlie McConalogue: The Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine provides a support to the horticulture industry through the Scheme of Investment Aid for the Development of the Horticulture Sector. Financial support is available to assist growers and businesses through grant aid for capital investments in specialised plant and equipment including renewable energy, as well as technology adoption specific to...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Common Agricultural Policy (13 Jul 2021)

Charlie McConalogue: Eco-Schemes are being proposed for the first time as part of the next Common Agricultural Policy (CAP) and will be funded from within Pillar 1 of the CAP budget.  Eco-Schemes will be annual schemes that farmers can choose to participate in each year. Each Member State will have to develop an Eco-Scheme and will have to establish a list of Eco-Scheme actions. At EU level, political...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Forestry Sector (13 Jul 2021)

Charlie McConalogue: Project Woodland, under the leadership of Minister of State Hackett, who has responsibility for forestry, is an initiative to tackle issues in forestry in Ireland and to promote and encourage woodland creation. It involves four different Working Groups reporting to Minister Hackett through a Project Manager and a Project Board. The project Board is being...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Forestry Sector (13 Jul 2021)

Charlie McConalogue: Forests which are 0.1 hectares or more in size, have the capacity to reach at least five metres in height and with a minimum canopy cover of at least 20% are accounted and reported under Ireland's international climate change reporting requirements and are counted against the target of 8,000 hectares. Any existing and new tree planting measures proposed which satisfy these criteria will...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Forestry Sector (13 Jul 2021)

Charlie McConalogue: The issuing of tree felling licences in 2020 was relatively balanced with 52% of felling licences issuing to Coillte and 48% to private applicants (in volume terms).  This year, the output of tree felling licences is slightly in favour of private licences at 51%. Decisions on Coillte felling applications are subject to the same assessment, public consultation and appeals process as...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Greyhound Industry (13 Jul 2021)

Charlie McConalogue: Rásaíocht Con Éireann (RCE) 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. RCÉ 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...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Agriculture Schemes (13 Jul 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.  Just over 33,000 participants joined the scheme and over €77 million was paid to them in 2019.   In joining the scheme,...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Agriculture Schemes (13 Jul 2021)

Charlie McConalogue: The ability to seek a derogation from some or all of the nitrates reduction requirement under Beef Exceptional Aid Measure (BEAM) was detailed in the terms and conditions of the scheme which have been available online since its launch and to which all applicants to the scheme indicated they had read and understood as part of the application process. Close to 200 participants...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Departmental Reviews (13 Jul 2021)

Charlie McConalogue: Social Impact Assessment (SIA) is an analytical framework that is designed to examine the impact of budgetary policy decisions on a range of public service users. I wish to advise the Deputy that the Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine has not had occasion to complete any Social Impact Assessments during the specified time period.

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Common Agricultural Policy (13 Jul 2021)

Charlie McConalogue: In May 2019, the then Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine decided to establish the CAP Consultative Committee in order to facilitate stakeholder engagement in the CAP reform process.  Committee Membership was drawn from a broad range of invited stakeholders with an interest in, or affected by, the proposed changes in the CAP legislative framework, as well as the development...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Forestry Sector (13 Jul 2021)

Charlie McConalogue: Ireland's National Forest Accounting Plan (NFAP) 2019 reported a decline in the national forest sink and transition to a net emission for the period 2034, 2036 and 2037. The entire estate then becomes a net removal increasing to 3MtCO2eq. per year by 2050. These projections are based on an afforestation rate of 8,000 ha per year, business as usual forest management practice and levels of...