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Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: General Scheme of Animal Health and Welfare (Amendment) Bill 2021: Discussion (15 Jul 2021)

Charlie McConalogue: I thank the Chairperson. The next step is for us to reflect on our engagement with the committee and on the further engagement with and information from the farmers, which we are seeking. We will then adjust the Bill as we feel appropriate having considered and taken on board the matters arising before introducing the legislation in the Dáil. At that stage, it will go through the...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: General Scheme of Animal Health and Welfare (Amendment) Bill 2021: Discussion (15 Jul 2021)

Charlie McConalogue: I thank the Chairperson and all of the members for the engagement today and for facilitating this pre-legislative scrutiny. It is good to have it completed before the summer recess so that we can continue the work over the summer and be in a position to introduce the Bill to the Oireachtas early in the new Dáil term. I thank the Chairperson and all of the committee for their engagement...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Gorse Burning (27 Jul 2021)

Charlie McConalogue: Wildfire is an easily preventable threat to our beautiful hills and bogs and the habitats and livelihoods they sustain. Everyone must play their part in protecting our landscapes and support the communities they sustain. We must also support our emergency services and ensure they are not needlessly diverted by illegal fires. There is an inherent natural risk of fire in our uplands and on...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Agriculture Industry (27 Jul 2021)

Charlie McConalogue: Action item 31 of the Beef Sector Agreement 2019 states thatfarmers can opt out of the insurance scheme for animals delivered to factories. This facility has been confirmed as being in place by the relevant parties. Any individual farmer who requires further clarity on this matter or wishes to opt out of the insurance scheme, should contact their processor in order to do so. Requests for...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Defective Building Materials (27 Jul 2021)

Charlie McConalogue: The issue of MICA in farm buildings has not been raised with my Department. In relation to capital investment works grant aided under TAMS II, all concrete blockwork purchased for TAMS grant aided projects require that “all blocks used shall be produced in a plant certified to EN 771-3:2011 and shall be CE marked” as provided for in Department Specification S101. Walls in...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Forestry Sector (27 Jul 2021)

Charlie McConalogue: To date this year (23rdJuly), 1,209 tree felling licences have issued, which is 34% up on the number of licences issued to the same date last year. The Department compiles a range of forestry-related statistics, which includes monthly reports of forestry licences issued, which are available on the Department’s pages of the Government of Ireland website, gov.ie. The number of tree...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Forestry Sector (27 Jul 2021)

Charlie McConalogue: I propose to take Questions Nos. 3350 to 3357, inclusive, together. The Reconstitution Ash Dieback Scheme closed to new applications from 12th April 2018. At the same time, my Department began a review of the national response to Ash Dieback Disease as it was increasingly evident from experience and the latest scientific advice that eradication of Ash Dieback disease was no longer...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Forestry Sector (27 Jul 2021)

Charlie McConalogue: An application for the Reconstitution and Under Planting (Ash Dieback) Scheme was submitted on behalf of the person named in November, 2020. The application site is near twelve designated sites, including the Lough Lene and Scragh Bog SACs. Therefore, the impact of any forestry operations on the sites and the surrounding area, must be carefully considered before deciding on the application....

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Agriculture Schemes (27 Jul 2021)

Charlie McConalogue: The person named entered GLAS 1 with a start date of October 1st 2015 and has received payments in respect of scheme years 2015-2020. The applicant was selected for an inspection in 2020 which resulted in a penalty being applied in respect of the Low-input Permanent Pasture action. A request for a review of this decision has been received and this review is currently being carried out by...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Agriculture Schemes (27 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, in doing so, gave a commitment to reduce the production of bovine livestock manure nitrogen on...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Forestry Sector (27 Jul 2021)

Charlie McConalogue: I propose to take Questions Nos. 3361 and 3362 together. Afforestation applications in relation to areas that are known to be nesting areas for Hen Harriers can be approved by the Department, subject to a series of restrictions and following a detailed ecological appraisal process, provided that are outside the SPA network. This might entail restricting certain ‘disturbance...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Agriculture Industry (27 Jul 2021)

Charlie McConalogue: One of the actions under the Programme for Government is to undertake a review of the potential demand in domestic and international markets for wool based products such as insulation and fertilisers. Following the allocation of €100,000 in Budget 2021 for this review, I initiated a public consultation process in early March 2021 to determine the terms of reference for such a review....

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Agriculture Schemes (27 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. One of the conditions of the BEAM scheme under which funding was provided by the EU was that there had to be an element of reduction or re-structuring...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Forestry Sector (27 Jul 2021)

Charlie McConalogue: The Department compiles a list of Registered Foresters once they meet the criteria for registration, which is to hold at a minimum, an ordinary bachelor’s degree in forestry, (National Framework of Qualifications Level 7). The forester must also provide evidence of professional indemnity insurance with a minimum value of €500,000 for any one claim and renew this annually. ...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Horticulture Sector (27 Jul 2021)

Charlie McConalogue: I propose to take Questions Nos. 3366 to 3368, inclusive, together. In relation to peat extraction, the Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine has no involvement in its regulation. This is a planning process under the remit of the Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage and an Integrated Pollution Control (IPC) license process, under the remit of the Department of...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Departmental Records (27 Jul 2021)

Charlie McConalogue: I am advised by my officials that the project to digitise the search indices to the Irish Land Commission records is proceeding but at a slower pace than originally anticipated. Records Branch is a small unit within my Department and the necessity of complying with public health advice relating to the COVID-19 pandemic in the last 17 months has impacted on progress. An internal scoping...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Departmental Records (27 Jul 2021)

Charlie McConalogue: Access to the records of the former Irish Land Commission (ILC) held by the Records Branch of the Department at its premises in Portlaoise is governed by the Land Purchase Act Rules 1939 (S.I. No. 341 of 1939). Order XIX of the rules states— Certified copies of Abstracts of Title or documents connected therewith, agreements for sale between vendor and purchaser, undertakings to...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Departmental Staff (27 Jul 2021)

Charlie McConalogue: I wish to inform the Deputy that as the material requested is personal information, it is not appropriate for the Department to disclose it in this way. If the individual wishes to contact the Human Resources Division of the Department, my officials will endeavour to provide the individual with the information that they require.

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Forestry Sector (27 Jul 2021)

Charlie McConalogue: The Department actively promotes afforestation as a land use and the current Forestry Programme 2014-2020, which commenced in 2015 and has been extended to the end of 2022, consists of 11 separate measures to encourage the planting of forests by land owners with a focus on afforestation of private lands. The Forestry Programme 2014 -2020 is 100% exchequer funded, State aid approved, and...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Greyhound Industry (27 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 operational matter for RCE...