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Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Grant Payments (10 Nov 2021)

Charlie McConalogue: The person named above is an applicant in the Department’s Organic Farming Scheme (OFS) with a contract start date of 1st January 2019. When processing an Organic Farming Scheme payment, the reference area is used to calculate the payment due.  Where the claimed area is greater than the reference area, a reduction and/or a penalty may apply. The determined area is the area of...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Common Agricultural Policy (10 Nov 2021)

Charlie McConalogue: Convergence will be a mandatory provision in the Common Agricultural Policy (CAP) commencing in 2023. Member States are required to ensure that, by 2026, all payment entitlements reach a minimum convergence level of 85%, creating a more levelled distribution of payments.  Member States will also be required to set a maximum value of individual payment entitlements. The funding...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Fisheries Protection (10 Nov 2021)

Charlie McConalogue: On 29thOctober my Department received notification of elevated/exceptional mortalities at a salmon farm in Bantry Bay. My Department, in conjunction with the Marine Institute, is examining the matter as a priority. I can confirm that a Veterinary Inspector has visited the site and samples were taken from live / moribund fish and are under investigation.  Pending completion of my...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Animal Welfare (10 Nov 2021)

Charlie McConalogue: I welcome the statistics published on the ISPCA's website, which are a testament to the organisation's valuable work in the protection of welfare of animals throughout Ireland. As the largest animal welfare organisation in the country, the ISPCA has always played an important role in protecting animal welfare nationally and has a long-standing, good relationship with my Department. The...

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

Charlie McConalogue: I am delighted to hear of this initiative and my colleague Minister of State, Senator Pippa Hackett has already written to offer support and practical advice.  Providing the project meets the requirements, it may be eligible for grant aid, under the Creation of Woodlands on Public Lands Scheme.  Or, if the project is to take place on privately owned land, it may be eligible for...

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

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. The question raised by the Deputy is an operational matter for HRI and I have requested my officials to refer the question to them for direct reply.  In...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Farm Inspections (11 Nov 2021)

Charlie McConalogue: The EU Regulations governing the administration of Basic Payment/Areas of Natural Constraint Schemes require that full and comprehensive administrative checks, including in some cases ground inspections, are completed before any payments issue. The 2021 application of the person named was selected for a ground eligibility inspection. Following the inspection, Part 1 of...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Grant Payments (11 Nov 2021)

Charlie McConalogue: The person named was approved in to the GLAS 2 scheme with a contract commencement date of 1 January 2016. Payments have issued for scheme years 2016 – 2019 and the 2020 Advance payment. Following the outcome of an internal review, the person named is due outstanding payments in respect of the commonage action. The outstanding 2017 payment issued on 13 April 2021....

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

Charlie McConalogue: My Department's Human Resources Division uses workforce planning processes and undertakes recruitment via the Public Appointments Service (PAS) or direct recruitment competitions to fill prioritised vacancies. I wish to advise the Deputy that the number of vacancies in the Regional Veterinary Offices currently stands at 85.  Work is actively ongoing to fill vacancies in the Regional...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Forestry Sector (11 Nov 2021)

Charlie McConalogue: The Environmental Protection Agency has overall responsibility for the national greenhouse gas inventory in Ireland’s national system. Each year, a National Inventory Report is prepared in compliance with United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) reporting guidelines, that outlines the level of emissions and the methods used to derive these estimates. Forest...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Forestry Sector (11 Nov 2021)

Charlie McConalogue: My Department, through its competitive research programme, provides a diverse portfolio of competitive funding instruments to address complex and inter-connected challenges and opportunities in the Irish agri-food and forest sectors through research and innovation. There are 14 research performing organisations that have received funding for forest research from my Department, including...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Forestry Sector (11 Nov 2021)

Charlie McConalogue: Firstly let me say how seriously both myself and Minister Hackett take the forestry licensing issue. Significant time and resources have been devoted to dealing with the backlog and this is beginning to have the desired effect. In the last two months we have issued over 1,000 licences. This means that licences are issuing at nearly double the rate of applications received...

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

Charlie McConalogue: I am very aware of the significant increase in fertiliser prices over the last year, particularly in recent months and its impact at farm level. The fertiliser market is largely driven by global supply and demand and, while there are a number of factors influencing fertiliser price, the major driving factors for the increase in prices are increased global demand due to strong growth in...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Forestry Sector (16 Nov 2021)

Charlie McConalogue: As I previously mentioned, every tree felling licence, save limited exceptions carries an obligation to replant. Forests that are clear felled on maturity are managed as a crop, therefore, it is in the forest owner’s interest to replant after felling, to start a new rotation. My Department carries out post-felling inspections. Provisions within the Forestry Act 2014 apply to...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Forestry Sector (16 Nov 2021)

Charlie McConalogue: In this particular case, the application for the Afforestation Grant and Premium Scheme which was submitted on behalf of the person named in September 2019 was withdrawn and an application for a larger area was submitted in October 2020. A Natura Impact Statement (NIS) has been received for this application and, as a consequence, a second 30-day public consultation, which a requirement...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Forestry Sector (16 Nov 2021)

Charlie McConalogue: The number and type of DAFM staff, including ecologists, working on the processing of particular types of files can vary from week to week. Our overall aim is to manage resources to maximise output. I am pleased that licencing output has averaged 115 new licences each week since the beginning of September and our aim is to continue and if possible increase this output.

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Forestry Sector (16 Nov 2021)

Charlie McConalogue: I propose to take Questions Nos. 665 to 669, inclusive, together. The Deputy refers to Parliamentary Question number 941 of 19 October, 2021, in which I gave a breakdown of the 420 tree felling licence applications, that were referred to Ecology, where further information by way of a harvest plan or amended harvest plan was required from the applicant. This followed a large triage...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Fishing Industry (16 Nov 2021)

Charlie McConalogue: In accordance with Fleet Policy Directive 2/2003, as amended by Policy Directives 1/2006, 1/2011 and 2/2011, the Irish Fishing Fleet comprises of the five segments: - Polyvalent Segment - Specific Segment - Refrigerated Sea Water (RSW) Pelagic Segment - Beamer Segment - Aquaculture Segment Two of these, the polyvalent and specific segments are further sub-segmented. Information regarding...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Forestry Sector (16 Nov 2021)

Charlie McConalogue: It is difficult to predict the number of applications we will receive in terms of licences for felling, afforestation, roads and aerial fertilisation in 2022 or in terms of applications for support schemes. It is the case that we have a backlog of licences to work through and as already advised we are dealing with this through the Project Woodland initiative. In 2022, it is our...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Agriculture Schemes (16 Nov 2021)

Charlie McConalogue: A Basic Payment Scheme application was submitted by the person named on 27th April 2021. In the course of carrying out the required administrative checks, a parcel claimed on this application was identified as a dual claim with another applicant. Both applicants were notified of this issue and the named applicant has responded declaring his right to claim this parcel. However, the...