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Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Agriculture Schemes (14 Sep 2022)

Charlie McConalogue: The Sheep Welfare Scheme is an animal welfare scheme that was introduced in December 2016, initially as a four year scheme. Existing sheep farmers who wished to participate in the scheme were required to submit an application to join the scheme by the closing date of 3rd February 2017. As set out in the terms and conditions of Year 1 of the scheme, participants in the scheme who wished...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Animal Welfare (14 Sep 2022)

Charlie McConalogue: Animal welfare is a key priority for my Department and considerable resources and funding are provided to support animal welfare charities involved in rescuing and rehoming animals through the Animal Welfare Grant Programme for Registered Animal Charities. In December 2021, I awarded record funding of over €3.7 million to 98 animal welfare bodies throughout the country through this...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Animal Welfare (14 Sep 2022)

Charlie McConalogue: The funding stream offered by Department to non-profit organisations dedicated to animal welfare and animal sanctuary is through the Animal Welfare Grant Programme for Registered Animal Charities. The call for grant applications for this year's awards was launched in June this year and applications received are now being evaluated by my officials . These applications for annual funding from...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Coillte Teoranta (14 Sep 2022)

Charlie McConalogue: Coillte is a private limited company established under the Forestry Act 1988 and is operationally independent from the Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine. I have referred the matter to Coillte for direct follow-up with the Deputy.

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Protected Disclosures (15 Sep 2022)

Charlie McConalogue: As required under the relevant legislation, my Department has a Protected Disclosures Policy in place under which a staff member who wishes to make a protected disclosure may do so to any of the following confidential recipients: - Resolve, which is an independent confidential service engaged for this purpose, - the Head of the Internal Audit Unit in the Department, or - any member of the...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Animal Diseases (15 Sep 2022)

Charlie McConalogue: As I’m sure the Deputy is aware, Highly Pathogenic Avian Influenza (HPAI) H5N1 is currently circulating in breeding seabirds around Ireland. There have been unprecedented numbers of reports of sick and dead wild birds to my Department in recent days. Over the last two weeks in particular, large numbers of dead gannets have been detected at breeding colonies at sea and are now being...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Animal Diseases (15 Sep 2022)

Charlie McConalogue: Since July of this year, over 80 wild birds were submitted to our laboratories for testing. Of these almost 60 positive avian influenza cases were confirmed, all are subtype H5N1. To date all but one have been seabirds. These include large number of gannets in Counties Cork, Kerry, Mayo, Dublin, Donegal and Louth, a raven in Kerry and a guillemot in Donegal. We still await results for a small...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Animal Diseases (15 Sep 2022)

Charlie McConalogue: Due to the unpredictable nature of Avian Influenza (AI) it is not possible to anticipate in advance the amount of funding that might be required to both control and stamp out the disease, and cover any compensation that might accrue to flock owners. As I’m sure the Deputy is aware there were six outbreaks in 2021, all in the Cavan/Monaghan area, in 2020 there was a single outbreak in...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Agriculture Industry (15 Sep 2022)

Charlie McConalogue: I propose to take Questions Nos. 319 and 320 together. According to the most recent Trade Statistics from the CSO, 42,333 tonnes of pig meat products were imported into Ireland in the period January to June 2022. By country of origin, the United Kingdom was the largest for imported pig meat products at 13,725 tonnes, with 7,662 tonnes originating in Northern Ireland and 6,063 tonnes...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Agriculture Schemes (15 Sep 2022)

Charlie McConalogue: I propose to take Questions Nos. 321 and 322 together. One hundred and seventy-four (174) applications were received under Pig Exceptional Payment Scheme 2 (PEPS2) by the closing date of 11 July; of which 148 applications met the eligibility requirements set out in the scheme’s terms and conditions. Payments commenced on 9th September 2022 and payments totalling €12.596 million...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Common Agricultural Policy (15 Sep 2022)

Charlie McConalogue: It is incorrect to suggest that there is a change in the requirements relating to Activities Requiring Consent (ARCs) and Notifiable Actions (NAs) under the new CAP. Both of these matters are currently part of Cross Compliance, which requires compliance with the requirements of the Birds and Habitat Directives. Indeed, they have been requirements since the inception of Cross Compliance in...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Departmental Staff (15 Sep 2022)

Charlie McConalogue: In line with Government guidelines, specific arrangements are applied to absences from the workplace as a consequence of COVID-19. Special Leave with pay is applied in lieu of sick leave for COVID-19 in order to assist in the prevention of possible onward spread of COVID-19 within the work premises. The application of such arrangements allows my Department to ensure delivery of our services...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Animal Diseases (15 Sep 2022)

Charlie McConalogue: I am acutely aware of the financial and emotional stress caused by a TB breakdown on a farm and I am committed to driving down TB rates in the short term. Introduction of the new TB testing requirements are as result of the EU Animal Health Law Regulations 2016\429. These regulations came into effect on 1st April 2021 and are directly applicable across all EU member states. The Bovine TB...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Departmental Staff (15 Sep 2022)

Charlie McConalogue: I wish to advise the Deputy that as this query relates to an individual who is a former employee of the Department, it is not appropriate for me, as Minister, to comment on the situation.

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Forestry Sector (15 Sep 2022)

Charlie McConalogue: A further information request issued to the forester and the applicant on 9th September in respect of this application. This request asked for a reforestation map, a harvest plan and harvest map to be submitted so that our Ecology team can assess the file.

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Horse Racing Industry (20 Sep 2022)

Charlie McConalogue: There is a wide variety of items available under the suite of seven measures under TAMS II. Grant aid is currently available for horse stocks under the Animal Welfare and Nutrient Storage Scheme and the Young Farmer Capital Investment Scheme. It is proposed that support for equine investments will be made available under the new Capital Investment Scheme as part of the CAP Strategic Plan...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Agriculture Industry (20 Sep 2022)

Charlie McConalogue: From 2023 Ireland's new CAP Strategic Plan (CSP) will come into effect. There are minimum standards that farmers must meet under Conditionality, which is part of the legislative requirements and minimum standards of the new CAP. Conditionality includes the Good Agricultural and Environmental Condition (GAEC) standards. One of them, known as GAEC 2, deals with the protection of carbon...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Agriculture Schemes (20 Sep 2022)

Charlie McConalogue: As the Deputy will be aware, I established the Food Vision Beef and Sheep Group in June of this year.  This Group has been established to advance the actions for the beef and sheep sector identified in the Food Vision 2030 strategy, taking account of the requirement for the sectors to contribute to achieving the targets set for the agriculture and land use sector in the Climate Action...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Forestry Sector (20 Sep 2022)

Charlie McConalogue: I propose to take Questions Nos. 584 and 586 together. Expenditure by the Forest Service, DAFM - the months of July and August 2022 versus July and August 2021; and to date in 2022. - July August Jan to 13 Sept 2021 €2,268,645 €2,721,602 €61,952,319 2022 €2,309,883 ...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Forestry Sector (20 Sep 2022)

Charlie McConalogue: There is an overall significant increase on all licensing categories year to date compared with last year. Up to 9th September, we have issued 3,355 licences, just behind the projected average of 3,636, In fact, in the last 12 months from Sept 2021 to the end of August, DAFM have delivered 5,100 licences Afforestation figures are 64% of year to date target.  However July and August have...