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Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Forestry Sector (27 Sep 2022)

Charlie McConalogue: As the Deputy may be aware, an amendment to the Forestry Act 2014 has passed through the Houses of the Oireachtas through the vehicle of the Animal Health and Welfare (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act 2022. On 4 April 2022, the new legislation was signed into law by the president. This amendment was necessary to remove the licensing requirement for the planting of native woodland in areas not...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Forestry Sector (27 Sep 2022)

Charlie McConalogue: ACRES is Ireland's new agri-environment scheme proposed as part of Ireland's new CAP Strategic Plan for the 2023 to 2027 period. This new €1.5bn scheme will be farmer-friendly and designed to address biodiversity, climate, air and water quality challenges. ACRES will also provide income support for up to 50,000 farm families. ACRES applications will include a Farm Sustainability...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Agriculture Schemes (27 Sep 2022)

Charlie McConalogue: The Organic Farming Scheme (OFS) is included in the CAP Strategic Plan (CSP). Due to the long-term nature of forestry, it is considered the best option to continue to deliver the Forestry Programme entirely separately from the CSP, subject to new State Aid rules rather than the requirements of the CSP regulations. Afforestation is recognised as contributing to the creation of a valuable...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Forestry Sector (27 Sep 2022)

Charlie McConalogue: I propose to take Questions Nos. 607 and 608 together. The Department's 'Standards for Felling and Reforestation' specifies the use of brash in creating and maintaining dense mats of brash and branch wood on all machine routes, to avoid soil damage, erosion and sedimentation. Brash mats are typically concentrated on primary routes and in the junction of extraction paths and landing sites....

Financial Resolutions 2022 - Financial Resolution No. 6: General: Financial Resolution (Resumed) (28 Sep 2022)

Charlie McConalogue: I will be sharing my time with the Minister of State, Deputy Heydon. I am delighted to speak about the agriculture budget introduced by me, the Minister of State, Deputy Heydon, and the Minister of State, Senator Hackett, who is abroad representing the Government at the moment. In an overall sense, the Government has delivered an €11 billion budget to support our families,...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Departmental Correspondence (28 Sep 2022)

Charlie McConalogue: A reply issued on the 27th of September 2022. 

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Fishing Industry (28 Sep 2022)

Charlie McConalogue: In December 2018, following a public consultation process in which over 900 submissions were received, the then Minister for Agriculture, Food and Marine announced that vessels over 18m will be excluded from trawling in inshore waters inside the six nautical mile zone and the baselines from 1 January 2020. A transition period of three years for vessels over 18m targeting...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Animal Welfare (28 Sep 2022)

Charlie McConalogue: Under the Animal Health and Welfare Act, 2013, the Department has primary policy responsibility for the welfare of all animals, including  canines. Since the introduction of the Act, 1,089 Department officials have been designated as authorised officers.  In addition to its own staff, the Department has a service level agreement with a number of organisations, enabling...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Animal Welfare (28 Sep 2022)

Charlie McConalogue: The Animal Health and Welfare Act 2013 provides a modern framework for applying standards in the area of animal health and welfare and replaced a number of enactments dating back over a century.  Prosecutions under the Act have been pursued following investigations by authorised officers of the Department, An Garda Síochána and authorised officers of the Irish Society for the...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Assisted Animal Reproduction (28 Sep 2022)

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