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Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Environmental Policy (26 Oct 2022)

Charlie McConalogue: I propose to take Questions Nos. 195, 196 and 198 together. The proposed Nature Restoration Law was formally adopted by the European Commission in late June. The proposals set out legally binding targets in the form of a regulation which will have direct effect across a broad range of ecosystem types, both terrestrial and marine. These proposed targets would require restoration of...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Forestry Sector (26 Oct 2022)

Charlie McConalogue: My colleague, the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage, is the lead in relation to the Nature Restoration Law. The proposed Nature Restoration Law is a key element of the EU Biodiversity Strategy which calls for binding targets to restore degraded ecosystems. Across Europe there has been widespread decline in biodiversity with many habitats in poor condition. The proposed...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Live Exports (26 Oct 2022)

Charlie McConalogue: This Government supports the live export of animals as it is an important feature of normal activity in Ireland's agri food sector. My Department facilitates this trade, in line with existing legislation on the protection of animal welfare, recognising its critical importance to the Agri- Food sector, while ensuring that live animal exports are carried out in compliance with legislative...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Live Exports (26 Oct 2022)

Charlie McConalogue: The Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine only permits animals to be transported in compliance with the EU's animal welfare legislation. Ireland has also introduced its own national legislation regulating animal welfare in dedicated livestock vessels, which lays down more stringent controls that go far beyond those in EU law. Furthermore, over the past three years, my Department...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Agriculture Schemes (26 Oct 2022)

Charlie McConalogue: There are a wide variety of items available under the suite of seven measures under TAMS. Fertiliser Spreaders are grant aided under the Tillage Capital Investment Scheme, Young Farmers Capital Investment Scheme and the Animal Welfare Nutrient and Storage Scheme of TAMSII. To date, total expenditure under the seven measures of TAMS, including transitional expenditure, has exceeded...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Agriculture Schemes (26 Oct 2022)

Charlie McConalogue: I propose to take Questions Nos. 202 and 203 together. The Dairy Beef Welfare scheme as part of the new CSP has an annual budget of €5 million and enhances the integration between the dairy and beef systems by improving the value of the dairy beef calf to the beef farmer, and improving the welfare of the calf, by supporting the use of high DBI (dairy beef index) sires in the production...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Wastewater Treatment (26 Oct 2022)

Charlie McConalogue: The Government recognises the importance of investment in waste water infrastructure which will deliver significant improvements in our waste water services throughout the country, including rural Ireland, and support a range of programmes delivering improved water quality in rivers, lakes and in the marine area. The EPA report referred to by the Deputy recognises that progress is being made...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Forestry Sector (26 Oct 2022)

Charlie McConalogue: As the Deputy may already be aware, under their new forestry strategic vision, Coillte aims to grow 100,000 hectares of new forests by 2050 but are also committing to managing its existing forest estate to capture an additional 10 million tonnes of CO2 by 2050, including through the redesigning of poorly productive peatlands. My Department's letter to DG Environment, dated 24 November...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Forestry Sector (26 Oct 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: Departmental Strategies (27 Oct 2022)

Charlie McConalogue: Antimicrobial Resistance (AMR) is recognised as a global threat to health, livelihoods, food security and the achievement of many of the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). The second One Health National Action Plan on Antimicrobial Resistance (iNAP2) was developed after stakeholder engagement and one of its five strategic objectives is to promote research and...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Departmental Strategies (27 Oct 2022)

Charlie McConalogue: It is a high-level priority of my Department to deliver Ireland’s second One Health National Action Plan on Antimicrobial Resistance 2021-2025 (iNAP2), in conjunction with the Department of Health and stakeholders, to mitigate the impact of antimicrobial resistance (AMR). Several projects are currently underway in the iNAP2 that use and build upon research findings and data generated...

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

Charlie McConalogue: In the case of felling licences, a licensee is required to erect a notice at the entrance to the land to which the licence relates, upon commencement of the works advising the public that tree felling is being carried out in accordance with that licence. There are no statutory provisions requiring the licensee to provide the Department with notification of when the permitted project is to be...

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

Charlie McConalogue: In 2021 my Department issued 1,534 Coillte felling licences. These were scheduled to be utilised in each of the years 2021, 2022 and in 2023. The total volume of all these licences together accounts for the 5 million cubic metres referenced in the question. The figures for the total volume actually felled during 2021 are a matter for Coillte.

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

Charlie McConalogue: TAMS has proven itself to be a really important and popular scheme which has driven important farm investments. To date, expenditure under TAMS II has exceeded €379m. Payments under the TAMS II scheme continue to issue on an ongoing basis. TAMS continues to be a hugely successful and beneficial scheme, and I am delighted that it will continue in 2023 in a bigger and better way with a...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Fishing Industry (27 Oct 2022)

Charlie McConalogue: As you know, following a public consultation process in which over 900 submissions were received, the then Minister for Agriculture, Food and Marine announced in December 2018 that vessels over 18m would 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 sprat...

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

Charlie McConalogue: I propose to take Questions Nos. 317 and 318 together. The Agri-Climate Rural Environment Scheme (ACRES) is the agri-environment climate measure which forms part of Ireland’s CAP Strategic Plan 2023 – 2027. Farmers may apply for one of the approaches available under ACRES, namely the ACRES Co-operation approach, available to farmers in eight defined high priority geographical...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Pension Provisions (27 Oct 2022)

Charlie McConalogue: As the Deputy may be aware Coillte is a private limited company established under the Forestry Act 1988 and as such is operationally independent from my Department. I have referred the query to Coillte for direct follow-up with the Deputy.

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Horse Racing Industry (27 Oct 2022)

Charlie McConalogue: The Irish Horse Board (IHB) is a co-operative society made up of individual shareholders and is registered under the Industrial and Provident Societies Act. The IHB is an affiliate of Horse Sport Ireland. However, the IHB operates independently of my Department and therefore the running of their elections is a matter for the organisation itself.

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

Charlie McConalogue: I propose to take Questions Nos. 321 and 322 together. I am aware of the pressures impacting the forestry sector and met with representatives last week to explain progress towards finalising the new Forestry Programme for the period 2023 to 2027 and to reiterate my commitment to supporting the sector. A thriving and resilient private forestry sector will continue to be central to the...