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Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Electricity Generation (31 Jan 2023)

Charlie McConalogue: To date 198 Solar PV system installations have been inspected for quality control by this Department. In total 47 solar panels have been inspected, 44 in Pigs and Poultry Investment Scheme and 3 in the Young Farmer's Capital Investment Scheme. 151 Solar Photovoltaic (PV) Panels have been inspected, 132 in the Animal Welfare and Nutrients Safety Scheme, 48 in the Pigs and Poultry Investment...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Grant Payments (31 Jan 2023)

Charlie McConalogue: Usually a forest that is replanted is not eligible for grant aid, even where no grant was received for the first planting. As the Deputy may be aware, the Forestry Programme 2023-2027 will replace the prior Forestry Programme of 2014-2020 (extended to 2022) which expired at the end of 2022.  The Forestry Programme 2023-2027 has been developed in alignment with Ireland’s new...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Coillte Teoranta (31 Jan 2023)

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: Forestry Sector (31 Jan 2023)

Charlie McConalogue: I propose to take Questions Nos. 778, 782, 783 and 784 together. Under their new forestry strategic vision, Coillte have stated their aim to grow 100,000 hectares of new forests by 2050. While operational matters are the responsibility of the company, this vision will be key in supporting the delivery of one-third of Ireland’s afforestation target and providing a carbon sink of 18...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Forestry Sector (31 Jan 2023)

Charlie McConalogue: I propose to take Questions Nos. 779, 785 and 786 together. The Deputy is aware of the €1.3 billion funding that I secured for the new programme. The table below outlines the planned capital and current expenditure in the years 2023-2027. The Capital allocation from 2024 onwards will be determined as part of the annual budgetary process, with the Department of Public Expenditure and...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Budget 2023 (31 Jan 2023)

Charlie McConalogue: The 2023 budgetary allocation for B.10 Forestry & Bioenergy amounts to €112.415m. The capital allocation includes €49 million already committed to discharge the liability on the current Afforestation Scheme and older Legacy Schemes.  The remainder will fund the afforestation programme and support schemes such as roads and reconstitution under the new programme....

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Coillte Teoranta (31 Jan 2023)

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: Coillte Teoranta (31 Jan 2023)

Charlie McConalogue: The Code of Practice for the Governance of State Bodies requires that Government  Departments  should  ensure  that  they  have  written  oversight agreements  with  State  bodies  under  their  aegis  which  clearly  define  the terms of the State body’s relationship with the relevant...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Coillte Teoranta (31 Jan 2023)

Charlie McConalogue: I propose to take Questions Nos. 789 and 793 together. 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 these matters to Coillte for direct follow-up with the Deputy.

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Coillte Teoranta (31 Jan 2023)

Charlie McConalogue: Since taking office there has been several meetings with Coillte, myself and the Minister of State.  The list of meetings are as follows Minister McConalogue 8th September 2020 meeting with Coillte and Minister McConalogue Wednesday 10 February 2021 Meeting with Coillte and Minister McConalogue Friday 7 May 2021 Meeting with Coillte , Minister McConalogue Minister Hackett (webex)...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Coillte Teoranta (31 Jan 2023)

Charlie McConalogue: Coillte is a private limited company established under the Forestry Act 1988 and is operationally independent from the Minister and  Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine. I am, therefore, not in position to comment on any operational issues relating to the establishment of the new investment fund.  Neither my Department nor myself were involved in the...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Forestry Sector (31 Jan 2023)

Charlie McConalogue: The Deputy may be aware that last year, my Department published for the first time a  Shared National Vision for Trees, Woods and Forests in Ireland until 2050 which was informed by a series of extensive engagement and consultation. One particular strand of the consultation included bilateral meetings with key Forestry stakeholders. This was in addition to other strands...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Organic Farming (31 Jan 2023)

Charlie McConalogue: There are approximately 200,000 hectares under organic production, which represents 4% of the utilisable agricultural area.  This includes farmers who commenced farming organically this year and whose applications are still being processed under the most recent intake to the scheme.  The target set out in the Programme for Government is to achieve a target of 7.5% of the total...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Forestry Sector (31 Jan 2023)

Charlie McConalogue: The Department published the Forestry Licensing Plan 2022 in February last year. The plan informed stakeholders of our targets for the delivery of afforestation, felling and forest road licences, and of our commitment to reducing the backlog.  By the end of 2022, we issued 4,713 licences which was 90% of our expected output for the year. The backlog in licences overall was reduced...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Forestry Sector (31 Jan 2023)

Charlie McConalogue: I propose to take Questions Nos. 799, 800 and 801 together. In 2022, the Department approved 4,713 forestry licences which was 90% of our expected output for the year. This licensing output was made up of 1,607 Private felling licences, 1,686 Coillte felling licences, additionally, 702 afforestation and 718 roads licences. This is up on 2021, when we approved 4,018 forestry licences,...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Forestry Sector (31 Jan 2023)

Charlie McConalogue: As the Deputy is aware, the Forestry Programme 2023-2027 replaces the previous Forestry Programme of 2014-2020 (extended to 2022) which expired at the end of 2022.  The Forestry Programme 2023-2027 was created in alignment with Ireland’s new draft Forest Strategy and as such, is designed to provide lasting benefits for many key areas including as climate change, biodiversity, wood...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Fishing Industry (31 Jan 2023)

Charlie McConalogue: As the Deputy will be aware, in Ireland, fishing quotas are a public resource and are managed to ensure that property rights are not granted to individual operators. This is seen as a critical policy to ensure that quotas are not concentrated into the hands of large fishing companies whose owners have the financial resources to buy up such rights.  It is worth noting that within the EU,...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Departmental Advertising (1 Feb 2023)

Charlie McConalogue: The Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine provides public information about the Department's wide range of schemes, services and policies. Online advertising is one of the channels used to communicate this information. Outlined below in a table is a breakdown of expenditure on online advertising, including on social media, by year for the period requested. This includes...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Departmental Advertising (1 Feb 2023)

Charlie McConalogue: I advise the Deputy that my attention has not been drawn to any such instance in my Department, and I am advised that no such accounts exist.

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Company Takeovers (1 Feb 2023)

Charlie McConalogue: As the Deputy will be aware, both enterprises mentioned are private companies and as such this is a commercial matter in which neither I, nor my Department, have any role.  It is important that there is competition in the market to ensure that farmers have various routes to markets for the top-class produce made on their farms.