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Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Hedge Cutting (22 Feb 2023)

Charlie McConalogue: The EIA (Agriculture) Regulations (S.I. 456 of 2011 as amended) require screening, and if necessary full Appropriate Assessment, prior to the removal of a hedgerow where the length of hedgerow to be removed exceeds 500 metres ORwhere the field size following removal of the hedgerow will be greater than5 hectares. If the proposed removal would breach eitherof these thresholds the farmer is...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Appointments to State Boards (22 Feb 2023)

Charlie McConalogue: The information sought by the Deputy in relation to the 12 State Bodies under the aegis of my Department is outlined in the table attached. All appointments to the State Bodies falling under my remit, are made both in accordance with the Code of Governance for State Bodies and the relevant parent legislation governing each of the State Bodies. All relevant vacancies are advertised on the...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Lobbying Reform (22 Feb 2023)

Charlie McConalogue: I inform the Deputy that my Department has one senior staff member on the board of the Irish Equine Centre which is registered for lobbying purposes under the Regulation of Lobbying Act 2015. As regards the 12 State Bodies under the aegis of my Department, the information requested is an operational matter for the State Bodies themselves. I have referred the Deputy’s question to...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Greyhound Industry (22 Feb 2023)

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 operational matter for...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Greyhound Industry (22 Feb 2023)

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 operational matter for...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Greyhound Industry (22 Feb 2023)

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 operational matter for...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Greyhound Industry (22 Feb 2023)

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 operational matter for...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Greyhound Industry (22 Feb 2023)

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 operational matter for...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Greyhound Industry (22 Feb 2023)

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 operational matter for...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Greyhound Industry (22 Feb 2023)

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 operational matter for...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Greyhound Industry (22 Feb 2023)

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 operational matter for...

Seanad: Nithe i dtosach suíonna - Commencement Matters: Energy Infrastructure (23 Feb 2023)

Charlie McConalogue: I thank the Senator for raising this Commencement matter. It is a topic both us of are excited about. We are at the precipice of seeking huge transformation and it will be driven largely by the farm families of Ireland. Anaerobic digestion and the indigenous production of biomethane is a clear commitment within the climate action plan 2023. This plan sets a target of up to 5.7 TWh of...

Seanad: Nithe i dtosach suíonna - Commencement Matters: Energy Infrastructure (23 Feb 2023)

Charlie McConalogue: I will come back to the Senator with specific written updates on the two points she has raised. Overall, we want to step this out promptly and get our national strategy together by quarter 3 of this year. That is kicking off and the consultants are being appointed who will put it together. The industry is looking for national direction and policy clarity on stepping it forward. It is...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Forestry Sector (23 Feb 2023)

Charlie McConalogue: Historically afforestation premia were provided for under European Council regulation 2080/92 and were available to both farmers and non-farmers. Lower maximum rates applied in the case of non-farmers. Within this regulation, non-farmers were defined as any other private, natural or legal person. I would draw your attention to the landmark 2003 ECJ judgement for case No. 339-00 where it was...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Forestry Sector (23 Feb 2023)

Charlie McConalogue: I propose to take Questions Nos. 282 and 292 together. The Deputy will be aware that Forestry in Ireland has undergone several significant changes in focus in recent decades and that the Shared National Vision for Forests and Trees launched by my Department early last year is built on the principle of the right trees in the right places for the right reasons with the right management. The...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Forestry Sector (23 Feb 2023)

Charlie McConalogue: A significant amount of organic soils in Ireland were afforested during the second half of the 20thcentury. These areas were initially planted to create rural employment at a time when the importance of other functions, such as carbon storage, was not well understood. When assessing the benefits of growing forests on organic soils, it is very important to consider the losses of carbon from...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Forestry Sector (23 Feb 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 Minister/parent Department. For commercial State bodies the oversight agreement between the...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Forestry Sector (23 Feb 2023)

Charlie McConalogue: Forests and wood products provide significant climate change mitigation benefits, including the carbon storage in harvested wood products and substitution benefits associated with the use of wood instead of more fossil fuel intensive materials such as concrete and steel. In August 2022, Coillte published Forests for Climate - Report on Carbon Modelling of the Coillte Estate. This report...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Greenhouse Gas Emissions (23 Feb 2023)

Charlie McConalogue: I am aware of the Global Peatland Assessment undertaken by the United Nations Environmental Programme and the reference to the introduction of a 10cm peat depth threshold. The work makes the point that from a climate policy point of view, in tropical areas, peatlands of this depth are already approaching or surpassing the minimum carbon threshold of a high carbon stock forest. As part of...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Forestry Sector (23 Feb 2023)

Charlie McConalogue: I assure the Deputy that my Department recognises wetlands and peat soils as an important carbon pool in the Irish landscape. Reducing emissions by water table manipulation has the potential to significantly reduce GHG emissions from these soils and is a means to positively contribute to our climate change mitigation ambitions. This is an important part of Agriculture's overall contribution...