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Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Agriculture Supports (23 May 2023)

Charlie McConalogue: The attached table outlines the CAP Pillar 1 Direct Payments for 2021 and 2022, including the Basic Payment Scheme (BPS), the Greening Scheme and the Young Farmer Scheme. Residual payments from previous scheme years continue to issue in subsequent years. Approximately, €1.2bn is paid annually as an income support and is 100% funded by the EU....

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Agriculture Schemes (23 May 2023)

Charlie McConalogue: The Beef Environmental Efficiency Programme – Suckler aimed to increase the efficiency of Ireland’s suckler herd. It will do this by improving the data that is collected about the herd. This is a nationally funded scheme. The information requested by the Deputy is set out in the table below: Pairs Weighed Number of Herds Average Payment ...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Agriculture Schemes (23 May 2023)

Charlie McConalogue: The information requested by the Deputy is set out in the table below: Number of Dams Number of Herds Forage (hectares) Average Payment 1 34 21.27 €63.16 2 106 20.57 €150.38 3 174 19.86 €224.58 4 ...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Organic Farming (23 May 2023)

Charlie McConalogue: Below is the breakdown of the number of Organic Farming Scheme participants by county in 2022 and to date in 2023. The figures outlined in respect of 2023 are cumulative and represent the current total number of organic farming scheme participants. County 2022 2023 Carlow 14 33 Cavan 90 226 ...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Agriculture Schemes (23 May 2023)

Charlie McConalogue: The Beef Environmental Efficiency Programme – Suckler (BEEP-S) aimed to increase the efficiency of Ireland’s suckler herd. It will do this by improving the data that is collected about the herd. This was a nationally funded scheme in 2022. The Beef Data and Genomics Programme (BDGP) provided financial support to farmers for using technology and genomics to improve the...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Agriculture Schemes (23 May 2023)

Charlie McConalogue: I acknowledge the excellent work done to date under the Burren Programme and am pleased that ACRES, the new flagship agri-environment scheme under the CAP Strategic Plan 2023-2027, has been designed using learnings from that Programme, amomgst others. The Government has committed €1.5 billion to ACRES over the term 2023 to 2027. This is the largest amount ever committed to an...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Greyhound Industry (23 May 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 in relation to a named...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Agriculture Schemes (23 May 2023)

Charlie McConalogue: The Hen Harrier Project is operationally independent of my Department and is run by the Hen Harrier Project Team. The Project team are responsible for the administration of the project and associated payments. Any queries relating to payments due should be addressed directly to the Project team.

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Greyhound Industry (23 May 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: Agriculture Schemes (23 May 2023)

Charlie McConalogue: My Department is committed to helping farmers to submit their scheme applications on-time and to assisting farmers to rectify any issues identified on their application, to allow payments to issues as promptly as possible in 2023. My Department opened the online application process for the 2023 Basic Income Support for Sustainability and other area related schemes on the 28 February 2023. The...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Agriculture Schemes (23 May 2023)

Charlie McConalogue: The BISS (Basic Income Support for Sustainability) scheme replaced the Basic Payment Scheme (BPS) in 2023. This means that the BPS plus the Greening payment is replaced by a single BISS payment. The value of all payment entitlements reduced in 2023 based on the financing available for each Direct Payment Scheme. The reason for this is the addition of new schemes and an increase in the payment...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Agriculture Schemes (23 May 2023)

Charlie McConalogue: I propose to take Questions Nos. 631 to 633, inclusive, together. The person named applied successfully for GLAS 1 with a contract commencement date of 1st January 2016. The GLAS contract was selected for an on-farm inspection on 9th March 2022. During the course of this inspection, areas of non-compliance with the Terms and Conditions of the scheme were noted and outlined in the...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Sports Funding (23 May 2023)

Charlie McConalogue: According to the 2021 Power Report, commissioned by RCÉ, the greyhound industry provides and supports considerable employment both directly and indirectly across the Irish economy. It is estimated that in 2019, the industry supported 4,150 full-time and part-time jobs in the economy. In addition, there are 6,211 active greyhound owners. The total number of people deriving economic...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Agriculture Schemes (23 May 2023)

Charlie McConalogue: As the Deputy may be aware, I introduced the Tillage Incentive Scheme (TIS) last year in response to the illegal invasion of Ukraine by Russia. The Scheme is a support measure for farmers to incentivise the increase in eligible tillage crops. A payment of €400/ha was made on eligible tillage crop area. To qualify for the payment, there must have been an increase in the total...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Veterinary Services (23 May 2023)

Charlie McConalogue: All staff in my Department are placed on a corresponding Civil Service pay scale according to their grade. The annual pay scales for Senior Superintending Veterinary Inspectors (SSVI) and District Superintendents (DS) in my Department are listed in tabular form below. Please note that, apart from in exceptional circumstances, new entrants to the Department would begin on the first point of...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Seaweed Harvesting (24 May 2023)

Charlie McConalogue: The National Strategic Plan for Sustainable Aquaculture Development recognised that the potential for seaweed in Ireland remains underdeveloped but that the sector is attracting new entrants and is highly innovative. It was recognised that as capacity in the Irish sector builds, there is a need for development agencies to innovate and provide support. Following on from this, on 15 May 2023...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Fisheries Protection (24 May 2023)

Charlie McConalogue: As the Deputy will be aware, in December 2018, the Minister for Agriculture, Food and Marine announced that vessels over 18 metres 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 18 metres targeting sprat was allowed to enable adjustment for these vessels, as the...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Grant Payments (24 May 2023)

Charlie McConalogue: The person named was approved to GLAS 1 with a contract commencement date of 1 October 2015. GLAS payments have issued to this herd for scheme years 2015 – 2021 inclusive. An administrative penalty was imposed on the 2022 GLAS Advance payment of the person named. However this penalty has been removed following appeal. A refund of this penalty will issue as part of the 2022 Balance...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Forestry Sector (24 May 2023)

Charlie McConalogue: The Deputy may be aware that the Government has committed €1.3 billion to the new Forestry Programme, which is the biggest and largest funded Forestry Programme ever introduced by any Government here, and it has been designed to have an emphasis on close to nature forestry and to ensure that farmers will be its primary beneficiaries. The Forestry Programme 2023 - 2027 is subject to...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Horse Racing Industry (24 May 2023)

Charlie McConalogue: Horse Racing Ireland (HRI) is a commercial state body established under the Horse and Greyhound Racing Act, 2001, and is responsible for the overall administration, promotion and development of the horse racing industry. Under Section 10 of the Horse and Greyhound Racing Act 2001, HRI has responsibility for negotiating and awarding contracts for media rights. The arrangements for the...