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Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Greenhouse Gas Emissions (25 May 2023)

Charlie McConalogue: Ireland is one of the most food secure countries in the world. In fact, Ireland has come second of 113 countries assessed for food security, according to the latest Global Food Security Index. The Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine has rmber of policies and strategies in place to ensure agriculture plays its role in meeting the national climate targets by 2030 and 2050, while...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Fishing Industry (25 May 2023)

Charlie McConalogue: This Government is committed to addressing the challenges facing our seafood sector following the adoption of the EU-UK Trade and Co-operation Agreement (TCA), which has been the most significant and enduring challenge faced by the fisheries sector in generations. I can assure the Deputy that I am pursuing all opportunities at EU level to help address the unequal burden sharing whereby...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Wildlife Protection (30 May 2023)

Charlie McConalogue: I propose to take Questions Nos. 547 and 548 together. As the Deputy is aware, policy responsibility for deer and other wildlife resides with the National Parks and Wildlife Service (NPWS) , within the Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage. I am aware of the importance of the sustainable management of our national deer population for agriculture, forestry as well as overall...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Seaweed Harvesting (30 May 2023)

Charlie McConalogue: The project, “A Socio-Economic Study of Seaweed Harvesting in Ireland to Support Marine Spatial Planning”, was funded by my Department’s EMFF Seafood Development Programme under the Blue Growth & Marine Spatial Planning Scheme. The aim of this scheme was to provide technical and scientific support for the development of a Marine Spatial Plan for Ireland. This...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Agriculture Schemes (30 May 2023)

Charlie McConalogue: My Department made contact with the applicant a number of times in relation to the above issue and it has been resolved. The applicant submitted his application on 26th May via the online application system, with assistance from the Department.

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Agriculture Schemes (30 May 2023)

Charlie McConalogue: An application to participate in the Suckler Carbon Efficiency Programme (SCEP) has been received from the person named. My Department has been in direct contact with him and his advisor, and they have been advised on what they need to do now to resolve this matter.

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Departmental Correspondence (30 May 2023)

Charlie McConalogue: I inform the Deputy that the correspondence which was forwarded, on her behalf, to my Office on 10th May was responded to on 23rd May 2023. That response sets out the up to date position on the matters raised.

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Organic Farming (30 May 2023)

Charlie McConalogue: The Trade and Cooperation Agreement (TCA) between the European Union and the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland (UK), which entered into force on 1st May 2021, establishes a reciprocal recognition of equivalence of the current organic legislation and control system of both parties to that agreement. The co-equivalence for certification standards is applicable to products...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Organic Farming (30 May 2023)

Charlie McConalogue: The Trade Control and Export System (TRACES) is the European Commission's online platform for sanitary and phytosanitary certification required for the importation of animals, animal products, food and feed of non-animal origin and plants into the European Union, and the intra-EU trade and EU exports of animals and certain animal products. The importation of organic flour is tracked through...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Organic Farming (30 May 2023)

Charlie McConalogue: Bord Bia is the state agency responsible for the marketing of Irish organic produce and are currently building on their activities in the organic sector through targeted development and promotional activity. On 22nd May 2023, my colleague Minister of State Pippa Hackett announced that €1 million Brexit Adjustment Reserve funding has been allocated to promote and develop the growing...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Forestry Sector (30 May 2023)

Charlie McConalogue: I propose to take Questions Nos. 556 and 560 together. A total of €9.2 million has been expended to date on the reconstitution schemes that my Department has offered for Ash Dieback. These schemes include supports to restore forests planted under the afforestation scheme which had suffered from, or which were associated with plants affected by disease. Last month, an Interim...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Forestry Sector (30 May 2023)

Charlie McConalogue: I propose to take Questions Nos. 557 and 558 together. I am aware that as ash dieback disease progresses nationally and within individual ash plantations, the potential health and safety risks associated with forest plantations, roadside and parkland ash trees will become an issue of increasing importance for landowners, workers and visitors. My Inspectors have surveyed for ash dieback...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Forestry Sector (30 May 2023)

Charlie McConalogue: My Department undertakes the National Forest Inventory (NFI), the purpose of which is to record and assess the extent and nature of Ireland’s forests, in a timely, accurate and reproducible manner. Reliable, current and consistent information is required to inform domestic forest policy, to support forest research and fulfil national and international reporting commitments. The fourth...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Agriculture Schemes (30 May 2023)

Charlie McConalogue: The care and management of trees adjacent to roads is the responsibility of the landowner on whose land the roadside trees are growing. It is advisable that landowners make themselves aware of the full legal extent of their land ownership and of any obligations arising from this. My Department does not offer funding for the removal of roadside trees, but has published guidance on the...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Animal Welfare (30 May 2023)

Charlie McConalogue: The Programme for Government places a positive emphasis on animal welfare and specifically commits to the continued robust enforcement of the Animal Health and Welfare Act 2013. This Act provides a modern framework for regulating and applying standards in the area of animal health and welfare with 138 prosecutions taken by my Department since its implementation. My Department keeps the Act...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Agriculture Industry (30 May 2023)

Charlie McConalogue: As the Deputy will be aware, cattle prices are a commercial matter to be negotiated between buyers and suppliers in the marketplace and the Government has no role in determining commodity prices in the beef sector. Given the export dependence of the sector, beef prices are a function of demand and supply in the domestic and main overseas markets and are influenced by the interplay of...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Animal Passports (30 May 2023)

Charlie McConalogue: Prior to January 2021, cats, dogs and ferrets entering Ireland from the United Kingdom - as from all EU Member States - had to be microchipped, vaccinated against rabies and accompanied by an EU Pet Passport. Since then, as a consequence of the UK leaving the EU, there are additional requirements for pet cats, dogs and ferrets entering Ireland from Great Britain. There are, however, no...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Pesticide Use (30 May 2023)

Charlie McConalogue: Plant Protection Products (PPP’s) are authorised in Ireland based on scientific evaluations and decision-making criteria specified in EU Regulation No. 1107/2009, concerning the placing of PPP’s on the market) where safe uses can be demonstrated without posing any unacceptable risk to humans, animals, or the environment. In addition, a National Action Plan (NAP) was put in...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Agriculture Schemes (30 May 2023)

Charlie McConalogue: The Beef Environmental Efficiency Programme – Suckler (BEEP-S) aimed to increase the efficiency of Ireland’s suckler herd by improving the data that is collected about the herd. This was a nationally funded scheme in 2022. The information requested by the Deputy is set out in the table below: County Number of Applicants Per County AveragePayment ...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Agriculture Schemes (30 May 2023)

Charlie McConalogue: All beef schemes implemented in recent years have had sustainability as a core objective. The measures designed exclusively the beef sector are outlined below. In relation to current beef sustainability schemes, allocations have been approved to date in 2023 for the Suckler Carbon Efficiency Programme, the National Dairy Beef Welfare Scheme and the Beef Data and Genomics Programme....