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Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Forestry Sector (9 Apr 2024)

Charlie McConalogue: As regards the felling license application referred to, my Department continues to engage proactively with the applicant and his representatives. This is a very complex location with a number of Ecological concerns which must be carefully considered. There have been a number of changes made to the initial application on foot of environmental concerns raised by my Department and an updated...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Horticulture Sector (9 Apr 2024)

Charlie McConalogue: The EU-UK Trade and Cooperation Agreement (TCA) sets out basis for EU-UK trade post Brexit and confirms UK decision be outside of EU Single Market and therefore UK is considered a 3rd country by EU. The EU Commission has made clear that unless there is dynamic alignment with EU plant health standards seed potatoes originating from GB can no longer be imported into the EU. My Department...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Departmental Policies (9 Apr 2024)

Charlie McConalogue: I propose to take Questions Nos. 934 and 992 together. Irish registered vessels are permitted to land at Magheraroarty pier in Co. Donegal. I am advised by the independent Sea Fisheries Protection Authority that in 2023 there were 205 landings, representing 467 tonnes, into Magheraroarty. There are no current plans to include Magheraroarty Harbour as a designated port for UK...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Departmental Properties (9 Apr 2024)

Charlie McConalogue: My Department owns, operates, and maintains six designated State-owned Fishery Harbour Centres under statute. These centres are Killybegs Fishery Harbour Centre, Howth Fishery Harbour Centre, Castletownbere Fishery Harbour Centre, Ros an Mhíl Fishery Harbour Centre, Dingle Fishery Harbour Centre and Dunmore East Fishery Harbour Centre. The Fishery Harbour Centres contain a diverse...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Departmental Policies (9 Apr 2024)

Charlie McConalogue: ...and easy to use. A user manual for farmers and agents (i.e. advisors), and a video guide regarding the online slurry movement system are available to access and view on my Department's website at www.gov.ie/nitrates. To date no farmer has been directly penalised for a failure to declare their organic manure movement. However, not declaring an organic manure export or not having it...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Agriculture Schemes (9 Apr 2024)

Charlie McConalogue: The person named submitted an application on 14 December 2023 for a slurry tanker and trailing shoe under the Low Emission Slurry Spreading Scheme, which is a measure under TAMS 3. This application has passed all the initial administrative checks and has now proceeded for further technical checks at the local regional office. I would advise that, as this is a mobile investment...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Departmental Policies (9 Apr 2024)

Charlie McConalogue: ...the Food Vision Dairy Group as well as the Food Vision Beef & Sheep Group in 2022 to advance the actions for the beef and sheep and dairy sectors identified in the Food Vision 2030 strategy, taking account of the requirement for the sectors to contribute to achieving the targets set for agriculture emissions in the Climate Action Plan. The first priority for both Groups was to...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Departmental Data (9 Apr 2024)

Charlie McConalogue: The table below shows numbers of herds with sucklers in the herd size categories requested, as recorded on the Department's databases, as of 31 December 2023. A suckler is defined as a female bovine of beef breed that is registered as the dam of at least 1 beef breed calf, where the calf was born on or before 31 December 2023. 1 to 15 16 to 30 31 to 100 ...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Agriculture Schemes (9 Apr 2024)

Charlie McConalogue: The Suckler Carbon Efficiency Programme (SCEP) aims to support farmers in improving the environmental sustainability of the national beef herd by incentivising participants to undertake five mandatory actions. It consolidates and builds on the improvements in the genetic merit of the suckler herd achieved in recent years through actions implemented in the Beef Data and Genomics Programme and...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Agriculture Schemes (9 Apr 2024)

Charlie McConalogue: I propose to take Questions Nos. 962 and 963 together. The Sheep Improvement Scheme (SIS) is a multi-annual, EU co-funded intervention with an overall budget allocation of €100m over the course of the current CSP programming period running from 2023 to 2027. The scheme, now in its second year of operation, is designed to incentivise farmers with both hill and lowland flocks to...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Agriculture Schemes (9 Apr 2024)

Charlie McConalogue: The annual budget allocation for the Area of Natural Constraints (ANC) Scheme is €250m. In order to be eligible for ANC Scheme, applicants must have ANC designated land and submit a valid Basic Income Support for Sustainability (BISS) application form annually. In addition there are stocking density and retention requirements that must be observed. Once all the requirements and...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Departmental Projects (9 Apr 2024)

Charlie McConalogue: AgNav provides a whole farm sustainability assessment and includes a decision support function (forecaster tool) that allows science-led plans to be made for individual farms to reduce emissions and increase carbon sequestration. My department has supported “AgNav” which is a collaboration between Teagasc, the Irish Cattle Breeding Association (ICBF) and Bord Bia, in developing...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Departmental Reviews (9 Apr 2024)

Charlie McConalogue: The Programme for Government: Our Shared Future (2020) committed to a national land use review. This commitment is being delivered in a two-phase approach. The first phase of the Land-use Review was led by Ireland’s Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) and focused on evidence gathering. This was completed in March 2023 and the final report consists of 10 documents and 19...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Greyhound Industry (9 Apr 2024)

Charlie McConalogue: I propose to take Questions Nos. 977 and 978 together. 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...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Greyhound Industry (9 Apr 2024)

Charlie McConalogue: Rásaíocht Con Éireann (RCÉ) is a 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 preparation and adoption of a strategic plan is the responsibility of...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Fishing Industry (9 Apr 2024)

Charlie McConalogue: I can inform the Deputy that preparations are ongoing in respect of the establishment of the Brown Crab Working Group. The Group’s work shall be facilitated by Bord Iascaigh Mhara, Ireland's seafood development agency, and it will seek to identify measures that could be introduced to support the sustainability of brown crab stocks. I expect that recommendations will be made to me in...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Fodder Crisis (9 Apr 2024)

Charlie McConalogue: In March 2022 I established the National Fodder and Food Security Committee. The remit of the Committee is to prepare an industry response, contingency plans and advice to assist farmers in managing their farm enterprises through difficult periods. In recognition of the ongoing and challenging weather conditions, I asked the Chairman to reconvene the Committee to establish the most up to...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Agriculture Schemes (9 Apr 2024)

Charlie McConalogue: Succession Planning Advice Grant is a scheme specifically aimed at encouraging best practice in intergenerational land transfer in order to address, among other things, significant generational imbalances in farming. The grant is to encourage and support farmers aged 60 years and above to seek succession planning advice by contributing up to 50% of vouched legal, accounting and advisory...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Fodder Crisis (9 Apr 2024)

Charlie McConalogue: ...of this 2022 Fodder Support Scheme, in November 2022 I launched the 2023 Fodder Support Scheme. Both schemes were a recognition of the impact of the invasion of Ukraine by Russia and the impact that had in terms of access to imported animal feed and on the price of agricultural inputs, especially chemical fertiliser. There are no current plans to reopen the 2023 Fodder Support Scheme....

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Forestry Sector (9 Apr 2024)

Charlie McConalogue: I would like to ask the Deputy to directly contact the organisations named in the question in relation to any specific information sought. The organisations named are private entities, including a State Body. As this State Body was established as a private commercial company under the Forestry Act, 1988, day-to-day operational matters, such as partnership agreements, are the responsibility...