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Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Agriculture Schemes (27 Feb 2024)

Charlie McConalogue: A review decision letter recently issued to the named individual in response to his request for a review of my Department's decision to reject his holding from the Nitrates Derogation and the financial penalty this resulted in. Holdings rejected from the Nitrates Derogation are subject to the normal stocking rate limit of 170 kg livestock manure nitrogen per hectare for the year in...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Forestry Sector (27 Feb 2024)

Charlie McConalogue: My Department use several sources of data to safeguard protected bird species, in carrying out its functions in deciding on afforestation licence applications. The following table details the sources used to generate the new bird related layers on iFORIS. - Layer Source 1 Hen Harrier Red Areas (HLNAs) layer (Layer not available on iNET,...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Forestry Sector (27 Feb 2024)

Charlie McConalogue: Emissions for agriculture and all land types depend on a wide variety of factors. Some lands such as grasslands on mineral soils remove more carbon dioxide from the atmosphere compared to grasslands on peat soils. The types of animals grazing lands will also contribute to the overall emission profile for each farm enterprise which can be significantly different. My Department when...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Forestry Sector (27 Feb 2024)

Charlie McConalogue: Forests play a significant role in removing carbon dioxide from the atmosphere and play an important role in storing carbon in harvested wood products. Assessing a sites suitability for afforestation must take into consideration the loss of carbon from soils, the amount that will be offset by the removals from the growing trees and other environmental considerations. The table below...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Forestry Sector (27 Feb 2024)

Charlie McConalogue: The Forestry Programme 2023-2027 contains a new Native Tree Area Scheme, which allows for the creation of forests of up to 1 hectare without an afforestation licence, subject to the terms and conditions of the scheme. Within the scheme, two different interventions are available to applicants. NTA 1 supports the establishment of new native forests on farmed land, thereby contributing to...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Agriculture Supports (27 Feb 2024)

Charlie McConalogue: A procurement process took place in 2021 for the provision of new or existing social farming model projects. Four projects were successful following the tendering process and were awarded contracts with possible extensions. Leitrim Integrated Development Company CLG – to model and progress full commissioning and mainstreaming of Social Farming supports across a range of sectors and...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Agriculture Schemes (27 Feb 2024)

Charlie McConalogue: In September 2022, my Department published indicative Space for Nature estimates using satellite imagery for all farmers. Farmers and their FAS Advisors then had the opportunity to review those estimates before the opening of the BISS and Eco-scheme online application system in February 2023. Where a farmer decided to apply for Eco-schemes under Agricultural Practice 1 (Space for Nature),...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Agriculture Schemes (27 Feb 2024)

Charlie McConalogue: The revised estimate for my department for 2024 provides €200 million for ACRES payments. The final spending requirement will be determined by the number of contracts that clear payment validations later in the year.

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Agriculture Schemes (27 Feb 2024)

Charlie McConalogue: The first payments to ACRES participants issued in December 2023. Just over 17,100 participants in Ireland’s flagship agri-environment scheme were paid an average of €4,460. These payments were made to those in the ACRES General stream. In 2024, over 2,500 additional ACRES general participants were paid an average of €4,610. The Deputy will be aware of my recent...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Forestry Sector (27 Feb 2024)

Charlie McConalogue: I propose to take Questions Nos. 375 to 377, inclusive, together. A total of 15,897 hectares of grant aided ash forests were planted from 1990. The National Inventory for 2022 shows the total area of hedgerow as 267,509 hectares. There is no species breakdown of the hedgerow area so it is not possible to provide figures for ash planted outside of the forestry programmes either in hedgerows...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Animal Welfare (27 Feb 2024)

Charlie McConalogue: Parliamentary Question No. 260 of 14 February 2024 outlined that, after a detailed debate was held around the general issue of hunting, during the passage of the Animal Health and Welfare Act 2013, the Dail voted overwhelmingly to allow the continuation of fox hunting in accordance with an appropriate Code of Conduct. In addition to the animal welfare safeguards outlined in my previous...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Animal Welfare (27 Feb 2024)

Charlie McConalogue: Please see the table below with regards to vaccinations in Wicklow from 2013 to 2023. Year Wicklow vacciinations 2013 0 2014 0 2015 0 2016 0 2017 0 2018 0 2019 29 2020 46 ...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Agriculture Schemes (27 Feb 2024)

Charlie McConalogue: The tillage sector is an important and integral component of the Agri-food industry and is a sector that I want to see grow and develop. It is a major producer of high-quality grain for the animal feed industry and straw for feeding and bedding and makes a significant contribution to the food and drinks sectors through the provision of high-quality raw materials. A vibrant and sustainable...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Harbours and Piers (27 Feb 2024)

Charlie McConalogue: I propose to take Questions Nos. 381 and 382 together. My Department owns, operates and maintains six designated State-owned Fishery Harbour Centres, located at Castletownbere, Dingle, Dunmore East, Howth, Killybegs and Ros An Mhíl under statute. From 2020 to 2023 €110.7 million was invested in capital infrastructure projects at these facilities. Each year the allocation of...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Harbours and Piers (27 Feb 2024)

Charlie McConalogue: My Department has responsibility for the six State owned Fishery Harbour Centres at Killybegs, Ros an Mhíl, Dingle, Castletownbere, Dunmore East and Howth. Capital projects are subject to rigorous project management processes including design, tender action and implementation stages; and ongoing monitoring, evaluation and review in accordance with the Public Spending Code and, now,...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Civil Service (27 Feb 2024)

Charlie McConalogue: My Department is committed to ensuring that a skilled workforce is in place to meet its priority business needs. As business needs arise, staff are allocated to support organisational priorities within my Department. Overall staffing levels and required skills are continually monitored to ensure business needs are met, subject to the limits of the annual estimates process, the usual...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Agriculture Schemes (27 Feb 2024)

Charlie McConalogue: At the link below is a breakdown in tabular form of the total amount of payments made to farmers on a per county basis for 2023 applications which have been paid up to and including Friday 23rd February. Payments on 2023 applications continue to be made across a number of schemes as applicants meet the eligibility requirements.

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Agriculture Schemes (27 Feb 2024)

Charlie McConalogue: The table below sets out the total amount of farmer scheme payments made under the following schemes: - Sheep Improvement Scheme (SIS), Sheep Welfare Scheme, BDGP, BEEP S, Dairy Beef, BEAM, Beef Finisher Schemes, SCEP, National Beef Welfare Scheme 2023 and National Dairy Beef Welfare Scheme 2023 on a per county basis for the years 2020, 2021, 2022 and 2023. It is important to stress that...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Agriculture Schemes (27 Feb 2024)

Charlie McConalogue: The Areas of Natural Constraints scheme provides payments to people farming land in designated areas facing significant hardships from factors such as remoteness, difficult topography, climatic problems, and poor soil conditions. The ANC scheme eligibility criteria include: Hold ANC designated land in accordance with the provisions of Article 32 of Regulation (EU) No 1305/2013, as provided...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Agriculture Schemes (27 Feb 2024)

Charlie McConalogue: The Suckler Carbon Efficiency Programme (SCEP) aims to provide support to beef farmers to improve the environmental sustainability of the national beef herd. The programme aims to build on the gains delivered in recent years through the Beef Data and Genomics Programme (BDGP) and the Beef Environmental Efficiency Programme (BEEP) by improving the genetic merit of the Irish suckler herd. ...