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Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Agriculture Schemes (21 Feb 2024)

Charlie McConalogue: The person named is among ACRES participants that have not yet received their 2023 advance payment. The Deputy will be aware that on 9thFebruary 2024 I announced that an interim payment will be paid to some 25,500 ACRES participants who have not yet received their advance payment. Subsequently, on Wednesday last 14thFebruary, I announced that the rate of the interim payment will be...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Hedge Cutting (20 Feb 2024)

Charlie McConalogue: My Department is actively monitoring the situation as regards the deadline for the Planting of New Hedgerows under Tranche 1 of the Agri-Climate Rural Environment Scheme (ACRES). The requirement remains, as stated in the Scheme Specifications for that action, that the contracted length of the new hedgerow be planted by 31 March 2024. As the Deputy may be aware in relation to the...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Agriculture Schemes (20 Feb 2024)

Charlie McConalogue: An application under the Basic Income Support for Sustainability (BISS) and associated area-based schemes was received by my Department from the above named applicants on 28th May 2023. As part of the normal administrative checks an issue was identified with the structure of the Registered Farm Partnership that the applicants have applied under. This issue has been resolved in recent...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Agriculture Schemes (20 Feb 2024)

Charlie McConalogue: My Departments Eco-Scheme section have processed over 95% of the 122,289 applications received in 2023 with payments of over €297 million having issued already. Validations and compliance checks on the remaining 5% of applications are ongoing and payment including on the specific case raised by the Deputy will issue shortly. Staff in my Department will contact the person named in...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Fisheries Protection (20 Feb 2024)

Charlie McConalogue: The Common Fisheries Policy (CFP) is a set of rules for managing European fishing fleets and for conserving fish stocks. Under this policy, EU fishing fleets are given equal access to EU waters and fishing grounds subject to allocated fish quotas. Fishing vessels, irrespective of size, must comply with the rules of the CFP, including rules on access and catch limits/quota. In relation...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Departmental Expenditure (20 Feb 2024)

Charlie McConalogue: As the information requested extends over a period of 13 years, all the data requested is not readily available. A response will therefore issue directly to the Deputy within 10 days.

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Forestry Sector (20 Feb 2024)

Charlie McConalogue: There are currently no template reports that ecologists are waiting on. The guidance documentation in relation to applications falling within breeding wader hotspots, provides templates to guide the ecologist. These are available on the Departments website. Where applications fall within the foraging distance of a SPA the guidance advises that a report is provided by the applicant...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Forestry Sector (20 Feb 2024)

Charlie McConalogue: My Department depends on many map layers, including a curlew map layer, in its forestry 'IFORIS' system to assist in assessing forestry applications and ensuring these are used to safeguard important protected areas such as Curlew nest sites and their surrounds. This Curlew layer was provided by National Parks and Wildlife Service (NPWS) of the Department of Housing, Local Government and...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Forestry Sector (20 Feb 2024)

Charlie McConalogue: Since 2020 there has been a significant turnaround in the number of licences issued by my Department, for Cork and for all other counties. In 2020 following a court ruling in 2019, that increased significantly the ecological input required to process licences, my Department issued 2,592 licences. My Department invested heavily in staff and systems and by 2022 the number of licences issued...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Agriculture Schemes (20 Feb 2024)

Charlie McConalogue: The persons named were approved into Tranche 1 of the Agri-Climate Rural Environment Scheme (ACRES) General Stream, with a contract commencement date of 1 January 2023. Following the commencement of advance payments to ACRES General participants last December, work has continued on the processing of further ACRES General advance payments, and on the preparation of payments to ACRES...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Agriculture Schemes (20 Feb 2024)

Charlie McConalogue: The Deputy will be aware that on 9thFebruary I announced an interim payment that will be paid to some 25,500 ACRES participants who have not yet received their advance payment. This will include those applicants who have a partnership arrangement. Last Wednesday 14thFebruary I announced the interim payment will be €4,000 to participants in ACRES General and €5,000 to those in...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Agriculture Schemes (20 Feb 2024)

Charlie McConalogue: As the Deputy will be aware, following exceptional flooding in the Shannon Callows during summer 2023, on 7 November 2023, I announced the launch of the Shannon Callows Flood Scheme. The aim of the scheme is to support farmers who have lost fodder due to flooding in the region during summer 2023. I have allocated funding of approximately €800,000 which will allow for a payment rate of...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Agriculture Schemes (20 Feb 2024)

Charlie McConalogue: The Deputy will be aware that, on 9thFebruary, I announced that an interim payment will be paid to some 25,500 ACRES Tranche 1 participants who have not yet received their advance payment. Subsequently, on 14th February, I announced that the rate of the interim payment will be €4,000 to participants in ACRES General and €5,000 to those in the Co-operation Project (CP) stream,...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Control of Dogs (20 Feb 2024)

Charlie McConalogue: My Department is responsible for S.I. No 63/2015, the Microchipping of Dogs Regulation 2015 and S.I. 427/2015 - Microchipping of Dogs (Amendment) Regulations 2015. Under these Regulations, all dogs over 12 weeks of age (or younger if sold before 12 weeks) must be microchipped. There are four authorised database operators under the Act. The table below outlines figures for the number of new...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Departmental Reports (20 Feb 2024)

Charlie McConalogue: I propose to take Questions Nos. 455 and 456 together. 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 and the amount that will be offset by the removals from the growing trees. Under...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Forestry Sector (20 Feb 2024)

Charlie McConalogue: If lands are excluded from the afforestation scheme due to the presence of peat, farming activity can continue as long as that activity satisfies any legal or scheme requirements for other non forestry schemes. Exclusion from the afforestation scheme does not automatically exclude an applicant from joining another Department scheme.

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Greyhound Industry (20 Feb 2024)

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 (20 Feb 2024)

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: Livestock Issues (20 Feb 2024)

Charlie McConalogue: There is no funding available from my Department to livestock marts for the purpose of re-furbishing or upgrading facilities. Funding was available in 2023 for marts to upgrade their equipment following the introduction of mandatory electronic identification (EID) of cattle. The Mart EID Upgrade Scheme closed on 10th November 2023.

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Forestry Sector (20 Feb 2024)

Charlie McConalogue: ISPM 15 “Regulation of Wood Packaging Material in International Trade” is a phytosanitary standard developed by the International Plant Protection Convention (IPPC). It sets down standards for treatment and marking of Wood Packaging Material (WPM) which includes pallets, crates and dunnage used in the international trade of goods of all kinds. The aim of ISPM 15 is, through...