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Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Agriculture Schemes (8 Feb 2024)

Charlie McConalogue: The person named is among those in the ACRES Co-operation Project stream awaiting payments. The level of environmental ambition within ACRES and the scaling up of a results-based system brings with it many opportunities for farmers, but is not without its challenges. ACRES Co-operation Project payments are more complex to administer and work is ongoing in this regard, with every effort...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Agriculture Schemes (7 Feb 2024)

Charlie McConalogue: The person named submitted applications to the 2023 Complementary Income Support for Young Farmers scheme and the young farmer category of the 2023 National Reserve as the young farmer in a Registered Farm Partnership. My Department has requested outstanding documentation required in support of these applications. When the outstanding documentation is submitted the applications will be...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Agriculture Schemes (7 Feb 2024)

Charlie McConalogue: I propose to take Questions Nos. 383 and 384 together. Taxation policy is primarily the responsibility of my colleague the Minister for Finance, and the Office of the Revenue Commissioners has responsibility for the operation of the taxation system. However, we do engage on taxation issues relating to the agri-food sector with a view to supporting Government policy in this regard. In this...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Agriculture Schemes (7 Feb 2024)

Charlie McConalogue: The person named was approved into Tranche 1 of the Agri-Climate Rural Environment Scheme (ACRES), with a contract commencement date of 1 January 2023. I can confirm that the ACRES claim for the person named is progressing through the necessary validation checks. This claim is one of a batch of claims that has not yet issued, and my officials are working to facilitate payment as soon as...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Aquaculture Industry (7 Feb 2024)

Charlie McConalogue: My Department considers applications for aquaculture licences in accordance with the provisions of the 1997 Fisheries (Amendment) Act, the 1933 Foreshore Act, as amended and applicable national and EU legislation. The licensing process involves consultation with a wide range of scientific and technical advisers as well as various Statutory Consultees. The legislation also provides for a...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Greenhouse Gas Emissions (7 Feb 2024)

Charlie McConalogue: Regulation (EU) 2023/1115 on the making available on the Union market and the export from the Union of certain commodities and products associated with deforestation and forest degradation entered into force on 29 June 2023. In accordance with Article 14.1 of the Regulation, the European Commission was advised on 29 December 2023 that the Department of Agriculture, Food, and the Marine would...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Greyhound Industry (7 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 (7 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. In 2018, conditional consent was granted for redevelopment works...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Agriculture Industry (7 Feb 2024)

Charlie McConalogue: On the 6th of October 2023 I announced flexibility regarding the spreading deadline under the National Liming Programme. This extended the spreading deadline from the 31st of October 2023 until the 31st of March 2024 giving approved applicants significantly more time to spread their approved quantity of lime. This 5-month extension to the spreading deadline was made in light of the...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Agriculture Schemes (7 Feb 2024)

Charlie McConalogue: I fully appreciate the frustration felt by farmers experiencing payment delays and their concern regarding uncertainty of payments. Officials in my Department are working continuously to expedite payments to all ACRES participants as a matter of absolute priority. Over €79 million has been paid in advance payments to date to 17,723 participants in the ACRES Scheme. ACRES General stream...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Forestry Sector (7 Feb 2024)

Charlie McConalogue: Afforestation applications received by my Department are reviewed for completeness to ensure they are a valid application which can be progressed to licence decision stage. Between 1 and 31 January 2024, five valid applications for Afforestation, covering an area of 51 hectares, were submitted and these are currently being processed. A significant number of incomplete applications were...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Agriculture Industry (7 Feb 2024)

Charlie McConalogue: Movements of livestock manure between holdings must be recorded and verified online on www.agfood.ie. The exporter must login to their online account to upload the movement. The importer must then login and verify that movement took place. In line with my Department’s procedures, as part of the control process, unverified movements are considered not to have taken place, i.e. the...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Official Travel (7 Feb 2024)

Charlie McConalogue: The following information was provided to the Deputy on 27th July 2022 in my response to PQ No. 40038/22. Location Travel Dates Flight Cost Accommodation Cost Notes 2020 Brussels 20 - 22 Sept 264.08 Government Jet Luxembourg 18 -...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Agriculture Schemes (7 Feb 2024)

Charlie McConalogue: All applicants in the Organic Farming Scheme are subject to annual validation checks to ensure the correct payments are made. To date, approximately 92% of farmers have received their advance payment. Almost half of all payments due to farmers in partnerships have been made. It is my Department's aim that the majority of organic farmers, including the remaining partnerships, will be paid...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Departmental Data (7 Feb 2024)

Charlie McConalogue: Promoting and safeguarding plant health is a key strategic principle of the Plant Health and Biosecurity Strategy 2020-2025. Within the EU, plant health, including plant pest outbreaks, is governed by Regulation (EU) 2016/2031 on protective measures against pests of plants. In 2023 DAFM investigated twenty-one potential outbreaks of Fireblight (Erwinia amylovora (Burrill) Winslow et al.) of...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Agriculture Industry (7 Feb 2024)

Charlie McConalogue: Promoting and safeguarding plant health is a key strategic principle of the Plant Health and Biosecurity Strategy 2020-2025. Within the EU, plant health, including plant pest outbreaks, is governed by Regulation (EU) 2016/2031 on protective measures against pests of plants. At fireblight outbreak sites, a “demarcated area” consisting of a 500m “infested...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Agriculture Industry (7 Feb 2024)

Charlie McConalogue: Promoting and safeguarding plant health is a key strategic principle of the Plant Health and Biosecurity Strategy 2020-2025. Within the EU plant health is governed by the EU Plant Health Regulation 2031 of 2016 and the Official Controls Regulations 625 of 2017. My Department conducts annual plant health surveillance checks for plant pests and diseases, including Fireblight. Following...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Departmental Reports (7 Feb 2024)

Charlie McConalogue: My Department conducts annual plant health surveillance checks for plant pests and diseases, including Erwinia amylovora (Fireblight). Ireland is recognised as having a favourable plant health status and has the highest number of protected zones in the EU, with 23 pests and diseases listed. A protected zone is a region in which a harmful organism which has established in one or more parts of...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Departmental Advertising (7 Feb 2024)

Charlie McConalogue: My Department provides public information about the Department's wide range of schemes, services and policies. The amount spent by my Department on advertising in each of the past ten years, and to date in 2024, is set out in the table below. This included information campaigns in 2023 on farm safety and the new Forestry Programme. Expenditure also includes the publication of Statutory...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Departmental Contracts (7 Feb 2024)

Charlie McConalogue: The information requested by the Deputy is being collated by my Department and a reply will be forwarded within 10 working days.