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Select Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Estimates for Public Services 2023
Vote 30 - Agriculture, Food and the Marine (Supplementary) (22 Nov 2023)

Charlie McConalogue: Advance payments to farmers under the ANC scheme commenced on 17 October and continued in two payments up to 9 November. Currently, there is an eligible population of 103,000 farmers, of whom 92,000, or 89%, have received the advance payment. Under the basic income support for sustainability scheme, the number of eligible farmers is 117,000, of whom 109,000, or 92.5%, have received an...

Select Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Estimates for Public Services 2023
Vote 30 - Agriculture, Food and the Marine (Supplementary) (22 Nov 2023)

Charlie McConalogue: A payment run happens pretty much every week but there is none this week. The next one will be on 1 and 2 December. There is no payment run on advance payments this week because we are now starting to pay the balancing payments to those who already got their advance payment. The two processes cannot run at the same time. Otherwise, we would be doing a run this week as well. Anybody who...

Select Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Estimates for Public Services 2023
Vote 30 - Agriculture, Food and the Marine (Supplementary) (22 Nov 2023)

Charlie McConalogue: Yes. Those who get cleared between now and next week will be paid next week. We are continuing to clear and resolve claims every week. We will keep paying weekly until the end of this year and into the start of next year.

Select Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Estimates for Public Services 2023
Vote 30 - Agriculture, Food and the Marine (Supplementary) (22 Nov 2023)

Charlie McConalogue: The Department of Public Expenditure, National Development Plan Delivery and Reform is managing that fund and I do not have the figure. My Department is, by and large, exceeding the figures we set, both in fisheries and agriculture. We are by far the largest spending Department in respect of the fund and we have worked hard to pull as much funding as possible out of it. The Department of...

Select Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Estimates for Public Services 2023
Vote 30 - Agriculture, Food and the Marine (Supplementary) (22 Nov 2023)

Charlie McConalogue: We are looking to spend as much as we possibly can. Even in the Supplementary Estimate today, I am bringing extra money into some lines under which we think we can spend more. Where more can be spent, we will spend it. However, there is no possibility of new schemes because the window for any lines of expenditure has passed. It is simply no longer possible to introduce and operate any new...

Select Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Estimates for Public Services 2023
Vote 30 - Agriculture, Food and the Marine (Supplementary) (22 Nov 2023)

Charlie McConalogue: The OPW is delivering the project on our behalf. A lot of the allocation of €68 million is for what is already delivered. I do not have an up-to-date note on what is outstanding. The figure represents our allocation towards the aspects of the project relating to my Department. I now have some additional information to hand. There are significant enabling works in the overall plan...

Select Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Estimates for Public Services 2023
Vote 30 - Agriculture, Food and the Marine (Supplementary) (22 Nov 2023)

Charlie McConalogue: I will ask for that information to be included.

Select Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Estimates for Public Services 2023
Vote 30 - Agriculture, Food and the Marine (Supplementary) (22 Nov 2023)

Charlie McConalogue: Most of it is going towards piers and harbours across the country under the Brexit adjustment local authority marine infrastructure, BALAMI, scheme. A small amount of it is going to the liquidity schemes we have in place, mainly for the processing sector. We have done a second liquidity scheme to support the co-operative sector. However, most of the €70.5 million is for piers and...

Select Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Estimates for Public Services 2023
Vote 30 - Agriculture, Food and the Marine (Supplementary) (22 Nov 2023)

Charlie McConalogue: That is going towards the fodder balancing payment. We did the advance payment of the fodder scheme at the end of last year and we are now doing the balancing payment. We are taking some of that from savings but we need an extra €5 million in new funding, which is coming from the Department of Public Expenditure, National Development Delivery and Reform by way of this Supplementary...

Select Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Estimates for Public Services 2023
Vote 30 - Agriculture, Food and the Marine (Supplementary) (22 Nov 2023)

Charlie McConalogue: I thank Deputy Mythen.

Select Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Estimates for Public Services 2023
Vote 30 - Agriculture, Food and the Marine (Supplementary) (22 Nov 2023)

Charlie McConalogue: I will.

Select Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Estimates for Public Services 2023
Vote 30 - Agriculture, Food and the Marine (Supplementary) (22 Nov 2023)

Charlie McConalogue: I recognise the Deputy's representations on behalf of the tillage sector. Wexford has probably been more adversely impacted than any other county during what was all-round a very difficult year. I responded with three separate packages to support the sector. I mentioned earlier that an extra €6.5 million was put into the straw incorporation measure, SIM, which quickly put money...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Animal Diseases (22 Nov 2023)

Charlie McConalogue: Bovine tuberculosis is a challenging disease to control and eradicate. As of the 12th November 2023, on a 12-month rolling basis, herd incidence for Co. Clare has increased slightly to 3.33% compared to 2.65% at same time last year. In the past 12 months 190 Herds in county Clare were TB restricted, compared to 153 in the previous 12-month period, an increase of 37. As the spread of this...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Agriculture Schemes (22 Nov 2023)

Charlie McConalogue: The Targeted Agriculture Modernisation Scheme (TAMS 3) provides grants to farmers to build and/or improve a specified range of farm buildings and equipment on their holdings. There is an indicative budget of €370 million available for the period 2023-2027, and all investments must be linked to Climate, Environment or Animal Welfare. Computerised Calf Feeders, which are deemed to...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Forestry Sector (22 Nov 2023)

Charlie McConalogue: The scheme document for the Reconstitution of Ash Dieback Scheme refers to adherence to Good Practice and Sustainable Forest Management, the principles of sustainable forest management is mandatory and applies across all operations of the Scheme. In view of this we do not see the need to issue an advisory circular with Scheme approvals. Furthermore, as with any other health and safety matter,...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Forestry Sector (22 Nov 2023)

Charlie McConalogue: An Open Call for Proposals for Forestry Promotion Projects for 2023/2024 was launched on 14 September 2023. There was an excellent response to the call with 53 proposals received from 42 separate applicants by the closing date of 16 October 2023. The applicants included representatives from across the forestry sector and beyond, from both large and small organisations as well as from...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Agriculture Industry (22 Nov 2023)

Charlie McConalogue: An application to transfer entitlements has been submitted to my Department for the transfer of entitlements. As the transferee applied for the transfer using a Temporary Reference Number (TRN), the transferee needs to advise the staff processing the transfer applications of the herd number to link the TRN to before it can be processed. The transferee or their advisor will need to email...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Agriculture Industry (22 Nov 2023)

Charlie McConalogue: Under the Good Agricultural Practice for the Protection of Waters Regulations (SI 113 of 2022, as amended), assuming suitable ground conditions and an acceptable weather forecast, soiled water can be spread up to the 9th of December 2023. It can then be spread again after the 1st of January 2024. Soil conditions and the weather forecast must be suitable for the application of soiled...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Fishery Harbour Centres (22 Nov 2023)

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. Charges for the use of the facilities at each of the six Fishery Harbour Centres are set out in secondary legislation by means of the Fishery Harbour Centres (Rates and Charges) Order 2012 (S.I. No. 214 of 2012). Income from these...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Departmental Meetings (22 Nov 2023)

Charlie McConalogue: I have not spoken with the Commissioner of the United States Food and Drugs Administration (FDA), Robert Califf since January 2023. However, my Department officials including our attache in Washington would have routine, regular contacts with FDA at official to official level on various issues at different times.