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Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Agriculture Schemes (7 Nov 2023)

Charlie McConalogue: The Liming Programme was introduced by my Department earlier this year to incentivise the use of Lime, a natural soil conditioner which corrects soil acidity, makes nutrients more available for plant uptake, and improves overall soil health. As the Deputy will be aware, on the 06th of October I announced important flexibility to the lime spreading deadline under the Programme. This was in...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Departmental Advertising (7 Nov 2023)

Charlie McConalogue: The Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine provides public information about the Department's wide range of schemes, services and policies. Advertising in national and local newspapers is one of the channels used to communicate this information. A breakdown of expenditure by year for the period requested is set out in the below table. Year National (print and...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Departmental Schemes (7 Nov 2023)

Charlie McConalogue: My Department does not offer funding for the removal of roadside trees or for private homeowners living in the countryside with ash trees in their rural gardens. The care and management of trees adjacent to roads is the responsibility of the landowner on whose land the trees are growing. It is advisable that landowners make themselves aware of the full legal extent of their land...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Trade Agreements (7 Nov 2023)

Charlie McConalogue: The European Commission reached political agreement in its trade negotiations with the Mercosur countries in June 2019. Due to concerns raised by a number of member states, including Ireland, on the environmental and sustainability provisions included in the original agreement, the Commission and Mercosur have recommenced negotiations on a joint instrument which they hope will address these...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Agriculture Industry (7 Nov 2023)

Charlie McConalogue: The Organic Farming Scheme opened for applications in respect of 2023 in Autumn 2022, and there were over 2,000 new applicants, doubling the number of organic farmers in Ireland. The land area currently farmed organically amounts to approximately 180,000 hectares, or 4% of the overall land area.

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Animal Slaughtering (7 Nov 2023)

Charlie McConalogue: My Department defines certain beef herds as Controlled Finishing Units (CFUs) in the context of the Bovine TB Eradication Programme. Data in respect of CFU kill numbers at DAFM-approved plants from 2017 onwards is published on my Department's website in the section dealing with bovine birth and movement reports. The data is published under the title ‘Kill numbers at EU approved...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Departmental Data (7 Nov 2023)

Charlie McConalogue: The figures for the total hectarage of new afforestation licenced and planted for each of the years 2020, 2021, 2022 and to date in 2023 is set out below. - Licensed Hectares Planted 2020 528 4,342 2,434 2021 502 4,246 2,016 2022 702 4,972 2,273 ...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Official Engagements (7 Nov 2023)

Charlie McConalogue: In 2021 and 2022, the Chief Veterinary Officer and officials in my Department engaged in correspondence, via e-mail, with the Chief Veterinary Officer as well as Veterinary Services & Animal Health areas of the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development, Israel, on the following issues:Routine in nature correspondence regarding the delisting of export-approved meat slaughter...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Official Engagements (7 Nov 2023)

Charlie McConalogue: I wish to advise the Deputy that my Department has not had any engagement with the Palestinian Authority, any organ of the Palestinian Authority, or any engagement within, or with organisations in, the Occupied Palestinian Territory, in the years 2021, 2022 and to-date in 2023. As regards the 12 State Bodies under the aegis of my Department, the information requested is an operational...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Agriculture Schemes (7 Nov 2023)

Charlie McConalogue: TAMS 3 has proved very popular, with an unprecedented level of applications received (almost four times the average number received per tranche under TAMS 2). Applications received across all of the measures in Tranche 1 are currently being processed. Once the initial processing is completed all applications will be subject to a ranking and selection process, which is a regulatory...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Animal Breeding (7 Nov 2023)

Charlie McConalogue: The objective of the Suckler Carbon Efficiency Programme (SCEP) is to provide support to suckler and 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...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Animal Diseases (7 Nov 2023)

Charlie McConalogue: The objective of the National Beef Welfare Scheme (NBWS) is to further increase the economic efficiency of and enhance animal health and husbandry on suckler farms. The IBR component is designed to provide valuable information to farmers in relation to the health of their herds and allow them to take any necessary action to mitigate disease risk. Both elements of the NBWS - IBR testing and...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Departmental Schemes (7 Nov 2023)

Charlie McConalogue: As set out in the terms and conditions of the Sheep Welfare Scheme, the rate of payment is set at €10 per eligible breeding ewe on completion by the participant of both of their selected scheme actions. Payment is made up to the applicable reference number of animals determined for payment for the scheme year. Where an applicant does not complete the actions selected or does not...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Forestry Sector (7 Nov 2023)

Charlie McConalogue: The case in question involves non-compliance with replanting orders previously issued by the Department to a Licensee on lands adjacent to Mr. O Sullivan’s home. There are a number of different issues involved. The site in question has recently been reinspected and a revised replanting order will be issued to the Licensee involved in the coming days to help move towards compliance....

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Departmental Schemes (7 Nov 2023)

Charlie McConalogue: The objective of the Suckler Carbon Efficiency Programme (SCEP) is to provide support to suckler and 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...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Departmental Schemes (7 Nov 2023)

Charlie McConalogue: The objective of the National Beef Welfare Scheme (NBWS) is to further increase the economic efficiency of and enhance animal health and husbandry on suckler farms. Applications for this scheme were accepted through the www.Agfood.ie online portal from 03 August 2023. The original closing date of 12 September 2023 was extended to 23.59hrs on 26 September in order that applications could be...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Departmental Policies (7 Nov 2023)

Charlie McConalogue: Earlier this year the I introduced the Veterinary Medicinal Products, Medicated Feed and Fertilisers Regulation Act (No. 21 of 2023) which was signed into law 11th July 2023. One of the key elements of the Act is providing for matters relating to the regulation of veterinary medicinal products and medicated feed left to national law by new EU regulations which came into force in 2022. The Act...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Departmental Policies (7 Nov 2023)

Charlie McConalogue: My Department introduced a National Fertiliser Database to register all Professional Fertiliser End Users and Fertiliser Economic Operators and to record the movement of fertiliser from point of import or manufacture to end user. There are highly integrated supply chains on the island of Ireland and the introduction of the National Fertiliser Database will not disrupt them. Farmers and other...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Departmental Policies (7 Nov 2023)

Charlie McConalogue: At the national level, Carbon Farming is an important enabler for the agriculture and land use sectors to meet our climate targets. As set out in the most recent Climate Action Plan (2023), I have committed to the development of an enabling framework which can potentially reward farmers and land owners partaking in emission mitigating and carbon removal activities. It is important that...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Departmental Policies (7 Nov 2023)

Charlie McConalogue: The Irish tillage sector is an important and integral component of the Agri-Food industry which I have strongly supported in recent years. The importance of the tillage sector is recognised in the Food Vision 2030 strategy and in the Climate Action Plan 2023 where a target is set out to increase the area in tillage to 400,000 hectares. This is an ambitious target, but I firmly believe...