Results 301-320 of 3,577 for speaker:Martin Heydon

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Aquaculture Industry (19 Mar 2025)

Martin Heydon: My Department received a request for the assignment of the licence referred to by the Deputy on 04 April 2024. My Department’s Marine Engineers inspected the site on 05 June 2024 and identified a number of non-compliance issues. These were communicated to the licence holder who undertook work on the site to resolve the issues identified. Following a re-inspection of the site and...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Turbary Rights (19 Mar 2025)

Martin Heydon: I understand these questions relate to the records of the former Irish Land Commission and I have asked the Deputy to write to the Records Branch of my Department supplying further details of the specific case he has in mind to enable them to provide any assistance and if appropriate to identify any document relevant to the Deputy’s question.

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Turbary Rights (19 Mar 2025)

Martin Heydon: I understand these questions relate to the records of the former Irish Land Commission and I have asked the Deputy to write to the Records Branch of my Department supplying further details of the specific case he has in mind to enable them to provide any assistance and if appropriate to identify any document relevant to the Deputy’s question.

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Agriculture Schemes (19 Mar 2025)

Martin Heydon: The person named submitted an application under the ACRES Co-operation stream and was approved into Tranche 1 of the scheme, with a commencement date of January 1st, 2023. I can confirm that all ACRES payments in respect of 2023 have been finalised for this participant, however, the advance payment claim in respect of 2024 has not yet cleared all the necessary pre-payment validation checks....

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Agriculture Schemes (19 Mar 2025)

Martin Heydon: The person named submitted an application under the ACRES Co-operation stream and was approved into Tranche 1 of the scheme, with a commencement date of January 1st, 2023. I can confirm that all ACRES payments in respect of 2023 have been finalised for this participant. The advance payment claim associated with this herd in respect of 2024 has not yet cleared all the necessary...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Agriculture Schemes (19 Mar 2025)

Martin Heydon: The person named submitted an application under the ACRES Co-Operation stream and was approved into Tranche 1 of the scheme, with a commencement date of 1st January 2023. I can confirm that all ACRES payments in respect of 2023 have been finalised for this participant. My Department has received a request to transfer this ACRES contract to a partnership. Department officials have been in...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Forestry Sector (19 Mar 2025)

Martin Heydon: Forestry in Ireland operates within a legal and regulatory framework – the Forest Act 2014 and the Forestry Regulations 2017 (SI No 191 of 2017). The regulation of forestry is necessary in order to protect forests and also to ensure that forestry operations and activities are carried out in compliance with the principles of sustainable forest management. The felling of trees...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Departmental Bodies (19 Mar 2025)

Martin Heydon: The information sought by the Deputy is being collated. A full reply to this PQ will be issued to the Deputy within 10 working days.

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Departmental Bodies (19 Mar 2025)

Martin Heydon: The information sought by the Deputy is being collated. A full reply to this PQ will be issued to the Deputy within 10 working days.

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Departmental Bodies (19 Mar 2025)

Martin Heydon: The details requested by the Deputy in relation to bodies under the aegis of my Department are a matter for the individual bodies concerned. I have referred the Deputy’s question to the State bodies and have requested that a response should issue within 10 days.

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Departmental Bodies (19 Mar 2025)

Martin Heydon: The information sought by the Deputy is being collated. A full reply to this PQ will be issued to the Deputy within 10 working days.

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Nitrates Usage (19 Mar 2025)

Martin Heydon: Firstly, the Government has moved to establish a Cabinet Committee on Water Quality chaired by the Taoiseach to coordinate water quality improvements across all sectors and work with farmers and industry to secure Ireland's nitrates derogation at EU level. This demonstrates the governments commitments to both water quality and retention of the nitrates derogation post 2025. In August...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: EU Funding (19 Mar 2025)

Martin Heydon: My Department is implementing and administering Ireland's €258 million Seafood Development Programme which is being co-funded by this Government and the European Commission under the European Maritime, Fisheries and Aquaculture Fund (EMFAF) 2021-2027. It provides a range of schemes through which the sector can access funding. All sector schemes are administered by Bord Iascaigh...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Aquaculture Industry (19 Mar 2025)

Martin Heydon: The Aquaculture Licences Appeals Board (ALAB) was established on 17th June 1998 under Section 22 of the Fisheries (Amendment) Act, 1997 (as amended) (the "1997 Act"). The function of the Board is to provide an independent authority for the determination of appeals against decisions of the relevant Minister on aquaculture licence applications. As provided for under Section 23 of the...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Aquaculture Industry (19 Mar 2025)

Martin Heydon: My Department considers applications for aquaculture and foreshore licences in accordance with the provisions of the Fisheries (Amendment) Act 1997 (as amended), the Foreshore Act 1933 (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...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Aquaculture Industry (19 Mar 2025)

Martin Heydon: My colleague Minister Timmy Dooley T.D. and I are both aware of the challenges facing the aquaculture sector. Minister Dooley recently met with industry representatives in the seafood sector, including IFA Aquaculture, he met with Rope Grown Mussel producers in the South West this month, and will be attending the IFA Aquaculture annual conference in late March. While Minister Dooley and...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Artificial Intelligence (19 Mar 2025)

Martin Heydon: All current and future AI use by my Department is subject to human review, data protection and governance measures. The following Department operations are conducted using artificial intelligence tools:Smart text analysis to prevent and contain data breaches. Any AI tools used by my Department are developed in a bespoke manner to address specific business needs. My Department is...

Written Answers — Department of Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Sports Funding (6 Mar 2025)

Martin Heydon: The Large Scale Sports Infrastructure Fund (LSSIF) was established under the National Sports Policy, published on 25 July 2018, to provide Exchequer support for larger sports facility projects, typically those requiring investments greater than the maximum available under the Community Sport Facility Fund (CSFF). The total investment from the Large Scale Sport Infrastructure Fund since...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Departmental Schemes (6 Mar 2025)

Martin Heydon: The Brexit Fish Processor Transition Scheme was implemented under the Brexit Adjustment Reserve Fund (BAR). All schemes that were implemented under the fund complied with all relevant financial governance frameworks, including audit requirements. The Department of Public Expenditure, National Plan Delivery and Reform (DPENDR) is the Designated Body in respect of the Brexit Adjustment...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Agriculture Schemes (6 Mar 2025)

Martin Heydon: The person named submitted an application under the ACRES Co-operation stream and was approved into Tranche 1 of the scheme, with a commencement date of January 1st, 2023. I can confirm that all ACRES payments in respect of 2023 have been finalised for this participant. The advance payment claim associated with this herd in respect of 2024 has not yet cleared all the necessary prepayment...