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Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Grazing Rights (23 Oct 2024)

Charlie McConalogue: The lands identified as the Curragh of Kildare are vested with the Minister of Defence under the Curragh of Kildare Act 1961. Annual permission to graze sheep on the Curragh lands is granted by the Maor of The Curragh as part of the responsibilities conferred on the office by the Minister of Defence. Applicants under farm schemes administered by my Department who claim a share of the...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: State Bodies (23 Oct 2024)

Charlie McConalogue: As an independent statutory body, staffing levels and filling of vacancies are operational matters for An Rialálaí Agraibhia. I have arranged for the Deputy's question to be forwarded to An Rialálaí Agraibhia. The Deputy may wish contact the Regulator through their dedicated e-mail address for Oireachtas queries, at oireachtas@agrifoodregulator.ie.

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Agriculture Schemes (23 Oct 2024)

Charlie McConalogue: Payments to ACRES participants in respect of their attendance at a mandatory training course, provided under the ACRES Training Scheme, are made to the ACRES Trainer, who provided the course, to disburse to the attendees at the course in question. The ACRES Training course attended by the person concerned is currently being reviewed and once this review is completed, payments will issue...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Food Labelling (23 Oct 2024)

Charlie McConalogue: The first step in the registration process for a geographical indication as part of the European Union’s quality policy is that an application is submitted to the relevant Member State's competent authority, which in this case is my Department. There has been extensive engagement with the applicant over a number of years to ensure that the application for the food product in question...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Greyhound Industry (23 Oct 2024)

Charlie McConalogue: I propose to take Questions Nos. 147 to 152, inclusive, together. 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. ...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Agriculture Schemes (23 Oct 2024)

Charlie McConalogue: Applicants in the Young Farmer Capital Investment Scheme (YFCIS) in TAMS 3 must satisfy certain eligibility criteria to qualify for the 60% grant rate. These include the requirement that an applicant must have been issued with a herd number/other Department identifier for the first time within five years of the date of receipt of an application under the Scheme. Department records...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Fishing Industry (22 Oct 2024)

Charlie McConalogue: Work is close to completion on a funding scheme for community led local development, as provided for in the European Maritime Fisheries and Aquaculture Fund (EMFAF) Regulation and Ireland's Seafood Development Programme (which is co-funded by the government and the EU under EMFAF). Implementation of this scheme will be supported by the Fisheries Local Action Groups (FLAGs), and Bord...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Common Agricultural Policy (22 Oct 2024)

Charlie McConalogue: The information requested by the Deputy is currently being collated. I will write to the Deputy directly once the information is to hand.

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Agriculture Schemes (22 Oct 2024)

Charlie McConalogue: Payment under the Complementary Income Support for Young Farmers (CISYF) is based on the eligible hectares declared by the applicant in the scheme year in question, subject to a maximum of 50 hectares. A Company is a single herd number entity. As a single herd number entity the eligible land is declared under the herd number and, irrespective of the number of eligible young farmers...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Animal Welfare (22 Oct 2024)

Charlie McConalogue: In March 2024 my Department received material relating to alleged breaches of animal welfare requirements on two Irish pig farms. I can confirm that the material was reviewed by my officials and a follow up investigation was commenced. Enforcement actions as considered necessary and appropriate were taken. The matter is still subject to on-going review and investigation. I can also...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Animal Welfare (22 Oct 2024)

Charlie McConalogue: It is the policy of my Department to investigate all allegations of illegal or criminal behaviour. Even in advance of the broadcast of 8th October, my Department had sought all unedited relevant footage from RTÉ of welfare abuses in the Irish premise's featured and when these are received they will be thoroughly reviewed, analysed and follow-up will be undertaken with all relevant...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Animal Welfare (22 Oct 2024)

Charlie McConalogue: It is the policy of my Department to investigate all allegations of non compliances with the law. Authorised officers of my Department operate within a legal framework and investigate, gather evidence and as necessary take enforcement actions that are determined to be proportionate effective and dissuasive. Even in advance of the broadcast of the RTÉ Prime Time documentary on...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Animal Welfare (22 Oct 2024)

Charlie McConalogue: I can confirm that my Department is conducting an examination of the matters that featured in the recent RTÉ Prime Time documentary on calves on 8 October. My Department’s focus will be to ensure that enforcement action, as appropriate, is being taken, once all relevant evidential matters are fully collated, authenticated, and analysed. It is not possible to put a timeframe...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Horse Racing Industry (22 Oct 2024)

Charlie McConalogue: My Department is aware of delays in the processing of equine passport applications at Horse Sport Ireland (HSI). This is an operational matter for HSI. My Department has however met with HSI to stress the importance of prompt identification of equines, the need for swift turnaround times in the issuing of identification documents and for HSI to keep their customers up to date on the status...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Fishing Industry (22 Oct 2024)

Charlie McConalogue: In December 2018, a transition period to a ban on vessels over 18 metres trawling in inshore waters, inside the six nautical mile zone was announced. A significant part of the objective of this measure was to manage the fishing effort on sprat stocks which are primarily targeted within inshore waters. This measure, however, was the subject of extended legal proceedings the outcome of which,...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Agriculture Supports (22 Oct 2024)

Charlie McConalogue: We must all acknowledge that Climate change is one of the most pressing issues of our time. Farmers are at the coalface and are bearing the brunt of the impacts. My Department is committed to working with Farmers in achieving our climate objectives and over-coming challenges faced in the agricultural sector arising from Climate Change. To safeguard the viability of the sector, the Irish...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Organic Farming (22 Oct 2024)

Charlie McConalogue: All farmers across Ireland are eligible to apply to participate in the Organic Farming Scheme, which reopened this week and will remain open until November 29th. Numbers farming organically have increased to approximately 5,000, and we now have a significant demand for organic livestock feed and food-grade organic oats, which offers a real opportunity for tillage farmers, including those in...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Tillage Sector (22 Oct 2024)

Charlie McConalogue: This Government recognises the importance of the tillage sector. It is an integral part of Irish farming and makes a significant contribution to overall agricultural output. It is Government policy to increase the area under tillage to 400,000 hectares by 2030. It is for this reason that I established the Food Vision Tillage Group in May 2023 to set out a road map for the sustainable...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Greyhound Industry (22 Oct 2024)

Charlie McConalogue: The Microchipping of Dogs Regulation 2015 and Microchipping of Dogs (Amendment) Regulations 2015 require that all dogs over 12 weeks of age (or younger if sold before 12 weeks) must be microchipped. It is illegal to sell/supply a dog that is not microchipped and the microchip number must be registered to an approved database. There are four microchip databases in Ireland, run by private...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Departmental Projects (22 Oct 2024)

Charlie McConalogue: My department's National Development Plan (NDP) allocation funds a number schemes that support farmers, producers, and fishers pursue the sustainable development of their respective sectors in accordance with the ambition in Food Vision 2030 and the EU's Common Agricultural and Fisheries Policies. The aim of these schemes is to deliver enhanced economic, environmental and social...