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Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Agriculture Schemes (9 Nov 2023)

Charlie McConalogue: Budget 2024 increased the allocation for ACRES by €40 million, bringing the total 2024 scheme allocation to €200 million - a substantial increase on the 2023 budget of €160 million. This provision of additional funding will enable delivery on the Government’s commitment to have 50,000 farmers participating in ACRES. An additional 4,000 farmers will be accepted into...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: State Properties (9 Nov 2023)

Charlie McConalogue: The Afforestation Scheme 2023-2027 launched in September providing significant supports for afforestation offering landowners a choice of 12 Forest Types which cover a broad range of planting options and species mixes. The Scheme offers generous incentives to landowners, covering 100% of the cost of establishing a forest and offering increased premia rates. I am pleased to advise that,...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Forestry Sector (9 Nov 2023)

Charlie McConalogue: My colleague, Minister of State Hackett is committed to forming a Forestry Programme Consultative Committee (FPCC). The purpose of the FPCC is to:Receive updates on the implementation of objectives and deliverables for the Forestry Programme 2023-2027.Represent views and contributions from a broad selection of stakeholders nominated by Minister of State Hackett.Act as a consultative group to...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Trade Missions (8 Nov 2023)

Charlie McConalogue: My Department is currently developing its 2024 Ministerial led agri-food trade mission schedule but at this time I do not plan to visit the United Arab Emirates (UAE) in 2024. The World Trade Organisation (WTO) 13thMinisterial Conference (MC13) is currently scheduled to take place in the UAE in February 2024. The agenda for this Ministerial Conference is still being finalised. Participation...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Pesticide Use (8 Nov 2023)

Charlie McConalogue: Pesticide active substances, such as glyphosate, are assessed centrally at EU level and approved, or not. Plant protection products containing approved active substances are subsequently assessed for specific uses nationally and authorised, or not, using robust scientific evaluation and decision-making criteria. The EU process to decide whether or not the existing EU-approval of glyphosate...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Legislative Measures (8 Nov 2023)

Charlie McConalogue: I propose to take Questions Nos. 88, 89 and 90 together. The Island Fisheries (Heritage Licence) Bill 2017 to which the Deputy refers is a Private Members’ Bill first introduced to the Dáil in 2017. It seeks to create a specific system for licensing island fishers to conduct small-scale coastal fishing activities, and the Bill would provide regulatory powers for this purpose....

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Agriculture Schemes (8 Nov 2023)

Charlie McConalogue: An application for participation in the 2023 Basic Income Support for Sustainability Scheme (BISS), Complementary Redistributive Support for Sustainability (CRISS), Areas of Natural Constraints (ANC) and ECO schemes was received from the above named applicant on the 18thof May, 2023. An administrative review was carried out on the aforementioned herd number in recent days and an update was...

Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: Environmental Investigations (7 Nov 2023)

Charlie McConalogue: I thank the Deputies again for airing their views on this. This is new to me but I have read the evidence and looked back over the file. On what took place, there was the inter-agency group first in June 2004. Following on from that there was the investigation by the Department's veterinary laboratory services and that reported its findings in June 2006.

Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: Environmental Investigations (7 Nov 2023)

Charlie McConalogue: It is a significantly long time ago now as well. Further to that, University College Dublin, UCD's, centre for veterinary epidemiology and risk analysis completed its report in August 2009. After that, the inter-agency group reviewed the findings of both of those studies and published its conclusions in August 2010. There have been significant investigations and reports done already and...

Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: Environmental Investigations (7 Nov 2023)

Charlie McConalogue: That was over 13 years ago now. I will review the files. It is not that it has not been investigated before, and a lot of time has passed since that.

Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: Environmental Investigations (7 Nov 2023)

Charlie McConalogue: I will read the file again.

Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: Environmental Investigations (7 Nov 2023)

Charlie McConalogue: That comprehensive set of investigations has been done. There has not been any-----

Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: Environmental Investigations (7 Nov 2023)

Charlie McConalogue: I take the point the Deputies are making but there has not been any-----

Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: Environmental Investigations (7 Nov 2023)

Charlie McConalogue: There has not been any new evidence presented subsequent to what would have been available at the time of the investigations. One of those investigations concluded that there was no evidence of fluoride or cadmium toxication levels in the herd-----

Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: Environmental Investigations (7 Nov 2023)

Charlie McConalogue: -----nor any evidence of environmental pollution on the farm. That is what was in the reports. I will take the point of the four Deputies coming together to make the case this evening. I will review and read the files further as well. I have laid out the background to it.

Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: Environmental Investigations (7 Nov 2023)

Charlie McConalogue: The investigations that were here previously-----

Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: Environmental Investigations (7 Nov 2023)

Charlie McConalogue: I am happy to discuss it further but I am laying out clearly the background to it, the comprehensive assessment that has gone on in it already and the clear view that there has been no new evidence presented that changes the situation.

Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: Environmental Investigations (7 Nov 2023)

Charlie McConalogue: I recognise the significance of four Deputies coming together. It is not something you see very often in this House and I certainly recognise that in the context of this Topical Issue debate and the time the Deputies have given to this issue as part of the committee. The matter being raised relate to events that took place many years ago, as the four Deputies said. At that time, my...

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

Charlie McConalogue: The above person has been contacted by an official of my Department in relation to his previous correspondence. The records that he has provided are being examined and he has been advised that he will be contacted as soon as this examination has concluded. The above persons file has not been discussed with the Secretary General – individual cases are not discussed at Secretary...

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

Charlie McConalogue: I wish to advise the Deputy that Artificial Intelligence is used in the following cases within my Department. Predicting the likelihood of TB outbreaks.Image analysis of crops claimed under CAP schemes.Image analysis for identifying species susceptible to H5N1 (Bird flu).Customer Segmentation analysis for developing Agri-Food policies.Analysis for identifying risk factors for Microbial Food...