Results 321-340 of 3,577 for speaker:Martin Heydon

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

Martin Heydon: The person named was accepted into ACRES General Tranche 1, with a contract commencement date of January 1st 2023. An advance payment of €5,827.40 issued to the herd owner in December 2023 in respect of their participation in the Scheme in 2023. My Department has identified the issue that had been preventing this case from passing the required validations for the balancing...

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 General stream and was approved into Tranche 1 of the scheme, with a commencement date of January 1st, 2023. An interim payment of €4,000 issued to the herd owner in early 2024 in respect of their participation in the Scheme in 2023. The ACRES balance payment in respect of 2023 has not yet been finalised for the person...

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

Martin Heydon: Two statutory instruments have been signed in 2025, the Agriculture Appeals (Amendment) Act 2024 (Part 3) Commencement Order 2025 (S.I. 7 of 2025), which commences Part 3 of the Agriculture Appeals Act 2024, and the Avian Influenza (Precautionary Confinement of Birds and Live Birds) Regulations 2025 (S.I. 31 of 2025). Several other instruments are currently being considered to introduce minor...

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

Martin Heydon: I understand that the Deputy is referring to a case which concerned a consignment of horses, originally dispatched from Northern Ireland to Great Britain. My Department is aware of this case and has liaised with their counterparts in Northern Ireland and Great Britain to offer assistance with investigating the circumstances surrounding the case. As this investigation is ongoing, it...

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

Martin Heydon: In line with Articles 5 and 6 of the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR), I cannot answer the question in its current format as the regulations do not allow the provision of personal data in respect of two separate participants within the same response. My Department will be in direct contact with the Deputy's office to provide separate responses in respect of the two herd numbers you...

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

Martin Heydon: My Department recognises that the recent storms Darragh and Éowyn, have caused varying degrees of damage around the country, including significant damage to trees. My Department has published guidance and number of circulars on the response to the storms and advice on how to use existing felling licences to clear affected trees and how to apply for a licence if you do not already have...

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

Martin Heydon: The Veterinary Council of Ireland (VCI) announced in April 2024 that it had updated its Code of Professional Conduct for Veterinary Practitioners to prohibit veterinarians from carrying out surgical artificial insemination in dogs due to ethical and welfare considerations. However, this new prohibition does not apply to greyhounds, as the practice is provided for in legislation under the...

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

Martin Heydon: The use of remotely controlled electronic shock collars in dogs and cats has been banned in several European countries on the grounds of animal welfare. The Advisory Council on Companion Animal Welfare, which was established by my Department under an independent chair, as part of my Department's wider animal welfare strategy, advises me on animal welfare matters and considered the question of...

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

Martin Heydon: 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. The question raised by the Deputy is a matter for RCÉ and,...

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

Martin Heydon: 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. The question raised by the Deputy is a matter for RCÉ and,...

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

Martin Heydon: Department officials are engaging in on-going correspondence with the named company regarding their existing and new applications for authorisation to place plant protection products (pesticides) on the Irish market. These applications are being processed taking the named company’s priorities into account and officials have informed the applicant about recent decisions. Officials...

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

Martin Heydon: The welfare of equines is protected by legislation and appropriate enforcement action is undertaken by my Department and authorised officers under the Animal Health and Welfare Act 2013, including An Garda Síochána, Customs agents, authorised officers appointed by local authorities, the Irish Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals (ISPCA) and the Dublin Society for the...

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

Martin Heydon: The advance payment claim associated with this herd in respect of participation in ACRES in 2024 has not yet issued because the required soil sample documents had not been submitted. I can confirm that the soil sample documents were received on Monday 3rd March 2025. The application will now be validated against the remaining prepayment checks. Once all checks have been passed successfully,...

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

Martin Heydon: The person named was accepted into ACRES General Tranche 1, with a contract commencement date of January 1st 2023. An advance payment of €5,040.15 issued to the herd owner in December 2023 in respect of their participation in the Scheme in 2023. The 2023 balance payment claim was held due to a penalty issue. This issue has now been resolved. Once all prepayment validations have...

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

Martin Heydon: The person named was accepted into ACRES General Tranche 1, with a contract commencement date of January 1st 2023. An advance payment of €5,736.67 issued to the herd owner in December 2023 in respect of their participation in the Scheme in 2023. The issue that had been preventing this case from passing the required validations for the balancing payment for 2023 has been...

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

Martin Heydon: The person named was accepted into ACRES General Tranche 1, with a contract commencement date of January 1st 2023. An advance payment of €5,912.94 issued to the herd owner in December 2023 in respect of their participation in the Scheme in 2023. My Department has identified the cause of the issue that has been preventing this case from passing the required validations for the...

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

Martin Heydon: The person named was accepted into ACRES General Tranche 1, with a contract 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 validation checks. My Department is actively working to...

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

Martin Heydon: Fishing vessels of any non-EU country may not fish in EU waters, including Irish waters, unless there is an agreement in place allowing them to do so. There is no such agreement in place between the EU and Iceland, the Faroes or Russia. The current reciprocal access between EU and UK waters is provided for in the EU-UK Trade and Co-operation Agreement. The level of access for Norwegian...

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

Martin Heydon: The recent storms have resulted in considerable hardship throughout the country. We are taking all possible steps to facilitate an appropriate response to allow forest owners to clear blown trees in a safe and sustainable manner. As regards forestry and powerlines, the legislative provisions reside in section 98 of the Electricity (Supply) Act 1927, as amended by Section 45 of the...

Ceisteanna ar Pholasaí nó ar Reachtaíocht – Questions on Policy or Legislation (5 Mar 2025)

Martin Heydon: I reassure Deputy Healy-Rae that the GAEC 2 proposals will not have negative impacts for farmers. These baseline elements were agreed as part of the CAP strategic plan in 2021. Ireland had a derogation in 2022 and 2023 while we put a proposal together. We are the last remaining country in Europe to make a proposal in this space. We would have been in breach since 1 January 2025 if we did...