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Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Ireland's Forestry Programme and Strategy: Discussion (4 Oct 2023)

Charlie McConalogue: We would be doing more harm than good if we were planting trees in heavy peat soils.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Ireland's Forestry Programme and Strategy: Discussion (4 Oct 2023)

Charlie McConalogue: The Minister of State, Senator Hackett, is correct, but were spruce to be planted, the soil must have less than 30 cm of peat.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Ireland's Forestry Programme and Strategy: Discussion (4 Oct 2023)

Charlie McConalogue: There is a big step change in the current forestry strategy by comparison with the previous one in that farmers now have a premium one third greater than that of non-farmers. Farmers have the premium for five years more than the 15 years for which investors or non-farmers will have it. It is at the back end but it is loaded in favour of farmers, which is what we were seeking to do in the...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Ireland's Forestry Programme and Strategy: Discussion (4 Oct 2023)

Charlie McConalogue: In terms of premiums?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Ireland's Forestry Programme and Strategy: Discussion (4 Oct 2023)

Charlie McConalogue: Coillte could not but private investors could. They were certainly in the market last time around. Farmers now have the added advantage of the additional five years of premium in deciding and competing.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Ireland's Forestry Programme and Strategy: Discussion (4 Oct 2023)

Charlie McConalogue: I thank the Cathaoirleach and the committee members for giving their time today. I accept it has been a challenging two or three years. However, we are now on a much more positive footing and we have a lot to be positive about with the forestry strategy in place and how we go forward. We have a new strategy with the funding in place to back it. The licensing system is also coming into...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Harbours and Piers (4 Oct 2023)

Charlie McConalogue: In January I announced the allocation of €37.3m for capital projects in Ireland’s six state-owned Fishery Harbour Centres at Killybegs, Ros an Mhíl, An Daingean, Castletownbere, Dunmore East and Howth through the 2023 Fishery Harbour and Coastal Infrastructure Development Programme.  The deep water quay project at Ros an Mhíl is one of the flagship projects...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Departmental Data (4 Oct 2023)

Charlie McConalogue: Controls undertaken by Department staff at our ports and airports are an important element of our national biosecurity measures.   Officials from my Department’s Imports Control Division have seized a total of 4680 food consignments in Dublin Airport in 2022 and 2023 to-date, please details below. Year Number of Seized Consignments 2022 ...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Harbours and Piers (4 Oct 2023)

Charlie McConalogue: I announced the allocation of €37.3m for capital projects in 2023 in Ireland’s six state-owned Fishery Harbour Centres at Killybegs, Ros an Mhíl, An Daingean, Castletownbere, Dunmore East and Howth through the Fishery Harbour and Coastal Infrastructure Development Programme.  The Smooth Point pier extension at Killybegs is one of the flagship projects...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Proposed Legislation (4 Oct 2023)

Charlie McConalogue: My Department has referred five general schemes of Bills to an Oireachtas Committee for pre-legislative scrutiny (PLS) from 1 January 2016 to date. Some of the dates are approximate as documents may have been sent to IT service on a particular day, but uploaded and published on the Department’s website on a subsequent day. The information requested on these enactments are as...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Hen Harriers (4 Oct 2023)

Charlie McConalogue: The Hen Harrier Project, which ended in December 2022, was operationally independent of my Department and run by the Hen Harrier Project Team. The Project team was responsible for the administration of the project and associated payments. Any queries relating to payments should be addressed directly to the Project team.

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Horse Racing Industry (4 Oct 2023)

Charlie McConalogue: I propose to take Questions Nos. 176 and 177 together. I understand that the Board of Horse Sport Ireland (HSI) is currently reviewing its Constitution.  In this regard, Clause 39 of the Constitution outlines how the Board is composed.  Specifically, in relation to the representative of the horse sport industry in Northern Ireland, it states: “One person...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Horse Racing Industry (4 Oct 2023)

Charlie McConalogue: I am not currently engaged with the Northern Ireland Horse Board regarding the provision of funding to them as this organisation is outside my jurisdiction.  As you may be aware Horse Sport Ireland are contracted to my Department to deliver National Breeding Services for the Sport Horse Sector and breeders based in NI are entitled to benefit from some of these initiatives.

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Horse Racing Industry (4 Oct 2023)

Charlie McConalogue: The Irish Horseracing Regulatory Board (IHRB) is the regulatory body for all horseracing in Ireland. The IHRB is a company limited by guarantee. The Turf Club and the Irish National Hunt Steeplechase Committee (INHSC) transferred the regulatory functions together with related assets and liabilities to the company under a business transfer agreement on 1 January 2018. The role of the...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Departmental Advertising (4 Oct 2023)

Charlie McConalogue: My Department only shares personal data with third parties where there is a legal basis to do so and in line with our obligations under Article 6 of the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR). Regarding the specific example cited by the Deputy-  Irish Bioenergy association IrBEA compiled the content for the Green Waste leaflet and no personal data was shared with IrBEA by my...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Agriculture Industry (4 Oct 2023)

Charlie McConalogue: My Department is aware of the impact caused by flood event of last July in the Shannon Callows area and the subsequent difficulties in harvesting fodder in the callow regions. In this regard, I would like to highlight that my Department paid out €56 million in funding to farmers under the 2022 Fodder Scheme in response to the Ukraine crisis.  A further €30 million has...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Forestry Sector (3 Oct 2023)

Charlie McConalogue: I propose to take Questions Nos. 459 and 502 together. There is no national map which zones public lands for forestry. However a new National Land Cover map released at the end of 2022 maps the distribution of different land types. The National Land Cover Map was produced by the National Mapping Division of Tailte Éireann (formerly Ordnance Survey of Ireland) in partnership with the...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Forestry Sector (3 Oct 2023)

Charlie McConalogue: I propose to take Questions Nos. 460, 461, 462, 464 and 465 together. The farmer definition remains as published in the scheme document as follows: Applicants that can pass the Departments Active farmer check and that are an approved member of Basic Income Support for Sustainability (BISS) scheme in the application year and a member of either BISS or Basic Payment Scheme (BPS)...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Agriculture Schemes (3 Oct 2023)

Charlie McConalogue: My Department has examined the relevant records and have confirmed that, in line with the terms and conditions of the scheme, an inspection was carried out in this case as part of the 2022 Fodder Support Scheme application. Following the outcome of this inspection, the applicant requested a review of the original decision made by the inspector. Payment was held pending the final decision of...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Departmental Schemes (3 Oct 2023)

Charlie McConalogue: The Deer Tree Shelter, Hare and Deer Fencing Scheme (DTS) opened for applications from 25 September, 2023. The scheme assists applicants to protect forests which may be susceptible to damage by deer in the vicinity. Alder, however, is not palatable for deer to eat and therefore is not susceptible to deer damage. For this reason Alder was not eligible under the previous Forestry...