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Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Greyhound Industry (28 Sep 2023)

Charlie McConalogue: 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. RCÉis a body corporate and a separate legal entity to theDepartment of Agriculture,Food and the Marine. The questions raised by the Deputy is an operational matterfor...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Agriculture Supports (27 Sep 2023)

Charlie McConalogue: The On Farm Market Valuation Scheme is the principal compensation measure available to Herdowners whose herds are affected by disease under the TB Eradication Scheme. Only reactor animals who have been disclosed as part of a full or partial herd test using either skin test (SICCT) of gamma interferon (GIF) tests, may qualify for compensation under the On Farm Market Valuation Scheme,...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Fishing Industry (27 Sep 2023)

Charlie McConalogue: The small-scale fleet is an integral part of the overall Irish fishing fleet representing the majority of registered vessels and over half of all employment in the sector. The fleet is distributed all around the island with vessels registered in over 400 towns and villages, with over 300 small-scale fishing vessels registered in each of the counties Donegal, Cork and Galway, over 200 each in...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Fishing Industry (27 Sep 2023)

Charlie McConalogue: The energy transition of the Irish fishing fleet is important in terms of responding to climate change, reducing dependence on fossil fuels and facilitating the fleet in becoming more sustainable in both environmental and economic terms. The development of electric or renewable propulsion for fishing vessels is in its infancy and faces significant barriers to development. While longer...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Fishing Industry (27 Sep 2023)

Charlie McConalogue: The Seafood Development Programme implemented by my Department and funded under the European Maritime and Fisheries Fund (EMFF) provided significant funding toward the sustainable development of fisheries. Among the schemes developed under the EMFF programme was the New Fishermen Scheme, which was implemented by an Bord Iascaigh Mhara. Open to young fishers (under 40 years of age) to...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Fishing Industry (27 Sep 2023)

Charlie McConalogue: As the Deputy will be aware, in Ireland, fishing quota is a public resource and is managed to provide for proper management and conservation and rational exploitation of the State’s fishing quotas. It is managed as a public good that ensures that property rights are not granted to individual operators. The result of this long-standing policy is that the Irish fishing fleet involves a...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Fishing Communities (27 Sep 2023)

Charlie McConalogue: I have been made aware of difficulties experienced by this Producer Organisation and have received correspondence in relation to it. All Producer Organisations (POs) are funded under a scheme as part of the European Maritime and Fisheries Fund (EMFF) Programme 2014-2020. Part A of the scheme provides supports of up to €55,000 to groups of fisheries or aquaculture producers working...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Agriculture Schemes (27 Sep 2023)

Charlie McConalogue: The Agri-Climate Rural Environment Scheme (ACRES) is my Department’s flagship agri-environment scheme under the new CAP Strategic Plan 2023-2027. It consists of two streams - ACRES General and ACRES Cooperation Project (CP). A maximum payment of €10,500 annually is available to ACRES CP participants (€7,311 for those in the General approach). Seven thousand euro is...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Invasive Species Policy (27 Sep 2023)

Charlie McConalogue: I am well aware that Ireland and the rest of the EU is under ever increasing threat from invasive pests and disease. The threat of introduction of harmful organisms (including bark beetles) is significantly increased due to a combination of intensive globalisation of trade in plants and the increasing impact of climate change. In November 2019, my Department launched a major plant health...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Greyhound Industry (26 Sep 2023)

Charlie McConalogue: 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 an operational matter for...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Greyhound Industry (26 Sep 2023)

Charlie McConalogue: 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 an operational matter for...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Greyhound Industry (26 Sep 2023)

Charlie McConalogue: My Department as the competent authority can authorise the disposal by burial of greyhounds by issuing a burial licence under the Animal By-Products legislation, Regulation (EC) No. 1069/2009. A burial licence is an authorisation to an animal owner granting them permission to bury a deceased greyhound. Therefore, it is only by issuance of a licence by the competent authority that such...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Agriculture Schemes (26 Sep 2023)

Charlie McConalogue: I am cognisant that as ash dieback disease progresses nationally and within individual ash plantations, the potential health and safety risks associated with forest plantations, roadside and parkland ash trees will become an issue of increasing importance for landowners, workers and visitors. My colleague, Minister of State Hackett, announced in June that she had tasked an independent...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Agriculture Supports (26 Sep 2023)

Charlie McConalogue: I am in regular contact with farming organisations and farm groups on issues relating to the tillage sector. I am acutely aware and appreciate the many challenges that tillage farmers have experienced this year. It is because of these challenges that I established the Food Vision Tillage Group which held its first meeting in May of this year. The Tillage Group is made up of a wide range of...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Agriculture Supports (26 Sep 2023)

Charlie McConalogue: My Department monitors the impact of weather on agriculture and farming both nationally and regionally on an ongoing basis. While I empathise with farmers whose crops were damaged by the extreme weather event that occurred in June 2023, my Department is not planning any specific actions to mitigate the localised damage. As the Deputy is aware, these extreme weather events are unfortunately...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Nitrates Usage (26 Sep 2023)

Charlie McConalogue: This year approximately 7,300 farmers applied for a Nitrates Derogation, which, subject to compliance with strict environmental conditions, allows application of up to 250kg livestock manure nitrogen per hectare. The vast majority of those who apply for a Nitrates Derogation each year are dairy farmers. The banding of dairy cow nutrient excretion rates from the start of this year...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Work Permits (26 Sep 2023)

Charlie McConalogue: The Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment (DETE) has lead responsibility for employment permits. Arising from my ongoing engagement with our sector stakeholders, my Department is in regular contact with DETE regarding the labour shortages that exist in certain sub-sectors of agri-food. Granting employment permits is one method for helping to fill labour shortages, although it is...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Agriculture Schemes (26 Sep 2023)

Charlie McConalogue: I understand that the Deputy is seeking an update on the availability of ACRES Training courses (one of the core requirements for farmers participating in ACRES is that they must attend an ACRES Training Course in their first year of participation in the scheme). The ACRES Training Scheme (ATS) is a training measure under Ireland’s CAP Strategic Plan 2023 – 2027. The ATS puts...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Departmental Funding (26 Sep 2023)

Charlie McConalogue: The previous Parliamentary Question referred to by the Deputy referred to whether or not this Department ever made a submission or application for funding for a grant aid scheme for digester farm waste unit. In my response, I clearly set out that the financial opportunities for capital support for the development of a biomethane sector in Ireland is an action being led by the Department of...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Animal Slaughtering (26 Sep 2023)

Charlie McConalogue: My Department maintains the central equine database which records the registration details of all equines issued with a passport by approved Passport Issuing Organisations (PIOs) in Ireland. It further records the registration details of equines resident in the country but issued with a passport by approved PIOs outside the State. The date of movement of horses to approved slaughter plants...