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Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Departmental Expenditure (28 May 2025)

Martin Heydon: The funding provided by my Department provides for the current and capital costs of the Marine Institute (MI) to enable it to perform its core functions. This includes research and data collection underpinning the Common Fisheries Policy; co-coordinating, promoting and assisting in marine research and development and providing such services related to marine research and development that...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Departmental Expenditure (28 May 2025)

Martin Heydon: The Sea Fisheries Protection Authority (SFPA) is an independent regulatory agency as set down in the Sea-Fisheries and Maritime Jurisdiction Act 2006. The SFPA promotes compliance with the EU Common Fisheries Policy, sea-fisheries law and food safety law relating to fish and fish products, verifies compliance and, where necessary, enforces it. The budget allocation for the SFPA for 2025 is...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Departmental Expenditure (28 May 2025)

Martin Heydon: Ireland will hold the six-month Presidency of the Council of the European Union from 1 July to 31 December 2026. The Programme for Government includes a commitment to resource and deliver a successful EU Presidency. During the Presidency, Ireland will be responsible for driving the EU policy agenda and advancing work on EU legislative and policy initiatives. Planning for the Presidency is...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Departmental Expenditure (28 May 2025)

Martin Heydon: Funding for supports for the commercial seafood sector that are implemented by my Department are provided under the Seafood Development Programme (SDP). The SDP is co-funded by the Irish government and the EU Commission under the European Maritime, Fisheries and Aquaculture Fund (EMFAF) 2021-2027. Schemes for industry under the SDP are primarily implemented by Bord Iascaigh Mhara (BIM)...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Departmental Expenditure (28 May 2025)

Martin Heydon: The preparatory work necessary to develop a fisheries sector strategy is at an early stage so a timeline for publication is currently not available. My colleague, Minister of State Timmy Dooley, is currently engaging with seafood sector stakeholders to identify issues and opportunities in order to form a view on setting the Terms of Reference for a Fisheries Sector strategy.

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Animal Welfare (28 May 2025)

Martin Heydon: The Control of Horses Act, 1996 was introduced to provide for the control of horses and to make provision for the licencing of horses in urban and other areas where horses cause a danger or nuisance to people or property. Enforcement of the act is a matter for the local authorities. The Act is currently under review within my Department, with work progressing on this primary, replacement,...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Agriculture Schemes (28 May 2025)

Martin Heydon: The person named submitted an application under the ACRES Co-operation stream and was approved into Tranche 1 of the scheme, with a commencement date of 1st January 2023. I can confirm that the total contract value for the 2023 scheme year amounted to €5,734.75. However, a 20% penalty was imposed on the 2023 payment claim due to the non-submission of scorecards on this contract. ...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Maritime Safety (27 May 2025)

Martin Heydon: The responsibility for the development and maintenance of local authority owned piers, harbours and slipways rests with each local authority in the first instance. As such, Scraggane Pier, Knightstown, Kilmacalogue Pier and Tuosist Pier are the under the remit of Kerry County Council. The primary governance role for local authorities rests with the Minister for Housing, Local Government and...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Agriculture Schemes (27 May 2025)

Martin Heydon: The person named submitted an application under the ACRES Co-operation stream and was approved into Tranche 2 of the scheme, with a commencement date of 1st January 2024. To date this case has not passed all the required 2024 advance payment validations due to an unresolved issue on the commonage claim. The case is being worked on and I expect this issue to be resolved in the coming weeks....

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Public Procurement Contracts (27 May 2025)

Martin Heydon: My Department utilises framework-based procurement when carrying out purchasing for the Department, these are included in the reporting of annual accounts. My Department has not established and does not operate any framework in its own right. My Department only uses frameworks made available through the Office of Government Procurement Buyers Zone and the Education Procurement System. ...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Public Procurement Contracts (27 May 2025)

Martin Heydon: The information requested is not readily available in the format sought by the Deputy. A response providing the requested information will be issued to the Deputy within 10 days. As regards the 13 State Bodies under the aegis of my Department, the information requested is an operational matter for the State Bodies themselves. I have referred the Deputy’s question to the Agencies...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Public Procurement Contracts (27 May 2025)

Martin Heydon: While not all Contract Award Notices valued over €25,000 ex-VAT were published for contracts awarded from frameworks by the Department from 1 January 2022 to 31 December 2024, the details of all such contracts awarded are however published on a quarterly basis on the Department’s website, linked below: /www.gov.ie/en/collection/02cb8-contracts-awarded-2020/ As regards the 13...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Veterinary Services (27 May 2025)

Martin Heydon: My Department does not regulate the cost of veterinary medicines, my responsibility is with regard to ensuring authorised medicines are available and used correctly. All authorised veterinary medicines are required to go through a rigorous and costly process of quality safety and efficacy assessments prior to becoming available to treat and protect the health and welfare of our animals. ...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Agriculture Schemes (27 May 2025)

Martin Heydon: The person named submitted an application for the ACRES Co-operation approach and was approved into Tranche 1 of the Scheme, with their contract commencing on 1 January 2023. The contract has not yet passed all the pre-payment validations required for the making of the 2024 advance payment, due to an unresolved issue in relation to the commonage element. I understand that this issue is...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Agriculture Schemes (27 May 2025)

Martin Heydon: The person named submitted an application under the ACRES Co-operation stream and was approved into Tranche 1 of the scheme, with a commencement date of 1st January 2023. An interim payment of €5,000 issued to the person named in February 2024 in respect of the 2023 scheme year. Further processing resulted in this applicant failing to pass all payment checks. My Department has...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Fishing Industry (27 May 2025)

Martin Heydon: I propose to take Questions Nos. 505, 506 and 508 together. Bord Iascaigh Mhara (BIM) , Ireland's seafood development agency, already holds the remit for both delivering and promoting third level education in the fisheries sector, as such there is no requirement to designate a state agency for the purpose of promoting such courses. BIM’s statutory remit focuses on industry...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Fishing Industry (27 May 2025)

Martin Heydon: My Department supports the provision of essential training and skills development for those working, or intending to work, in the Irish commercial seafood sector in a number of ways. My Department funds two National Fisheries Colleges of Ireland operated by our national seafood development agency Bord Iascaigh Mhara (BIM), in addition to a range of other training and development supports...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Animal Diseases (27 May 2025)

Martin Heydon: The table at the link below sets out the total number of reactors per individual month for January, February and March in 2025 and 2024 respectively. Bovine Tuberculosis (bTb) is a challenging disease to control and eradicate, and I am committed to making real progress. I am acutely aware of farmers emotional and financial trauma associated with this disease. As the spread of this...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Departmental Budgets (27 May 2025)

Martin Heydon: The level of funding allocated by my Department to Social Farming through the Rural Innovation and Development Fund in years 2024 and 2025 is set out in the table below: Year Network project Model projects Total 2024 €400,000 €376,734 €776,734 2025 €900,000 ...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Animal Culls (27 May 2025)

Martin Heydon: Bovine tuberculosis (TB) is a challenging disease to control and eradicate due to several factors. Ireland's bovine TB Eradication Programme operates in line with best national and international scientific research and advice. A large body of peer-reviewed research has been conducted into the spread of TB in Ireland and the risks underlying its transmission. This research has found that the...