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Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Fishing Industry (13 Jul 2023)

Charlie McConalogue: To be clear, officials in my Department have worked consistently to ensure the voice of fishers is heard across the Government, which is where the challenge lies. It is always heard within the Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine, but some of these issues are led by other Departments. Like fishers, my Department’s officials have always sought to ensure that engagement...

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Milk Supply (13 Jul 2023)

Charlie McConalogue: I thank the Deputy for her question. Milk is a sustainable, safe and very nutritious food product and we are among the best in the world in how we produce and deliver it. Whenever I listen to nutritionists on television or radio, they advocate for the nutritional benefits of milk as a food. As such, it is important that milk and all the dairy products that come from it are produced....

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Fishing Industry (13 Jul 2023)

Charlie McConalogue: Annual catch limits for the Northern Albacore Tuna stock are set by the International Commission for the Conservation of Atlantic Tunas (ICCAT) based on scientific advice. The annual Total Allowable Catch (TAC) for the Northern Albacore Tuna stock has been set by ICCAT at 37,801 tonnes for both 2022 and 2023. In both 2022 and 2023, on the basis of the shares set out in the EU-UK Trade and...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Pesticide Use (13 Jul 2023)

Charlie McConalogue: Pesticide active substances, such as glyphosate, contained in plant protection products are approved centrally at EU level and plant protection products are subsequently authorised for specific uses nationally using robust scientific evaluation and decision-making criteria. The current approval for glyphosate will expire on 15 December 2023. The EU process to consider whether or not to...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Agriculture Industry (13 Jul 2023)

Charlie McConalogue: Social farming is the practice of offering farming and horticultural participation in a farming environment as a choice to people who avail of a range of therapeutic day support services. These operations are run in a number of settings ranging from working family farms, local community initiatives through to more institutional frameworks. Last year, my Department provided funding of...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Bord Bia (13 Jul 2023)

Charlie McConalogue: Let me be clear - Bord Bia is not funding climate disinformation. It is a fact that Ireland has a comparative advantage in grass-based livestock production, and that Ireland’s carbon footprint per unit of milk produced is one of the lowest amongst milk-producing countries because of our grass-based system. Irish dairy farmers have been on a sustainability journey for many...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Hare Coursing (13 Jul 2023)

Charlie McConalogue: Coursing is regulated under the Greyhound Industry Act, 1958, chiefly by the Irish Coursing Club (ICC), subject to the general control and direction of Rásaíocht Con Éireann. The ICC consists of 90 affiliated clubs from Ireland and Northern Ireland, all of whom are governed by the ICC's rules and regulations. The granting of licenses for the netting and tagging of hares is a...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Construction Industry (13 Jul 2023)

Charlie McConalogue: I pleased to announce that I launched a call for expressions of interest for membership to the new Timber Working Group in Construction earlier this week. The new working group will bring together key Departments, Industry and experts from representative bodies to work across a range of thematic areas aimed at increasing the use of timber in construction in construction. It is vitally...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Food Industry (13 Jul 2023)

Charlie McConalogue: One of our Statement of Strategy objectives within DAFM is to promote measures to support farmers viability and resilience. Under Goal 3, the statement commits to developing a policy framework to improve viability and resilience, within the Agricultural Sector, with the aim of putting climate adaptation at the centre of resilience planning. Climate adaptation was considered and included...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Organic Farming (13 Jul 2023)

Charlie McConalogue: The Organic Sector in Ireland has seen a rapid expansion in the last year and I am focused on maximising the potential of this developing sector. Bord Bia, under the aegis of the Department, continues to invest in identifying and supporting export market opportunities for Irish organic companies (including those seeking to export beef) through their network of 15 overseas offices and...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Farm Safety (13 Jul 2023)

Charlie McConalogue: I thank the Deputy for raising this important topic. My Department is implementing a range of measures on farm safety utilising dedicated funding of €2.5m secured in Budget 2023. These measures include actions to educate and raise awareness of farm safety, health and and capital support to make farms a safer working environment. These initiatives promote farm safety practices, risk...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Food Industry (13 Jul 2023)

Charlie McConalogue: Support for sustainable food production in the European Union, and the need to ensure food security for our citizens, is an ongoing and core element of discussions at the Council of Agriculture and Fisheries Ministers. During these discussions I have continually emphasised the central role of the Common Agriculture Policy in underpinning EU agriculture and food security. The CAP must...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Food Industry (13 Jul 2023)

Charlie McConalogue: I have undertaken a number of actions to deliver transparency in the food supply chain. The Agricultural and Food Supply Chain Bill that I introduced to the Dáil in December 2022, and which was signed into law by the President on Tuesday, 11 July, provides for a new independent Office, An Rialálaí Agraibhia, which will be a lead voice in promoting, and indeed enforcing,...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Climate Change Policy (13 Jul 2023)

Charlie McConalogue: The Climate Action Plan 2023, launched on 21 December 2023 is the first plan to be prepared under the Climate Action and Low Carbon Development (Amendment) Act 2021 and following the introduction in 2022, of economy-wide carbon budgets and sectoral emissions ceilings. The plan implements these carbon budgets and sectoral emissions ceilings and sets out a roadmap for taking decisive...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Fishing Industry (13 Jul 2023)

Charlie McConalogue: The European Union (International Labour Organisation Work in Fishing Convention) (Safe Manning) Regulations 2023 (S.I. No 315 of 2023) transpose Article 10 of the Annex to Council Directive (EU) 2017/159 of December 2016 concerning the Work in Fishing Convention 2007 of the International Labour Organisation. These Regulations apply to any sea-going ship or boat 15 metres in length overall...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Grant Payments (13 Jul 2023)

Charlie McConalogue: I am fully committed to making payments to farmers under the various CAP schemes at the earliest date possible and to the maximum number of farmers possible. I know first hand the critical importance of these payments to all farmers. This commitment to farmers is evidenced in the very high payment rates achieved across all schemes over the last number of years in both EU and Exchequer funded...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Water Quality (13 Jul 2023)

Charlie McConalogue: In June the Environment Protection Agency (EPA) published its Water Quality in 2022 Indicator’s Report. That report sets out that, and I quote, “there has been no significant change in the biological quality of our rivers or lakes in 2022.” However, the EPA’s data also shows that the nutrient concentrations in many of our waterbodies remain too high. As a...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Agriculture Schemes (13 Jul 2023)

Charlie McConalogue: The Agri-Climate Environment Scheme (ACRES) is Ireland’s flagship agri-environment scheme under the CAP Strategic Plan 2023 – 2027. It will pay farmers €1.5 billion over its lifetime, which is the largest sum ever committed to an agri-environment scheme in Ireland. I am pleased to have approved entry to the scheme to over 46,000 farmers earlier this year. A key feature...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Fishing Industry (13 Jul 2023)

Charlie McConalogue: The Marine Survey Office (MSO) which is under the remit of my colleague Minister Eamonn Ryan and the Department of Transport, is designated as the competent authority in the State for the purposes of this Regulation. My Department has no direct role or responsibility for vessel safety, vessel manning or health & safety on board for crew, this falls under the remit of the MSO and...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Water Quality (13 Jul 2023)

Charlie McConalogue: Last year Ireland secured a nitrates derogation covering the years 2022-2025. The Commission's implementing decision granting that derogation included the condition that Ireland must use specific criteria to conduct a two-year water quality review. Where that review shows there are polluted waters, or waters at risk of pollution that are not showing signs of improvement, or where...