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Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Harbours and Piers (15 Oct 2024)

Charlie McConalogue: I propose to take Questions Nos. 487 and 488 together. The responsibility for the development and maintenance of Local Authority owned piers, harbours and slipways rests with each Local Authority in the first instance. I am also mindful that the primary governance role for local authorities rests with the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage and any wider funding issues for...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Departmental Funding (15 Oct 2024)

Charlie McConalogue: At present there are no state funded incentives in place for payments directly to fishing vessels to incentivise fish landings into Irish ports. Any such incentive is likely to be contrary to internal market rules. Significant investment has been made in the infrastructure and facilities available at the State owned Fisheries Harbour Centres to support fish landings from both Irish and...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Agriculture Supports (15 Oct 2024)

Charlie McConalogue: The poultry sector continues to make a valuable contribution to Irish agrifood sector, supporting approximately 5,000 jobs in direct and indirect employment. The CSO valued the output of the poultry meat sector at €225.7 million for 2023. As in other meat sectors, global trade conditions will be crucial in determining the outlook for the Irish poultry sector over the medium to longer...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Agriculture Schemes (15 Oct 2024)

Charlie McConalogue: The 2024 allocations for my department's agri-environmental schemes is set out in the following table. Subhead 2024 Allocation €000 B.3 - AGRI-ENVIRONMENTAL SCHEMES 92,499 B.4 - AREAS OF NATURAL CONSTRAINT SCHEME 247,000 B.10 - FORESTRY & BIO ENERGY* 115,000 B.14 - AGRI-CLIMATE RURAL ENVIRONMENT SCHEME ...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Agriculture Supports (15 Oct 2024)

Charlie McConalogue: Animal welfare is a key priority for me as Minister and for the Government and Department provides considerable funding to support animal welfare. In December 2023, under the Animal Welfare grants programme I announced the record allocation of €6 million in funding to 101 animal welfare charities throughout the country. This marks the largest ever award of grant funding to animal...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Agriculture Supports (15 Oct 2024)

Charlie McConalogue: My Department is implementing a series of farm safety, health and well-being initiatives in 2024 through dedicated funding of €2.5m. These initiatives promote farm safety practices and risk awareness and encourage behavioural change around farm safety from a young age, while also supporting those who have been impacted by fatal and non-fatal incidents. The main initiatives in 2024...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Agriculture Supports (15 Oct 2024)

Charlie McConalogue: The Forestry Programme for the period 2023-2027 aims to encourage a substantial increase in afforestation by offering attractive and diverse options for planting. This Government has committed €1.3 billion of funding to the Programme in order to support our national ambition of 8,000 hectares of afforestation per year. It also provides for a range of schemes to support the maintenance...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Agriculture Supports (15 Oct 2024)

Charlie McConalogue: My Department's investment in improving the genetic merit of beef sires in the national herd is spread across three separate measures as described below. The national Bovine Genotyping Programme, which commenced in 2023 for a five year period, is open to both dairy and beef breeding herds. The programme through the genotyping of the calf crop each year in the participating herds provides...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Agriculture Supports (15 Oct 2024)

Charlie McConalogue: Gender equality in agriculture is a key priority of mine. It is also a core principle of the European Union. The Common Agriculture Policy (CAP) Regulations place particular focus on promoting women’s participation in the development of rural areas, with special attention to farming. Good progress has been made in this area, and under Ireland’s CAP Strategic Plan (CSP) I am...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Agriculture Supports (15 Oct 2024)

Charlie McConalogue: The Targeted Agriculture Modernisation Scheme (TAMS 3) provides grants to farmers to build and/or improve a specified range of farm buildings and equipment on their holdings. The Solar Capital Investment scheme is a measure in TAMS, which provides support to farmers wishing to invest in renewable energy, thereby reducing their dependence on fossil fuels. Payments are based on payment claims...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Agriculture Supports (15 Oct 2024)

Charlie McConalogue: The Farming for Water EIP is a collaborative project between the Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine and the Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage, who are, in turn, working in partnership with farmers and the agrifood industry to improve water quality at local, catchment and national levels. The total budget for the Water EIP project is €60 million,...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Departmental Funding (15 Oct 2024)

Charlie McConalogue: Horse Racing Ireland (HRI) is a commercial state body established under the Horse and Greyhound Racing Act, 2001, and is responsible for the overall administration, promotion and development of the horse racing industry. Rásaíocht Con Éireann (RCÉ) is a commercial state body, established under the Greyhound Industry Act, 1958 chiefly to control greyhound racing and to...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Departmental Funding (15 Oct 2024)

Charlie McConalogue: Horse Racing Ireland (HRI) is a commercial state body established under the Horse and Greyhound Racing Act, 2001, and is responsible for the overall administration, promotion and development of the horse racing industry which operates under the aegis of this Department. The horse racing industry receive financial support from the State through the Horse and Greyhound Racing Fund, under...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Veterinary Laboratories (15 Oct 2024)

Charlie McConalogue: My Department is working in partnership with the Office of Public Works to deliver a redevelopment programme of our outdated regional laboratory facilities. The Programme plan is to deliver replacement laboratory facilities at current sites in Kilkenny and Sligo, an enhanced facility in Athlone and a large new specialist laboratory centre at a new site in North Cork replacing current...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Tree Remediation (15 Oct 2024)

Charlie McConalogue: In July 2023 my Department launched the Reconstitution scheme for Ash Dieback (RADS) under the new Forestry Programme 2023-27 with the following enhanced features: 100% increase in the site clearance grant rate, from €1,000 to €2,000. Enhanced replanting grant rates under the new Forestry Programme 2023-2027.Those applicants whose sites are still in premium will continue to...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Fishing Industry (15 Oct 2024)

Charlie McConalogue: Funding for supports for the commercial seafood sector 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. There are a number of schemes currently open for applications, which are administered by Bord Iascaigh Mhara (BIM) as an agency of my...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Agriculture Schemes (15 Oct 2024)

Charlie McConalogue: I was pleased to be able to confirm that as part of Budget 2025 my Department secured an allocation of €5 million for 2025 to support the group of farmers commonly referred to as forgotten farmers. Work continues on addressing a number of remaining issues, including state aid considerations, before the details of the eligibility requirements and benefits to successful applicants under...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Departmental Staff (15 Oct 2024)

Charlie McConalogue: I wish to advise the Deputy that the current number of staff in my Department’s communication and press office in each of the years 2019 to 2024, and the grades of each staff member is set out in the table below. 2019 Grade Number of staff Principal Officer 1 Assistant Principal Officer 2 Higher Executive Officer 1 ...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Departmental Advertising (15 Oct 2024)

Charlie McConalogue: The information requested by the Deputy is currently being prepared and will be forwarded directly to the Deputy when it is available.

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Animal Welfare (15 Oct 2024)

Charlie McConalogue: When travelling from the UK to Ireland with a pet dog, the owner must ensure the following: The dog must be microchipped. The dog must be administered a rabies vaccination, after being microchipped. The person must wait until the appropriate immunity has developed, as stated by the datasheet of the vaccination given, which must be at least 21 days after the primary vaccination is given,...