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Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Agriculture Supports (23 May 2023)

Charlie McConalogue: Following the illegal invasion of Ukraine by Russia in February 2022, the Deputy will be aware that on the 15th of June 2022, I announced the launch of the €56 million Fodder Support Scheme. The aim of the scheme was to incentivise farmers, in particular drystock farmers, to grow more fodder (silage and/or hay) to ensure Ireland does not have any animal welfare issues over the 2022...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Agriculture Supports (23 May 2023)

Charlie McConalogue: TAMS 3 provides funding for capital investments on farms and will be in place for five years and will include 10 schemes. As it is just in its first tranche there are no farmers yet approved for payment. The first 6 of the TAMS 3 Schemes - Solar Capital Investment Scheme (SCIS), Animal Welfare Nutrient Storage Scheme (AWNSS), Pigs and Poultry Investment Scheme (PPIS), Organics Capital...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Animal Welfare (23 May 2023)

Charlie McConalogue: Animal welfare is a key priority for me as Minister and for the Government. Considerable funding is provided to support animal welfare charity organisations. In 2020, I allocated €3.2 million in funding for animal welfare organisations. In 2021, this figure was €3,739,875 and in December 2022, I announced the record allocation of over €5.8 million in funding to 99 animal...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Agriculture Schemes (23 May 2023)

Charlie McConalogue: Under the Nitrates Regulations, Low Emission Slurry Spreading equipment must be used for the application of slurry on holdings with a previous year’s grassland stocking rates of 150kg nitrogen per hectare. This is from grazing livestock manure or above prior to export of livestock manure from the holding from 1st January 2023 and for all slurry produced by pigs. From 1st January...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Agriculture Schemes (23 May 2023)

Charlie McConalogue: Over €390m was allocated through Targeted Agricultural Modernisation Scheme (TAMS II) to the end of 2022 for the full suite of seven TAMS measures including the Low Emission Slurry Spreading Scheme (LESS). TAMS is a demand-led scheme and the interest in the LESS measure of TAMS II has been very strong with payments in excess of €71m to date. TAMS III provides funding for...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Agriculture Schemes (23 May 2023)

Charlie McConalogue: I propose to take Questions Nos. 613 and 623 together. The table below provides the number of organic farming scheme participants that have exited the scheme in each year from 2019 to date. Year No. of Participants 2019 24 2020 73 2021 48 2022 11 Total ...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Nitrates Usage (23 May 2023)

Charlie McConalogue: The information requested is detailed in the attached table. It should however be noted that the land area for 2023 is not yet available as the 2023 Basic Income Support for Sustainability (BISS) Scheme is open for applications until the 29th of May 2023. Processing of 2023 Nitrates Derogation applications is still on-going, as are compliance checks for 2022 applicants. The outcome of these...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Agriculture Industry (23 May 2023)

Charlie McConalogue: ‘Forgotten Farmer’ is a term used to describe a group of farmers who had set up their agricultural holdings prior to 2008, were under the age of 40 in 2015 and held low value payment entitlements, but were ineligible for young farmer supports under the CAP from 2015. As the purpose of the young farmer supports from 2015 was to provide support to farmers in the early years...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Agriculture Schemes (23 May 2023)

Charlie McConalogue: Following the invasion of Ukraine by Russia in February 2022, the Deputy will be aware that on the 15thJune 2022, I announced the launch of the €56 million Fodder Support Scheme. The aim of the scheme was to incentivise farmers, in particular drystock farmers, to grow more fodder (silage and/or hay) to ensure Ireland does not have any animal welfare issues over the 2022 winter and...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Agriculture Schemes (23 May 2023)

Charlie McConalogue: Last year, I introduced the Tillage Incentive Scheme which is acknowledged as contributing to an increase in the area under tillage of 20,000ha or 6% from approximately 320,000ha in 2021 to 340,000ha in 2022. This comprised of an increase of 13,000ha in the area of cereal crops and 7,000ha in the area under alternative crops. The Scheme is a support measure to incentivise an increase in...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Agriculture Supports (23 May 2023)

Charlie McConalogue: The attached table outlines the CAP Pillar 1 Direct Payments for 2021 and 2022, including the Basic Payment Scheme (BPS), the Greening Scheme and the Young Farmer Scheme. Residual payments from previous scheme years continue to issue in subsequent years. Approximately, €1.2bn is paid annually as an income support and is 100% funded by the EU....

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Agriculture Schemes (23 May 2023)

Charlie McConalogue: The Beef Environmental Efficiency Programme – Suckler aimed to increase the efficiency of Ireland’s suckler herd. It will do this by improving the data that is collected about the herd. This is a nationally funded scheme. The information requested by the Deputy is set out in the table below: Pairs Weighed Number of Herds Average Payment ...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Agriculture Schemes (23 May 2023)

Charlie McConalogue: The information requested by the Deputy is set out in the table below: Number of Dams Number of Herds Forage (hectares) Average Payment 1 34 21.27 €63.16 2 106 20.57 €150.38 3 174 19.86 €224.58 4 ...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Organic Farming (23 May 2023)

Charlie McConalogue: Below is the breakdown of the number of Organic Farming Scheme participants by county in 2022 and to date in 2023. The figures outlined in respect of 2023 are cumulative and represent the current total number of organic farming scheme participants. County 2022 2023 Carlow 14 33 Cavan 90 226 ...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Agriculture Schemes (23 May 2023)

Charlie McConalogue: The Beef Environmental Efficiency Programme – Suckler (BEEP-S) aimed to increase the efficiency of Ireland’s suckler herd. It will do this by improving the data that is collected about the herd. This was a nationally funded scheme in 2022. The Beef Data and Genomics Programme (BDGP) provided financial support to farmers for using technology and genomics to improve the...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Agriculture Schemes (23 May 2023)

Charlie McConalogue: I acknowledge the excellent work done to date under the Burren Programme and am pleased that ACRES, the new flagship agri-environment scheme under the CAP Strategic Plan 2023-2027, has been designed using learnings from that Programme, amomgst others. The Government has committed €1.5 billion to ACRES over the term 2023 to 2027. This is the largest amount ever committed to an...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Greyhound Industry (23 May 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 in relation to a named...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Agriculture Schemes (23 May 2023)

Charlie McConalogue: The Hen Harrier Project is operationally independent of my Department and is run by the Hen Harrier Project Team. The Project team are responsible for the administration of the project and associated payments. Any queries relating to payments due should be addressed directly to the Project team.

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Greyhound Industry (23 May 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: Agriculture Schemes (23 May 2023)

Charlie McConalogue: My Department is committed to helping farmers to submit their scheme applications on-time and to assisting farmers to rectify any issues identified on their application, to allow payments to issues as promptly as possible in 2023. My Department opened the online application process for the 2023 Basic Income Support for Sustainability and other area related schemes on the 28 February 2023. The...