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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,...

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

Charlie McConalogue: If an individual is bringing a dog into Ireland from the UK, it must be treated for tapeworm by a vet between 1 and 5 days before arrival in Ireland. If the individuals means of travel are delayed and the 5-day window has been exceeded, the individual should get a second tapeworm treatment completed.

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

Charlie McConalogue: Each year, prior to the opening of applications for area-based schemes, my Department publishes Terms and Conditions to assist farmers and their agents. The Terms and Conditions for the Basic Income Support for Sustainability (BISS) and other 2024 Area Based Schemes covers the specific requirements under a range of area-based schemes, along with certain underlying principles with regard to...

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

Charlie McConalogue: My Department has issued a summary of scoring and management advice to the majority of ACRES farmers who were active in the scheme for 2023. A display issue was identified on these summary reports in early September, whereby a number of reports showed incorrect commonage maps. This error impacted on 1,307 participants. I can confirm that the scores allocated to these participants were not...

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

Charlie McConalogue: €8.5 million has been allocated for horticulture in 2025, which will support growers and the sector to reach the ambition set out in the National Strategy for Horticulture 2023-2027. Separately horticultural growers who planted and declared field grown food crops in 2024 on their BISS application will also benefit from the €100/hectare payment announced as part of Budget 2025.

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

Charlie McConalogue: Further to the response to Dáil Question Ref: 404 on 8th October 2024, I can confirm that payments cannot issue in respect of Droimeann cattle for this case as they were not included at the application stage. It will not now be possible to reopen the application to make amendments or additions. It was advised by my Department, as per ACRES Circular No. 12/2022 dated 25th November...

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

Charlie McConalogue: The Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine, samples fertiliser and lime products placed on the market to ensure conformance with Irish legislation under Statutory Instrument (SI) No. 248 of 1978. This legislation ensures that products are labelled accurately and meet minimum nutrient requirements. Throughout the course of the year, my Department carries out a series of random...

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

Charlie McConalogue: Under Section 3 of the Fertilisers, Feeding Stuffs and Mineral Mixtures Act 1955, a fertiliser user may, upon payment of a fee, request an Authorised Officer of my Department to take a sample of fertiliser for analysis. This analysis will test the product against the prescribed tolerances of the various constituents of fertiliser as set out in legislation and make no possible subjective...