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Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Forestry Sector (18 Apr 2023)

Charlie McConalogue: I understand that this relates to the sale of private property located at Strawhall, Athy Road, Carlow Town, which is currently afforested.  My Department has no plans to purchase this property.

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Forestry Sector (18 Apr 2023)

Charlie McConalogue: In order to fully realise the ambition set out in the new Forest Strategy and Forestry Programme, we need a well functioning forestry licensing system.  The issuing of licences, depending on the complexity, requires input from a range of Department staff including Forestry Inspectors, Ecologists, Archaeologists, Engineers and Administrative staff. The input required will depend on the...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Agriculture Schemes (18 Apr 2023)

Charlie McConalogue: Any of the approximately 4,000 participants in the Organic Farming Scheme (OFS) can apply for support for mounted and self driven mulchers at a grant rate of 60% when the Organic Capital Investment Scheme opens. Applicants must indicate whether they are applying for a mounted or self driven mulcher. Organic farmers who are not participants in the OFS are eligible for grant aid of 40%.

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Agriculture Supports (18 Apr 2023)

Charlie McConalogue: The Department has been in contact with the persons concerned, to discuss this matter, and has examined the medical evidence provided. Unfortunately, the Department is not in a position to reinstate the entitlements to the named person for two reasons. The medical evidence in support of the named person's late applications is not relevant because the herd number had been transferred to...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Forestry Sector (18 Apr 2023)

Charlie McConalogue: I propose to take Questions Nos. 1087 and 1088 together. As the Deputy may be aware, the Forestry Programme 2023-2027 replaces the previous Forestry Programme of 2014-2020 (extended to 2022) which expired at the end of 2022. The Forestry Programme 2023-2027 is currently subject to an ongoing Strategic Environmental Assessment/Appropriate Assessment (SEA/AA) process. The Forestry Programme...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Forestry Sector (18 Apr 2023)

Charlie McConalogue: As the Deputy may be aware,  extensive work has been undertaken to date in the development of a new future for forestry in Ireland. Ireland has now for the first time a Shared National Vision for Trees, Woods and Forests in Ireland until 2050 which was informed by a series of comprehensive consultation and engagements. The Vision has informed the development of our new...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Forestry Sector (18 Apr 2023)

Charlie McConalogue: The Deputy may be aware that the Department is involved in an intensive process with the EU Commission to secure state aid approval for the ambitious new Forestry Programme 2023 - 2027.  Late last year, interim schemes for afforestation and roads were launched providing the opportunity for existing approval holders who had not commenced work under the previous scheme to opt into the...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Timber Supply (18 Apr 2023)

Charlie McConalogue: The approval and uses of creosote as a wood preservative were recently reviewed under the EU Biocidal Products Regulation. The EU review process, which was managed by the European Chemicals Agency (ECHA), resulted in a renewal of approval for creosote that was limited in its scope due to significant concerns, including the carcinogenic potential for humans. This means there is a cancer risk...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Agriculture Schemes (18 Apr 2023)

Charlie McConalogue: The applicant named was selected for a 2022 land eligibility inspection under the provisions of the EU Regulations governing Direct Payment Schemes. The commonage parcel on the applicants 2022 Basic Payment Scheme (BPS) application was inspected on 12 July 2022. The applicant was notified of the inspection outcome on 20October 2022. The applicant submitted comments  on 1...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Greyhound Industry (18 Apr 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...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Departmental Schemes (18 Apr 2023)

Charlie McConalogue: Payments have commenced under the Shass Landslide Aid Scheme, and will continue to issue as applications are processed. In a small number of cases further detail has been requested from the applicants. When this further information is received these applications will be  processed.

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Animal Diseases (18 Apr 2023)

Charlie McConalogue: I propose to take Questions Nos. 1095, 1096 and 1097 together. Under Regulation (EU) 2016/429, operators of fish farms are obliged to report the presence, or suspicion of the presence, of listed diseases to the Competent Authority. The Competent Authority in the case of fish health in Ireland is the Marine Institute. Salmonid Rickettsial Septicaemia (SRS) is not listed as a notifiable...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Harbours and Piers (18 Apr 2023)

Charlie McConalogue: 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.  In recent years my Department had made modest amounts of...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Hare Coursing (18 Apr 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, Hare coursing is managed and regulated by the Irish Coursing Club.   The organisation consists of affiliated clubs from Ireland and Northern Ireland, all of whom are...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Hare Coursing (18 Apr 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; hare coursing is managed and regulated by the Irish Coursing Club.  The organisation consists of 89 affiliated clubs from Ireland and Northern Ireland, all of whom are...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Hare Coursing (18 Apr 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; hare coursing is managed and regulated by the Irish Coursing Club. The organisation consists of 89 affiliated clubs from Ireland and Northern Ireland, all of whom are governed by the ICC’s rules...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Fishing Industry (18 Apr 2023)

Charlie McConalogue: I am not familiar with the case referred to as it occurred in another Member State but I am happy to outline the approach to Bluefin Tuna Quota allocation in the Irish context. Ireland does not have a national quota for Bluefin Tuna. The available Bluefin Tuna quota is allocated each year to Member States based on relative stability as established in the late 1990s. At that time, Ireland...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Fishing Industry (18 Apr 2023)

Charlie McConalogue: I welcome the publication of the Economic analysis of the Irish small-scale fleet and its findings. Studies such as this have a significant value in contributing to the implementation of the industry-led Irish Inshore Fisheries Sector Strategy 2019-2023, particularly in building an accurate profile of this segment of the fleet. The projected estimates for 2022 highlight the challenges...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Fishing Industry (18 Apr 2023)

Charlie McConalogue: In Ireland, fishing quotas are a public resource and are managed to ensure that property rights are not granted to individual operators. This is seen as a critical policy to ensure that quotas are not concentrated into the hands of large fishing companies whose owners have the financial resources to buy up such rights. It is worth noting that within the EU, a significant number of quota...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Fishing Industry (18 Apr 2023)

Charlie McConalogue: The Brexit Inshore Fisheries Business Model Adjustment Scheme was developed in response to the recommendation by the Seafood Task Force for a deminimis short-term support scheme for the inshore sector to help it deal with the difficult trading conditions that have arisen because of Brexit. The scheme was designed to assist inshore fishers to adjust their business and marketing plans to the...