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Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Legislative Programme (8 Dec 2022)

Charlie McConalogue: The Veterinary Medicinal Products Medicated Feed and Fertilisers Regulation Bill 2022 has completed Pre -Legislative Scrutiny and the report from the Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine is now available. There are 19 Recommendations in total, with six relevant to the fertiliser component of the draft legislation. I am considering the report and any required...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Forestry Sector (8 Dec 2022)

Charlie McConalogue: As the Deputy may be aware, earlier this year the very first Shared National Vision for trees and forests in Ireland was published by the Department. It is an ambitious vision, which if achieved, will result in an expansion of multi-functional and diverse forests, delivering multiple benefits for climate, nature, wood, people, economy and rural development.  The Vision is based on...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Animal Diseases (8 Dec 2022)

Charlie McConalogue: I am acutely aware of the financial and emotional pain associated with a TB breakdown. Everyone in the industry is committed and focused on driving TB incidence rates as quickly as possible.  A number of financial supports are available to farmers who experience a TB breakdown. The main element is the On Farm Market Valuation Scheme which compensates eligible herd-owners up to the...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Agriculture Supports (8 Dec 2022)

Charlie McConalogue: I have committed to helping the cohort of farmers known as forgotten farmers.  The details of the eligibility requirements and benefits to successful applicants for any scheme to support the forgotten farmer group are being finalised.  The eligibility requirements and other scheme details will be made publicly available as soon as this process has been completed.

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Coillte Teoranta (8 Dec 2022)

Charlie McConalogue: Coillte is a private limited company established under the Forestry Act 1988 and is operationally independent from the Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine. I have referred the matter to Coillte for direct follow-up with the Deputy.

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Agriculture Schemes (8 Dec 2022)

Charlie McConalogue: The 2022 Basic Payment Scheme (BPS) opened for applications on 16th February 2022 and closed on Monday 16th May at midnight. A total of 128,360 applications were received by the midnight deadline. Payments began issuing on Monday 17th October 2022, the earliest date possible under EU Regulation. Balancing payments commenced on Thursday 1st December 2022. Since mid-October 2022, my...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Fishing Industry (8 Dec 2022)

Charlie McConalogue: I am very aware of the challenges being faced by the fishing sector arising from the increased costs of marine fuel. I met with representative groups from the industry in July, September and again in October to discuss this matter and provide them with a progress report on the schemes being developed to support the fishing fleet and wider seafood sector. These schemes, developed in line with...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Agriculture Schemes (8 Dec 2022)

Charlie McConalogue: An extension of contracts under the Green Low Carbon Agri-Environment Scheme (GLAS) was offered to eligible participants as there was a delay in the agreement of the new Common Agriculture Policy (CAP) in 2020. It was necessary for participants in GLAS 1 and GLAS 2 to notify the Department to extend their contracts to end 2021, and again on a second occasion to extend them to end 2022. It...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Fishing Industry (8 Dec 2022)

Charlie McConalogue: As the Deputy is aware, 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 did not have a track record of commercial fishing for Bluefin Tuna and, accordingly, did not receive a quota allocation.  A...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Coillte Teoranta (8 Dec 2022)

Charlie McConalogue: As the Deputy may be aware, Coillte is a private limited company established under the Forestry Act 1988 and as such is operationally independent from the Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine. Any pension increases granted are at the discretion of Coillte and are subject to the approval of the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine with the consent of...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Animal Welfare (8 Dec 2022)

Charlie McConalogue: The Animal Welfare Seminar held in my Department's Backweston Campus on 5th October was a very positive event organised by my officials and attended by almost 100 representatives from animal welfare charities which receive funding from my Department. I was delighted to have the opportunity to speak at the event and presentations were provided by UCD and officials from my Department. The...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Animal Welfare (8 Dec 2022)

Charlie McConalogue: Animal welfare is a key priority for me as Minister and the Government. Considerable funding is provided to support animal welfare charity organisations. In December 2021, I awarded record funding of €3.7 million to 98 animal welfare charities throughout the country, through the Animal Welfare Grant Programme. This is evidence of my own and the Government’s ongoing...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Animal Welfare (8 Dec 2022)

Charlie McConalogue: Animal welfare is a key priority for me as Minister and the Government. Considerable funding is provided to support animal welfare charity organisations. In December 2021, I awarded record funding of €3.7 million to 98 animal welfare charities throughout the country, through the Animal Welfare Grant Programme. This is evidence of my own and the Government’s ongoing...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Agriculture Schemes (8 Dec 2022)

Charlie McConalogue: I propose to take Questions Nos. 374, 375 and 376 together. 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. The Government has committed €1.5 billion to ACRES over the term 2023 to 2027....

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Grant Payments (8 Dec 2022)

Charlie McConalogue: The person named was approved into GLAS 2 with a contract commencement date of 1stJanuary 2016. Processing of the 2021 Balancing Payment for the person named is at an advanced stage. Administrative checks involving a number of sections within the Department take place on all GLAS claims. All cases must clear validation checks before payment can...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Grant Payments (8 Dec 2022)

Charlie McConalogue: The person named was approved to GLAS 2 with a contract commencement date of 01st January 2016. Payments have issued to this Herd for scheme years 2016 – 2021 inclusive. Processing of the 2022 Advance Payment for the person named are at an advanced stage. Administrative checks involving a number of sections within the Department take place on all...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Grant Payments (8 Dec 2022)

Charlie McConalogue: The person named was approved to GLAS 1 with a contract commencement date of 01stOctober 2015. GLAS payments have issued to this Herd for scheme years 2015 – 2021 inclusive. Processing of the 2022 advance payment for the person named are at an advanced stage. Administrative checks involving a number of sections within the Department take place on all...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Forestry Sector (8 Dec 2022)

Charlie McConalogue: The expenditure under the Forestry Budget for the month of November 2021 and 2022 is shown in the table below and shows an increase of €1 million in expenditure compared to last year: Month Nov- 21 Nov- 22 Expenditure €1,764,592 €2,770,589 The remainder of the forestry budget has been closely examined and...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Forestry Sector (8 Dec 2022)

Charlie McConalogue: I propose to take Questions Nos. 381 and 382 together. There is a significant increase across all licensing categories in the year to date compared with last year. Up to 30th November, we have issued 4,468 licenses, just behind the projected target of 4,848. In addition, on 2 December 2022, there were 1,103 approved afforestation contracts with 7,479ha ready for planting. In terms of our...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Agriculture Schemes (8 Dec 2022)

Charlie McConalogue: The information requested is set out in the table. Name of Scheme Basic Income Support for Sustainability (BISS) Complementary Redistributive Support Scheme (CRISS) Complementary Income Support for Young Farmers (CIS-YF) National Reserve Eco Scheme Coupled Income Support for Protein...