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Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Environmental Policy (30 Jul 2020)

Dara Calleary: The lead Department responsible for the implementation of the EU biodiversity strategy 2030 and the designation of lands is the Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage.  I advise the Deputy to resubmit the question to that Department for answer.

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Sustainable Development Goals (30 Jul 2020)

Dara Calleary: The 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development, adopted by all countries of the United Nations, has seventeen Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). There is a whole-of-government response to the delivery of Ireland’s SDG commitments. My colleague, the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment has lead responsibility for promoting and overseeing the coherent...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Forestry Sector (30 Jul 2020)

Dara Calleary: The data requested will take some time to prepare and will be sent to the Deputy separately.

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Forestry Sector (30 Jul 2020)

Dara Calleary: The Programme for Government makes a number of commitments for the forestry sector in Ireland. These include the alignment of the licensing and appeals processes with other similar processes, a commitment to implement the recommendations of the Mackinnon Review and to ensure the licensing system is sufficiently resourced to clear the existing backlog.  The Deputy will be...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Fishing Industry (30 Jul 2020)

Dara Calleary: The Celtic Sea Herring stock occurs to the south of Ireland. It is prosecuted by two fleets, the main fleet which operates across the Celtic Sea (primarily ICES division 7g) and the sentinel fleet comprising of vessels that are under 17 metres in length overall that operate in the Dunmore box (inshore waters in Dunmore East area). The ICES advice for 2020 was for zero catch. In...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Departmental Expenditure (30 Jul 2020)

Dara Calleary: I wish to advise the Deputy that there are no records of any payments for services or goods being made by my Department to the company named since 2015.

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Coillte Teoranta (30 Jul 2020)

Dara Calleary: Coillte is operationally independent of my Department and matters such as the administration of pensions are the responsibility of the company. I have therefore passed the question raised to Coillte for response and direct reply to the Deputy.

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Farm Inspections (30 Jul 2020)

Dara Calleary: My Department is the competent authority for the carrying out of official controls to verify that dairy farms are fully compliant with the EU Hygiene Package of legislation on the production, control and marketing of products of animal origin and animal health issues in relation to the production of, inter alia, dairy products. Official controls are carried out annually by my Department on a...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Departmental Advertising (30 Jul 2020)

Dara Calleary: The vast bulk of my Department's Communications Budget is spent on advertising in respect of press notices in the specialised farming press, provincial and national newspapers. The expenditure set out in the table below includes the publication of Statutory Notices that are required to comply with various national and EU legislative requirements. Decisions on the placement...

Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: Forestry Sector (29 Jul 2020)

Dara Calleary: I thank Deputy Moynihan for raising this very important issue. Many Members of both Houses have been raising it with me. Along with the Minister of State, Senator Hackett, who has direct responsibility for forestry, I brought a memo to Government earlier this week proposing a number of initiatives for the forestry sector with a particular emphasis on licensing issues. These initiatives...

Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: Forestry Sector (29 Jul 2020)

Dara Calleary: I thank the Deputy once again for his suggestions. I am happy to confirm to him that we are in the process of appointing ecologists and we will have a number of new ecologists in place in the Department by the end of the month. We have a detailed project plan in place for dealing with the backlog and new applications which includes significant extra resources. As I said, these will include...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Animal Welfare (29 Jul 2020)

Dara Calleary: Veterinary Inspectors and Technical Agricultural Officers of my Department around the country are tasked with striving to ensure that animals are being farmed ethically, developing initiatives aimed at cultivating best practice, particularly in relation to animal health and welfare, and conducting disease control related inspections at farm level under Animal Health and Welfare...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Horticulture Sector (29 Jul 2020)

Dara Calleary: The extent of any commercial impact on the horticulture sector arising from a decision by Bord na Mona to suspend all peat harvesting will depend initially on the level of domestic stocks of horticultural peat on hand, alternative suppliers of peat and the development of alternative growing mediums. My Department is participating in a cross-departmental working group led by the...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Freedom of Information (29 Jul 2020)

Dara Calleary: So far in 2020, my Department has received 191 valid requests under the Freedom of Information (FOI) Act 2014.  All valid requests have been dealt with within the statutory timeframe except for those set out in the following table and which are currently being processed.  Number of FOI requests extended by... 2020 2 week ...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Beef Industry (29 Jul 2020)

Dara Calleary: Last year, the Beef Taskforce was established to provide the leadership to develop a sustainable pathway for the future of the beef sector in terms of economic, environmental and social sustainability. The Taskforce is providing a robust implementation structure for commitments entered into in the Beef Talks Agreement of 15th September 2019, with timelines and...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Harbours and Piers (29 Jul 2020)

Dara Calleary: Howth Fishery Harbour Centre (FHC) is one of six FHCs owned, operated and maintained by my Department under statute.  The other five are located at Castletownbere, Dingle, Dunmore East, Killybegs and Ros An Mhíl. The FHCs are strategically important infrastructure which underpin the Government's Strategy to further develop a modern offshore Irish fishing fleet, attract...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Drainage Schemes (28 Jul 2020)

Dara Calleary: The former Irish Land Commission retained a portion of the purchase money from the acquisition of a small number of estates, for the ongoing maintenance and upkeep of embankments and sluices on those particular estates only.  These retained funds are entrusted to the Public Trustee, who is an official in my Department.   The Public Trustee has responsibility for the...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: European Council Meetings (28 Jul 2020)

Dara Calleary: Ireland’s key objective throughout the negotiations on the post-2020 EU budget has been the retention of a sufficient budget for CAP post-2020.  This is particularly important in light of the ongoing needs of farmers, including the requirements of higher levels of environment and climate ambition set out in the new EU Farm to Fork and Biodiversity...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Common Fisheries Policy (28 Jul 2020)

Dara Calleary: I would like to assure the Deputy that Fisheries is an important priority for Ireland. We are seeking to protect the interests of the Irish fleet in terms of both access and the quota share it currently enjoys in UK waters. From the outset of the negotiations, Ireland and our EU partners have been clear on our level of ambition in this area and on the fact that progress on an...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Greyhound Industry (28 Jul 2020)

Dara Calleary: Bord na gCon  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.  Bord na gCon (BnG) is a body corporate and a separate legal entity to the Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine.  My Department devotes considerable resources to...