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Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Agriculture Industry (1 Oct 2024)

Charlie McConalogue: My colleague, Minister O'Brien is responsible for the European Union Good Agricultural Practice for the Protection of Waters Regulations 2022 (SI 113 of 2022, as amended). Under these Regulations the closed period for applying slurry to land commences on the 1st of October annually. Following consultation with me, in 2022, Minister O'Brien published the scientific criteria that must be...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Fishing Industry (1 Oct 2024)

Charlie McConalogue: The responsibility for the licencing of commercial draft net fishing comes under the remit of Inland Fisheries Ireland. As such any queries regarding grant aid available to draft net licence holders should be addressed to Inland Fisheries Ireland, which is under the aegis of my colleague at the Department of the Environment, Climate and Communications, Minister Eamon Ryan TD. My...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Agriculture Schemes (1 Oct 2024)

Charlie McConalogue: The Suckler Carbon Efficiency Programme (SCEP) aims to provide support to beef farmers to improve the environmental sustainability of the national beef herd. The programme aims to build on the gains delivered in recent years through the Beef Data and Genomics Programme (BDGP) and the Beef Environmental Efficiency Programme (BEEP) by improving the genetic merit of the Irish suckler herd. ...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Agriculture Industry (1 Oct 2024)

Charlie McConalogue: My colleague, Minister O'Brien is responsible for the European Union Good Agricultural Practice for the Protection of Waters Regulations 2022 (SI 113 of 2022, as amended). Under these Regulations the closed period for applying slurry to land now commences on the 1st of October annually. Following consultation with me, in 2022, Minister O'Brien published the scientific criteria that...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Forestry Sector (1 Oct 2024)

Charlie McConalogue: The remuneration rate for members of the the Forestry Appeals Committee is as follows. Chairperson Oral Hearing: €450 Paper Hearing: €400 Postponement day of hearing: €300 Deputy Chairperson Oral Hearing: €420 Paper Hearing: €380 Postponement day of hearing: €280 Ordinary Member Oral Hearing: €350 Paper Hearing:...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Animal Passports (1 Oct 2024)

Charlie McConalogue: Horse Sport Ireland (HSI) is a recognised breed society in accordance with Regulation (EU) 2016/1012 and approved to manage the breeding books for the Irish Sport Horse, Irish Sport Pony, Irish Draught, Irish Cob and Irish Partbred Cob. As part of this recognition, they are authorised to issue identification documents, i.e. passports, for these breeds where breeders apply to enter their...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Food Industry (1 Oct 2024)

Charlie McConalogue: The tillage sector is an important and integral component of the Agri-food industry producing high-quality grain for the food and animal feed industries. The sector also produces straw for feeding and bedding. Nevertheless, there is still a significant demand for imports of animal feed and the feed grain imports are as set out in the table below: Table: Imports of grain imported for animal...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Tax Code (1 Oct 2024)

Charlie McConalogue: The person named submitted an application under the Dairy Capital Investment Scheme of the Targeted Agriculture Modernisation Scheme (TAMS 3) and subsequently received approval to carry out this investment. A claim for payment was submitted on 4 July 2024, which has now been processed and approved for payment. I understand the payment for the above named will be included in next week's...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Agriculture Schemes (1 Oct 2024)

Charlie McConalogue: An application was received in the name of this herd owner for the Co-Operation stream of ACRES Tranche 1. An interim payment issued to the person named in February, and the final 2023 ACRES payment has been calculated. As the ACRES payment has been calculated to be less than the interim payment a recoupment has been applied. My Department has contacted the participant advising on the...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Energy Infrastructure (1 Oct 2024)

Charlie McConalogue: All solar installers registered with my Department must provide evidence of appropriate insurance cover as a condition of being included on the registered list. The solar PV installer referred to had appropriate insurance cover at the time of the contract and retains insurance cover which is a condition of continuing to be included on the registered list. I can confirm...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Official Engagements (1 Oct 2024)

Charlie McConalogue: I wish to inform the Deputy that neither I, nor any Minister of State in my Department, have had contact with any Minister or official in the government of Israel since January 2014.

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Departmental Consultations (1 Oct 2024)

Charlie McConalogue: I wish to advise the Deputy that the information requested for 2022, 2023 and to date in 2024 is set out in the table below. Year Name of company Subject matter Cost€ 2023 Healy Communications Training for the then CEO-designate for An Rialálaí Agraibhia (The Agri-Food Regulator) 738.00 ...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Nitrates Usage (26 Sep 2024)

Charlie McConalogue: No, I certainly do not agree. If the Deputy had spent a bit more time analysing and assessing this and informing himself of this issue, he would not be making those assertions across the floor of the Dáil. No matter the issue he is addressing, it is always Deputy Murphy's approach to paint life as a competition between oligarchs and the wider population. He is trying to do the same...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Nitrates Usage (26 Sep 2024)

Charlie McConalogue: Again, Deputy Murphy is bending over backwards to present this in his favoured manner of oligarchs against the rest of the world. As I said to him, we have approximately 17,000 dairy farmers. Among those 17,000, the average number of cows is about 90. Of those 17,000 dairy farmers, about 40% farm in derogation. The average income across those 17,000 was €49,000.

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Nitrates Usage (26 Sep 2024)

Charlie McConalogue: I expect it would be the same or very close to it. The average number of cows is 90. It is really important for those farmers, particularly those whose viability and capacity to continue into the future depend on that derogation, that we maintain it. As I have said, we are very confident that we can do that, looking to improve our water quality while supporting those farmers. Any removal...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Nitrates Usage (26 Sep 2024)

Charlie McConalogue: The dairy sector in this country is based on the co-op structure. Given the socialist utopia Deputy Murphy is looking for, I would have thought he would be a bit more supportive of the sector given that it is farmers co-operating for the benefit of farmers. If he was to spend a bit more time meeting a few farmers or listening, looking and interrogating the statistics rather than trying to...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Fisheries Protection (26 Sep 2024)

Charlie McConalogue: As the Deputy pointed out, I held a public consultation on the review of trawling activity inside the six-nautical-mile zone and the baselines. The consultation took place over eight weeks and closed on 12 April. The purpose of this consultation was to invite stakeholders and interested parties to advise me of their views on any changes to policy within the scope of the review. A large...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Fisheries Protection (26 Sep 2024)

Charlie McConalogue: I am addressing this urgently. As we know, the outcome of the High Court proceedings only came in the second half of last year. I then commenced the process of formulating the new public consultation process as promptly as I could and it opened in April 2024. I want to see this progressed as quickly as possible. We have to be very conscious that we do things in a sure-footed way that...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Fisheries Protection (26 Sep 2024)

Charlie McConalogue: I would not want the impression to be given that I have not stepped this out in a prompt fashion. I have done so and am very committed to it. It was not possible for me to take any action until I got the final ruling from the High Court, which was delivered in the second half of last year. It had been in the court system from 2018 until then. I now want to continue as promptly as I can...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Agriculture Schemes (26 Sep 2024)

Charlie McConalogue: There are a number of issues that have to be worked through in cases where people have not been paid yet. As we discussed with Deputy Crowe earlier there are probate issues, for example, which every year hold up a number of payments. The team is working through it with the objective of getting it up to 95% and, as I said previously, 82% had received their full payment at the end of last...