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Impaired Farm Credit Bill 2022: Second Stage [Private Members] (17 Nov 2022)

Charlie McConalogue: At the outset, I acknowledge the work of Deputy Collins, his colleagues and Mr. Honohan and the work and consideration that has gone into the Bill. I also acknowledge that the intentions behind the Bill are genuine and that the primary concerns of the Deputies are based on protecting the family farm. We all share that concern. The family farm is the bedrock of our €14 billion...

Ceisteanna ar Pholasaí nó ar Reachtaíocht - Questions on Policy or Legislation (17 Nov 2022)

Charlie McConalogue: The Government has been taking this issue very seriously. It is a challenging situation that emanates from the fact that pretty much all the commercial peat extraction that is happening in the country is operating without licence or authorisation. That has been the situation for many years. As a result, we have come up against a situation whereby the industry has not been regularised and...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Animal Diseases (17 Nov 2022)

Charlie McConalogue: My Department is sourcing the data to answer this question from the relevant laboratories and will forward to the Deputy as soon as they are available.

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Business Supports (17 Nov 2022)

Charlie McConalogue: Along with the Ukraine Enterprise Crisis Scheme, an additional energy support scheme, the Temporary Business Energy Support Scheme (TBESS), was also announced in Budget 2023. Businesses in the primary agricultural, fishery or aquaculture sectors are eligible to claim under the TBESS. The TBESS will assist businesses with their electricity or natural gas (energy) costs during the winter...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Animal Slaughtering (17 Nov 2022)

Charlie McConalogue: The movements of horses imported into Ireland from third countries (non-EU Member States) and from other EU Member States are traced using TRACES, the European Commission’s platform for sanitary and phytosanitary certification required for the importation of animals, animal products, food and feed of non-animal origin and plants into the EU and the intra-EU trade and EU exports of...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Court Judgments (17 Nov 2022)

Charlie McConalogue: As you know, following a public consultation process in which over 900 submissions were received, the then Minister for Agriculture, Food and Marine announced in December 2018 that vessels over 18m would be excluded from trawling in inshore waters inside the six nautical mile zone and the baselines from 1 January 2020. A transition period of three years for vessels over 18m targeting sprat...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Departmental Expenditure (17 Nov 2022)

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. The question raised by the Deputy is an operational matter for HRI, therefore, the question has been referred to the body for direct reply.

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Horse Racing Industry (17 Nov 2022)

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. The question raised by the Deputy is an operational matter for HRI, therefore, the question has been referred to the body for direct reply.

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Agriculture Schemes (17 Nov 2022)

Charlie McConalogue: Following the dissolution of the applicants Registered Farm Partnership on 01/01/2022 the applicants ceiling was reduced from €160,000 to €80,000 in line with the terms and conditions of the scheme. The terms and conditions of the scheme state that where a Registered Farm Partnership (RFP) is dissolved within five years from the date of payment of grant aid, the Investment...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Calafoirt agus Céanna (17 Nov 2022)

Charlie McConalogue: Tá comórtas tairisceana ar bun faoi láthair chun tionscadal na cé domhainmhara a sheachadadh ag Ionad Cuain Iascaigh Ros an Mhíl. Tá tuairisceáin tairisceana dlite faoin 22ú Samhain 2022. Ós rud é go bhfuil an comórtas seo tosaithe bheadh sé míchuí dom tuairim bhreise a nochtadh ar an bpróiseas sin.

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Forestry Sector (17 Nov 2022)

Charlie McConalogue: I propose to take Questions Nos. 324 and 323 together. Under the forestry schemes run by the Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine, safe corridor widths for tree planting near power lines have been agreed with the ESB. These corridor widths are set out in Section 7-Overhead Power Lines, of the Forestry Standards Manual. The corridor widths are based on overhead powerline voltage....

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: EU Data (16 Nov 2022)

Charlie McConalogue: My officials will examine the matter and will communicate directly with the deputy with the information requested, as soon as possible.

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Departmental Meetings (16 Nov 2022)

Charlie McConalogue: As stated in my previous reply, a legal and regulatory review of forestry licensing was carried out by Philip Lee LLP and, following extensive stakeholder engagement, their Report, together with the supporting documents, has been published on my Department's website at the following link: gov.ie - Regulatory Review of Forestry (www.gov.ie) As stated in their report, between 1st November...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Horse Racing Industry (16 Nov 2022)

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. The question raised by the Deputy is an operational matter for HRI, therefore, the question has been referred to the body for direct reply.

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Departmental Data (16 Nov 2022)

Charlie McConalogue: The Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine is the authority responsible for carrying out market surveillance for fertilisers in Ireland. As part of the risk-based control programme, in 2022 a total of 150 samples were taken at manufacturers’ premises and the laboratory results are available for 100 samples to date. The remaining results are expected shortly. Of the...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Animal Feedstuffs (16 Nov 2022)

Charlie McConalogue: My Department is the competent authority with responsibility for enforcement of animal feed legislation in Ireland. Regulation (EC) No. 767/2009 on the placing on the market and use of feed includes the general principle that the labelling and the presentation of feed shall not mislead the user. The legislation also sets down permitted tolerances for discrepancies between the labelled...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Farm Inspections (16 Nov 2022)

Charlie McConalogue: The complainant made a number of serious allegations regarding an official of my Department who carried out an on-farm inspection in 2012. A number of meetings has taken place between senior officials in my Department and the complainant regarding the matter including November 2013, September 2017, June 2018 and my Department has corresponded with the complainant on numerous occasions....

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Animal Culls (16 Nov 2022)

Charlie McConalogue: As part of the Bovine TB (bTB) Eradication Programme my Department implements two main control strategies, removal and vaccination, in areas around the country where there have been epidemiological links to badgers and bovine TB breakdowns. The requested totals are provided in the table below: Year Total number of badgers captured in vaccination areas Total number...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Forestry Sector (16 Nov 2022)

Charlie McConalogue: I propose to take Questions Nos. 203 and 204 together. I propose to take PQs 56895/22 and 56896/22 together. The COFORD Council with funding from my Department has carried out a study on forest certification which was published in November 2022. Forest certification is a voluntary process used by forestry organisations to reassure consumers that the wood and wood products they buy come...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Departmental Schemes (16 Nov 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 my Department. 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 the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform. A request for...