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Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Trade Agreements (25 Oct 2022)

Charlie McConalogue: On 16th June 2021, the UK and Australian Governments announced that they had reached a political agreement in principle for a new UK-Australia trade agreement. The agreement has not yet been ratified or entered into force. I note that the agreement provides for significant new market access for Australian goods exports to the UK. This is also the case for the most sensitive agriculture...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Agriculture Industry (25 Oct 2022)

Charlie McConalogue: As the Deputy may be aware, the independently compiled wool review was published in July of this year. A main recommendation of the review was the establishment of an independent Wool Council by industry. Once established, this Council will lead the development and promotion of Irish wool domestically and internationally. It will also act as a forum to bring together multiple stakeholders...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Forestry Sector (25 Oct 2022)

Charlie McConalogue: Since the first finding of ash dieback disease in Ireland, my Department has provided support totalling over €7 million to owners of ash plantations impacted by ash dieback disease through the ash dieback reconstitution scheme (introduced in 2013) and more recently the Reconstitution and Underplanting Scheme (Ash Dieback) introduced in July 2020. The current scheme provides 100%...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Forestry Sector (25 Oct 2022)

Charlie McConalogue: I am pleased to advise that this year we have seen considerable improvements in the issuance of forestry licences. To date this year, we have issued 3,914 licences which is 92% of our expected output at this point in the year and there are currently 953 approved afforestation licences with just under 7,000 hectares ready for planting. The backlog has reduced from 6,000 in August 2021, to...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Agriculture Industry (25 Oct 2022)

Charlie McConalogue: The Programme for Government ‘Our Shared Future’ contains a commitment to seek to resolve the issue of support for the category of farmers known as Forgotten Farmers. I have asked officials in my Department to examine options to address the issue of forgotten farmers with a view to identifying measures to support this group. I am committed to helping this cohort of farmers and...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Agriculture Industry (25 Oct 2022)

Charlie McConalogue: The Unfair Trading Practices Enforcement Authority within the Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine (DAFM) currently has statutory responsibility for enforcing the Unfair Trading Practices Regulations (S.I. No. 198/2021 – European Union (Unfair Trading Practices in the agricultural and food supply chain) Regulations 2021). This Regulation transposed into Irish law EU...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Agriculture Schemes (25 Oct 2022)

Charlie McConalogue: The Agri-Climate Rural Environment Scheme (ACRES) is the agri-environment climate measure which forms part of Ireland’s CAP Strategic Plan 2023 – 2027. ACRES is the third ‘layer' in the Green Architecture model under the new Common Agriculture Policy (CAP) and is a voluntary scheme whereby farmers, when approved into the Scheme, undertake certain actions on their...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Agriculture Schemes (25 Oct 2022)

Charlie McConalogue: The Agri-Climate Rural Environment Scheme (ACRES) is a voluntary scheme whereby farmers, when approved into the Scheme, undertake certain actions on their land for at least five years. ACRES is a well-funded and farmer-friendly scheme that will provide an important income support to farmers while also drive tangible environmental improvements. Those actions have been designed to contribute...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Agriculture Schemes (25 Oct 2022)

Charlie McConalogue: The budgetary provision for my DepartmentiIn 2023 is €2.14 billion, the highest ever level of funding for the Department, and represents an increase of €283m on the 2022 provision, or a 13% increase overall, to support farmers, fishers, and rural and coastal communities. I plan to introduce a new scheme to continue the beef welfare measures which were previously funded under...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Marine Environment (25 Oct 2022)

Charlie McConalogue: The Government recognises the importance of protecting biodiversity, which is vital to the future of our society, economy, species, and planet. We also appreciate the need to reduce carbon emissions to safeguard the environment. The Programme for Government: Our Shared Futurereflects these ambitions, setting out numerous commitments to safeguard Ireland’s biodiversity and to...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Fishing Industry (25 Oct 2022)

Charlie McConalogue: As the Deputy will be aware, the available Bluefin Tuna quota is allocated each year to Member States on the basis of 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. The only way to obtain a share of the EU quota now would involve changing...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Agriculture Schemes (25 Oct 2022)

Charlie McConalogue: The Straw Incorporation Measure (SIM) is a support Measure for tillage farmers under Article 28 of Regulation (EU) No 1305/2013 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 17th December 2013 (Agri-environment-climate). The purpose of the Measure is to encourage tillage farmers to increase soil organic carbon levels by chopping and incorporating straw from cereal crops. This will...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Tax Code (25 Oct 2022)

Charlie McConalogue: While primary responsibility for taxation policy is with the Minister for Finance, I continue to work closely with him to ensure that the tax code reflects the Government’s priorities for the agri-food sector and the economy generally. We are aware of the concerns expressed by farm organisations and individual farmers in relation to the inclusion of farmland in the Residential...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Agriculture Schemes (25 Oct 2022)

Charlie McConalogue: The Agri-Climate Rural Environment Scheme (ACRES) is the agri-environment climate measure which forms part of Ireland’s CAP Strategic Plan 2023 – 2027. Farmers may apply for one of the approaches available under ACRES, namely the ACRES Co-operation approach available to farmers in eight defined high priority geographical areas, or the ACRES General approach which is available...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Undefined (25 Oct 2022)

Charlie McConalogue: The current crisis is challenging established assumptions on food security. Ireland is among the most food secure countries in the world (2ndin the Global Food Security Index for 2022) and is part of the EU single market and participates in the Common Agriculture Policy (CAP), which is the key mechanism for ensuring food security throughout Europe. The EU is largely self-sufficient for many...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Forestry Sector (25 Oct 2022)

Charlie McConalogue: I am pleased to advise that due to continued high output in forestry licencing this year we have seen considerable reductions in the backlog of forestry licences. The backlog has reduced from 6,000 in August 2021, to 3,700 in January of this year and now stands at 1,639. We are issuing more licences than applications received and this means that the backlog continues to drop, with faster...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Common Agricultural Policy (25 Oct 2022)

Charlie McConalogue: There are a range of supports available to (beef) farmers under the new €10 billion CAP strategic plan beginning in 2023, as well as ongoing supports from Government to buffer families and business from the effects of the ongoing energy and cost of living crisis. In 2023, I provided €5 million for a continuation of the Dairy beef calf scheme which provides payments of...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Agriculture Schemes (25 Oct 2022)

Charlie McConalogue: Following a review announced in Budget 2018 by my colleague the Minister for Finance, Pascal Donohoe TD, and in recognition of the Government's commitment to facilitate the development of solar energy projects in Ireland, a revised approach was introduced to qualifying agricultural property for the purposes of agricultural relief from Capital Acquisitions Tax or Capital Gains Tax retirement...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Horse Racing Industry (25 Oct 2022)

Charlie McConalogue: The Irish Horse Board (IHB) is a co-operative society made up of individual shareholders and is registered under the Industrial and Provident Societies Act. The IHB is an affiliate of Horse Sport Ireland. However, it is dependent of the Department and therefore the running of their elections is a matter for the organisation itself.

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Brexit Supports (25 Oct 2022)

Charlie McConalogue: The €315m Brexit Impact Loan Scheme (BILS) was developed by my Department and the Department of Enterprise Trade and Employment (DETE) in partnership with the Department of Finance, the Strategic Banking Corporation of Ireland (SBCI) and the European Investment Fund (EIF). Available through participating banks and credit unions, it provides loans to Brexit-impacted Irish businesses,...