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Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Agriculture Industry (11 Oct 2022)

Charlie McConalogue: The Varroa mite is one of the most serious concerns for honey bee health globally and is now endemic in Ireland. The National Apiculture Programme is co-funded by the Department and the EU and provides funding to carry out applied research for the Irish apiculture sector which will be beneficial to many beekeepers in Ireland. As part of the current National Apiculture Programme, research is...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Forestry Sector (11 Oct 2022)

Charlie McConalogue: Forest certification is a voluntary process for forest owners in Ireland, where an independent third party assesses the quality of forest management and production against a set of requirements predetermined by a public or private certification organization such as PEFC or FSC. It is market driven and outside the control of my Department and a matter for each individual forest owner as to...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Agriculture Industry (11 Oct 2022)

Charlie McConalogue: The Indicative Budget for on-farm investments for the period 2022-2027 is €404m. This includes an indicative budget of €304m under the current Rural Development Programme, and an indicative budget of €100m is proposed under the CAP Strategic Plan 2023-2027. Both programmes will run in parallel for the years 2023-2025. In the recent Budget, I announced an...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Agriculture Schemes (11 Oct 2022)

Charlie McConalogue: My Department provides grant aid through the Targeted Agricultural Modernisation Scheme (TAMS II) to assist farmers in maximising their contribution to the production of renewable energy through the installation of Solar PV technology along with battery storage on Irish farms for on farm use only. TAMS is a On-Farm Investment Scheme which is co-funded by the EU Commission, and under...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Fishing Industry (11 Oct 2022)

Charlie McConalogue: As the Deputy is aware, in December 2018, following a public consultation process in which over 900 submissions were received, the then Minister for Agriculture, Food and Marine announced that vessels over 18m will 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...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Agriculture Schemes (11 Oct 2022)

Charlie McConalogue: Further to the approval by the Government last week (Tuesday, 4 October 2022) of Ireland’s CAP Strategic Plan (CSP) 2023 – 2027, my Department is currently finalising the details of the Agri-Climate Rural Environment Scheme (ACRES), including the Scheme Terms and Conditions. A lot of information has already been provided, including the final Specifications for the actions...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Agriculture Schemes (11 Oct 2022)

Charlie McConalogue: The existing Sheep Welfare Scheme, which was introduced in December 2016, initially as a four year scheme, will end on 31st January 2023 and the final balancing payments under this scheme will commence issuing to participants in the scheme in Q2 2023. The Sheep Welfare Scheme will be replaced by the Sheep Improvement Scheme, which will be introduced under the new CAP. This new scheme will...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Agriculture Schemes (11 Oct 2022)

Charlie McConalogue: I propose to take Questions Nos. 788 and 789 together. The core targeted support for the sheep sector from 2023 will be the Sheep Improvement Scheme which aims to build on the progress made by the Sheep Welfare by providing support for actions that improve animal health and welfare in the sheep sector. The programme has an annual budget of €20 million and provides for a payment of...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Agriculture Industry (11 Oct 2022)

Charlie McConalogue: Irish sheep farm families produce a world-class product that is in demand cross many global market. Our sheep farmers gave a commitment to excellence and I will continue to support them. According to the Central Statistics Office (CSO) sheepmeat exports worth approximately €385 million, or 57,737 tonnes were exported in 2021, an increase of 8.3% in value on 2021. The overall market...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Departmental Data (11 Oct 2022)

Charlie McConalogue: The numbers of farmers that received payments from my Department to Ulster Bank accounts during 2020, 2021 and 2022 to date were as follows: Year Number of Farmers 2020 17,803 2021 17,138 2022 to date 12,718 Around 6,000 of the farmers who have received payments to Ulster Bank accounts...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Agriculture Schemes (11 Oct 2022)

Charlie McConalogue: To encourage on-farm renewable technology uptake and usage, grant aid is provided through TAMS to assist farmers in maximising their contribution to the production of renewable energy through the installation of Solar PV technology along with battery storage on Irish farms. The solar PV systems grant-aided under TAMS include Solar PV Panels and Solar PV Rechargeable Batteries and Solar Panels...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Horse Racing Industry (11 Oct 2022)

Charlie McConalogue: Horse Racing Ireland (HRI) established under the Horse and Greyhound Racing Act 2001 is a commercial State body responsible for the overall administration, promotion and development of the horse racing industry. The horse and greyhound racing industries receive financial support from the State through the Horse and Greyhound Racing Fund (the Fund) as provided for under Section 12 of the Horse...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Departmental Data (11 Oct 2022)

Charlie McConalogue: Organic production is a system of farm management and food production that combines best environmental and climate action practices, a high level of biodiversity, the preservation of natural resources and the application of high animal welfare standards and high production standards. As outlined in Organic Regulation (EU) 2018/848, only the products and substances listed in Annex II of...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Forestry Sector (11 Oct 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. Under their new forestry strategic vision, Coillte have stated their aim to grow 100,000 hectares of new forests by 2050, supporting the delivery of one-third of Ireland’s afforestation target and providing a carbon...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Forestry Sector (11 Oct 2022)

Charlie McConalogue: My Department launched a Reconstitution scheme to address frost damage earlier this year. The scheme was set up due to significant late spring frost events which took place during May 2019, May 2020, and May 2021. The scheme was established to reconstitute newly planted forests significantly damaged by these frost events and replacing dead trees with plants of acceptable quality,...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Forestry Sector (11 Oct 2022)

Charlie McConalogue: The Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine launched a Reconstitution scheme to address frost damage earlier this year. The scheme was set up due to significant late spring frost events which took place during May 2019, May 2020, and May 2021. The scheme was established to reconstitute newly planted forests significantly damaged by these frost events and replace dead trees with...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Agriculture Industry (11 Oct 2022)

Charlie McConalogue: In Ireland, there are currently no regulatory requirements for the use of this device. On foot of recommendations made by the Scientific Advisory Committee on Animal Health and Welfare, my Department is undertaking an ongoing consultation process with industry stakeholders in relation on the use of elector-ejaculators to collect semen samples from bulls. This consultation is continuing, and...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Greyhound Industry (11 Oct 2022)

Charlie McConalogue: Rásaíocht Con Éireann (RCÉ) 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. RCÉ is a body corporate and a separate legal entity to the Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine. Rásaíocht Con Éireann (RCÉ) sought approval...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Departmental Correspondence (11 Oct 2022)

Charlie McConalogue: In response to the Deputy, my Department will issue a response directly to the named individual within the next three working days.

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Departmental Properties (11 Oct 2022)

Charlie McConalogue: The Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth has overall responsibility for the implementation of the National Strategy for Women and Girls 2017-2020. Section 9 of the Maternity Protection (Amendment) Act 2004 has provision for certain women in employment who are breastfeeding to take time off work, or a reduction in working hours for breastfeeding. This provision...