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Financial Resolutions 2022 - Financial Resolution No. 6: General: Financial Resolution (Resumed) (28 Sep 2022)

Charlie McConalogue: I will be sharing my time with the Minister of State, Deputy Heydon. I am delighted to speak about the agriculture budget introduced by me, the Minister of State, Deputy Heydon, and the Minister of State, Senator Hackett, who is abroad representing the Government at the moment. In an overall sense, the Government has delivered an €11 billion budget to support our families,...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Departmental Correspondence (28 Sep 2022)

Charlie McConalogue: A reply issued on the 27th of September 2022. 

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Fishing Industry (28 Sep 2022)

Charlie McConalogue: 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 targeting...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Animal Welfare (28 Sep 2022)

Charlie McConalogue: Under the Animal Health and Welfare Act, 2013, the Department has primary policy responsibility for the welfare of all animals, including  canines. Since the introduction of the Act, 1,089 Department officials have been designated as authorised officers.  In addition to its own staff, the Department has a service level agreement with a number of organisations, enabling...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Animal Welfare (28 Sep 2022)

Charlie McConalogue: The Animal Health and Welfare Act 2013 provides a modern framework for applying standards in the area of animal health and welfare and replaced a number of enactments dating back over a century.  Prosecutions under the Act have been pursued following investigations by authorised officers of the Department, An Garda Síochána and authorised officers of the Irish Society for the...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Assisted Animal Reproduction (28 Sep 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.  The question raised by the Deputy is an...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Domestic Pets (28 Sep 2022)

Charlie McConalogue: Concern for the safety and welfare of pet animals was one of the primary reasons behind the introduction by my Department of the Animal Health and Welfare (Sale or Supply of Pet Animals) Regulations 2019 (S.I. 681/2019). These Regulations put into law certain requirements for sellers and suppliers of pet animals, including minimum ages for sale of certain mammals; record-keeping; registration...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Animal Welfare (28 Sep 2022)

Charlie McConalogue: A proposal has been submitted for discussion at European level for the establishment of a European Union positive list for keeping companion animals. I welcome this initiative and support this effort to advance animal welfare and protect public health. The benefits in terms for animal welfare, biodiversity and public health and safety which this initiative could progress are very much...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Animal Welfare (28 Sep 2022)

Charlie McConalogue: The Programme for Government places a positive emphasis on animal welfare and specifically commits to the continued robust enforcement of the Animal Health and Welfare Act 2013 (Act). The general principles enshrined in Section 11 and 12 of this Act apply to all animals, including goats. During the event, officials from my Department were in contact with the independent private veterinary...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Wildlife Protection (28 Sep 2022)

Charlie McConalogue:  As the Deputy is aware The National Parks and Wildlife Service has advised my Department that the goat is not listed as a protected species under the Wildlife Act 1976. Therefore it is not considered that a goat is categorised as a wild animal under the Circuses (Prohibition on Use of Wild Animals) Regulations 2017.   S.I. 482 of 2017 Circuses (prohibition use of wild...