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Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Agriculture Industry (14 Jul 2022)

Charlie McConalogue: The continued development of the pigmeat sector is a priority for the Government, given the pivotal role the industry plays in the national economic context. The sector supports approximately 8,000 jobs spanning production, slaughter, processing, feed manufacture and services. I am acutely aware of the challenges pig farmers are facing at present. On 13th June, I announced the...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Agriculture Industry (14 Jul 2022)

Charlie McConalogue: Our beef and suckler farm families produce a work-class product that is in demand in markets across the globe.  I am fully committed to delivering a sustainable and exciting future for the sector. To date in 2022, beef prices remain at a seven year high with R3 Steer prices at 541.82c/kg as of 3rd June, and an increase in slaughter of 10% in the year to date compared to 2021....

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Fishing Industry (14 Jul 2022)

Charlie McConalogue: The EU-UK Trade and Cooperation Agreement (TCA) will, unfortunately, have an impact on our fishing industry. However, this impact would have been far greater had the Barnier Task Force agreed to UK demands, or had we been in a no-deal scenario which would have seen all EU vessels barred from UK waters and subsequent displacement into Ireland's fishing zone.  I established...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Agriculture Industry (14 Jul 2022)

Charlie McConalogue: Poultry meat, which is a food high in protein, has seen an increase in demand in recent years. Poultry throughput for 2021 was slightly down on 2020 (-1.1%) with a total of 110.4 million birds processed. The current average price of 242.67 cents/kg is the highest level seen in recent years, seeing an increase of just under 10 cents/kg on the previous month.  Poultry...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Agriculture Industry (14 Jul 2022)

Charlie McConalogue: Irish sheep farm families produce a world-class product that is in demand cross many global market.  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 2020. The overall market outlook  for Irish and EU lamb prices for 2022/2023 remains...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Animal Diseases (14 Jul 2022)

Charlie McConalogue: Bovine tuberculosis (bTB) is a serious disease of cattle which causes significant hardship for farmers and farming families, and I am fully committed to the objectives of the Bovine TB Eradication Strategy, which aims to reduce and ultimately eradicate this disease in Ireland. While the incidence of bTB is now low relative to historical levels, the number of new restrictions and reactor...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Agriculture Schemes (14 Jul 2022)

Charlie McConalogue: Please find the information requested in the table below which shows the different categories of payment rates applicable to payments under the ANC Scheme, the number of farmers who received payments under each category of payment rate the overall area claimed under the scheme for each category and the average number of hectares claimed under the scheme for each category. Please note that...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Agriculture Schemes (14 Jul 2022)

Charlie McConalogue: To-date, a total of 851 applicants have received payments totalling €2,496,886 under the 2021 Areas of Specific Constraints(Island Farming) Scheme. The claimed area for these 851 applicants was 12,433.96, with an average area of 14.6 hectares.  Please note that under this scheme, there is only one category of area i.e. offshore island land. However, there are three payments rates...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Agriculture Schemes (14 Jul 2022)

Charlie McConalogue: Since 2019, the annual allocated budget for  the Areas of Natural Constraints (ANC)/Areas of Specific Constraints (Island Farming) schemes has been €250m per annum.

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Agricultural Colleges (14 Jul 2022)

Charlie McConalogue: Teagasc was established under the “Agriculture (Research, Training and Advice) Act”, 1988, as the national agency with responsibility for the provision of research, training and advisory services to the agriculture and food industry. The question raised by the Deputy is an operational matter for Teagasc and, therefore, the question has been referred to the body for direct reply.

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Agriculture Industry (14 Jul 2022)

Charlie McConalogue: My Department currently provides grant aid through the Targeted Agricultural Modernisation Scheme (TAMS II) to assist our 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. Solar energy for on-farm use is grant aided under the Animal Welfare...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Agriculture Schemes (13 Jul 2022)

Charlie McConalogue: I inform the Deputy that the Agriculture Appeals Office operates independently of the Department. The Office has responsibility for agriculture appeals and in addition, the Office provides administrative and secretariat support to the Forestry Appeals Committee (FAC) which was established in February 2018. In addition to their agriculture appeal functions, Appeals Officers are also...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Climate Change Policy (13 Jul 2022)

Charlie McConalogue: The salaries of senior management management in Government Departments and Ministers and Ministers of State are determined in accordance with public pay policy which is a matter for the Department of Public Expenditure and Reform. The senior management team in my Department is led by the Secretary General. My Department has a diverse portfolio which supports our mission in leading, enabling...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Climate Change Policy (13 Jul 2022)

Charlie McConalogue: Teagasc was established under the “Agriculture (Research, Training and Advice) Act”, 1988, as the national agency with responsibility for the provision of research, training and advisory services to the agriculture and food industry. Delivery of the Teagasc Green Cert programme is an operational matter for Teagasc. Accordingly, the question raised by the Deputy has been...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Climate Change Policy (13 Jul 2022)

Charlie McConalogue: The Deputy will be aware that funding of €100,000 was committed in Budget 2021 to conduct a review of the potential demand in domestic and international markets for wool-based products such as insulation and fertilisers. Following a competitive public procurement procedure, ‘The Agile Executive’ a consortium made up of experts from Munster Technological University and...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Animal Welfare (13 Jul 2022)

Charlie McConalogue: Animal welfare is high on my agenda. We commit considerable resources as well as funding to address the issue. The Programme for Government commitment to double the funding allocated to animal welfare organisations over a two year period was based on the 2020 budget allocation of €2.435m. Savings elsewhere in my Department's vote enabled the eventual awarding of €3.2 million...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Food Labelling (13 Jul 2022)

Charlie McConalogue: The management and operation of the sustainable beef and lamb assurance scheme (SBLAS), of which there are approximately 53,000 members. is an operational matter for Bord Bia. A core element of the SBLAS is a sustainability audit which features a carbon footprint measurement. The primary objective of the carbon footprint measurement is to enable the quantification of all of the...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Agriculture Schemes (13 Jul 2022)

Charlie McConalogue: On 13th June, I announced the opening of applications for the Pig Exceptional Payment Scheme 2 (PEPS2), funded from EU exceptional adjustment aid to producers in agricultural sectors which have been impacted by Russia's illegal invasion of Ukraine A total fund of €13 million is being made available for this voluntary scheme for pig farmers, to support the viability of this...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Forestry Sector (13 Jul 2022)

Charlie McConalogue: The causal agent for the dieback and death of Japanese larch is an organism named Phytophthora ramorumwhich was first detected on Japanese larch in Ireland in 2010. Since then my Department has inter aliaconducted annual surveys for its presence in the private and public forest estate and is doing so again this year. A component of the annual survey is informed by reports from owners which...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Rights of People with Disabilities (13 Jul 2022)

Charlie McConalogue: My Department is fully committed to the protection of human rights and the promotion of equality for its employees, customers, external stakeholders and interested parties. It continues to promote and implement its strong commitment to diversity, inclusion and the fair and equal treatment of all as a core value stated in its latest Statement of Strategy for the period from 2021-2024. The...