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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...

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

Charlie McConalogue: My Department is committed to the protection of human rights and the promotion of equality for its employees, customers, external stakeholders and interested parties. Our latest Statement of Strategy (2021-2024)sets out as a core value “A strong commitment to diversity, inclusion and the fair and equal treatment of all” and this applies both internally and externally. My...

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

Charlie McConalogue: Regulation (EC) No. 1069/2009 governs the use of animal by-products within the EU. In particular, Article 48 of this Regulation sets out the controls that must be in place for the dispatch of animal by-products, including animal manure, between Member States. The latest available figures from the EU Trade Control and Expert System below do not indicate an increase in dispatches of animal...

Confidence in Government: Motion (12 Jul 2022)

Charlie McConalogue: The average price of a house in Northern Ireland-----

Confidence in Government: Motion (12 Jul 2022)

Charlie McConalogue: So much for Sinn Féin policies.

Confidence in Government: Motion (12 Jul 2022)

Charlie McConalogue: The Government has done more for farm families, coastal communities and rural Ireland than any previous Government. Despite Sinn Féin having access to its magic money tree before the most recent general election, its manifesto for rural Ireland and agriculture was by far the weakest of those of any of the political parties. Since we have entered government, there has not been a single...

Confidence in Government: Motion (12 Jul 2022)

Charlie McConalogue: Meanwhile, the Government has delivered in excess of €5 billion for farmers and fishers in direct and indirect supports.

Confidence in Government: Motion (12 Jul 2022)

Charlie McConalogue: Building on that, we have created a new Common Agricultural Policy, CAP, that will deliver €10 billion for the farm families of Ireland. We have delivered a 50% increase in Pillar 2 funding for CAP supports. We are delivering an agri-environmental scheme that will give farmers €10,500. We have increased the supports to our suckler sector to €250 per cow, compared with...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Greyhound Industry (12 Jul 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 operational matter for...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Forestry Sector (12 Jul 2022)

Charlie McConalogue: The COFORD Council is a stakeholder platform which advises my Department on issues related to the development of the forest sector in Ireland. In its recent report ‘Forests and wood products, and its importance in climate change mitigation’ COFORD advised that 16,000 ha of annual afforestation is required if Ireland is to achieve the government target of 18% forest cover by...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Forestry Sector (12 Jul 2022)

Charlie McConalogue: I and Minister of State Hackett have had meetings with Coillte over the course of 2021 and 2022. These meeting range from in person and virtual. This is line with engagements with other state agencies under the ageis of the Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine. Minister McConalogue had engagements on the following dates: 10/2/2021 7/5/2021 8/7/2021 13/1/2022 Minister of State Pippa...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Agriculture Schemes (12 Jul 2022)

Charlie McConalogue: This was an administrative error by the Department. The decision was notified to the persons named by letter on 2ndMarch 2022. This letter also informed them of their right to have the matter reviewed should they so wish. I can confirm that a request for a review was requested in an email from the Deputy to a Department official on 15th March 2022. The review has now been considered and a...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Forestry Sector (12 Jul 2022)

Charlie McConalogue: The Climate Action Plan 2021 includes a commitment for the Government to develop an enabling framework to facilitate the development of a carbon farming initiative in Ireland. To address this commitment, the Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine has convened a Carbon Farming Working Group. This group is drawing on expertise from across semi-state and governmental Departments to...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Agriculture Industry (12 Jul 2022)

Charlie McConalogue: Due to the Division's data retention policy, the Division no longer holds specific information on this issue.