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Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Brexit Supports (29 Jun 2022)

Charlie McConalogue: I was pleased to announce on 12 May a new €45 million Brexit Processing Capital Support Scheme. The scheme delivers on a recommendation of the Seafood Taskforce and offers grant rates of between 30% and 50% for capital investment in SME seafood processing enterprises, varying depending on the degree of value adding in the project.  The scheme is designed to counter the adverse...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: EU Funding (29 Jun 2022)

Charlie McConalogue: The total funding for the CSP for the period 2023-2027 is €9.83 billion. The EU budget agreement in 2020 provided a total CAP funding for Ireland of €7.53 billion over the five-year period from 2023 to 2027. This funding is split between Pillar I (Direct Payments and Sectoral Interventions - €5.97 billion) and Pillar II (Rural Development - €1.56 billion). ...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Departmental Reports (29 Jun 2022)

Charlie McConalogue: The Agile Executive group, a consortium made up of experts from Munster Technological University and Donegal Yarns, who were appointed to carry out the wool review have now competed this review and have presented their final report to my Department. This report will be published very shortly.

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Agriculture Schemes (29 Jun 2022)

Charlie McConalogue: Both I and the Department are fully committed to encouraging the use of Low Emission Spreading Equipment (LESS) equipment. To date, interest in grant aid for the purchase of LESS equipment under the Targeted Agricultural Modernisation Scheme (TAMS) has been very strong. An indicative budget of €395m was made available for TAMS under the current RDP (2014-2020). The...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Agriculture Schemes (29 Jun 2022)

Charlie McConalogue: Some 15,493 farmers have applied to participate in both the Beef Environmental Efficiency Programme - Suckler (BEEP-S) and the Beef Data and Genomics Programme (BDGP) for 2022.  Payments under the BDGP and BEEP-S schemes are scheduled to issue in December 2022. 

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Agriculture Schemes (29 Jun 2022)

Charlie McConalogue: A total of 1,715 applications were received for the Multi Species Sward Measure, which closed for applications on 14thApril.  This resulted in 1,691 approvals being issued covering an area of 10,217ha.  A very small number of applicants, 24 in total, were ineligible, principally for not meet the minimum application area of 1 Hectare as set out in the Terms and Conditions....

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Agriculture Schemes (29 Jun 2022)

Charlie McConalogue: A total of 317 Organic Farming Scheme applications were received in 2021 as outlined in the table below.  A small number did not satisfy the eligibility conditions of the scheme while others had an active valid Organic Farming Scheme contract.  The 380 applications received in 2022 are currently being processed and approval letters will issue later this year.  I...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Organic Farming (29 Jun 2022)

Charlie McConalogue: The Organic Processing Investment Grant Scheme provides funding to processors who wish to invest in developing facilities for the processing, preparation, grading, packing and storage of organic products. It is a demand led scheme and all eligible applications received are assessed based on the terms and conditions of the scheme. I am fully committed to the development of...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Organic Farming (29 Jun 2022)

Charlie McConalogue: The current Organic Farming Scheme provides for contracts of five year duration for farmers who are converting to organic farming practices.  A higher in conversion payment is provided for the first two years while a reduced maintenance payment rate is provided for the remainder of the contract. The decrease in average payment per participant in the Organic Farming Scheme can be...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Agriculture Industry (29 Jun 2022)

Charlie McConalogue: ‘Forgotten Farmer’ is a term used to describe a group of farmers who had set up their agricultural holdings prior to 2008, were under 40 in 2015 and held low value payment entitlements, but were ineligible for young farmer supports under the CAP from 2015.    As the purpose of the young farmer supports from 2015 was to provide support to farmers in the early years...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Departmental Consultations (29 Jun 2022)

Charlie McConalogue: The consultation on the potential for a fibre based hemp sector in the State was initiated by my Department under a commitment given in the Programme for Government.  My Department did not engage any external consultants for this consultation or for the writing of the report so the issue of costs did not arise.  

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Agriculture Schemes (29 Jun 2022)

Charlie McConalogue: As set out in the terms and conditions of the Sheep Welfare Scheme, the rate of payment is set at €10 per eligible breeding ewe on completion by the participant of both of their selected scheme actions.  Payment is made up to the applicable reference number of animals determined for payment for the scheme year. Where an applicant does not complete the actions...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Departmental Funding (29 Jun 2022)

Charlie McConalogue: My Department, in partnership with the Department of Enterprise, Trade & Employment and the Department of Finance, has worked with the Strategic Banking Corporation of Ireland (SBCI) to deliver a number of loan schemes that support SMEs in Ireland, including farmers, fishers and SME food businesses. Public funds provided for these schemes mainly relate to the provision of...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Departmental Funding (29 Jun 2022)

Charlie McConalogue: My Department, in partnership with the Department of Enterprise, Trade & Employment and the Department of Finance, has worked with the Strategic Banking Corporation of Ireland (SBCI) to deliver a number of loan schemes that support SMEs in Ireland, including farmers, fishers and food businesses. Public funds provided for these schemes mainly relate to the provision of guarantees,...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Bord Bia (29 Jun 2022)

Charlie McConalogue: A total sum of funding for Bord Bia is provided by my Department in the form of an annual Exchequer Grant through my Department's Vote. Year Bord Bia Grant €m 2017 40,775m 2018 41,266m 2019 46,619m 2020 48,229m 2021 52,550m 2022 ...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Organic Farming (29 Jun 2022)

Charlie McConalogue: Under the Climate Action Plan, our main priority on organics is to increase the area of organic production from 74,000ha to approximately 335,000 ha. Since the publication of the Climate Action Plan, the area of land has increased to approximately 110,000 ha. The recent Organic Farming scheme which closed in April 2022 resulted in a total of 380 new applications. This was 20%...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: EU Funding (29 Jun 2022)

Charlie McConalogue: The information requested by the Deputy regarding the amount of funding that this Department received from the European Union Multiannual Financial Framework in respect of Pillar 1 in each year since 2019 and the expected return for 2022 through 2027 is set out in the table below. Year € Amount (in millions) 2019 1,290 (actual) ...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: EU Funding (29 Jun 2022)

Charlie McConalogue: The figures requested by the Deputy are set out in tabular format below. These figures are derived from the total amounts paid to applicants under CAP Pillar 1 (Basic Payment Scheme (BPS), Greening, Young Farmers Scheme (YFS), and Protein Aid schemes).  The process of convergence of payment entitlement values began in Ireland in 2015, and over the years 2015 to 2019,...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: EU Funding (29 Jun 2022)

Charlie McConalogue: The Rural Development Programme (RDP)  is co-funded by the EU’s European Agricultural Fund for Rural Development (EAFRD), the European Union Recovery Instrument (EURI), and the National Exchequer. From April 2021, with the introduction of the 10thamendment to the RDP, EU support from the EAFRD now amounts to €2.88 billion and from EURI, amounts to €189 million,...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Agriculture Schemes (29 Jun 2022)

Charlie McConalogue: As clarified with the Deputy, the information sought is shown  in the table. Pairs Weighed Number Of Herds Average Payment 1 136 €80.27 2 285 €163.51 3 361 €241.24 4 520 €333.93 5 659 ...