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Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Gorse Burning (26 May 2022)

Charlie McConalogue: The burning of vegetation is controlled by the Wildlife Acts. It is an offence under Section 40 of the Wildlife Act, 1976 (amended by Section 46 of the Wildlife Act, 2000) to burn, from 1st March to 31st August in any year, any vegetation growing on any land not then cultivated. Individuals who are found to burn vegetation within that prohibited period are liable to prosecution by An Garda...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Programme for Government (26 May 2022)

Charlie McConalogue: The Programme for Government: 'Our Shared Future' committed to a land use review to ensure that optimal land use options inform all relevant government decisions.  This land use evidence review is also noted in the Climate Action Plan published in (Nov 2021).  The review balances environmental social and economic conditions and will involve a process of evaluation of the...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: EU Directives (26 May 2022)

Charlie McConalogue: As the Deputy may be aware, the Unfair Trading Practices Enforcement Authority was established in my Department in April of last year when I signed a Statutory Instrument introducing the UTP Regulations which transposed the EU UTP Directive directly into Irish law. The Enforcement Authority has been assigned all the necessary legal powers including to investigate complaints from...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Aquaculture Industry (26 May 2022)

Charlie McConalogue: The Aquaculture Appeals Board was set up under the Fisheries (Amendment) Act, 1997, as amended.  The Act provides for the establishment of an independent Board for the determination of appeals against decisions of the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine on aquaculture licence applications.  Section 56 of the Act sets out the timeframes for determination of appeals. The...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Fishing Industry (26 May 2022)

Charlie McConalogue: A review of the Atypical Working Scheme for non-EEA fishers was carried out by the Department of Justice, the Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment and my Department.  As part of the review, stakeholders involved, or with an interest, in the Scheme, including relevant Government Departments and agencies, employer groups, solicitors representing applicants, the...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Undefined (26 May 2022)

Charlie McConalogue: My Department received a request to approve a change of shareholders in respect of the licences referred to by the Deputy on 15 March 2022. This request was approved on 12 May 2022 and has been communicated to the solicitors acting on behalf of the relevant company.

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Livestock Issues (26 May 2022)

Charlie McConalogue: The functioning of the animal collection service is a priority for my Department.  The Fallen Animal Scheme facilitates the collection and disposal of fallen animals in accordance with EU animal by-products legislation. The Department engages with the Animal Collectors Association (ACA.) on an on-going basis to ensure the collection of fallen animals is carried out in...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Live Exports (26 May 2022)

Charlie McConalogue: The Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine inspects and approves vehicles and vessels involved in the transport of live animals, in compliance with relevant regulations. The table below provides detail of such vessels involved in the live export of animals. Capacity data is indicated, where available. For dedicated vessels, capacity for a maximum number of animals is not recorded as...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Forestry Sector (26 May 2022)

Charlie McConalogue: The Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine launched a Reconstitution of Woodland 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...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Forestry Sector (26 May 2022)

Charlie McConalogue: During 2021, the Department issued 4,050 forestry licences, which is an increase of 56% on the number issued in 2020, and met our revised target of 4,000 licences. It is our intention to build on this momentum in 2022. The Forestry Licensing Plan was published in January 2022 and it sets out a range of forestry priorities for 2022.  A higher priority is being given to...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Agriculture Schemes (26 May 2022)

Charlie McConalogue: The Beef Data and Genomics Programme (BDGP I) was extended for a rollover period of one year in 2021 and further extended again in November and December 2021 for a further one year in 2022. This is a one-year annual extension of those BDGP I participants who were in the 2021 BDGP I transitional scheme. In November 2021, a letter issued to all BDGP I 2021 transitional scheme...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Agriculture Industry (26 May 2022)

Charlie McConalogue: As the Deputy may be aware, the agriculture sector has been set a challenging and ambitious greenhouse gas reduction target under the Climate Action Plan 2021. The sector must reduce emissions by between 22-30%, to bring emissions from a baseline of 23MT CO2 eq into a range of 16 and 18MT CO2 eq by 2030.  A more precise emissions reduction target within this range is likely to emerge...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Agriculture Industry (26 May 2022)

Charlie McConalogue: The agri-food sector is Ireland’s most important indigenous exporting industry, playing a vital role in the economy.  While the sector faces significant challenges such as COVID-19, Brexit, and trade uncertainty in general, environmental concerns, and future CAP and CFP reform; the sector also has many opportunities to develop further and prosper. The 2022 Agriculture gross...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Agriculture Industry (26 May 2022)

Charlie McConalogue: As the Deputy  may be aware, the agriculture sector has been set a challenging and ambitious greenhouse gas reduction target under the Climate Action Plan 2021. The sector must reduce emissions by between 22-30%, to bring emissions from a baseline of 23MT CO2 eq into a range of 16 and 18MT CO2 eq by 2030.  A more precise emissions reduction target within this range is likely to...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Agriculture Industry (26 May 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 2021. The overall market outlookfor Irish and EU lamb prices for 2022/2023 remains reasonable,...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Agriculture Industry (26 May 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. I also acknowledge the role of Minister of...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Agriculture Industry (26 May 2022)

Charlie McConalogue: Our beef and suckler farm families produce a work-class product that is in demand in markets across the globe.   To date in 2022, beef prices remain at a seven year high with R3 Steer prices at 497c/kg as of 2ndMay and an increase in slaughter of 12.4% in the year to date compared to 2021. Teagasc forecasts that EU beef supply will decline in 2022 and that UK supply will remain...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Fuel Prices (26 May 2022)

Charlie McConalogue: I propose to take Questions Nos. 423 and 429 together. In the context of the Ukrainian crisis, significant implications are being seen across all sectors, including the agri-food sector. At farm level, the crisis is already impacting very significantly on the price of fertiliser, animal feed and fuel. Within my Department, I have established a Rapid Response Team to actively monitor the...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Agriculture Industry (26 May 2022)

Charlie McConalogue: The Irish dairy industry is one of our largest and most profitable industries. Irish dairy exports exceeded the €5 billion mark for the third year in 2021. Strong market returns across the core categories of butter, cheese, and powders, coupled with diversification efforts into new markets have led to a sustained increase in value. Last year, we exported over 1.6 million tonnes of...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Agriculture Industry (26 May 2022)

Charlie McConalogue: Poultrymeat, 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 222.18 cents/kg is the highest level seen in recent years. CSO figures show that while the volume of exports fell by 29.3% to 94,295 tonnes in...