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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...

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

Charlie McConalogue: Bovine tuberculosis causes significant hardship for farmers and farming families, and I am fully committed to the objectives of the Bovine TB Stakeholder Forum, which aims to reduce and ultimately eradicate this disease in Ireland. While the incidence of bTB is low relative to historical levels, the number of new restrictions and reactor numbers gradually increased between 2016 and the...

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

Charlie McConalogue: While wildlife are an important element in the complex epidemiology of bovine TB transmission and badgers are the primary wildlife focus in the bovine TB eradication programme. Research carried out on TB in deer in Ireland had found that in certain areas where there are high densities of deer, cattle and badgers living alongside each other, the same strains of TB can circulate between...

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

Charlie McConalogue: 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. Following a record year for Family Farm Income in 2021, Teagasc has forecast that a decline in 2022 is now highly likely, as output price...

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

Charlie McConalogue: Neither I nor officials from my Department have had engagement with the body referred to in relation to hare coursing. Coursing is regulated under the Greyhound Industry Act, 1958. Subject to the general control and direction of Rásaíocht Con Éireann, hare coursing is managed and regulated by the Irish Coursing Club (ICC).  The organisation consists of...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Agriculture Industry (25 May 2022)

Charlie McConalogue: The Programme for Government ‘Our Shared Future’ contains a commitment to seek to resolve the issue of support for the category of farmers known as Forgotten Farmers. I am examining options to address the issue of forgotten farmers both through the next CAP and also through other measures to support this group. I am committed to helping this cohort of farmers and I will bring...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Farm Safety (25 May 2022)

Charlie McConalogue: I thank Deputy Moynihan for asking this question on such an important topic. Over the past 10 years, 22 children have died on Irish farms. In order to reduce the rate of fatal and serious accidents and to instil the message of farm safety into children from a young age, Agri Aware, AgriKids and the Irish Farmers Association (IFA), supported by my Department, teamed up to bring the Farm...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Agriculture Industry (25 May 2022)

Charlie McConalogue: As a unique collaboration between Science Foundation Ireland and the Department of Agriculture Food and the Marine, VistaMilk has become an established focal point for precision, pasture-based dairying research and innovation in Ireland and is centred on 4 principle areas; pasture management and production, animal nutrition, health and breeding, dairy foods and agri-digitalisation.  ...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Departmental Funding (25 May 2022)

Charlie McConalogue: On 23rd March, the EU Commission announced the adoption of exceptional adjustment aid to producers in agricultural sectors which have been impacted by Russia's illegal invasion of Ukraine. The aid provided for was granted as a measure supporting agricultural markets following the transfer of funds from the reserve for crisis in the agricultural sector. The exceptional aid allocation to...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Fishing Industry (25 May 2022)

Charlie McConalogue: Workplace safety policy and oversight is primarily the responsibility of the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment. The specific matter of safe working hours on board sea fishing boats comes under the remit of the Minister for Transport.

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Brexit Supports (25 May 2022)

Charlie McConalogue: On 11 May, I announced a Brexit Voluntary Temporary Fishing Vessel Tie-up Scheme for the polyvalent and beam trawl fleets for 2022. The development of the scheme was based on a recommendation of the 'Report of the Seafood Task Force – ‘Navigating Change’ (October 2021). The 2022 scheme represents an extension of the 2021 tie-up which ran from October to December 2021 and...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Brexit Supports (24 May 2022)

Charlie McConalogue: Within my Department to date, €40 million has been allocated in 2022 for Brexit-related purposes which is likely to be eligible for funding under the Brexit Adjustment Reserve. Of this total, €32 million has been allocated to the fisheries sector, €1 million to the horticultural sector and €7 million to fund an Enterprise Ireland capital investment scheme for meat...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Agriculture Industry (24 May 2022)

Charlie McConalogue: New rules were introduced across the EU by the Animal Health Law (EU Regulation 429 of 2016), which came into force in April 2021. It lays down rules for the prevention and control of animal diseases that are transmissible to animals or humans, including for diseases which are considered to pose a considerable risk of spread when animals are moved between Member States. The...