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Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Departmental Records (14 May 2024)

Charlie McConalogue: My Department is currently working with the National Archives in relation to identifying and cataloguing Land Commission records with a view to ultimately transferring the collection to the National Archive from where the records can eventually be made available to the public. I anticipate that certain Land Commission records (e.g. Fair Rent Orders) will start transferring to the National...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Agriculture Industry (14 May 2024)

Charlie McConalogue: Ireland is one of the most food secure countries in the world. In fact, Ireland has come second of 113 countries assessed for food security, according to the latest Global Food Security Index. The issue of maintaining food production has been the subject of much discussion in the context of the Government's economy-wide target to reduce greenhouse gas emissions by 51% by 2030. My position...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Food Labelling (14 May 2024)

Charlie McConalogue: The Bord Bia Sustainable Quality Assurance Schemes are voluntary schemes operated by Bord Bia whose statutory role is to promote, assist and develop the marketing of Irish food and livestock and the production, marketing and consumption of horticultural produce. Not all Irish producers are members of these schemes. The quality assurance schemes are built on best practice in farming and...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Teagasc Activities (14 May 2024)

Charlie McConalogue: Teagasc operates as a non-commercial state body under the aegis of the Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine. Its statutory remit is to provide research, advisory and education services to the agri-food sector. The number of permanent staff employed in Teagasc is governed by a delegated sanction framework, which gives the organisation discretion to make appointments within an...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Brexit Supports (14 May 2024)

Charlie McConalogue: The responsibility for the enhancement, development and maintenance of local authority owned piers, harbours and slipways rests with each local authority in the first instance. I am also mindful that the primary governance role for local authorities rests with the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage and any wider funding issues should be addressed to that Minister. Through...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Farm Safety (14 May 2024)

Charlie McConalogue: The Targeted Agriculture Modernisation Scheme (TAMS 3) provides grants to farmers to build and/or improve a specified range of farm buildings and equipment on their holdings. The Solar Capital Investment scheme is one of the measures in TAMS, which provides support to farmers wishing to invest in renewable energy, thereby reducing their dependence on fossil fuels. The safety of Solar...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Agriculture Schemes (14 May 2024)

Charlie McConalogue: The person named submitted a claim under the Young Farmer Capital Investment Scheme for grant aid for a mass concrete tank and animal housing in June 2023. A letter was issued to the applicant in January 2024 advising of a 100% penalty. The applicant requested a review of this decision, which resulted in the original decision being overturned. I am pleased to advise that the payment due...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Animal Welfare (14 May 2024)

Charlie McConalogue: The number of calls received by my Departments animal welfare helpline in 2023 and for the first four months of 2024 are listed below in tabular form. Animal Welfare Helpline calls Year Calls Received 2024 (January - April) 700 2023 1609

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Trade Missions (14 May 2024)

Charlie McConalogue: The table below outlines the Ministerial-led trade missions by my Department planned for remainder of 2024. The Trade Missions will be undertaken in conjunction with Bord Bia, Teagasc, Sustainable Food Systems Ireland, Enterprise Ireland and industry stakeholders. 2024 TRADE MISSION September China & Korea...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Departmental Correspondence (14 May 2024)

Charlie McConalogue: The objective of the CAP Strategic Plan Dairy Beef Welfare Scheme (DBWS) is to incentivise the use of genetic tools to improve the beef merit of progeny from dairy herds. Breeding with high Dairy Beef Index (DBI) sires has established progeny performance benefits as measured by their Commercial Beef Value (CBV). The scheme supports the use of the Dairy Beef Index to produce calves with a...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Farm Costs (14 May 2024)

Charlie McConalogue: While banking is primarily the responsibility of the Minister for Finance, I regularly engage with the banks on the financing needs of the agri-food sector. However, my Department cannot intervene in individual cases. If an applicant is dissatisfied with a loan decision, in the first instance they should submit an appeal through the bank's internal appeals process. If, after a determination...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Agriculture Schemes (14 May 2024)

Charlie McConalogue: The functionality to lodge payment claims is in place for all the schemes under the Targeted Agriculture Modernisation Scheme (TAMS 3). The payments system is in place for eight of the ten schemes, with the Young Farmer Scheme and the Women Farmer scheme anticipated to be in place next month. My Department is currently processing payment claims with payments to begin to issue in June in...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Agriculture Schemes (14 May 2024)

Charlie McConalogue: There are currently 435 applications outstanding under Tranche 1 of TAMS 3, where a query has been raised with the applicant. The processing of applications under Tranche 2 is continuing, with approvals issuing on a daily basis. Of the total of 9,110 applications received in Tranche 2, a total of 4,255 applications have yet to receive approval. Many of the applications received are in...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Agriculture Schemes (14 May 2024)

Charlie McConalogue: A total of over 11,000 approvals have issued in respect of applications submitted under Tranche 1 and Tranche 2 of TAMS 3, which will allow farmers to proceed with their investments. To date, 785 claims for payment in respect of approved investments have been submitted, and these are currently being assessed. It is anticipated that payments will start to issue in June in respect of...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Departmental Correspondence (14 May 2024)

Charlie McConalogue: My Department is aware of the correspondence relating to a shipping vessel dated 08 April 2024 as supplied. The dedicated livestock vessel mentioned in the correspondence is not currently approved by my Department under the Carriage of Livestock by Sea Regulations 2016. Irish approval standards require that any vessel seeking approval under the aforementioned regulations must be...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Employment Rights (14 May 2024)

Charlie McConalogue: The information requested regarding the 13 Bodies under the aegis of my Department is an operational matter for the State Bodies themselves. I have referred the Deputy’s question to the Agencies and have requested that a response should issue within 10 days.

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Common Agricultural Policy (14 May 2024)

Charlie McConalogue: A list of payments by county are published annually by my Department in its Annual Review and Outlook (ARO). The published figures for 2022 are as follows: Total Payments (Direct and Capital, including TAMS) to Farmers by DAFM by County in 2022 County Average Farmer Payment (rounded to nearest €500) Per County Total payments€ Millions ...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Farm Costs (14 May 2024)

Charlie McConalogue: Given the wide variety of fertiliser products available, it is not possible to provide the analysis as requested. In addition, my Department collects data on fertiliser production and sales but not prices, as this is a commercial matter. Accordingly, the following table sets out the CSO Agricultural Price Index for fertilisers for February (the latest month available this year) for the...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Departmental Data (14 May 2024)

Charlie McConalogue: All live animals being imported or exported must travel with a health certificate validated by an official veterinarian specifying that the animals fulfil the basic animal health requirements as set out in relevant EU regulations. My Department does not retain information on veterinary certification for imported sheep prior to 2017. The table hereunder provides data on the quantities of...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Departmental Data (14 May 2024)

Charlie McConalogue: Based on data from the Central Statistics Office, the quantity of raw sheepmeat exported from the State for the years 2014 to 2023 is presented in the tabular format below. The total volume exported for the reference period is 582,701 tonnes yielding an annual average of 58,270 tonnes. Note that this data excludes small quantities of goatmeat exports which are usually classified under...