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Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Agriculture Schemes (30 Mar 2022)

Charlie McConalogue: The Targeted Intervention Package I announced on 22nd March is framed around three pillars which seek to support our vital Irish farming families arising both from events in Ukraine and wider global price volatility. The total package is projected to cost in the region of €12.2 million and is open to existing tillage farmers. The package seeks firstly to incentivise the planting of...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Pigmeat Sector (30 Mar 2022)

Charlie McConalogue: I propose to take Questions Nos. 196 and 200 together. The Department is currently reviewing the proposal referred to and is engaging with stakeholders in this context, and on the situation in the pig sector in general. Our pig farmers have always been remarkably resilient but I am acutely aware of the unprecedented challenges that Irish pig farmers are facing at present. The...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Climate Action Plan (30 Mar 2022)

Charlie McConalogue: As the issue referred to in the Deputy's question relates to research activities undertaken by the Marine Institute (MI), I have forwarded the Deputy's question to the Marine Institute for direct response, in relation to research undertaken by the MI only, in that regard.

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Agriculture Schemes (30 Mar 2022)

Charlie McConalogue: The person named applied under the Organic Capital Investment Scheme in October 2015 for a Mower - Mounted without conditioner. Approval was granted, however when processing the claim, no receipts for the purchase of the mower were submitted. It was discovered the applicant purchased the mower with cash. A cash sale without other supporting evidence of payment is ineligible under TAMS as per...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Forestry Sector (30 Mar 2022)

Charlie McConalogue: The Department has, through Project Woodland, established a definition of the backlog, which is anything on hand over 120 days. Therefore, the current licences on hand, broken down by category and those over 120 days is indicated in the table below. These cohorts of applications have reduced by 29% since the end of last August, which is a significant reduction in the number of applications...

Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: Pigmeat Sector (29 Mar 2022)

Charlie McConalogue: I thank the Deputies. I accept that clarity as quickly as possible is important. Farmers are making decisions about the situation in which they find themselves. Every pig that leaves a farm at the moment is losing the farmer a significant amount of money, and that is increasing by the day. I am very much aware of the situation and have been liaising very closely with the sector for a...

Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: Pigmeat Sector (29 Mar 2022)

Charlie McConalogue: I thank the Deputies for raising this Topical Issue matter. I recently met representatives of the IFA, including members of its pig committee, in addition to farmers and I fully understand the scale of the challenge facing the sector. Indeed, we will meet the representatives again at 9 o'clock tonight. As Deputy O'Sullivan said, I met the farmers on Kildare Street today and spoke to them....

Seanad: Impact on Farming Sector Arising from the Situation in Ukraine: Statements (29 Mar 2022)

Charlie McConalogue: I thank Members for the invitation to be here. On behalf of the Government, once again I utterly condemn the illegal invasion of Ukraine. We are also mindful of the terrible toll being inflicted on Ukrainian citizens. As a Government and as a people, we remain resolute in our solidarity and support for Ukraine and we reiterate the call on Russia to cease all hostilities immediately and to...

Seanad: Impact on Farming Sector Arising from the Situation in Ukraine: Statements (29 Mar 2022)

Charlie McConalogue: I thank all Senators for their comments and contributions to what was a very constructive debate. We are all very aware of the challenging situation we are currently facing but I assure the House that my Government colleagues and I are sparing no effort to lessen the negative impacts of the Russian invasion of Ukraine. It is not possible or desirable for the Government to respond to every...

Seanad: Animal Health and Welfare and Forestry (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2021: Report Stage (29 Mar 2022)

Charlie McConalogue: I want to acknowledge the presence of families and some workers from the three fur farms, who are present in the Gallery this evening. Obviously, the Bill has massive implications for their livelihoods and for the professions that they have built up over a couple of generations from the early 1960s with the support of the State. A number of the amendments have been ruled out of order for...

Seanad: Animal Health and Welfare and Forestry (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2021: Report Stage (29 Mar 2022)

Charlie McConalogue: It was the Minister of State, Deputy Heydon.

Seanad: Animal Health and Welfare and Forestry (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2021: Report Stage (29 Mar 2022)

Charlie McConalogue: I thank Senator Higgins. On Senator Boylan's point, she was mistaken. The Minister of State in question was not Deputy Peter Burke, but Deputy Heydon. She was also mistaken as regards what he said. The Minister of State said he would discuss the matter with me and bring it back to me, which he did. As I said very clearly during the engagements I had previously in the Seanad, I will be...

Seanad: Animal Health and Welfare and Forestry (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2021: Report Stage (29 Mar 2022)

Charlie McConalogue: I thank all of the Senators for their very constructive suggestions on this. I have an update on amendment No. 7. There had been a request previously for a note to be sent from my Department to supply statistics on local electoral areas. I can confirm that this had been forwarded on as part of the debate on that amendment. I thank Senator Higgins for the comprehensive explanation and...

Seanad: Animal Health and Welfare and Forestry (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2021: Report Stage (29 Mar 2022)

Charlie McConalogue: A lot more detail is required, which will follow through from the regulation and subsequently to the forestry scheme that will be put in place to enable this. The Bill provides the platform to enable that to happen. It also sets key principles that will inform the regulation and the scheme. The points the Senator has raised are points that can be accommodated and considered further. There...

Seanad: Animal Health and Welfare and Forestry (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2021: Report Stage (29 Mar 2022)

Charlie McConalogue: The list of trees in the legislation is the list. If Senator Higgins was writing the legislation, she might have missed a couple because she did not include them in the amendment.

Seanad: Animal Health and Welfare and Forestry (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2021: Report Stage (29 Mar 2022)

Charlie McConalogue: Okay. Overall, the thrust of some of her previous arguments is that we should be particularly prescriptive in the legislation lest some pesky Minister in the future might wreak havoc and do things via the legislation that we would not have intended. What she is saying now is the reverse, namely, that there should be more flexibility in addition to what is in the primary legislation in order...

Seanad: Animal Health and Welfare and Forestry (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2021: Report Stage (29 Mar 2022)

Charlie McConalogue: It is in the primary legislation. Regarding the amendment the Senator has tabled, which is to insert the native Irish pine, the Burren pine, I understand that the reference relates to the small population of Scots pines in Rockforest, County Clare, which are said to be derived from the original native Scots pine trees. While people refer to these trees as native Irish or Burren pine, these...

Seanad: Animal Health and Welfare and Forestry (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2021: Report Stage (29 Mar 2022)

Charlie McConalogue: I am under a little time pressure because I have to be in the Dáil. I thank Senator Pauline O'Reilly for being brief in her final comments. I thank the Senators for their contributions throughout the various Stages of the Bill. There are a lot of good things in it. It is very positive to see the 1 ha initiative. I commend the Minister of State, Senator Hackett, on her role in that....

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Animal Carcase Disposal (29 Mar 2022)

Charlie McConalogue: Domestic animal cremation is typically carried out in low-capacity incineration facilities and seven such incinerators are currently approved by my Department. Deceased pets are classified in law as animal by-products. Plants carrying out low-capacity incineration of animal by-products are approved and supervised by my Department in accordance with the EU Animal By-Products Regulations...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Special Areas of Conservation (29 Mar 2022)

Charlie McConalogue: Natura is made up of Special Protection Areas (SPAs), established under the EU Birds Directive (79/409/EEC), and Special Areas of Conservation (SACs), established under the Habitats Directive (92/43/EEC). Responsibility for Natura lies with the National Parks and Wildlife Services (NPWS) in Ireland. Natura agricultural lands form a significant part of the overall eligible agricultural area...