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Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Forestry Sector (10 Mar 2022)

Charlie McConalogue: An application for the Afforestation Grant and Premium Scheme and an afforestation licence was submitted on behalf of the person named in July 2021. The application is currently undergoing assessment by a Departmental ecologist who will prepare an Appropriate Assessment Report. This application will then be opened for a mandatory 30-day public consultation. Providing nothing further arises...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Food Industry (10 Mar 2022)

Charlie McConalogue: I propose to take Questions Nos. 407 and 408 together. I welcome the strong solidarity with Ukraine shown by Ireland, and indeed the whole of the EU, in the face of its illegal invasion by Russia. As well as the excellent support being shown by individuals, Ireland has contributed some €20 million in humanitarian assistance bilaterally and via the EU. In addition, my Department...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Agriculture Schemes (10 Mar 2022)

Charlie McConalogue: The person named was approved into the Results-Based Environment Agri Pilot Project (REAP). The REAP contract for the person named was selected for inspection. To ensure the participant's costs are covered the participation element of the REAP payment will issue shortly. The environmental element of the payment will be determined by the field score submitted by the advisor and the...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Agriculture Industry (10 Mar 2022)

Charlie McConalogue: My Department's Varietal Testing Centre located at Backweston, Leixlip comprises an area of just over 102 hectares on the Kildare-Dublin border and is one of 5 farms/centres involved in crop variety trials operated by my Department throughout the country. The primary role of this facility is to provide crop breeders and their agents with a national system of plant variety...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Farm Costs (9 Mar 2022)

Charlie McConalogue: I am seriously concerned about the current situation in relation to the cost and availability of fertilisers.  There is no sign of fertiliser prices easing in the short to medium term as prices are being driven by a number of factors including global demand, energy prices and availability.  Russia’s invasion of Ukraine has led to significant hikes in energy...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Agriculture Industry (9 Mar 2022)

Charlie McConalogue: Table 1 provides Central Statistics Office (CSO) data on wheat, oats and barley produced in Ireland for the years 2012 to 2020.  CSO production data for 2021 is not currently available but is expected at the end of April 2022.  Table 2 provides full year data on imports of wheat, oats and barley for the years 2012 to 2021 and the to date figures in 2022.  This import data is...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Agriculture Industry (9 Mar 2022)

Charlie McConalogue: Ensuring the safety of feed is a critically important function of my Department. Regulation (EC) 178/2002 lays down the general principles and requirements for food and feed law and this Regulation defines traceability as the ability to trace and follow feed through all stages of production, processing and distribution. Responsibility for ensuring compliance with this Regulation, other feed...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Teagasc Activities (9 Mar 2022)

Charlie McConalogue: The Greenhouse Gas Marginal Abatement Cost Curve (GHG MACC) for Irish Agriculture quantifies the opportunities for abatement of agricultural greenhouse gases, as well as the associated costs/benefits and visualises the abatement potential of greenhouse gas mitigation measures, and the relative costs associated with each of these measures. The last major revision of the GHG MACC was published...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Animal Breeding (9 Mar 2022)

Charlie McConalogue: I propose to take Questions Nos. 240, 241 and 242 together. The Thoroughbred Foal Levy (The Levy) was introduced in March 2000.  It is a statutory levy on all thoroughbred foals registered in Ireland in the General Stud Book through Weatherbys Ireland. The scheme is administered by Horse Racing Ireland (HRI) and provides a secure financial footing for the breeding industry and...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Agriculture Industry (9 Mar 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: Food Waste (9 Mar 2022)

Charlie McConalogue: The Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine (DAFM) works closely with the Department of the Environment, Climate and Communications (DECC), the Environmental Protection Agency, and other relevant state agencies, to pursue ambitious food waste reductions and other measures that contribute towards a sustainable food chain in the agri-food sector including food waste...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Common Agricultural Policy (9 Mar 2022)

Charlie McConalogue: My Department submitted Ireland's draft CAP Strategic Plan to the European Commission on 31st December 2021. The schemes to be introduced under the CAP Strategic Plan (CSP), including the Areas of Natural Constraints (ANC) scheme, are still subject to review and approval by the European Commission. It is proposed that Ireland would implement the Eurostat coefficients under the CAP Strategic...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Departmental Funding (9 Mar 2022)

Charlie McConalogue: The information requested by the Deputy is set out in the attached table.

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Forestry Sector (9 Mar 2022)

Charlie McConalogue: Tree felling licences carry an obligation to replant the area felled.  A replanting plan is set out in the application for a felling licence and is considered as part of the application assessment.  Where the site is unsuitable for replanting, this will be considered, and an alternative location of the same size will be sought.  The alternative lands must have prior approval...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Agriculture Industry (9 Mar 2022)

Charlie McConalogue: The Department monitors the impact of weather on agriculture and farming both nationally and regionally on an ongoing basis and is aware of the areas potentially affected in Wexford. I understand that the damage caused to farm land in the south Wexford region as a result of the flooding that was experienced on Christmas Day has been localised. As the Deputy is aware, the flooding created...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Agriculture Industry (8 Mar 2022)

Charlie McConalogue: I am particularly concerned about the current situation in relation to the cost and availability of fertilisers and the impact this will have on farmer’s margins.   The fertiliser market is largely driven by global supply and demand and, while there are a number of factors influencing fertiliser price, the major driving factors for the increase in prices are increased global...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Departmental Expenditure (8 Mar 2022)

Charlie McConalogue: In general, all issues in relation to leases for Government Departments and Offices, including my Department, are a matter for the Office of Public Works. The table below outlines the amounts spent by my Department on rented accommodation in Portlaoise in 2019, 2020 and 2021. These amounts were paid by the Office of Public Works and recouped from my Department. Year ...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Forestry Sector (8 Mar 2022)

Charlie McConalogue: Since the first finding of ash dieback disease in Ireland, the Department has provided support to owners of ash plantations impacted by ash dieback disease through the ash dieback reconstitution scheme (introduced in 2013) and more recently the Reconstitution and Underplanting Scheme introduced in July 2020. The objectives of RUS are as follows: - To encourage the active management of ash...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Agriculture Schemes (8 Mar 2022)

Charlie McConalogue: I the Deputy that the Agriculture Appeals Office operates independently of my Department. I have however been advised that the records of the Agriculture Appeals Office indicate that an appeal was received in relation to the above-named person in October 2021. The Appeals Office requested the file and a statement on the grounds of appeal from my Department and all...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Land Issues (8 Mar 2022)

Charlie McConalogue: My Department was unable to identify any query received based on the details supplied by the Deputy, and so made enquiries with the Property Registration Authority of Ireland, who confirmed that no such request for Land Commission documentation had issued to my Department.