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Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Agriculture Schemes (1 Mar 2022)

Charlie McConalogue: The Agri- Environment Options Scheme (AEOS) was introduced in 2010 and ran until 2018 under four separate tranches.  The Green Low Carbon Agri-Environment Scheme (GLAS) was launched in 2015, under Ireland's Rural Development Programme 2014-2020, as the successor to AEOS. All participants in AEOS were offered the opportunity to join GLAS. A series of information meetings was held at...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Animal Welfare (1 Mar 2022)

Charlie McConalogue: I am happy to update the Deputy on the matter that was the subject of amendment three proposed at Committee Stage in the Seanad discussion of the Animal Health and Welfare and Forestry (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2021.   My Department is already working on a proposal very much in keeping with the amendment as proposed, and I expect it to reach the Oireachtas later this...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Departmental Reports (1 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: Agriculture Schemes (1 Mar 2022)

Charlie McConalogue: TAMS II is a demand-led scheme giving eligible applicants the choice of  wide variety of items available under the suite of seven measures.  Details of eligibility for all measures are available of my Department's website. Some 48,022 applications including those belonging to eligible Hill and Natura farmers have been approved under the scheme to date....

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Animal Diseases (1 Mar 2022)

Charlie McConalogue: As the Deputy will be aware, the Johne's Disease Control Programme is managed by Animal Health Ireland (AHI), which is a public-private partnership, with funding provided by industry matched with funding provided by my Department.  Since 2012 the Department of Agriculture Food & Marine has provided financial  and other supports to the Johne's Disease Programme,...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Animal Diseases (1 Mar 2022)

Charlie McConalogue: I advise the Deputy that a voluntary Irish Johne's Disease Control Programme is led by Animal Health Ireland (AHI) and supported by stakeholders including my Department, representative farming organisations, ICOS, the milk processors and Veterinary Ireland. The Johne's Disease Implementation Group in AHI  takes decisions on the most effective measures to deal with the...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Animal Diseases (1 Mar 2022)

Charlie McConalogue: Following interrogation of my Department's Laboratory information management systems, I c an confirm the following are the counties of origin of the nine positive Johne's Disease cases from 2017:P Kilkenny, Clare, Carlow, Roscommon, Wexford, Kildare and Laois. It should be noted that these were diagnosed as a result of animals being submitted to a DAFM laboratory. As such, these findings...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Agriculture Schemes (1 Mar 2022)

Charlie McConalogue: As previously advised, all applicants in the Organic Farming Scheme are subject to annual validation checks to ensure the payments are correct.  The person named declared an organic parcel on their Basic Payment Scheme application in 2021 that was not included on their Organic Farming Scheme application.  My Department is currently addressing this issue and will update on any...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Agriculture Schemes (1 Mar 2022)

Charlie McConalogue: Ireland's draft CAP Strategic Plan ##2023 – 2027, which lists the range of interventions currently being proposed, was submitted to the EU Commission on 31st December 2021. One of the intervention proposed therein is an agri-environment climate measure (AECM). €1.5 billion has been allocated to this flagship agri-environment scheme which will be the successor to the Green...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Fisheries Protection (1 Mar 2022)

Charlie McConalogue: I propose to take Questions Nos. 855 and 868 together. The Common Fisheries Policy (CFP) is a set of rules for managing European fishing fleets and for conserving fish stocks. Under this policy, EU fishing fleets are given equal access to EU waters and fishing grounds subject to allocated fish quotas. Fishing vessels, irrespective of size, must comply with the rules of the CFP, including...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Harbours and Piers (1 Mar 2022)

Charlie McConalogue: On 25th January, I launched a new €35m scheme exclusively for the rejuvenation of local authority owned public piers and harbours. The scheme flows from a recommendation from the Seafood Taskforce which I set up last year to examine how to address the impacts arising on the seafood sector from the EU/UK Trade and Cooperation Agreement (TCA). In keeping with the Taskforce...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Departmental Correspondence (1 Mar 2022)

Charlie McConalogue: I am acutely aware of the challenges that Irish pig farmers are currently facing, due to a combination of extremely low prices and extraordinarily high input costs. I, along with other Agriculture Ministers, have called for an integrated EU-wide approach and for the Commission to deploy appropriate solutions to the current crisis. However, the Commission has consistently directed...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Agriculture Schemes (1 Mar 2022)

Charlie McConalogue: The person named submitted an application to participate in the 2021 Areas of Natural Constraint (ANC) scheme on 27th April 2021. As set out in the terms and conditions of the scheme, to qualify for payment, applicants must satisfy the following minimum stocking requirements: - Maintain a minimum stocking density of 0.15 livestock units per eligible forage hectare for...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Departmental Policies (1 Mar 2022)

Charlie McConalogue: I wish to inform the Deputy that there have been no policy instructions or policy documents brought to the attention of An Bord Pleanála by my Department.

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Forestry Sector (1 Mar 2022)

Charlie McConalogue: I propose to take Questions Nos. 860 and 861 together. We are proposing to substantially increase our licence output in 2022 as outlined in the recently published Forestry Licensing Plan. The targets for 2022 are shown below and represent a year-on-year increase of 30%. The table below also shows licences issued to 18th February and that output is keeping pace with the overall target. ...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Animal Slaughtering (1 Mar 2022)

Charlie McConalogue: My Department currently has supervisory responsibility for 50 approved slaughter establishments. A full list of these establishments and details of the approval process can be found on my Department's website at: . My Department does not hold information on the ‘maximum kill capacity’ of each slaughter establishment under its supervision. The table below sets out the total...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Animal Slaughtering (1 Mar 2022)

Charlie McConalogue: The European Union (Food and Feed Hygiene) Regulations 2020 (S.I. No. 22 of 2020), which give further effect in Ireland to the European food hygiene regulations (“the Hygiene Package”), provide the method by which meat processing establishments, including slaughtering establishments, can apply for approval to operate. The regulations also provide the demarcation limits for...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Agriculture Schemes (1 Mar 2022)

Charlie McConalogue: The objective of the Beef Exceptional Aid Measure (BEAM) was to provide temporary exceptional adjustment aid to farmers in the beef sector in Ireland. The granting of the aid was subject to the conditions set out in EU Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2019/1132.  Just over 33,000 participants, including the person named,  joined the scheme and, in doing...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Greyhound Industry (1 Mar 2022)

Charlie McConalogue: Rásaíocht Con Éireann (RCÉ) is a commercial state body, established under the Greyhound Industry Act, 1958 chiefly to control greyhound racing and to improve and develop the greyhound industry. RCÉ is a body corporate and a separate legal entity to the Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine.   RCÉ made an application to...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Departmental Funding (1 Mar 2022)

Charlie McConalogue: My Department is working to develop a package of measures to assist the affected farmers and landowners. Any such measures will have to be consistent with the Public Expenditure code and with the state aid rules.