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Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Departmental Bodies (19 Mar 2025)

Martin Heydon: The information sought by the Deputy is being collated. A full reply to this PQ will be issued to the Deputy within 10 working days.

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Departmental Bodies (19 Mar 2025)

Martin Heydon: The details requested by the Deputy in relation to bodies under the aegis of my Department are a matter for the individual bodies concerned. I have referred the Deputy’s question to the State bodies and have requested that a response should issue within 10 days.

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Departmental Bodies (19 Mar 2025)

Martin Heydon: The information sought by the Deputy is being collated. A full reply to this PQ will be issued to the Deputy within 10 working days.

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Nitrates Usage (19 Mar 2025)

Martin Heydon: Firstly, the Government has moved to establish a Cabinet Committee on Water Quality chaired by the Taoiseach to coordinate water quality improvements across all sectors and work with farmers and industry to secure Ireland's nitrates derogation at EU level. This demonstrates the governments commitments to both water quality and retention of the nitrates derogation post 2025. In August...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: EU Funding (19 Mar 2025)

Martin Heydon: My Department is implementing and administering Ireland's €258 million Seafood Development Programme which is being co-funded by this Government and the European Commission under the European Maritime, Fisheries and Aquaculture Fund (EMFAF) 2021-2027. It provides a range of schemes through which the sector can access funding. All sector schemes are administered by Bord Iascaigh...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Aquaculture Industry (19 Mar 2025)

Martin Heydon: The Aquaculture Licences Appeals Board (ALAB) was established on 17th June 1998 under Section 22 of the Fisheries (Amendment) Act, 1997 (as amended) (the "1997 Act"). The function of the Board is to provide an independent authority for the determination of appeals against decisions of the relevant Minister on aquaculture licence applications. As provided for under Section 23 of the...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Aquaculture Industry (19 Mar 2025)

Martin Heydon: My Department considers applications for aquaculture and foreshore licences in accordance with the provisions of the Fisheries (Amendment) Act 1997 (as amended), the Foreshore Act 1933 (as amended) and applicable national and EU legislation. The licensing process involves consultation with a wide range of scientific and technical advisers as well as various Statutory Consultees. The...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Aquaculture Industry (19 Mar 2025)

Martin Heydon: My colleague Minister Timmy Dooley T.D. and I are both aware of the challenges facing the aquaculture sector. Minister Dooley recently met with industry representatives in the seafood sector, including IFA Aquaculture, he met with Rope Grown Mussel producers in the South West this month, and will be attending the IFA Aquaculture annual conference in late March. While Minister Dooley and...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Artificial Intelligence (19 Mar 2025)

Martin Heydon: All current and future AI use by my Department is subject to human review, data protection and governance measures. The following Department operations are conducted using artificial intelligence tools:Smart text analysis to prevent and contain data breaches. Any AI tools used by my Department are developed in a bespoke manner to address specific business needs. My Department is...

Written Answers — Department of Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Sports Funding (6 Mar 2025)

Martin Heydon: The Large Scale Sports Infrastructure Fund (LSSIF) was established under the National Sports Policy, published on 25 July 2018, to provide Exchequer support for larger sports facility projects, typically those requiring investments greater than the maximum available under the Community Sport Facility Fund (CSFF). The total investment from the Large Scale Sport Infrastructure Fund since...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Departmental Schemes (6 Mar 2025)

Martin Heydon: The Brexit Fish Processor Transition Scheme was implemented under the Brexit Adjustment Reserve Fund (BAR). All schemes that were implemented under the fund complied with all relevant financial governance frameworks, including audit requirements. The Department of Public Expenditure, National Plan Delivery and Reform (DPENDR) is the Designated Body in respect of the Brexit Adjustment...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Agriculture Schemes (6 Mar 2025)

Martin Heydon: The person named submitted an application under the ACRES Co-operation stream and was approved into Tranche 1 of the scheme, with a commencement date of January 1st, 2023. I can confirm that all ACRES payments in respect of 2023 have been finalised for this participant. The advance payment claim associated with this herd in respect of 2024 has not yet cleared all the necessary prepayment...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Agriculture Schemes (6 Mar 2025)

Martin Heydon: The person named was accepted into ACRES General Tranche 1, with a contract commencement date of January 1st 2023. An advance payment of €5,827.40 issued to the herd owner in December 2023 in respect of their participation in the Scheme in 2023. My Department has identified the issue that had been preventing this case from passing the required validations for the balancing...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Agriculture Schemes (6 Mar 2025)

Martin Heydon: The person named submitted an application under the ACRES General stream and was approved into Tranche 1 of the scheme, with a commencement date of January 1st, 2023. An interim payment of €4,000 issued to the herd owner in early 2024 in respect of their participation in the Scheme in 2023. The ACRES balance payment in respect of 2023 has not yet been finalised for the person...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Statutory Instruments (6 Mar 2025)

Martin Heydon: Two statutory instruments have been signed in 2025, the Agriculture Appeals (Amendment) Act 2024 (Part 3) Commencement Order 2025 (S.I. 7 of 2025), which commences Part 3 of the Agriculture Appeals Act 2024, and the Avian Influenza (Precautionary Confinement of Birds and Live Birds) Regulations 2025 (S.I. 31 of 2025). Several other instruments are currently being considered to introduce minor...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Departmental Inquiries (6 Mar 2025)

Martin Heydon: I understand that the Deputy is referring to a case which concerned a consignment of horses, originally dispatched from Northern Ireland to Great Britain. My Department is aware of this case and has liaised with their counterparts in Northern Ireland and Great Britain to offer assistance with investigating the circumstances surrounding the case. As this investigation is ongoing, it...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Agriculture Schemes (6 Mar 2025)

Martin Heydon: In line with Articles 5 and 6 of the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR), I cannot answer the question in its current format as the regulations do not allow the provision of personal data in respect of two separate participants within the same response. My Department will be in direct contact with the Deputy's office to provide separate responses in respect of the two herd numbers you...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Departmental Inquiries (6 Mar 2025)

Martin Heydon: My Department recognises that the recent storms Darragh and Éowyn, have caused varying degrees of damage around the country, including significant damage to trees. My Department has published guidance and number of circulars on the response to the storms and advice on how to use existing felling licences to clear affected trees and how to apply for a licence if you do not already have...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Departmental Consultations (6 Mar 2025)

Martin Heydon: The Veterinary Council of Ireland (VCI) announced in April 2024 that it had updated its Code of Professional Conduct for Veterinary Practitioners to prohibit veterinarians from carrying out surgical artificial insemination in dogs due to ethical and welfare considerations. However, this new prohibition does not apply to greyhounds, as the practice is provided for in legislation under the...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Departmental Regulations (6 Mar 2025)

Martin Heydon: The use of remotely controlled electronic shock collars in dogs and cats has been banned in several European countries on the grounds of animal welfare. The Advisory Council on Companion Animal Welfare, which was established by my Department under an independent chair, as part of my Department's wider animal welfare strategy, advises me on animal welfare matters and considered the question of...