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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. 

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

Charlie McConalogue: The Department of Agriculture, Food and Marine provides a range of grants and premiums for the planting of new forests under the Afforestation Scheme with associated terms and conditions. Scheme conditions apply to technical standards such as the species of tree proposed, fencing specifications and a range of setback distance from environmental features. Other conditions relate to payment...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Island Communities (24 Feb 2022)

Charlie McConalogue: My Department's European Maritime and Fisheries Fund Programme 2014-20 has been in place since 2015 and is nearing its end, with almost all funds committed. I am assuming instead that the Deputy is meaning to refer to the European Maritime Fisheries and Aquaculture Fund 2021-2027 (EMFAF), the successor to the European Maritime and Fisheries Fund 2014-2020 (EMFF), for which the new...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Common Fisheries Policy (24 Feb 2022)

Charlie McConalogue: The Common Fisheries Policy (CFP) Regulation (Regulation EU 380/2013) provides that the European Commission will report to the European Parliament and the Council on the functioning of the CFP by the end of 2022. On 17th December 2021, the European Commission launched an online questionnaire as part of its public consultation on the preparation of this report. The questionnaire has...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Agriculture Schemes (24 Feb 2022)

Charlie McConalogue: Burning of land between 1st March and 31st August (which is the closed season) in any year is prohibited under section 40 of the Wildlife Act, 1976 as amended by the Wildlife (Amendment) Act 2000. It is specified in the Basic Payment Scheme Terms and Conditions that land burnt during the closed season in any given year, is not eligible for the purpose of payment under the Basic Payment...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Horse Racing Industry (24 Feb 2022)

Charlie McConalogue: I have been informed by Horse Sport Ireland (HSI) that an identification document was issued to the individual in question on 21st January 2022. No permission is required from the Department to commence passport printing. Passport Issuing Organisations must, of course, comply with National and EU legislation in this regard.

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Departmental Meetings (24 Feb 2022)

Charlie McConalogue: I inform the Deputy that myself and an official from my Department, along with Ministers of State Pippa Hackett and Martin Heydon, met with the National Women’s Council on 15th September 2021.The meeting agenda was to discuss the National Women’s Council submission on the draft CAP Strategic Plan 2023 – 2027. The National Women’s Council of Ireland also made a...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Aquaculture Industry (24 Feb 2022)

Charlie McConalogue: My Department considers all applications for aquaculture licences in accordance with the provisions of the 1997 Fisheries (Amendment) Act, the 1933 Foreshore Act and applicable national and EU legislation. The licensing process involves consultation with a wide range of scientific and technical advisors as well as various Statutory Consultees. The legislation also provides for a period of...