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Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Farm Safety (10 Feb 2022)

Charlie McConalogue: My Department has a range of measures in place to raise awareness of farm safety. This includes actions to educate and raise awareness of farm safety but also capital support to make farms a safer working environment. Some of the measures are as follows: Under the suite of seven TAMS measures, there is a wide range of farm safety related investments available to be grant-aided, with...

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

Charlie McConalogue: As I advised the Deputy in December 2021, in December 2018, the then Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine announced that vessels over 18 metres length overall will be excluded from trawling in inshore waters inside six nautical mile zone from 1st January 2020. A transition period of three years for vessels over 18 metres length overall targeting sprat was allowed to enable adjustment...

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

Charlie McConalogue: The Forestry Act, 2014 provides that a landowner must obtain a tree felling licence prior to felling any tree or trees. To fell trees, save certain exemptions, without a valid licence is an offence. Except for trees that have come about by way of natural regeneration and less than five years old, the Act does not provide an exemption from obtaining a licence where the trees are under a...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Brexit Supports (10 Feb 2022)

Charlie McConalogue: On 12 January, I was delighted to announce a support scheme for the inshore fisheries sector to assist inshore fishers in adjusting to the impacts of Brexit on their businesses. The Brexit Inshore Fisheries Business Model Adjustment Schemedelivers on a recommendation of the Report of the Seafood Task Force - Navigating Change(October 2021). The scheme is proposed for funding under the EU...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Public Sector Staff (10 Feb 2022)

Charlie McConalogue: As requested, the table below provides a breakdown (by section) of the civil servants in my Department working in a number of locations in County Wexford. The table also includes information on the numbers of State agency employees currently working in that county. County Wexford Departmental Section Civil Servants ...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Sustainable Development Goals (10 Feb 2022)

Charlie McConalogue: Ireland has adopted a ‘whole-of-Government’ approach to achieving the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), with each Minister having responsibility for implementing individual SDG targets related to their functions. My Department is a lead on the following five SDGs: - Goal 2:Zero Hunger - Goal 12:Responsible Consumption and Production - Goal 14:Life below Water - Goal...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Climate Change Policy (10 Feb 2022)

Charlie McConalogue: In November 2021, the Climate Action Plan was published, setting out an ambitious reduction in greenhouse gas emissions for the agriculture sector of between 22% and 30% by 2030 when compared with a 2018 baseline. The achievement of this target will take a whole-of-government, whole-of-sector approach, but I remain confident in the sector's ability to achieve its climate targets without...

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

Charlie McConalogue: In November 2021, the Climate Action Plan was published, setting out an ambitious reduction in greenhouse gas emissions for the agriculture sector of between 22 and 30% by 2030 when compared with a 2018 baseline. The achievement of this target will take a whole-of-government, whole-of-sector approach. The Climate Action Plan is aligned with Food Vision 2030 strategy which was published last...

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

Charlie McConalogue: I propose to take Questions Nos. 458 and 459 together. Over the period 2016 to 2020 the volume of imports of beef, dairy produce and sheep meat have increased while the volume of pig meat imports has decreased. The volume of beef imported increased from 29,500 tonnes in 2016 to 30,000tonnes in 2020, an increase of 2%. This compares to 525,000 tonnes of beef Ireland exported in 2020. Imports...

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

Charlie McConalogue: Based on the latest data available from the European Commission for the period 2017 to 2020, EU imports of beef from Mercosur countries have been stable, with on average approximately 200,000 tonnes imported per annum. The table below sets out the annual figures as well as latest figures available for 2021. 2017 2018 2019 2020 Jan-Nov...

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

Charlie McConalogue: Tillage farming makes a significant contribution to the agri-food industry and the economy. The cereal sector is a major contributor of high-quality grain to the feed industry, provides raw material for the food and drinks industry and is a key source of seed production in addition to providing straw to the livestock sector. Cereal growing continues to be attractive in Ireland with...

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

Charlie McConalogue: I propose to take Questions Nos. 462 and 465 together. As the Deputy is aware, the EU-UK Trade and Cooperation Agreement (TCA) will, unfortunately, have an impact on our fishing industry. However, this impact would have been far greater had the Barnier Task Force agreed to UK demands, or had we been in a no-deal scenario which would have seen all EU vessels barred from UK waters and...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Brexit Issues (10 Feb 2022)

Charlie McConalogue: Brexit has presented a range of challenges for the agri-food and fisheries sectors. While the EU-UK Trade and Cooperation Agreement maintains tariff-free trade, the fact that the United Kingdom is no longer in the EU Single Market or Customs Union creates significant extra challenges for Irish food companies trading with the UK. Despite this the value of agri-food exports to the UK has held...

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

Charlie McConalogue: Food products placed on the European marketplace are covered by a range of legislation designed to ensure that products supplied to consumers are of the highest safety standards. The Department plays a key role in the enforcement of this legislation along with Competent Authorities in other Member States, other Irish Government departments and State Agencies such as the Food Safety...

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

Charlie McConalogue: The development of a new ten-year strategy for the agri-food sector is a key commitment of the Programme for Government, which called for an ambitious blueprint for the sector for the years ahead, supporting family farms & employment in rural Ireland and adding value sustainably into the future, with a strategic focus on environmental protection. I was delighted to launch the new...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Trade Data (10 Feb 2022)

Charlie McConalogue: Export value figures for full year 2021 will be available from the CSO later this month and the full data set as requested will be forwarded to the Deputy once available. With regard to the prospects for the sectors referenced, the following should be noted: Up to the end of November, the CSO reported a reduction in the value of dairy exports of €119m (2.5%) and a reduction in the...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Electric Vehicles (10 Feb 2022)

Charlie McConalogue: The Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine has four Electric Vehicle charging points available to staff at its campus in Backweston, Co. Kildare. While four charging points have been installed in the Department’s facilities in Dublin Port (T10), as well as a charging station at Longtown Farm, Co. Kildare, these points are not yet in operation. In addition, the Department is...

Ceisteanna ar Reachtaíocht a Gealladh - Questions on Promised Legislation (9 Feb 2022)

Charlie McConalogue: I thank the Deputy for raising this matter for the first time with me today. It is a matter I have been working on for a significant number of weeks now and through the end of last year as the crisis emerged in the pig industry. I have met representatives of the Irish Farmers Association national pig committee directly and last week I attended a meeting of the vast majority of pig farmers...

Ceisteanna ar Reachtaíocht a Gealladh - Questions on Promised Legislation (9 Feb 2022)

Charlie McConalogue: Absolutely, and we want to support them through this period.

Seanad: Sea-Fisheries (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2021: Second Stage (9 Feb 2022)

Charlie McConalogue: I am thankful for the opportunity to introduce the Sea-Fisheries (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2021 to the Upper House. By way of background, I advise Senators that EU Council Regulation No. 1224/2009, known as the control regulation, requires, inter alia, that member states implement a points system for serious infringements of the rules of the Common Fisheries Policy, CFP, committed by...