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Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Agriculture Industry (1 Dec 2021)

Charlie McConalogue: The quantity of seed potato certified by my Department’s inspectors since 2016 to 2020 is listed in Table 1 below.  The quantity of seed potato imported from Scotland for the same period is listed in Table 2.  Figures relating to 2021 are not currently available. Table 1 Year Certified Seed Potato (tonnes) 2016 3,308 ...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Agriculture Industry (1 Dec 2021)

Charlie McConalogue: As the Deputy may be aware the average area of seed potatoes certified in Ireland for the years 2016 - 2020 was 231 hectares, ranging from 203 hectares in 2019 to 253 in 2016. The area for certification in 2021 increased to 299 hectares giving a 29% increase over the mean of the previous five years. The Department has sufficient staff resources assigned to the inspection and...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Common Agricultural Policy (1 Dec 2021)

Charlie McConalogue: The amount of Pillar I funding paid to Young Farmers in respect of financial years 2016 to 2021 is as follows: Annual Account Period (Financial Year) Total 2016 Annual Account 16.10.15 – 15.10.16 €18,390,272 2017 Annual Account 16.10.16 – 15.10.17 €19,468,019 ...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Agriculture Schemes (1 Dec 2021)

Charlie McConalogue: Convergence is a feature of the current CAP and the new CAP proposals intend to continue with this policy. Ireland has supported this element of these proposals. Convergence aims to redistribute and flatten the value of CAP payment entitlements across Ireland and all Member States. Under the current CAP, some €93million was redistributed from farmers with payment entitlements...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Agriculture Schemes (1 Dec 2021)

Charlie McConalogue: A financial support package of €4.25 million has been secured to offset the additional cost on farmers in the move to mandatory electronic identification of cattle from January 2022 onwards.  The intention is that the scheme will operate over three years (2022 to 2024 inclusive) with the first payments scheduled to take place in quarter four in 2022, expected to be in...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Agriculture Schemes (1 Dec 2021)

Charlie McConalogue: The new CAP places a particular focus on promoting the participation of women in the socio-economic development of rural areas, with special attention to farming. Member States are required to strengthen their capacity in gender mainstreaming and in the collection of sex disaggregated data. The SWOT and Needs Analyses exercises prepared as part of the development of Ireland’s new CAP...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Forestry Sector (1 Dec 2021)

Charlie McConalogue: I propose to take Questions Nos. 229 and 230 together. To date 26thNovember, the Department has issued 2,552 tree felling licences for an area of 26,500ha and a volume of 7.612 million cubic metres.  This compares very favourably to the same week ending in 2020, when my Department had issued 1,529 tree felling licences for 16,161ha and 4.424 million cubic metres. In other words,...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Forestry Sector (1 Dec 2021)

Charlie McConalogue: The Pest Free Area (PFA) of South West of Scotland is the only zone from which coniferous roundwood with bark is imported into Ireland. This is because UK Forest Commission have surveyed and continue to survey and found it to be free from Protected Zone (PZ) bark beetles. This roundwood must be accompanied by a Phytosanitary Certificate from the UK authorities with a declaration of pests...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Departmental Reviews (1 Dec 2021)

Charlie McConalogue: The review of the Environmental Impact Assessment (Agriculture) Regulations will be carried out by the Department of Agriculture, Food & the Marine. The review will be a comprehensive evaluation of the Regulations and the timescale involved has not yet been determined.

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Forestry Sector (1 Dec 2021)

Charlie McConalogue: Both I and Minister of State Pippa Hackett, who has overall responsibility for the sector, take the forestry licensing issue extremely seriously and it is a top priority in the Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine. Significant time and resources continue to be devoted to dealing with the backlog and this is beginning to have the desired...

Horse and Greyhound Racing Fund Regulations 2021: Motion (30 Nov 2021)

Charlie McConalogue: I thank the Deputies for the wide-ranging contributions. To summarise, in order to allow my Department to provide the monies allocated in budget 2022, it is necessary to comply with the technical requirement under section 12(13) of the Horse and Greyhound Racing Act 2001 to increase the cumulative limit to €1.54 billion to accommodate the extra €88 million we are allocating...

Horse and Greyhound Racing Fund Regulations 2021: Motion (30 Nov 2021)

Charlie McConalogue: I move: That Dáil Éireann approves the following Regulations in draft: Horse and Greyhound Racing Fund Regulations 2021, copies of which were laid in draft form before Dáil Éireann on the 20th October, 2021. An important pillar of Government policy is to ensure that the horse and greyhound racing industries achieve their maximum potential and in doing so contribute...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Forestry Sector (30 Nov 2021)

Charlie McConalogue: Significant tree planting measures are proposed within Ireland’s draft CAP Strategic Plan. The proposed Agri-Environment Climate Measure contains options for planting trees in rows, groups or parkland, including the option of planting a tree belt for ammonia recapture adjacent to a farmyard, or planting trees on a riparian buffer adjacent to a watercourse as appropriate. Over...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Forestry Sector (30 Nov 2021)

Charlie McConalogue: Afforestation rates have seen a decline in recent years and there are many reasons for fall-off in interest in planting, including negative perceptions of forestry, competition for land and regulatory difficulties. It will be the challenge of the next Forestry Programme to incentivise and promote forestry. As set out in the Programme for Government, this Government is committed to a new...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Agriculture Schemes (30 Nov 2021)

Charlie McConalogue: The Department is aware of the request for a reconstitution scheme in response to frost damage on young plantations for woodland owners affected by frost events experienced in 2019, 2020 and again in 2021. Surveys for frost damage in affected forests have been conducted by the Department. We are continuing to consider the case for such a scheme and hope to be to clarify our position shortly.

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Agriculture Industry (30 Nov 2021)

Charlie McConalogue: While the current agri-environment measure, namely the Green Low-carbon Agri-environment Scheme (GLAS), is closed to new entrants, it should be noted that the eligibility requirements included being the holder of an active herd number with Herd Owner status and also having all lands farmed declared in the applicant's name on my Department’s Integrated Administration and Control System...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Agriculture Schemes (30 Nov 2021)

Charlie McConalogue: A key priority for me and my Department is the efficient issuing of scheme payments to farmers. I know how critical these payments are to our farmers and their businesses. I am very pleased that GLAS 2021 payments commenced a week ahead of our stated target of mid-November. Processing of the 2021 Advance Payment for the person named are at an advanced stage. Administrative checks involving...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Agriculture Schemes (30 Nov 2021)

Charlie McConalogue: The satellite inspection in this case is completed and a letter detailing the inspection findings issued to the person named on 23rdNovember 2021. The applicant has since advised my Department that they accepts the result of the inspection. Accordingly, my Department has finalised the processing of the application and any payments due will issue to the nominated bank account shortly.

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Agriculture Schemes (30 Nov 2021)

Charlie McConalogue: The Green, Low-carbon, Agri-environment Scheme (GLAS) offered farmers a suite of actions that could be carried out across their holding on a parcel-by-parcel basis. This allowed parcels to remain free of GLAS actions for other uses including forestry. The GLAS terms and conditions outline that afforestation is fully compatible with GLAS and is recognised as contributing to the creation of a...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Forestry Sector (30 Nov 2021)

Charlie McConalogue: REAP is not a whole-farm project and opportunities continue to exist for afforestation and for other Forestry Schemes on parcels not in REAP. Details on the level of afforestation on non-REAP parcels is not currently available. Applicants for REAP were urged, together with their advisors, to look at the opportunities afforded by Forestry Schemes when planning for REAP. Farmers who have...