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

Charlie McConalogue: Under the Nitrates Regulations (S.I. 605 of 2017) farmers are obliged to farm within the limit of 170kg of nitrogen per hectare (or 250kgs/N/ha for those who hold an approved derogation). One of the measures farmers can take to reduce nitrogen levels is to export slurry to another holding. The deadline for submission of all livestock manure movements is the 31st December 2021 (the...

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

Charlie McConalogue: I propose to take Questions Nos. 764 and 765 together. Ireland's National Forests Inventory (NFI) in 2017 records the area of forest in Ireland as 770,020ha or 11% of the land area. Conifer species are the dominant forest type and make up 71.2% of all forests. Broadleaved forests represent 28.8%. The table below lists the area and percentage of forest cover per county based on estimates from...

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

Charlie McConalogue: EU Regulations governing the administration of Basic Payment/Areas of Natural Constraint Schemes/GLAS require that full and comprehensive administrative checks, including in some cases remote sensing (e.g. satellite inspections), are completed before any payments issue. The 2021 application of the persons named was selected for a remote sensing eligibility inspection. The application is...

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

Charlie McConalogue: I propose to take Questions Nos. 767 to 769, inclusive, together. The challenge of generational renewal is widely recognised both at national and EU level with the new Common Agricultural Policy (CAP) citing it as one of its nine key objectives. Food Vision 2030, the new strategy for the agri-food sector (gov.ie - Food Vision 2030 – A World Leader in Sustainable Food Systems)...

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

Charlie McConalogue: The challenge of generational renewal is widely recognised at national and EU level, with the new Common Agricultural Policy (CAP) citing it as one of its nine key objectives. I believe that supporting young farmers and facilitating generational renewal is critical to ensure a bright future for the agri-food sector. Obviously this also concerns older farmers and while there are a number...

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

Charlie McConalogue: The EU Regulation 1306/2013, and in particular Articles 111 – 114, requires that Member States ensure the annual ex-post publication of all beneficiaries of CAP (Common Agriculture Policy) funding. In accordance with legislation, the information shall remain available on a single website for two years from the date of its initial publication. EU Regulation No 908/2014 states that...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Legislative Measures (25 Nov 2021)

Charlie McConalogue: The Programme for Government 2020 includes a commitment to bring forward legislation that prohibits fur farming in the State. There are three active farms in the State that breed and rear mink for the purposes of pelting for the fur industry. The statutory prohibition on fur farming will, in particular, impact these three farms who are currently operating a lawful business. For this reason,...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Food Industry (25 Nov 2021)

Charlie McConalogue: Snails intended for human consumption are defined in EU food regulations as terrestrial gastropods of the species Helix pomatiaLinné, Helix aspersaMuller, Helix lucorum and species of the family Achatinidae (Paragraph 6.2, Annex 1, Reg EC 853/2004). My Department has no flexibility in respect of the classification of snails for human consumption. In Ireland, all food intended for human...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Forestry Sector (25 Nov 2021)

Charlie McConalogue: I understand that the Deputy may actually be referring to the AECM (which appears to an acronym for the European Association of Guarantee Institutions). AECM means, in the context of the draft regulation for the new Common Agricultural Policy (CAP) period, an agri-environment-climate measure and is the working title of a proposed intervention included in Ireland’s draft CAP...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Forestry Sector (25 Nov 2021)

Charlie McConalogue: I am aware of the establishment of the Social Economic Environmental Forestry Association of Ireland (SEEFA) and of their requests in terms of Irish forestry. Let me say how seriously both myself and Minister of State Pippa Hackett, who has overall responsibility for the sector, take the forestry licensing issue. Significant time and resources continue to be devoted to dealing with the...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Forestry Sector (25 Nov 2021)

Charlie McConalogue: The table below indicates the number of farmer/non-farmer applicants that chose to establish forestry in the years 2015 to 2020. The table shows the overall number of newly established forestry sites has been in decline recently. There could be many reasons for this as farmers have many options open to them to manage their land, including the lease or sale of lands. Non-farmer applicants...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Departmental Staff (25 Nov 2021)

Charlie McConalogue: The Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine has appointed a Director of Forestry with direct responsibility for forestry policy and operations on 22ndNovember 2021. The newly appointed Forestry Director is reporting to the Assistant Secretary General in my Department who has responsibility for both GLAS and forestry.

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Forestry Sector (25 Nov 2021)

Charlie McConalogue: In accordance with Article 4 of the draft Regulation of the European Parliament and of the Council establishing rules on support for strategic plans to be drawn up by Member States under the common agricultural policy, Member States shall provide in their CAP Strategic Plans the definitions of ‘agricultural activity’, ‘agricultural area’, ‘eligible...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Forestry Sector (24 Nov 2021)

Charlie McConalogue: An application for a tree felling licence for the person named, was received in February this year. A Harvest Plan has been submitted and the application is currently assigned to an Ecologist. The Appropriate Assessment Report is currently being compiled. Once that is completed, the application will be opened for a public consultation period of 30 days. When that consultation closes, the...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Agriculture Industry (24 Nov 2021)

Charlie McConalogue: Carcase classification and carcase presentation controls in 32 slaughter plants are carried out by a dedicated team of specialist staff in the Beef Carcase Classification Section within my Department. Additional monitoring of carcase presentation by my Department’s veterinary public health inspection staff (VPHIS) in the factories is currently being implemented in all factories since...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Agriculture Schemes (24 Nov 2021)

Charlie McConalogue: I propose to take Questions Nos. 229 and 230 together. It is not possible to provide the information requested by the Deputy in the required time. The information is currently being compiled and I will forward it to the Deputy as soon as it is available.

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Agriculture Schemes (24 Nov 2021)

Charlie McConalogue: I wish to inform the Deputy that the Agriculture Appeals Office operates independently of my Department. I have been advised that the records of the Agriculture Appeals Office indicate the following for the years 2016 to 2020: YEAR No of Appeals Received Percentage of Appeals Allowed/Partially Allowed or Revised by the Department* 2016 598...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Forestry Sector (24 Nov 2021)

Charlie McConalogue: A felling licence issued to the persons named in January 2021. There are no other applications awaiting decision.

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Agriculture Industry (24 Nov 2021)

Charlie McConalogue: The Department of Housing Local Government and Heritage are the competent authority for the Nitrates regulations (SI 605 2017). When a milking parlour is washed down and the washings are stored in a separate tank to livestock manure, this is considered to be soiled water. Teagasc research shows this material contains four units of nitrogen per 1,000 gallons in comparison to slurry which...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Agriculture Schemes (24 Nov 2021)

Charlie McConalogue: An application under the 2021 Basic payment Scheme (BPS) scheme was received from the person named on 14th April 2021. A dual claim (one parcel of land claimed on two separate applications) was identified on this application. In order to resolve this dual claim, further documentation is required from the above named applicant, which has not yet been received. My Department will contact the...