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Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Special Areas of Conservation (2 Nov 2021)

Charlie McConalogue: Coillte CGA was established as a private commercial company under the Forestry Act, 1988 and day-to-day operational matters, such as the management of their forest estate, are the responsibility of the company. I have therefore passed the questions raised to Coillte for response and direct reply to the Deputy.

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Forestry Sector (2 Nov 2021)

Charlie McConalogue: I propose to take Questions Nos. 1228 to 1230, inclusive, together. The Department's Forestry related Circular 5 of 2021 outlines the advice my Department received from the Department of Housing, Planning and Local Government in relation to the “replacement of Broadleaf High Forest with conifer species”. The Circular outlined the situations where planning permission from the...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Forestry Sector (2 Nov 2021)

Charlie McConalogue: I propose to take Questions Nos. 1231 to 1239, inclusive, together. The Deputy refers to Parliamentary Question number 941 of 19th October, 2021, in which I gave a breakdown of the 420 tree felling licence applications, that were referred to Ecology, where further information by way of a harvest plan or amended harvest plan was required from the applicant. This followed a large triage...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Harbours and Piers (2 Nov 2021)

Charlie McConalogue: Responsibility for the maintenance and development of Local Authority-owned harbours and piers rests with each individual Local Authority in the first instance and its parent Department, the Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage thereafter. Greencastle Harbour is the responsibility of Donegal County Council. In May, I announced a funding commitment to restart work to...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Harbours and Piers (2 Nov 2021)

Charlie McConalogue: As outlined in my response to the Deputy's recent Parliamentary Question on this matter, Rathmullan Pier is owned by Donegal County Council and responsibility for its maintenance and development rests with that Local Authority in the first instance and its parent Department, the Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage thereafter. Regular informal discussions are held between...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Fishing Industry (2 Nov 2021)

Charlie McConalogue: The Mediterranean and Eastern Atlantic Bluefin Tuna (considered a single stock) is a highly regulated species with annual catch limits set by the International Commission for the Conservation of Atlantic Tunas (ICCAT) based on scientific advice. ICCAT is an intergovernmental fishery organisation responsible for the conservation of tunas in the Atlantic Ocean and adjacent seas. It has 52...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Fishing Industry (2 Nov 2021)

Charlie McConalogue: Under the Common Fisheries Policy (CFP), EU fishing fleets are given equal access to EU waters and fishing grounds subject to allocated fish quotas. Quotas for the various stocks are allocated for management areas - that is, an ICES (International Council for the Exploration of the Seas) area or a part thereof - rather than Member States' EEZs. Ireland's EEZ encompasses part of ICES...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Agriculture Schemes (2 Nov 2021)

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, subject to the conditions set out in EU Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2019/1132. Just over 33,000 participants joined the scheme and over €77 million was paid to them in 2019, of which €50 million came from the EU. In...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Harbours and Piers (2 Nov 2021)

Charlie McConalogue: Howth Fishery Harbour Centre is one of the six designated Fishery Harbour Centres which are owned, managed and maintained by my Department under Statute. Capital funding is made available on an annual basis by my Department to the Fishery Harbour Centres, via the Fishery Harbour and Coastal Infrastructure Development Programme. In May, I announced a capital investment package of...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Fishery Harbour Centres (2 Nov 2021)

Charlie McConalogue: The Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine owns, operates and maintains six designated State-owned Fishery Harbour Centres, located at Castletownbere, Dingle, Dunmore East, Howth, Killybegs and Ros An Mhíl under statute. In May of this year, I announced a capital investment package of €33.405m for the six Fishery Harbour Centres as part of the 2021 Fishery Harbour and...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Forestry Sector (2 Nov 2021)

Charlie McConalogue: I propose to take Questions Nos. 1247 to 1249, inclusive, together. As of 22ndOctober, there are 951 afforestation licence applications on hand. These applications comprise 7,900ha of land. Afforestation licences for 3,403 hectares have issued this year and we now have a dedicated team of ecologists working on afforestation files. I expect to see an increase in afforestation licences...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Departmental Budgets (2 Nov 2021)

Charlie McConalogue: The definitive 2022 budget allocation for the Department will be published later this year in the Revised Estimate. In 2020, the Department provided funding of €30 million in total to the UN World Food Programme, the UN Food and Agriculture Organisation and to the Africa Agri-food Development Programme. Details of this funding are available at the following link: gov.ie - Minister...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Departmental Funding (2 Nov 2021)

Charlie McConalogue: This is a matter for the Minister of Education.

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Agriculture Schemes (2 Nov 2021)

Charlie McConalogue: The Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine (DAFM) is collaborating, through an EU-funded project, with Industry partners in the ongoing development of a Geotagged Photo Application called AgriSnap for use on smartphones and mobile devices. AgriSnap enables users to take geotagged photographs using their smartphone and send them securely to the Department in an efficient and seamless...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Nitrates Usage (2 Nov 2021)

Charlie McConalogue: Fertiliser is a significant cost on most farms and is indeed experiencing a rise in prices. The fertiliser market is largely driven by global supply and demand and a number of factors have been major driving factors for price increases including rising global demand due to strong growth in agricultural commodity prices and rising production costs due to increased raw material and energy...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Departmental Contracts (2 Nov 2021)

Charlie McConalogue: There are two contracts/maintenance agreements of an indefinite period entered into by my Department prior to the enactment of the EU Procurement Directive, in relation to the Financial Management and Payroll systems.

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Forestry Sector (2 Nov 2021)

Charlie McConalogue: The Department is the consent authority for certain forestry operations in Ireland, including tree felling and afforestation. Tree felling licences, save in very limited exceptions, carry an obligation to replant the same site. Therefore, issuing more tree felling than afforestation licences does not confer net deforestation.

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Forestry Sector (2 Nov 2021)

Charlie McConalogue: I propose to take Questions Nos. 1256 and 1257 together. I refer the Deputy to his Parliamentary Question number 366 of 21st October, in which he queried the number of hectares to be planted in 2022. I noted that the Afforestation Grant and Premium Scheme was voluntary and that it was not possible to determine the area that will be planted. In addition to this, I advised the Deputy that...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Agriculture Schemes (2 Nov 2021)

Charlie McConalogue: EU Regulations governing the administration of Basic Payment/Areas of Natural Constraint Schemes 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 person named was selected for a remote sensing eligibility inspection. In 2020, The EU Commission...

Select Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Sea-Fisheries (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2021: Committee Stage (27 Oct 2021)

Charlie McConalogue: The overall purpose of section 2 is to update and insert certain definitions provided for under section 2 of the principal Act of 2006. Section 2(a) updates the definition of "Department" to the present title of "Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine" from the title applicable when the principal Act was enacted in 2006, which was the Department of Communications, Marine and Natural...