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Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Departmental Staff (21 Oct 2021)

Charlie McConalogue: The Programme for Government emphasises the diversification and development of new markets for the Irish agri-food sector. The appointment of Minister of State Martin Heydon with special responsibilities including ‘New Market Development’ affirms our commitment to delivering on this undertaking. The success of the Department's diplomatic representation abroad - in...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Forestry Sector (21 Oct 2021)

Charlie McConalogue: The Department's forestry-related Circular 5 of 2021 outlines the advice the Department received from 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 Local Authority is required when replacing Broadleaf High Forest with...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Programme for Government (21 Oct 2021)

Charlie McConalogue: The Deputy will be aware that the commitment in the Programme for Government is that a new National Food Ombudsman will enforce the UTP Directive and will have a role in analysing and reporting on price and market data in Ireland. The establishment of such an Office requires primary legislation.  The Deputy will also be aware that Directive 2019/633, dealing...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Oireachtas Committees (21 Oct 2021)

Charlie McConalogue: The Department received the comprehensive Report of the Oireachtas Joint Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine on the Proposed Regulation of Veterinary Medicines in Ireland. We welcome the Report and are considering all of the findings and recommendations contained therein. The Department officials were in attendance at the Committee on October 6th last to discuss all the...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Organic Farming (21 Oct 2021)

Charlie McConalogue: I am delighted to have secured a significant increase in the budget for organic farming for 2022. Funding for the Organic Farming Scheme (OFS) has been increased to €21 million up from €16milion last year with a further €2 million for further organic sector development measures.  This increase is very welcome and addresses the growing demand from both...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Common Agricultural Policy (21 Oct 2021)

Charlie McConalogue: The CSO Labour Force Survey 2019 showed that 13% of workers in the primary agriculture, forestry and fishing sector were female. For 2020, the figure was 15%, the highest since 2010. The CSO’s 2016 Farm Structure Survey recorded 71,700 women working on farms, of which less than one quarter (16,100) were farm holders. My Department’s records currently show 26,507 women...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Organic Farming (21 Oct 2021)

Charlie McConalogue: I am delighted to have secured a significant increase in the budget for organic farming for 2022. Funding for the Organic Farming Scheme (OFS) has been increased to €21 million up from €16million  last year with a further €2 million for further organic sector development measures.  This increase is very welcome and addresses the growing demand...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Forestry Sector (21 Oct 2021)

Charlie McConalogue: The Mackinnon report commissioned by the Department to review the processes and procedures for forestry licenses in Ireland, recommended that there would be a review of the legislation on forestry and that this review would consider the introduction of a single consent covering planting, road construction, management and felling. The Department, in response to this recommendation,...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Agriculture Industry (21 Oct 2021)

Charlie McConalogue: Wool production is an important component of agri-industry. There are approximately 46,332 sheep flock-keepers registered on the Department’s database and Department officials oversee and inspect 50 approved and registered wool stores where the wool is held while awaiting sale.  Wool is a sustainable, organic, renewable natural material which can be used in a wide range of...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Common Agricultural Policy (21 Oct 2021)

Charlie McConalogue: I have, with my officials, engaged extensively with all stakeholders on the future of the CAP and on the development of the CAP Strategic Plan (CSP) 2023-2027. The Department has most recently completed a five-week public consultation on the proposed draft interventions, with over 1,000 responses received. As the Deputy is aware, I have also been meeting farmers across the...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Legislative Measures (21 Oct 2021)

Charlie McConalogue: The Deputy will be aware that the Programme for Government includes a commitment for a new office of the National Food Ombudsman to enforce the UTP Directive and to have a role in analysing and reporting on price and market data in Ireland. The establishment of such an Office requires primary legislation.  The Deputy will also be aware that Directive...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Forestry Sector (21 Oct 2021)

Charlie McConalogue: As the Deputy may be aware, Cratloe Woods in Clare is owned and managed by Coillte and as such is its day-to-day management an operational matter for the Coillte.  In view of the question raised, I have however made enquiries with Coillte on the matter.    Coillte advise that the wood in Cratloe is approximately 356 hectares in size and, although it may have...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Horticulture Sector (21 Oct 2021)

Charlie McConalogue: The Department is making significant efforts to research peat alternatives.  Through the EU producer organisation scheme for fruit and vegetables, my Department has approved funding for two sustainability research projects, commissioned by Commercial Mushroom Producers Ltd. The first project is looking at spent mushroom substrate and how this could potentially be used as a...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Agriculture Industry (21 Oct 2021)

Charlie McConalogue: The provisions of Directive 2019/904, known as the Single Use Plastic Directive, were signed into law by the Minister for Environment, Climate Change and Communications by SI 326 of 2021 in July 2021 and prohibited the marketing of single use plastics from the 3rd July 2021. This includes films of the type used to sow covered maize. Maize growers may use existing...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Forestry Sector (21 Oct 2021)

Charlie McConalogue: I fully recognise the impact the current forestry licencing delays are having on the forestry sector as a whole and on the nursery sector in particular. Along with Minister of State Pippa Hackett, who has overall responsibility for the sector, I am in regular and intensive consultation with all stakeholders, and it is my immediate priority to resolve the issues which have led to this backlog...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Agriculture Industry (21 Oct 2021)

Charlie McConalogue: The Deputy will be aware that the issue of maintaining meat and dairy production has been the subject of much speculation over recent months, particularly in the context of the Climate Action Plan 2021 and the subsequent sectoral emissions ceiling that will be established for the agriculture sector. My position has been consistent on this matter, agriculture will indeed need to...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Legislative Measures (21 Oct 2021)

Charlie McConalogue: The Deputy will be aware that the commitment in the Programme for Government is that a new National Food Ombudsman will enforce the UTP Directive and will have a role in analysing and reporting on price and market data in Ireland. The establishment of such an Office requires primary legislation.  The Deputy will also be aware that Directive 2019/633, dealing...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Forestry Sector (21 Oct 2021)

Charlie McConalogue: Along with Minister of State Pippa Hackett who has overall responsibility for the sector, I am in regular and intensive consultation with all stakeholders, and it is my immediate priority to resolve the issues which have led to this backlog and to issue licences in the volume needed for this important sector to continue to contribute to our rural economy.  I am pleased to say that we are...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Departmental Reviews (21 Oct 2021)

Charlie McConalogue: The Programme for Government: Our Shared Future (2020) commits to a land use review to ensure that optimal land use options inform all relevant government decisions.  The review will balance environmental social and economic conditions and will involve an evaluation of the ecological characteristics of the land. It will include consideration of emissions to air and water, carbon...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Greenhouse Gas Emissions (21 Oct 2021)

Charlie McConalogue: The Deputy will be aware that it is the responsibility of the Environmental Protection Agency to prepare the reports on emissions and removals associated with land use activities on an annual basis to the EU and the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC). Furthermore, the Government is in the process of making regulations, as part of the Climate Action and Low...