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Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Horse Racing Industry (14 Oct 2021)

Charlie McConalogue: Horse Racing Ireland (HRI) is a commercial state body established under the Horse and Greyhound Racing Act, 2001, and is responsible for the overall administration, promotion and development of the horse racing industry. The question raised by the Deputy is an operational matter for HRI and I have requested my officials to refer the question to them for direct reply.

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Veterinary Services (14 Oct 2021)

Charlie McConalogue: My Department is committed to ensuring that a skilled and motivated workforce is in place to meet its priority business needs and utilises workforce planning to identify and address these needs for all our locations. My Department’s office in Naas, Co. Kildare currently has a total of 47 staff assigned to it. This compares to 44 last year. The Department is increasing resources in...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Agriculture Schemes (14 Oct 2021)

Charlie McConalogue: The person named submitted an application for participation in both the Basic Payment Scheme (BPS) and the Areas of Natural Constraints (ANC) Scheme on 12th March 2021. In order to qualify for payment under both the BPS and the ANC Schemes, the land claimed must satisfy the eligibility requirements as set out in the terms and conditions of both schemes. As set out in these terms and...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Agriculture Schemes (14 Oct 2021)

Charlie McConalogue: An application to participate in the 2021 Areas of Natural Constraints (ANC) scheme was received from the person named on 21st April 2021. The advance payment for the 2021 ANC scheme has issued to the person named and will be lodged to his nominated bank account shortly.

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Agriculture Industry (14 Oct 2021)

Charlie McConalogue: The European Union (Good Agricultural Practice for Protection of Waters) Regulations 2017 (S.I. 605 of 2017) give legal effect in Ireland to the Nitrates Directive and to our Nitrates Action Programme (NAP). The Department of Housing, Local Government & Heritage is the lead Department in this regard. The Directive requires all Member States to define set periods when the land...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Horticulture Sector (14 Oct 2021)

Charlie McConalogue: Malcolm Noonan T.D., Minister for Heritage and Electoral Reform in the Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage, established a working group, which includes a representative from my Department, to address the key issues raised in a Report on the Review of the use of Peat Moss in the Horticultural Industry. A final report from this working group is expected at the end of October. I...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Forestry Sector (14 Oct 2021)

Charlie McConalogue: Further to Parliamentary Question No. 468 of 7thOctober, 2021, I would like to reiterate that the Department is continuing to consider the case for a Frost Reconstitution Scheme. It is important to note that provision is made for an additional tolerance in the case of frost damage, in terms of payment applications, which was communicated to the sector by way of Circular 9 of 2020, Inspection...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Common Agricultural Policy (14 Oct 2021)

Charlie McConalogue: Due to the long-term nature of forestry, it is considered that the best option is to continue to deliver the successor to the current Forestry Programme 2014-2020 (extended to end 2022) entirely separately from the CAP Strategic Plan (CSP) and subject to new State aid rules rather than the requirements of the CSP Regulations. The links between these two significant programmes of CAP and...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Forestry Sector (14 Oct 2021)

Charlie McConalogue: I propose to take Questions Nos. 226 and 227 together. All applications for the planting of forests and for support schemes such as Native Woodland Conservation Scheme under the National Forestry Programme must be submitted by a registered forester. The Department compiles a list of Registered Foresters once they meet the criteria for registration, which is to hold at a minimum, an...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Forestry Sector (14 Oct 2021)

Charlie McConalogue: Currently planning permission from the relevant Local Authority is required in many cases when 'replacing broadleaf high forest with conifer species'. This has introduced further difficulties for landowners wishing to clear their diseased ash plantations and replace them with other species. Contact has been made between Department officials and their counterparts in Department of Housing...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Forestry Sector (14 Oct 2021)

Charlie McConalogue: To fell a tree or trees without a valid tree felling licence, unless exempted, is an offence under the Forestry Act 2014. S.19 of the Act provides for exemptions whereby a tree felling licence may not be required. Tree felling carried out under the Reconstitution and Underplanting Scheme (RUS – Ash Dieback) does not require a tree felling licence. The following are common scenarios...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Forestry Sector (14 Oct 2021)

Charlie McConalogue: The weekly dashboard is provided to give a short concise update on the licences issued for the week and month, along with other related information. As the Reconstitution and Underplanting Scheme (RUS - Ash Dieback) is not a forestry licensed scheme and as the Dashboard is already full we do not propose to include an update on it there. I will, however, arrange for the publication of RUS...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Horticulture Sector (14 Oct 2021)

Charlie McConalogue: I propose to take Questions Nos. 231 and 232 together. The Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine is well aware of the concerns in relation to the licensing of peat abstraction which are generating challenges (volume and price) for the horticulture sector. Peat extraction is subject to a planning process under the remit of the Department of Housing, Local Government and...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Common Fisheries Policy (14 Oct 2021)

Charlie McConalogue: In Ireland, quotas are a public resource and are managed to ensure that property rights are not granted to individual operators. This is seen as a critical policy in order to ensure that quotas are not concentrated into the hands of large fishing companies whose owners have the financial resources to buy up such rights. In Ireland, any movement towards privatisation and concentration of...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Live Exports (13 Oct 2021)

Charlie McConalogue: The export of animals plays an important part in stimulating price competition and providing alternative market outlets for farmers. They are highly valued by the Irish agricultural sector for this reason. Live exports however are only possible with the highest of animal welfare standards during transport, and EU legislation allows for these journeys to take place as long as these standards...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Agriculture Schemes (13 Oct 2021)

Charlie McConalogue: Some 172 applications for solar panels have been approved under the TAMS scheme. To date, 79 applications have received grant aid in excess of €675,500. No changes to the TAMS eligibility and technical criteria involved are being proposed at this time.

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Departmental Priorities (13 Oct 2021)

Charlie McConalogue: I understand from Teagasc, the major provider of these courses, that the Green Cert continued to be delivered online during the period affected by the COVID-19 restrictions and that, consequently, no applicant was refused a place or was delayed accessing the course. Additionally, Teagasc was provided with extra teaching resources to deliver the Green Cert. Details regarding how Teagasc...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Agriculture Industry (13 Oct 2021)

Charlie McConalogue: The Department has had extensive engagement with representatives of the meat processing sector, including those in the pigmeat sector, with regard to current challenges in the supply of labour. In the first instance, employers should avail of the range of supports available from the Department of Social Protection to recruit from labour markets domestically and in the European Economic...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Departmental Data (12 Oct 2021)

Charlie McConalogue: Gender equality is a cross-cutting objective of the new Common Agriculture Policy (CAP) 2023-2027 and a priority for my Department. I continue to engage extensively with stakeholders on the future of CAP, including on supports to promote gender equality. In addition, the recently published Food Vision 2030 recognises the importance of gender balance to the long-term sustainability of the...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Departmental Data (12 Oct 2021)

Charlie McConalogue: The information requested by the Deputy is currently being prepared and will be forwarded directly to the Deputy when it is availalbe.