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Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Work Permits (5 Oct 2021)

Charlie McConalogue: My officials have regular engagement with the Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment, who have primary responsibility for economic migration policy and employment permits. Their position is that employment permits are a last resort for addressing shortages of labour. While the pilot employment permit scheme introduced in 2018 for some sections of the agri-food sector, including dairy...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Agriculture Schemes (5 Oct 2021)

Charlie McConalogue: I want to reassure the Deputy that I am committed to supporting young farmers. The European Commission has exclusive competence to decide on the compatibility of State aid with the internal market. Certain categories of aid are deemed compatible, with those for the agricultural sector set out in the Agriculture Block Exemption Regulation (ABER) EU 702/2014. Article 18 of the ABER provides for...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Farm Safety (5 Oct 2021)

Charlie McConalogue: There has been a significant level of funding on farm safety by my Department under a number of subheads as follows: - Subhead C.11.10 - €250,000 for farm advisor Continuous Professional Development training on five dedicated topics, one of which is Farm Safety. - Subhead B.3.9 - €1.8m for dedicated European Innovation Partnership Farm Safety projects - 8 projects to the value...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Agriculture Schemes (5 Oct 2021)

Charlie McConalogue: Section 81AA of the Stamp Duties Consolidation Act 1999 provides for a stamp duty exemption on the transfer of agricultural land to ‘young trained farmers’. It is covered for State aid purposes under Article 18 of the Agriculture Block Exemption Regulation (ABER) 702/2014, which requires that aid is conditional on the submission of a business plan to the competent authority of...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Agriculture Schemes (5 Oct 2021)

Charlie McConalogue: Low emission Slurry Spreading equipment has been a very popular investment item under TAMS II. Details of the eligible costs and grant payments made for LESS equipment under the Low Emission Slurry Spreading Scheme (LESS), Organic Capital Investment Scheme (OCIS) and the Young Farmer Capital Investment Scheme (YFCIS) on an annual basis are set out in the table below: Year Paid ...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Energy Policy (5 Oct 2021)

Charlie McConalogue: Energy policy formation, is the direct responsibility of the Department of the Environment, Climate and Communications (DECC). The Department of Agriculture, Food & the Marine (DAFM) does however continuously engage with DECC on all energy related matters from an agricultural perspective, as well as a wide range of industry and other stakeholder groupings. While it is not within...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Agriculture Schemes (5 Oct 2021)

Charlie McConalogue: The Areas of Natural Constraints (ANC) scheme is an EU co-funded scheme and is governed by the relevant EU Regulations. Those regulations require that to participate in the scheme, an application to participate in the scheme must be made when completing an application for the Basic Payment Scheme (BPS) via the single application system available on the Department's on-line facility,...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Agriculture Schemes (5 Oct 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. This aid was granted to provide temporary market adjustment support in response to a specific market disturbance as outlined in Ireland's notification to...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Livestock Issues (5 Oct 2021)

Charlie McConalogue: The Department continues to offer the full range of export services to the mart referred to by the Deputy. The export service includes verification of animal identity by Department technical staff, the movement of animals for export in accordance with the Animal Identification and Movement (AIM) System and attendance by veterinary inspectors to inspect and certify matters in relation to export.

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Agriculture Industry (5 Oct 2021)

Charlie McConalogue: The latest numbers available are for the end of June, a breakdown of these figures by county has been requested and will be sent to the Deputy when received. Figures for the end of September will be available from the end of October.

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Veterinary Services (5 Oct 2021)

Charlie McConalogue: The Veterinary Council of Ireland (VCI) is the Statutory Body established under the Veterinary Practice Act 2005. The principal function of the Council is to regulate and manage the practice of veterinary medicine and veterinary nursing in the State in the public interest. There are currently 775 veterinary practice premises in Ireland. The Veterinary Practice Act 2005, as amended does...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Forestry Sector (5 Oct 2021)

Charlie McConalogue: Under the agreed Effort Sharing and LULUCF regulations, EU Member States must account for emissions and removals of greenhouse gases from the land-use, land use change and forestry sector during the 2021 to 2030 period. This does not necessarily imply ownership , but simply reflects the requirement for those reductions or emissions to be counted in the State’s inventory. Those...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Animal Diseases (5 Oct 2021)

Charlie McConalogue: The information requested by the Deputy is provided below. This data was captured by the AHI Beef HealthCheck programme on liver abscesses at slaughter in cattle at 17 factories participating in the programme. This would account for between 50-60% of the national kill. Data has been collected from 2016 to date and includes beef and dairy animals of all ages. Data for the 2021 year is...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Animal Slaughtering (5 Oct 2021)

Charlie McConalogue: As part of the TB eradication programme, beef finishing herds who are experiencing a TB restriction, and if they meet the necessary criteria, are allowed to avail of a special status, termed “Controlled Finishing Unit (CFU)”. Where a herd meets the criteria to be regarded as a CFU under the programme, a special official supervisory and testing protocol is established. Such...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Farm Partnerships (5 Oct 2021)

Charlie McConalogue: Registered Farm Partnerships involve the coming together of two or more farmers to operate the farm business as a single entity. Partnerships have a number of benefits for participants. They improve scale and efficiency of agricultural production by encouraging the consolidation of blocks of land held and operated by farmers not within the same family. They also encourage new skills and...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Departmental Offices (5 Oct 2021)

Charlie McConalogue: I propose to take Questions Nos. 776 to 779, inclusive, together. As the Deputy will be aware, one of the key principles of the Directiveon Unfair Trading Practices (UTP) in business-to-business relationships in the agricultural and food supply chain is to protect farmers, farmers’ organisations and other weaker suppliers of agricultural and food products against stronger buyers and to...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Horticulture Sector (5 Oct 2021)

Charlie McConalogue: Tackling the labour shortage in the agri-food sector requires a multi-faceted approach. In the first instance, it is important that employers engage with the relevant services of the Department of Social Protection, namely Intreo and EURES. My Department, along with Teagasc and IFA, worked with that Department to organise a dedicated online jobs fair for the horticulture sector –...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Food Industry (5 Oct 2021)

Charlie McConalogue: The Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine does not have official figures for the percentage and tonnage of grain, native and imported, used in the production of Irish whiskey. An Independent report (Wallace Report July 2020 - Economic Impact Assessment of the Tillage Sector in Ireland) estimates that approximately 387,000 tonnes of grain (native and imported) was used annually...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Control of Horses (5 Oct 2021)

Charlie McConalogue: The Control of Horses Act 1996 provides powers to local authorities enabling them to control stray and wandering horses in their areas. Enforcement of the Act is a matter for each Local Authority. Section 15 of the Act provides that the Minister for Agriculture may make grants towards the expenses of a local authority incurred under the Act. The payments to local authorities for the...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Animal Welfare (5 Oct 2021)

Charlie McConalogue: Animal welfare is high on the agenda of my Department and considerable resources and funding are provided to address the issue. In December 2020, I announced the provision of record funding of €3.2 million to 101 animal welfare organisations throughout the country, many of which work with equines. These payments are a valuable way to support these charitable organisations in their...