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Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Government Communications (9 Sep 2021)

Charlie McConalogue: There has been no reported hacks or attempted hacks on Ministerial phones during the term of office.

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Government Communications (9 Sep 2021)

Charlie McConalogue: There has been no reported hacks or attempted hacks on Minister’s personal phones during the term of office.

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Freedom of Information (9 Sep 2021)

Charlie McConalogue: The Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine has responded to 2,369 Freedom of Information requests from 2016 to date. As requested, the numbers of these have been set out in tabular form in the table below. Information regarding the breakdown of the type or format of each communication covered in these responses is not recorded by the Department in the manner requested by the Deputy....

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Commissions of Investigation (9 Sep 2021)

Charlie McConalogue: I wish to advise the Deputy that the Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine has not held any commissions of investigation over the last decade.

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Forestry Sector (9 Sep 2021)

Charlie McConalogue: The Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine recently carried out a review of tree felling licence application currently assigned to the Ecology Unit. This review examined the application documents on hand, to ensure they were sufficient to enable the ecological assessment of the application. Where documents were found to be inadequate or missing, a request was issued to the...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Ministerial Appointments (9 Sep 2021)

Charlie McConalogue: I wish to advise the Deputy that the Department has no record of any formal or informal roles held by the person (details supplied) during the lifetime of this Government. As regards the 12 State Bodies under the aegis of the Department, the information requested is an operational matter for the State Bodies themselves. I have referred the Deputy’s question to the Agencies and...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Government Communications (9 Sep 2021)

Charlie McConalogue: In relation to the services listed by the Deputy, I can confirm that they have not been used by my officials or advisors and I have also not availed of the services referred to.

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Fishing Industry (9 Sep 2021)

Charlie McConalogue: Ireland has never made any claims to Rockall, which is a small uninhabitable granite rock located approximately 160 nautical miles west of the Scottish islands of St. Kilda and some 230 nautical miles to the north-west of Donegal. Nor has Ireland ever recognised British sovereignty claims over Rockall, and accordingly has not recognised a 12 nautical mile territorial sea around it either....

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Fishing Industry (9 Sep 2021)

Charlie McConalogue: As the Deputy will be aware, earlier this year, Norway unilaterally declared a 55% increase in its Mackerel quota in 2021. In tonnage terms, this means an increase from 191,843 tonnes to 298,299 tonnes – an increase of 106,456 tonnes for 2021. The Norwegian decision seeks to increase its share of the North Eastern Mackerel Stock from 22.5% to 35%. The Faroe Islands have since followed...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Harbours and Piers (9 Sep 2021)

Charlie McConalogue: Ros an Mhíl is one of six designated Fishery Harbour Centres owned, operated and maintained by the Department under statute. The other five are located at Castletownbere, Dingle, Dunmore East, Howth and Killybegs. Funding is made available on an annual basis by the Department to the Fishery Harbour Centres, including Ros an Mhíl, via the Fishery Harbour and Coastal Infrastructure...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Forestry Sector (9 Sep 2021)

Charlie McConalogue: An application for a tree felling licence for the person named is currently assigned to an ecologist. The ecological documents required to complete the assessment process have been drafted and the ecologist will shortly examine the application. Once the preliminary examination has been completed, the application will be opened for public consultation. When the 30-day public consultation...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Common Agricultural Policy (9 Sep 2021)

Charlie McConalogue: The development of the CAP Strategic Plan is well under way.  Most recently, a five-week public consultation on the draft interventions concluded on Friday 3rd September. Over 1,000 submissions have been made during the public consultation process. The townhall webinars were also well attended with in excess of 300 attending on each of the three nights.  These submissions...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Gorse Burning (27 Jul 2021)

Charlie McConalogue: Wildfire is an easily preventable threat to our beautiful hills and bogs and the habitats and livelihoods they sustain. Everyone must play their part in protecting our landscapes and support the communities they sustain. We must also support our emergency services and ensure they are not needlessly diverted by illegal fires. There is an inherent natural risk of fire in our uplands and on...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Agriculture Industry (27 Jul 2021)

Charlie McConalogue: Action item 31 of the Beef Sector Agreement 2019 states thatfarmers can opt out of the insurance scheme for animals delivered to factories. This facility has been confirmed as being in place by the relevant parties. Any individual farmer who requires further clarity on this matter or wishes to opt out of the insurance scheme, should contact their processor in order to do so. Requests for...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Defective Building Materials (27 Jul 2021)

Charlie McConalogue: The issue of MICA in farm buildings has not been raised with my Department. In relation to capital investment works grant aided under TAMS II, all concrete blockwork purchased for TAMS grant aided projects require that “all blocks used shall be produced in a plant certified to EN 771-3:2011 and shall be CE marked” as provided for in Department Specification S101. Walls in...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Forestry Sector (27 Jul 2021)

Charlie McConalogue: To date this year (23rdJuly), 1,209 tree felling licences have issued, which is 34% up on the number of licences issued to the same date last year. The Department compiles a range of forestry-related statistics, which includes monthly reports of forestry licences issued, which are available on the Department’s pages of the Government of Ireland website, gov.ie. The number of tree...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Forestry Sector (27 Jul 2021)

Charlie McConalogue: I propose to take Questions Nos. 3350 to 3357, inclusive, together. The Reconstitution Ash Dieback Scheme closed to new applications from 12th April 2018. At the same time, my Department began a review of the national response to Ash Dieback Disease as it was increasingly evident from experience and the latest scientific advice that eradication of Ash Dieback disease was no longer...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Forestry Sector (27 Jul 2021)

Charlie McConalogue: An application for the Reconstitution and Under Planting (Ash Dieback) Scheme was submitted on behalf of the person named in November, 2020. The application site is near twelve designated sites, including the Lough Lene and Scragh Bog SACs. Therefore, the impact of any forestry operations on the sites and the surrounding area, must be carefully considered before deciding on the application....

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Agriculture Schemes (27 Jul 2021)

Charlie McConalogue: The person named entered GLAS 1 with a start date of October 1st 2015 and has received payments in respect of scheme years 2015-2020. The applicant was selected for an inspection in 2020 which resulted in a penalty being applied in respect of the Low-input Permanent Pasture action. A request for a review of this decision has been received and this review is currently being carried out by...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Agriculture Schemes (27 Jul 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, in doing so, gave a commitment to reduce the production of bovine livestock manure nitrogen on...