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Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Animal Diseases (6 Jul 2021)

Charlie McConalogue: I propose to take Questions Nos. 578, 579 and 606 together. Under the Terms and Conditions of the TB Compensation Scheme, as set out on page 19 of the Compensation booklet it states: “Scans are not accepted by the Department as a means of verifying the pregnancy. The post mortem result carried out at the factory of slaughter is final in this regard”. The Department...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Forestry Sector (6 Jul 2021)

Charlie McConalogue: The Department is committed to issuing 4,500 forestry licences this year, which is an increase of 75% on 2020. To 30thJune, over 39% of that target has issued, with 105 licences issuing last week, including 67 private tree felling licences. In terms of afforestation, the Department has issued more licences than at the same time last year, which are for a land area that is 20% greater in...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Departmental Investigations (6 Jul 2021)

Charlie McConalogue: Releaseis a dangerous product for use by veterinary practitioners only and appropriately authorised officers may lawfully seize this product in circumstances provided for under the law. Records of all seizures are not readily available but I can confirm that Court proceedings were initiated in one case as a result of a seizure made in 2018.

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Departmental Investigations (6 Jul 2021)

Charlie McConalogue: Dexedrineis a performance enhancing drug and appropriately authorised officers may lawfully seize this product in circumstances provided for under the law. Records of all seizures are not readily available but I can confirm that a seizure of this product occurred in 2018 and that court proceedings were initiated against the individual from whom it was seized on foot of related offences.

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Departmental Investigations (6 Jul 2021)

Charlie McConalogue: 4 Fillies is an anabolic steroid with performance enhancing properties and appropriately authorised officers may lawfully seize this product in circumstances provided for under the law. Records of all seizures are not readily available but I can confirm that a seizure of this product occurred in 2018 and that court proceedings were initiated against the individual from whom it was seized.

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Departmental Investigations (6 Jul 2021)

Charlie McConalogue: Cartrophenis a veterinary medicine for use by veterinary practitioners only and appropriately authorised officers may lawfully seize this product in circumstances provided for under the law. Records of all seizures are not readily available but I can confirm that a seizure of this product occurred in 2018 and that court proceedings were initiated against the individual from whom it was...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Departmental Investigations (6 Jul 2021)

Charlie McConalogue: Rásaíocht Con Éireann (RCÉ) - Greyhound Racing Ireland (formerly the Irish Greyhound Board/Bord na gCon) regulates greyhound racing in Ireland. Occasionally authorised officers of the Investigations Division of my Department accompany staff from this body while they are carrying out enforcement activity. I can confirm that this occurred six times in the past four years.

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Fishing Industry (6 Jul 2021)

Charlie McConalogue: In December 2018, following a public consultation process in which over 900 submissions were received, the then Minister for Agriculture, Food and Marine announced that vessels over 18 metres will be excluded from trawling in inshore waters inside the six nautical mile zone and the baselines from 1st January 2020. A transition period of three years for vessels over 18m targeting sprat was...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Freedom of Information (6 Jul 2021)

Charlie McConalogue: The Department publishes a wide range of information on the website as set out in the Department's Freedom of Information publication scheme - gov.ie - Freedom of Information Publication Scheme (www.gov.ie). All logs are up to date. Details of non-personal Freedom of Information (FOI) requests, requests for Access to Information on the Environment Regulations (AIE) and details of...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Freedom of Information (6 Jul 2021)

Charlie McConalogue: The information requested by the Deputy is set out in the table below: Year Amount Collected 2014 €10 2015 €490 2016 €745 2017 €2,600 2018 €841 2019 €1,944 2020 ...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Freedom of Information (6 Jul 2021)

Charlie McConalogue: Since 2014, five Freedom of Information (FOI) requests have been refused on the basis of exceeding the fees threshold. Each of these requesters was notified of the proposed fees and was offered assistance to refine the requests with a view to bringing the fees below the threshold. However, in these five cases, no response was received.

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Forestry Sector (6 Jul 2021)

Charlie McConalogue: I propose to take Questions Nos. 590 to 593, inclusive, together. The Department is intensively engaging with all relevant stakeholders in order to resolve the current licensing delays and we remain committed to a target of 4,500 forestry licences to be issued this year. Updates are published in our weekly Forestry Dashboard. The target of issuing 4,500 forestry licences this year is an...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Agriculture Industry (6 Jul 2021)

Charlie McConalogue: As the Deputy will be aware, there is a commitment in the Programme for Government for the establishment of a new authority to be called the National Food Ombudsman (NFO) or similar, to enforce the Unfair Trading Practices (UTP) Directive. A two-stage approach is being undertaken to deliver the commitment. On 28th April, I signed Statutory Instrument No. 198 of 2021 which sets out the...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Agriculture Schemes (6 Jul 2021)

Charlie McConalogue: Flexibility has been provided by the Department on completion deadlines for the suite of TAMS measures. On 1st April 2020 in response to the COVID-19 pandemic, a three month extension was granted on all projects due to be completed (or approvals due to expire) between 1st March and 1st July 2020. Further flexibility on TAMS completion deadlines has been provided to all participants with TAMS...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Common Agricultural Policy (6 Jul 2021)

Charlie McConalogue: At the June Agri-Fish Council, Ministers accepted the provisional deal agreed between the Council Presidency and European Parliament on 25th June. The new CAP sets out a number of measures aimed at encouraging farmers to adopt climate- and environment-friendly farming practices, including: - enhanced conditionality standards, with a new GAEC 2 for wetland/peatland protection; - 25%...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Fishing Industry (6 Jul 2021)

Charlie McConalogue: At the Agriculture and Fisheries Council held on 28th-29th June, Fisheries Ministers agreed on a general approach on the revision of the fisheries control system. In 2018, the Commission published a proposal to amend the fisheries Control Regulation. The proposal has been examined by both the European Parliament and the Council Working Party. The Parliament adopted its negotiating position...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Agriculture Industry (6 Jul 2021)

Charlie McConalogue: At the Agriculture and Fisheries Council meeting held on 28th-29th June 2021, EU Ministers agreed on a Council Decision requesting the Commission to conduct a study on the Union's situation and options regarding the introduction, evaluation, production, marketing and use of invertebrate biological control agents and to submit a proposal, if appropriate in view of the outcomes of the study. ...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Agriculture Industry (6 Jul 2021)

Charlie McConalogue: The Agriculture and Fisheries Council meeting held on 28th-29th June 2021 included a political discussion on two questions posed by the European Commission concerning the setting of a specific protection goal for honeybees. The context for the discussion was the ongoing revision of the Bee Guidance Document developed by the European Food Safety Authority (EFSA) for use in pesticide risk...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Departmental Funding (6 Jul 2021)

Charlie McConalogue: The Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine supports over 100 animal welfare charities annually. In December 2020, I announced record funding of €3.2 million to assist these charities in their valuable work and to help offset some of the difficulties created by the Covid-19 pandemic. Of this sum, the organisation in question received €48,500. As regards the care of...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Forestry Sector (6 Jul 2021)

Charlie McConalogue: Working Group 4 of Project Woodland have made a recommendation to the Project Board around carrying out an independent review of the regulatory process. The Project Board are examining this recommendation and will be making a proposal on the terms of reference for this review to Minister of State Hackett shortly. This review of the regulatory process is a vitally important part of the work...