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Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Aquaculture Industry (30 Jun 2021)

Charlie McConalogue: As the Deputy is aware, my Department considers all applications for aquaculture licences in accordance with the provisions of the 1997 Fisheries (Amendment) Act, the 1933 Foreshore Act and applicable national and EU legislation. The licensing process involves consultation with a wide range of scientific and technical advisers as well as various Statutory Consultees. The legislation also...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Animal Feedstuffs (30 Jun 2021)

Charlie McConalogue: As a response to the BSE crisis of the early 1990’s, the EU introduced a feed ban in 1994 on the feeding of mammalian Meat and Bone Meal (MBM) and Processed Animal Protein (PAP) to cattle, sheep and goats. In subsequent years, the feed ban was supplemented with provisions prohibiting intra-species recycling. This principle generally applies to all food-producing animals, including pigs...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Agriculture Schemes (30 Jun 2021)

Charlie McConalogue: The total area of Low-input Permanent Pasture action in GLAS at the end of May 2021 is provided below. The Deputy should be aware that these figures are subject to change, for example, when an applicant withdraws from the scheme, withdraws the action or as they progresses through the payment stages. Low Input Permanent Pasture (part of parcel) 67,485 Hectares Low Input Permanent Pasture...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Climate Change Policy (30 Jun 2021)

Charlie McConalogue: The Department is aware of a number of different voluntary carbon trading schemes, including the UK Woodland Carbon code, which allows forest owners to trade carbon on a voluntary basis and for voluntary compliance purposes by businesses. The Irish model for support for direct supports for the forestry sector is different in that the Department continues to fund afforestation by providing a...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Agriculture Schemes (30 Jun 2021)

Charlie McConalogue: The information requested by the Deputy is provided below. COUNTY Successful Applicants Unsuccessful Applicants Carlow 48 82 Cavan 259 221 Clare 306 149 Cork 246 960 Donegal 458 743 Dublin 2 ...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Fur Farming (30 Jun 2021)

Charlie McConalogue: The Animal Health and Welfare (Fur farming) Bill 2020 presently applies to cats, chinchillas, dogs, foxes, mink and weasels (including stoats). The inclusion of rabbits in this list is being considered.

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Farm Inspections (29 Jun 2021)

Charlie McConalogue: The Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine employed 16 Inspectors whose duties included inspection of dairy farms in 2011. In 2021 there are 16 inspectors whose duties include inspection of dairy farms. There were 286 dairy farm inspections completed in 2011 and 418 dairy farm inspections are planned for 2021.

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Animal Diseases (29 Jun 2021)

Charlie McConalogue: The incidence of clinical mastitis in dairy cattle varies widely, due to differences in a range of factors including climate, level of production and management. Mastitis is a disease that farmers are not obligated to report to the Department and, therefore, the data requested in relation to mastitis cases recorded at farm level is not available.

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Animal Culls (29 Jun 2021)

Charlie McConalogue: There are currently 33 slaughterhouses classifying beef carcasses. The information provided by such businesses is determined by EU legislation in this regard. The number of cows slaughtered across all 33 slaughterhouses is set out in the Table below. Slaughter figures are not broken down into either the breed or the type of cow that is slaughtered, so it is not possible to give an exact...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Greyhound Industry (29 Jun 2021)

Charlie McConalogue: Rásaíocht Con Éireann (RCÉ) is a commercial state body, established under the Greyhound Industry Act, 1958 chiefly to control greyhound racing and to improve and develop the greyhound industry. RCÉ is a body corporate and a separate legal entity to the Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine. The question raised by the Deputy is an operational matter for...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Greyhound Industry (29 Jun 2021)

Charlie McConalogue: Rásaíocht Con Éireann (RCÉ) is a commercial state body, established under the Greyhound Industry Act, 1958 chiefly to control greyhound racing and to improve and develop the greyhound industry. RCÉ is a body corporate and a separate legal entity to the Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine. The question raised by the Deputy is an operational matter for...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Agriculture Schemes (29 Jun 2021)

Charlie McConalogue: The Results-Based Environment Agri Pilot Project (REAP) is an ambitious, farmer-friendly environmental project designed to test the results based approach on a variety of farm types. The project will feed into the development of the next national agri-environment scheme to follow on from GLAS. REAP is designed to focus on key learning objectives for participants and their advisors. As...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Animal Diseases (29 Jun 2021)

Charlie McConalogue: Under the Terms and Conditions of the TB Compensation Scheme, as set out on page 19 of the Compensation booklet sets: “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 does not accept scans as evidence of pregnancy since the...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Agriculture Schemes (29 Jun 2021)

Charlie McConalogue: The Beef Taskforce was established by the then Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine on foot of the beef sector agreement of 15th September 2019. The TaskForce is comprised of named individuals who were nominated at that time by the parties to that Agreement. The Beef Taskforce remit was to monitor the implementation of the actions arising from the agreement reached on 15th...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Common Agricultural Policy (29 Jun 2021)

Charlie McConalogue: Provisional agreement on the CAP reform package has been reached by the Presidency and the Parliament. The full details of the agreement will be presented at the Council of Ministers on 28 and 29 June, where it is hoped that final overall agreement will be reached. As far as capping of payments is concerned, I will of course have to apply limits that are in keeping with the parameters set...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Common Agricultural Policy (29 Jun 2021)

Charlie McConalogue: Last October, the Agri-fish Council of Ministers agreed the general approach on the CAP Reform Package. In the Council General Approach, I negotiated for the subsidiarity for Member States to apply capping of payments. Some of the basic principles around these figures were agreed in the Multi-annual Financial Framework 2021-2027 earlier last year, and transferred across. However, the...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Common Agricultural Policy (29 Jun 2021)

Charlie McConalogue: I have, with my officials, engaged extensively with the key stakeholders on the future of the CAP and the development of the CAP Strategic Plan (CSP) 2023-2027. This engagement will continue, in particular through the Stakeholder Consultative Committee, which has been a constructive and crucial body in shaping the current CAP, which comprises representatives of the main farm bodies, NGOs,...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Agriculture Schemes (29 Jun 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...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Agriculture Schemes (29 Jun 2021)

Charlie McConalogue: The Beef Exceptional Aid Measure (BEAM) provided temporary exceptional adjustment aid to farmers in the beef sector in Ireland in 2019. It was provided in light of the difficult circumstances that Irish beef farmers had been facing as a result of the market volatility and uncertainty. The scheme was subject to the conditions set out in EU Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2019/1132. ...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Common Agricultural Policy (29 Jun 2021)

Charlie McConalogue: The Farm to Fork (F2F) Strategy forms part of the European Green Deal (EGD) which is the EU strategy for sustainable growth. The F2F Strategy is at the heart of the EGD: it addresses the challenges of sustainable food systems and recognises the links between healthy people, healthy societies and a healthy planet. The Common Agricultural Policy (CAP) will help this sustainability...