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

Charlie McConalogue: The Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine provides grant aid for the establishment of a wide range of tree planting measures which play an important role in environmental protection and removing and storing carbon from the atmosphere. Forests which are 0.1 hectares or more in size have the capacity to reach at least five metres in height and, with a minimum canopy cover of at least...

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

Charlie McConalogue: There is no inherent private property right to greenhouse gas emissions or removals by forests, whether on lands held by the State or privately owned. The Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine provides grant aid for the establishment of a wide range of tree planting measures which play an important role in environmental protection and removing and storing carbon from the atmosphere....

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

Charlie McConalogue: I propose to take Questions Nos. 337 to 339, inclusive, 341 and 356 together. The National Forest Inventory 2017 records ash as approximately 25,280 ha, or 3.8% of the stocked forest area. This includes ash that may be a minor species in a mixed plantation. The area of ash planted since 1990 is 15,897ha, of which 3,284 is over 25 years of age (planted 1990-1995) and thus not eligible...

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

Charlie McConalogue: The Department's budget allocation for forestry for 2021 is €103.4m. The Afforestation Programme is the main expenditure from this allocation which also provides for payments for other forestry support schemes including the Reconstitution and Underplanting Scheme for Ash Dieback. It is a demand-led scheme and payments will be in response to approved applications received.

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

Charlie McConalogue: I propose to take Questions Nos. 342 to 344, inclusive, together. There is no inherent private property right to greenhouse gas emissions or removals by forests, whether on lands held by the State or privately owned. The State does not own it - it is merely accounting for it as part of international reporting obligations. Under the agreed Effort Sharing and LULUCF regulations, EU...

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

Charlie McConalogue: In calculating the volumes licensed, the volumes attributed to Coillte are taken from input data received from Coillte. In this way, the Department is aware that over 3.5 million cubic metres has been licensed for harvest by Coillte in 2021. For the private sector, the formula used has previously outlined both to stakeholders and to the Committee. For clearfells and thinnings plus...

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

Charlie McConalogue: The CAP Consultative Committee was established in May 2019, and has met regularly since then. The Committee includes stakeholders with an interest in, or affected by, the proposed changes in the CAP legislative framework, as well as the development and implementation of Ireland’s CAP Strategic Plan. As set out in the Programme for Government, the Government is, separately, committed...

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

Charlie McConalogue: I propose to take Questions Nos. 347, 352 and 370 together. The Department publishes a range of statistics on its website, including a breakdown of farmer/non-farmer applicants. Whilst there is data for the five years preceding GLAS i.e. 2010 to 2015, the Department does not have full data for farmer participation in forestry for all the years the Rural Environmental Scheme (REPS) and the...

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

Charlie McConalogue: The attached table shows the number of unique farmer applicants per year for all REPS schemes (ie; REPS 1, 2, 3 and 4). Year No of Applicants REPS Applicants by Year 1994 343 1995 9,879 1996 13,630 1997 9,358 1998 9,097 ...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Agriculture Schemes (30 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. REAP is designed to focus on key learning objectives for participants and their advisors. As REAP was oversubscribed,...

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

Charlie McConalogue: Horse Racing Ireland (HRI) established under the Horse and Greyhound Racing Act 2001 is a commercial State Body responsible for the overall administration, promotion and development of the horse racing industry. Section 39 Irish Horseracing Industry Act 1994, (as amended) provides for the Irish Horseracing Regulatory Board (IHRB) to be responsible for “making and enforcing the Rules...

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

Charlie McConalogue: The attached table shows the number of applicants by county across all REPS schemes (ie; REPS 1, 2 3, and 4). County No of REPS Applicants Carlow 1,727 Cavan 6,557 Clare 8,662 Cork 14,141 Donegal 11,842 Dublin 415 ...

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

Charlie McConalogue: The Terms and Conditions of the REPS 4 scheme stated that where the eligible area for the Scheme was decreased, the annual payment would be adjusted at the commencement of the next full year. The re-imbursement of aid already paid was not required in respect of lands afforested under Council Regulation (EC) No. 1698/2005. However, where land was afforested during a REPS recording year, a...

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

Charlie McConalogue: Contracts entered into under the 1st and 2nd tranches of the Green Low-Carbon Agri-environment Scheme (GLAS 1 and 2) were due to be completed on 31st December 2020. As the negotiations on the new Common Agricultural Policy post-2020 were ongoing, it was decided, with the approval of the EU Commission, to offer an extension to such contracts to 31st December 2021. Offers to extend were...

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

Charlie McConalogue: The Common Agricultural Policy (and associated draft regulations) has been the subject of intensive negotiations between the European Parliament and the Presidency and Commission and political agreement was reached in the last few days on how the twin challenges of ensuring fair distribution of payments between farmers, and the achievement of a higher level of environmental and climate...

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

Charlie McConalogue: I propose to take Questions Nos. 357, 359, 385 and 386 together. As the Deputy may be aware, the REAP terms and conditions state that the land being selected for the project should not be nominated until after the REAP-trained advisor and the farmer have had an opportunity to walk the holding. Similarly, participants will not be able to decide on an appropriate use of the budget for...

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

Charlie McConalogue: I propose to take Questions Nos. 358 and 384 together. As the Deputy is aware, farmers who have planted land under the forestry schemes do not do so using their herd number and, therefore, are not easily cross-checked with GLAS participants. The Department is still analysing the issue and will be in direct contact with the Deputy if a solution is identified, as outlined previously.

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

Charlie McConalogue: The information requested by the Deputy is being collated and will be forwarded as soon as it is available.

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

Charlie McConalogue: The SWOT analysis undertaken as part of the development of the CAP Strategic Plan 2023-2027, which amounts to 300 pages, details the Strengths, Weaknesses, Opportunities and Threats identified in the Irish agricultural sector to date. The Needs Assessment identifies and prioritises the high-level needs of the agricultural sector, based on the evidence provided in the SWOT Analysis, as well as...

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

Charlie McConalogue: Ireland's National Forest Accounting Plan examines and details the carbon balances that are expected to occur over the period 2021 to 2025 with particular reference to older forests and provides indicative trends out to 2050. The sequestration rates of new forests planted play an important role in removing carbon dioxide from the atmosphere. The question of whether the entire forest estate...