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Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Cybersecurity Policy (26 May 2021)

Charlie McConalogue: The Department implements a security-by-design and defence-in-depth approach to IT security for DAFM and agencies that it carries out services for. Our technical staff continue to operate and monitor all relevant systems to the highest levels and are closely engaged with experts in the Office of the Government Chief Information Officer and the National Cyber Security Centre to ensure that we...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Cybersecurity Policy (26 May 2021)

Charlie McConalogue: The Department implements a security-by-design and defence-in-depth approach to IT security for DAFM and agencies that it carries out services for. Our technical staff continue to operate and monitor all relevant systems to the highest levels and are closely engaged with experts in the Office of the Government Chief Information Officer and the National Cyber Security Centre to ensure that we...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Agriculture Schemes (26 May 2021)

Charlie McConalogue: In June 2020, the Department launched the Reconstitution and Underplanting Scheme (RUS) (Ash dieback). The objectives of the scheme are to encourage the active management of ash plantations, to promote the vigorous growth of ash through thinning and, where appropriate in young plantations and in cases of high disease infection, to support the removal of the affected ash crop and replacement...

Seanad: Nithe i dtosach suíonna - Commencement Matters: Common Agricultural Policy (25 May 2021)

Charlie McConalogue: I thank Senator Ahearn for raising this issue. His timing is important, as I am flying to Brussels this evening and I will be there until Friday for three days of a trilogue meeting between the Council of Ministers, the European Commission and the Parliament to try to get final agreement, as the Senator indicated in his contribution, to the European CAP plan. The CAP negotiations have been...

Seanad: Nithe i dtosach suíonna - Commencement Matters: Common Agricultural Policy (25 May 2021)

Charlie McConalogue: It is complex at European level because we have the three institutions – the Council of Ministers, which is made up of the various agriculture Ministers from the 27 member states, the EU Commission, which tries to co-ordinate policy and the European Parliament. It is not necessarily that the Commission is pushing for one thing, it is more a case of the moving parts between all three...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Fishing Industry (25 May 2021)

Charlie McConalogue: During 2020, the European Commission carried out a series of audits on Ireland and the other Member States in the North Western Waters region in relation to the control, enforcement and inspection of activities relevant to the landing obligation. The Commission forwarded its draft audit report to Ireland for comment last month. The monitoring and control of fishing vessels within...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Fishing Industry (25 May 2021)

Charlie McConalogue: I propose to take Questions Nos. 515 and 516 together. Council Regulation 1224/2009, known as the Control Regulation, establishes a Community control system for ensuring compliance with the rules of the Common Fisheries Policy and establishing a level-playing field across the EU on fisheries control. In 2018, the Commission published a proposal to amend the Control Regulation. ...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Forestry Sector (25 May 2021)

Charlie McConalogue: I propose to take Questions Nos. 517 to 519, inclusive, together. While there was a decrease in Coillte licences issued in the period mentioned by the Deputy, work continued on a batch of 1,864 applications received from Coillte on 15 March 2021. There is a significant amount of background work involved in the licensing process long before a licence issues and this work is currently...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Forestry Sector (25 May 2021)

Charlie McConalogue: The numbers of forestry licences issued each month from June 2020 to 21st May 2021, with ecology input, are outlined in the table below: Licences Issued Jun-20 42 Jul-20 71 Aug-20 107 Sep-20 66 Oct-20 233 Nov-20 181 ...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Statutory Instruments (25 May 2021)

Charlie McConalogue: Between 2002 and 2008, pursuant the Planning and Development Act 2000, the construction, maintenance, and improvement of non-public roads serving forests and woodlands and works ancillary to that development was classed as “exempted development” for the purposes of planning permission. The requirement to obtain a statutory consent from the Department for forest road works...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Forestry Sector (25 May 2021)

Charlie McConalogue: Ireland’s geographic position places it along an important migratory route – the East Atlantic Flyway – with birds travelling from northern breeding grounds to Ireland and to other important wintering areas farther south. Ireland’s relatively mild climate, moderated by the influences of the Atlantic Ocean and Gulf Stream, together with its diversity and abundance...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Forestry Sector (25 May 2021)

Charlie McConalogue: The natural habitat of the Hen Harrier is open bog and heather moorland, with rough grassland also favoured. Hen Harriers find young forest plantations attractive to breed in, and the population is thought to have increased in the 1960s and 1970s in Ireland due to new afforestation. However, breeding success is compromised by the loss of open space as forest canopies close. After 10...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Forestry Sector (25 May 2021)

Charlie McConalogue: The Department currently has 21 full-time equivalent ecologists deployed to deal with all forestry licence applications, both Coillte and private. From January to end April 2021, 732 forestry licences have been issued, following input by ecologists. The average output per week is therefore 43.

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Forestry Sector (25 May 2021)

Charlie McConalogue: The targets for the sector are already defined not by number of licences but by metrics relating to targets set for afforestation and forest road and, in the case of felling, potential harvest. The Climate Action Plan 2019 sets the target for afforestation at 8,000 ha per annum and the target of forest roadworks at 125km per annum. While there are no specific targets for felling, the COFORD...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Forestry Sector (25 May 2021)

Charlie McConalogue: Forestry Inspectors and ecologists work on a range of tasks including licensing as their main task. Portioning out their time to licensing on a full time equivalent basis, there are approximately 33 FTE Forestry Inspectors working on licensing and there are approximately 21 full time equivalent ecologists working on licensing for the first part of 2021. For the same period last year,...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Animal Welfare (25 May 2021)

Charlie McConalogue: The Programme for Government contains an undertaking to provide additional funding to support animal welfare in the coming years to which I am fully committed. In this regard, in December 2020 I announced record funding of €3.2 million to 101 animal welfare organisations throughout the country. The Department takes its responsibilities in the matter of animal welfare most seriously...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Forestry Sector (25 May 2021)

Charlie McConalogue: S.I. No. 40 of 2021 (AGRICULTURE, FOOD AND THE MARINE (DELEGATION OF MINISTERIAL FUNCTIONS) ORDER 2021) was given under the Official Seal of the Government on 2 February 2021 by An Taoiseach, Micheál Martin, T.D.

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Forestry Sector (25 May 2021)

Charlie McConalogue: There are two forestry Senior Inspectors. Both are permanent staff members and have been in position since 2010 and 2017, respectively.

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Forestry Sector (25 May 2021)

Charlie McConalogue: Under Section 18(1) of the Forestry Act 2014, it shall be the objective that a felling licence application is determined within four months. The Act further provides for notifications to applicants where it appears that a decision cannot be made within four months. Such notification to give reasons for the delay and in addition to set a new date, except in cases where an environmental impact...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Forestry Sector (25 May 2021)

Charlie McConalogue: The Department issues forestry related circulars to the forestry sector on a regular basis throughout the year. These circulars are issued to the trade and clarify or amend Department policy. Such policy clarification or change would then fall to be implemented by Department staff as per the contents of the circular.