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Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Areas of Natural Constraint Scheme (14 Jul 2020)

Barry Cowen: Under the current Rural Development Regulation (and subsequent amendments under the Omnibus Regulation), Member States were required to change the approach to the designation of land under the Areas of Natural Constraints Scheme. This process was a lengthy project, involving protracted technical engagements with the EU DG for Agriculture and Rural Development and the Joint Research...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Harbours and Piers (14 Jul 2020)

Barry Cowen: My Department owns, operates and maintains six designated State-owned Fishery Harbour Centres, located at Castletownbere, Dingle, Dunmore East, Howth, Killybegs and Ros An Mhíl under statute. In addition, my Department also has responsibility for the upkeep and maintenance of North Harbour at Cape Clear, as well as the maintenance of a small number of specific piers, lights and beacons...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Beef Industry (14 Jul 2020)

Barry Cowen: As the Deputy will be aware, there is a commitment in the new Programme for Government to the establishment of a new authority called the National Food Ombudsman (NFO) to enforce the Unfair Trading Practices Directive. The NFO will have a specific role in analysing and reporting on price and market data in Ireland, but the Deputy should be aware, the Ombudsman will not have a role in...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Animal Diseases (14 Jul 2020)

Barry Cowen: The Connemara Pony Breeders Society (CPBS) has been approved by my Department to maintain the Studbook for Connemara Ponies and, in this regard, operates a breeding programme for the breed. Within its breeding programme, the CPBS has identified the presence of Hoof Wall Separation Disease (HWSD) which is caused by a genetic defect that appears to occur only in the Connemara pony breed....

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: EU Regulations (14 Jul 2020)

Barry Cowen: EU Regulation 2019/6 on veterinary medicinal products comes into effect in January 2022. This Regulation is binding in full and has direct effect on all Member States. There is limited national discretion available to Member States in relation to a number of the Regulation's provisions. Article 103 of the new regulation provides for the retail of veterinary medicinal products by member...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Animal Culls (14 Jul 2020)

Barry Cowen: The information requested is contained in the attached document. *Number of cattle culled due to tuberculosis for which compensation was payable under the eradication programme County 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 CARLOW DVO 157 278 127 72 100 CAVAN DVO 999 615 ...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Proposed Legislation (14 Jul 2020)

Barry Cowen: The Programme for Government includes a commitment to the establishment of a new authority to be called the National Food Ombudsman to enforce Directive (EU) No. 2019/633 on Unfair Trading Practices. My Department has been preparing for the transposition of the Unfair Trading Practices Directive into national legislation before the 1 May 2021 deadline. The preparations included the...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Covid-19 Pandemic Supports (14 Jul 2020)

Barry Cowen: The new COVID-19 Credit Guarantee Scheme (CGS) falls within the remit of the Tánaiste and Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment, and further details will be announced by him, including with regard to the legislative timetable. I am pleased that, unlike the previous Credit Guarantee Scheme, my Department's involvement in the design and structure of this new scheme means that...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Common Agricultural Policy (14 Jul 2020)

Barry Cowen: The new legislative proposals for the Common Agricultural Policy 2021 - 2027 were launched in June 2018 by Commissioner Hogan. The Commission proposals, as drafted, involve significant changes, including in relation to governance, the distribution of direct payments among farmers and the environmental conditionality attaching to such payments. Indeed, three of the nine objectives of the CAP...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Targeted Agricultural Modernisation Scheme (14 Jul 2020)

Barry Cowen: The TAMS II Scheme has been very successful in terms of uptake with the number of approvals that have issued to date exceeding 28,800. All of these approvals represent committed expenditure under the TAMS II measure of the Rural Development Programme 2014 - 2020. Until such time as these approvals are acted upon or expire, the budget for TAMS must include provision for the potential...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Animal Diseases (14 Jul 2020)

Barry Cowen: The outbreak of the low pathogen H6N1 strain of avian influenza affected 14 poultry flocks in the period between 10 March 2020 and 30 June 2020. All affected flocks were located in Country Monaghan. This particular strain of avian influenza (subtype H6N1) has no food safety implications, but does impact on flock productivity. While there is no legal basis for a mandatory compensation...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Site Acquisitions (14 Jul 2020)

Barry Cowen: My Department is not engaged in discussions or the process of securing additional property for sale or lease in Dublin City. The Office of Public Works has responsibility for managing the State's property portfolio on behalf of Government Departments and Offices and the matter of sourcing or securing any additional property would fall under the remit of that Office.

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Targeted Agricultural Modernisation Scheme (14 Jul 2020)

Barry Cowen: My Department extended grant aid for the Solar Photovoltaic installation to all farming sectors from the TAMS application date of 6 April 2019 including dairy farms. This grant aid is available under Animal Welfare Safety and Nutrient Storage Scheme, Young Farmers Capital Investment Scheme and Organics Capital Investment Scheme measures of TAMS ll. Full details of all available grant aided...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Ministerial Meetings (14 Jul 2020)

Barry Cowen: I am planning to meet later this week the fishing industry representatives from the catching, processing and inshore sectors including the Killybegs Fishermen’s Organisation (KFO), the Irish South and West Fish Producers’ Organisation (ISWFPO), the Irish South and East Fish Producers' Organisation, the Irish Fish Producers’ Organisation (IFPO), the National Inshore...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Hardship Grant Scheme (14 Jul 2020)

Barry Cowen: I visited Drumkeerin on Monday 13thJuly to see the situation first-hand and to meet local farmers and public representatives. The terms and conditions for the Basic Payment Scheme (BPS) include provision for force majeure cases, and these provisions would include instances such as the recent bog slide. Where a farmer is concerned that this event might have an impact on their scheme...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Departmental Staff (14 Jul 2020)

Barry Cowen: My Department is the consent authority for forestry licences. As you may be aware, changes have been made to internal Appropriate Assessment Procedures (AAP) in relation to these decisions. These were introduced in response to important Court of Justice of the European Union (CJEU) decisions and their subsequent interpretation by the Forestry Appeals Committee (FAC) and others. These...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Sheepmeat Sector (14 Jul 2020)

Barry Cowen: As a member of the European Union, Ireland is part of a single EU market that permits trade between member states without tariffs or quantitative limits. The Intra EU movement of animals is recorded on the Trade Control and Expert System (TRACES). The data provided below was extracted from the TRACES database and represents sheep of all ages imported into Ireland for all movement purposes....

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Trade Agreements (14 Jul 2020)

Barry Cowen: A political agreement was announced in June 2019, marking the end of a twenty-year period of negotiations on the EU-Mercosur Free Trade Agreement. The agreement is currently undergoing a process of legal scrubbing and translation, with the Commission expecting to bring the matter to the EU Trade Council in the final quarter of 2020. The provisional application of those aspects of the...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Brexit Supports (14 Jul 2020)

Barry Cowen: An application under the BEAM scheme was submitted under appeal by the person named on the 19thAugust 2019 as they believed they had animals eligible for payment under the scheme. The tag numbers provided by the person named as part of the appeal were reviewed by officials from my Department and it was determined that they did not meet the eligibility criteria for payment under the scheme. A...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Fur Farming (14 Jul 2020)

Barry Cowen: My Department is in the process of preparing a Bill to provide for the phased introduction of a ban on fur farming which will include a prohibition on mink farming. Along with animal welfare considerations, social and economic aspects in relation to the industry need to be taken into account. The Bill will make it illegal for any new fur farms to be established and will put in place...