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Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Common Agricultural Policy (27 May 2021)

Charlie McConalogue: Convergence is a mandatory provision in the current Common Agricultural Policy (CAP) programme and the new CAP proposals continue with this policy. Ireland has supported this element of these proposals. Convergence aims to redistribute and flatten the value of CAP payment entitlements and like all elements of the CAP, there are differing views regarding its implementation. The new...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Common Agricultural Policy (27 May 2021)

Charlie McConalogue: The draft proposals for the new CAP Programme propose capping of Basic Income Support Scheme (BISS) payments above €100,000 with degressivity possible between €60,000 and €100,000 and which includes options to offset some salaries against that limit. The draft proposals include a number of measures which concern redistribution of direct payments, including: 1. An...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Common Agricultural Policy (27 May 2021)

Charlie McConalogue: Ahead of the launch of the 2019 Areas of Natural Constraints (ANC) scheme, Member States were required under EU Regulations to change the approach to the designation of land under the ANC Scheme. Prior to this, the Department identified eligible areas using a range of socio economic indicators such as Family Farm Income statistics, population density, percentage of working population engaged...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Common Agricultural Policy (27 May 2021)

Charlie McConalogue: I am very much aware of the pressures on farm income and the need to consider compliance costs for farmers. I will consider in the preparation of Ireland’s draft CAP Strategic Plan (CSP) 2023-2027 how we can best support farm incomes and minimise compliance costs, while adopting new approaches and innovations to address new and existing challenges. I am conscious of the need to...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Forestry Sector (27 May 2021)

Charlie McConalogue: An application for a tree felling licence was received in March 2019 for the person named. The preliminary appropriate assessment screening indicated the application site is near eight designated sites including the Lower River Shannon SAC. Therefore, the impact of any felling operations on the sites and the surrounding area, must be carefully considered before deciding on the licence...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Departmental Staff (27 May 2021)

Charlie McConalogue: The Assistant Secretary in the Department with responsibility for GLAS also has responsibility for Forestry.

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Agriculture Schemes (27 May 2021)

Charlie McConalogue: I propose to take Questions Nos. 278 and 290 together. GLAS is implemented under the provisions of EU Regulation (EU) no 1305/2013. Section 12 of the GLAS terms and conditions outline that afforestation is fully compatible with GLAS and is recognised as contributing to the creation of a valuable landscape mosaic at farm-level. It is also important to note that GLAS is not a whole-of-farm...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Common Agricultural Policy (27 May 2021)

Charlie McConalogue: The Green Low Carbon Agri-Environment Scheme, (GLAS) is the current national agri-environment support measure under the Rural Development Programme. Section 12 of the GLAS terms and conditions clearly indicates that afforestation is fully compatible with GLAS and is recognised as contributing to the creation of a valuable landscape mosaic at farm-level. It is also important to note that GLAS...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Agriculture Schemes (27 May 2021)

Charlie McConalogue: I propose to take Questions Nos. 280, 281, 282 and 289 together. I propose to take PQ's 28976/21, 28977/21, 28978/21 and 28985/21 together. The detailed information requested by the Deputy is not readily available. It is currently being compiled and will be forwarded to the Deputy as soon as it is available.

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Agriculture Schemes (27 May 2021)

Charlie McConalogue: I propose to take Questions Nos. 283 and 288 together. The number of applicants accepted into GLAS per county and per tranche is provided in the below table. County GLAS1 Applicants GLAS2 Applicants GLAS3 Applicants Total Applicants Carlow 279 125 128 532 Cavan 906 432 ...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Agriculture Schemes (27 May 2021)

Charlie McConalogue: The information requested by the Deputy is provided below. Year Total No. of Parcels 2015 78,341 2016 206,718 2017 284,910 2018 282,525 2019 285,351 2020 286,445

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Agriculture Schemes (27 May 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: Agriculture Schemes (27 May 2021)

Charlie McConalogue: I propose to take Questions Nos. 286 and 287 together. The afforestation and GLAS schemes are voluntary schemes intended to provide options to farmers to maximise the contribution of their land to the environment and to improve their income. GLAS is implemented under the provisions of EU Regulation (EU) No. 1305/2013. Section 12 of the GLAS terms and conditions outline that...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Agriculture Schemes (27 May 2021)

Charlie McConalogue: My Department publishes a wide range of forestry statistics on the Department's pages of the Government of Ireland website, including the number of farmers who have afforested, which is indicated below. Year 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 No. Farmers 852 652 536 309 206 100

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Common Agricultural Policy (27 May 2021)

Charlie McConalogue: The SWOT analysis undertaken in the development of the RDP 2014-2020 drew on a range of information from within the Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine and from external bodies and documents. The breadth of such analysis, from multiple sources, saw certain issues and factors categorised as more than one of Strengths, Weaknesses, Opportunities and Threats. Such varied...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Common Agricultural Policy (27 May 2021)

Charlie McConalogue: The planting of trees has the potential to play a significant part in our environmental priorities especially water quality, biodiversity and climate. My colleague Minister of State Pippa Hackett has announced her intention to explore how such planting along riparian margins could be promoted at scale. This would combine the best of our agri-environment measures, where over 1.5 million trees...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Forestry Sector (27 May 2021)

Charlie McConalogue: I propose to take Questions Nos. 294, 295 and 296 together. Any proposed planting of trees that is 0.1 ha or over in area is currently considered afforestation and must have an afforestation licence which must be applied for by a registered forester. The planting of small numbers of trees in an area less than 0.1 hectare is however is not a consented development and does not require to be...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Forestry Sector (27 May 2021)

Charlie McConalogue: The Results-based Environmental-Agri Pilot (REAP) is an innovative, ambitious and farmer-friendly pilot that will deliver an important income boost to participating farmers. While the project will support our environmental objectives, it will also support farm incomes by providing a maximum payment of €12,600 to participating farms over the term of their REAP contract. It is a...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Forestry Sector (27 May 2021)

Charlie McConalogue: The average timeframe from date of advertising to date of decision for the 76 afforestation licences which issued in April 2021 was 11.5 months.

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Forestry Sector (27 May 2021)

Charlie McConalogue: The Department receives new licence applications and issues decisions daily. Our target remains the issuing of 4,500 new licences this year. Within that, there will be fluctuations within individual weeks and months. April was lower than other months for a variety of reasons but I expect May to show an increase and June to be higher again. Last week, the Department issued 101 new...