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Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Programme for Government (18 May 2021)

Charlie McConalogue: In 2019, under the EPA Research Funded Projects (2014-2020), the Biomass Retrieval in Ireland using Active Remote (BRIAR) sensing project, produced by Teagasc, estimated that Ireland has national estimate for hedgerow length in Ireland of 689,000km. In line with the commitment in Programme for Government, actions by the Department include the forthcoming pilot Farm...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Common Agricultural Policy (18 May 2021)

Charlie McConalogue: In June 2018, the European Commission put forward the proposed legislation for the new CAP. The Commission made these proposals to the European Parliament and to the Council of Ministers, who, in October 2020, adopted their respective positions on the proposals. The Council General Approach provides for a number of options for redistribution, giving Member States the...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Agrifood Sector (18 May 2021)

Charlie McConalogue: Since my meeting with the Environmental Pillar in March, the Pillar was invited and participated in Ireland’s National Dialogues for the United Nations Food Systems Summit, convened by my Department. The Environmental Pillar's contribution to the first of these, on “Sustainable Food Systems and Ireland’s 2030 Agri-Food Strategy”, was very useful and is...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Forestry Sector (18 May 2021)

Charlie McConalogue: Felling licence output to date this year is up on the same period last year across all metrics. Six hundered and fifteen new felling licences issued between January and April this year compared to 595 for the same period in 2020 which is an increase of 3% on the total number issued in the same period in 2020.  More importantly, the area covered by the licences issued in January to...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Forestry Sector (18 May 2021)

Charlie McConalogue: The Habitats Directive and the transposing legislation SI 477 of 2011 require, inter alia, that an appropriate assessment is undertaken where screening identifies a likelihood of the project having a significant effect on a European site(s). This is true regardless of the separation distance between the project and the European site(s). A likely zone of impact is used in order to...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Forestry Sector (18 May 2021)

Charlie McConalogue: I am fully aware of the issues facing the forestry sector and the timber industry and no efforts have been made to address them. The Department has invested heavily in both ecologist and forestry Inspector resources to meet the needs of the licencing system and this has resulted in gains in licensing output. To 7th May 2021 1,085 new forestry licences have issued this year,...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Grant Payments (18 May 2021)

Charlie McConalogue: The person named was approved into GLAS 1 and has received payments for scheme years 2015 – 2020. The person named was selected for an on-farm inspection in 2018 and subsequently requested a review of the inspection findings. Following a re-inspection in 2019, the person named is due outstanding payments in respect of the Low Input Permanent Pasture action. Processing of...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Forestry Sector (18 May 2021)

Charlie McConalogue: Over 470 felling licences have been issued so far in 2021 for both public and private forest owners. In all cases, the Department assesses the information that is available to them on a case-by-case basis to decide if this information is sufficient to either issue the licence or seek further information. In the case of harvest or replanting plans, these are not a legal...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Agriculture Schemes (18 May 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. BEAM was funded by a combination of EU exceptional aid and Exchequer support. One of the conditions under which the €50 million was...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Grant Payments (18 May 2021)

Charlie McConalogue: The person named person an application under the 2020 Basic Payment Scheme (BPS) on 6th April 2020. A number of parcels were declared as eligible by the person named in their application.  In order to be eligible for payment under BPS, applicants must hold entitlements and have eligible land to accompany each entitlement. There are a...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Forestry Sector (18 May 2021)

Charlie McConalogue: All road users have a responsibility not to damage public roads and the forestry sector is no different. The forest sector and the Department work with other parties on the issue of timber haulage. The  Department is a member of the Forest Industry Transport Group (FITG) which was formed in 1998 to address issues specific to timber haulage in Ireland.  The main...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Sustainable Development Goals (18 May 2021)

Charlie McConalogue: I published the Department's Statement of Strategy for the period 2021 to 2024 on 14th April 2021. The Strategy was developed taking into consideration the Department’s role in contributing to the delivery of five Sustainable Development Goals, particularly in leading on twelve specific targets, but also sharing responsibility for another twenty-one targets with other...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Sustainable Development Goals (18 May 2021)

Charlie McConalogue: Overall political oversight for national Sustainable Development Goals (SDG) implementation is provided through the Cabinet, with each Minister having specific responsibility for implementing individual SDG targets related to their Ministerial functions. The Minister for the Environment, Climate and Communications (DECC) has responsibility for promoting the SDGs and for overseeing their...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Social Media (18 May 2021)

Charlie McConalogue: The Department has not engaged a third party to conduct social media monitoring or to provide reports on social media coverage of the Department. The Department has engaged a third-party company, Truehawk Media, to monitor print, broadcast and online news media. The expenditure to date in 2021, excluding VAT, for this service has been €7,000.

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Social Media (18 May 2021)

Charlie McConalogue: As part of their duties, a Higher Executive Officer in my Department’s Communications Division, with the support of an Executive Officer, monitors the Department’s official social media accounts. This includes providing reports on an ad-hoc basis which represents a very limited time commitment in the context of their overall duties in Communications Division.

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Departmental Investigations (18 May 2021)

Charlie McConalogue: I wish to advise the Deputy that my Department has not engaged any private investigation companies or persons in the past three years to date. As regards the twelve State Bodies under the aegis of my Department, the information requested is an operational matter for the State Bodies themselves. I have referred the Deputy’s question to the Agencies and have requested that a...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Grant Payments (18 May 2021)

Charlie McConalogue: Under the terms and conditions of Year 3 of the Sheep Welfare scheme, the person named was selected for an administrative check to ensure compliance with the terms and conditions of the scheme. The person named initially submitted incorrect supporting documentation. However, following correspondence with the Department, the required supporting documentation was...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Forestry Sector (18 May 2021)

Charlie McConalogue: My Department has approved 1,937 new hectares for planting so far this year. There is also a carryover of approx 4,500 approved hectares which are available for planting. By the end of April, 675 new hectares have been afforested, of these 374 hectares have been planted with conifer trees and 301 hectares have been planted with broadleaf trees.

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Forestry Sector (18 May 2021)

Charlie McConalogue: My Department has no role regarding bridleways or horse trails. The funding that is made available to the sport horse industry from my Department and paid to Horse Sport Ireland is for equine breeding programmes. Coillte CGA was established as a private commercial company under the Forestry Act, 1988 and day-to-day operational matters, such as the management of their forest estate, are...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Forestry Sector (18 May 2021)

Charlie McConalogue: 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 Roundwood Forecast predicts a potential harvest of 4.1 million cubic metres in 2021. The Department has committed to issuing 4,500 forestry licences this...