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Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Horse Racing Industry (26 Jun 2024)

Charlie McConalogue: Horse Racing Ireland (HRI) is a commercial state body established under the Horse and Greyhound Racing Act, 2001, and is responsible for the overall administration, promotion and development of the horse racing industry. Details relating to racehorse fatalities and injuries is an operational matter for HRI, therefore, that part of the question has been referred to the body for direct...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Greyhound Industry (26 Jun 2024)

Charlie McConalogue: Rásaíocht Con Éireann (RCÉ) is a commercial state body, established under the Greyhound Industry Act, 1958 chiefly to control greyhound racing and to improve and develop the greyhound industry. RCÉ is a body corporate and a separate legal entity to the Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine. The question raised by the Deputy is an operational matter for...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Animal Slaughtering (26 Jun 2024)

Charlie McConalogue: 193,359 bovines were slaughtered in 2023 having moved through a mart in the 20 days preceding slaughter.

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Animal Diseases (26 Jun 2024)

Charlie McConalogue: Bovine tuberculosis (bTB) is a challenging disease to control and eradicate. I am committed to making real progress in eradicating TB as I am aware of the financial and emotional trauma associated with a TB breakdown for farmers The table below outlines the number of herds restricted for TB in which cattle were purchased in the previous two years prior to the date of restriction of those...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Agriculture Schemes (26 Jun 2024)

Charlie McConalogue: The CSP Dairy Beef Welfare Scheme opened for applications on 21 March 2024 and closed for applications on 15 May 2024. The acceptance of late applications was facilitated for a 25-calendar day period after the closing date, at the end of which a total of 13,541 applications had been received. The objective of the scheme is to provide support to dairy farmers to improve the animal health...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Animal Slaughtering (26 Jun 2024)

Charlie McConalogue: The footage shown in the TV reports focuses on activities at a holding close to the slaughter plant but which does not form part of the approved premises. No deficiencies have been identified with the veterinary inspections at the slaughter facility which have been subject to verification by Regional Supervising Veterinary Inspection The matters highlighted on the TV programme are...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Beef Sector (26 Jun 2024)

Charlie McConalogue: There are 934 cattle dealers and agents in Ireland registered under S. I. 439 of 2020 European Communities (Approval and Registration of Dealers of Bovine Animals and Swine) (Amendment) Regulations 2010. In 2023, there were 132 inspections.

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Beef Sector (26 Jun 2024)

Charlie McConalogue: My Department receives slaughter data on a weekly basis for beef carcasses from 29 beef slaughter plants in Ireland, who are obliged to price report in compliance with EU Regulatory requirements. The data received from plants includes, inter alia, date of slaughter, category, (A, B, C, D, E, V or Z), Conformation, Fat score and Price/kg paid to the supplier. The weighted average prices are...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Agriculture Schemes (26 Jun 2024)

Charlie McConalogue: Following the success of TAMS II, I significantly increased the number of investment items available under TAMS 3 and I also increased the reference costs as appropriate across all schemes, based on a review carried out in late 2022/early 2023. The reference costs are updated periodically to ensure that they reflect actual/market costs for the construction of farm buildings and...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: State Bodies (26 Jun 2024)

Charlie McConalogue: I wish to advise the Deputy that the information requested is set out in the tables below. 2022 Name of Organisation Funding Amount € An Bord Bia 70,825,713 Teagasc 159,658,420 the Irish Cattle Breeding Federation 2,509,694 Animal Health Ireland 806,650 2023 ...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Animal Diseases (26 Jun 2024)

Charlie McConalogue: The main Global body of research on developing a vaccine for tuberculosis in bovine animals is being carried out by Department for Environment Food & Rural Affairs (DEFRA) in the UK. The Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine (DAFM) continue to engage with our colleagues in DEFRA and are monitoring this very closely. To date the biggest issue with a vaccine for cattle has...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Nitrates Usage (26 Jun 2024)

Charlie McConalogue: In 2023 a total of 7,063 farmers, who were eligible to do so, applied to avail of a Nitrates Derogation. The total CAP and non-CAP payments these derogation farmers received from my Department in 2023 on average was €25,283. This average value includes all payments for income support and well as incentives for specific works such as grant aid paid in 2023 associated with capital...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Horse Racing Industry (26 Jun 2024)

Charlie McConalogue: Horse Racing Ireland (HRI) is a commercial state body established under the Horse and Greyhound Racing Act, 2001, and is responsible for the overall administration, promotion and development of the horse racing industry. The question raised by the Deputy is an operational matter for HRI, therefore, the question has been referred to the body for direct reply.

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Coillte Teoranta (25 Jun 2024)

Charlie McConalogue: Coillte is a private limited company established under the Forestry Act 1988, and is operationally independent from the Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine. The matter raised is an internal operational matter for Coillte. I have referred the matter to Coillte for direct follow-up with the Deputy.

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Public Sector Pensions (25 Jun 2024)

Charlie McConalogue: My officials have liaised with the National Shared Services Office (NSSO) on this matter, as the NSSO has responsibility for the payment of pensions to civil servants and/or their spouses. I can confirm that the Spouse Application letter and required forms were issued to the person mentioned recently. Once these have been returned to the NSSO, they will be in a position to review the payment.

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Agriculture Schemes (25 Jun 2024)

Charlie McConalogue: I propose to take Questions Nos. 308 and 309 together. Under the Reconstitution Scheme for Ash Dieback, the Site clearance costs were actually doubled , from €1,000 to €2,000 per hectare. These grant costs were approved by the EU Commission under the new forestry programme last year and have been accepted as reasonable by the independent group who reviewed ash dieback...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Agriculture Schemes (25 Jun 2024)

Charlie McConalogue: The Government, and I through my position on the AgriFish Council, secured additional flexibilities in the legal text of the Nature Restoration Law (NRL) to both support farmers and to recognise our specific Irish circumstances. As a result of this intervention, the targets for restoration and rewetting of drained organic soils were reduced from the original proposal. This means the total...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Departmental Funding (25 Jun 2024)

Charlie McConalogue: I propose to take Questions Nos. 311, 312 and 313 together. It is the case that 1990 marked the commencement of planting under the first of the national afforestation programmes. There were a very small number of grant-aided ash planted prior to 1990 and if a forest owner can supply evidence of such grant-aided planting, their application under the Reconstitution Ash Dieback Scheme will...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Animal Welfare (25 Jun 2024)

Charlie McConalogue: I propose to take Questions Nos. 314 and 322 together. The Deputy will appreciate that the matters referred to are the subject of an ongoing and active investigation by my Department and consequently I am limited in what I can say, however I can confirm that my Department is actively engaged on this matter and that if any non-compliance's with relevant legal animal welfare and traceability...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Animal Welfare (25 Jun 2024)

Charlie McConalogue: Animal welfare is a key priority for me as Minister and for the Government. The welfare of equines is protected by legislation and appropriate enforcement action, is undertaken, where breaches or shortcomings are identified. Five complaints were received by my Department's animal welfare helpline in relation to animals at lands adjacent to the site in question between 2018 and 2023....