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Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Basic Payment Scheme (21 Apr 2021)

Charlie McConalogue: The person named leased out three sets of entitlements (7.37, 2.63 and 10 entitlements) to three different farmers for one year under the 2020 Basic Payment Scheme. The farmer who leased in the set of 10 entitlements from the person named did not use 100% of his entitlements at least once out of the two consecutive years (2019 and 2020 Scheme Years) and, in line with EU Regulation No...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Livestock Issues (21 Apr 2021)

Charlie McConalogue: Since the advent of the COVID-19 crisis, the Department has worked closely with representatives of the marts to ensure that their operations could continue. I commend their staff, management and their farmer customers for the resilience and co-operation that they have shown and the speed with which they have adapted to these circumstances. Under the current COVID-19 restrictions, mart sales...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Departmental Data (21 Apr 2021)

Charlie McConalogue: 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: Forestry Sector (21 Apr 2021)

Charlie McConalogue: When the Project Management Unit was set up to deal with the applications referred to Ecology, targets were established for outputs from Ecology Unit to end February only. Since then, Project Woodland has been established. Project Woodland, under the leadership of Minister of State Hackett, who has responsibility for forestry, is an initiative to tackle issues in forestry in Ireland and...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Felling Licences (21 Apr 2021)

Charlie McConalogue: An application for a tree felling licence was received in October 2020 for the person named and has been referred to my Department’s Ecology Unit. The application site is near three designated sites including the Galtee Mountains 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: Forestry Data (21 Apr 2021)

Charlie McConalogue: Carbon sequestration by forests is influenced by a range of factors including species, soil type, site conditions and management practices. The rate of sequestration changes over time as a forest develops and matures. When forests are young the sequestration rate is low but as the trees mature their ability to sequester carbon dioxide as increases. Earlier this year, Teagasc launched its new...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Forestry Data (21 Apr 2021)

Charlie McConalogue: The Forestry Programme for the period 2014 – 2020 sets out afforestation targets that were consistent with the Department published “Forests, products and people Ireland’s forest policy – a renewed vision”. Over the last five years 22,045ha of new forests have been created compared to a target of 37,410ha. The table below provides annual information for the...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Animal Welfare (21 Apr 2021)

Charlie McConalogue: The Department does not maintain a record of breaches to the provisions of Regulation 5 of S.I. 201 of 2016 which relate to change of ownership of equines. There were no breaches recorded under section 36(4)(b) of the Animal Health and Welfare Act 2013 for the years in question. Where such breaches are detected, they are dealt with by authorised officers taking a proportionate approach in...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Livestock Issues (21 Apr 2021)

Charlie McConalogue: Under Section 4 of the Animal Health and Welfare (Livestock Marts) Regulations 2018, the owner or operator of a livestock mart is required to keep records regarding livestock that enter, leave, are kept at, sold or supplied through the livestock mart, for at least three years. These records must be made available on request to an authorised officer. In relation to notifications by...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Animal Welfare (21 Apr 2021)

Charlie McConalogue: Under the Control of Horses Act 1996, a Local Authority may, under bye-laws, declare all or any part of its functional area to be a control area. Under section 18 of the Act and subject to certain exemptions, a horse kept in such a control area must have a licence. Such licenses are issued by the relevant Local Authorities who also have the power to suspend, revoke or amend the terms or...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Animal Welfare (21 Apr 2021)

Charlie McConalogue: The Animal Health and Welfare Act 2013 provides a modern framework for applying standards in the area of animal health and welfare and replaced a number of enactments dating back over a century. Prosecutions under the Act have been pursued following investigations by authorised officers of the Department, An Garda Síochána and authorised officers of the Irish Society for the...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Animal Welfare (21 Apr 2021)

Charlie McConalogue: The Animal Health and Welfare Act 2013 provides a modern framework for applying standards in the area of animal health and welfare and replaced a number of enactments dating back over a century. Prosecutions under the Act have been pursued following investigations by authorised officers of the Department, An Garda Síochána and authorised officers of the Irish Society for the...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Animal Feedstuffs (21 Apr 2021)

Charlie McConalogue: The EU and US have been engaged in disputes since 2004 regarding subsidies to their respective major Aircraft manufacturers, Airbus and Boeing. Both sides have taken cases to the World Trade Organisation (WTO) Appellate Body with both sides being found at fault. In April 2019, the European Commission published a draft list of products, worth €12 billion, that would be subject to...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Departmental Records (21 Apr 2021)

Charlie McConalogue: Access to the records of the former Irish Land Commission is dependent on being able to demonstrate ownership of the lands to which the records relate or some other relevant connection to the lands in question. The information provided by the Deputy is not sufficiently detailed to enable me confirm whether access can be granted or not. However, the Deputy, his constituent, or his...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Appointments to State Boards (21 Apr 2021)

Charlie McConalogue: I propose to take Questions Nos. 2526 and 2528 together. All appointments to the State Bodies falling under my remit, are made both in accordance with the Code of Governance for State Bodiesand the relevant parent legislation governing each of the State Bodies. All relevant vacancies are advertised on the State Boards website administered by the Public Appointments Service (PAS). Some...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: School Milk Scheme (21 Apr 2021)

Charlie McConalogue: Ireland receives an EU allocation of €900,398, annually in respect of the School Milk Scheme of which €675,298 representing (75% of the allocation) is available for spend on product. Under EU rules, the balance of the funds must be spent on other measures including educational measures to support the scheme. An additional allocation of unused funds on application to the EU...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Departmental Schemes (21 Apr 2021)

Charlie McConalogue: The commitment in the Programme for Government is that "we will encourage schools and colleges to provide access to land where students can grow their own food". Great benefits can derive for communities, including our schools, through promoting access to healthy food and a shared learning of food production and of the environment in which we live. The Deputy will be aware no doubt of the...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Afforestation Programme (21 Apr 2021)

Charlie McConalogue: I propose to take Questions Nos. 2530 and 2531 together. The Deputy will be aware that as part of the Government’s Climate Action Plan 2019, the annual target of 8,000ha of new afforestation has been set and that is our aim. I would strongly encourage those that have approval to plant afforestation, to arrange planting and once planted, to enjoy the generous annual premiums, available...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Beef Industry (21 Apr 2021)

Charlie McConalogue: The nature of all markets is that the price will fluctuate especially in the case of market disturbance, as has been evidenced during the COVID-19 crisis and also the prolonged uncertainty surrounding Brexit. My Department continuously monitors the market situation for beef and other agri-food commodities, with a view to responding to crisis situations where possible. A good example of...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Departmental Schemes (21 Apr 2021)

Charlie McConalogue: Responsibility for both policy and operational matters relating to work permits is with my colleague, the Tánaiste and Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment, Leo Varadkar TD. However, our Departments do liaise on matters relating to the agriculture sector. The pilot scheme introduced in 2018 for a limited quota of employment permits on horticulture and dairy farms and in meat...