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Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Common Agricultural Policy (31 Mar 2021)

Charlie McConalogue: The Basic Payment Scheme came into effect in 2015 and established payment entitlement values under the scheme from that date. While the value of individual payment entitlements can be traced back to an initial reference period of 2000-2002, the effect of this has been significantly moderated through convergence. During the current CAP programme, farmers who held low value payment...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Meat Processing Plants (31 Mar 2021)

Charlie McConalogue: As the Deputy will be aware, there is a commitment in the Programme for Government for the establishment of a new authority called the National Food Ombudsman (NFO) to enforce the Unfair Trading Practices (UTP) Directive. Establishment of the NFO is ongoing and firstly requires the drafting of a statutory instrument to transpose the UTP directive before the deadline of May 2021. Legislation...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Food Industry (31 Mar 2021)

Charlie McConalogue: The Programme for Government includes a commitment to: Ensure fairness, equity, and transparency in the food chain by establishing a new authority called the National Food Ombudsman (NFO) to enforce the Unfair Trading Practices Directive. This new authority will enforce EU-wide rules on prohibited unfair trading practices in the food supply chain and will have powers to enforce this...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Forestry Management (31 Mar 2021)

Charlie McConalogue: My Department received the application referenced in December 2019. A site notice must be erected at the entrance of the site onto the public road and, as part of the application documentation, a photo of the site notice in situ was received. Further, the standard application map indicated the location of the site notice. A Forestry District Inspector made a site visit on 30thJanuary and the...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Flood Relief Schemes (31 Mar 2021)

Charlie McConalogue: Roscommon County Council and the OPW, are in the first instance leading the engagement in relation to addressing the issue of flooding at Lough Funshinagh. The Department are in ongoing interaction with this group who are investigating technical solutions to address the issue. There are currently no dedicated supports for land that is seasonally flooded. The Deputy should be aware that...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Timber Supply (31 Mar 2021)

Charlie McConalogue: I propose to take Questions Nos. 1277 and 1278 together. While the Department holds information in relation to regulated wood and wood products subject to phytosanitary controls, it does not hold information on total wood imports. The COFORD Connect series “Woodflow and the forest – based biomass energy use on the island of Ireland”provide a range of forestry statistics...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Animal Welfare (31 Mar 2021)

Charlie McConalogue: My Department, in cooperation with our EU partners, works closely with the World Organisation for Animal Health (OIE). The OIE is the global standard setting body relating to animal health and animal welfare. Ireland has been a member of the OIE European Platform Steering Committee on Animal Welfare since its creation in 2013 and has offered technical inputs for the development of the OIE...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Animal Welfare (31 Mar 2021)

Charlie McConalogue: My Department is committed to establishing and supporting a stakeholder consultation to explore the development of high-welfare outdoor-reared pig and poultry sectors. The Department is currently developing plans for the consultative process with a view to full engagement later this year. No timeframe has been placed on the duration of the consultation.

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Greyhound Industry (31 Mar 2021)

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 Irish Coursing Club (ICC) has been the keeper for the Irish...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Animal Welfare (31 Mar 2021)

Charlie McConalogue: The new established Advisory Council on Companion Animal Welfare, which will convene is the coming weeks, will be asked to advise on the most appropriate content and ways of educating companion animal owners about caring for their animals. The Council will explore the feasibility of extending animal welfare awareness into the broader educational system, including primary and secondary...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Harbours and Piers (31 Mar 2021)

Charlie McConalogue: Howth Fishery Harbour Centre (FHC) is one of the six designated Fishery Harbour Centres which are owned, managed and maintained by my Department under Statute. The situation in Howth Harbour has been recognised as an issue for some time, and the requirement for a dredging project to restore adequate depth in the entrance channel and within the harbour is accepted. The Harbour was last dredged...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Forestry Management (31 Mar 2021)

Charlie McConalogue: I propose to take Questions Nos. 1284 to 1287, inclusive, together. New interim ‘Standards for Felling and Reforestation’were circulated in October 2019. These Standards immediately replaced measures relating to felling set out in the existing standards ‘Forest Harvesting & the Environment Guidelines (2000)’. The ‘Standards for Felling and...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Beef Industry (31 Mar 2021)

Charlie McConalogue: There is no legal definition of a feedlot herd. The Department defines certain herds as Controlled Finishing Units (CFUs) in the context of the Bovine TB Eradication Programme. This definition is unique to that programme and does not necessarily mirror the use of the term "feedlot" by the public and/or other institutions. CFUs are subject to enhanced biosecurity measures as part of the TB...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Beef Environmental Efficiency Scheme (31 Mar 2021)

Charlie McConalogue: I wish to inform the Deputy that the Agriculture Appeals Office operates independently of my Department. I have been advised, however, that the records of the Agriculture Appeals Office indicate that a letter of appeal was received on behalf of the person named in December 2020. The Appeals Office wrote to the person named in relation to his appeal and the submission of further...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Departmental Communications (31 Mar 2021)

Charlie McConalogue: The State recognises the right of Irish Sign Language users to use Irish Sign Language as their native language and the corresponding duties of all public bodies to provide Irish Sign Language users with free interpretation services when availing of or seeking access to statutory entitlements and services. The Irish Sign Language Act, 2017 clearly sets out the legislative responsibilities...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Commencement of Legislation (31 Mar 2021)

Charlie McConalogue: The Department has overseen the drafting and enactment of nine Bills in the past 10 years. Information requested on these enactments can be found in the table below. All of the Acts have been enacted to some extent; the extent of the commencement is indicated in column three. No. Title of Enactment Sections Commenced. 1 Welfare of Greyhounds...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Veterinary Medicines (31 Mar 2021)

Charlie McConalogue: New 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, which includes Northern Ireland. Across every sector and economic activity, there are different laws and regulations that apply in Northern Ireland and Ireland. This is the case in the agricultural sector as well....

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Food Industry (31 Mar 2021)

Charlie McConalogue: The Programme for Government includes a commitment to “Ensure fairness, equity and transparency in the food chain by establishing a new authority to enforce the Unfair Trading Practices Directive. It is envisaged that this authority will have a specific role in analysing and reporting on price and market data in Ireland and this will be an important step forward in transparency. It...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Departmental Expenditure (31 Mar 2021)

Charlie McConalogue: My Department ensures that there is an appropriate focus on good practice in procurement and that procedures are in place to ensure compliance with relevant guidelines and legislation. Below is a breakdown of my Department's procurement expenditure in each of the years 2018 to 2020. All figures include VAT.

Select Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Estimates for Public Services 2021
Vote 30 - Agriculture, Food and the Marine (Revised) (30 Mar 2021)

Charlie McConalogue: My opening statement addresses many of the issues and outlines the key expenditures for 2021. Members will have had a chance to read it and there will be an opportunity for members to come back with particular questions. We had an 11% increase in the budget for agriculture, food and the marine, which was very significant in underpinning farm incomes this year. It was important that we...