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Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Brexit Issues (10 Mar 2021)

Charlie McConalogue: The requirements for animal and plant safety documentation are laid down in the Plant Health Regulation (EU) 2016/2031, the Official Controls Regulation (EU) 2017/625 and the IMSOC Regulation (EU) 2019/1715. These requirements apply to all imports of such commodities into the European Union, regardless of whether the country has a free trade agreement with the EU or not. All documentation...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Control of Horses (10 Mar 2021)

Charlie McConalogue: The legislation governing the identification of equines is Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2015/262, as transposed into national legislation via S.I. 62 of 2016. As required by Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2015/262, my Department's central equine database records the registration details of equines issued with passports by approved Passport Issuing Organisations (PIOs)...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Fishing Industry (10 Mar 2021)

Charlie McConalogue: The EU-UK Trade and Cooperation Agreement (TCA) will, unfortunately, have an impact on our fishing industry. However, this impact would have been far greater had the Barnier Task Force agreed to UK demands, or had we been in a no-deal scenario which would have seen all EU vessels barred from UK waters and subsequent displacement into Ireland's fishing zone. There is, however, one key...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Fishing Industry (10 Mar 2021)

Charlie McConalogue: From the outset of the EU/UK negotiations on a future relationship, Ireland and our EU partners were very clear on our level of ambition on fisheries and on the fact that the EU had directly linked progress on an overall trade deal to progress on fisheries. We were seeking to protect the interests of the Irish fleet in terms of both quota share and access to UK waters. This was reflected in...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Beekeeping Industry (10 Mar 2021)

Charlie McConalogue: The importation of bees into the UK via Northern Ireland is a UK internal matter.

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Animal Diseases (10 Mar 2021)

Charlie McConalogue: Equine Herpesvirus-1 (EHV-1) is a herpes virus that is widely distributed across the world, including in Ireland. It usually manifests as a respiratory or reproductive disease and occasionally in a paralytic form. The primary risk mitigating measures are biosecurity and vaccination. My Department continues to monitor the on-going outbreak of Equine Herpesvirus-1 in horses in continental...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Felling Licences (10 Mar 2021)

Charlie McConalogue: An application for a tree felling licence for the person named was received in July 2019 and has been referred to my Department’s Ecology Unit. The application site is near six designated sites, including the Ballyhoura Mountains and the Lower River Suir SACs. Therefore, the impact of any felling operations on the sites and the surrounding area, must be carefully considered before...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Tuberculosis Incidence (10 Mar 2021)

Charlie McConalogue: The attached file provides the number of reactors by county from 2010 to 2020. While disease levels are low relative to historical levels, the number of reactors has been gradually increasing since 2016. The pace of deterioration has accelerated in 2020. Outbreaks of bovine TB within each county require a range of actions to address the problem. Within each county, the TB programme focuses on...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Tuberculosis Eradication Programme (10 Mar 2021)

Charlie McConalogue: While TB disease is low relative to historical levels, the number of new restrictions and reactor numbers have been gradually increasing since 2016. The pace of deterioration has accelerated in 2020. My Department is engaged with all stakeholders through the TB Forum to ensure all aspects of the recently launched new Bovine TB Eradication Strategy 2021-2030 are addressed to move toward the...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Tuberculosis Incidence (10 Mar 2021)

Charlie McConalogue: Following many successful years of reducing bovine TB levels to the benefit of Irish farmers, there has been concerning increases in the disease since 2016. This has continued in 2020 with further increases in herd incidence and reactor numbers observed. Herd incidence (on a 12-month rolling basis) has breached 4% for the first time since 2012 and reactor numbers have exceeded 22,000 –...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Agriculture Schemes (10 Mar 2021)

Charlie McConalogue: The Traditional Farm Building Scheme (TFBS) is a complementary measure to GLAS, intended to encourage a holistic approach which increases understanding and management of both the natural and built/cultural heritage present on individual farms. Accordingly, participation in GLAS is the prime eligibility condition. The scheme is administered on behalf of the Department by the Heritage Council....

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Organic Farming Scheme (10 Mar 2021)

Charlie McConalogue: I was very pleased to recently reopen the Organic Farming Scheme and I hope that as many farmers as possible are giving consideration to converting. Interested farmers will find a wealth of supporting and informative material available from my Department, Teagasc, the Organic Certification Bodies or from their farm adviser. Applications will be accepted from all sectors and the scheme is...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Beef Industry (10 Mar 2021)

Charlie McConalogue: As the Deputy will be aware, prices for beef and other commodities is a commercial matter which I have no role in determining. I am acutely aware of the recent price volatility in the beef sector and I am conscious that the sector is particularly exposed to factors such as COVID, given its reliance on external trade and the food service and hospitality markets. My Department and I are...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Beef Industry (10 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: Agriculture Industry (10 Mar 2021)

Charlie McConalogue: The Department of Housing, Planning, Local Government and Heritage is the competent authority for the Nitrates Regulations (S.I. 605 of 2017 as amended). This regulation obliges farmers to keep within the limits set out of 170 kgs of Nitrogen from livestock manure per hectare (or 250 kgs/ N/ha for those who hold a Nitrates Derogation.) Measures farmers can take to reduce nitrogen and...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Forestry Sector (10 Mar 2021)

Charlie McConalogue: Forestry will play an important role in meeting our environmental objectives under the Climate Action Plan and on biodiversity as outlined in the Programme for Government. It is for this reason my Department will be focusing on afforestation applications in the coming weeks. I am mindful of the seasonality associated with afforestation and while other forestry licence types will continue...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Forestry Sector (10 Mar 2021)

Charlie McConalogue: The introduction of a new requirement for an Environmental report supported by a Planning grant is one of the recommendations in the Mackinnon report. The implementation report by Jo O’Hara, accepted by me, will now be advanced under Project Woodland. This, however, is a completely separate issue to the funding of ecologists which are an integral part of the licence approval...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Beef Industry (10 Mar 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 participants gave a commitment to reduce the production of bovine livestock manure nitrogen on the holding by 5% for the period 1st July 2020 to...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Beef Industry (10 Mar 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 participants gave a commitment to reduce the production of bovine livestock manure nitrogen on the holding by 5% for the period 1st July 2020...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Teagasc Activities (10 Mar 2021)

Charlie McConalogue: I can confirm that the 20 posts represent new fixed term teaching positions over and above the existing staff complement approved for Teagasc. I understand that Teagasc have panels in place from which they intend to make appointments. In some circumstances, existing contract staff whose contracts are coming to an end can apply for the positions, which have a duration of two years. The...