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Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Beef Industry (4 Feb 2021)

Charlie McConalogue: I propose to take Questions Nos. 253 and 264 together. As the Deputies will be aware, there is a commitment in the Programme for Government to the establishment of a new authority called the National Food Ombudsman (NFO) to enforce the Unfair Trading Practices (UTP) Directive. The NFO, whose remit will include the beef sector, will have a specific role in analysing and reporting on price...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Covid-19 Pandemic (4 Feb 2021)

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. Government has requested that Point to Point racing be discontinued under current regulations relating to COVID-19. HRI has informed this Department that this...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Animal Breeding Regulations (4 Feb 2021)

Charlie McConalogue: The movement of animals, including pet animals, into Ireland, is governed by EU legislation, which aims to ensure the health and welfare of the animals concerned.  In relation to the movement of dogs, the rules also protect against the introduction of rabies or Echinococcus multilocularis (tapeworm) to Ireland (Ireland is free of both diseases).   According to EU law,...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Meat Processing Plants (4 Feb 2021)

Charlie McConalogue: My Department’s statutory responsibility in the context of meat plants is to ensure that the DAFM approved plants operate in compliance with the EU's food hygiene legislation, animal health and animal welfare standards. My Department does not comment on COVID-19 within specific meat production facilities.  While responsibility for essential workers coming into...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Covid-19 Pandemic (4 Feb 2021)

Charlie McConalogue: Under level 5 COVID-19 restrictions, the Government has advised that people should stay at home except where absolutely necessary, for example, where travelling to and from work where the work is considered an essential service. Animal health or welfare concerns in this context would include those provided for in the Animal Health and Welfare Act 2013, and do not extend to routine puppy...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Calafoirt agus Céanna (4 Feb 2021)

Charlie McConalogue: Tá sé Lárionad Cuain Iascaigh ainmnithe faoi úinéireacht an Stáit, suite i mBaile Chaisleáin Bhéarra, Daingean Uí Chúis, an Dún Mór Thoir, Binn Éadair, na Cealla Beaga agus Ros an Mhíl, faoi úinéireacht ag mo Roinnse agus déanann an Roinn iad a chothabháil agus a chur i bhfeidhm, faoi reacht. Ina...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Covid-19 Pandemic (4 Feb 2021)

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. Government has requested that Point to Point racing be discontinued under current regulations relating to COVID-19.  HRI has informed this Department that...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Calafoirt agus Céanna (4 Feb 2021)

Charlie McConalogue: Tá Lárionad Chuan Iascaigh Ros an Mhíl ar cheann de shé Lárionad Cuain Iascaigh atá faoi úinéireacht na Roinne Talmhaíochta, Bia agus Mara faoi reacht agus atá á oibriú agus á chothabháil ag an Roinn. Cé gur cuan iascaigh gníomhach atá i Lárionad Chuan Iascaigh Ros an Mhíl sa chéad dul...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Sustainable Development Goals (4 Feb 2021)

Charlie McConalogue: There is a whole-of-government approach to the implementation of the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). The SDG National Implementation Plan 2018-2020 assigned my Department as the lead or joint lead Department on a number of Goals. The targets associated with these Goals are published in the SDG National Implementation Plan 2018-2020. These targets will...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Sustainable Development Goals (4 Feb 2021)

Charlie McConalogue: There is a whole-of-government approach to the implementation of the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs).   A list of the policies and strategies that underpin my Department's engagement with specific SDGs, either as lead Department or as a stakeholder, is appended to the SDG National Implementation Plan 2018-2020.  Work on the preparation of...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Beef Industry (4 Feb 2021)

Charlie McConalogue: The Beef Finisher Payment (BFP) scheme was launched on 10th August 2020.The aim of the scheme was to provide income support for farmers finishing beef who have been impacted by the economic effects of the COVID-19 pandemic.  Payments are made based on the data contained on the Department’s Animal Identification and Movements (AIM) system.  The Terms and Conditions...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Fishing Industry (3 Feb 2021)

Charlie McConalogue: Bluefin tuna is a highly migratory large pelagic species which spawns in the Mediterranean and then migrates over a wide area of the North East Atlantic to feed.  This migration brings some of the fish into the Irish 200 miles zone for part of the year. At the time we see fish in the Irish zone, there are also fish being caught in the international high seas and over a...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Foreshore Issues (3 Feb 2021)

Charlie McConalogue: Further to Parliamentary Question number 662 of 2020, my Department’s Marine Engineering Division examined the site in question in May 2020 and has reported that a vehicle access track had been recently created or modified along the upper shore. The report outlines that the track referred to runs predominantly above the high-water mark but does crossover to the public foreshore for...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Fishing Industry (3 Feb 2021)

Charlie McConalogue: On 21 January, I announced in the Dáil my intention to set up a task force involving seafood industry representatives and representatives of other stakeholders to provide recommendations to me on the appropriate measures that will best support the sector and the local coastal communities with the impacts of the quota cuts. My Department is urgently preparing the Terms of Reference for...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Maritime Safety (3 Feb 2021)

Charlie McConalogue: This proposed project by Bord Iascaigh Mhara (BIM) has been assessed in the wider context of the provision of existing specialised professional sea survival training facilities within the State and the cost, both construction and operational, of such a facility. There are existing professional sea survival training facilities based at the National...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Harbours and Piers (3 Feb 2021)

Charlie McConalogue: As the Deputy will be aware, Greencastle Harbour is owned by Donegal County Council and responsibility for its maintenance and development rests with the Local Authority. That said, this matter remains under review and no decision has been made in relation to funding the completion of the breakwater at Greencastle Harbour. Any future decision as regards centrally...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Herd Number Applications (3 Feb 2021)

Charlie McConalogue: The terms and conditions of the Sheep Welfare Scheme provides for new entrants to sheep farming to apply to participate in the scheme.  Under the terms and conditions of the scheme, a new entrant is defined as an applicant who has applied for a new herd number in the period 1st January to 31st December in the year preceding the scheme year, or an applicant with an existing herd number...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Fishing Industry (3 Feb 2021)

Charlie McConalogue: The data requested by the Deputy on landings by UK-registered vessels is a matter for the Sea Fisheries Protection Authority (SFPA) which is the responsible authority for the collection of data. Accordingly, I have referred the Deputy's requests for this data to the SFPA for attention and direct reply.

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Fishing Industry (3 Feb 2021)

Charlie McConalogue: There are significant practical and cost implications for the State in the designation of EU ports for Third Country landings as, under EU Regulations, such designations represent an entry point to the European Union following which food is free to circulate within the full EU common market.  On this basis for any ports designated, Ireland is obliged to ensure that...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: EU Regulations (3 Feb 2021)

Charlie McConalogue: My Department has sought the advice from the Attorney General’s Office on the technical subject matter referred to relating to the derogation provided for in article 105(4) of Regulation EU 2019/6. This request for advice was made in December 2020. It is receiving attention in that office currently. It is the intention of my Department to make a statement on the matter to all...