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Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Afforestation Programme (13 Jan 2021)

Charlie McConalogue: I propose to take Questions Nos. 1165 and 1166 together. My Department publishes forestry statistics on its website, which include the hectares planted and whether they were broadleaf or conifers. My Department does not publish information on the number of trees planted. However, at establishment, the stocking density is normally 2,500 trees per hectare for conifers and 3,300 trees per...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Targeted Agricultural Modernisation Scheme (13 Jan 2021)

Charlie McConalogue: The Pig and Poultry Investment Scheme (PPIS) is one of the suite of seven measures available under TAMS II. The full indicative allocation for all TAMS II measures over the course of the Rural Development Programme is €395 million. To date, €264 million has been paid across all the available schemes. A further €130m has been committed to scheme participants which they...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Fishing Industry (13 Jan 2021)

Charlie McConalogue: This week, my Department has published a Preliminary Analysis of Transfers of Quota Shares under the EU/UK Trade and Cooperation Agreement from Ireland/EU to the UK on the gov.ie website which details the level of quota transfers for Ireland across the different stocks. This includes the estimated quota transfer relative to total quota for other Member States. The Deputy will see from...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Fishing Industry (13 Jan 2021)

Charlie McConalogue: Within the terms of the Trade and Cooperation Agreement between the EU and UK, access arrangements are set out in Article 8 - Fish. This Article sets out: provided that TACs have been agreed, each Party shall grant vessels of the other Party access to fish in its waters in the relevant ICES sub-areas that year. Access shall be granted at a level and on conditions determined in those annual...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Fishing Industry (13 Jan 2021)

Charlie McConalogue: Ireland's percentage of the EU EEZ (excluding overseas territories) prior to the 1 January 2021 was 10%. It has now increased to 12%. As the Deputy will be aware, Fisheries was one of the most difficult areas of the negotiations. Under the EU-UK Trade and Cooperation Agreement, EU fishing vessels will continue to have the current level of access to UK waters at least until 2026.

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Fishing Industry (13 Jan 2021)

Charlie McConalogue: The EU-UK Trade and Cooperation Agreement will, unfortunately, have a negative 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. This week, I published a...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Fishing Industry (13 Jan 2021)

Charlie McConalogue: Ireland’s goals for sustainable fisheries are supported through the Common Fisheries Policy (CFP). The CFP provides the framework for the long term conservation and sustainability of fish stocks and is designed to ensure the long term sustainability of fishing in Ireland and throughout EU waters. The CFP utilises the best scientific advice as a key determinant in setting annual fishing...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Fishing Industry (13 Jan 2021)

Charlie McConalogue: As the Deputy will be aware, from 1 January 2021, the United Kingdom has become a Third Country and therefore subject to Illegal, Unregulated and Unreported (IUU) legislation and North East Atlantic Fisheries Commission (NEAFC) requirements. Castletownbere and Killybegs are currently the Irish ports designated for Third Country landings of fish for both IUU and NEAFC purposes which includes...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Fishing Industry (13 Jan 2021)

Charlie McConalogue: UK, including Northern Ireland, registered fishing vessels are now considered Third Country vessels under EU law for the purposes of EU regulations to combat illegal fishing, known as Illegal, Unreported and Unregulated (IUU), regulations and North East Atlantic Fisheries Commission (NEAFC) requirements. As an EU Member State, Ireland must uphold its obligations under the IUU regulations and...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Fishing Industry (13 Jan 2021)

Charlie McConalogue: The Registrar General of Fishing Boats informs me that the Irish fishing fleet comprised 1,998 registered vessels at year end on 31 December 2020. The Department would not be aware of the number of vessel owners who are members of a Producer Organisation. Consultation with Industry in respect of the management of Ireland’s fishing quotas is carried out via the Quota Management...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Fishing Industry (13 Jan 2021)

Charlie McConalogue: Within the terms of the Trade and Cooperation Agreement between the EU and UK, access arrangements are set out in Article 8. This Article sets out: provided that TACs have been agreed, each Party shall grant vessels of the other Party access to fish in its waters in the relevant ICES sub-areas that year. Access shall be granted at a level and on conditions determined in those annual...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Fishing Industry (13 Jan 2021)

Charlie McConalogue: The European Commission’s UK Task Force has advised that under the EU/UK Trade and Corporation Agreement the Voisinage arrangement, which allows Irish registered vessels access to 0-6nm zone in Northern Ireland and for NI vessels to fish in IRL 0-6nm zone, is valid. The European Commission has further advised that because of the third country status of the UK (and NI), fishing in...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: GLAS Issues (13 Jan 2021)

Charlie McConalogue: The above named applied successfully for GLAS II with a contract commencement date of 1 January 2016. The case was subsequently selected for an inspection. On foot of this inspection, the contract was rejected. The decision made in this case has been appealed to the Agriculture Appeals Office. The Department's statement and the documentation requested has been sent to the Agriculture...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: GLAS Issues (13 Jan 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 request for a review of an Appeals Officer's decision was received in the Appeals Office from the person named in February 2020. The review of the Appeals Officer's decision, which legally may...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Beef Imports (13 Jan 2021)

Charlie McConalogue: A monthly breakdown of beef imports from EU member states by weight and value (Central Statistics Office (CSO) data) is currently being compiled and will be sent to the Deputy's office when available. In the interim, according to the most up to date CSO data available, imports of beef to Ireland from other EU member states (including GB & NI) during the period of January to October...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Departmental Correspondence (13 Jan 2021)

Charlie McConalogue: I can advise the Deputy that the person named made contact with the Records Branch in my Department via email on 24th September 2020.  A response was sent to the person named, acknowledging receipt of his query.  On 11th November 2020, a further email was issued, advising him that the relevant documents had been located and copied.  This correspondence...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Animal Welfare (13 Jan 2021)

Charlie McConalogue: I would like to assure the Deputy that animal welfare is a high priority for my Department and considerable resources and funding are provided to address the issue. The Programme for Government  contains an undertaking to provide additional funding to support animal welfare in the coming years to which I am fully committed.  In this regard, in December 2020,...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Covid-19 Pandemic (13 Jan 2021)

Charlie McConalogue: I wish to advise the Deputy that my Department has been able to maintain all its usual services throughout the pandemic without the need to outsource such work.

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Beef Exports (13 Jan 2021)

Charlie McConalogue: Trade data from the CSO shows the volume and value of all beef exported for 2018, 2019 and January to October 2020. The full CSO trade stats for 2020 will not be available until mid-February 2021. This data is not broken down by age at slaughter. The data does not relate directly to individual carcasses, rather it is categorised by CN code which reflects products as...

Written Answers — Department of Rural and Community Development: Pet Farms (13 Jan 2021)

Charlie McConalogue: The role of my Department is to  ensure animal health and welfare.  The movement of animals, including pets, among EU Member States and between the EU and third countries is governed by EU legislation, which imposes requirements in relation to movement that vary according to species, type of movement and country of origin.  In relation to the movement of dogs, requirements...