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Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Herd Data (15 Dec 2020)

Charlie McConalogue: The number of staff within the Department that have a flock or herd number registered in their name is not recorded centrally by my Department. The Civil Service Code of Standards and Behaviour sets out the standards of behaviour required of civil servants as they carry out their duties. The Code, which embraces core public service values of honesty, integrity and impartiality forms part of...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Beef Industry (15 Dec 2020)

Charlie McConalogue: The objective of the €75m 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. This aid was granted to support beef farmers who were affected by temporary market adjustment support in response to a specific market...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Beef Industry (15 Dec 2020)

Charlie McConalogue: The Beef Finisher payment (BFP) is a one-off, Exchequer-funded grant aid scheme under the Covid 19 State Aid Temporary Framework. The objective of BFP was to provide support for beef finishing farms in Ireland which had been severely impacted by the economic effects of the Covid-19 pandemic. An application for the BFP was submitted by the person named on 6th September 2020 in respect...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Basic Payment Scheme (15 Dec 2020)

Charlie McConalogue: The entitlements position for the named person has now been finalised and payment will issue shortly.

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Greyhound Industry (15 Dec 2020)

Charlie McConalogue: The Irish Coursing Club is the organisation charged by statute since 1923 with the role of Keeper of the Irish Stud Book. The stud book records pedigrees, ownerships, breeding data and transfers of ownership primarily. TheIrish Coursing Club is subject to the general control and direction of Rásaíocht Con Éireann. Data provided by the Irish Coursing Club indicate the...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Greyhound Industry (15 Dec 2020)

Charlie McConalogue: The Irish Coursing Club is the organisation charged by statute since 1923 with the role of Keeper of the Irish Stud Book. The stud book records pedigrees, ownerships, breeding data and transfers of ownership primarily. TheIrish Coursing Club is subject to the general control and direction of Rásaíocht Con Éireann. Greyhounds are required to be named with the Club and the table...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Greyhound Industry (15 Dec 2020)

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. RCÉ is not authorised to microchip greyhounds. The Irish...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Greyhound Industry (15 Dec 2020)

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. Data relating the greyhound dog pool at final dog pool count at...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Greyhound Industry (15 Dec 2020)

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. RCÉ operates under the Greyhound Racing Acts 1958 –...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Greyhound Industry (15 Dec 2020)

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 table attached sets out details of injuries and deaths relating...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Greyhound Industry (15 Dec 2020)

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: Forestry Sector (15 Dec 2020)

Charlie McConalogue: The current Forestry Programme has State Aid approval under the EU's State Aid Guidelines for the agriculture and forestry sectors (2014/C 204/01). These guidelines are currently under review and the revised version will largely depend on the final shape of the CAP post-2020 proposals and the CAP Strategic Plans in particular. As part of the process to ensure that existing State aid...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Horticulture Sector (15 Dec 2020)

Charlie McConalogue: I am very aware of the ongoing need for investment in the horticulture sector and my Department provides direct support through the Scheme of Investment Aid for the Development of the Commercial Horticulture Sector. This Scheme is operated on a competitive application basis. To ensure that funding can be drawn down by horticultural producers in 2021, the closing date of the scheme for...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Areas of Natural Constraint Scheme (15 Dec 2020)

Charlie McConalogue: In June 2020, my Department introduced a change in the approach to the issuing of certain error letters in relation to the Basic Payment Scheme (BPS). These changes were introduced following consultation with the farm organisations in accordance with the Farmers Charter of Rights. While these error letters related to BPS, they could also impact on an ANC application where that error was...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Herd Number Applications (15 Dec 2020)

Charlie McConalogue: A Herd number is an administrative device, issued by my Department for the purposes of disease control. A herd number, therefore, does notinfer ownership of lands, ownership of any animals tested or kept under that herd number or entitlement to payments under any schemes operated by my Department. Where more than one person has an interest in the herd, there is a standardised process in...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Areas of Natural Constraint Scheme (15 Dec 2020)

Charlie McConalogue: The information requested by the Deputy is provided below. The Deputy should be aware that, in some cases, portions of an applicant's overall ANC payment may involve elements of payments across multiple categories. Where this happens, for example, an individual receiving payment under Category 1 Higher rate and Category 1 Lower rate and Category 3 Higher rate, they will be counted in each...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Areas of Natural Constraint Scheme (15 Dec 2020)

Charlie McConalogue: The budget for the Areas of Natural Constraints (ANC) scheme has received a number of significant increases in recent years. €25m was allocated to the budget with effect from the 2018 scheme year and an additional €23m funding was added to the scheme from the 2019 scheme year. This increase of €48 over the two years has brought the total budget allocation of the scheme...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Coillte Teoranta (15 Dec 2020)

Charlie McConalogue: Coillte CGA was established as a private commercial company under the Forestry Act, 1988 and day-to-day operational matters, such as the management of their forest estate, are the responsibility of the company. I have therefore passed the questions raised to Coillte for response and direct reply to the Deputy.

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Fishing Industry (15 Dec 2020)

Charlie McConalogue: As the Deputy may be aware, in December 2018, following a public consultation process in which over 900 submissions were received, the then Minister for Agriculture, Food and Marine announced that vessels over 18m will be excluded from trawling in inshore waters inside the six nautical mile zone and the baselines from 1st January 2020. A transition period of three years for vessels over 18m...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Beef Industry (15 Dec 2020)

Charlie McConalogue: The Beef Exceptional Aid Measure (BEAM) provided 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 was funded by a combination of EU aid and Exchequer support. It was provided to support Irish beef farmers who saw beef prices fall in light of the Covid-19 market...