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Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Equine Industry (8 Dec 2020)

Charlie McConalogue: My Department continues to prioritise equine traceability and equine welfare. Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2015/262, which came into effect on 1 January 2016, lays down the rules governing the identification of equidae. This legislation was transposed into national legislation in Ireland via the European Union (Identification of Equidae) Regulations (S.I. No 62...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Equine Industry (8 Dec 2020)

Charlie McConalogue: The Control of Horses Act 1996 addresses situations when horses are kept in unsuitable conditions resulting in horses wandering onto public roads or public lands, posing serious risks to the public, especially motorists and young children. The Act provides for the designation, by local authority byelaws, of control areas in which horses cannot be kept without a...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Agriculture Industry (8 Dec 2020)

Charlie McConalogue: In order to provide farmers with high quality, disease-free seed my Department implements the national seed certification scheme. This scheme is based on EU legislation and covers the main crop species, including fodder crops, cereals, potatoes, beet, oilseeds, pulses and vegetables. While the EU seed regulations cover certain weed and disease species, there are no specific...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Agriculture Industry (8 Dec 2020)

Charlie McConalogue: During the recent Level 5 restrictions, the marts performed very well, with sales throughput close to 90% of that in the same period in 2019. In recognition of the extra investment that marts are making in IT infrastructure to facilitate online sales, my Department plans to launch a grant scheme in early 2021 to support the use of technology.  

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Agriculture Industry (8 Dec 2020)

Charlie McConalogue: The details of the Farm Safety and Disabilities Adaptation Equipment Accelerated Capital Allowance Scheme (ACA) is yet to be finalized and a launch date will be announced in due course. Notwithstanding this, once the scheme is up and running, relief will be available for expenditure incurred from 1 January 2021. The scheme will provide for accelerated capital allowances at 50%...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Targeted Agricultural Modernisation Scheme (8 Dec 2020)

Charlie McConalogue: The suite of seven TAMS II measures launched under the Rural Development Programme 2014-2020 have been very popular with over 34,000 approvals issued to date.  Payments under TAMS have now reached €256m with a further €135m committed in approvals. Payments are currently issuing at an average rate of €1.4m per week. I was very pleased to secure funding for...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Foreshore Issues (8 Dec 2020)

Charlie McConalogue: The question asked by the Deputy concerns operational matters that are the responsibility of the Marine Institute (MI).  I have forwarded the Deputy's question to MI for direct response.

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Biocidal Products (8 Dec 2020)

Charlie McConalogue: Biocidal products may only be marketed and used in Ireland once they are registered with the Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine and are entered on the “Product Register” in accordance with Regulation 20 of Statutory Instrument 427 of 2013. On 3 August 2020, applications for two biocidal products bearing the trade names referred to were received by my...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Fishing Industry (8 Dec 2020)

Charlie McConalogue: As the Deputy will 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 1 January 2020.  A transition period of three years for vessels over...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Common Fisheries Policy (8 Dec 2020)

Charlie McConalogue: The recent report on the Common Fisheries Policy (CFP) from BirdWatch Ireland puts forward its assessment of the implementation of the CFP and recommendations for future development. However, a number of the findings do not provide a true reflection of situation on the ground and the extensive work that has been carried out to improve our seas.  For example, for 2020, 62 out of...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Areas of Natural Constraint Scheme (8 Dec 2020)

Charlie McConalogue: In order to be eligible for the Areas of Natural Constraints (ANC) Scheme, farmers must apply for the scheme by completing the relevant section of the Basic Payment Scheme application form. With effect from the 2018 scheme year, all applications for both the Basic Payment Scheme and the Areas of Natural Constraints Scheme were required to be completed using the Department’s online...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Beef Data and Genomics Programme (8 Dec 2020)

Charlie McConalogue: The Beef Data and Genomics Programme provides for six year payments to farmers for completion of actions which deliver accelerated genetic improvement in the Irish national herd and improvement of its environmental sustainability. There are currently some 23,921 participants in BDGP I & II and it provides for annual payments to participating farmers for completion of...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Beef Data and Genomics Programme (8 Dec 2020)

Charlie McConalogue: The Beef Data and Genomics Programme provides for six year payments to farmers for completion of actions which deliver accelerated genetic improvement in the Irish national herd and improvement of its environmental sustainability. There are currently some 23,921 participants in BDGP and it provides for annual payments to participating farmers for completion of defined actions as set...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Young Farmers Scheme (8 Dec 2020)

Charlie McConalogue: Support for young farmers and generational renewal is a priority for the Government. In Ireland, some 5% of farmers are under 35 years and 30% are over 65 years. Demographic challenges for the agriculture sector are not unique to Ireland and generational renewal is also a priority at EU level and an objective of the Common Agriculture Policy (CAP). There are a range of...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Young Farmer Capital Investment Scheme (8 Dec 2020)

Charlie McConalogue: The person named submitted an application for grant-aid under the Young Farmers Capital Investment Scheme in TAMS II Tranche 18 on 4 August 2020. Tranche 18 of TAMS II closed on 20 August 2020. The process is that these applications must pass the initial administrative checks required and are all then subject to the ranking and selection process. Ranking and selection is...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Basic Payment Scheme (8 Dec 2020)

Charlie McConalogue: The person named submitted a 2020 Basic Payment Scheme (BPS) application on 14 May 2020.  Processing of this application has recently been completed and payment will issue shortly in this case.

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Beef Environmental Efficiency Scheme (8 Dec 2020)

Charlie McConalogue: The objective of the Beef Environmental Efficiency Programme – Suckler is to further increase economic and environmental efficiency in the suckler herd through better quality data on herd performance, supporting decision making on farm and support of best practice in welfare management. No request for a review has been received from the person named.  However, I have asked...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Animal Welfare (8 Dec 2020)

Charlie McConalogue: Since 1995, my Department have provided direct funding to animal welfare bodies. In December 2019, record funding  of €2,906,000 was provided to 106 animal welfare organisations throughout the country in respect of their activities for the following year.  Details in respect of allocations to Co Limerick are set out, below. For 2021, a total of 105...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Veterinary Medicines (8 Dec 2020)

Charlie McConalogue: My Department has engaged extensively over the past 18 months with all stakeholders to work through the implementation of Regulation 2019/6. I am acutely aware of significant concerns being raised about the potential impact of the Regulation on some stakeholders.  In light of this, my Department established an Antiparasitic Resistance Stakeholder Group in June 2020 which is chaired...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Information and Communications Technology (8 Dec 2020)

Charlie McConalogue: The Carbware software was not purchased or licensed from any other organisation. In order to ensure repeatability and consistency of reporting forest sinks, the CARBWARE system was developed as a stand-alone software tool with well-defined database structures and methodological work-flows. CARBWARE has never been publicly available to download, as it was designed solely for use in all of...