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Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Farm Costs (13 Jun 2024)

Charlie McConalogue: My Department continuously monitors key economic indicators in the agri-food sector, in collaboration with Teagasc and the Central Statistics Office (CSO). There is a particular focus on changes in farm input costs, as well as developments in farm incomes, viability, structures, key commodities and food industry trends. The CSO releases its Agricultural Price Indices monthly, tracking...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Fishing Industry (13 Jun 2024)

Charlie McConalogue: I can assure the Deputy that my Department constantly monitors the needs of the fisheries sector. In addition to meeting representatives of the sector, holding formal consultations and attending public forums, we monitor developments in key economic indicators. I established the Seafood Task Force in 2021 to examine the impacts of the EU-UK Trade and Cooperation Agreement (TCA) on our...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Food Industry (13 Jun 2024)

Charlie McConalogue: My Department monitors information on farms and the wider agri-food sector, in collaboration with Teagasc and the Central Statistics Office (CSO), on an ongoing basis. This includes monitoring agricultural input and output prices. The CSO publish monthly Agricultural Output and Input Price Indices. These indices monitor trends in prices paid to farmers for their produce and prices paid by...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Tillage Sector (13 Jun 2024)

Charlie McConalogue: The competitiveness of Irish cereal production compares very favourably to other EU countries. However, the prolonged period of very wet weather since last summer resulted in significant challenges for tillage farmers in getting crops planted for this year’s harvest. The area of winter cereal crops is down compared to previous years, while most planting of spring cereals took...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Food Industry (13 Jun 2024)

Charlie McConalogue: My Department has several policies and strategies in place to ensure agriculture plays its role in meeting the national climate targets for 2030 and 2050, while continuing to sustainably produce food and feed. Indeed, the Food Vision 2030 Strategy sets out a pathway for Ireland to become a world leader in Sustainable Food Systems over the next decade. The targets for agriculture are...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Animal Breeding (13 Jun 2024)

Charlie McConalogue: Rare breeds are an important resource of livestock heritage and need to be conserved as a vital genetic resource for future generations and the benefit of agriculture. My Department have provided native rare breed status to the following bovine and ovine breeds - Dexter, Droimeann, Irish Moiled, Kerry Cattle and the Galway Sheep. Each of these breeds are catered for by approved breeding...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Animal Diseases (13 Jun 2024)

Charlie McConalogue: Bovine tuberculosis (bTB) is a challenging disease to control and eradicate. I am acutely aware of the financial and emotional trauma associated with a TB breakdown. It causes significant hardship for farmers and farming families, and I am fully committed to the objectives of the Bovine TB Eradication Strategy which aims to reduce and ultimately eradicate this disease in Ireland. There...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Food Industry (13 Jun 2024)

Charlie McConalogue: Since August 2020 Import Controls Operations Division of my Department has rejected 504 consignments of food, products of animal origin and plant products, from countries outside the EU for breaches of traceability guidelines. These rejected consignments were denied access to the Irish market and were either re-dispatched, subjected to special treatment or destroyed at the importers...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Agriculture Industry (12 Jun 2024)

Charlie McConalogue: The practice of vermicast where the earthworms are being commercially farmed falls under the EU Animal By-Products regulations and as such operators are required to register with my Department. I am aware that my Department has recently met with and are actively engaging with potential operators from this sector.

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: EU Meetings (12 Jun 2024)

Charlie McConalogue: I wish to advise the Deputy that the information requested is set out in the attached table. ]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Flexible Work Practices (12 Jun 2024)

Charlie McConalogue: My Department is committed to embracing opportunities for remote and blended working, to build a more dynamic, agile and responsive Civil Service, while sustaining strong standards of performance and high levels of productivity. I believe that blended working can increase flexibility, improve health and well-being, and add to the range of work-life balance initiatives the Civil Service can...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Agriculture Schemes (12 Jun 2024)

Charlie McConalogue: The person named received approval to proceed with an investment under the Low Emission Slurry Spreading Scheme (LESS), which is a measure under TAMS 3. A claim for payment was submitted on 25th March 2024. My Department has commenced the processing of all payment claims submitted under TAMS 3, and it is anticipated that payments will issue later this month where there are no issues with...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Agriculture Schemes (11 Jun 2024)

Charlie McConalogue: The Targeted Agriculture Modernisation Scheme (TAMS 3) is a demand led scheme with significant budgetary constraints. As a result, it is not possible to consider adding additional items such as a portable cover for slurry pit manholes to the comprehensive list of investment items already available under TAMS at this time. However, such investment items may be included for consideration when...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Agriculture Schemes (11 Jun 2024)

Charlie McConalogue: The processing of payments under the Targeted Agriculture Modernisation Scheme (TAMS II) is continuing on a weekly basis, with 460 claims on hand currently being processed. To date, a total of 1,153 claims for payment have been submitted under TAMS 3. Payments are now commencing, with a total of almost €1.4 million issuing this week, and payments will continue to issue on a weekly...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Departmental Data (11 Jun 2024)

Charlie McConalogue: On International Women’s Day in March 2021, my Department launched an "Equality, Diversity, and Inclusion in the Workplace" eLearning programme for all staff. This course aims to provide staff with an outline of why diversity, equality and inclusion are fundamental to my Department, and how we can build on our strengths and address our weaknesses in making this a reality in our...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Agriculture Schemes (11 Jun 2024)

Charlie McConalogue: Last November, I introduced the Unharvested Crop Support Scheme to support growers who were unable to harvest their cereal crops due to wet weather. A condition of the scheme was that only barley, oats, wheat and rye that was declared by the applicant in their 2023 Basic Income Support for Sustainability (BISS) application, that remained unharvested on the closing date of the scheme, which...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Legislative Measures (11 Jun 2024)

Charlie McConalogue: My Department will be continuing to prioritise the progression of the Agriculture Appeals (Amendment) Bill 2024 prior to the Dáil summer recess.

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Forestry Sector (11 Jun 2024)

Charlie McConalogue: My Department published a Forestry Licencing Plan in December 2023 which outlines our strong commitment to issuing licences in 2024. The Plan estimates that we will issue 4,200 new forestry licences of all types in 2024, which includes 1,000 afforestation licences, This is however contingent on receiving enough applications to achieve this goal. We are working towards the priorities outlined...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Departmental Schemes (11 Jun 2024)

Charlie McConalogue: My Department provided funding to the named organisation for specific projects under the Equine Technical Support Scheme (ETS) to assist in areas of studbook development, pony inspection, genotyping and genetic testing, marketing and promotion. The funding provided to the named organisation under ETS was as follows: Year Amount Paid under ETS 2019 €131,840.00 ...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Forestry Sector (11 Jun 2024)

Charlie McConalogue: The Climate Action Performance Payment, totalling €5,000 per hectare, will be paid in three instalments to grant-aided ash forest owners who clear their sites and replant through either a previous Ash Dieback Reconstitution Scheme or the current Reconstitution Ash Dieback Scheme 2023 to 2027. Almost 16,000 hectares of ash forests were grant aided by the Department from 1990. All of...