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Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Agriculture Schemes (18 Nov 2020)

Charlie McConalogue: The granting of court orders is a matter for the Courts and my Department is obliged to comply with any court order which is served on it in accordance with the terms of that order.  The legislation underpining the decision in relation to any court order is a matter for the Court.

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Agriculture Schemes (18 Nov 2020)

Charlie McConalogue: The granting of court orders is a matter for the Courts and my Department is obliged to comply with any court order which is served on it in accordance with the terms of that order. 

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Basic Payment Scheme (18 Nov 2020)

Charlie McConalogue: I propose to take Questions Nos. 215 and 216 together. My Department received over 129,000 applications in 2020 for the basic payment scheme, of which just over 122,000 are currently eligible. To date, over 120,000 farmers have received almost €800m in advance payments and payments have continued since they commenced on the 16th October. This represents a greater amount of money...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Agriculture Scheme Eligibility (18 Nov 2020)

Charlie McConalogue: Teagasc deliver the Green Cert Programme on a full-time, part-time and distance education basis in the Agricultural Colleges and Regional Education Centres. I am advised by Teagasc that there is no upper age limit on the Green Cert course entry. Promoting generational renewal is a priority and there are supports available for young farmers, both under the CAP and through...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Animal Sales (18 Nov 2020)

Charlie McConalogue: Livestock Marts approved by my Department interact with the Animal, Identification and Movement (AIM) database via a webservice system. Animals presented for sale at marts are notified in real time to the AIM database. The marts own web service system identifies those bovines which move into the mart and interacts with AIM. Relevant...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Greyhound Industry (17 Nov 2020)

Charlie McConalogue: Hare coursing is regulated under the Greyhound Industry Act, 1958 chiefly by the Irish Coursing Club (ICC). Hare coursing is managed and regulated by the ICC.   Funding for ICC is derived from Stud Book registration fees and the sale of the ICC newspaper “The Sporting Press”. The ICC does not receive funding from Government or RCÉ....

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Basic Payment Scheme (17 Nov 2020)

Charlie McConalogue: Financial allocations for the Basic Payment Scheme are not set by the national budgetary process in the same way as, for example, schemes such as the Areas of Natural Constraint Scheme and the Sheep Welfare Scheme that are financed by the Rural Development Programme. Rather, ceilings are set for Direct Payments Schemes by the EU Regulations.  For 2019, EU...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Areas of Natural Constraint Scheme (17 Nov 2020)

Charlie McConalogue: The budget for the Areas of Natural Constraints Scheme has received a number of significant increases in recent years, with an increase of €25 million being allocated to the scheme in 2018 and an additional €23 million being allocated in 2019.  These increases have brought the total budget for the scheme to €250 million per annum. This represents a...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: GLAS Issues (17 Nov 2020)

Charlie McConalogue: The allocation for the Green-Low Carbon Agri-environment Scheme in Budget 2019 was €203m.  A total of €213.8m was paid out under that Scheme in the year 2019. €202.7m was allocated to GLAS for payments in 2020. To date, €184m has been paid to GLAS participants. GLAS payments continue to issue on a regular basis as applications are cleared...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Agri-Environment Options Scheme (17 Nov 2020)

Charlie McConalogue: The allocation for the Agri-Environment Options Scheme (AEOS) in Budget 2019 was €0.479m with a total of €0.568m paid out under that Scheme in the year 2019. This amount covered residual payments due to legacy participation in the scheme.

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Beef Data and Genomics Programme (17 Nov 2020)

Charlie McConalogue: The BDGP forms part of Ireland’s Rural Development Programme 2014-2020. It involves funding of €300 million over the six year programme and addresses widely acknowledged weaknesses in the maternal genetics of the Irish suckler herd, makes a positive contribution to farmer profitability and reduces the greenhouse gas intensity of Ireland’s beef production. A...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Beef Environmental Efficiency Scheme (17 Nov 2020)

Charlie McConalogue: The objective of BEEP was to further increase economic and environmental efficiency in the suckler herd through better quality data on herd performance supporting decision making on farm. The 2019 budget allocated a total of €20 million for the Beef Environmental Efficiency Pilot (BEEP) A total of 16,556 farmers participated in the pilot with payments totalling €15.4m.

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Sheep Welfare Scheme (17 Nov 2020)

Charlie McConalogue: The Sheep Welfare Scheme was launched in December 2016, for a period of four years.  The scheme reflected the commitment of the Government to the sheep sector in Ireland and was introduced as part of Ireland’s Rural Development Programme.  The total budget allocated to the scheme in 2019 amounted to €18m. A total of €17.38m was paid out under the Sheep...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Targeted Agricultural Modernisation Scheme (17 Nov 2020)

Charlie McConalogue: The indicative allocation for the TAMS II scheme over the course of the Rural Development Programme is €395 million. To date, over 33,350 approvals to proceed with investment works under TAMS II have issued. A total of €252 million has been paid to date.  The available budget allocated for all TAMS measures in 2019 was €70 million. However €76.516...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Organic Farming Scheme (17 Nov 2020)

Charlie McConalogue: The Organic Farming Scheme (OFS) is one of the most successful Schemes under our current Rural Development Programme (RDP). The Scheme has more than achieved its targets in terms of new land converted and the maintenance of organic land.  The target for the RDP was to attract some 16,000 hectares of new land into production and to support 46,000 hectares of converted land....

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Afforestation Programme (17 Nov 2020)

Charlie McConalogue: As you may be aware, there is a backlog of license applications that require an Appropriate Assessment (AA). My Department has put in place a detailed project plan for dealing with this backlog which includes recruitment of additional ecologists, forestry inspectors and administrative staff where required.  In this case, the licence application is waiting to be...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Covid-19 Pandemic (17 Nov 2020)

Charlie McConalogue: My Department's position in relation to the use of fogging or misting products for the control of Covid-19 is in line with guidance from the World Health Organisation (WHO) on the cleaning and disinfection of environmental surfaces in the context of Covid-19. Our position also reflects the views of the Antimicrobial Resistance and Infection Control group in the HSE Health Protection...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Departmental Staff (17 Nov 2020)

Charlie McConalogue: At present, my Department has 61 positions to be filled immediately from the Technical Agriculture Officer 2020 competition that was advertised on www.publicjobs.ie. I understand that interviews will take place during November and a panel will be created in December.  This panel will be in place for a period of two years.  My Department continuously uses workforce...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Agri-Environment Options Scheme (17 Nov 2020)

Charlie McConalogue: The Green Low-Carbon Agri-Environment Scheme (GLAS) opened in three tranches commencing in 2015, following the prior closure of the Agri-Environment Options Scheme (AEOS) to new applicants.  All AEOS participants had the option of joining the GLAS scheme should they have wished to do so.  GLAS is now fully subscribed with GLAS 1 and 2 participants due to complete their...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Covid-19 Pandemic (17 Nov 2020)

Charlie McConalogue: For public health reasons, the Government has advised that during Level 5 of the Resilience and Recovery 2020-2021: Plan for Living with COVID-19, there are restrictions in place on domestic travel outside of a 5 kilometre radius of a person's home. The measures are based on expert advice from the National Public Health Emergency Team (NPHET) and are kept under ongoing review by...