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Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Brexit Supports (11 Nov 2020)

Charlie McConalogue: My Department's Brexit preparedness work has resulted in various supports being introduced over successive budgets to help the agri-food and fisheries sectors mitigate the impact of Brexit. These include supports in the form of direct aid, as well as the provision of low-cost loans such as the €300 million Future Growth Loan Scheme. In addition, in 2019, my Department introduced the...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Agriculture Industry (11 Nov 2020)

Charlie McConalogue: Wool production is an important component of agri-industry and Ireland produces excellent quality wool. In an industry such as the wool industry where prices tend to move in cycles, it is imperative that the players ensure and promote a diversity of options for the product in the market place. The current market uncertainties should provide an impetus for the industry players to come...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Fishing Industry (11 Nov 2020)

Charlie McConalogue: Throughout the Covid-19 Pandemic, Government has made available financial and other supports for employees and businesses negatively impacted by the Pandemic. Both the Pandemic Unemployment Payment and Wage Subsidy Scheme have supported the incomes of employees and the self-employed in our seafood sector and I am aware that many availed of these Government payments in the first half of 2020....

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Fishery Harbour Centres (11 Nov 2020)

Charlie McConalogue: Dingle (FHC) is one of the six designated Fishery Harbour Centres which are owned, managed and maintained by my Department under Statute. A number of proposals to establish self hire boat operations at Dingle Fishery Harbour Centre have recently been received. Safety of all harbour users is a paramount concern and, in that context, consideration has to be given to overall capacity issues for...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Beef Environmental Efficiency Scheme (11 Nov 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. The closing date for receipt of applications for this programme was 15th May 2020. Applications...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Departmental Properties (11 Nov 2020)

Charlie McConalogue: My Department has no rental agreements in place in respect of the named company. As regards the twelve State Bodies under the aegis of my Department, the information requested is an operational matter for the State Bodies themselves. I have referred the Deputy’s question to the Agencies and have requested that a response should issue within 10 days.

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Hare Coursing (11 Nov 2020)

Charlie McConalogue: Hare coursing is regulated under the Greyhound Industry Act, 1958 chiefly by the Irish Coursing Club (ICC), subject to the general control and direction of Rásaíocht Con Éireann. Hare coursing is managed and regulated by the ICC. Hares can only be collected for coursing by clubs affiliated to the ICC, in accordance with the terms of two licences granted by the Department of...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Animal Diseases (11 Nov 2020)

Charlie McConalogue: Draft bovine TB strategy documents have recently been developed taking on board the recommendations of the Bovine Tb Stakeholder Forum Interim report. The draft strategy has been circulated to the members of the Forum and my officials are currently engaging in bilateral discussions with stakeholders regarding the issues of concern. The next meeting of the TB Forum is scheduled to take place...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Fishing Industry (11 Nov 2020)

Charlie McConalogue: My Department's European Maritime and Fisheries Fund Operational Programme is providing €240 million in financial supports to our seafood sector over the period 2014-20. The Programme includes a Fisheries Local Area Development Scheme which implements a community-led local development approach to the socio-economic development of coastal communities. Through the Scheme, seven...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Inshore Fisheries (11 Nov 2020)

Charlie McConalogue: All sea-fishing boats with an overall length of 10 meters or more are required to have onboard and complete an EU fishing logbook. The log-sheet and landing declaration for each trip must be submitted to the Sea Fisheries Protection Authority within 48 hours of landing. Only Registered and Licensed fishing vessels may sell 'first sale' fish (i.e. fish that is offered for sale for the first...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Fishing Industry (11 Nov 2020)

Charlie McConalogue: Article 14 of Regulation 1379/2013 on the Common Organisation of the Market for Fishery and Aquaculture Products (CMO) specifies EU regulatory requirements for recognition of fisheries and aquaculture producer organisations. My Department as competent authority for the CMO in Ireland has a process in place which allows for groups of fisheries or aquauclture producers to apply for recognition...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Inshore Fisheries (11 Nov 2020)

Charlie McConalogue: EU Regulation 1241/2019 on the conservation of fisheries resources and the protection of marine ecosystems through technical measures sets down the general rules which apply to fishing vessels in all EU waters, including inshore waters. This Regulation sets down the baseline standards of mesh sizes for towed gears and static gears for North Western Waters. Member States have the possibility...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Inshore Fisheries (11 Nov 2020)

Charlie McConalogue: 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 18m targeting sprat was allowed to...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Gambling Sector (10 Nov 2020)

Charlie McConalogue: Horse Racing Ireland (HRI) is a commercial state body established under the Horse and Greyhound Racing Act, 2001, and is responsible for the overall administration, promotion and development of the horse racing industry. HRI has informed this Department that there are no immediate plans to provide assistance to on course bookmakers. The Board of HRI considers matters relating to the impact...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Fishing Industry (10 Nov 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 78 TACs...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Agriculture Industry (10 Nov 2020)

Charlie McConalogue: Ireland’s greenhouse gas emissions reduction targets for the agriculture sector are governed under the European Union's Effort Sharing Regulations. For the current period 2021-2030, Ireland was given additional flexibility in terms of meeting its targets by securing additional greenhouse gas offsets (forestry, landuse management) counting towards our national commitment. This...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Covid-19 Pandemic (10 Nov 2020)

Charlie McConalogue: The Sport Horse industry is an industry that has been supported by respective Governments down through the years. I am very much aware of its importance to the economy and the desire for all involved to resume all activities as soon as possible. It is clear that Covid 19 is having a major effect on all sports, including Equine Sports. Ireland is currently at Level 5 in the fight...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Livestock Issues (10 Nov 2020)

Charlie McConalogue: Since the beginning of the Covid-19 crisis, my Department has worked intensively, in cooperation with marts representative organisations, to ensure that marts may remain in operation. My Department has adapted the conditions under which marts must operate since April, to reflect the various measures introduced by the Government to stop the spread of Covid. On 19thOctober, the Taoiseach...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Basic Payment Scheme (10 Nov 2020)

Charlie McConalogue: The Basic Payment Scheme came into effect in 2015 and established payment entitlement values under the scheme from that date. While the value of individual entitlements can be traced back to an initial reference period of 2001-2003, the effect of this has been significantly moderated through convergence. During the current CAP programme, farmers who held low value entitlements have...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Covid-19 Pandemic (10 Nov 2020)

Charlie McConalogue: OLAF, the European Anti-Fraud Office, notified the Revenue Commissioners regarding the import of a hand sanitiser product from Turkey to Ireland from the same supplier of a product that had been tested in Denmark and found to contain excessive levels of methanol. The Revenue Commissioners notified the Department of this information on 25thSeptember 2020 and arrangements were made to test the...