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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...

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

Charlie McConalogue: I propose to take Questions Nos. 791, 792 and 793 together. Biocidal products, including hand sanitisers, 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 Biocidal Product Register" in accordance with Regulation 20 of Statutory Instrument 427 of 2013. The hand sanitiser Virapro was approved by our...

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

Charlie McConalogue: Since the onset of the Covid-19 pandemic there has been a very significant upsurge in the volume of applications to my Department for registration and approval of new biocide products including also amendments to existing product registrations. Since the arrival of the pandemic, our Pesticide Registration and Control Division (PRCD) in the Department has received approximately 900 new...

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

Charlie McConalogue: Prior to the onset of the Covid-19 pandemic, a team of four staff routinely serviced the processing of biocidal product registration applications in addition to carrying out a range of other duties within the Pesticide Controls Division. Since the arrival of the covid-19 pandemic, a number of other staff within Pesticide Registration and Controls Divisions, approximating to 1.5 whole...

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

Charlie McConalogue: No staff from the meat control division of my Department have been assigned to assist with the backlog of PCS applications. Prior to the onset of the covid-19 pandemic, a team of four staff routinely serviced the processing of biocidal product registration applications in addition to carrying out a range of other duties within the Pesticide Controls Division. Since the arrival of the...

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

Charlie McConalogue: The Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine is the national competent authority for the approval and registration of biocide products, including sanitisers. Only biocidal products listed on the Department’s Biocidal Product Register may be placed on the market in Ireland. Following my Department's instruction to cease the use of all ViraPro products on Friday 23 October,...

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

Charlie McConalogue: Dog breeding establishments with 6 or more breeding bitches are required to be registered by local authorities under the Dog Breeding Establishments Act, 2010. These registers of commercial breeders are published by local authorities. In 2019, my Department introduced the Animal Health and Welfare (Sale or Supply of Pet Animals) Regulations (SI 681 of 2019), with a view to further...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Sheep Welfare Scheme (10 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. I am happy to confirm that in the recent budgetary process I secured funding for an additional year of the Sheep Welfare Scheme as we enter the CAP...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Areas of Natural Constraint Scheme (10 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 recognition of the...