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Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Harbours and Piers (3 Nov 2020)

Charlie McConalogue: The Fishery Harbours Act 1968 established the concept of fishery harbours in the State and invested their management in the Minister for Agriculture and Fisheries. The Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine took over responsibility for the Fishery Harbour Centres(FHCs) in October 2007. Ros an Mhíl is one of six Fishery Harbour Centres, the others are located at Castletownbere,...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Forestry Sector (3 Nov 2020)

Charlie McConalogue: The management of Donadea Forest Park falls under the remit of Coillte and day-to-day operational matters, such as the management of their forest estate, are the responsibility of the company. I have therefore passed the questions raised to Coillte for response and direct reply to the Deputy.

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Agricultural Colleges (3 Nov 2020)

Charlie McConalogue: I propose to take Questions Nos. 1504 and 1521 together. I am acutely conscious of the importance of supporting students during this very difficult and unprecedented period for our country. Teagasc agricultural colleges reopened in September with COVID measures implemented for the safety of learners and staff. Course delivery is based on a hybrid model with practical instruction being...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Agriculture Schemes (3 Nov 2020)

Charlie McConalogue: Increasing the soil organic carbon levels of arable soils was identified in the Teagasc Marginal Abatement Cost Curve as a carbon sequestration action. Following on from this, and, as part of the provisions of Budget 2021, I announced details of a pilot Agri-environmental initiative that is intended to encourage tillage farmers to increase soil organic carbon levels by chopping and...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Farm Safety (3 Nov 2020)

Charlie McConalogue: As part of the package of new farm safety measures in Budget 2021, €1m in funding has been provided to support ‘locally-led’ farm safety initiatives. It is intended that a call under the locally led Innovation Partnership model (EIP’s) specifically related to farm safety will be issued by early 2021. Before the call is issued, the Department will consult with the...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Tuberculosis Eradication Programme (3 Nov 2020)

Charlie McConalogue: The following table details the Number of Herds Restricted since 1st January each year by County. While TB disease is low relative to historical levels, TB herd incidence and reactor numbers have been gradually increasing since 2016. The pace of deterioration has accelerated in 2020. Herd incidence is now at its highest level since 2012 and reactor numbers are now at 2009 rates. Herd...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Forestry Sector (3 Nov 2020)

Charlie McConalogue: I propose to take Questions Nos. 1508, 1509, 1514 and 1519 together. The Forestry (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act 2020 was signed into law by the President on 2 October 2020 and the Act commenced on 6 October 2020 in full. The secondary legislation required to give effect to the Act was introduced on 7th October. The new Act, amending the Agriculture Appeals Act was designed to align forestry...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Forestry Sector (3 Nov 2020)

Charlie McConalogue: The Forestry Licence Viewer (FLV) is being introduced to align the Department's forestry licensing system with other planning processes. Its purpose is to provide greater transparency and to enhance participation by the public in the decision-making process. Officials in my Department have been developing the FLV for past few months and this work is nearing completion. The Forestry...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Bord Bia (3 Nov 2020)

Charlie McConalogue: All Bord Bia schemes under the Quality Assurance programme have Technical Advisory Committees (TAC) whose specific role it is to review the technical requirements of the relevant scheme’s standard. The structure and membership of Bord Bia's technical advisory committees is a matter for Bord Bia.

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Agriculture Schemes (3 Nov 2020)

Charlie McConalogue: Since the beginning of the Covid 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, and to allow marts to continue to...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Agriculture Schemes (3 Nov 2020)

Charlie McConalogue: The person named was approved into GLAS 3 with a contract commencement date of 1 January 2017 and received payments for scheme years 2017, 2018 and the 2019 advance payment. The GLAS application was terminated based on the findings of an On-Farm Inspection and the person named submitted an appeal to the Agriculture Appeals Office. The appeal in this case was partially allowed in that it...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Forestry Sector (3 Nov 2020)

Charlie McConalogue: My Department is intensively engaging with all relevant stakeholders on these issues. The current licensing difficulties are as a result of the changes made to internal Appropriate Assessment Procedures (AAP). These findings meant that in order to grant licences which fully meet environmental requirements, fundamental changes to the licensing system were unavoidable. There are also...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Agriculture Scheme Eligibility (3 Nov 2020)

Charlie McConalogue: On 7th July, a letter issued to the person named informing him of my Department's position in relation to their application and of their right to seek an appeal from the Agriculture Appeals Office. A subsequent review of procedures between my Department and the Agriculture Appeals Office relating to the BEEP-S scheme led to a further letter issuing from my Department to the person named on...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Farm Inspections (3 Nov 2020)

Charlie McConalogue: Under EU regulations governing the Direct Payments Schemes and Rural Development measures, 1% of applicants must be inspected annually to ensure compliance with the various Statutory Management Requirements (SMRs) under Cross Compliance requirements, of which SMR 1 relates to the Nitrates Regulations. A total of 1,469 and 1,423 inspections were completed in 2018 and 2019 respectively to meet...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Greyhound Industry (3 Nov 2020)

Charlie McConalogue: Rásíocht Con Éireann (RCÉ) is a commercial state body, established under the Greyhound Industry Act, 1958 chiefly to control greyhound racing and to improve and develop the greyhound industry. RCÉ is a body corporate and a separate legal entity to the Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine. Under S.I. No. 442 of 2020 Section 11 (2) (b) the holding of...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Departmental Correspondence (3 Nov 2020)

Charlie McConalogue: The factual matters to which the Deputy refers are currently the subject of legal proceedings. As these matters are therefore sub judice, I cannot provide any further information at this time

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Beef Industry (3 Nov 2020)

Charlie McConalogue: An application to register "Irish Grass Fed Beef" as a Protected Geographical Indication (PGI) was submitted to my Department by Bord Bia on behalf of producers. One of the legal requirements for a PGI application is that a 'National Opposition" procedure must be undertaken prior to submission of an application to the EU Commission. The draft application was published in August and the...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Agriculture Industry (3 Nov 2020)

Charlie McConalogue: Ireland has a positive trading relationship with China which has grown significantly in recent years. In 2018 and 2019, China was the fifth largest market for Irish agri-exports. According to the latest trade statistics from the CSO, the total value of agri-exports to China between January and August 2020 was over €586 million. In the same period, beef exports of 14,590 tonnes were...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Inshore Fisheries (3 Nov 2020)

Charlie McConalogue: I propose to take Questions Nos. 1524 and 1528 together. 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...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Agriculture Schemes (3 Nov 2020)

Charlie McConalogue: My Department’s 2021 Budget estimate includes provision of €79 million in new funding for a range of agri-environment initiatives. This includes the development of a pilot scheme to examine the implementation of results-based environmental actions from farmers who are not currently in GLAS, and a number of pilot environmental actions that will be available to farmers on a...