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Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Na hOileáin amach ón gCósta (1 Oct 2020)

Charlie McConalogue: Tháinig Scéim na Limistéar faoi Shrianta Nádúrtha (ANC) in áit Scéim na Limistéar faoi Mhíbhuntáiste in 2015.  Nuair a tugadh isteach Scéim na Limistéar faoi Shrianta Nádúrtha ainmníodh tailte ar oileáin amach ón gcósta ina Limistéir faoi Shrianta Sonracha i gcomhréir le forálacha...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Fisheries Protection (1 Oct 2020)

Charlie McConalogue: I propose to take Questions Nos. 402 and 403 together. I should advise the Deputy that the monitoring and control of fishing vessels within Ireland’s Exclusive Fisheries Zone are law enforcement matters for the Irish control authorities.Under the Sea Fisheries and Maritime Jurisdiction Act, 2006, all operational issues of this nature are exclusively for the Sea Fisheries Protection...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Fisheries Protection (1 Oct 2020)

Charlie McConalogue: The Income and Expenditure figures for the SFPA for the years 2016 to 2019 are provided below. Please note that 2016 - 2018 figures are taken from SFPA Annual Reports.  As the 2019 annual report is in the process of being published, these figures were taken from the 2019 Financial statement which was signed off by C&AG. 2016 2017 ...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Fishing Industry (1 Oct 2020)

Charlie McConalogue: I am assuming that the Deputy is referring to my Department's European Maritime and Fisheries Fund Programme 2014-20, which is the financial mechanism for supporting implementation of the CFP.  The EMFF Programme is implemented through a suite of 18 support schemes addressing various aspects of the development needs for the fisheries, aquaculture and seafood processing sectors, and...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Meat Processing Plants (1 Oct 2020)

Charlie McConalogue: Consultancy engagements between the company referred to and other parties are a commercial matter for those parties and my attention has not been drawn to any such activity.

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Teagasc Activities (1 Oct 2020)

Charlie McConalogue: The development of the grass-fed standard for Irish beef involved active consultation between key stakeholders including Bord Bia, producer organisations and industry. Accreditation was provided by the Irish National Accreditation Board (INAB). I understand that calculation of the proportion of the grass in the diet was based on Teagasc modelling for both dairy and beef systems and that...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Bord Bia (1 Oct 2020)

Charlie McConalogue: Bord Bia operates independently of my Department under its own statutory functions. Any details of  correspondence or consultations between Bord Bia and individual groups regarding the PGI application are an operational matter for that State Body.  The Deputy is invited to contact Bord Bia directly at info@BordBia.ie for any further details on...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Beef Industry (1 Oct 2020)

Charlie McConalogue: Third parties, including retailers, are invited to attend meetings of the Beef Taskforce on specific relevant issues as determined by the Taskforce chair in consultation with the Taskforce members. To date, retailers have not been invitied to participate in a discussion on the draft PGI application for 'Irish Grass Fed Beef', but this will be kept under review as the draft...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Immigrant Investor Programme (1 Oct 2020)

Charlie McConalogue: I propose to take Questions Nos. 410 and 411 together. In December 2019, in response to a request from the Department of Justice and Equality (DJE), my Department provided observations on an application under the Immigrant Investment Programme, as referenced by the Deputy. My Department has a statutory responsibility to approve slaughter plants in accordance with the...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Areas of Natural Constraint Scheme (1 Oct 2020)

Charlie McConalogue: My Department has arranged for advance ANC payments to be made in cases selected for satellite inspection but not yet completed, and where no other errors exist on the case (for example, outstanding dual claim queries). Advance payments  for the 2020 Areas of Natural Constraint (ANC) Scheme commenced on schedule in mid-September, with payments issuing to 86,000 farmers in...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Agriculture Schemes (1 Oct 2020)

Charlie McConalogue: All applicants subject to a remote sensing/satellite inspection receive notification by letter of the outcome of the inspection. Where an applicant has no area over-declaration identified at individual scheme level, they are notified of the inspection outcome by letter and can raise any queries on the outcome with my Department. Where an applicant has an area...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Agriculture Schemes (1 Oct 2020)

Charlie McConalogue: The process associated with remote sensing/satellite inspections involves a number of stages including the selection of cases for inspection as part of the annual risk analysis process, the acquisition of imagery from the EU Commission at two stages during the year to provide a complete picture of land eligibility usage and taking account of the growing...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Agriculture Scheme Appeals (1 Oct 2020)

Charlie McConalogue: The person named submitted 2020 Basic Payment Scheme (BPS) application on 14 May 2020.  An appeal was submitted by him in relation to the deduction of land on a commonage parcels and this is currently being reviewed.  A member of staff has contacted the person named and, following this discussion, it has been agreed that the Areas of Natural Constraint payment...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Agriculture Schemes (1 Oct 2020)

Charlie McConalogue: The person named submitted an application to my Department under the ‘new entrant to farming’ category of the 2020 National Reserve.  My Department is corresponding with the person named with regard to the necessary documentation required in support of his application.  Once the required supporting documentation has been submitted to my Department, the application can...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Legislative Process (1 Oct 2020)

Charlie McConalogue: My Department received almost 9,000 submissions during the recent public consultation on the Bill to amend the Agriculture Appeals Act, which is now the Forestry (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill, 2020. I am grateful to those who took the time to engage this Bill, which is hugely important in terms of increasing the efficiency of the forestry appeals system. All submissions were considered...

Forestry (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2020: Committee and Remaining Stages (30 Sep 2020)

Charlie McConalogue: What about 2020?

Forestry (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2020: Committee and Remaining Stages (30 Sep 2020)

Charlie McConalogue: I thanks Members for their contributions and as the Minister of State, Senator Hackett, pointed out, this is something to which we gave significant consideration in the drafting of the Bill. As she noted, that is why the capacity is provided for in the Bill for the Minister, in due course, to place timelines on how long an appeal might take. That capacity is there. I can assure the House...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Pigmeat Sector (30 Sep 2020)

Charlie McConalogue: I propose to take Questions Nos. 263 and 264 together. Specific EU and national legislation is in place that sets out the minimum animal welfare standards for pigs kept for breeding or fattening. The legislation prohibits routine clipping or grinding of the corner teeth of piglets and routine docking of pig’s tails. However, these procedures are allowed where it has been shown that...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Pigmeat Sector (30 Sep 2020)

Charlie McConalogue: A new National Pig Antimicrobial Usage Database has been introduced in November 2019 to record the usage of antibiotics in commercial Irish pig herds. Prior to this, the sales data of antimicrobials for use in pigs has been included in the annual report published by the Health Products Regulatory Authority. This sales data is at a national level, and it is not possible to directly...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Pigmeat Sector (30 Sep 2020)

Charlie McConalogue: Figures taken from the Trade Control and Expert System (TRACES), which is the EU-wide online management tool for all sanitary requirements on intra-EU trade and importation of animals, semen and embryo, food, feed and plants, show that as of mid-September, Ireland has exported a total of just over 370,000 live pigs. The overwhelming majority of these have gone to Northern Ireland, with...