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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...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Veterinary Inspection Service (30 Sep 2020)

Charlie McConalogue: My Department is committed to ensuring that a highly skilled, motivated and efficient workforce is in place to meet on-going business needs and avails of workforce planning to identify and assess these needs for all locations, on an on-going basis. Staff recruitment is continuing in my Department at present.  Posts continue to be advertised either by...

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

Charlie McConalogue: I propose to take Questions Nos. 268 and 276 together. Existing contracts under the GLAS 1 and GLAS 2 schemes finish at the end of this year. GLAS 3 contracts will finish at the end of 2021. In relation to the arrangements for 2021, my Department is pressing for the earliest adoption of EU regulations to facilitate the operation of schemes in the period between the...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Basic Payment Scheme (30 Sep 2020)

Charlie McConalogue: The person named submitted a 2015 Basic Payment Scheme application on the 28th April 2015. The application of the person named was the subject of a ground eligibility inspection on the 4th September 2015. This inspection identified an over-declaration in area of between 3% and 20% and the person named was notified of this outcome by letter dated...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Agriculture Industry (30 Sep 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...

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

Charlie McConalogue: I am acutely aware of the difficulties encountered by the tillage sector primarily because of poor weather conditions over the last twelve months. As a result of these conditions, it is expected that levels of both grain and straw will be less than the 2019 output but I welcome the recent predictions that the harvest will not be as bad as earlier anticipated. There...

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

Charlie McConalogue: My Department avails of media monitoring services related to the policies and services of the Department. The service is provided by Truehawk Media and the expenditure for this service, excluding VAT, to date in 2020 is €11,200.

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Common Agricultural Policy (30 Sep 2020)

Charlie McConalogue: I can assure the Deputy that I am working with my officials and Ministerial colleagues to ensure that we have a sufficient national and EU budget for the transitional period.   The national funding is a matter for discussion as part of the annual budgetary process which is currently underway.  EU funding is somewhat more complex - the exact budgetary details will have...

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

Charlie McConalogue: It is difficult to provide the Deputy with a definitive response at this stage on the specific Rural Development Programme schemes that will be continued in the transitional period. I can say that, in cases where contracts are already in place under relevant Schemes to continue beyond 2020, these will continue as outlined under the RDP.  The...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Common Agricultural Policy (30 Sep 2020)

Charlie McConalogue: Decisions on the level of funding to be applied to the CAP post 2020, including the RDP co-financing rates, are part of the wider Multiannual Financial Framework (MFF) discussions.  European Council agreement on the MFF was reached by Heads of State and Government in July and this agreement is now subject to further discussions with the European Parliament. The...

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

Charlie McConalogue: Examination of supports for all relevant sectors in the context of the next CAP is currently underway in my Department.  In the current RDP, the core support for the beef sector is the €300 Million Beef Data and Genomics Programme.  It is envisaged that the gains in the genetic merit of the national herd made for the sector in through the programme will be built on in the...

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

Charlie McConalogue: There are a wide variety of items available under the suite of seven measures under TAMS II. However, funding for cattle underpasses are not included. The financial allocation in respect of TAMS for the full Rural Development Programme period is €395m. To date, total expenditure, including transitional expenditure, has reached €243m with committments of an additional...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Brexit Preparations (30 Sep 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,...

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

Charlie McConalogue: Work on a new ambitious Forestry Programme is due to begin in the coming months. This will include a public consultation process and full stakeholder engagement across the sector. Restoration of the farmer premium and a grant for the harvesting plan can be considered within this consultation framework. The Ash Dieback scheme was subject to a review starting in April 2018. A...