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Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Live Exports (20 Mar 2024)

Charlie McConalogue: The Bord Bia 'Export Performance and Prospects Report 2023 - 2024' is a useful source of information in relation to export performance for the sector. I am pleased to note that the value of Irish food and drink exports surpassed the €16 billion mark for the second year in a row and that the sector’s overall exports when non-food products are included was €18.5 billion. ...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Agriculture Schemes (20 Mar 2024)

Charlie McConalogue: In 2023 a wide range of new farm support schemes were introduced under the CAP Strategic Plan (CSP). These schemes are critically important to farmers and to date my Department has paid out approximately €2 billion to over 125,000 farmers. While no doubt there have been challenges for all parties in rolling out these new schemes, work has been continuing to ensure that all...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Fishing Industry (20 Mar 2024)

Charlie McConalogue: As the Deputy may be aware, the Sea Fisheries Protection Authority (SFPA) is the single legal competent authority responsible for the collection and reporting of fish landings into Ireland.I have therefore forwarded the Deputy's question on the the landings of fish, by species at each pier and harbour across the State in each of the years, 2007 to 2024, inclusive, in tabular form to the SFPA...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Greyhound Industry (20 Mar 2024)

Charlie McConalogue: I propose to take Questions Nos. 989 to 993, inclusive, together. Rásaíocht 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. ...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Agriculture Industry (20 Mar 2024)

Charlie McConalogue: I am committed to reducing the knowledge and data gaps evident in the land use sector by investing in the research needed to better understand greenhouse gas emissions and removals from our land. This is evidenced with investments by my Department over recent years in the National Agricultural Soil Carbon Observatory, soil mapping projects and the Irish Soil Moisture Monitoring Network. ...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Forestry Sector (20 Mar 2024)

Charlie McConalogue: As advised in Parliamentary Question No. 449 my Department collates information on licences by county and therefore provided the information for County Cork on that basis. An applicant that is not happy with a decision by my Department may seek a review or appeal of the decision.

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Brexit Supports (20 Mar 2024)

Charlie McConalogue: The Brexit Adjustment Reserve (BAR) fund aimed to provide financial support to those most affected by Brexit in order to deal with the adverse economic, social, territorial and, where appropriate, environmental consequences of the United Kingdom's withdrawal from the European Union. In line with the recommendations of the Seafood Task Force, I launched 16 schemes with a combined budget...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Greyhound Industry (20 Mar 2024)

Charlie McConalogue: Rásaíocht 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. The question raised by the Deputy is an operational matter for...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Agriculture Schemes (20 Mar 2024)

Charlie McConalogue: During 2022, my Department produced “indicative Space for Nature” percentages for all farmers by mapping features such as hedges, stonewalls, groves of trees, scrub etc and attaching a space for nature estimate to them. These "indicative Space for Nature" estimates were launched on iNet in September 2022 in advance of the national ploughing championships and 6 months in advance...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Agriculture Schemes (20 Mar 2024)

Charlie McConalogue: The IT systems that my Department uses to support farm payments have undergone significant redevelopment in recent years to facilitate the multitude of new support schemes under the CAP Strategic Plan (CSP). To manage these new schemes, completely new systems were developed which had to cater for new requirements many of which involved dealing with features on farm that had never been...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Departmental Contracts (20 Mar 2024)

Charlie McConalogue: The AgriSnap™ was developed as a geotagged photo app, part of an EU initiative - New IACS Vision in Action (NIVA) project and in response to a H2020 call – H2020-RUR-14-2018 – Digital solutions and e-tools to modernise the Common Agricultural Policy (CAP). This IT development was a collaboration between the Department, the Walton Institute and stakeholders (farmers,...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Agriculture Schemes (20 Mar 2024)

Charlie McConalogue: In 2023 under the CAP Strategic Plan (CSP), my Department introduced a wide range of new schemes to assist Irish farmers, including the Basic Income Support for Sustainability (BISS), the Complementary Redistributive Income Support for Sustainability (CRISS), ECO scheme and ACRES. These schemes were designed to directly support farm incomes and also to reward farmers for undertaking actions...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Agriculture Schemes (20 Mar 2024)

Charlie McConalogue: ACRES General payments commenced on December 15th 2023, and approximately 19,719 farmers have been paid a total of €88.356 million to date. Due to the additional complexity associated with payments to Co-operation Project (CP) participants, it was agreed to make an interim payment to all the remaining applicants who had not received an ACRES payment. The first interim payment run...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Greyhound Industry (20 Mar 2024)

Charlie McConalogue: I propose to take Questions Nos. 1003 to 1006, inclusive, together. Rásaíocht 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....

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Fishing Industry (20 Mar 2024)

Charlie McConalogue: Five years ago, in December 2018, a transition to a ban on vessels over 18 metres in overall length trawling in inshore waters, inside the six nautical mile zone and the baselines, was announced following a previous public consultation. This ban had a strong support base but was overturned following legal challenge. In view of changes in activity and issues concerning the marine space since...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Agriculture Industry (20 Mar 2024)

Charlie McConalogue: The nitrogen (N) content of "broilers/deep litter" poultry manure increased from 11 kg to 28 kg N per tonne with effect from the 11th of March 2022 following the introduction of SI No. 113 of 2022. This change was made to reflect the poultry manure values published in Teagasc's Major and Micro Nutrient Advice for Productive Agricultural Crops which was last updated in 2020. The values...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Agriculture Supports (20 Mar 2024)

Charlie McConalogue: I have long supported the cohort of farmers known as the forgotten farmers and have committed to supporting them. My Department developed a preliminary outline of a proposal to provide support to the forgotten farmer group. Work continues on addressing a number of issues, such as the funding required, consistency with public expenditure and state aid considerations before the details...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Greyhound Industry (20 Mar 2024)

Charlie McConalogue: Rásaíocht 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. The question raised by the Deputy is an operational matter for...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Greyhound Industry (20 Mar 2024)

Charlie McConalogue: The Irish Coursing Club (ICC) is the competent authority with regard to the maintenance of the Irish Greyhound Stud Book. The ICC has been responsible for the Irish Greyhound Stud Book since 1923 and this was further underpinned by the enactment of the Greyhound Industry Act, 1958. Below are the figures in tabular form for the years 2019 to 2023 as provided by the ICC. - ...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Greyhound Industry (20 Mar 2024)

Charlie McConalogue: Rásaíocht 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. The question raised by the Deputy is an operational matter for...