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Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Fisheries Protection (23 Apr 2024)

Charlie McConalogue: The responsibility for sea trout conservation comes within the remit of the Department of the Environment, Climate and Communications. Regulation (EU) 2019/1241 of the European Parliament and of the Council (as amended) on the conservation of fisheries resources and the protection of marine ecosystems through technical measures (the Technical Measures Regulation) sets out the rules on...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Fisheries Protection (23 Apr 2024)

Charlie McConalogue: The minimum mesh size requirements for different gear types are set out in Regulation (EU) 2019/1241 of the European Parliament and of the Council (as amended) on the conservation of fisheries resources and the protection of marine ecosystems through technical measures, also known as the Technical Measures Regulation. Technical measures are rules on how, where and when fishers may fish and...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Departmental Staff (23 Apr 2024)

Charlie McConalogue: The table below provides an overview on the yearly pay costs, based on the midpoints of individual salary scales, including travel and subsistence and overtime, of the three forestry divisions in my Department for the years in question. For this reason, the total yearly cost for 2022 and 2023 as well as the cost up to 31 March 2024 is as follows: Year Overall total cost...

Ceisteanna ar Reachtaíocht a Gealladh - Questions on Promised Legislation (18 Apr 2024)

Charlie McConalogue: I am aware that this is an issue in particular areas of the country. We have a land market and there are no such restrictions in place at the moment but it is open to any private individual or Member of the Parliament to come forward with any suggestions they might wish to propose in that regard. It is not something that the Department of agriculture has assessed. Obviously land ownership,...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Food Promotion (18 Apr 2024)

Charlie McConalogue: Geographical Indications identify a product whose quality, reputation or other characteristics are linked to its geographical origin. My Department, as the Competent Authority for Protected Geographical Indications (PGI), checks PGI applications to ensure that the application and product specification are compliant with the relevant European Commission Regulations governing the scheme. ...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Agriculture Schemes (18 Apr 2024)

Charlie McConalogue: The objective of the Solar Capital Investment Scheme, which is a measure in TAMS 3, is to encourage on-farm renewable technology uptake and to lower the energy costs at farm level. The electricity consumption of the dwelling house can be included on the solar survey as part of the holding for sizing the Solar PV when submitting the TAMS application. Issues relating to the linking of farm...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Departmental Data (18 Apr 2024)

Charlie McConalogue: There have been no confirmed detections of Fireblight Erwinia amylovora to date in 2024.

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Agriculture Schemes (18 Apr 2024)

Charlie McConalogue: The person named submitted a payment claim for grant aid under the Lower Emissions Slurry Spreading Scheme on 25th March 2024. My Department is currently focusing on the issuing of approvals. It is expected that the processing of payments will commence once the issuing of approvals in respect of applications on hand has been completed.

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Tillage Sector (17 Apr 2024)

Charlie McConalogue: Annually farmers are required to submit an application in support of area-based payments such as the Basic Income Support for Sustainability (BISS), Complementary Redistributive Income Support for Sustainability (CRISS) and other associated area-based schemes such as Protein Aid and the ECO scheme. In 2023, a total of 126,429 area-based applications were received by my Department. On...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Agriculture Schemes (17 Apr 2024)

Charlie McConalogue: A total of 889 applications were received from 770 farmers under the first two tranches of the Tillage Capital Investment Scheme, which opened in May last year. These applicants had a total land area of 93,617 hectares, with an average farm size of 122 hectares. It should be noted that applicants are permitted to submit multiple applications under the scheme. For example, a tillage...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Agriculture Schemes (17 Apr 2024)

Charlie McConalogue: The Tillage Incentive Scheme (TIS) is a support Measure for farmers to incentivise the increase in the eligible tillage crop area in order to assist in reducing the dependency on imported feed material. The Scheme is funded from a National Exchequer allocation to the Department of Agriculture, Food and Marine provided to offset some of the negative impacts of the Russian invasion of...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Agriculture Schemes (17 Apr 2024)

Charlie McConalogue: The Tillage Capital Investment Scheme is a measure under the Targeted Agriculture Modernisation Scheme (TAMS 3). As outlined in the terms and conditions of the scheme, eligible applicants must have a minimum area of 15 hectares of eligible crops declared under their Basic Income Support for Sustainability (BISS) Payment Scheme, or equivalent, in the year of application, or previous year....

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Departmental Schemes (17 Apr 2024)

Charlie McConalogue: The Reconstitution Ash Dieback Scheme 2023-2027 is contained within the Forestry Programme 2023-2027 and was introduced on 24/07/2023. Through the Reconstitution Scheme, DAFM financial support can be made available for: a) Site clearance: This involves the clearance of ash trees and associated operations in order to present the site for reconstitution. b) Reconstitution: This involves...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Departmental Schemes (17 Apr 2024)

Charlie McConalogue: I propose to take Questions Nos. 107 to 110, inclusive, together. The funding for the Reconstitution scheme is capital funding and there is no current funding involved. My colleague, Minister of State Pippa Hackett will be announcing further actions shortly to deal with ash dieback which will increase demand for the reconstitution scheme and encourage entry into the scheme during the...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Animal Diseases (17 Apr 2024)

Charlie McConalogue: Johne’s disease is a chronic enteric disease of cattle and other ruminants, caused by infection with the bacterium Mycobacterium avium subspecies paratuberculosis (MAP). The disease is notifiable in Ireland under S.I. 130 of 2016 concerning the Notification and Control of Diseases affecting Terrestrial Animals. While my Department does not capture prevalence and distribution figures...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Aquaculture Industry (17 Apr 2024)

Charlie McConalogue: My Department considers all applications for aquaculture licences in accordance with the provisions of the Fisheries (Amendment) Act 1997, the Foreshore Act 1933 (as amended) and applicable National and EU legislation. The licensing process is complex and involves consultation with a wide range of scientific and technical advisors, as well as various Statutory Consultees. The legislation...

Seanad: Nithe i dtosach suíonna - Commencement Matters: Agriculture Industry (16 Apr 2024)

Charlie McConalogue: I thank Senator Gallagher for raising this matter. He is absolutely right; it has been a really stressful time for farmers throughout the country. It has been an unprecedentedly long winter in many ways, with animals being housed, in many cases, from last September up to today. That is the guts of a seven-month winter and puts massive pressure on farmers. Dairy farmers are going out to...

Seanad: Nithe i dtosach suíonna - Commencement Matters: Agriculture Industry (16 Apr 2024)

Charlie McConalogue: I know Senator Gallagher is a strong advocate for the farming community across his Cavan-Monaghan constituency and is in tune with farmers there and the pressure they are under. It has been a difficult year in his locality, as it has been in many other parts of the country. We have been conscious of that in government. As Minister I have worked to make sure we have responded as this has...

Seanad: Agriculture: Statements (16 Apr 2024)

Charlie McConalogue: I thank the Acting Chairperson and Seanadóirí for scheduling these statements today. It is important that we discuss this as it is an acute issue and it has been a very difficult time for farmers in all sectors and all parts of the country.As we know, it has been an exceptionally long winter. Going back as far as the ploughing championships last year in early September, the rain...

Seanad: Agriculture: Statements (16 Apr 2024)

Charlie McConalogue: I thank the Cathaoirleach and all our contributors. It was a very comprehensive debate that covered all parts of the country and dealt with the many sectors under significant pressure at present. I thank Senators Paul Daly, Mullen, Lombard, Hoey, Joe O'Reilly, Malcolm Byrne, McGreehan, Maria Byrne, Dooley, Kyne and Cummins for taking the time to give their insights into the challenges we...