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Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Farm Costs (14 May 2024)

Charlie McConalogue: While banking is primarily the responsibility of the Minister for Finance, I regularly engage with the banks on the financing needs of the agri-food sector. However, my Department cannot intervene in individual cases. If an applicant is dissatisfied with a loan decision, in the first instance they should submit an appeal through the bank's internal appeals process. If, after a determination...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Agriculture Schemes (14 May 2024)

Charlie McConalogue: The functionality to lodge payment claims is in place for all the schemes under the Targeted Agriculture Modernisation Scheme (TAMS 3). The payments system is in place for eight of the ten schemes, with the Young Farmer Scheme and the Women Farmer scheme anticipated to be in place next month. My Department is currently processing payment claims with payments to begin to issue in June in...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Agriculture Schemes (14 May 2024)

Charlie McConalogue: There are currently 435 applications outstanding under Tranche 1 of TAMS 3, where a query has been raised with the applicant. The processing of applications under Tranche 2 is continuing, with approvals issuing on a daily basis. Of the total of 9,110 applications received in Tranche 2, a total of 4,255 applications have yet to receive approval. Many of the applications received are in...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Agriculture Schemes (14 May 2024)

Charlie McConalogue: A total of over 11,000 approvals have issued in respect of applications submitted under Tranche 1 and Tranche 2 of TAMS 3, which will allow farmers to proceed with their investments. To date, 785 claims for payment in respect of approved investments have been submitted, and these are currently being assessed. It is anticipated that payments will start to issue in June in respect of...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Departmental Correspondence (14 May 2024)

Charlie McConalogue: My Department is aware of the correspondence relating to a shipping vessel dated 08 April 2024 as supplied. The dedicated livestock vessel mentioned in the correspondence is not currently approved by my Department under the Carriage of Livestock by Sea Regulations 2016. Irish approval standards require that any vessel seeking approval under the aforementioned regulations must be...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Employment Rights (14 May 2024)

Charlie McConalogue: The information requested regarding the 13 Bodies under the aegis of my Department is an operational matter for the State Bodies themselves. I have referred the Deputy’s question to the Agencies and have requested that a response should issue within 10 days.

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Common Agricultural Policy (14 May 2024)

Charlie McConalogue: A list of payments by county are published annually by my Department in its Annual Review and Outlook (ARO). The published figures for 2022 are as follows: Total Payments (Direct and Capital, including TAMS) to Farmers by DAFM by County in 2022 County Average Farmer Payment (rounded to nearest €500) Per County Total payments€ Millions ...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Farm Costs (14 May 2024)

Charlie McConalogue: Given the wide variety of fertiliser products available, it is not possible to provide the analysis as requested. In addition, my Department collects data on fertiliser production and sales but not prices, as this is a commercial matter. Accordingly, the following table sets out the CSO Agricultural Price Index for fertilisers for February (the latest month available this year) for the...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Departmental Data (14 May 2024)

Charlie McConalogue: All live animals being imported or exported must travel with a health certificate validated by an official veterinarian specifying that the animals fulfil the basic animal health requirements as set out in relevant EU regulations. My Department does not retain information on veterinary certification for imported sheep prior to 2017. The table hereunder provides data on the quantities of...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Departmental Data (14 May 2024)

Charlie McConalogue: Based on data from the Central Statistics Office, the quantity of raw sheepmeat exported from the State for the years 2014 to 2023 is presented in the tabular format below. The total volume exported for the reference period is 582,701 tonnes yielding an annual average of 58,270 tonnes. Note that this data excludes small quantities of goatmeat exports which are usually classified under...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Agriculture Supports (14 May 2024)

Charlie McConalogue: The wet spring conditions were very challenging for tillage growers resulting in the delayed sowing of spring cereal crops. Thankfully, the improvement in weather has allowed sowing and tillage operations to catch up in recent weeks. To give confidence to tillage and horticulture (field grown food crops) farmers to plant crops this year, and to give them confidence in the future of their...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Environmental Impact Assessments (14 May 2024)

Charlie McConalogue: My department has has not commissioned the specific comparative analysis sought by the Deputy. However, The Economic and Sustainability Impact Assessment (ESIA) for Ireland of the EU-Mercosur Agreement, commissioned by the Government and published in June 2021, includes a Comparative Analysis of the Impacts of Methods of Production in the Beef Sector in Ireland, versus Mercosur countries,...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Departmental Advertising (14 May 2024)

Charlie McConalogue: My Department provides public information about the Department's wide range of schemes, services and policies. This includes the publication of Statutory Notices, required to comply with various national and EU legislative requirements, and the placement of advertisements, in national, local and specialist print media. Print media is one of the channels used for our public information...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Departmental Funding (9 May 2024)

Charlie McConalogue: My Department has provided funding to Macra na Feirme to assist in the costs of delivering support to young farmers through promotion and engagement. The following core funding is received by Farming organisations: 2021 Name of Farming Representative Organisation Details of funding allocated Funding Amount € ...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Agriculture Industry (9 May 2024)

Charlie McConalogue: The collection and allocation of this funding is a matter between industry and farm bodies and is not a matter for my Department.

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Fishing Industry (9 May 2024)

Charlie McConalogue: I continue to be very aware of the challenges being faced by the seafood sector arising from the increased costs of marine fuel. As previously stated in response to this issue I met with industry’s representative groups throughout the latter half of 2022, and throughout 2023 to discuss the matter. I also reported on the development of support schemes in line with the...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Agriculture Supports (9 May 2024)

Charlie McConalogue: Payments to farmers under the wide range of schemes operated by my department are of critical importance to ensuring the on-going viability of Irish farms. The payment dates for decoupled Direct Payments, which include the Basic Income Support for Sustainability (BISS), the Complementary Redistributive Income Support for Sustainability (CRISS), the Complementary Income Support for Young...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Departmental Priorities (9 May 2024)

Charlie McConalogue: I propose to take Questions Nos. 251, 252 and 253 together. The Action Plan on Ash Dieback approved by Government last week responds to all the recommendations of the independent review which was published last September. The action plan details all appropriate actions that will be taken having considered all relevant matters, including State Aid Regulations and the Public Expenditure Code...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Departmental Expenditure (9 May 2024)

Charlie McConalogue: I wish to advise the Deputy that, following tender processes, there were two payments made for the years in question to the firms detailed. The information requested is set out in the attached table. As regards the 13 State Bodies under the aegis of my Department, the information requested is an operational matter for the State Bodies themselves. I have referred the Deputy’s question...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Departmental Policies (8 May 2024)

Charlie McConalogue: The Farmers Charter Review Group began renegotiation of the new Farmers Charter in early January 2023. The aim of the Review Group is to agree standards and delivery targets for schemes and services provided by the Department including renegotiating key targets in respect of the Common Agricultural Policy (CAP) and scheme implementation targets. The Farmers Charter Review Group comprises...