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Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Greyhound Industry (30 Apr 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: Farm Safety (30 Apr 2024)

Charlie McConalogue: My Department is represented on the Farm Safety Partnership Advisory Committee. The appointment of the Farm Safety Partnership Advisory Committee is the responsibility of the Health and Safety Authority. At the request of the Health and Safety Authority, my Department nominates a representative to participate on the Committee. The appointment is usually for the duration of each...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Fodder Crisis (30 Apr 2024)

Charlie McConalogue: On 15th June 2022, I announced the launch of the €56 million Fodder Support Scheme 2022, which aimed to incentivise farmers, in particular drystock farmers, to grow more fodder (silage and/or hay) for winter 2022. This was to ensure that Ireland did not not have any animal welfare issue over the 2022 winter/2023 spring and was a direct result of the illegal invasion of Ukraine by...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Horse Racing Industry (30 Apr 2024)

Charlie McConalogue: Following a competitive procurement process carried out in 2022, Horse Sport Ireland (HSI) was awarded the contract from 2023 to deliver studbook services for the Irish Sport Horse, Irish Draught, Irish Sport Pony, Irish Cob and Irish Partbred Cob breeds. The contract requires HSI to operate breeding programmes for these breeds in accordance with the rules of the EU Animal Breeding...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Broadband Infrastructure (30 Apr 2024)

Charlie McConalogue: The Department has approximately 90 WAN circuits delivered on DSL over copper. The Department has no active copper-based lease lines. The costings for the WAN circuits on copper lines are approximately €25 per circuit per month. The Departments Telephony uses 634 lines at €16,599 per month ex. Vat.

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Agriculture Industry (30 Apr 2024)

Charlie McConalogue: The tillage sector is an important and integral component of the Agri-food industry and is a sector that I want to see grow and develop. Adding value to Irish grain is an integral part of growing and improving the economic sustainability of the tillage sector. Research work carried out by Teagasc and University College Dublin has confirmed the nutritional quality and low carbon nature...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Departmental Data (30 Apr 2024)

Charlie McConalogue: The Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine border control post (BCP) at Dublin Airport operates everyday between 7:30am and 9:00pm, Monday to Sunday. My staff provide a range of services including inspections on imports from non-EU countries and compliance checks on pets arriving in Ireland. Passengers coming from outside the EU with their pets are required to notify my officials...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Beef Sector (30 Apr 2024)

Charlie McConalogue: An application for participation in the Areas of Natural Constraint (ANC) scheme was received from the above named applicant on May 30th, 2023. Following completion of all the relevant administration checks by my Department, ANC advance and balancing payments totalling €3,190 issued to the applicant on October 17th 2023 and December 1st , 2023. Remittance details relating to...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Agriculture Schemes (30 Apr 2024)

Charlie McConalogue: My Department officials have advised me that there is no record of an application being submitted in 2022 for Tranche 1 of the Agri-Climate Rural Environment Scheme (ACRES) for the person named. I can confirm that an ACRES General application was submitted on behalf of the person named on the 10th of December 2023 for Tranche 2 of the scheme. Tranche 2 participants have a contract...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: European Union (30 Apr 2024)

Charlie McConalogue: Since February 2020, my Department made approximately 90 Statutory Instruments and was the sponsoring Department for 3 Bills which were necessitated to transpose or give effect to European regulations and directives. Please see the list of Acts and Regulations below. Sea Fisheries (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act 2022 (No. 2 of 2022) Agricultural and Food Supply Chain Act 2023 (No. 19 of...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Agriculture Schemes (30 Apr 2024)

Charlie McConalogue: An application for participation in the Basic Income Support of Sustainability (BISS) scheme was received from the above named applicant on May 26th, 2023. A new requirement under the Common Agricultural Policy (CAP) effective from January 1st, 2023 requires that applicants receiving payments under any CAP scheme must meet an “active farmer check”. This is to ensure the person...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Local Authorities (30 Apr 2024)

Charlie McConalogue: I wish to inform the Deputy that funding provided through the Brexit Adjustment Local Authority Marine Infrastructure (BALAMI) Scheme 2022-2023 was allocated for individual projects in advance of project commencement. My Department co-funded up to 95% of the total cost of the approved projects, with the local authorities providing the balance. Local authorities were reimbursed eligible...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Agriculture Industry (30 Apr 2024)

Charlie McConalogue: An ER1 herd number application was received in Kerry Regional Veterinary Office (RVO) on 31st May 2023 from the named person. The application at the time was not accompanied with the required documentation. A Technical Agricultural Officer of my Department visited the holding and informed the applicant of the documentation required to progress the application. The applicant supplied the...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Agriculture Supports (30 Apr 2024)

Charlie McConalogue: I am deeply committed to safeguarding the Irish potato sector and my Department provides a range of supports to achieve this. In response to the UK’s decision to leave the EU, the sector was supported in 2022 and 2023 through the Scheme of Investment Aid for the Seed Potato Sector and the Chipping Potato Sector. My Department also provides ongoing and expanded support for potato...

Ceisteanna ar Pholasaí nó ar Reachtaíocht - Questions on Policy or Legislation (25 Apr 2024)

Charlie McConalogue: I thank the Deputy for raising this matter. I will pass the details of his comments on to the Minister, Deputy O’Gorman, for a direct response.

Ceisteanna ar Pholasaí nó ar Reachtaíocht - Questions on Policy or Legislation (25 Apr 2024)

Charlie McConalogue: Colleagues and I worked hard at European level to ensure that the nature restoration law was significantly adjusted so that it would be appropriate to Irish circumstances. If the law is passed, the onus will be on us as a country to put our own plan together for how to implement it. We have been clear that CAP funding cannot be impacted in any way by whatever needs arise in that regard....

Ceisteanna ar Pholasaí nó ar Reachtaíocht - Questions on Policy or Legislation (25 Apr 2024)

Charlie McConalogue: I am not aware of the specific details of the case, but I will relay to the Minister, Deputy Eamon Ryan, that the Deputy raised the matter and ask him to respond to her directly.

Ceisteanna ar Pholasaí nó ar Reachtaíocht - Questions on Policy or Legislation (25 Apr 2024)

Charlie McConalogue: I thank the Deputy for raising this matter. I am conscious that the coroner's inquest is ongoing, but I wish to acknowledge the pain and suffering of the Johnston family at the loss of their beautiful daughter and sister. The Government is placing particular priority on resources at University Hospital Limerick in terms of investment and support. We have invested significantly over the...

Ceisteanna ar Pholasaí nó ar Reachtaíocht - Questions on Policy or Legislation (25 Apr 2024)

Charlie McConalogue: I thank Deputy Bruton for his question. This is very much part of our policy platform under Food Vision 2030. It involves taking a sustainable food system approach to how we develop Irish agriculture and particularly how the various sectors integrate with one another. I will certainly give further consideration to any potential place for the Deputy's suggestion and would be happy to chat...

Ceisteanna ar Pholasaí nó ar Reachtaíocht - Questions on Policy or Legislation (25 Apr 2024)

Charlie McConalogue: I thank Deputy Murnane O'Connor for raising this. I absolutely agree with her on the importance of public library services. They do great work across the country and in different counties. I know this has great potential in Carlow. I know the Deputy is working on it with the Minister, Deputy Humphreys. I will certainly pass on to her that the Deputy mentioned it here today as well. I...