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Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Pigmeat Sector (9 Apr 2024)

Charlie McConalogue: Since 2020, 490 pig welfare inspections have been carried out. In relation to the Pig Directive, no sanctions/fines have been imposed for breaches of the legislation by the courts since 2020. Farms are selected for inspection based on a number of criteria, including risk factors and the results of previous inspections, which can result in a variance in the frequency of inspection.

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Pigmeat Sector (9 Apr 2024)

Charlie McConalogue: In relation to the design of pig housing, enrichment is an integral part of my Department’s specification S.141, which relates to the minimum specification for new pig houses, with Appendix 1 of this specification setting out the detailed requirements for enrichment in new pig housing. All building plans submitted as part of a TAMS 3 application are reviewed to ensure that the...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Animal Welfare (9 Apr 2024)

Charlie McConalogue: My Department is aware of this matter, which has been subject to investigation by officials from my Department. It would not be appropriate to comment further at this time. Neglect or causing unnecessary suffering to any animal is unacceptable in our society and my Department is fully committed to the ongoing promotion and enforcement of high animal welfare standards. My Department...

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

Charlie McConalogue: Work is continuing on the calculation and processing of ACRES year one payments, and these payments are expected to issue by the end of June. ACRES General advance payments commenced on December 15th 2023, and approximately 19,719 farmers were paid a total of €88.356 million by early February 2024. Due in particular to the additional complexity associated with payments to...

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

Charlie McConalogue: The first Eco-Scheme payments issued on 31st October 2023. To date my Department has issued Eco-Scheme payment to over 118,357 farmers totalling €306 million. There is currently approx. 1,200 cases still to be processed. The reason for delay in processing these cases is due to change in herd ownership details between the time of application and payment processing. The change of...

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

Charlie McConalogue: The herdowner named can submit a request a review her 2023 Eco-Scheme application by sending an email to ecoscheme@agriculture.gov.ie with all relevant information relating to her 2023 Eco-Scheme application and stocking rate requirements. The herdowner did apply for AP2 (Extensive Livestock Production - enhanced) within Eco-schemes and using 2023 as the stocking rate year.

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

Charlie McConalogue: Ireland’s CAP Strategic Plan (CSP) will deliver some €9.8 billion to our farm families over the next five years to support them to continue to produce world-class, safe and sustainable food as well as supporting them in their important work of meeting our climate ambitions. This includes EU CAP funding for Ireland of €7.53 billion over the five-year period from 2023 to...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: EU Programmes (9 Apr 2024)

Charlie McConalogue: Bord Bia, as the PGI applicant on behalf of producers and processors, is currently in the process of working on establishing a PGI monitoring group in consultation with my Department. The functions which are outlined in the Deputy's query are foreseen as roles for the PGI monitoring group which include the following: (a) monitor the use of the PGI ‘Irish Grass Fed Beef’ in...

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

Charlie McConalogue: All Eco-Scheme Space for Nature estimates were subject to review by farmers and/or their FAS advisors when making their 2023 submission to confirm that features mapped represented an accurate assessment of what features were present on the ground. My Department did make it clear to farmers and FAS advisors that all space for nature estimates provided on the 2023 Eco-Scheme application were...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Beef Sector (9 Apr 2024)

Charlie McConalogue: The Suckler Brand Development Oversight Group was established to oversee and advise on the creation and implementation of a distinct brand for suckler beef under the guidance of Bord Bia. The Oversight Group, which is chaired by my Department and includes relevant sector stakeholders, has met seven times to date. Bord Bia’s expenditure on the project to the end of December 2023...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Live Exports (9 Apr 2024)

Charlie McConalogue: The details of the two consignments that were traded by private commercial businesses from Ireland to Israel over the past six months are given in the table below. Ship Consignor Date Port of Loading Port of Destination Type of Animal No. of Animals Ganado Express Viastar 16/11/2023 Greenore ...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: EU Regulations (9 Apr 2024)

Charlie McConalogue: The EU Deforestation Regulation 2023/1115 (EUDR) entered into force on 28th June 2023. It replaces the EU Timber Regulation 995/2010 which has been in operation since 2014 and its key provisions will enter into application on 30th December 2024. The main aims of this regulation are threefold: To ensure that the listed products do not contribute to deforestation and forest degradation. To...

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

Charlie McConalogue: The person named was added to a herd number in April 2023 and changes of this nature require that a transfer of entitlement application is submitted to move the payment entitlements to the new owner ID. The closing date for receipt of applications to transfer payment entitlements in 2023 was 14 June and the application was not submitted by the person named until October 2023. As transfer...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Legislative Measures (9 Apr 2024)

Charlie McConalogue: My Department has ongoing communication and interaction with the European Commission in relation to GAEC2 – Protecting Peatland and Wetlands. Our collaboration with the European Commission's Joint Research Centre has come to a conclusion with the publication of the technical report. This report (Technical report on methods and tools in support of the creation of an “IACS...

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

Charlie McConalogue: Both the Organic Farming Scheme (OFS) and ACRES terms and conditions advise that farmers may participate in both schemes, but for certain actions, payment will be foregone in OFS in order to avoid double funding. As per the ACRES terms and conditions: “Organic Farmers can apply for the ACRES General approach under Tier 1 provided they are registered with, and approved as an...

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

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

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

Charlie McConalogue: The Aquaculture Licences Appeals Board (ALAB) is an independent appeals body established under the Fisheries (Amendment) Act 1997. The purpose of ALAB is to provide an independent authority for the determination of appeals against decisions of the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine on aquaculture licence applications. Pursuant to Section 62(2) of the Fisheries (Amendment)...

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

Charlie McConalogue: The AgriSnap™ application is the DAFM’s geotag photo app designed as an IT solution to ease the administrative burden on farmers. AgriSnap™ was originally developed as part of the Horizon 2020 New IACS Vision in Action (NIVA) project. My department led the development of the app in collaboration with The Walton Institute (South East Technical University), who provided the...

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

Charlie McConalogue: The application for Protected Geographical Indication (PGI) status for Irish Grass Fed Beef was submitted by Bord Bia on behalf of producers and processors. The PGI was registered by the European Commission in December 2023 after almost five years of work to get it to that stage. This is a huge achievement as PGI status is reserved only for the highest quality food and drink products in...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Land Issues (9 Apr 2024)

Charlie McConalogue: The Records Branch of my Department houses the Land Commission records. The entire collection is estimated to number anywhere between 8 and 11 million individual documents all of which will first have to be identified and catalogued before they can be made available to the public. Granting public access to the records in advance of them being identified and catalogued would not be prudent or...