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Written Answers — Department of Finance: Customs and Excise (30 Apr 2024)

Michael McGrath: ...for other purposes such as in agricultural tractors and machinery. Diesel that is supplied at a reduced MOT rate must be marked with prescribed fiscal markers and is referred to as marked gas oil (MGO), or green/agri/farm diesel. Reduced MOT rates are significantly lower than standard rates. MOT rates are published on the Revenue website at...

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

David Stanton: 538. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if his Department is represented on the Farm Safety Partnership Advisory Committee, which advises the board of the Health and Safety Authority; if so, the way any such appointment is made; the duration of any such appointment; the role and functions of his Department's representative; and if he will make a statement on the matter....

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

Charlie McConalogue: ...(Cereal Seed) (Amendment) (No. 2) Regulations 2022 407/2022 European Union (Sea-fisheries and Maritime Jurisdiction Act 2006) (Amendment) Regulations 2022 494/2022 European Union (Organic Farming) Regulations 2022 572/2022 European Union (Temporary Increase Of Official Controls And Emergency Measures On Imports Of Food And Feed Of Non-Animal Origin) (Amendment) (No.2) Regulations...

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

Charlie McConalogue: ...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 receiving the payments is the person farming the land being claimed. The active farmer claim selected by the applicant at the time of application was "plan to purchase livestock in 2023". Where this claim is selected...

Ábhair Shaincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Matters (25 Apr 2024)

Catherine Connolly: ...passport. Deputy Gary Gannon - To discuss the creation of a Dublin city centre task force to tackle violence. Deputy Jackie Cahill - To discuss the review of the case of alleged pollution on a farm in County Kilkenny. Deputy Bernard Durkan - To discuss the ongoing issue of the conditions at Ryevale House, Leixlip, County Kildare and the extent to which basic sanitary facilities are not...

Ceisteanna ar Pholasaí nó ar Reachtaíocht - Questions on Policy or Legislation (25 Apr 2024) See 2 other results from this debate

Michael McNamara: ...some important and admirable ambitions. The problem is that there is a lack of a dedicated funding mechanism, or any funding mechanism at all, for farmers who will be required to reduce or abandon farming activity on lands governed by the law. At a domestic level, the Government stopped funding the Burren Life project and the hen harrier project in respect of farms on designated...

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (25 Apr 2024) See 1 other result from this debate

Charlie McConalogue: I thank the Deputy for raising this issue. It has been a challenging spring for all farming sectors. That has come on the back of a very difficult autumn last year. We have just come out of one of the longest and most unprecedented wintering periods we have seen for a long time, lasting almost seven months from last September until now, in many instances. That has made it very difficult...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Common Agricultural Policy (25 Apr 2024) See 4 other results from this debate

Charlie McConalogue: Deputy Murphy likes to portray that. He peddles the story that somehow Irish agriculture is industrial and not the family farm as we portray it. That is totally false.

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Flood Relief Schemes (25 Apr 2024) See 1 other result from this debate

Charlie McConalogue: ...localised impact. Unlike the Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment and the Department of Social Protection, we have no shelf-ready scheme in instances where there might be particular damage to farms, which tend to be more robust and obviously not as impacted as towns and villages by events like those we saw earlier this year in some parts of the country. In this instance, I...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Agriculture Schemes (25 Apr 2024)

Charlie McConalogue: This is another example of Deputy Murphy looking to portray somehow that there is a big industrial ethos and personality to our agricultural sector whereas the opposite is the truth. We have family farms across this country working in a co-op structure, thankfully, in the dairy sector. Under this structure, as much of the return as possible is returned to the family farms and the dairy...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Agriculture Schemes (25 Apr 2024) See 1 other result from this debate

...in the first two tranches and it is increasing all the time. I do not have the figure for rejections. I can find that and get it to the Deputy. This is a generous scheme which supports women in farming. The eligibility criteria are broad, covering almost all female farmers. We have to be careful that it is not subject to abuse with people saying that they are female farmers when they...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Agriculture Industry (25 Apr 2024) See 5 other results from this debate

Richard Bruton: First, I welcome what the Minister of State has said, but so long as there is no clear picture of what a revenue stream from sound environmental farming will mean in ten or 20 years' time, this uncertainty and unease will continue. We know, for example, that raising water levels on certain lands has huge carbon dividends. We know that benchmarking and reducing emissions by sequestration or...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Agriculture Industry (25 Apr 2024) See 7 other results from this debate

Peadar Tóibín: ...to the census, and the number of people who are declaring as farmers. Fewer people are declaring as farmers because they must have another occupation when they cannot make enough money from their farms. In the census, they declare they are not farmers but are something else. That shows us that something is changing in the sector behind those figures. What is the average age of...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Agriculture Schemes (25 Apr 2024) See 3 other results from this debate

Claire Kerrane: ...look like. I have met with farmers who are part of this cohort known as the forgotten farmers. They are really at the end of their tether and are wondering if they should continue with their farms, so this is something that is urgently overdue.

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Fodder Crisis (25 Apr 2024) See 4 other results from this debate

Peter Fitzpatrick: ...Minister again if he intends to reinstate the fodder schemes. There has been adverse weather which has affected livestock. People are struggling. There is extreme hardship. I do not come from a farming background but in County Louth and east Meath, there are many farmers. They seem to be annoyed that the Government has not come out and given them any support. Looking at them, with...

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Agriculture Supports (25 Apr 2024)

Charlie McConalogue: ..., given the pressure the sector was under, to provide clarity on what support would be forthcoming from the Government. I have been engaging on an ongoing basis this very long spring with all farm representative organisations, and also those in the tillage sector. I was very aware of the growing pressure on the sector and the need for intervention in advance of the planting to give...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Agriculture Industry (25 Apr 2024)

Charlie McConalogue: Assisting the next generation to take over the farm, when the time is right to do so, is one of my priorities to ensure the ongoing sustainability of the family farm. There are strong supports in place to support succession and the intergenerational transfer of family farms, with support through our CAP Strategic Plan (CSP) and a range of national taxation measures. The new Common...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Agriculture Supports (25 Apr 2024) See 1 other result from this answer

Charlie McConalogue: I am acutely aware of the pressures being experienced by farmers because of the exceptional and prolonged wet weather over the last few months. In responding to these concerns, I have taken several steps to minimise the effects of the current pressures and to support farmers. My Department paused non-essential farm inspections earlier this month until 22nd of April. I requested that...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Food Industry (25 Apr 2024)

Charlie McConalogue: ...could withstand the scrutiny required under EU rules. It takes an enormous effort to get a PGI application over the line successfully and thanks to all those involved in the process, Bord Bia, farmers, processors, and my own Department, Irish Grass Fed Beef has now joined an exclusive list of quality European products. In February last, at an event on a suckler farm in Co. Donegal, I...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Agriculture Industry (25 Apr 2024) See 1 other result from this answer

Claire Kerrane: 74. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will give consideration to a particular proposal on a Commission on the Future of the Family Farm Bill 2024; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18243/24]