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

Charlie McConalogue: ...Name of Farming Representative Organisation Details of funding allocated Funding Amount € Macra Na Feirme DAFM support for Macra initiative concerning land mobility 50,000 2023 Name of Farming Representative Organisation Details of funding allocated Funding Amount...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Fishing Industry (1 May 2024)

Charlie McConalogue: ...for in the Control Regulation as an alternative to sampling plans for vessels under 10 metres, for which logbooks aren't required. The sales note system therefore provides for the collection of landings data in relation to such vessels. The Sea Fisheries Protection Authority (SFPA) is the single legal competent authority responsible for the collection and reporting of fish landings into...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Fishing Industry (1 May 2024)

Charlie McConalogue: ...was established for assessing Pollack. The analytical model used in 2023 allows for a better assessment of stock status, based on more complete data, than the previous method which relied on landings data only. In addition to the assessment model outputs, there are a number of independent indicators that support the perception of a declining trend in the stock size, including...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Fishing Industry (1 May 2024)

Charlie McConalogue: ..., within the framework of regionalisation, the Advisory Councils are fully consulted as part of the process of developing Joint Recommendations such as those relating to the implementation of the landing obligation or on technical measures. At a national level, stakeholders play an important role in fish quota management through the Quota Management Advisory Committee (QMAC)....

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Departmental Schemes (1 May 2024)

Charlie McConalogue: ...already been carried out. For clarity, in circumstances whereby the felling licence has not been actioned then the applicant may apply for an appropriate Forestry Scheme, for the same plot of land, and subject to meeting the conditions attached to that scheme, may seek to amend their felling licence and replanting plan where they are proposing to make a material change to the felling...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Departmental Schemes (1 May 2024)

Charlie McConalogue: ...Pilot Scheme aims to provide supports at reforestation that incentivise species and structural diversity. This can result in an increase in the resilience and adaptiveness of the forest land to climate related threats. Many forests in Ireland have been established and managed under an even-aged management structure and there is a need for a greater balance between these and forests...

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

Charlie McConalogue: ...) (Amendment) Regulations 2020 49/2020 European Communities (Minimum Conditions for Examining of Vegetable Species) (Amendment) Regulations 2020. 54/2020 Sea-Fisheries (North Western Waters Landing Obligation) Regulations 2020 57/2020 Sea Fisheries (Quotas) Regulations 2020 58/2020 European Communities (Vegetable Seeds) (Amendment) Regulations 2020 59/2020 European Communities...

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

Charlie McConalogue: ...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 applicants are...

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

Charlie McConalogue: ...in localised flooding in the Cooley Peninsula. During this time, the River Flurry and other smaller streams burst their banks and washed away field fencing and gateways. The heavy rain also caused landslides from the Cooley Mountains which deposited large rocks, gravel and debris on agricultural lands in addition to loss and damage to stored fodder and fertiliser supplies. In these...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Common Agricultural Policy (25 Apr 2024)

Charlie McConalogue: ...situation to protect our natural resources, including soil health, air and water quality, habitats and biodiversity. The changes proposed include moving the requirement to have a minimum share of land devoted to non-productive features, from GAEC 8, into eco schemes. That was one of the proposals approved. Already in Ireland we build on the basic GAEC 8 standard requirement in our eco...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Harbours and Piers (25 Apr 2024)

Charlie McConalogue: As the Deputy knows, last year I designated three new ports in County Donegal - Bunagee, Glengad and Malin Head - as well as Dunmore East in County Waterford for landings from UK-registered Northern Ireland vessels. I also extended the opening hours in Greencastle. That brings the total number of ports designated for UK-registered Northern Ireland vessels to 11, seven of which are located...

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

Charlie McConalogue: ...support through our CAP Strategic Plan (CSP) and a range of national taxation measures. The new Common Agricultural Policy (CAP) cites generational renewal as one of its nine key objectives. Ireland’s CSP 2023-2027 provides substantial resources to achieving generational renewal and measures include: The Complementary Income Support for Young Farmers (CIS-YF), which has a...

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

Charlie McConalogue: ...which allow Ireland to determine what rewetting means in practice for Ireland. The Government is confident that the 2030 and 2040 rewetting targets, at a minimum, can be met entirely on State lands. Should the regulation pass at EU level, the Government is committed to ensuring that nature restoration provides additional income streams for landowners and brings benefits to rural...

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

Charlie McConalogue: ...disease progresses nationally roadside ash trees will become an issue of increasing importance. As a matter of law, the care and management of trees adjacent to roads is the responsibility of the landowner on whose land the roadside trees are growing. It is advisable that landowners make themselves aware of the full legal extent of their land ownership and of any obligations arising from...

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

Charlie McConalogue: I propose to take Questions Nos. 81 and 93 together. It is the case that there has been a decline in afforestation in recent years. In 2020 2,434 hectares of land were afforested, with 2,061 hectares in 2021, 2,273 hectares in 2022 and 1,651 hectares in 2023. The Afforestation target for 2024 is 8,000 hectares, and to date this year my Department has received notification of intention...

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

Charlie McConalogue: The Programme for Government in 2020 committed to a national land use review which includes all land types such as farmland, forests, and peatlands. The review aims to examine the optimal land use choices which will help contribute to and inform policy. The review aims to balance environmental, social, and economic considerations. It also includes consideration of emissions to air and water,...

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

Charlie McConalogue: The Nitrates Directive (Council Directive 91/676/EEC, as amended) sets out that for each farm, the amount of livestock manure applied to land each year, including by the livestock themselves, cannot exceed an amount containing 170 kg of nitrogen per hectare (N/ha) in the absence of a derogation. It is unfortunately not possible to consider allowing a farmer’s previous years...

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

Charlie McConalogue: I propose to take Questions Nos. 98 and 280 together. As a Minister for Agriculture, I’m acutely aware of the difficulties experienced by both tillage and grassland farmers due to the exceptionally wet weather we have endured since last harvest. Met Éireann data has shown that all stations had rainfall in excess of their Long-Term Average, with stations such as Cork Airport and...

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

Charlie McConalogue: .... Similarly, the Office of Public Works will have to update the Flood Risk Management Sectoral Adaptation Plan. It is premature to consider providing a grant scheme to farmers to develop land drains on their boundaries in advance of the publication of an updated Sectoral Adaptation Plan for Agriculture, Seafood and Forestry.

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

Charlie McConalogue: The Nitrates Directive (Council Directive 91/676/EEC, as amended) includes a legal provision whereby a Member State can apply for a derogation to facilitate the application of livestock manure to land beyond 170 kg Nitrogen/hectare. Such a derogation must be based on strict scientific criteria and must not prejudice achievement of the Nitrates Directive's objectives. There are...