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Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Tillage Sector (17 Apr 2024)

Claire Kerrane: 102. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the total area of tillage land in the State, in hectares; the number of tillage farms; and the average farm size, in hectares. [16912/24]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Agriculture Schemes (17 Apr 2024)

Claire Kerrane: 103. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the number of participants under the tillage capital investment scheme; the total area of land; and the average farm size of those partaking. [16913/24]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Agriculture Schemes (17 Apr 2024)

Claire Kerrane: 104. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the number of participants under the tillage incentive scheme; the total area of land; and the average farm size of those partaking. [16914/24]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Agriculture Schemes (17 Apr 2024)

Claire Kerrane: 105. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the cost of extending the tillage capital investment scheme to farmers with less than 15 ha of owned, leased or rented lands. [16915/24]

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Coillte CGA: Chairperson Designate (17 Apr 2024)

Claire Kerrane: ...lot of work and, despite its cross-party membership, it is very much concerned as a unit about the forestry programme as it stands. I am just back from attending a briefing by Forest Industries Ireland, at which Coillte was represented. At every meeting I held with people from every part of the forestry sector, alarm bells were raised about the programme and the number of restrictions and...

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

Claire Kerrane: 964. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the area covered by agricultural activities by overall hectares covered and as a percentage of land coverage, by farming types (details supplied), in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [14144/24]

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

Claire Kerrane: 970. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will provide an update on the land use review; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [14162/24]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Tax Exemptions (20 Mar 2024)

Claire Kerrane: 1017. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he has engaged with the Minister for Finance on the residential zoned land tax on behalf of farmers to ensure that farmers whose land is being actively farmed is excluded from this tax; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [12486/24]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Tax Exemptions (20 Mar 2024)

Claire Kerrane: 1018. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine his views on whether farmers whose land is being actively farmed should be excluded from the residential zoned land tax; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [12487/24]

Nature Restoration Law: Statements (7 Mar 2024)

Claire Kerrane: ...that our red lines were met. We were particularly glad that an amendment we proposed on compensation was included in the text. It referred to "the financial compensation of potential losses by landowners and land managers directly due to the implementation of this Regulation". This was a key amendment, as the Minister of State, Deputy Noonan, will be aware, because he attended a...

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Flood Relief Schemes (22 Feb 2024)

Claire Kerrane: ...put under great pressure. Some have got some bit of compensation but others have not. Issues with the area monitoring system have been raised repeatedly. In some cases, it has failed to identify land with 2 ft or 3 ft of water on it. I came across this myself. A number of farmers have come to me with cases of a farmer on one side of a drain getting an expression of interest form and...

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Flood Relief Schemes (22 Feb 2024)

Claire Kerrane: A farmer whose land was separated from another farmer's land got an expression of interest form, his land having been identified by the AMS, and got compensation. The farmer whose land was separated from that first farmer's land by a drain did not. That tells me there is an issue with the monitoring system. I again ask the Minister to look at that because it is not fair to farmers to have...

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Forestry Sector (22 Feb 2024)

Claire Kerrane: ...raised by many of the farm organisations, particularly the forestry section of the IFA. They are all saying the same thing. The maps speak for themselves in showing the very large swaths of land across the island of Ireland that are subject to limitations and restrictions. The mapping shows huge tracts of land that are likely to be ineligible for forestry. The Minister of State has...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Land Issues (22 Feb 2024)

Claire Kerrane: 85. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine what recent engagement he has had with regard to the residential zoned land tax and the potential impact of same on land actively being used for agricultural purposes; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [8156/24]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Tax Code (8 Feb 2024)

Claire Kerrane: ...for Finance the engagement he has had with the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage and the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine regarding the revision of residential zoned land tax maps; if the revision will allow farmers whose land was previously zoned and whose land is actively in use for agricultural purposes will be able to seek exemption; and if he will make a...

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Tax Code (8 Feb 2024)

Claire Kerrane: 160. To ask the Minister for Finance with regard to the revision of residential zoned land tax maps, if the revision will allow farmers whose land was previously zoned and whose land is actively in use for agricultural purposes will be able to seek exemption; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [5820/24]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Tax Code (8 Feb 2024)

Claire Kerrane: 161. To ask the Minister for Finance with regard to the revision of residential zoned land tax maps; how his Department is ensuring that accessible systems are in place to allow farmers to submit a request for exemption if their land is actively being used for agricultural purposes; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [5826/24]

Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: Flood Relief Schemes (25 Jan 2024)

Claire Kerrane: ...details of how to qualify for it and what is required, does the term "SAC" appear. I would like to think that is not an attempt to reduce the amount of compensation to be paid out to farmers whose lands have been flooded and that, all of a sudden, farmers must have lands within the SAC to be eligible. If that is the case, it is deeply regrettable and is a matter I will return to directly...

Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: Flood Relief Schemes (25 Jan 2024)

Claire Kerrane: ...themselves but money to try to buy feed bales that are already at an all-time high price, just to be able to feed their animals through the winter. In many cases, cattle had to be taken off the land earlier than the winter months, so they needed larger quantities of feed for a longer period. They welcomed the announcement that the Minister, Deputy McConalogue, made on the establishment...

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Forestry Sector (14 Dec 2023)

Claire Kerrane: ...she has met with representatives form SEEFA. In the context of the extensive engagement she had, I presume those she met raised with her the concerns that exist regarding the significant area of land that is ineligible, particularly when it comes to peat soils. The latter removes a large chunk of the west of Ireland from consideration. We have obtained various maps from the Department...