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Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Agriculture Industry (9 Apr 2024) See 1 other result from this answer

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: Agriculture Schemes (9 Apr 2024)

Charlie McConalogue: The annual budget allocation for the Area of Natural Constraints (ANC) Scheme is €250m. In order to be eligible for ANC Scheme, applicants must have ANC designated land and submit a valid Basic Income Support for Sustainability (BISS) application form annually. In addition there are stocking density and retention requirements that must be observed. Once all the requirements and...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Departmental Reviews (9 Apr 2024) See 1 other result from this answer

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: Forestry Sector (9 Apr 2024) See 1 other result from this answer

Michael McNamara: ...and ACERS tree belts for ammonia capture from farmyards, where a farmer can plant up to 0.50 hectares for ammonia capture without requiring a registered forester, but choosing to plant the same land under the NTA requires a registered forester's involvement; and additionally, if the designated plot has peaty soil, the farmer is permitted to plant under the ammonia capture for farmyards...

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

Charlie McConalogue: ...monitored and considered by my Department on an ongoing basis. Amendments to deadlines for the implementation of certain actions have recently been made in recognition of the current weather and land conditions. As adverse weather in recent months has created difficult ground conditions to allow the capturing of suitable soil samples for analysis, the deadline for the uploading of...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Fishing Industry (9 Apr 2024) See 2 other results from this answer

Charlie McConalogue: ...this issue is not confined to the Irish brown crab fishery, as other countries are also reporting decreased crab stock levels. There are a number of management measures in place for brown crab. The landing size is a national measure where a minimum conservation reference of 140mm applies to brown crab taken by Irish sea-fishing boats in ICES Areas VI and VII, as set out in S.I. No. 26...

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

Charlie McConalogue: ...of TB in cattle (67%). Submissions also outlined that in order to tackle the problems raised by deer, 86% of the survey’s respondents said culling of deer is needed. Some 78% said supports for landowners to manage deer is required while 69% said a domestic venison industry should be expanded. A report was published in December 2023 that presents recommendations and covers a...

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

Charlie McConalogue: Succession Planning Advice Grant is a scheme specifically aimed at encouraging best practice in intergenerational land transfer in order to address, among other things, significant generational imbalances in farming. The grant is to encourage and support farmers aged 60 years and above to seek succession planning advice by contributing up to 50% of vouched legal, accounting and advisory...

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

Charlie McConalogue: ...2022. An advance payment of 57% issued to all 2023 Fodder support scheme applicants in December 2022 with balancing payment issuing in December 2023. Since farmers applied for the scheme based on lands declared in 2022, my Department allowed for an amendment facility to allow farmers to change their land details for this scheme in 2023 - farmers may not have had access to the same land...

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

Charlie McConalogue: ...-in to the new Programme. I recognise that planting at the scale required is a challenge but believe that it is in all our interests to work towards this target. Afforestation is a voluntary land use choice for landowners and building confidence among landowners of the benefits of forestry will be key to increasing afforestation rates on recent low trends. I am confident that the...

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

Charlie McConalogue: ...the person named until October 2023. As transfer applications are processed in the order in which they are received, it was not processed immediately upon receipt and when it was reached there were land errors preventing the processing being completed. These have now been resolved and the processing is in progress. It is expected that this will be completed in the coming days. The...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Legislative Measures (9 Apr 2024) See 1 other result from this answer

Carol Nolan: ...further to Parliamentary Question No. 483 of 9 May 2023, to provide an update on his Departments work in conjunction with the European Commission's Joint Research Centre to identify the relevant lands and to identify the appropriate means of protecting these carbon-rich soils, specifically as it relates to the prohibition or restriction of agricultural practices such as ploughing; and if...

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

Catherine Murphy: 1040. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will make the Land Commission records public; the progress made to date in digitising these records; and his rationale for the delay in providing the public with access to these records. [15155/24]

Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: International Protection (9 Apr 2024)

Roderic O'Gorman: ...Paper. This will be supplemented, as required, by high standard commercial providers. Accommodation in the new strategy will be delivered through the following multi-strand approach: Use of State land for prefabricated and modular units Conversation of commercial buildings Targeted purchase of medium and larger turnkey properties Design and build of new Reception and Integration...

Written Answers — Department of Rural and Community Development: Departmental Funding (9 Apr 2024)

Heather Humphreys: My Department implements a range of supports and schemes aimed at supporting rural and community development across Ireland in support of policies such as Our Rural Future, Our Living Islands and Sustainable, Inclusive and Empowered Communities. In total, across all schemes administered by my Department, over €85.6 million in funding has been allocated to projects in County Mayo over...

Select Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Planning and Development Bill: Committee Stage (Resumed) (27 Mar 2024) See 16 other results from this debate

Eoin Ó Broin: ...who can challenge the eligibility of a planning application to the local authority. As members know, the section restricts that to the planning authority itself, the commission, the owner of the land or to a person who has a legal or beneficial interest in the land. My understanding from the conversation yesterday is that the purpose of this section is to avoid a situation where planning...

Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: Planning Issues (21 Mar 2024) See 1 other result from this debate

Niall Collins: ...an instance in my constituency of which he was aware. I will make the Minister aware of the points that the Deputy has raised. The Minister cannot halt an enforcement. Under the law of the land, he cannot step in and write a statutory instrument or create a regulation to halt an enforcement. He just does not have that authority or power as Minister under the planning Act, as the...

Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: Heritage Sites (21 Mar 2024)

Bernard Durkan: ...is, how to restore the access that was there before September last. At that time, some of us put forward the idea of seeking an interim injunction to state the case for the State to access its lands freely and at will. We were told that would not be successful and that the legal advice was wrong. The OPW had enough advice itself in September and when the threat of the closure of the...

Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: Bus Services (21 Mar 2024)

Niall Collins: ...the topic of bus stops is emotive. My own father lobbied me for a bus stop near our house for many years - approximately 15 years - and one arrived there last year but I had nothing to do with it landing there. I will convey all of that.