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

Charlie McConalogue: I am committed to reducing the knowledge and data gaps evident in the land use sector by investing in the research needed to better understand greenhouse gas emissions and removals from our land. This is evidenced with investments by my Department over recent years in the National Agricultural Soil Carbon Observatory, soil mapping projects and the Irish Soil Moisture Monitoring Network. ...

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

Charlie McConalogue: ...9000 of these were submitted during weekends, highlighting the flexibility and stability of the app, and rates rose as high as 4000 or more scorecards submitted within a 24hr period on several occasions. More than 500,000ha of land was scored and due to its in-built location accuracy AgriSnap™ ensured that 100% of users were present at the correct location before completing the...

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

Charlie McConalogue: ...content per tonne of "broilers/deep litter" poultry manure are: a higher nutrient value per tonne reflecting the latest scientific research, less of this manure can now be applied per hectare of land compared to the situation prior to the 11th of March 2022, thereby reducing the risk to water quality arising from excess nitrogen application. there may be changes in the volume of this...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Tax Exemptions (20 Mar 2024) See 2 other results from this answer

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: Local Authorities (20 Mar 2024)

Charlie McConalogue: ...another national initiative outside of the State Aid approved Forestry Programme. Extensive work has been undertaken to date in the development of a new national future for forestry in Ireland. Ireland has now for the first time a Shared National Vision for Trees, Woods and Forests in Ireland until 2050 which was informed by a series of comprehensive public consultation and...

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

Brendan Griffin: 1054. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine when a 2023 BISS payment will issue to a farmer (details supplied) in County Kerry for leased lands; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [12921/24]

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

Charlie McConalogue: ...Scheme to plant FT1 (native forest), could receive a lump sum payment of €6,355 per hectare. My Department continues to issue approvals under the Reconstitution scheme. There are now over 500 land owners representing 1,900 hectares, whose plantations were affected by ash dieback, that have approval to carry out reconstitution under the terms and conditions of the...

Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: Housing Provision (20 Mar 2024) See 1 other result from this answer

Mattie McGrath: 1123. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the details of his Department’s plans to use the HSE-owned lands on the Heywood Road, Clonmel, County Tipperary for the provision of 62 modular homes; the current status of such considerations; the proposed use of such modular homes; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [11890/24]

Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: Departmental Properties (20 Mar 2024)

Catherine Murphy: ...information relied upon by his Department in concluding that a property (details supplied) used for the accommodation of IPAs and BOTPs is a company and not the entity listed as the owner by the Land Registry. [12002/24]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Service Executive (20 Mar 2024)

Mattie McGrath: 1286. To ask the Minister for Health to outline plans for the use of the HSE-owned lands on the Heywood Road, Clonmel, County Tipperary; if these lands are being considered for the provision of modular homes by the Department of Children, Equality, Disabilities, Integration and youth; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [11891/24]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Services (20 Mar 2024)

Stephen Donnelly: ...of the scheme that those who have more, pay more, and those who have less, pay less. Assets assessed include cash assets as well as non-cash assets such as the principal private residence, other property and land, including farmland. The process of the determination of financial assessment of means is described in Schedule 1 of the Act and can be viewed by following this link:...

Written Answers — Department of Rural and Community Development: Departmental Schemes (20 Mar 2024)

Heather Humphreys: ...This reflects the important contribution the scheme makes to connectivity in rural Ireland. There is no other source of public funding for these roads which provide vital access to agricultural lands, rural homes and other important community amenities. This is why I have sought to prioritise funding to the scheme in recent years. As you know, the scheme was re-introduced in 2017,...

Select Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Planning and Development Bill 2023: Committee Stage (Resumed) (20 Mar 2024) See 7 other results from this debate

Cian O'Callaghan: ...aligned in terms of making and varying development plans? Over the years, we have seen some variances made to development plans in a way that undermines good planning. They might involve rezoning land on the border of another local authority's functional area in order that the local authority doing the rezoning can, in effect, capture very large rate bases. It is a strategic,...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Social Protection: Implications of Means Testing: Department of Social Protection (20 Mar 2024)

Éamon Ó Cuív: ...about the situation of small farmers, and they were virtually all small farmers in the area. I would say eight out of ten households had some kind of a small farm. Many of them were depending on assistance schemes because Connemara land is not the best. In those days, it was 100%, and then there was the concept of the own produce consumed. This meant that if people cut their own turf...

Joint Committee on Tourism, Culture, Arts, Sport And Media: Support for Development of Regional Film and Television Production: Discussion (20 Mar 2024) See 1 other result from this debate

...undertaken with the sector. We would have received a number of submissions from the sector on the costs associated with moving a production from the Dublin-Wicklow region to other regions in Ireland. I can get the Senator information on it - I do not have it to hand - but I believe there was a price point that was brought up on a number of occasions. We landed, and it was a political...

Select Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Planning and Development Bill 2023: Committee Stage (Resumed) (19 Mar 2024) See 15 other results from this debate

Eoin Ó Broin: ...to suspend the reserved function of elected members for approval of Part 8 proposals for Traveller accommodation, and also to suspend the reserved function relating to the agreement to dispose of land for the purposes of developing Traveller accommodation and provide these as executive functions. This suspension should be reviewed after a period of five years. The report's third...

Nature Restoration Law: Statements (7 Mar 2024) See 19 other results from this debate

Malcolm Noonan: ...'s Party. Deputy Connolly raised the support of the MEPs, Mick Wallace and Clare Daly. I had really good engagement with them. I really want to thank them for their support as well. Deputy Cahill raised issues around the capital value of land and participation in schemes such as the hen harrier designation. Again, I acknowledge all of this. He is correct. He is not incorrect in...

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (7 Mar 2024) See 3 other results from this debate

Micheál Martin: ...the funding of those schemes. The carbon tax was introduced to allow us to give ring-fenced funding to farming. This means that if, for example, someone has to protect a rare species on their land, they will be adequately compensated-----

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Energy Policy (7 Mar 2024)

Eamon Ryan: ...right. HVO comes from a variety of different sources such as waste oil from the restaurant or other industries but in relatively small volumes. The international trade volume causes concern about land use, so that too is limited. Last week I was in County Meath and met a number of producers who are currently using a lot of tallow and other product that they convert into HVO. That is an...

Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (7 Mar 2024) See 1 other result from this debate

Gerard Craughwell: ...concern regarding our defenceless Atlantic coastline. The Cathaoirleach, as a Cork man, will know we have only one ship patrolling the part of the ocean under our remit, which is ten times our land mass. I have called for an Atlantic fleet to be established that would involve all member states of the European Union working in harmony with one another. To my shock and surprise, while I...