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Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Foreshore Issues (23 Apr 2024)

Charlie McConalogue: The operator of the site the Deputy refers to was issued with an aquaculture licence by the Aquaculture Licence Appeals Board (ALAB) on 26 January 2023 “for the cultivation of Native and Pacific Oyster on a site...”. The holder of an aquaculture licence also requires a Foreshore Licence. My Department is currently processing a Foreshore Licence for this site. All...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Forestry Sector (23 Apr 2024)

Charlie McConalogue: A detailed Ash Dieback action plan is being prepared by Minister of State, Senator Pippa Hackett and is due to be submitted to Cabinet over the coming weeks. This will outline comprehensive actions by my Department to deal with the issue of ash dieback. Detailed deliberations are taking place to ensure an efficient, appropriate and proportionate response. As part of the Forest Strategy...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Forestry Sector (23 Apr 2024)

Charlie McConalogue: As per the answer provided to Dáil question 931 on 9 April 2024, as regards the felling license application referred to (TFL00162718), my Department continues to engage proactively with the applicant and his representatives. This is a very complex location with a number of ecological concerns which must be carefully considered. There have been a number of changes made to the initial...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Forestry Sector (23 Apr 2024)

Charlie McConalogue: Afforestation applications received by my Department are reviewed for completeness to ensure they are a valid application which can be progressed to licence decision stage. Incomplete applications can be received but are not counted as valid until they are reviewed for completeness and registered. My Department publishes weekly statistics of all licences issued, including valid...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Forestry Sector (23 Apr 2024)

Charlie McConalogue: The new Forestry Programme 2023-2027 aims to encourage a substantial increase in afforestation by offering attractive and diverse options for planting, especially for farmers. This government has committed €1.3 billion to the Programme in order to support our national ambition of 8,000 hectares of afforestation per year. The new Afforestation Scheme offers landowners a choice of 12...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Fisheries Protection (23 Apr 2024)

Charlie McConalogue: The responsibility for sea trout conservation comes within the remit of the Department of the Environment, Climate and Communications. Regulation (EU) 2019/1241 of the European Parliament and of the Council (as amended) on the conservation of fisheries resources and the protection of marine ecosystems through technical measures (the Technical Measures Regulation) sets out the rules on...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Fisheries Protection (23 Apr 2024)

Charlie McConalogue: The minimum mesh size requirements for different gear types are set out in Regulation (EU) 2019/1241 of the European Parliament and of the Council (as amended) on the conservation of fisheries resources and the protection of marine ecosystems through technical measures, also known as the Technical Measures Regulation. Technical measures are rules on how, where and when fishers may fish and...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Departmental Staff (23 Apr 2024)

Charlie McConalogue: The table below provides an overview on the yearly pay costs, based on the midpoints of individual salary scales, including travel and subsistence and overtime, of the three forestry divisions in my Department for the years in question. For this reason, the total yearly cost for 2022 and 2023 as well as the cost up to 31 March 2024 is as follows: Year Overall total cost...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Food Promotion (18 Apr 2024)

Charlie McConalogue: Geographical Indications identify a product whose quality, reputation or other characteristics are linked to its geographical origin. My Department, as the Competent Authority for Protected Geographical Indications (PGI), checks PGI applications to ensure that the application and product specification are compliant with the relevant European Commission Regulations governing the scheme. ...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Agriculture Schemes (18 Apr 2024)

Charlie McConalogue: The objective of the Solar Capital Investment Scheme, which is a measure in TAMS 3, is to encourage on-farm renewable technology uptake and to lower the energy costs at farm level. The electricity consumption of the dwelling house can be included on the solar survey as part of the holding for sizing the Solar PV when submitting the TAMS application. Issues relating to the linking of farm...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Departmental Data (18 Apr 2024)

Charlie McConalogue: There have been no confirmed detections of Fireblight Erwinia amylovora to date in 2024.

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Agriculture Schemes (18 Apr 2024)

Charlie McConalogue: The person named submitted a payment claim for grant aid under the Lower Emissions Slurry Spreading Scheme on 25th March 2024. My Department is currently focusing on the issuing of approvals. It is expected that the processing of payments will commence once the issuing of approvals in respect of applications on hand has been completed.

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

Charlie McConalogue: Annually farmers are required to submit an application in support of area-based payments such as the Basic Income Support for Sustainability (BISS), Complementary Redistributive Income Support for Sustainability (CRISS) and other associated area-based schemes such as Protein Aid and the ECO scheme. In 2023, a total of 126,429 area-based applications were received by my Department. On...

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

Charlie McConalogue: A total of 889 applications were received from 770 farmers under the first two tranches of the Tillage Capital Investment Scheme, which opened in May last year. These applicants had a total land area of 93,617 hectares, with an average farm size of 122 hectares. It should be noted that applicants are permitted to submit multiple applications under the scheme. For example, a tillage...

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

Charlie McConalogue: The Tillage Incentive Scheme (TIS) is a support Measure for farmers to incentivise the increase in the eligible tillage crop area in order to assist in reducing the dependency on imported feed material. The Scheme is funded from a National Exchequer allocation to the Department of Agriculture, Food and Marine provided to offset some of the negative impacts of the Russian invasion of...

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

Charlie McConalogue: The Tillage Capital Investment Scheme is a measure under the Targeted Agriculture Modernisation Scheme (TAMS 3). As outlined in the terms and conditions of the scheme, eligible applicants must have a minimum area of 15 hectares of eligible crops declared under their Basic Income Support for Sustainability (BISS) Payment Scheme, or equivalent, in the year of application, or previous year....

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

Charlie McConalogue: The Reconstitution Ash Dieback Scheme 2023-2027 is contained within the Forestry Programme 2023-2027 and was introduced on 24/07/2023. Through the Reconstitution Scheme, DAFM financial support can be made available for: a) Site clearance: This involves the clearance of ash trees and associated operations in order to present the site for reconstitution. b) Reconstitution: This involves...

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

Charlie McConalogue: I propose to take Questions Nos. 107 to 110, inclusive, together. The funding for the Reconstitution scheme is capital funding and there is no current funding involved. My colleague, Minister of State Pippa Hackett will be announcing further actions shortly to deal with ash dieback which will increase demand for the reconstitution scheme and encourage entry into the scheme during the...

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

Charlie McConalogue: Johne’s disease is a chronic enteric disease of cattle and other ruminants, caused by infection with the bacterium Mycobacterium avium subspecies paratuberculosis (MAP). The disease is notifiable in Ireland under S.I. 130 of 2016 concerning the Notification and Control of Diseases affecting Terrestrial Animals. While my Department does not capture prevalence and distribution figures...

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

Charlie McConalogue: My Department considers all applications for aquaculture licences in accordance with the provisions of the Fisheries (Amendment) Act 1997, the Foreshore Act 1933 (as amended) and applicable National and EU legislation. The licensing process is complex and involves consultation with a wide range of scientific and technical advisors, as well as various Statutory Consultees. The legislation...