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

Charlie McConalogue: PQ 1047 refers Following a complaint that was lodged with the European Commission in March 2018, it was agreed between my Department and the Commission that a public procurement process would take place in 2022 in respect of certain services namely, studbooks, national breeding and marketing. Following the tendering process the successful tenderers were as follows: - National Breeding...

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

Charlie McConalogue: The contract for the provision of Marketing Services to the sport horse sector was awarded to the Irish Horse Board following a competitive tendering process carried out by my Department in accordance with Public Procurement Guidelines. The Request for Tender (RFT) provided details of the award criteria and each tender was evaluated based on the information supplied. The contract was...

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

Charlie McConalogue: In January 2022, the threshold beyond which any tender for goods/services must be published in the Official Journal of the EU was revised to €140,000 (ex VAT). Accordingly, requests for tenders in respect of National Equine Breeding Services and the Marketing Services for the Sport Horse Sector in Ireland were published in the Official Journal of the EU, as follows: RFT 206629...

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

Charlie McConalogue: I am aware that, as Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine, I may appoint up to three Directors to the Board of the named organisation. Currently one Ministerial nominee has been appointed and I have no plans to make any further appointments to the Board.

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

Charlie McConalogue: The contract for the provision of Marketing Services to the sport horse sector was awarded to the Irish Horse Board following a competitive tendering process carried out by my Department in accordance with Public Procurement Guidelines. The Constitution of the Irish Horse Board was last consolidated in 2011. It lists 22 objectives for the organisation. Several of these objectives are both...

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

Charlie McConalogue: My Department provides funding to the named organisation for the purpose of supporting the sport horse sector. Operational matters are determined by the Board and the CEO of the named organisation. I am advised that, during 2021 and up to January 2022, a HR matter involving the named individual was under active management by the then Board of the named organisation. I am further advised...

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

Charlie McConalogue: The information requested by the Deputy is included in the attached file. Date Name of Organisation/Stakeholder Engagement or interaction Face to face/event/video Grade of Dept Official 17/01/2023 ETS Applicants Webex Acting Assistant Principal, Agricultural Inspector. 31/01/2023 Irish Cob...

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

Charlie McConalogue: National Shared Services Office have responsibility for delivery of our Departments payroll and as such, related queries should be directed to NSSO at payrollcontact@nsso.gov.ie in the first instance. The NSSO engages with employees where overpayments arise and recoupment takes place in accordance with the overpayments Circular 7/2018 attached with this response.

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Aquaculture Industry (9 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. Decisions in...

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

Charlie McConalogue: My Department has published a Forestry Licensing Plan which outlines our strong commitment to issuing licences in 2024 and we have put additional resources in place to achieve our targets. Afforestation applications would need to be around 1,000 applications per year to achieve 8,000 hectares. However, the number of licences issued ultimately depends on the number of applications received. My...

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

Charlie McConalogue: The number of private felling licences received since the beginning of 2024 at 239 is similar as received for the same period last year at 261. As regards Coillte we expect to receive a new batch of 800 applications in the coming weeks, which is similar to the batch of 750 we received in April of last year. So there has been no drop in the number of applications being received. As...

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

Charlie McConalogue: It is important to clarify that all antimicrobials used on Irish pig farms must have an accompanying prescription, written by a registered veterinary practitioner. By way of regulatory control, my officials carry out routine on-farm inspections where submitted antibiotic use data is verified against farm records and dispensed prescriptions. The data submitted by pig farmers on antibiotic...

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

Charlie McConalogue: My Department has received this Master’s Report referred to, which was delayed in return. Department officials have been in contact with the shipping company, in relation to the discrepancy in regard of the ports of disembarkation, for its attention and follow up as appropriate. The Master's report for this voyage shows that the same number of in-calf heifers that boarded in...

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

Charlie McConalogue: Since 2020, 490 pig welfare inspections have been carried out. In relation to the Pig Directive, no sanctions/fines have been imposed for breaches of the legislation by the courts since 2020. Farms are selected for inspection based on a number of criteria, including risk factors and the results of previous inspections, which can result in a variance in the frequency of inspection.

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

Charlie McConalogue: In relation to the design of pig housing, enrichment is an integral part of my Department’s specification S.141, which relates to the minimum specification for new pig houses, with Appendix 1 of this specification setting out the detailed requirements for enrichment in new pig housing. All building plans submitted as part of a TAMS 3 application are reviewed to ensure that the...

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

Charlie McConalogue: My Department is aware of this matter, which has been subject to investigation by officials from my Department. It would not be appropriate to comment further at this time. Neglect or causing unnecessary suffering to any animal is unacceptable in our society and my Department is fully committed to the ongoing promotion and enforcement of high animal welfare standards. My Department...

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

Charlie McConalogue: Work is continuing on the calculation and processing of ACRES year one payments, and these payments are expected to issue by the end of June. ACRES General advance payments commenced on December 15th 2023, and approximately 19,719 farmers were paid a total of €88.356 million by early February 2024. Due in particular to the additional complexity associated with payments to...

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

Charlie McConalogue: The first Eco-Scheme payments issued on 31st October 2023. To date my Department has issued Eco-Scheme payment to over 118,357 farmers totalling €306 million. There is currently approx. 1,200 cases still to be processed. The reason for delay in processing these cases is due to change in herd ownership details between the time of application and payment processing. The change of...

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

Charlie McConalogue: The herdowner named can submit a request a review her 2023 Eco-Scheme application by sending an email to ecoscheme@agriculture.gov.ie with all relevant information relating to her 2023 Eco-Scheme application and stocking rate requirements. The herdowner did apply for AP2 (Extensive Livestock Production - enhanced) within Eco-schemes and using 2023 as the stocking rate year.

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

Charlie McConalogue: Ireland’s CAP Strategic Plan (CSP) will deliver some €9.8 billion to our farm families over the next five years to support them to continue to produce world-class, safe and sustainable food as well as supporting them in their important work of meeting our climate ambitions. This includes EU CAP funding for Ireland of €7.53 billion over the five-year period from 2023 to...