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- Select Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Estimates for Public Services 2024
Vote 30 - Agriculture, Food and the Marine (Revised) (31 Jan 2024) Charlie McConalogue: Yes, 93% of the allocation for 2023 was the payment of the 2022 scheme year balance.
- Select Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Estimates for Public Services 2024
Vote 30 - Agriculture, Food and the Marine (Revised) (31 Jan 2024) Charlie McConalogue: We did not spend it all last year so have a significant capital carry-over from last year into this year. If we get to the stage where we have all of that spent at the end of the year, it will be a sign of a very successful year for forestry.
- Select Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Estimates for Public Services 2024
Vote 30 - Agriculture, Food and the Marine (Revised) (31 Jan 2024) Charlie McConalogue: No, that is the budget that would have been allocated-----
- Select Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Estimates for Public Services 2024
Vote 30 - Agriculture, Food and the Marine (Revised) (31 Jan 2024) Charlie McConalogue: We carried money over from that. We carried €40 million of that €98 million into this year.
- Select Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Estimates for Public Services 2024
Vote 30 - Agriculture, Food and the Marine (Revised) (31 Jan 2024) Charlie McConalogue: No, €20 million of that. We spent €78 million last year.
- Select Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Estimates for Public Services 2024
Vote 30 - Agriculture, Food and the Marine (Revised) (31 Jan 2024) Charlie McConalogue: I presume that also includes premiums and that for existing-----
- Select Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Estimates for Public Services 2024
Vote 30 - Agriculture, Food and the Marine (Revised) (31 Jan 2024) Charlie McConalogue: We have budgeted this year, I believe, for meeting our target.
- Select Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Estimates for Public Services 2024
Vote 30 - Agriculture, Food and the Marine (Revised) (31 Jan 2024) Charlie McConalogue: My understanding is that is to cover us meeting our target for this year.
- Select Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Estimates for Public Services 2024
Vote 30 - Agriculture, Food and the Marine (Revised) (31 Jan 2024) Charlie McConalogue: Yes.
- Select Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Estimates for Public Services 2024
Vote 30 - Agriculture, Food and the Marine (Revised) (31 Jan 2024) Charlie McConalogue: The figure we have there includes the payment of premiums for people who had planted in previous years. Obviously the premium payment is much higher now than it would have been because we are into the new-----
- Select Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Estimates for Public Services 2024
Vote 30 - Agriculture, Food and the Marine (Revised) (31 Jan 2024) Charlie McConalogue: There is another €18 million in capital carryover that is to be added to that €97 million as well. The capital carryover from last year is in addition to that €97 million, I am told.
- Select Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Estimates for Public Services 2024
Vote 30 - Agriculture, Food and the Marine (Revised) (31 Jan 2024) Charlie McConalogue: It is not showing on this because it has yet to be finalised but that €18 million of a carryover will be added to that.
- Select Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Estimates for Public Services 2024
Vote 30 - Agriculture, Food and the Marine (Revised) (31 Jan 2024) Charlie McConalogue: I agree that this is a really important issue, and it is also a real disappointment that we have not been able to pay people before now. That has a real impact on farmers who are waiting for it because they are significant payments and really important to farmers. Last year was the first year for all of the new schemes, so everything had to start from scratch, including applications and all...
- Select Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Estimates for Public Services 2024
Vote 30 - Agriculture, Food and the Marine (Revised) (31 Jan 2024) Charlie McConalogue: I do not have a member of the forestry team with me today but I will certainly get a direct response to the Deputy on that issue. I know that with regard to biosecurity, and particularly the threat from the bark beetle on the British isle, there is very strict assessment and scrutiny of any imports. They are only coming from the exclusive area in western Scotland but it is something we are...
- Select Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Estimates for Public Services 2024
Vote 30 - Agriculture, Food and the Marine (Revised) (31 Jan 2024) Charlie McConalogue: Okay. The funding for the sheep is going to come from subhead B12 which has €23 million this year.
- Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Animal Diseases (31 Jan 2024)
Charlie McConalogue: The available evidence shows that outside of County Wicklow the levels of TB in deer is extremely low in Ireland and it would appear that while deer may become infected with TB they may not be very infectious. However, the increasing levels of deer do pose other very real risks to both people, animals and the environment. The increased populations of deer in some part of the country has lead...
- Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Agriculture Schemes (31 Jan 2024)
Charlie McConalogue: The Terms and Conditions of the 2023 Basic Income Support for Sustainability (BISS) and other area-based schemes specifically covers the situation where there are no fences or physical boundaries present for reference parcels, as can be found in areas traditionally unfenced, such as uplands. "In circumstances where there is no clearly visible physical boundary on the imagery but where a...
- Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Control of Dogs (31 Jan 2024)
Charlie McConalogue: The public consultation process in relation to the use of remotely controlled electronic shock collars on dogs and cats has been publicised by my Department. Numerous stakeholder groups have been contacted directly by email. This has been accompanied by an information note and contact details on my Department's website inviting direct engagement from the public. Officials in my Department...
- Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Forestry Sector (31 Jan 2024)
Charlie McConalogue: The Forestry Programme 2023-2027 aims to expand the national forest estate, encompassing both public and private lands, in a manner that will provide lasting benefits for climate change, biodiversity, water quality, wood production, economic development, employment, and the overall quality of life. It is the most environmentally-friendly programme to date, and encompasses measures which...
- Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Agriculture Schemes (31 Jan 2024)
Charlie McConalogue: The persons named were approved into Tranche 1 of the Agri-Climate Rural Environment Scheme (ACRES), with a contract commencement date of 1 January 2023.I can confirm that the ACRES claim for the persons named is progressing through the necessary validation checks. This claim is one of a batch of partnership claims that have not issued and officials are working actively to facilitate payment...