Results 461-480 of 24,183 for speaker:Charlie McConalogue

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Horse Racing Industry (7 Nov 2024)

Charlie McConalogue: My Department is committed to prioritising equine welfare through robust traceability. I have commissioned a review of our current equine traceability system to include recommendations on how it can be improved. These recommendations are due shortly and I anticipate that they will deliver greater oversight of our equine population throughout their lifetime and better welfare as a result. ...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Horse Racing Industry (7 Nov 2024)

Charlie McConalogue: My Department provides significant funding for equines, both for the thoroughbred and sports horse sectors. This includes through the Horse and Greyhound Fund in respect of thoroughbreds and for the sports horse sector through funding both to Horse Sport Ireland and through the delivery by my Department of the Equine Technical Support schemes. Equine welfare forms an important aspect of...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Animal Welfare (7 Nov 2024)

Charlie McConalogue: The Programme for Government places a positive emphasis on animal welfare and specifically commits to the continued robust enforcement of the Animal Health and Welfare Act 2013, which provides a modern framework for regulating and applying standards in the area of animal health and welfare. My Department has lead policy responsibility within government for animal welfare and takes the...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Animal Passports (7 Nov 2024)

Charlie McConalogue: The identification of equines is governed by the EU Animal Health Law which states that an equine should not be implanted with more than one microchip unless the original microchip has ceased to function. My Department oversees the integrity of the microchipping system as a pillar of equine traceability. There are a number of controls in place in this regard including: Microchips can...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Animal Welfare (7 Nov 2024)

Charlie McConalogue: Animal welfare is a key priority for my Department and considerable funding is provided to support, eligible, animal welfare charities, nationwide, through the annual Animal Welfare Grant Programme, which is administered by my Department. Grants are to support operational activities of such organisations and are not for capital or infrastructural purposes. As work on the 2024 Animal Welfare...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Departmental Staff (7 Nov 2024)

Charlie McConalogue: My Department is committed to ensuring that a highly skilled, motivated and efficient workforce is in place to meet on-going business needs. Workforce planning is a key tool in enabling my Department to forecast its current and future staffing needs. As a management function, it drives the full range of HR activities including recruitment, deployment, performance, learning and development....

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Calafoirt agus Céanna (7 Nov 2024)

Charlie McConalogue: Mar is eol don Teachta, cuireadh tús leis an tionscadal chun le Cé Dhomhain a thógáil in Ionad Iascaigh Cuain Ros an Mhíl i mí Eanáir 2023 agus bhí sé ag dul ar aghaidh mar ba cheart. Bhí an cead pleanála a deonaíodh in 2018 le dul in éag i mí Iúil 2023, i.e. sula mbeadh na hoibreacha críochnaithe. D'ullmhaigh...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Calafoirt agus Céanna (7 Nov 2024)

Charlie McConalogue: I mí na Samhna 2021 cheadaigh Comhairle Contae na Gaillimhe pleanáil do mo Roinn chun síneadh a chur leis an mbeart feistithe ag an gCaladh Bád ag Ionad Iascaigh Cuain Ros an Mhíl agus chun carrchlós agus bonneagar coimhdeach a fhorbairt ann. Tá na hoibreacha ar tí a gcríochnaithe chun foirgneamh seirbhísí leasa a thógáil...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Animal Passports (7 Nov 2024)

Charlie McConalogue: Horse Sport Ireland (HSI) is a recognised breed society in accordance with Regulation (EU) 2016/1012 and approved to manage the breeding books for the Irish Sport Horse, Irish Sport Pony, Irish Draught, Irish Cob and Irish Partbred Cob. As part of this recognition, they are authorised to issue identification documents, i.e. passports, for these breeds where breeders apply to enter their...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Animal Diseases (7 Nov 2024)

Charlie McConalogue: Based on records held by the relevant District Veterinary Office, when Nitrates calculations are being finalised after year-end, an allowance is made for herds restricted due to positive TB. The allowance is granted for the number of days the herd is restricted as number of animals in the herd during this period is not fully within the farmer’s control. The allowance is calculated up...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Agriculture Schemes (7 Nov 2024)

Charlie McConalogue: Achieving a reduction of the regulatory burden and reducing any unnecessary paperwork for farmers has been a key objective of mine at European level. There is no denying that the New Delivery Model for the CAP Strategic Plan (CSP) has added complexity for farmers, and, in discussions at the Council of Agriculture and Fisheries Ministers, I have consistently called for the EU to embrace...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Animal Welfare (7 Nov 2024)

Charlie McConalogue: The tables below set out the amounts of funding provided to Longford and Westmeath County Councils, for the control of horses, in each of the first six months for the period 2019 – 2024. Longford County Council 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023 2024 January €400.00 €0.00 €0.00 ...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Horticulture Sector (7 Nov 2024)

Charlie McConalogue: I am providing a range of supports to the Irish mushroom sector, an important sector that makes a significant contribution to the rural economy. I recently announced the opening of the 2025 Scheme of Investment Aid for the Development of the Commercial Horticulture Sector which provides grant aid towards capital investments in specialised plant and equipment including renewable energy,...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Trade Agreements (7 Nov 2024)

Charlie McConalogue: The European Commission reached political agreement in its trade negotiations with the Mercosur countries in June 2019. Ireland and other EU Member States raised concerns regarding the trade and sustainability commitments in the Agreement. As a response to those concerns, the European Commission commenced a process with Mercosur in 2023 on a joint legal instrument addressing sustainability...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Animal Welfare (7 Nov 2024)

Charlie McConalogue: The table below sets out the amounts of funding provided to Kerry Council, for the control of horses, for the period 2019 – 2024. Kerry County Council 2019 €5,260.00 2020 €2,300.00 2021 €575.00 2022 €750.00 2023 €450.00 ...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Animal Welfare (7 Nov 2024)

Charlie McConalogue: Under the Control of Horses Act 1996, local authorities may take a range of actions in relation to equines including prohibiting horses in certain areas, the issuing of licences and the seizure of horses in contravention of the Act. These powers can be used in respect of straying horses, which includes horses put on land without the owner’s permission, including public land. Local...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Departmental Schemes (7 Nov 2024)

Charlie McConalogue: The responsibility for the licencing of commercial draft net fishing comes under the remit of Inland Fisheries Ireland. As such any queries regarding grant aid available to draft net licence holders should be addressed to Inland Fisheries Ireland, which is under the aegis of my colleague at the Department of the Environment, Climate and Communications, Minister Eamon Ryan TD. My...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Land Issues (7 Nov 2024)

Charlie McConalogue: Issues relating to the ownership of private property are subject to very significant and complex legal, constitutional and policy considerations. Any statutory limitations on the sale of farmland would be subject to such all of these considerations. For example, from a policy perspective, limitations on the sale of farmland land for non-farming purposes , could reduce the availability of...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Agriculture Schemes (7 Nov 2024)

Charlie McConalogue: Of the 5,664 Tranche 1 ACRES participants in county Mayo, 5,190 have had their 2023 payment claim fully processed. Work is continuing on the processing of the remaining 474 cases. GLAS payments are also continuing to issue. At this point, 4,840 payment claims of Mayo participants have been fully processed for the final year of the scheme, while 157 payment claims remain to be processed....

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: EU Regulations (6 Nov 2024)

Charlie McConalogue: I propose to take Questions Nos. 110 and 111 together. My Department is the Competent Authority in Ireland with responsibility for pesticides (plant protection products and biocides). This includes responsibility for policy and implementation of controls regarding the placing on the market and use of pesticides, including Regulation (EC) No. 1107/2009. Pesticides are regulated under EU...