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Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Teagasc Activities (22 Oct 2024)

Charlie McConalogue: The Green Cert Programme is delivered by multiple education providers from across the further education system. My Department does not collate statistics on Green Cert completions by the various providers. Quality and Qualifications Ireland (QQI), which operates under the remit of the Department of Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science, is responsible for...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Departmental Properties (22 Oct 2024)

Charlie McConalogue: I wish to inform the Deputy that my Department owns 16 vacant properties of which 4 are residential properties. While my Department is not the registered owner of Longtown Farmlands and buildings, it does control and manage the farm. This property has been vacant for some time and is not habitable. Plans are underway to have it refurbished.

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Agriculture Supports (22 Oct 2024)

Charlie McConalogue: An application for participation in the 2024 Areas of Natural Constraint (ANC) scheme was received from the person named on the 14th of March 2024. An application was also received in the name of this herdowner for Tranche 1 of the General stream of the Agri-Climate Rural Environment Scheme (ACRES). The person named received an Area Monitoring System (AMS) notification on two parcels...

Seanad: Agriculture Appeals (Amendment) Bill 2024: Second Stage (17 Oct 2024)

Charlie McConalogue: I thank the Acting Chairperson and I thank the Seanad for its consideration of the Bill as part of the pre-legislative scrutiny in committee. I thank the Senators facilitating Second Stage of the Bill being taken here today. As Members will be aware, the current programme for Government includes a commitment to establish as a priority an independent agriculture appeals review panel in...

Seanad: Agriculture Appeals (Amendment) Bill 2024: Second Stage (17 Oct 2024)

Charlie McConalogue: I thank Senators Murphy and Conway for their support of the Bill and for their generous words about our work in the Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine and on behalf of farmers. I also recognise the collective support at all times in this House and the attention given by Senators, in particular the two Senators here but also many of their colleagues in making sure issues around...

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

Charlie McConalogue: The Forestry Programme for the period 2023-2027 aims to encourage a substantial increase in afforestation by offering attractive and diverse options for planting. This Government has committed €1.3 billion of funding to the Programme in order to support our national ambition of 8,000 hectares of afforestation per year. It also provides for a range of schemes to support the maintenance...

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

Charlie McConalogue: The implementation of the Bovine TB Eradication Strategy 2021-2030 is overseen by the Bovine TB Stakeholders Forum along with support from three working groups – a Scientific group, an Implementation Working Group and a Finance Group to ensure all aspects of the Strategy are addressed. The Bovine TB Stakeholders Forum and its working groups comprise of representatives from across the...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Animal Welfare (17 Oct 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. Work on the 2024 Animal Welfare...

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

Charlie McConalogue: The double tagging of sheep is an EU requirement set down in the EU Animal Health Law Regulation 2016/429 and its delegated regulation 2019/2035. The EU rules provide that lambs aged under 12 months that are moving directly to a slaughter premises from the holding of their birth may be tagged with a single yellow electronic tag. However, all other sheep regardless of when they were born...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Social Enterprise Sector (17 Oct 2024)

Charlie McConalogue: I wish to inform the Deputy that the total amount allocated in funding, including for specific projects or initiatives, by my department in each year from 2021 to date in 2024 is set out in the tables attached. 2021 Name of Social Enterprise Organisation/Body Funding Amount € Food Cloud 59,400 Leitrim Integrated Development...

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

Charlie McConalogue: The use of the Area Monitoring System (AMS) to monitor area-based schemes in EU Member States became mandatory on 1 January 2023. My Department is monitoring all area-based schemes using AMS in 2024. The AMS is the regular and systematic observation and assessment of agricultural activities and practices on agricultural areas by Copernicus Sentinel Satellite. The system monitors all...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Pre-Agriculture and Fisheries Council: Discussion (16 Oct 2024)

Charlie McConalogue: This is the biggest challenge by far in the context of the scientific advice for this year, which is the 22% in terms of the amount of quota reduction that should be there in terms of the overall stock for all mackerel fish caught next year. As the Deputy says, it is our most important fishery. We have 50% of the EU quota for mackerel, but it is a shared stock and it does travel. It is one...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Pre-Agriculture and Fisheries Council: Discussion (16 Oct 2024)

Charlie McConalogue: That is something I will be taking to the EU Council table again, that at overall EU level there must be repercussions where an irresponsible approach is being taken to fisheries, including access to the Single Market and putting that consideration on the table too.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Pre-Agriculture and Fisheries Council: Discussion (16 Oct 2024)

Charlie McConalogue: The arrangement in respect of Norway's access to European waters has been in place since the eighties, that is, for about 40 years, and it comes up for negotiation every year. Over the past four years, each time it has come up for negotiation, I have taken a very hard line on the fact it is primarily Irish waters that are accessed and those members states benefiting from the access should be...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Pre-Agriculture and Fisheries Council: Discussion (16 Oct 2024)

Charlie McConalogue: I have always sought to ensure we apply the Hague preferences and that will be my objective again going into this EU Council meeting. We are obviously the only state they now apply to but they are really important to us and I will be seeking to apply them again.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Pre-Agriculture and Fisheries Council: Discussion (16 Oct 2024)

Charlie McConalogue: I will certainly be looking at following that up. What I want to achieve here is an outcome that delivers the maximum return in terms of fish for next year. That is something I will pursue at European level. The mackerel issue is a real hit as regards the scientific advice on it. On the plus side, we will have a quota for horse mackerel again this year. That has been an important pelagic...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Pre-Agriculture and Fisheries Council: Discussion (16 Oct 2024)

Charlie McConalogue: I thank Deputy Mac Lochlainn. On the questions previous to the interlude to facilitate the voting, had we covered those questions reasonably?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Pre-Agriculture and Fisheries Council: Discussion (16 Oct 2024)

Charlie McConalogue: I thank the Deputy. The two key questions here are on pollock and north-west herring. I will bring in Dr. Kelly from the Marine Institute in a moment on the pollock question because it is a good opportunity to get an insight into the scientific advice around it and its different aspects. I will also bring in Ms O’Sullivan on the north-west herring aspect. First, on the pollock...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Pre-Agriculture and Fisheries Council: Discussion (16 Oct 2024)

Charlie McConalogue: I take the Deputy's points. They echo points made by others on overfishing. I accept the points he made and on taking a strong line on the behaviour of others that is having an impact, particularly relating to mackerel. He mentioned the potential impact of wind energy and conservation areas. We have a structure in place for wind energy. The key objective is coexistence and good...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Pre-Agriculture and Fisheries Council: Discussion (16 Oct 2024)

Charlie McConalogue: I know scallops are an important fishery product for the south east. I introduced a Brexit scheme to support them because there have been particular challenges around landing them as a result of Brexit. They are not affected by quota because they are a non-quota species but the market for shellfish generally has been under pressure this year. That has been a challenge for them.