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Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Common Agricultural Policy (8 Feb 2022)

Charlie McConalogue: Ireland's CAP Strategic Plan was made available to stakeholders, and published at the following link: www.gov.ie/cap, on Wednesday 2nd February.

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Tax Code (8 Feb 2022)

Charlie McConalogue: One of a range of measures within the Housing for All Strategy, the objective of the Residential Zoned Land Tax is to provide an incentive to landowners to build homes. It applies only to serviced land that is zoned suitable for residential development. The Department Of Housing, Planning and Local Government estimates that it is expected to impact 7,000 hectares to 8,000 hectares of...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Brexit Issues (8 Feb 2022)

Charlie McConalogue: The Government remains in close and on-going contact on this issue with the UK Government, with Northern Ireland representatives and with the European Commission and EU partners, but I have not had direct contact with my counterpart in Northern Ireland, since the order to stop checks issued. The instruction by the Minister of Agriculture in Northern Ireland to cease post-Brexit sanitary...

Seanad: Nithe i dtosach suíonna - Commencement Matters: Pigmeat Sector (3 Feb 2022)

Charlie McConalogue: I thank Senator O'Reilly for raising this very important issue, and for having raised it with me since it has emerged and become more acute. The continued development of the pigmeat sector, as the Senator knows, is a priority for me, given the pivotal role the industry plays in the national economic context, which he clearly outlined in his contribution. It is one of the largest agrifood...

Seanad: Nithe i dtosach suíonna - Commencement Matters: Pigmeat Sector (3 Feb 2022)

Charlie McConalogue: I again thank Senator O'Reilly for putting this issue on the agenda. The sector is very strong in his home county of Cavan and the constituency of Cavan-Monaghan, as is the poultry sector. Those two counties are shining lights in terms of driving forward the opportunities in the agrifood sector and are leaders regarding poultry and pigs. I am very much aware of the pressures farmers in his...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Agriculture Schemes (3 Feb 2022)

Charlie McConalogue: The Department does not provide direct supports for contractors but, as small businesses, they are of course eligible for the same supports as every other small business. In relation to capital investments for on-farm developments, I would like to clarify that the EU regulations that provide for the Targeted Agricultural Modernisation Scheme (TAMS) under the Rural Development Programme...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Coillte Teoranta (3 Feb 2022)

Charlie McConalogue: Coillte is a private limited company established under the Forestry Act 1988 and, as such, is operationally independent from my Department. I have, therefore, referred the matter to Coillte for direct follow-up with the Deputy.

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Agriculture Schemes (3 Feb 2022)

Charlie McConalogue: I am committed to helping the Forgotten farmers cohort. The Programme for Government ‘Our Shared Future’ contains a commitment to seek to resolve the issue of support for the category of farmers known as Forgotten Farmers. I have asked officials in my Department to examine options to address the issue of forgotten farmers both through the next CAP and also through other measures...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Horse Racing Industry (3 Feb 2022)

Charlie McConalogue: I propose to take Questions Nos. 472 and 473 together. Horse Racing Ireland (HRI), established under the Horse and Greyhound Racing Act 2001, is a commercial State Body responsible for the overall administration, promotion and development of the horse racing industry. The Irish Horse Racing Industry Act 1994 and The Code of Practice for the Governance of State Bodies 2016 (Remuneration and...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Agriculture Schemes (3 Feb 2022)

Charlie McConalogue: Ireland's draft CAP Strategic Plan 2023 – 2027 which lists the range of interventions currently being proposed, was submitted to the EU Commission on 31st December 2021. As you may be aware, one of the intervention proposed therein is an agri-environment climate measure (AECM). This proposed measure includes a Rare Breeds action. The details of the proposed scheme are...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Agriculture Schemes (3 Feb 2022)

Charlie McConalogue: The objective of the 2021 BEEP-S was to further increase economic and environmental efficiency in the suckler herd though improvement in the quantity and quality of performance data that is collected. The scheme opened for applications on 16th March 2021 and closed without late penalty on 26th April 2021. It remained open, albeit with a late penalty from 27th April 2021 until 21st May 2021. ...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Forestry Sector (3 Feb 2022)

Charlie McConalogue: The Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine (DAFM) issued 4,050 forestry licences last year, which is an increase of 56% on the number issued in 2020 . In terms of the categories of each type of licence issued, these approvals included 2,877 felling licences. Critically, the availability of this volume of timber, at nearly 8.5 million cubic metres, stabilised supply to the...

Sea-Fisheries (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2021: Report and Final Stages (2 Feb 2022)

Charlie McConalogue: I thank the Ceann Comhairle for his comments. This has been a bizarre debate. This is the second amendment. During the debate on the first amendment, pretty much all the Opposition speakers spent their time telling me that I changed my opinion when I moved from one side of the House to the other. They told me that now I am on the Government side of the House I am peddling a different set...