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Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Planning Issues (9 Dec 2021)

Charlie McConalogue: I am acutely aware that the requirement for planning permission in certain situations when replacing Broadleaf High Forest with Conifer species has introduced difficulties for landowners wishing to clear their diseased ash plantations and replace them with other species. We are exploring potential alternatives to the current system, as advised at the Joint Oireachtas Committee, and...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Forestry Sector (9 Dec 2021)

Charlie McConalogue: I propose to take Questions Nos. 357 and 361 to 363, inclusive, together. The Forestry programme 2014-2020 was subjected to a midterm review in 2018 which assessed the rates of grants and premiums for all forestry schemes. As a result of this review a number of changes were made to grants and premiums which reflected increased costs in some areas and the level of scheme uptake....

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Forestry Sector (9 Dec 2021)

Charlie McConalogue: An application for a tree felling licence cannot be found for the details supplied. Contact was made with the Deputy's office to see if further details, including a TFL reference number, could be supplied in order to identify this applications but no reply received to date. If such details are supplied we will provide a complete response directly to the Deputy.

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Forestry Sector (9 Dec 2021)

Charlie McConalogue: As part of Project Woodland, Working Group 4 (WG4) were tasked with considering an environmental planning grant. This is to support the applicant in the preparation of habitat maps or similar documents when an application is submitted on their behalf. An environmental planning grant was recommended in the MacKinnon Report. My Department has responded to this by proposing to introduce a new...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Forestry Sector (9 Dec 2021)

Charlie McConalogue: The Habitats Directive and the transposing legislation SI 477 of 2011 require, inter alia, that an appropriate assessment is undertaken where screening identifies a likelihood of the project having a significant effect on a European site(s). This is true regardless of the separation distance between the project and the European site(s). A likely zone of impact is used to identify those...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Work Permits (9 Dec 2021)

Charlie McConalogue: Arising from ongoing engagement with sector stakeholders, my Department is in regular contact with the Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment (DETE) regarding the labour shortages that exist in certain sub-sectors of agri-food. The Deputy will be aware that DETE has lead responsibility for this issue and recently announced the outcome of the most recent review of the lists for...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Sea Fisheries Sustainability Impact Assessment and the AGRIFISH Council Meeting: Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine (9 Dec 2021)

Charlie McConalogue: I thank the Chairman and wish members a good evening. I welcome this opportunity to present this sustainability impact assessment, SIA, to the committee. As in previous years, a rigorous assessment has been undertaken to examine the implications for Ireland of the potential fishing opportunities for the coming year. These last few years have been particularly challenging for our fishing...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Sea Fisheries Sustainability Impact Assessment and the AGRIFISH Council Meeting: Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine (9 Dec 2021)

Charlie McConalogue: I thank the Deputy for his contribution. The CFP review will be very important. I have been adamant at every opportunity I have had in engaging with the Commission and other member states to make it absolutely clear that the issue of the disproportionate burden share on Ireland compared to other member states coming out of the Brexit agreement is something I want addressed. I will fight...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Sea Fisheries Sustainability Impact Assessment and the AGRIFISH Council Meeting: Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine (9 Dec 2021)

Charlie McConalogue: In the Dáil earlier, the Deputy said he did not support the report but just now he said there is only one part he does not support. It was given very strong consideration by all fisheries stakeholders and all of them came together to fully sign off on that report. We should all reflect on the different measures. Undoubtedly, it is not a position any of us wanted to see ourselves in,...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Sea Fisheries Sustainability Impact Assessment and the AGRIFISH Council Meeting: Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine (9 Dec 2021)

Charlie McConalogue: I thank Deputy Browne. I do not agree that it is a policy of supervised decline. Everything I am doing as Minister is to support the sector. That includes fighting to try to get additional quota at European level and protect the sector against the challenges posed by Brexit, as well as seeking to ensure we have a sustainable industry in the future, one that is based on sustainable fish...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Sea Fisheries Sustainability Impact Assessment and the AGRIFISH Council Meeting: Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine (9 Dec 2021)

Charlie McConalogue: I have been to the vast majority of ports and harbours in the country and held meetings with fishers, online at first and then, following my appointment as Minister, at pier sides throughout the country where I listened to fishers directly. I have been listening very carefully and very much understand the pressure on fishermen and the massive challenge we have. If the Deputy had been...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Sea Fisheries Sustainability Impact Assessment and the AGRIFISH Council Meeting: Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine (9 Dec 2021)

Charlie McConalogue: In response to Deputy Mac Lochlainn, that is exactly my point. He referred to 1 January 2021 and it was Christmas Eve, 24 December, when that historic impact happened in regard to Brexit. The Taoiseach, the Minister, Deputy Coveney, and I were meeting fisher representatives the day after St. Stephen's Day dealing with the issue. Indeed, if we went back, the weekend before Christmas Eve was...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Sea Fisheries Sustainability Impact Assessment and the AGRIFISH Council Meeting: Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine (9 Dec 2021)

Charlie McConalogue: It is a bit rich to hear the Deputy selling himself now when he wasn't seen for dust-----

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Sea Fisheries Sustainability Impact Assessment and the AGRIFISH Council Meeting: Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine (9 Dec 2021)

Charlie McConalogue: I thank Deputy Ring. His point is absolutely valid in regard to ensuring sustainable and viable future careers for young people in particular in the sector. That is what we have to work our way through and is what we have to provide. It is a sector that has a strong future in our country and we must ensure it has. Central to that is young people coming in and central to that is our...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Sea Fisheries Sustainability Impact Assessment and the AGRIFISH Council Meeting: Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine (9 Dec 2021)

Charlie McConalogue: I thank Deputy Kehoe and he is right in terms of the amount of technical assessment and work that has to go into getting our position as strong as possible and to fighting our corner and getting the best outcome possible. The roles of BIM, represented here today by Mr. Dominic Rihan, of the Marine Institute, represented here today by Dr. Ciaran Kelly, and of my own officials, including Dr....

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Sea Fisheries Sustainability Impact Assessment and the AGRIFISH Council Meeting: Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine (9 Dec 2021)

Charlie McConalogue: I thank the Senator for raising this very important issue, which has been a tremendous source of frustration for everyone in the sector. Watching Norway and the Faroe Islands act unilaterally in regard last year and set unilateral TACs was a tremendous source of frustration. Everyone would like more fish. That is a universal truth across the fishing sector. However, people have to work...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Sea Fisheries Sustainability Impact Assessment and the AGRIFISH Council Meeting: Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine (9 Dec 2021)

Charlie McConalogue: Building that consensus about what we need to do and the challenges there is very much what I have sought to do. The reason I set up the sea fisheries task force in the first instance was to bring all of those key voices together to assess the very real challenges that we have and to pool ideas and consideration on how we can meet that challenge and best support our sector in the time ahead....

Seanad: Nithe i dtosach suíonna - Commencement Matters: Agriculture Industry (8 Dec 2021)

Charlie McConalogue: I thank the Senator for raising this issue. He has his finger on the pulse regarding the importance of this issue for farmers and the fact that it will be a significant issue in the year ahead. We have found that to be the case during the autumn. There is no doubt that the situation has become more acute in terms of the inflation we are seeing and, indeed, it is going to be a significant...

Seanad: Nithe i dtosach suíonna - Commencement Matters: Agriculture Industry (8 Dec 2021)

Charlie McConalogue: The anti-dumping tariff ranges from €28 per tonne to €32 per tonne for CAN, which is now a smaller portion of the overall cost because fertiliser prices have rocketed. At the start of this year the tariff was 10% of the price but because prices have rocketed the tariff is now a smaller portion. Nonetheless, it is another cost for farmers and I am determined to address this...

Seanad: Horse and Greyhound Racing Fund Regulations 2021: Motion (8 Dec 2021)

Charlie McConalogue: I apologise for the delay but I had to attend a Cabinet sub-committee meeting. An important pillar of Government policy is to ensure that the horse and greyhound racing industries achieve their maximum potential and in so doing, contribute to economic and social development over a wide geographic distribution. The horse and greyhound racing industries make a valuable contribution to a...