Results 20,421-20,440 of 24,049 for speaker:Charlie McConalogue

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Fishing Industry (26 Sep 2023)

Charlie McConalogue: I established the Seafood Sector Task Force in March 2021 to examine the impacts of Brexit/EU-UK Trade and Cooperation Agreement on our fishing sector and coastal communities. The Task Force report of October 2021 made 16 recommendations. To date, under the Brexit Adjustment Reserve Fund (BAR), I have announced 11 schemes with a total budget allocation of €271.3 million, as...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Fishing Industry (26 Sep 2023)

Charlie McConalogue: As the Deputy may be aware, the Sea Fisheries Protection Authority (SFPA) is the single legal competent authority responsible for the collection and reporting of fish landings into Ireland. I have therefore forwarded the Deputy's question on the full list of prawn catch, broken down by port location and vessel, in the State for the past five years, to the SFPA and have asked them to...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Fishing Industry (26 Sep 2023)

Charlie McConalogue: I propose to take Questions Nos. 457 to 458, inclusive, together. Ireland’s goals for sustainable fisheries, including inshore stocks such as razor clam, are supported through the Common Fisheries Policy (CFP). The CFP provides the framework for the long-term conservation and sustainability of fish stocks around our shores and is designed to ensure the long-term sustainability of...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Fishing Industry (26 Sep 2023)

Charlie McConalogue: I am informed by officials from the Department of the Environment, Climate and Communications (DECC) that they regularly engage with counterparts in the UK in relation to spatial planning in both jurisdictions’ waters for future offshore renewable energy development. Officials of DECC further advised that on 18thof April 2023 they were informed of four 'minded to' future Project...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Inshore Fisheries (26 Sep 2023)

Charlie McConalogue: In 2022, I announced the Brexit Processing Capital Support Scheme, which provided for €45 million in funding for capital investment projects in seafood processing enterprises. The scheme was introduced to provide an opportunity for processors to expand and enhance the capacity, efficiency and value added focus of their facilities in order to attract new sources of raw material. ...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: State Bodies (26 Sep 2023)

Charlie McConalogue: I am happy to clarify that my Department does not have a lease for such a facility with Bord Iascaigh Mhara (BIM) at Howth, Co. Dublin. BIM operates the National Fisheries College of Ireland at Greencastle, Co. Donegal and at Castletownbere, Co. Cork. BIM also has mobile coastal training units that are deployed in line with skills and training needs regionally.

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Fishery Harbour Centres (26 Sep 2023)

Charlie McConalogue: The six Fishery Harbour Centres managed and maintained by my Department are working fishing centres and therefore caravans, converted commercials vans, and any vehicle equipped for living in, are not permitted to park overnight in car parks operated by my Department, due to the very serious health and safety risks associated. My Department, in consultation with the three Island Committees,...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Regulatory and Poverty Impact Assessments (26 Sep 2023)

Charlie McConalogue: My Department has overseen the drafting and enactment of 5 Bills over the course of the 33rd Dail. Three of those Bills were accompanied by Regulatory Impact Assessment reports. Details of the 5 relevant Bills are below: 1. Forestry (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2020 (Bill 32 of 2020) 2. Sea-Fisheries (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2021, Bill No. 108 of 2021. The title of the...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Harbours and Piers (26 Sep 2023)

Charlie McConalogue: The Deputy is referring to projects under the Brexit Adjustment Local Authority Marine Infrastructure (BALAMI) Scheme 2022-2023. This Scheme flows from the Seafood Taskforce report and is aimed exclusively at the rejuvenation of local authority owned public piers and harbours with the objective of offsetting the impact of the EU-UK Trade and Co-operation Agreement. The Scheme proposed for...

Ceisteanna ar Pholasaí nó ar Reachtaíocht - Questions on Policy or Legislation (28 Sep 2023)

Charlie McConalogue: Deputy McNamara will know that for the first time in the history of the State we have had a statutory office in place to bring more transparency to the food supply chain, with the objective of making sure the massive hard work that our farm families do is rewarded in the price they get. Some 90% of the food we produce is exported. Our highest value markets are the EU and the UK, in...

Ceisteanna ar Pholasaí nó ar Reachtaíocht - Questions on Policy or Legislation (28 Sep 2023)

Charlie McConalogue: I am telling the Deputy that the office is in place and it is very much open to him to make a submission requesting the regulator to look at any particular issue. We are currently in the process of appointing the board which will oversee the work of the regulator and which will be able to feed into decision around particular issues to look at.

Ceisteanna ar Pholasaí nó ar Reachtaíocht - Questions on Policy or Legislation (28 Sep 2023)

Charlie McConalogue: It is not news to me at all. I know the Deputy likes dramatics on the floor of the Dáil. I am encouraging him to put a question to the regulator.

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Animal Breeding (28 Sep 2023)

Charlie McConalogue: Regulation (EU) 2016/1012 lays down the rules governing the approval of a breeding programme. My Department had sought a number of clarifications from Horse Sport Ireland in relation to the breeding programme for the Irish Draught Horse. The requested documentation was received on 25/9/2023. My Department will carry out an evaluation of this documentation before approval will issue.

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: State Properties (28 Sep 2023)

Charlie McConalogue: Accommodation is provided to employees who are required to reside on the farm as part of their role. However, a retired staff member has retained his tenancy in accordance with the terms of his original agreement.

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Departmental Schemes (28 Sep 2023)

Charlie McConalogue: Where a farmer applied for Agricultural Practice 4 – Planting of Native Trees and/or Hedgerows under Ireland's Eco-scheme, they must plant the trees and/or hedging between 01 October 2022 and 30 September 2023. A total of 1,570 farmers have applied for this action with the commitment to plant 3 trees per eligible hectare or 1 metre of hedgerow per eligible hectare where the action is...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Brexit Supports (28 Sep 2023)

Charlie McConalogue: I established the Seafood Sector Task Force in March 2021 to examine the impacts of Brexit/EU-UK Trade and Cooperation Agreement on our fishing sector and coastal communities. The Task Force report of October 2021 made 16 recommendations. To date, under the Brexit Adjustment Reserve Fund (BAR), I have announced 11 schemes with a total budget allocation of €271.3 million, as set out...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Forestry Sector (28 Sep 2023)

Charlie McConalogue: The Forestry Programme 2023-2027 provides significant grant increases across all forest types, including increases in the eligible rates per metre for each type of fence erected, as well as an increased maximum financial cap per forest. The rates detailed in the fencing grant table follow the same format as the rates described in the previous Forestry Programme. You will note that the...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Forestry Sector (28 Sep 2023)

Charlie McConalogue: I propose to take Questions Nos. 233, 234 and 235 together. In my previous reply to the Deputy, I stated that the proposed grant rates for each of the forest types reflect the overall direct costs of establishing a range of different types of forests. I went on to outline the grant rates, fencing rates and the rate of grant for environmental reports. These rates have been agreed with DPENDR...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Forestry Sector (28 Sep 2023)

Charlie McConalogue: The new Forestry Programme 2023 - 2027, which was launched on 6th September, supports the largest, most farmer-friendly investment in forestry in the history of the State, and the Afforestation Scheme is now open to applications. It is the case that environmental considerations must be complied with as part of our State Aid approval and each application will require a detailed assessment...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Departmental Licences (28 Sep 2023)

Charlie McConalogue: My Department has not issued a licence for the management of the feral goat herd at Passage East, Co. Waterford. Whilst I acknowledge the Deputy’s concerns on the control of feral goats, this is not within the remit of my Department.