Results 23,601-23,620 of 24,065 for speaker:Charlie McConalogue

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...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Grazing Rights (23 Oct 2024)

Charlie McConalogue: The lands identified as the Curragh of Kildare are vested with the Minister of Defence under the Curragh of Kildare Act 1961. Annual permission to graze sheep on the Curragh lands is granted by the Maor of The Curragh as part of the responsibilities conferred on the office by the Minister of Defence. Applicants under farm schemes administered by my Department who claim a share of the...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: State Bodies (23 Oct 2024)

Charlie McConalogue: As an independent statutory body, staffing levels and filling of vacancies are operational matters for An Rialálaí Agraibhia. I have arranged for the Deputy's question to be forwarded to An Rialálaí Agraibhia. The Deputy may wish contact the Regulator through their dedicated e-mail address for Oireachtas queries, at oireachtas@agrifoodregulator.ie.

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Agriculture Schemes (23 Oct 2024)

Charlie McConalogue: Payments to ACRES participants in respect of their attendance at a mandatory training course, provided under the ACRES Training Scheme, are made to the ACRES Trainer, who provided the course, to disburse to the attendees at the course in question. The ACRES Training course attended by the person concerned is currently being reviewed and once this review is completed, payments will issue...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Food Labelling (23 Oct 2024)

Charlie McConalogue: The first step in the registration process for a geographical indication as part of the European Union’s quality policy is that an application is submitted to the relevant Member State's competent authority, which in this case is my Department. There has been extensive engagement with the applicant over a number of years to ensure that the application for the food product in question...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Greyhound Industry (23 Oct 2024)

Charlie McConalogue: I propose to take Questions Nos. 147 to 152, inclusive, together. Rásaíocht Con Éireann (RCÉ) is a commercial state body, established under the Greyhound Industry Act, 1958 chiefly to control greyhound racing and to improve and develop the greyhound industry. RCÉ is a body corporate and a separate legal entity to the Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine. ...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Agriculture Schemes (23 Oct 2024)

Charlie McConalogue: Applicants in the Young Farmer Capital Investment Scheme (YFCIS) in TAMS 3 must satisfy certain eligibility criteria to qualify for the 60% grant rate. These include the requirement that an applicant must have been issued with a herd number/other Department identifier for the first time within five years of the date of receipt of an application under the Scheme. Department records...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Foreshore Issues (24 Oct 2024)

Charlie McConalogue: The operator of the site the Deputy refers to was issued with an aquaculture licence by the Aquaculture Licence Appeals Board (ALAB) on 26 January 2023 “for the cultivation of Native and Pacific Oyster on a site...”. The holder of an aquaculture licence also requires a Foreshore Licence. My Department is currently processing a Foreshore Licence application for this site. All...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Fishing Industry (24 Oct 2024)

Charlie McConalogue: In December 2018, a transition period to a ban on vessels over 18 metres trawling in inshore waters, inside the six nautical mile zone was announced. A significant part of the objective of this measure was to manage the fishing effort on sprat stocks which are primarily targeted within inshore waters. This measure, however, was the subject of extended legal proceedings the outcome of which,...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Food Industry (24 Oct 2024)

Charlie McConalogue: The Central Statistics Office regularly provide my Department with statistics on the value and volume of Irish trade in agrifood and prepared consumer foods. Figures for 2023 are preliminary. Table one below shows the total value (thousand Euro) and volume (tonnes) of potatoes, including seed potatoes, imported in the three most recent full years for which data is available (2021-2023)....

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Food Industry (24 Oct 2024)

Charlie McConalogue: The Central Statistics Office regularly provide my Department with statistics on the value and volume of Irish trade in agrifood and prepared consumer foods. Figures for 2023 are preliminary. Table one below shows the total value (thousand Euro) and volume (tonnes) of vegetable imports during 2020-2023. This shows that vegetable imports were valued at €412 million in 2023, and...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Animal Culls (24 Oct 2024)

Charlie McConalogue: The sustainable management of our national deer population is important for agriculture, as well as for our nature ecosystems. The increased populations of deer in some parts of the country has led to a reduction in biodiversity and an increase in road traffic accidents. In response to this my Department, along with the Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage has set up the Deer...

Select Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Estimates for Public Services 2024
Vote 30 - Agriculture, Food and the Marine (Supplementary) (5 Nov 2024)

Charlie McConalogue: I thank the Acting Chair and the committee for facilitating the discussion today on the Supplementary Estimate for 2024. It is required to make use of savings on the Department’s Vote. It is also required to provide additional funding to meet liabilities in a number of areas. These include 2024 costs apportioned to my Department for the development of the border control post in...

Select Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Estimates for Public Services 2024
Vote 30 - Agriculture, Food and the Marine (Supplementary) (5 Nov 2024)

Charlie McConalogue: Ensuring farmers get the service they are entitled to from the Department and in terms of the schemes we run is something I take very seriously. The CAP programme last year and all of the schemes operated in a good manner, with payments made on the dates we set out, with the exception of ACRES. ACRES has been a challenge but the other schemes have worked. For the first year the CAP worked...

Select Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Estimates for Public Services 2024
Vote 30 - Agriculture, Food and the Marine (Supplementary) (5 Nov 2024)

Charlie McConalogue: We have been forthright and to the forefront at European level in relation to opposing the structure of Mercosur and the proposal on the table. We have been insisting that the same standards we would expect from ourselves must be applied to any importer into the EU. The other key thing, of course, is that we have also been emphasising the absolute importance of minimising the outcome from...

Select Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Estimates for Public Services 2024
Vote 30 - Agriculture, Food and the Marine (Supplementary) (5 Nov 2024)

Charlie McConalogue: We must be able to ensure the same standards are applied to those we trade with as to ourselves.

Select Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Estimates for Public Services 2024
Vote 30 - Agriculture, Food and the Marine (Supplementary) (5 Nov 2024)

Charlie McConalogue: Which line is the Deputy talking about?

Select Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Estimates for Public Services 2024
Vote 30 - Agriculture, Food and the Marine (Supplementary) (5 Nov 2024)

Charlie McConalogue: Savings were identified in several areas in subhead A3 and transferred to subhead A4 for TB eradication during the year. Some savings were identified over the year and then transferred into the TB eradication programme.