Results 7,641-7,660 of 23,978 for speaker:Charlie McConalogue

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: European Council Meetings (6 Mar 2018)

Charlie McConalogue: 210. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the topics discussed at the most recent European Council agricultural Ministers meeting. [10808/18]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: EU Budgets (6 Mar 2018)

Charlie McConalogue: 211. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine his views on the communication from the European Commission (COM (2018) 98 final) on a new multi-annual financial framework for the EU post 2020 and the spending reductions proposed in relation to CAP; his plans to avoid reductions in the CAP budget after 2020; if he has proposed increasing the overall CAP budget; and if he has...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Agriculture Scheme Administration (6 Mar 2018)

Charlie McConalogue: 212. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the criteria for the social farming scheme; and if proposals (details supplied) qualify. [10810/18]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: GLAS Data (6 Mar 2018)

Charlie McConalogue: 213. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine further to Parliamentary Question No. 55 of 13 February 2018, the peak number of active participants in the REPS scheme compared to GLAS. [10811/18]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Agrifood Sector (6 Mar 2018)

Charlie McConalogue: 214. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the estimated number of direct and indirectly employed persons in the agrifood sector. [10812/18]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Aquaculture Data (6 Mar 2018)

Charlie McConalogue: 215. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the number of persons nationally and by county who are directly and indirectly employed in seaweed production and harvesting; the amount this industry is worth to the economy; the regulatory position pertaining to production in this area; and the role overseen by the Marine Institute. [10813/18]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Suckler Welfare Scheme (6 Mar 2018)

Charlie McConalogue: 216. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the steps he will take in the current and future CAP to achieve a €200 payment per suckler cow (details supplied). [10815/18]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Suckler Welfare Scheme (6 Mar 2018)

Charlie McConalogue: 217. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the measures available under the RDP Pillar 2 that permits a scheme to be operationalised for a €200 payment per suckler cow. [10816/18]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Suckler Welfare Scheme (6 Mar 2018)

Charlie McConalogue: 218. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if it is technically possible to operationalise an Exchequer funded scheme such as the 2008 to 2012 suckler welfare scheme. [10817/18]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Foreshore Issues (6 Mar 2018)

Charlie McConalogue: 266. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the regulatory position in regard to seaweed harvesting; and the role of his Department in regulating the activity in accordance with the Foreshore Act 1933. [10814/18]

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Climate Change Issues specific to Agriculture, Food and the Marine Sectors: Discussion (Resumed) (6 Mar 2018)

Charlie McConalogue: I thank the witnesses for their attendance, their comprehensive oral presentations and the background presentations which they submitted to the committee in advance of the meeting. The fact that this is the third or fourth of these meetings demonstrates that the committee very much understands that climate change and how we deal with it must be a key part of agriculture in the future. The...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Climate Change Issues specific to Agriculture, Food and the Marine Sectors: Discussion (Resumed) (6 Mar 2018)

Charlie McConalogue: Mr. Kent was making us hungry at the end of his contribution. I thank all the contributors for coming today, providing the background documentation forwarded to the committee and the succinct presentations. I will start with a question about the sustainable dairy initiative and the potential that might exist for it to reduce emissions. How will the curve go in the next period with regard...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Climate Change Issues specific to Agriculture, Food and the Marine Sectors: Discussion (Resumed) (6 Mar 2018)

Charlie McConalogue: The carbon for the forestry comes in as it is sequestered in the wood. Can the witness elaborate on how grass sequesters and stores carbon?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Climate Change Issues specific to Agriculture, Food and the Marine Sectors: Discussion (Resumed) (6 Mar 2018)

Charlie McConalogue: Through the root?

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Student Support Schemes (8 Mar 2018)

Charlie McConalogue: 145. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if his Department offers further supports for students from Gaeltacht and island areas (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [11215/18]

Written Answers — Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Examinership Arrangements (8 Mar 2018)

Charlie McConalogue: 247. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation if her attention has been drawn to the examinership process under way for a company (details supplied); if assistance to subcontractors in financial difficulty will be provided in view of debts owed to them by this company; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [11457/18]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: GLAS Payments (8 Mar 2018)

Charlie McConalogue: 402. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine when a GLAS payment will issue to a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10898/18]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: GLAS Payments (8 Mar 2018)

Charlie McConalogue: 409. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine when a GLAS payment will issue to a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [11043/18]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Agriculture Scheme Eligibility (8 Mar 2018)

Charlie McConalogue: 419. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if Article 50(3) of CAP regulation 1307/2013 stipulates that educational requirements for farmers are optional for member states; if so, if he will consider allowing students who sit exams for educational courses who qualify as young farmers for a green certificate before the end of 2018 be eligible to apply to the 2018 national...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Agriculture Schemes (8 Mar 2018)

Charlie McConalogue: 420. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if students who sit examinations for educational courses that qualify young farmers for a green certificate before the end of 2018 will be eligible to apply to the 2018 national reserve and young farmers scheme before the upcoming May 2018 deadline; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [11227/18]