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Select Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Sea-Fisheries (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2021: Committee Stage (27 Oct 2021)

Charlie McConalogue: The amendments propose to increase the timeframes for masters to take certain steps under the Bill, such as making submissions to the determination panel requesting an oral hearing before both the panel and the appeals officer, and to provide extra information to the appeals officer too. The proposed amendments practically involve doubling the time period given for the master to input to key...

Select Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Sea-Fisheries (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2021: Committee Stage (27 Oct 2021)

Charlie McConalogue: I thank the Deputies for their amendments and statements. The issue of the standard of proof to be used at a determination panel and by the appeals officer being on the balance of probabilities has been raised by the industry in the context of the licence holders points system, and is provided for under SI 318/2020. This issue was also raised at the pre-legislative scrutiny stage and on...

Select Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Sea-Fisheries (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2021: Committee Stage (27 Oct 2021)

Charlie McConalogue: I move amendment No. 8: In page 12, to delete lines 35 to 37 and substitute the following: “(ii) of the proposal to assign the appropriate points in accordance with Annex XXX to the Commission Regulation or section 15U, as the case may be, to the master for the serious infringement,”.

Select Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Sea-Fisheries (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2021: Committee Stage (27 Oct 2021)

Charlie McConalogue: Concerns were raised about section 15J(1) in the context of the equivalent provision in the licence holders points system in pre-legislative scrutiny of the general scheme of the Bill and on Second Stage in the Dáil. The issue of points being removed where the master is found not guilty in criminal proceedings in respect of the infringement has been raised. This proposal would involve...

Select Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Sea-Fisheries (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2021: Committee Stage (27 Oct 2021)

Charlie McConalogue: The amendment provides that a fee for an appeal to the appeals office should not exceed €25. It is important not to be overprescriptive and specify an exact amount in this regard in the Bill. I believe any fee that the Minister may determine after enactment of the Bill would be reasonable. It would not be imposed for revenue-raising purposes and would take into account all relevant...

Select Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Sea-Fisheries (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2021: Committee Stage (27 Oct 2021)

Charlie McConalogue: I do not propose to accept the amendment but I will reflect on the matter before Report Stage.

Select Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Sea-Fisheries (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2021: Committee Stage (27 Oct 2021)

Charlie McConalogue: On a particular incident, that is something that operates entirely separate to me, as Minister. It is overseen entirely by the enforcement authorities, which I have no role in or which does not get reported directly to me either. Any actions that would be taken would be dealt with in terms of engaging with the justice authorities within the State, which obviously operate entirely separate...

Select Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Sea-Fisheries (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2021: Committee Stage (27 Oct 2021)

Charlie McConalogue: To be absolutely clear, the law of the land applies to all vessels fishing in our waters regardless of where they are from. The same law and same enforcement applies to all of them. Obviously, in any specific case, whether it is an Irish vessel or otherwise, it is only the enforcement authorities who can bring that forward and who deal with that. The determination panel is set up in...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Agriculture Schemes (2 Nov 2021)

Charlie McConalogue: As the Deputy will be aware, I have recently announced the details of the new €9.8 billion CAP 2023 – 2027 budget and have given indicative allocation each intervention in Ireland’s CSP. The proposed list of interventions has been developed following an extensive period of consultations conducted by my Department over the past two years including engagement with the...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Environmental Schemes (2 Nov 2021)

Charlie McConalogue: Details regarding the numbers of farmers who are currently enrolled in environmental schemes as requested by the Deputy are as follows: BDGP BDGP was made available in 2015 with contracts available up to 2020. Extensions to the programme are available in 2021 and 2022. The current participation in the programme is 17,669 herds. REAP REAP is a pilot project designed to test the results-based...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Agriculture Schemes (2 Nov 2021)

Charlie McConalogue: All the reference costs under TAMS II were fully reviewed in July of this year. The costs were increased in the case of own labour and, in the case of 62 investment items, with increases ranging from 5%-40%. A decrease of 10%-30% was implemented in the case of three investment items. A further review has commenced of the reference costs in light of the increasing costs of construction;...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Agriculture Schemes (2 Nov 2021)

Charlie McConalogue: The persons named joined the Beef Data and Genomics Programme 2017 - 2022 (BDGP II) in 2017. When they joined, they gave an undertaking to adhere to the Terms and Conditions that govern the programme and they committed to carrying out the necessary actions for the full 6 years of the programme. The Department received correspondence from one of the persons named in March 2020 stating...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Departmental Correspondence (2 Nov 2021)

Charlie McConalogue: I am in receipt of recent correspondence from a fishing industry representative organisation citing legal advice to the effect, in summary, that there is no legal mechanism in the European Union (Common Fisheries Policy)(Point System) Regulations 2020 (SI No 318/2020) for licence holders to appeal a determination of the Determination Panel to the Appeals Officer that a serious infringement...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Agriculture Industry (2 Nov 2021)

Charlie McConalogue: There are over 16,000 specialist dairying farms accounting for 12% of all farms. The majority of specialist dairying farms, over three quarters are located in the Southern and Eastern region. The Department does not hold specific records on an annual basis categorised by county as sought by the Deputy. The next definitive data on the number of dairy farms by county will be available from the...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Common Fisheries Policy (2 Nov 2021)

Charlie McConalogue: Union fishing vessels have equal access to Union waters and resources subject to the rules of the Common Fisheries Policy (CFP). However, Article 5(2) of the CFP Regulation, Regulation (EU) No 1380/2013, provides for derogations from the equal access rule whereby Member States may restrict access for fishing in their 12 nautical mile zones to certain vessels. This includes vessels that have...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Common Fisheries Policy (2 Nov 2021)

Charlie McConalogue: Ireland's quota for Mackerel in 2021 was set at 60,847 tonnes. Management of the national mackerel quota is set down in Ministerial Policy which has been developed and put in place over a number of years. The allocation of 400 tonnes for a fishery for smaller vessels (under 15 metres) fishing for Mackerel by means of hooks and lines was set down in 2010. The then Minister amended the...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Brexit Supports (2 Nov 2021)

Charlie McConalogue: EU Regulation 2021/1755 of 6th October 2021 established the Brexit Adjustment Reserve. The purpose of the BAR is to provide support to counter the adverse economic, social, territorial and environmental consequences of Brexit in the Member States, regions, communities and economic sectors most adversely affected. Ireland has been provisionally allocated €1.1 billion from the BAR,...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Common Fisheries Policy (2 Nov 2021)

Charlie McConalogue: The rules on how official controls are carried out in Member States are set out in Regulation (EU) 2017/625 which provides the legal basis for how food legislation is enforced to protect the consumer. This EU legislation ensures the implementation of key hygiene controls at each stage of the food processing and marketing chain in order to prevent transmission of pathogens through food,...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Common Fisheries Policy (2 Nov 2021)

Charlie McConalogue: Ireland was notified of a Commission Implementing Decision revoking the approval of the Irish control plan submitted for the weighing of fishery products. The European Commission has deemed that Ireland’s obligations arising from Regulation (EC) No 1224/2009 were not being met by the Irish control plan as the risk of non-compliance with the rules of the common fisheries policy could...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Agriculture Schemes (2 Nov 2021)

Charlie McConalogue: I propose to take Questions Nos. 1172 and 1210 together. Under the terms and conditions for the Basic Payment Scheme, force majeure may be recognised for a number of reasons, including for example the death of the beneficiary, the long term incapacity of the beneficiary or in the case of a severe natural disaster gravely affecting the holding. Where an applicant wishes to rely on force...