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Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Fishing Industry (16 Dec 2021)

Charlie McConalogue: I would like to inform the Deputy that it is not currently possible to accurately estimate the tonnage of mackerel or blue whiting spawning or feeding in Irish waters. Both of these stocks are highly migratory with an extremely wide geographic range. At various times of the year, they can be found from the Iberian peninsula in the south to the Barents Sea in the far north, in the North...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Fishery Harbour Centres (16 Dec 2021)

Charlie McConalogue: My Department owns, operates and maintains the six designated State-owned Fishery Harbour Centres, located at Castletownbere, Dingle, Dunmore East, Howth, Killybegs and Ros An Mhíl, under statute. My Department gained vacant possession of the property referred to by the Deputy after protracted legal proceedings, in early 2019. Since then, the property has undergone remedial works in...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Agriculture Schemes (16 Dec 2021)

Charlie McConalogue: As I advised after the Budget in October 2021, we succeeded in maintaining all of the crucial farm schemes, one of which was the Green Low Carbon Agri-Environment Scheme (GLAS), the contracts under which were due to conclude on 31st December 2021. The provision of funding enabled my Department to offer participants in the three tranches of GLAS, (namely GLAS 1, 2 and 3) with eligible...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Agriculture Schemes (16 Dec 2021)

Charlie McConalogue: My office sought clarification from the Deputy on the nature of this figure. No additional information has yet been provided by the Deputy's office. Once the information is provided to my office, I will be happy to provide an answer.

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Brexit Supports (16 Dec 2021)

Charlie McConalogue: I launched the €330m Brexit Impact Loan Scheme (BILS) with Government colleagues on the 15th October 2021 to provide support to businesses, including farmers, fishers and food businesses, impacted by Brexit. Funded by the Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment and my Department, the BILS is supported by a counter-guarantee from the European Investment Bank Group. My...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Renewable Energy Generation (16 Dec 2021)

Charlie McConalogue: Microgeneration has an important role to play in empowering and driving engagement and participation of not only farmers but communities and domestic households in the generation of renewable electricity as part of the energy transition. To help encourage on-farm renewable technology uptake and usage, my Department provides grant aid through the Targeted Agricultural Modernisation Scheme...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Agriculture Industry (16 Dec 2021)

Charlie McConalogue: Approximately 17% of total Irish barley production is procured by the drinks sector; the balance of the national barley crop is grown for animal feed and seed production. It is open to individual farmers to decide what enterprise they undertake and to what scale it should be undertaken, according to their land type and with due consideration to the market terms for their products. As...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Greyhound Industry (16 Dec 2021)

Charlie McConalogue: 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. The question raised by the Deputy is an operational matter for...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Greyhound Industry (16 Dec 2021)

Charlie McConalogue: 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. The question raised by the Deputy is an operational matter for...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Greyhound Industry (16 Dec 2021)

Charlie McConalogue: 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. The question raised by the Deputy is an operational matter for...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Agriculture Schemes (16 Dec 2021)

Charlie McConalogue: The person named was approved to GLAS 3 with a contract commencement date of 1stJanuary 2017. Payments have issued for scheme years 2017 – 2018 inclusive. An issue arose in relation to the commonage parcels following Basic Payment Scheme (BPS) checks which has delayed the processing of GLAS payments for this case. My Department is currently working to resolve the issue as quickly as...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Harbours and Piers (16 Dec 2021)

Charlie McConalogue: While my Department has a Fishery Harbour and Coastal Infrastructure Development Programme and has made some funding available to local authorities, those authorities have other, more significant funding streams. I am also mindful that the primary governance role for local authorities rests with the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage. Recently, I received the Report of...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Forestry Sector (16 Dec 2021)

Charlie McConalogue: Tackling the backlog in forestry licenses remains a key priority for me, Minister of State Pippa Hackett, who has overall responsibility for the sector, and my Department and I am pleased to report significant progress has been made in the past year, particularly on felling and road licences. The investment in resources and continual improvement has had a positive impact with a...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Forestry Sector (16 Dec 2021)

Charlie McConalogue: I have already introduced legislation to make for a better and more efficient and effective forestry appeals process, namely the Forestry (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act 2020 which was enacted on 5th October last. To give effect to these, I signed the Forestry (Licence Application and Submission Fees) Regulations 2020 (S.I. No. 417/2020) and the Forestry Appeals Committee Regulations (S.I....

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Animal Welfare (16 Dec 2021)

Charlie McConalogue: The Regulations on Veterinary Medicinal Products will enter into force on 28th January 2022. Following engagement with all those involved, I have decided to defer the implementation of the element requiring anti-parasitic medicines to be supplied on foot of a veterinary prescription until 1st June 2022. This will enable all stakeholders make the necessary business and/or infrastructural...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Aquaculture Industry (16 Dec 2021)

Charlie McConalogue: Applications for aquaculture licences are considered by my Department in accordance with the provisions of the Fisheries (Amendment) Act 1997, the Foreshore Act 1933 and applicable national and EU legislation. The licensing process is complex and involves consultation with a wide range of scientific and technical advisors, as well as various Statutory Consultees. The legislation also...

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: Brexit Issues (19 Jan 2022)

Charlie McConalogue: I thank the Senator for raising this important issue. He is a strong proponent of the seed potato sector. It is one with great potential, and I am committed to seeing it growing again and being restored to its heyday. This endeavour must be led by the industry, with support from my Department. As a result of the UK's decision to leave the EU and following the end of the Brexit transition...

Seanad: Nithe i dtosach suíonna - Commencement Matters: Brexit Issues (19 Jan 2022)

Charlie McConalogue: Alongside the tremendous work that goes on at the Tops facility in Raphoe, my Department also provides funding to the Teagasc potato breeding programme at Oak Park and to growers for specialist equipment under the TAMS investment scheme. As a further support to the seed potato industry, my Department is currently examining a capital investment scheme for seed potatoes to facilitate the...