Results 15,061-15,080 of 23,995 for speaker:Charlie McConalogue
- Select Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Estimates for Public Services 2022
Vote 30 - Agriculture, Food, and the Marine (Revised) (2 Feb 2022) Charlie McConalogue: I do. As of 21 January, we had 3,597 licences on hand for more than 120 days. The total number on hand was 4,637. That is a reduction of 1,400 since last August. We have seen the-----
- Select Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Estimates for Public Services 2022
Vote 30 - Agriculture, Food, and the Marine (Revised) (2 Feb 2022) Charlie McConalogue: It is strong and is gathering momentum every month. We will keep making progress.
- Select Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Estimates for Public Services 2022
Vote 30 - Agriculture, Food, and the Marine (Revised) (2 Feb 2022) Charlie McConalogue: The stakeholder group under Project Woodland is looking at that. There has always been a gap between the number of afforestation licences issued and the number that then proceed to plantation, but it is important that is looked at. It is being considered as part of the Project Woodland review work. On the issue of the Department moving forward with those files, it is contacting farmers who...
- Select Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Estimates for Public Services 2022
Vote 30 - Agriculture, Food, and the Marine (Revised) (2 Feb 2022) Charlie McConalogue: Yes. This is being done in particular to ensure we can maximise the percentage. Each application takes a great deal of work and it makes sense to work on applications that applicants want to proceed with. The Department is double-checking that they intend to continue and want that work done, which makes sense, to ensure then the percentage is as high as possible. The figure for those...
- Select Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Estimates for Public Services 2022
Vote 30 - Agriculture, Food, and the Marine (Revised) (2 Feb 2022) Charlie McConalogue: I do not believe we have done that but I will certainly take up Deputy Carthy's suggestion and pass it on to the Minister of State, Senator Hackett.
- Select Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Estimates for Public Services 2022
Vote 30 - Agriculture, Food, and the Marine (Revised) (2 Feb 2022) Charlie McConalogue: The Teagasc allocation increased by approximately €10 million in the 2022 Estimate. Last year, the total grant to Teagasc was €145 million, €139 million of which was for current expenditure. Its allocation has increased by approximately €8 million this year to €152.5 million. The biggest part of that increase, of which €3 million is current...
- Select Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Estimates for Public Services 2022
Vote 30 - Agriculture, Food, and the Marine (Revised) (2 Feb 2022) Charlie McConalogue: If the money is not fully utilised or taken up, it becomes available again. We prepaid some of this money from capital savings and free capital this year in forward payment. We have fully supported both the Brexit income loan scheme and also the Covid-19 income support scheme through that funding.
- Select Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Estimates for Public Services 2022
Vote 30 - Agriculture, Food, and the Marine (Revised) (2 Feb 2022) Charlie McConalogue: By virtue of the State covering the cost of the risk, farmers are able to avail of a lower interest rate. That is how this works. In both the Brexit impact loan scheme and the future growth loan scheme, 80% of the risk of the loan is covered by the Strategic Banking Corporation of Ireland. This leads to a reduced loan interest rate for the farmer concerned. There is a cost associated with...
- Select Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Estimates for Public Services 2022
Vote 30 - Agriculture, Food, and the Marine (Revised) (2 Feb 2022) Charlie McConalogue: The way this works is that because the farmer is availing of a lower interest rate, part of the cost of that interest rate is made up by the SBCI. Ultimately, the farmer is paying back less because the SBCI is making a paying to the banking institution. While the farmer will be repaying the loan, it will be at a lower interest rate because the additional interest that would have applied has...
- Select Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Estimates for Public Services 2022
Vote 30 - Agriculture, Food, and the Marine (Revised) (2 Feb 2022) Charlie McConalogue: Yes, although it will not all be provided in one year. Our plan is to go to tender by the end of this year and for substantial work to be done next year and into the following year. The funding will come from the national funding allocation.
- Select Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Estimates for Public Services 2022
Vote 30 - Agriculture, Food, and the Marine (Revised) (2 Feb 2022) Charlie McConalogue: It will be spread over two or three years.
- Select Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Estimates for Public Services 2022
Vote 30 - Agriculture, Food, and the Marine (Revised) (2 Feb 2022) Charlie McConalogue: It was €22 million last year. I do not know what it will be at this point. We have a total of €31.9 million in the capital Vote for 2022. That is for the fishery harbour centres. Alongside that, we have the local authority funding, which I am using the Brexit adjustment reserve to draw down. Over the next two years, it is planned to spend €35 million on the smaller...
- Select Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Estimates for Public Services 2022
Vote 30 - Agriculture, Food, and the Marine (Revised) (2 Feb 2022) Charlie McConalogue: I am continuing to engage with the Department of Public Expenditure and Reform on the Brexit adjustment reserve to try to ensure we are supporting the fishing sector in every way we can. That is where the €35 million for the local authorities comes in. Obviously, I am continuing with our normal funding for the fishery harbour centres. That remains in place, but I am also looking at...