Results 17,441-17,460 of 24,010 for speaker:Charlie McConalogue

Select Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Estimates for Public Services 2022
Vote 30 - Agriculture, Food and the Marine (Supplementary) (9 Nov 2022)

Charlie McConalogue: Pillar 1 is static. When something is static, then, if there is inflation, that will erode it. Pillar 2 is up 20% at European level. We put it up 50% at national level.

Select Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Estimates for Public Services 2022
Vote 30 - Agriculture, Food and the Marine (Supplementary) (9 Nov 2022)

Charlie McConalogue: Pillar 1 is static. If there is any inflation, then that erodes it. Regarding pillar 2, we have put it up by 50% at national level-----

Select Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Estimates for Public Services 2022
Vote 30 - Agriculture, Food and the Marine (Supplementary) (9 Nov 2022)

Charlie McConalogue: Unless the Deputy has a magic ball I do not have that allows him to know what is going to happen in the next five or six years in the context of inflation, and he will have many careers post his political one if he can project in this way, all we know is that this has been a year that has seen challenging inflation levels. What I can do, and what I have done as the Minister, is to deliver an...

Select Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Estimates for Public Services 2022
Vote 30 - Agriculture, Food and the Marine (Supplementary) (9 Nov 2022)

Charlie McConalogue: I certainly hope this is not eroded over the course of the next five years.

Select Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Estimates for Public Services 2022
Vote 30 - Agriculture, Food and the Marine (Supplementary) (9 Nov 2022)

Charlie McConalogue: We are opening this up. The sheep welfare scheme for next year will be for €12 per ewe and it will be for all comers that apply. When profiling the CAP for the next five years, we make the best estimate we can concerning how it will work. This scheme will run based on €12 per ewe. Equally, the Deputy will know as well as I do the representations from sheep farmers seeking to...

Select Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Estimates for Public Services 2022
Vote 30 - Agriculture, Food and the Marine (Supplementary) (9 Nov 2022)

Charlie McConalogue: It is 8,000 ha.

Select Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Estimates for Public Services 2022
Vote 30 - Agriculture, Food and the Marine (Supplementary) (9 Nov 2022)

Charlie McConalogue: I would be very happy if 8,000 ha were to be planted next year because we have not been meeting these targets. This is why we have significantly step-changed in this regard. We have discussed the licensing challenge, which was no help at all and which we have worked hard to resolve. We are now combining what will be an efficient licensing system with a strong and attractive new forestry...

Select Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Estimates for Public Services 2022
Vote 30 - Agriculture, Food and the Marine (Supplementary) (9 Nov 2022)

Charlie McConalogue: If we can deliver 2,500 more hectares next year, and bring the total up to 8,000 ha, then I would be very happy with that outcome next year. We are getting there and we are building this activity, and this would be a good step-change. We can then look at progressing from there.

Select Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Estimates for Public Services 2022
Vote 30 - Agriculture, Food and the Marine (Supplementary) (9 Nov 2022)

Charlie McConalogue: We want to ensure they go to the farmer.

Select Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Estimates for Public Services 2022
Vote 30 - Agriculture, Food and the Marine (Supplementary) (9 Nov 2022)

Charlie McConalogue: A framework is being considered at European level concerning how carbon credits, carbon sequestration and carbon trading can be organised.

Select Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Estimates for Public Services 2022
Vote 30 - Agriculture, Food and the Marine (Supplementary) (9 Nov 2022)

Charlie McConalogue: The objective here is to ensure these elements remain with the farmer.

Select Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Estimates for Public Services 2022
Vote 30 - Agriculture, Food and the Marine (Supplementary) (9 Nov 2022)

Charlie McConalogue: I thank Deputy Fitzmaurice for the various points that he has made and for the questions he has asked. At the outset, I recognise the fair wind, the proportionate commentary and the balanced assessment he has given to CAP. I recognise and acknowledge that and he has been fair in relation to the strengths, weaknesses and challenges around what it means and, importantly, what it will mean for...

Select Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Estimates for Public Services 2022
Vote 30 - Agriculture, Food and the Marine (Supplementary) (9 Nov 2022)

Charlie McConalogue: It will be within the next day that-----

Select Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Estimates for Public Services 2022
Vote 30 - Agriculture, Food and the Marine (Supplementary) (9 Nov 2022)

Charlie McConalogue: -----I expect to bring clarity to that. I am working with a team on that at the moment. Within the next day, there will be clarity on that. I acknowledge the work that planners have done. They are going flat to the mat on weekends and everything. It is an issue of needs must here, because we only have a certain window and because we want to get as many in as possible for next year. We...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Animal Diseases (17 Nov 2022)

Charlie McConalogue: My Department is sourcing the data to answer this question from the relevant laboratories and will forward to the Deputy as soon as they are available.

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Business Supports (17 Nov 2022)

Charlie McConalogue: Along with the Ukraine Enterprise Crisis Scheme, an additional energy support scheme, the Temporary Business Energy Support Scheme (TBESS), was also announced in Budget 2023. Businesses in the primary agricultural, fishery or aquaculture sectors are eligible to claim under the TBESS. The TBESS will assist businesses with their electricity or natural gas (energy) costs during the winter...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Animal Slaughtering (17 Nov 2022)

Charlie McConalogue: The movements of horses imported into Ireland from third countries (non-EU Member States) and from other EU Member States are traced using TRACES, the European Commission’s platform for sanitary and phytosanitary certification required for the importation of animals, animal products, food and feed of non-animal origin and plants into the EU and the intra-EU trade and EU exports of...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Court Judgments (17 Nov 2022)

Charlie McConalogue: As you know, following a public consultation process in which over 900 submissions were received, the then Minister for Agriculture, Food and Marine announced in December 2018 that vessels over 18m would be excluded from trawling in inshore waters inside the six nautical mile zone and the baselines from 1 January 2020. A transition period of three years for vessels over 18m targeting sprat...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Departmental Expenditure (17 Nov 2022)

Charlie McConalogue: Horse Racing Ireland (HRI) is a commercial state body established under the Horse and Greyhound Racing Act, 2001, and is responsible for the overall administration, promotion and development of the horse racing industry. The question raised by the Deputy is an operational matter for HRI, therefore, the question has been referred to the body for direct reply.

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Horse Racing Industry (17 Nov 2022)

Charlie McConalogue: Horse Racing Ireland (HRI) is a commercial state body established under the Horse and Greyhound Racing Act, 2001, and is responsible for the overall administration, promotion and development of the horse racing industry. The question raised by the Deputy is an operational matter for HRI, therefore, the question has been referred to the body for direct reply.