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Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Agriculture Schemes (6 Dec 2022)

Charlie McConalogue: The Agri-Climate Rural Environment Scheme (ACRES) is the agri-environment climate measure in Ireland’s CAP Strategic Plan 2023 – 2027. It is the successor to the Green Low Carbon Agri-environment Scheme (GLAS) which was available under Ireland’s Rural Development Programme 2014-2020. ACRES is a voluntary scheme whereby farmers, when approved into the Scheme, will...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Agriculture Schemes (6 Dec 2022)

Charlie McConalogue: The Department of Agriculture, Food opened the system for the drafting of applications for the Agri-rural, Climate, Environmental Scheme (ACRES) in September this year, with the system fully opened for the submission of applications from 17thOctober and remaining open until 7thDecember.  Approved ACRES advisors could submit applications for both ACRES streams – general and...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Agriculture Schemes (6 Dec 2022)

Charlie McConalogue: The Agri-Climate Rural Environment Scheme (ACRES) is the agri-environment climate measure in Ireland’s CAP Strategic Plan 2023 – 2027.  It is the successor to the Green Low Carbon Agri-environment Scheme (GLAS) which was available under Ireland’s Rural Development Programme 2014-2020. ACRES is a voluntary scheme whereby farmers, when approved into the Scheme,...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Agriculture Schemes (6 Dec 2022)

Charlie McConalogue: The Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine (DAFM) began the process of engaging with farm advisors in early 2022 in preparation for the launch of the Agri-Climate Rural Environment Scheme (ACRES).  Advisors were invited to register their interest in participating in ACRES and were advised of the steps to be undertaken to be approved as an ACRES advisor.  To participate in...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: EU Funding (6 Dec 2022)

Charlie McConalogue: Ireland's EMFF Programme is nearing its end, with remaining grants mostly being paid out this year and arrangements for closing out the programme commencing.  An exception was made for the Producer Organisation Scheme, in that commitments have been made to pay grants in 2023 to fund PO's 2022 activities.  The new European Maritime Fisheries and Aquaculture Fund Regulation...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Fishery Harbour Centres (6 Dec 2022)

Charlie McConalogue: My Department owns, operates and maintains six designated State-owned Fishery Harbour Centres, located at Castletownbere, Dingle, Dunmore East, Howth, Killybegs and Ros An Mhíl under statute. In 2020, funding of €32.6m was allocated to the six Fishery Harbour Centres as part of the 2020 Fishery Harbour and Coastal Infrastructure Development Programme prior to the formation of the...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: EU Funding (6 Dec 2022)

Charlie McConalogue: My Department's €240 million European Maritime and Fisheries Fund (EMFF) Programme 2014-2020 has over recent years been the principal source of public funding for the sustainable development of our fisheries, aquaculture and seafood processing sectors and has been co-funded by the Government of Ireland and the European Union. As it comes to its conclusion, the list of...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Fishing Industry (6 Dec 2022)

Charlie McConalogue: I can inform the Deputy that under the Sea Fisheries and Maritime Jurisdiction Act, 2006, all operational issues concerning sea fisheries control are, as a matter of law, exclusively for the Sea Fisheries Protection Authority (SFPA) and the Naval Service. The data requested on fish landings is held by the SFPA and I have referred the Deputy's request to the SFPA for attention and direct reply.

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Fishing Industry (6 Dec 2022)

Charlie McConalogue: The Report of the Seafood Task Force – Navigating Change (October 2021) recommended 16 support schemes at an estimated cost of €423 million, collectively designed to address the impacts of Brexit and the Trade and Cooperation Agreement (TCA) on our seafood sector and coastal communities.  Given the large number of recommendations and the work required to examine each...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Public Sector Staff (6 Dec 2022)

Charlie McConalogue: The Croke Park Agreement encompassed all civil and public servants under my Department. No distinction was made between categories of civil servants under the Agreement.

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Horse Racing Industry (6 Dec 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. As such, its statutory remit is limited to the thoroughbred horse racing sector. In line with the Programme for Government, however, my Department is fully committed to...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Fishing Industry (6 Dec 2022)

Charlie McConalogue: As you may be aware, in December 2018, following a public consultation process in which over 900 submissions were received, the Minister for Agriculture, Food and Marine announced that vessels over 18m will 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...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Pre-Agriculture and Fisheries Council Meeting: Discussion (7 Dec 2022)

Charlie McConalogue: I thank the committee for this opportunity to outline my main issues of concern ahead of the Agriculture and Fisheries Council meeting this coming weekend. To examine the implications for Ireland of quota setting proposals for 2023, a sustainability impact assessment, SIA, was carried out and brought before this committee on 25 October last. The SIA draws its conclusions from a public...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Pre-Agriculture and Fisheries Council Meeting: Discussion (7 Dec 2022)

Charlie McConalogue: Yes. I thank Deputy Michael Collins for his questions. As regards bluefin tuna, as I said at the outset, I am seeking a bluefin tuna quota at this December's Council meeting and I am putting the argument in relation to the experience with what has evolved with the UK as a strong rationale as to why Ireland should be able to be recognised in that regard. The historic situation was there was...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Pre-Agriculture and Fisheries Council Meeting: Discussion (7 Dec 2022)

Charlie McConalogue: I believe France is the only other member state that did a temporary tie-up scheme.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Pre-Agriculture and Fisheries Council Meeting: Discussion (7 Dec 2022)

Charlie McConalogue: From the inquiries I have made, the decommissioning scheme we put together is more generous to applicants than schemes being brought in by other member states. We have tried to reflect the impact for those that do take it up as much as possible. It is a very significant decision. The other point is that we were the first to do decommissioning. I put together the sea fisheries task force...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Pre-Agriculture and Fisheries Council Meeting: Discussion (7 Dec 2022)

Charlie McConalogue: What I would also say is that was clear from the outset, in advance of the announcement of the tie-up schemes. It would have been clear that for anybody taking the tie-up scheme, it would have to be deducted from the decommissioning scheme. It is not something that would have come late in the day. Anybody who was considering the decommissioning would have been aware of that. Some vessels...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Pre-Agriculture and Fisheries Council Meeting: Discussion (7 Dec 2022)

Charlie McConalogue: My information is that our decommissioning scheme is a lot stronger and more generous than the French one.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Pre-Agriculture and Fisheries Council Meeting: Discussion (7 Dec 2022)

Charlie McConalogue: Funding for the marinas and harbours is going to make a large impact. The funding of €6 million for Cork will be significant. I also took the step today to increase the co-funding requirement to 95%. When I launched tranche 1 funding back at the start of the year it was 80% co-funding for the majority of projects. That has now gone to 95%. I have done that retrospectively....

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Pre-Agriculture and Fisheries Council Meeting: Discussion (7 Dec 2022)

Charlie McConalogue: However, I extended the tie-up scheme, which finished at the end of November, by one month to ensure fishing remains viable and economic. The sea-fisheries task force proposed a one-month tie-up scheme in response to Brexit. I increased that to a second month after the invasion of Ukraine. I increased that to a second month after the invasion of Ukraine. This was to ensure that for boats...