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

Charlie McConalogue: Well, listen-----

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

Charlie McConalogue: Where we are at at the moment is that we are hope there will be an outcome or conclusion as part of the negotiations that are under way at the minute.

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

Charlie McConalogue: Sorry, did I accept what?

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

Charlie McConalogue: Basically this is something that we have identified and taken up the mantle on. I want to recognise the role of our fisheries attaché, Mr. Colm Ó Súilleabháin, who is at Brussels level and is working with my team here. He put this on the agenda and on the radar at European level. What happened in the past was there was a transfer of mackerel from western waters to...

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

Charlie McConalogue: We are fighting for a lot of things, Deputy.

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

Charlie McConalogue: Even more than any other species I have seen, every kilogram of bluefin tuna is fought over and I saw this last year in the debate. It was fought over to the last kilogram and is highly sought after. As for other member states, the quota is set, like with other stocks and species, based on allocation keys and on fishing track record. The challenge is that we did not have fishing track...

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

Charlie McConalogue: I will put it on the agenda of the December meeting of the Fisheries Council. It is important we take that battle and fight it. Like everything else, it is qualified majority voting. Any gain we ultimately get would be at the expense of other member states who have a share already, so no doubt it will be sharply resisted.

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

Charlie McConalogue: The advice I received from the fishing representatives and the sea fisheries task force was that was the level we should go for. The subscriptions and applications we have received have been fully subscribed to the level we sought. Based on the assessment from the sea fisheries task force it is adequate but it remains to be seen if everyone will follow through on their applications. It is...

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

Charlie McConalogue: The sea fisheries taskforce report I received was agreed unanimously.

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

Charlie McConalogue: There are a number of different schemes came from the taskforce, including the tie-up scheme, the decommissioning scheme, the Brexit processing capital support scheme, and the Brexit blue economy enterprise development scheme. They all came from that taskforce and I have sought to follow through on all of those schemes. No more than myself, I am sure every organisation would be of the view...

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

Charlie McConalogue: It certainly strengthens our position and means that as an industry, a sector and a country we are together in the way we move forward. I have been very much informed at all stages by working with the sector and by its views and perspectives. The European Council meeting in Brussels will start at 9 a.m. on Sunday and run all day Monday and probably overnight Monday into Tuesday morning. I...

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

Charlie McConalogue: On the piers and harbours, normally there is €3 million or €4 million per year total investment in local authority piers and harbours. Over this year, taking into account what I announced today, the total amounts to €56 million so it is multiples of that. I made a significant decision today. Normally funding from the Government is 75% and 25% from the local authority....

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

Charlie McConalogue: No, I did not forget Donegal. I am not sure if that particular one was applied for by Cork County Council but I know Deputy Christopher O'Sullivan is constantly in touch with me and was advocating on all of these piers and was delighted to be able to deliver on them. I have no doubt that when Deputy Michael Collins is next speaking to the Taoiseach about Cork and the Government delivering...

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

Charlie McConalogue: Our assessment is that it is likely to meet the demand.

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

Charlie McConalogue: I assure the Deputy that I am and I will be in contact with them. I met them for about three hours ten days ago. I will meet them as soon as I land in Brussels to keep them up to speed. We have a team representing us in Brussels, where the negotiations are ongoing. That team is in close contact with them as well and will remain so. We are aligned and we have the same objective. My only...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Agriculture Industry (8 Dec 2022)

Charlie McConalogue: I advise that obviously I have no responsibility for the organisation of representative farm bodies.  However, the Deputy will be aware gender equality is a key a priority for me and for the Government. It is also a core principle of the European Union, and the Common Agriculture Policy (CAP) Regulations place a particular focus on promoting the participation of women in...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Agriculture Industry (8 Dec 2022)

Charlie McConalogue: Checks carried out at points of entry to the European Single Market are key to the protection of food safety, animal and plant health, and animal welfare standards in the European Union. Live animals, animal products, regulated plants, and certain types of foods of non-animal origin are required to be presented for sanitary and phytosanitary checks at the border control post, or BCP, at...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Greenhouse Gas Emissions (8 Dec 2022)

Charlie McConalogue: Teagasc in co-operation with the Irish Cattle Breeding Federation and Bord Bia is building a new Sustainability Digital Platform to allow farmers to count carbon emissions and sequestration on their farms. The Platform is a key pillar of Teagasc’s new Climate Action Strategy to support farmers and the industry to respond to the challenge of reducing greenhouse gas emissions....

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Trade Missions (8 Dec 2022)

Charlie McConalogue: The promotion of Ireland's high-quality, safe, nutritious, and sustainably produced food remains a core objective of my Department and its agencies.  Trade Missions play an important role in our support for the Irish agri-food sector's ambition to grow both the value and volume of our exports to international markets.  As a country which exports 90% of the food we produce, we must...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Agriculture Schemes (8 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...