Results 18,001-18,020 of 24,010 for speaker:Charlie McConalogue

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Domestic Pets (18 Jan 2023)

Charlie McConalogue: The Department does not keep a record of reports of breaches on the Register of Sellers and Suppliers of Pet Animals and the Register of Premises. In 2022, two registrations were revoked. The Department continues to develop its controls in respect of this legislation and is advancing its plans and approach to effective enforcement, working to achieve full compliance with the...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Agriculture Schemes (18 Jan 2023)

Charlie McConalogue: The Government has committed €1.5 billion to ACRES with the aim of supporting family farm incomes while also encouraging farmers on the climate and biodiversity ambitions. The initial aim of ACRES was to accommodate 50,000 entrants over two tranches. Tranche 1 of ACRES opened for applications on Monday 17th October 2022 and closed Wednesday 07th December 2022. Phasing the intake...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Departmental Strategies (18 Jan 2023)

Charlie McConalogue: Food Vision 2030 has four main missions, made up of 22 goals and 218 actions, to enable Ireland to become a “World Leader in Sustainable Food Systems”. Its success depends on effective implementation and oversight. A formal implementation plan for Food Vision 2030 was published in May 2022 and this identifies stakeholders, deliverables and a timeframe for each of the actions....

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Official Engagements (18 Jan 2023)

Charlie McConalogue: I have had several opportunities to visit co Kildare since taking on the post as Minister of Agriculture, Food and the Marine. Kildare is a vibrant agricultural county with excellent farmers across all types and systems. It is also an important hub for the equine industry. My Department's flagship laboratory complex is in Backweston, Co Kildare, and I have visited on a number of...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Timber Supply (18 Jan 2023)

Charlie McConalogue: Coillte is a private limited company established under the Forestry Act 1988 and is operationally independent from my Department. I have referred the matter to Coillte for direct follow-up with the Deputy.

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Forestry Sector (18 Jan 2023)

Charlie McConalogue: I propose to take Questions Nos. 1777, 1790 and 1882 together. Over the last three years, the Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine (DAFM) has invested significantly on staff resources. These included investment in additional forestry Inspectors, ecologists, engineers and administrative staff. The Department has also invested in improving IT systems and procedures. Due to...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Forestry Sector (18 Jan 2023)

Charlie McConalogue: I propose to take Questions Nos. 1778, 1781, 1797, 1799, 1804, 1814 and 1815 together. I am pleased to advise that the output in forestry licensing in 2022 means that we have seen considerable reductions in the backlog of forestry licences, reductions in the time taken to process newer files, and a year-on-year increase in the number of licences issued. With reference to afforestation...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Forestry Sector (18 Jan 2023)

Charlie McConalogue: The expenditure under the Forestry Budget for 2022 is shown in the table following. - Budget  Allocation Spend 2022 % of Allocation spent Capital €96,038,000 €70,461,907 73 Current €4,043,000 €3,623,981 90 Total ...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Departmental Meetings (18 Jan 2023)

Charlie McConalogue: It is the continued aim of both and I and Minister of State Pippa Hackett, who has responsibility for the sector, to deliver a licensing system which meets the needs of all those who apply for forestry licences.  I am pleased to say licencing output continues to improve year on year and in 2022 that we issued 4,713 forestry licences last year, which was over 90% of our target. It was a...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Coillte Teoranta (18 Jan 2023)

Charlie McConalogue: I propose to take Questions Nos. 1782 to 1789, inclusive, 1791, 1792, 1795, 1800 to 1803, inclusive, 1807 to 1809, inclusive, 1816, 1817, 1842, 1851, 1857 to 1859, inclusive, and 1878 to 1880, inclusive, together. Coillte is a private limited company established under the Forestry Act 1988 and is operationally independent from the Minister and Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine....

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Forestry Sector (18 Jan 2023)

Charlie McConalogue: I propose to take Questions Nos. 1796, 1798 and 1888 together. The area of forestry planted by the private sector and by Coillte, respectively, each year since 2000 is laid out in the table following.  Year Private Coillte Total 2000 14,231 1,464 15,695 2001 15,147 317 15,464...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Agriculture Schemes (18 Jan 2023)

Charlie McConalogue: The objective of the Beef Exceptional Aid Measure (BEAM) was to provide temporary exceptional adjustment aid to farmers in the beef sector in Ireland. The granting of the aid was subject to the conditions set out in EU Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2019/1132. Just over 33,000 participants, including the person named, joined the scheme and, in doing so, gave a commitment to...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Departmental Funding (18 Jan 2023)

Charlie McConalogue: A submission from the organisation named was recently received by my Department. Officials are presently examining this submission, and any decisions concerning future funding will be made in due course.

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Harbours and Piers (18 Jan 2023)

Charlie McConalogue: The charges referred to by the Deputy include annual harbour fees and charges concerning use of Fishery Harbour Centre facilities on and off over a number of years.  The origin of the charges have been explained to the individual concerned periodically.  Notwithstanding that, I have asked my Department to write to the individual concerned to set out the origin of the charges...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Agriculture Schemes (18 Jan 2023)

Charlie McConalogue: I am committed to delivering a support package for the cohort known as the Forgotten Farmers. These are farmers who find themselves in this position, in many cases, through no fault of their own. My Department has developed a preliminary outline of a proposal to provide support to the group of farmers commonly referred to as forgotten farmers.  There are a number of issues to be...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Agriculture Schemes (18 Jan 2023)

Charlie McConalogue: The GLAS 2 contract of the person named was selected for an on-farm inspection on 6 July 2022 and notification of the inspection findings issued to the person named by letter dated 23 August 2022. The GLAS contract was rejected as a result of this inspection.  This letter gave the person named the option of appealing this decision with the Regional Inspector. An appeal of the inspection...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Forestry Sector (18 Jan 2023)

Charlie McConalogue: In relation to meetings specific to licences, my officials held approximately 45 meetings directly with Coillte in relation to felling licences.  These normally covered a discussion around the licences issued the previous week, licence projections for the coming week, Natura Impact Statements (NISs) submitted by Coillte the previous week by Coillte and the NISs to be submitted in the...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Fishing Industry (18 Jan 2023)

Charlie McConalogue: In July 2022, I announced the Brexit Voluntary Permanent Cessation Scheme with a budget of €60 million in direct payments and tax relief worth up to a further €20 million. The scheme was developed based on a recommendation of the Seafood Task Force to help restore balance between fishing fleet capacity and available quotas, following the reductions in quotas for stocks...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Agriculture Schemes (18 Jan 2023)

Charlie McConalogue: The person named was approved to GLAS 3 with a contract commencement date of 1stJanuary 2017. The GLAS contract was selected for an on-farm inspection on 29thMarch 2021 and notification of the inspection findings issued to the person named by letter dated 20thJuly 2022.  This letter gave the person named the option of appealing this decision to the Regional Inspector. An appeal was...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Live Exports (18 Jan 2023)

Charlie McConalogue: I propose to take Questions Nos. 1821 and 1822 together. This information is being collated and will be sent to the Deputy when finalised.  It should be noted that a large volume of  cattle statistics including import and export is publicly available on the Department's website here: gov.ie - AIM Bovine Statistics Reports (www.gov.ie):