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

Charlie McConalogue: Rásaíocht Con Éireann (RCÉ) is a commercial state body, established under the Greyhound Industry Act, 1958 chiefly to control greyhound racing and to improve and develop the greyhound industry. RCÉ is a body corporate and a separate legal entity to the Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine. The question raised by the Deputy is an operational matter for...

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

Charlie McConalogue: Rásaíocht Con Éireann (RCÉ) is a commercial state body, established under the Greyhound Industry Act, 1958 chiefly to control greyhound racing and to improve and develop the greyhound industry. RCÉ is a body corporate and a separate legal entity to the Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine. The question raised by the Deputy is an operational matter for...

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

Charlie McConalogue: Rásaíocht Con Éireann (RCÉ) is a commercial state body, established under the Greyhound Industry Act, 1958 chiefly to control greyhound racing and to improve and develop the greyhound industry. RCÉ is a body corporate and a separate legal entity to the Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine. The question raised by the Deputy is an operational matter for...

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

Charlie McConalogue: Rásaíocht Con Éireann (RCÉ) is a commercial state body, established under the Greyhound Industry Act, 1958 chiefly to control greyhound racing and to improve and develop the greyhound industry. RCÉ is a body corporate and a separate legal entity to the Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine. The question raised by the Deputy is an operational matter for...

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

Charlie McConalogue: The objective of 2022 Beef Environmental Efficiency Programme - Sucklers (BEEP-S) is to further increase economic and environmental efficiency in the suckler herd though improvement in the quantity and quality of performance data that is collected. This is done through the enhancement of the national herd dataset for genetic evaluations, with a view to supporting the adoption of best...

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

Charlie McConalogue: Animal welfare is a key priority for me as Minister and for the Government. Considerable funding is provided to support animal welfare charity organisations. In December 2022, I awarded record funding of over €5.8 million to 99 animal welfare charities throughout the country, through the Animal Welfare Grant Programme. This is evidence of my own and the Government’s ongoing...

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

Charlie McConalogue: I propose to take Questions Nos. 1883 and 1890 together. I established the Seafood Task Force in 2021 to examine measures which could be taken to mitigate the impact on the Seafood Sector and Coastal Communities of Brexit and the EU/UK Trade and Cooperation Agreement. The Task Force had significant representation from the industry including inshore fisheries representation and developed a...

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

Charlie McConalogue: The Common Fisheries Policy (CFP) Regulation (Regulation EU 1380/2013) sets down the legal framework for the conservation and sustainable exploitation of fisheries resources.  Within this legal framework, I consistently work to support the interests of inshore fishers. I have strongly pursued the delivery of the restriction on larger vessels inside 6 nm, which is a commitment in our...

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

Charlie McConalogue: As the Deputy is 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 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 was allowed...

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

Charlie McConalogue: The Department’s agri-environment scheme, ACRES, has proved very popular with farmers all over the country, including in the Burren region. Tranche 1 of the Scheme was over-subscribed, including in the Burren where some 1,000 applications were received compared to the 300 that were in the old Burren scheme. This means more farmers in the Burren scheme are benefitting from an...

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

Charlie McConalogue: I understand that there is a cargo service to the Aran Islands using a roll-on roll-off cargo ferry operator which operates under contract with the Department of Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media. This vessel had been using a slipway within Ros an Mhíl Fishery Harbour Centre which will soon no longer be available as the area where this slipway is located will form...

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

Charlie McConalogue: I wish to reassure the Deputy that I recognise the value and importance of maintaining a vibrant and sustainable small-scale sea-fishing sector. As the Deputy 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 would be excluded from...

Inshore Fishing: Motion [Private Members] (25 Jan 2023)

Charlie McConalogue: I thank the Rural Independent Group for tabling this motion on inshore fisheries. It is a sector which needs and deserves attention in this Dáil. It is close to my heart. I have fought tooth and nail for it as Minister to do all I can to support it. It is central to everything I do as Minister responsible for the marine. It is good to see it getting some floor time here in the...

Inshore Fishing: Motion [Private Members] (25 Jan 2023)

Charlie McConalogue: The Deputy's colleague and brother who was co-opted to Cork County Council has been its chair. It is the local authority that was supposed to make any application. I ask the Deputy to get those ducks in a row before giving out to me for not granting funding.

Inshore Fishing: Motion [Private Members] (25 Jan 2023)

Charlie McConalogue: I will move on and deal with the issues here. The Government has been committed to supporting the inshore fisheries sector in specific ways, including ensuring inshore waters continue to be protected for smaller fishing vessels and recreational fishers and that pair trawling will be prohibited inside the six-mile limit. I am very supportive of this objective. I met specifically with the...

Inshore Fishing: Motion [Private Members] (25 Jan 2023)

Charlie McConalogue: -----every way I can to back the inshore sector. Please, do a bit more across the board to ensure the value of the inshore sector is recognised across the floor of the Dáil.

Inshore Fishing: Motion [Private Members] (25 Jan 2023)

Charlie McConalogue: I am happy to do it.

Inshore Fishing: Motion [Private Members] (25 Jan 2023)

Charlie McConalogue: Is the Deputy not going to give me the time now?

Inshore Fishing: Motion [Private Members] (25 Jan 2023)

Charlie McConalogue: I thank Deputy Healy-Rae for the opportunity to come in and clarify that. I want to be very clear to Deputy Michael Collins. I was not accusing Cork County Council of being asleep at the wheel. Rather, I was accusing Deputy Collins of being asleep at the wheel because he was up here railing and ranting about an application that did not get funding, but which was not submitted. There is no...

Inshore Fishing: Motion [Private Members] (25 Jan 2023)

Charlie McConalogue: Do not tell me they are voting against their own motion.