Results 18,121-18,140 of 24,010 for speaker:Charlie McConalogue
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Forestry Policy and Strategy: Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine (25 Jan 2023)
Charlie McConalogue: I am answering the questions.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Forestry Policy and Strategy: Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine (25 Jan 2023)
Charlie McConalogue: We have been very clear in showing how we have addressed the crisis, how we want to keep that momentum and how we will deal with the challenges we face while we await the state-aid approval. We have work to do to get the state-aid approval application in as soon as we possibly can. We will get the answer as soon as we possibly can. The work and momentum will continue. Until we have the...
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Forestry Policy and Strategy: Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine (25 Jan 2023)
Charlie McConalogue: We told the Senator that last week.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Forestry Policy and Strategy: Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine (25 Jan 2023)
Charlie McConalogue: As the Senator knows, we are doing everything we possibly can, for which we have approvals for. Until we receive the state-aid answer on the new forestry programme, for which we will be seeking new afforestation licences, we will not be able to accept new licences.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Forestry Policy and Strategy: Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine (25 Jan 2023)
Charlie McConalogue: It was a very clear answer.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Forestry Policy and Strategy: Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine (25 Jan 2023)
Charlie McConalogue: It is a straight answer.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Forestry Policy and Strategy: Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine (25 Jan 2023)
Charlie McConalogue: That is true.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Forestry Policy and Strategy: Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine (25 Jan 2023)
Charlie McConalogue: I did not say everyone knew. I said-----
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Forestry Policy and Strategy: Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine (25 Jan 2023)
Charlie McConalogue: -----about private investments.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Forestry Policy and Strategy: Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine (25 Jan 2023)
Charlie McConalogue: I stand over what I said.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Forestry Policy and Strategy: Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine (25 Jan 2023)
Charlie McConalogue: Who can draw entitlements? Investment companies?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Forestry Policy and Strategy: Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine (25 Jan 2023)
Charlie McConalogue: As it is a more technical question, I ask my colleague to take it.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Forestry Policy and Strategy: Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine (25 Jan 2023)
Charlie McConalogue: I will refer it to my colleague because I cannot, for certain, answer it.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Forestry Policy and Strategy: Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine (25 Jan 2023)
Charlie McConalogue: Yes, for 15 years.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Forestry Policy and Strategy: Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine (25 Jan 2023)
Charlie McConalogue: I have no reason to believe that anyone has misled me here.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Forestry Policy and Strategy: Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine (25 Jan 2023)
Charlie McConalogue: I am not sure which-----
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Forestry Policy and Strategy: Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine (25 Jan 2023)
Charlie McConalogue: I do not know the detail of the deal the Deputy is referring to. All I can say is that Coillte wrote to me on 16 December, which was a Friday. That was the date of the letter. I was-----
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Forestry Policy and Strategy: Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine (25 Jan 2023)
Charlie McConalogue: -----reappointed on 17 December 2022, which was a Saturday. The letter arrived in my office during Christmas week and I would have become aware of it then after the new year. The letter indicated that Coillte had already signed the deal. Again, this was in line with-----
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Forestry Policy and Strategy: Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine (25 Jan 2023)
Charlie McConalogue: That deal is done. The Minister of State and I met with representatives of Coillte last week to fully explore the ins and outs of the deal and all its aspects. It is a contractual obligation, which the company was signed up to as of its letter of 16 December 2022 to me.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Forestry Policy and Strategy: Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine (25 Jan 2023)
Charlie McConalogue: First, whenever Coillte purchases land the way it manages it is very different from a private farmer or company in that it will be open access. Equally, it is the same with any replanting it does. There is a particular market for replanted land because, as the Deputy will know well, premiums run for the first plantation but whenever the timber is harvested there is a legal obligation to...