Results 18,341-18,360 of 24,010 for speaker:Charlie McConalogue

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Agriculture Schemes (1 Feb 2023)

Charlie McConalogue: The table below sets out the total amount of farmer scheme payments made on a per county basis for the years 2020, 2021 and 2022. County 2020 2021 2022 Total CARLOW 36,403,149 33,908,932 38,629,634 108,941,714 CAVAN 63,614,938 61,344,986 67,847,211 192,807,135...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Agriculture Schemes (1 Feb 2023)

Charlie McConalogue: The table below sets the total amount of farmer scheme payments made under the Basic Payment Scheme on a per county basis for the years 2020, 2021 and 2022. 2020 2021 2022  County Number of Payees Amount Number of Payees Amount Number of Payees Amount ...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Agriculture Schemes (1 Feb 2023)

Charlie McConalogue: The table below sets the total amount of farmer scheme payments made under the Areas of Natural Constraints Scheme on a per county basis for the years 2020, 2021 and 2022. 2020 2021  2022 County Number of Payees Amount Number of Payees Amount Number of Payees ...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Agriculture Schemes (1 Feb 2023)

Charlie McConalogue: The table below sets the total amount of farmer scheme payments made under Sheep Welfare, BDGP, BEEP S, Dairy Beef, BEAM and Beef Finisher Schemes on a per county basis for the years 2020, 2021 and 2022. 2020 2021 2022 County Number of Payees Amount Number of Payees Amount ...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Animal Welfare (1 Feb 2023)

Charlie McConalogue: With effect from 1stFebruary 2020, sellers and suppliers of pets animals, including animal welfare charities, that sell or supply six or more pet animals in a calendar year (and are not registered as a Dog Breeding Establishment)  must comply with the requirements of SI. No 681 of 2019 - Animal Health and Welfare (Sale or supply of Pet Animals) Regulations 2019. This a legal requirement...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Agriculture Schemes (1 Feb 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 subject to the conditions set out in EU Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2019/1132.  One of the conditions of the BEAM scheme under which funding was provided by the EU was that there had to be an element of reduction or...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Agriculture Schemes (1 Feb 2023)

Charlie McConalogue: The person named submitted an application under the New Entrant priority category of the 2022 National Reserve to my Department on 13th May 2022.  This application was submitted under a herd number held jointly by the person named and a second person of the same name.  In line with the EU Regulations governing the operation of the National Reserve, under a herd number held in joint...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Agriculture Schemes (1 Feb 2023)

Charlie McConalogue: The Deputy is aware that I established the Seafood Task Force to examine the implications of the EU/UK Trade & Cooperation Agreement (TCA) for the Fishing Industry and Coastal Communities and to consider initiatives and make recommendations to address those implications. The Task Force had among its members representatives from across the seafood sector including Producer...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Agriculture Industry (2 Feb 2023)

Charlie McConalogue: The burning of vegetation is controlled by the Wildlife Acts. It is an offence under Section 40 of the Wildlife Act, 1976 (amended by Section 46 of the Wildlife Act, 2000) to burn, from 1st March to 31st August in any year, any vegetation growing on any land not then cultivated. Individuals who are found to burn vegetation within that prohibited period are liable to prosecution by An Garda...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Coillte Teoranta (2 Feb 2023)

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

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Agriculture Schemes (2 Feb 2023)

Charlie McConalogue: The Food Vision Dairy Group was established in 2022 to advance the actions for the dairy sector identified in the Food Vision 2030 strategy; taking account of the requirement for the dairy sector to contribute to achieving the targets set for agriculture emissions in the Climate Act process, i.e. a 25% reduction in greenhouse gas emissions from agriculture by 2030.   The Dairy...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Coillte Teoranta (2 Feb 2023)

Charlie McConalogue: I propose to take Questions Nos. 424, 425, 426, 427, 428 and 429 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. I am, therefore, not in position to comment on any operational issues relating to the establishment of the new investment...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Coillte Teoranta (2 Feb 2023)

Charlie McConalogue: The Code of Practice for the Governance of State Bodies requires that Government  Departments  should  ensure  that  they  have  written  oversight agreements  with  State  bodies  under  their  aegis  which  clearly  define  the terms of the State body’s relationship with the relevant...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Agriculture Supports (2 Feb 2023)

Charlie McConalogue: I propose to take Questions Nos. 431 and 432 together. The Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine (DAFM) supports research and innovation to enable the agri-food and forest sector deliver greater efficiency, sustainability and the development of a strong bioeconomy. It has a variety of funding instruments with which to do this and these are aligned with important policy, legislative...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Forestry Sector (2 Feb 2023)

Charlie McConalogue: I propose to take Questions Nos. 433 and 434 together. The attached table shows the value of grants paid in each year from 2015-2022 for broadleaves  and conifers planted by county. The Deputy should note that some conifers (Scots Pine, primarily) which were planted in small amounts, are in fact,  native trees and some broadleaves ( Sycamore and Beech) are not strictly native...

Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: Greenhouse Gas Emissions (8 Feb 2023)

Charlie McConalogue: I thank Deputy Cahill for raising this important issue and for outlining the benefits that genotyping would have for our national herd. As the Deputy knows, this is a matter that I have spoken on recently. I have outlined clearly that it is my ambition to ensure that Ireland's is the first beef herd in the world to be fully genotyped. I look forward to taking steps towards that and...

Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: Greenhouse Gas Emissions (8 Feb 2023)

Charlie McConalogue: I thank the Deputy. Certainly, there is an urgency around this. I have outlined my ambition to make sure that Ireland is the first country in the world to have genotyped our full beef and livestock herd. That is something that I am now taking forward with my own Department and stakeholders. We are assessing and identifying the verifiable emissions reductions from doing that, and also the...

Select Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Estimates for Public Services 2023
Vote 30 - Agriculture, Food and the Marine (Revised) (8 Feb 2023)

Charlie McConalogue: I do not know the answer to that as regards the time ahead or into the future. The current EU requirements and controls are that we must have disposal for meat and bone meal. Brexit has posed a particular challenge around that, as the Chair knows, because much of the meat and bone meal disposal has gone abroad up to now. That is why €20 million is allocated towards it. We are...

Select Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Estimates for Public Services 2023
Vote 30 - Agriculture, Food and the Marine (Revised) (8 Feb 2023)

Charlie McConalogue: That is our current allocation and projection. Obviously, as the year goes on, we manage the budget. Revised Estimates can occur across any budget line as the year goes on. There has been a lot of good engagement between my team, the TB forum and farming organisations on reaching an agreed outcome on how we deal with TB testing in respect of males more than 36 months old and the testing...

Select Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Estimates for Public Services 2023
Vote 30 - Agriculture, Food and the Marine (Revised) (8 Feb 2023)

Charlie McConalogue: I am very much aware of the pressure the sector is under at the moment. It is a changed situation from a few months ago and, indeed, what the situation was last year. The new sheep welfare scheme is kicking off at €12, which is up from €10 previously. As the Deputy said, that is small in the context of the change in price from last year. I have been engaging closely with...