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Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Organic Farming (8 Feb 2023)

Charlie McConalogue: One of the solutions proposed to addressing the barrier to more farmers joining the organic farming scheme was the introduction of an annual participation payment. This is to cover the administration costs for farmers on issues like annual certification.  The Department introduced this under the new Organic Faming Scheme and organic farmers will now receive a participation payment...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Forestry Sector (8 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 direct follow-up with the Deputy.

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Forestry Sector (8 Feb 2023)

Charlie McConalogue: 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. The Forestry Act 1988 sets out the governance of Coillte and provides that the number of Directors shall be not more than nine. Directors, with the exception of the one worker Director on the Board...

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

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Electricity Generation (8 Feb 2023)

Charlie McConalogue: All Solar PV installers registered with the Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine are required to install solar PV systems in accordance with the requirements of Specification S198 – ‘Minimum Specification for the Installation of Solar PV Panels’, thus ensuring that systems are correctly installed in a safe manner and fit for purpose. Investments completed...

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: Yes. I think it will outline a good bit of the context.

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 thank the Chairman and members for providing time to go through and discuss the Revised Estimates for 2023. The Department’s budget for 2023 was designed to lay the groundwork for strategic supports for the agriculture and fisheries sectors while providing farmers and fishers with supports to deal with the immediate and ongoing fallout of the illegal invasion of the Ukraine and 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: What was the final part of the Deputy's question?

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: It is included for the first time. It was included in one allocation before-----

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: Obviously, what I am trying to achieve now is to take in all 46,000 people. That requires the logistical capacity to be met to make sure it works properly and that everybody can be accommodated and things go the way they should so that it delivers in the way it needs to. It also requires budgetary adjustment. I have been engaging across government, particularly with the Department of...

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 not an expert in the technicality. I do not believe it can apply to that. The key objective is to try to make sure we are promoting investment, making farming more efficient and backing farmers in that regard. That is what the schemes are designed to do. Then there are specific responses to challenges that exist. Obviously, there is a challenge around Ukraine at the moment, and...

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 true.

Veterinary Medicinal Products, Medicated Feed and Fertilisers Regulation Bill 2023: Second Stage (14 Feb 2023)

Charlie McConalogue: I move: "That the Bill be now read a Second Time." The Bill, which I am pleased to bring forward, legislates for two areas. The first part seeks to modernise the area of veterinary medicines and medicated feed. As Deputies may be aware, at EU level last year, we saw the implementation of two new regulations in this area. The Bill will reinforce those regulations in Irish legislation in a...

Select Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Agricultural and Food Supply Chain Bill 2022: Committee Stage (Resumed) (15 Feb 2023)

Charlie McConalogue: I am happy that the Bill caters for this already but I have no objection whatsoever to including it here as well. I am happy to accept the amendment.

Select Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Agricultural and Food Supply Chain Bill 2022: Committee Stage (Resumed) (15 Feb 2023)

Charlie McConalogue: I move amendment No. 16: In page 16, line 6, after “Expenditure” to insert “, National Development Plan Delivery”.

Select Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Agricultural and Food Supply Chain Bill 2022: Committee Stage (Resumed) (15 Feb 2023)

Charlie McConalogue: I am happy to comment on that. I will consider further the point Deputy Carthy is making in this instance. It is a different point from the one he made before. This relates to the regulator consulting and engaging with consumers. This section already empowers the regulator to consult with anyone the regulator considers could assist in the performance of its functions. It already has the...

Select Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Agricultural and Food Supply Chain Bill 2022: Committee Stage (Resumed) (15 Feb 2023)

Charlie McConalogue: I am happy with this objective. The objective of the office of the regulator is to ensure primary producers are front and centre, get fair play in the food supply chain and that there is fairness throughout the food supply chain. The board initially consisted of five members of which two were to be representatives of primary producers. The committee put forward a report to me which...

Select Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Agricultural and Food Supply Chain Bill 2022: Committee Stage (Resumed) (15 Feb 2023)

Charlie McConalogue: I move amendment No. 18: In page 16, line 26, after “Expenditure” to insert “, National Development Plan Delivery”.

Select Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Agricultural and Food Supply Chain Bill 2022: Committee Stage (Resumed) (15 Feb 2023)

Charlie McConalogue: I move amendment No. 19: In page 16, line 31, after “of” where it secondly occurs to insert “up to”. This relates to the term of office of an appointment. The Bill originally specified that it should be five years and was rigid and specific about that number. Some amendments were proposed dealing with how that could be staggered and so on. The most...

Select Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Agricultural and Food Supply Chain Bill 2022: Committee Stage (Resumed) (15 Feb 2023)

Charlie McConalogue: Sections Nos. 23(4), 23(5) and 23(6) will be deleted. It was initially the case that each member of the board would be appointed for a fixed five-year term, with no flexibility regarding that. We wanted to mitigate the fact that we might have everybody there for the full five years and retiring, for example, at the same time. In the original Bill, section 23(4) states: "On each anniversary...