Results 19,581-19,600 of 24,049 for speaker:Charlie McConalogue

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Departmental Contracts (17 May 2023)

Charlie McConalogue: I wish to advise the Deputy that the information requested is set out in the attached table.  In addition to the information supplied in the table, there are cleaning costs at three of my Department offices managed through a facilities management company, which are incorporated into the overall monthly fee charged to the Department by that company.  The contract for these offices is...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Water Quality (17 May 2023)

Charlie McConalogue: The Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage (DHLGH) is the lead authority for the interim review of the 5thNitrates Action Programme and the associated Nitrates Regulations. However, my Department works closely with them in this regard. During the negotiations of Ireland’s current Nitrates Derogation, and since the European Commission published its Implementing Decision...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Agriculture Industry (17 May 2023)

Charlie McConalogue: The Suckler Brand Development Oversight Group was established, after being agreed upon by stakeholders at Beef Taskforce meetings in September and October 2020, to oversee and advise on the creation and implementation of a distinct brand for suckler beef to be led by Bord Bia. The Suckler Brand Development Oversight Group is chaired by my Department and includes a range of stakeholders from...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Agriculture Schemes (17 May 2023)

Charlie McConalogue: The objective of the Suckler Carbon Efficiency Programme (SCEP) is to provide support to beef farmers to improve the environmental sustainability of the national beef herd.  The programme aims to build on the gains delivered in recent years through the Beef Data and Genomics Programme (BDGP) and the Beef Environmental Efficiency Programme (BEEP) by improving the genetic merit of the...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Agriculture Schemes (17 May 2023)

Charlie McConalogue: I am a strong supporter of assisting the next generation take over the farm when the time is right to do so. The challenge of generational renewal is widely recognised both at national and EU level. There are challenges both for younger farmers becoming established and older farmers having concerns about future income, taxation issues and the retirement process.   Food Vision 2030,...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: State Properties (17 May 2023)

Charlie McConalogue: Officials in the Lands Branch of the Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine have advised that the registration of the trust property at Castlemaine, on folio KY 24138, was amended in 1983 without Ministerial consent.

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Departmental Funding (17 May 2023)

Charlie McConalogue: The Per Cent for Art scheme is a government initiative, first introduced in 1978, whereby 1% of the cost of any large scale publicly funded capital, infrastructural and building development can be allocated to the commissioning of a work of art. Since 1997 this scheme has been made available to all capital projects across all government departments. The scheme is now administered by the Arts...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Departmental Properties (17 May 2023)

Charlie McConalogue: Officials in the Lands Branch of the Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine have advised that this property does not appear to have been the subject of former Irish Land Commission proceedings and is therefore not held by me in that capacity. 

Agriculture and Food Supply Chain Bill 2022: Report Stage (Resumed) and Final Stage (24 May 2023)

Charlie McConalogue: I move amendment No. 1 to amendment No. 14: In paragraph (d), to delete “the regulator shall be authorised to”.

Agriculture and Food Supply Chain Bill 2022: Report Stage (Resumed) and Final Stage (24 May 2023)

Charlie McConalogue: I move amendment No. 2 to amendment No. 14: In paragraph (d), to delete “agri-food” and substitute “agricultural and food”.

Agriculture and Food Supply Chain Bill 2022: Report Stage (Resumed) and Final Stage (24 May 2023)

Charlie McConalogue: I move amendment No. 3 to amendment No. 14: In paragraph (d), to delete “(vii) salary, and” and substitute “(vii) salary.”.

Agriculture and Food Supply Chain Bill 2022: Report Stage (Resumed) and Final Stage (24 May 2023)

Charlie McConalogue: I move amendment No. 4 to amendment No. 14: To delete paragraph (e) and substitute the following: “(4) Data referenced under paragraph (d)of subsection (3)may be in paper or electronic form, held by a business involved in the agriculture and food supply chain, or otherwise on their behalf.”.

Agriculture and Food Supply Chain Bill 2022: Report Stage (Resumed) and Final Stage (24 May 2023)

Charlie McConalogue: I move amendment No. 16: In page 11, after line 33, to insert the following: “(7) Where the regulator believes that data relating to a business obtained underparagraph (d)of subsection (3)is or is likely to be of a commercially sensitive nature and is not in the public domain, the regulator shall not publish the data without the consent of the business (notwithstanding section...

Agriculture and Food Supply Chain Bill 2022: Report Stage (Resumed) and Final Stage (24 May 2023)

Charlie McConalogue: I thank Deputies McNamara and Healy-Rae for their contributions, logic and rationale in the context of the amendment. I listened to them and we also gave this a lot of thought before the debate. I understand what Deputy McNamara's amendment seeks to achieve, but it concerns something the Bill, as it stands, will allow, as he pointed out, to be done through regulation. It is important the...

Agriculture and Food Supply Chain Bill 2022: Report Stage (Resumed) and Final Stage (24 May 2023)

Charlie McConalogue: As I said, I take the points the Deputies made in regard to the need for the regulator to have capacity to require the information, but I am satisfied the powers provided in the legislation, as it stands, to be able to do that by regulation will be strong enough and, importantly, flexible enough to ensure they can work efficiently and that the regulator can be empowered to get the information...

Agriculture and Food Supply Chain Bill 2022: Report Stage (Resumed) and Final Stage (24 May 2023)

Charlie McConalogue: I thank Deputies Kerrane, Michael Healy-Rae, Carthy and Danny Healy-Rae for their contributions. We had a significant discussion on this matter on Committee Stage as well. I outlined the position in relation to it then. I worked to be collaborative to make sure that the office we bring in here serves farmers and primary producers well, is effective and has the powers necessary to do its...

Agriculture and Food Supply Chain Bill 2022: Report Stage (Resumed) and Final Stage (24 May 2023)

Charlie McConalogue: I thank Deputies Kerrane, Carthy, Michael Healy-Rae and Danny Healy-Rae. My objective in this legislation is to introduce something that will make a real difference on the ground, will bring transparency and will be implementable and effective. I explained earlier about the below-cost selling and the example of beef and how that approach would not benefit farmers or consumers. That had...

Agriculture and Food Supply Chain Bill 2022: Report Stage (Resumed) and Final Stage (24 May 2023)

Charlie McConalogue: -----to do what the Deputies are trying to claim it will achieve.

Agriculture and Food Supply Chain Bill 2022: Report Stage (Resumed) and Final Stage (24 May 2023)

Charlie McConalogue: If the Deputy feels there are issues and challenges there, the way to do that is to amend the legislation when the architecture is in place, not to introduce one line in another Bill.

Agriculture and Food Supply Chain Bill 2022: Report Stage (Resumed) and Final Stage (24 May 2023)

Charlie McConalogue: To touch on that point, and also on the question raised by Deputy Michael Healy-Rae, I am bringing in this legislation to ensure there is fairness, oversight and transparency in the food supply chain, and to be able to give that confidence to farmers, as well as the practical effect that there is fairness in the food supply chain. That is what this food regulator legislation and setting up...