Results 1-20 of 106 for agriculture scheme data speaker:Charlie McConalogue

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Agriculture Schemes (20 Apr 2023)

Charlie McConalogue: As Deputy Kerrane pointed out, the new Common Agricultural Policy regulations provide for the compulsory use of the area monitoring system, AMS, in member states from 1 January of this year to monitor farming activity in respect of the new basic income support scheme and the areas of natural constraint scheme. The use of satellite data to carry out checks is not new, as we know; it has been...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Agriculture Scheme Data (25 May 2016)

Charlie McConalogue: 320. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine to provide in tabular form a breakdown between total expenditure incurred in 2015, and the annual amount of funds originally allocated to the beef data and genomics programme, rural environment protection scheme, agri-environment option scheme, green low-carbon agri-environment scheme, locally led environmental schemes, organic...

Ceisteanna - Questions - Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Common Agricultural Policy Negotiations (27 Nov 2019)

Charlie McConalogue: 33. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the status of discussions at the most recent EU Agriculture and Fisheries Council meeting regarding transitionary provisions for CAP post-2020; his plans to ensure that existing rural development programme, RDP, schemes such as areas of natural constraint, ANC, the green low-carbon agri-environment scheme, GLAS, the beef data and...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Agriculture Scheme Data (30 May 2017)

Charlie McConalogue: 523. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will provide information (details supplied) in respect of pillar 1 and 2 payments of the basic payment scheme, ANCS, disadvantaged areas scheme, AEOS, REPS, sheep grassland scheme, GLAS, beef data and genomics scheme on a county basis in each of the years 2010 to 2016 and, to date in 2017, in tabular form. [25296/17]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Special Areas of Conservation (29 Mar 2022)

Charlie McConalogue: ...Special Areas of Conservation (SACs), established under the Habitats Directive (92/43/EEC). Responsibility for Natura lies with the National Parks and Wildlife Services (NPWS) in Ireland. Natura agricultural lands form a significant part of the overall eligible agricultural area within Ireland's Land Parcel Identification System and are an important resource, not only in terms of...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Basic Payment Scheme Data (4 Apr 2019)

Charlie McConalogue: 270. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the number of recipients of the 2018 basic payment scheme with payment entitlements with an initial unit value less than 90% of the scheme national average by county; and the number in each county that have to date reached 60% or above of the scheme national average based on latest data. [15793/19]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Basic Payment Scheme Data (8 May 2018)

Charlie McConalogue: 381. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the number of persons in receipt of the basic payment scheme, BPS, whose entitlements have reached at least 60% of the basic payment scheme national average based on 2017 data. [19759/18]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Common Agricultural Policy (19 Jan 2022)

Charlie McConalogue: I propose to take Questions Nos. 2014, 2015, 2016 and 2017 together. Eco-Schemes were included in the EU CAP Strategic Plan Regulation for the first time as part of the next CAP (2023-2027).  Under the Regulation, they must be funded from within Pillar 1 of the CAP budget. In line with the CAP Strategic Plan Regulation, I have decided to allocate 25% of Ireland’s...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Beef Data and Genomics Programme (11 May 2017)

Charlie McConalogue: 220. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the number of persons participating in the beef data genomics scheme; the number of new farmers that have joined since the scheme reopened; the number of persons that have withdrawn from the scheme that originally had applications approved; the number of applications deemed ineligible; and if he will make a statement on the matter....

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Greenhouse Gas Emissions (12 Nov 2020)

Charlie McConalogue: ...from the atmosphere but they are also vital as a habitat for wildlife, a resource for biodiversity and a unique heritage feature that must be managed and protected. To address the lack of data on hedgerow sequestration, Teagasc has recently commenced a research project called “Farm-Carbon – Farm Hedgerows and Non-forest Woodland Carbon”. The overall objective of...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Departmental Schemes (26 May 2022)

Charlie McConalogue: I introduced the Tillage Incentive Scheme (TIS) as a support measure for farmers to incentivise an increase in the area of tillage crops in 2022, to reduce the dependency on imported feed material.   This scheme, funded by the National Exchequer, is one of a number of important new schemes introduced in 2022 to support Irish farmers.  The tillage sector is an integral...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Food Industry (26 Apr 2022)

Charlie McConalogue: ...for Government commits to the establishment of a new Authority to enforce the Unfair Trading Practices (UTP) Directive and to have a specific role in analysing and reporting on price and market data in Ireland. On 22nd March, the Government approved the priority drafting of the General Scheme of the Agricultural and Food Supply Chain Bill 2022. The Bill will establish a new independent...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Beef Data and Genomics Programme (13 Jul 2017)

Charlie McConalogue: 962. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the number of farmers participating in the beef data genomics scheme; the number of new farmers that have joined since the scheme reopened in May 2017; the number of farmers that have withdrawn that originally had approved application; the number of applications that were deemed ineligible; and if he will make a statement on the...

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Greenhouse Gas Emissions (25 Oct 2022)

Charlie McConalogue: The compilation of the agricultural greenhouse gas inventory is a matter for the Environmental Protection Agency, EPA. As part of this process, the EPA determines the total amount of methane, N2O and CO2emissions generated by the aggregation of all farms. The EPA takes activity data, for example, total animal numbers by category or fertiliser sales data and applies an emissions factor to...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Beef Genomics Scheme (16 Jun 2016)

Charlie McConalogue: 244. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will consider re-opening the beef data and genomics scheme to new applications, given that participation rates are well below the original participation target set; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [16571/16]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Beef Genomics Scheme (21 Jul 2016)

Charlie McConalogue: 740. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine to consider re-opening the beef data and genomics scheme to new applications, given that participation rates are well below the original participation target set; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [24125/16]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Beef Data and Genomics Programme (29 Sep 2016)

Charlie McConalogue: 252. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the number of farmers participating in the beef data genomics scheme that have completed a beef carbon navigator, on a county basis; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [28039/16]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Beef Data and Genomics Programme (3 Nov 2016)

Charlie McConalogue: 162. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the number of farmers participating in the beef data genomics scheme that have completed a beef carbon navigator, on a county basis; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [33229/16]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Beef Data and Genomics Programme (17 Nov 2016)

Charlie McConalogue: 246. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the number of farmers participating in the beef data genomics scheme that have completed a beef carbon navigator, on a county basis, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [35679/16]