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Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Joint Meeting with Joint Committee on Environment and Climate Action
Exploring Technologies and Opportunities to Reduce Emissions in the Agriculture Sector: Discussion (Resumed) (31 Mar 2022) See 1 other result from this debate

...and members of the committee for inviting Dolan Industries to speak on this important subject matter; the exploration of technologies that may exist in the effort to reduce emissions in the agriculture sector. Dolan Industries is a limited small and medium enterprise, SME, company. We are traditionally an agriculture-based company. More than 60% of the products and services it supplies...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Climate Action: Joint Meeting with Joint Committee on Environment and Climate Action
Exploring Technologies and Opportunities to Reduce Emissions in the Agriculture Sector: Discussion (Resumed) (31 Mar 2022) See 1 other result from this debate

...and members of the committee for inviting Dolan Industries to speak on this important subject matter; the exploration of technologies that may exist in the effort to reduce emissions in the agriculture sector. Dolan Industries is a limited small and medium enterprise, SME, company. We are traditionally an agriculture-based company. More than 60% of the products and services it supplies...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Animal Health and Welfare Act 2013: Post-Enactment Scrutiny (Resumed) (30 Mar 2022)

...and understanding of animal welfare. It provided a regulatory framework for the welfare of all animals and assigned a science-specific responsibility for animal welfare policy to the Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine. It has provided a strong basis for many positive developments. As our understanding of the welfare needs of animals expands, the legislative framework...

Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (29 Mar 2022)

Seán Kyne: ..., Deputy Naughton, in to discuss this matter. The census is a hugely important time. Going back to the time of Herod, we heard about the census. It is important that people are counted. The data are used for each district electoral division for the country to plan in regard to healthcare, education and all aspects of society. Nobody should be abusing any public servant and census...

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Tax Data (29 Mar 2022)

Paschal Donohoe: ...01-Sep-22 €417.59 €109.74 €527.33 €452.33 €330.00 €197.33 €122.33 12-Oct-22 €425.72 €129.81 €555.53 €480.53 €330.00 €225.53 €150.53 It is important to note that the effective...

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: Farm Costs (29 Mar 2022)

Charlie McConalogue: ...marketplace for fertilisers, subsequently blended by Irish companies. There is ongoing engagement between my Department and the fertiliser sector in Ireland. Fertiliser companies provide sales data on a quarterly basis to my Department. Additionally, I met with representatives of both the Irish Fertiliser Manufacturers and Blenders Association and the Fertiliser Association of...

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

Charlie McConalogue: ...euro sector. Ireland's Climate Action Plan in 2021 includes an action to increase beef herd weight recording from 30% to 70% by 2030. Weight recording was a mandatory measure in the BEEP-S schemes from 2019 to 2022. Participant feedback on the BEEP-S measure to date support the assertion that it has helped farmers recognise the benefits of weighing their animals and the data...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Food Industry (8 Mar 2022)

Charlie McConalogue: ...includes a commitment for a new office of National Food Ombudsman to enforce the Unfair Trading Practices (UTP) Directive and to have a role in analysing and reporting on price and market data in Ireland.  The establishment of the new Office requires primary legislation, preparations for which are well advanced. I expect to bring a Memo to Government with the General Scheme of the...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Food Prices (1 Mar 2022)

Charlie McConalogue: ...includes a commitment for a new office of National Food Ombudsman to enforce the Unfair Trading Practices (UTP) Directive and to have a role in analysing and reporting on price and market data in Ireland.  The establishment of the new Office requires primary legislation, preparations for which are well advanced. I expect to bring a Memo to Government with the General Scheme of...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Gender Equality (1 Mar 2022)

Charlie McConalogue: ...group will work closely with the existing gender balance steering group, to continue to drive gender balance initiatives within my Department.   My Department and its agencies regularly encourage their staff to participate in Women in Agriculture and Women in STEM events.  In addition, I am committed to achieving the Government target of 40%...

Supplementary Budget for Rural Communities and Farmers: Motion [Private Members] (23 Feb 2022)

Charlie McConalogue: ...x2014; a lump sum payment of €125 on the fuel allowance will be paid to 390,000 recipients; — there will be a temporary reduction in public transport fares of 20 per cent from the end of April to the end of the year; — the reduction of the Drugs Payment Scheme from €144 to €80 will benefit just over 70,000 families; — the Budget increase to the...

Estimates for Public Services 2022 (22 Feb 2022)

Michael McGrath: ...of unspent appropriations, the surrender of which may be deferred under Section 91 of the Finance Act 2004. Vote 24 — Justice (Revised Estimate)That a sum not exceeding €422,890,000 be granted to defray the charge which will come in course of payment during the year ending on the 31st day of December, 2022, for the salaries and expenses of the Office of the Minister for...

Seanad: Online Safety and Media Regulation Bill 2022: Second Stage (22 Feb 2022)

Catherine Martin: ...regulatory framework for online safety and audiovisual on-demand services. It builds on the intensive scrutiny the Joint Committee on Tourism, Culture, Arts, Sport and Media gave to the general scheme of the Bill last year. The diverse range of issues raised on the floor in the past few hours highlights both the scale of the Bill and the fact it will break new ground regulating sectors...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Departmental Schemes (22 Feb 2022)

Charlie McConalogue: The named person was deemed to be non-compliant with certain terms and conditions of the Beef Data and Genomics Programme (BDGP) scheme in 2021. The non-compliance related the stock bull requirement. For 2021, where participants used a stock bull they were required to have at least one stock bull on the holding on 30thJune 2021 and the bull had to be genotyped 4 or 5 star on either the...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: EU Directives (22 Feb 2022)

Charlie McConalogue: ...a commitment for a new office of National Food Ombudsman to enforce the EU Directive No. 2019/633 on Unfair Trading Practices (UTP) and to have a role in analysing and reporting on price and market data in Ireland. The establishment of the new Office requires primary legislation which my Department is progressing at present. In regard to provisions on turnover thresholds in the...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Eradication of Bovine Tuberculosis: Discussion (16 Feb 2022)

...the topic of bovine TB eradication and to be back in the committee room. We really appreciate it. The TB problem remains one of the most difficult challenges faced by all of the stakeholders in agriculture. For the past four years, the TB forum has provided a framework to chart a way forward. Obviously, the Covid situation has impacted the work. Nonetheless, the TB forum led to the...

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Social Welfare Schemes (15 Feb 2022)

Heather Humphreys: The Farm Assist Scheme is a means tested support for farmers on low incomes who satisfy the scheme’s statutory conditions including a means test. The estimated expenditure for the scheme for 2022 is approximately €53.9 million. A commitment was made under the Programme for Government and in the 'Our Rural Future Rural Development Policy 2021-2025' to conduct a review of the...

Written Answers — Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment: Covid-19 Pandemic Supports (10 Feb 2022)

Leo Varadkar: The COVID-19 Credit Guarantee Scheme has been operating since September 2020 and during that time up to the end of 2021, a total of €617 million in loans has been drawn or approved by over 8,800 businesses, maintaining over 63,000 jobs. Businesses which have been most impacted by the effects of COVID-19 are drawing the most loans; the wholesale and retail sector, the accommodation and...

Written Answers — Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment: Economic Data (10 Feb 2022)

Leo Varadkar: ...2021 Job Growth Q3 2018 - Q3 2021 All NACE economic sectors 2,268,900 2,323,400 2,250,000 2,471,200 8.9% 202,300 Agriculture, forestry and fishing (A) 104,500 99,300 98,300 107,000 2.4% 2,500 Construction (F) 146,500 ...