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Joint Oireachtas Committee on Climate Action: Climate Action Plan Review: Discussion (Resumed) (30 Nov 2023)

Charlie McConalogue: When Teagasc is involved in and puts its name to something, it examines it with scientific rigour. I fully back its work.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Climate Action: Climate Action Plan Review: Discussion (Resumed) (30 Nov 2023)

Charlie McConalogue: As with everything else in our everyday lives, knowledge and research around the impact of anything we do on the environment has been constantly evolving. We will have a challenge over the next number of years in terms of emissions and the age profile of our national forests, given how there was significant afforestation in the 1980s and 1990s in particular. As trees grow, particularly in...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Climate Action: Climate Action Plan Review: Discussion (Resumed) (30 Nov 2023)

Charlie McConalogue: There is no doubt that costs have been a challenge for farmers over the last couple of years and have had an impact on demand. Costs have also assisted in the massive transformation that is under way at farm level. The cost of fertiliser has significantly reduced this year. It was expensive at the start of the year but as the year progressed the price very significantly reduced. If cost...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Climate Action: Climate Action Plan Review: Discussion (Resumed) (30 Nov 2023)

Charlie McConalogue: Possibly. One of the steps we are taking in relation to water quality is launching a new European innovation partnership programme and investing €60 million in that. That is looking at water on a catchment basis and bringing farmers together within the catchment area to manage how they come together and take steps that will make a difference. Likewise the signpost project is working...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Climate Action: Climate Action Plan Review: Discussion (Resumed) (30 Nov 2023)

Charlie McConalogue: We have a good idea across different sectors. We have considerable data on that.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Climate Action: Climate Action Plan Review: Discussion (Resumed) (30 Nov 2023)

Charlie McConalogue: The health advice is the health advice. The role of agriculture and the food industry is to produce food in a way that is part of a sustainable food system.

Health Insurance (Amendment) Bill 2023: Financial Resolution (29 Nov 2023)

Charlie McConalogue: I move: THAT Section 125A of the Stamp Duties Consolidation Act 1999 (No. 31 of 1999) be amended to provide for the specified rate of stamp duty in respect of an insured person in respect of relevant contracts renewed or entered into on or after 1 January, 2024 and on or before 31 March, 2024 and on or after 1 April, 2024 in the manner and to the extent specified in the Act giving effect to...

Horse and Greyhound Racing Fund Regulations 2023: Motion (29 Nov 2023)

Charlie McConalogue: I thank all Members for their contributions. As I said in my opening statement, this funding is very important to the thoroughbred horse racing sector and to the greyhound sector throughout the country. They are two strong industries. The horse racing industry in particular is world leading and a massive part of our economy, with some 30,000 people employed. The greyhound sector is...

Horse and Greyhound Racing Fund Regulations 2023: Motion (29 Nov 2023)

Charlie McConalogue: I see the coalition negotiations with Mr. Murphy here and the Social Democrats are getting more challenging by the day should the numbers cook up after the next election. It will be very difficult. The horse racing and greyhound sectors can be assured that this Government very much values both sectors and is committed to their funding. I want to see both sectors grow and prosper in the...

Horse and Greyhound Racing Fund Regulations 2023: Motion (29 Nov 2023)

Charlie McConalogue: I move: That Dáil Éireann approves the following Regulations in draft: Horse and Greyhound Racing Fund Regulations 2023, copies of which were laid in draft form before Dáil Éireann on the 18th October, 2023. I thank the House for facilitating the taking of this motion today. Ensuring that the horse and greyhound racing sectors and industries achieve their maximum...

Ceisteanna ar Pholasaí nó ar Reachtaíocht - Questions on Policy or Legislation (29 Nov 2023)

Charlie McConalogue: I thank the Deputy. This is a matter on which I have been engaging with the inshore fishery sector. Christopher O'Sullivan TD, who has just left the Chamber, has been discussing the pressures in the sector with me over the past week or two. There has definitely been a real challenge in respect of the market. I met all the inshore fisher representative organisations yesterday and had a...

Ceisteanna ar Pholasaí nó ar Reachtaíocht - Questions on Policy or Legislation (29 Nov 2023)

Charlie McConalogue: I thank the Deputy. As he knows, this is an issue on which I have been working for a significant period. The derogation is massively important to our dairy sector and is particularly important to many Cork farmers, given the strength of the dairy sector there. The Taoiseach and I invited the Commissioner to come to Ireland to fully assess the great work that farmers are doing. He came...

Ceisteanna ar Pholasaí nó ar Reachtaíocht - Questions on Policy or Legislation (29 Nov 2023)

Charlie McConalogue: I thank the Deputy. I will take up with Coillte the fact that he has raised this matter as an issue on the back of the comments he has made. It is a matter for Coillte to engage with its contractual obligations. I will certainly engage with its representatives and discuss the matter.

Seanad: Horse and Greyhound Racing Fund Regulations 2023: Motion (29 Nov 2023)

Charlie McConalogue: I thank Members for facilitating this debate. Ensuring that the horse and greyhound racing industries achieve their maximum potential, and in so doing, contribute to economic and social development over a wide geographic distribution of our country, is an important aspect of Government policy. The valuable contribution to a balanced regional economy made by both the horse and greyhound...

Seanad: Horse and Greyhound Racing Fund Regulations 2023: Motion (29 Nov 2023)

Charlie McConalogue: I thank Members for their contributions. Senator Daly mentioned the Tipperary all-weather racetrack, which Horse Racing Ireland continues to engage in the planning process on.We have had engagements with it about the capital plans and the funding aspect. I believe the planning matters are with An Bord Pleanála and are awaited. The Department is engaging with it about the business case...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Invasive Species Policy (29 Nov 2023)

Charlie McConalogue: I propose to take Questions Nos. 109, 110, 111 and 112 together. Coniferous roundwood is both imported into and exported out of Ireland. All imports into Ireland must be compliant with the EU Plant Health Regulation and importers must be registered as Professional Operators. Similarly, any action Ireland takes in response to threats from pests must also be compliant with EU Plant Health...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Agriculture Schemes (29 Nov 2023)

Charlie McConalogue: An application for participation in the 2023 Basic Income Support for Sustainability Scheme (BISS), Complementary Redistributive Support for Sustainability (CRISS), Areas of Natural Constraints (ANC) and ECO schemes was received from the above named applicant on the 27th of May, 2023. An administrative review was carried out relating to a commonage on the applicants form and an update was...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Departmental Expenditure (29 Nov 2023)

Charlie McConalogue: The amounts of late interest in respect of all commercial transactions by the Department of Agriculture, Food & the Marine for the years 2016 to 2022 and from 1st January 2023 to 31stOctober 2023 are set out in the first table below. The top five highest late interest payments for each year and the recipients of these payments are set out in the second table. ...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Agriculture Schemes (29 Nov 2023)

Charlie McConalogue: The Targeted Agriculture Modernisation Scheme (TAMS 3) provides grants to farmers to build and/or improve a specified range of farm buildings and equipment on their holdings. There is an indicative budget of €370 million available for the period 2023-2027, and all investments must be linked to Climate, Environment or Animal Welfare. Slurry bags are available in TAMS 3 under the...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Fishing Industry (29 Nov 2023)

Charlie McConalogue: Recognising the significant impact of the TCA on the Irish Seafood Sector, I established the Seafood Task force in March 2021 to examine the implications arising from the EU/UK TCA for the Irish Fishing industry and coastal communities particularly dependent upon it. The Task force was asked to outline initiatives that could be taken to provide supports for development and restructuring so...