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Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Horse and Greyhound Racing Fund Regulations 2023: Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine (22 Nov 2023)

Charlie McConalogue: I absolutely agree with the Deputy on integrity and welfare being central to the success of the horse industry, as well as to the greyhound industry. That is something I am clear on at all times. It is a key part of our funding that those standards be met. I take the Deputy’s point on careers in the sector and the importance of supporting people to have as many viable careers as...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Horse and Greyhound Racing Fund Regulations 2023: Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine (22 Nov 2023)

Charlie McConalogue: The tripartite agreement is something we have engaged proactively on but it is a Brexit impact and therefore a matter between the EU and UK. It is symptomatic of many things that have changed. Any way in which we can smooth the pathway and work, through the EU, with the UK, we will. It is-----

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Horse and Greyhound Racing Fund Regulations 2023: Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine (22 Nov 2023)

Charlie McConalogue: We have raised the issue with the EU at different times. We have also looked at its functionality to make it work as smoothly as possible.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Horse and Greyhound Racing Fund Regulations 2023: Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine (22 Nov 2023)

Charlie McConalogue: I agree, but if we were going with win-win situations, we would not have had Brexit in the first place.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Horse and Greyhound Racing Fund Regulations 2023: Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine (22 Nov 2023)

Charlie McConalogue: Any further flexibilities around that, we would be open to pursuing and would pursue. The report the IHRB commissioned from international expert Dr. Craig Suann outlined how we at least matched international best practice in most respects. There were 18 recommendations from Dr. Suann coming out of that; 14 of those recommendations have been addressed or implemented with additional funding...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Horse and Greyhound Racing Fund Regulations 2023: Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine (22 Nov 2023)

Charlie McConalogue: As part of its statutory function, the Rásaíocht Con Éireann board is putting together its strategic plan, and finalising it at the moment. Its objective is to make sure it is supporting tracks that are sustainable, and making them sustainable to ensure the sector is as strong as possible. The strategic plan will be considering that and looking at the footprint across the...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Horse and Greyhound Racing Fund Regulations 2023: Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine (22 Nov 2023)

Charlie McConalogue: Is the Deputy talking about the horse sport sector?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Horse and Greyhound Racing Fund Regulations 2023: Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine (22 Nov 2023)

Charlie McConalogue: On small tracks, there is an obligation through HRI to try to ensure a healthy sector across the board. This is an ecosystem. We have small trainers, small breeders and smaller tracks. All of that needs to be healthy for the overall sector to be healthy. That is something we expect HRI to work to, in terms of the parameters set out for it. We expect them to work to ensure a good spread....

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Horse and Greyhound Racing Fund Regulations 2023: Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine (22 Nov 2023)

Charlie McConalogue: First, I agree with the Cathaoirleach on the prize money. It really is a key anchor and fulcrum around which the industry revolves and which really supports it. It supports the industry through different levels as well. As I said in my earlier contributions, internationally in other countries, racing is also supported by the Exchequer so it is important we compete and we have done. It has...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Horse and Greyhound Racing Fund Regulations 2023: Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine (22 Nov 2023)

Charlie McConalogue: I take the Cathaoirleach's point.

Select Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Estimates for Public Services 2023
Vote 30 - Agriculture, Food and the Marine (Supplementary) (22 Nov 2023)

Charlie McConalogue: I thank the Cathaoirleach, and I thank the committee for the opportunity to present to it this request for a Supplementary Estimate for 2023. The Supplementary Estimate is required in order to make sure that we make use of the savings in the Department's Vote and to provide for Brexit adjustment reserve, BAR, schemes and Ukraine-related schemes. In gross terms, an additional €90.9...

Select Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Estimates for Public Services 2023
Vote 30 - Agriculture, Food and the Marine (Supplementary) (22 Nov 2023)

Charlie McConalogue: It is ongoing. I concur with the Cathaoirleach about the challenge, the disappointment, the traumatic nature of the experience of having reactors in the herd and what it means for people's farm businesses. I established the TB forum, bringing all key stakeholders together to collaborate on how we get this going in the right direction. We need to work through that forum to see what steps we...

Select Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Estimates for Public Services 2023
Vote 30 - Agriculture, Food and the Marine (Supplementary) (22 Nov 2023)

Charlie McConalogue: Appropriations-in-aid are the receipts we get in from the EU in response to the direct payments and grants we pay out. We recoup them from the European Commission.

Select Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Estimates for Public Services 2023
Vote 30 - Agriculture, Food and the Marine (Supplementary) (22 Nov 2023)

Charlie McConalogue: Yes.

Select Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Estimates for Public Services 2023
Vote 30 - Agriculture, Food and the Marine (Supplementary) (22 Nov 2023)

Charlie McConalogue: It is going to come in the first quarter of next year rather than the last quarter of this year. The appropriations-in-aid referred to is the payment of the ANC for money we paid out and also some payment under the European Maritime and Fisheries Fund as well. It is an accounting piece. It makes no difference to our budget this year in real terms and no difference to our budget next year...

Select Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Estimates for Public Services 2023
Vote 30 - Agriculture, Food and the Marine (Supplementary) (22 Nov 2023)

Charlie McConalogue: I thank Deputy Fitzmaurice. On the agri-environmental schemes, there is a change there from €160 million to €133 million. This relates to demand-led funding, especially with the soil sampling scheme and also the TAMS renewable energy scheme, a lot of which is around the solar. We will be announcing that in the next week or two, but more of the funding will be next year rather...

Select Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Estimates for Public Services 2023
Vote 30 - Agriculture, Food and the Marine (Supplementary) (22 Nov 2023)

Charlie McConalogue: We have profiled €200 million in the budget next year for ACRES. This means that this year we are reprofiling it into other things, because we have to spend it in the current year's budget. Obviously, we have to manage the ACRES budget from year to year in terms of the amount that is being paid out, etc. Regarding the carbon tax measures and the just transition fund, €13.5...

Select Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Estimates for Public Services 2023
Vote 30 - Agriculture, Food and the Marine (Supplementary) (22 Nov 2023)

Charlie McConalogue: That is profiled. The carbon tax is increasing year-on-year over the next while. It is profiled into our overall allocation for ACRES. I am not sure what the carbon tax actually-----

Select Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Estimates for Public Services 2023
Vote 30 - Agriculture, Food and the Marine (Supplementary) (22 Nov 2023)

Charlie McConalogue: This year, all the current carbon tax capital we have is going towards ACRES.