Results 3,081-3,100 of 24,092 for speaker:Charlie McConalogue
- 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.
- 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: How much is that?
- 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 the Enterprise Ireland capital investment scheme in the processing sector. We had allocated an expected spend of just over €30 million for this year. However, this scheme is demand-led and led by the number of applicants for it. It will, therefore, not be fully expended. Obviously, we allocated that as an opportunity. Some of it may carry into next year, but it is entirely...
- 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: Which number is the Deputy referring to?
- 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 was a typo. It was an administrative error when it was first done, so we are correcting that.
- 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 was an administrative error. Basically, the Estimate had been for €25 million, but that figure was an error at that stage. It should not have been that. It should have been €17 million. We are correcting that now in the Supplementary Estimate. It was a typographical error.
- 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 refers to receipts from inspection fees at meat plants. There was an error when it was presented.
- 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: There is no change there. It is what was expected. There was an error with the figure when it was presented.
- 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: Maybe next year.
- 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: It is a 4% increase on last year. As with any sector, it is growing and dealing with inflationary challenges and the challenges that evolve from year to year. To be clear, like every other sector, most will be looking for more of an increase than what we can provide. For both the thoroughbred industry and the greyhound industry, the horse and greyhound fund is important to make sure they...
- 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 racing sector in particular?
- 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 prize money certainly does. That is important for races operating on tracks like Roscommon, to attract horses and ensure prize money is spread across horses of all grades and types. The capital funding will also come through this fund to HRI. Since between 2015 and 2023, the total capital grants through HRI were just above €35 million. Through partnering with local tracks, that...
- 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: E3 on page 12.