Results 301-320 of 1,438 for agriculture scheme data

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Agriculture Industry (21 Oct 2021)

Charlie McConalogue: ...of cattle farms. Reducing this variability is a real opportunity to make progress in reducing emissions from cattle production in Ireland with positive economic dividend on the farms concerned. Schemes such as the Beef Data and Genomics Programme (BDGP) and Beef Environmental Efficiency Programme-Sucklers (BEEP-S) are focused on improving the carbon efficiency of the beef herd. The Climate...

Seanad: Flood Risk Management: Motion (19 Oct 2021)

Patrick O'Donovan: ...planning system and the flood risk management guidelines that were issued by the Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage in 2009, and the once-off voluntary homeowners relocation scheme, which is operated by the OPW. Local authorities are required to have regard to planning guidelines, which set out a rigorous approach to flood risk assessment, when considering the development...

Financial Resolutions 2021 - Financial Resolution No. 2: General (Resumed) (13 Oct 2021) See 2 other results from this debate

Minister of State at the Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine (Senator Pippa Hackett): As Minister of State with responsibility for land use and biodiversity, I welcome the agriculture budget for 2022. It is fair, it is friendly to the climate and biodiversity, and it will protect farm families, farm profitability and farm safety and sustainability. The Minister, Deputy...

Seanad: Budget 2022: Statements (Resumed) (13 Oct 2021)

Eugene Murphy: ...at local level and members of the public, wants to see housing solved. Nobody in this Chamber, no matter which party he or she represents or in the Dáil, for that matter, is going to fix housing overnight. That is simply not going to happen. More schemes are up and running and within months, we will see small improvements occurring to stabilise the situation of people in rental...

Financial Resolutions 2021 - Budget Statement 2022 (12 Oct 2021) See 1 other result from this debate

Michael McGrath: ...the incomes of 1.36 million people over the course of the pandemic, including more than 660,000 workers, who at different times had their wages paid in full or in part by the State through the wage subsidy scheme. The Irish economy is now rebounding strongly. The economic growth we are seeing, and the return of so many people to work, is evidence that the Government was right to step in...

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Tax Credits (5 Oct 2021)

Paschal Donohoe: I propose to take Questions Nos. 196 to 198, inclusive, together. The succession farm partnership scheme is a joint initiative between my Department and the Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine, designed to encourage an older farmer to form a partnership with a young trained farmer, with a view to transferring management of the farm and ultimately ownership of the farm. The use of...

Climate Action: Statements (30 Sep 2021) See 2 other results from this debate

Matt Shanahan: ...by 2050. The plan outlines Ireland's current greenhouse gas emissions and targets across a range of all our major sectors, including electricity, enterprise, the built environment, transport and agriculture. The list goes on. Some 183 recommendations have been set out in the policy to reduce greenhouse gas. A new climate action plan is being developed. This will develop five-year...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Agriculture Schemes (30 Sep 2021)

Charlie McConalogue: ...the new REAP project, a results-based agri-environment pilot project that aims to test the feasibility of scaling up lessons learned from the current Rural Development Programme.  This project rewards farmers for good agricultural practices and includes a results-based payment system with higher rates paid to those achieving higher environmental outcomes.  This two-year...

Seanad: Address to Seanad Éireann by Members of the European Parliament (22 Sep 2021)

...if our young women and girls are travelling across Europe, their rights should also travel with them. This is true particularly for our younger men and women who travel as part of the Erasmus+ scheme. I am also working as a shadow rapporteur to strengthen the application of the principle of equal pay for equal work and work of equal value between men and women through pay transparency...

Sea-Fisheries (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2021: Second Stage (21 Sep 2021)

Martin Heydon: ...contribute to a level playing field in fisheries control across member states. Serious infringements include the following: not fulfilling obligations to record and report catch or catch-related data; concealing, tampering or disposal of evidence relating to an investigation; and fishing without a valid licence, authorisation or permit. The system was due to be in place by 1 January...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: General Scheme of the Tailte Éireann Bill 2020: Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage (16 Sep 2021)

...for the project leading to the establishment of Tailte Éireann. I am accompanied by Mary Hurley, assistant secretary We welcome the opportunity to brief the joint committee on the general scheme of the Tailte Éireann Bill 2020. The Bill provides for the merger of the Valuation Office, Property Registration Authority and Ordnance Survey Ireland, through the establishment of a...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Common Agricultural Policy (16 Sep 2021)

Charlie McConalogue: The Department is continually looking at ways to ensure the most efficient delivery of the €1.6 billion of EU-funded scheme payments to applicants, in line with regulatory requirements. Applications for the majority of the Department’s schemes are now online, resulting in improved efficiencies for farmers. For example, online applicants for the Basic Payment...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Nitrates Action Programme: Discussion (14 Sep 2021) See 1 other result from this debate

...no need for covering outdoor storage tanks. Another issue is the compulsory use of low-emission slurry spreading on farms above 100 kg organic nitrogen. We cannot see the benefit in that. The data equipment has been grant-aided through the targeted agricultural modernisation scheme, TAMS. We all know that if it becomes a legal requirement, it will not be grant-aided. If there is...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Agriculture Schemes (9 Sep 2021)

Charlie McConalogue: The objective of the Beef Environmental Efficiency Programme – Suckler (BEEP-S) is to further increase economic and environmental efficiency in the suckler herd through better quality data on herd performance, supporting decision making on farm and support of best practice in welfare management. The scheme in 2021 is an annual scheme as was the scheme in 2020 and the pilot in 2019. ...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Departmental Funding (27 Jul 2021)

Charlie McConalogue: ...be aware that much of the funding within my Department is derived either in full or in part from the European Union's Multi-annual Financial Framework (MFF), which is in place to deliver the Common Agricultural Policy (CAP).  As such, it is subject to regular review and reform at EU and national level.  A new CAP regulatory framework has been recently agreed which will provide...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Agriculture Schemes (15 Jul 2021)

Charlie McConalogue: ...both at national and EU level. I personally support young farmers and see the need for generational renewal. This is critical to ensure a bright future for the agri-food sector. The new Common Agricultural Policy (CAP) has cited generational renewal as one of the nine key objectives reflecting the need to ensure a vibrant agricultural sector equipped with skilled and innovative young...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Common Agricultural Policy (29 Jun 2021)

Charlie McConalogue: ...on their farms. The Strategy identifies that farming practices that remove CO2from the atmosphere contribute to the climate neutrality objective and should be rewarded, either via the Common Agriculture Policy (CAP) or other public or private initiatives (carbon market). The new Common Agricultural Policy allows options to provide support for environmental action on farms, through the...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Climate Action: Reduction of Carbon Emissions of 51% by 2030: Discussion (Resumed). (29 Jun 2021) See 1 other result from this debate

...programme and chairing the pan-European joint programme initiative on climate; implementation of flexible market mechanisms established at EU and UN levels, including the EU emissions trading scheme; state of the environment reporting and strategic environmental assessment; circular economy and food waste initiatives; advice and assistance to local authorities; industrial and chemical...

Committee on Budgetary Oversight: Tax Expenditures: Discussion (24 Jun 2021)

...around a dozen which are less well targeted or have a questionable underlying economic rationale. Three reliefs we highlight that are particularly poorly targeted are as follows. First, business and agricultural relief from capital acquisitions tax, CAT, cost €360 million in 2019, an average of almost €175,000 per claim. While intended to support the growth of, and...

Seanad: Climate Action and Low Carbon Development (Amendment) Bill 2021: Second Stage (21 Jun 2021)

Seán Kyne: ...considering there is so much of my area in Connemara that is designated? Would impacting on a small section of that area be beneficial in terms of gaining acceptance from a community in that case? On agriculture, will farmers be credited for carbon sequestration in respect of their hedgerows, hedgerow trees and groves of trees? When driving or travelling by train or by bus along the...