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Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Ukraine War (21 Feb 2023)

Charlie McConalogue: The Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine provided support of €750,000 in December 2022 for a one-year project administered by the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO). The project will support highly vulnerable small-holder farmers and households in rural areas at the frontline of the illegal Russian aggression in eastern Ukraine, where the poultry...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Departmental Legal Cases (21 Feb 2023)

Charlie McConalogue: I can confirm for the Deputy that there have been no discrimination cases taken and won against my Department in the past ten years.

Veterinary Medicinal Products, Medicated Feed and Fertilisers Regulation Bill 2023: Second Stage (Resumed) (16 Feb 2023)

Charlie McConalogue: I want to ensure, first of all, that the structure we put in place means that the lines of supply and the means for people to purchase product are available and can continue, while ensuring that there is a robust veterinary input and oversight. Many of these products are overused. I was listening to Deputy Cahill, who as the Deputy is aware, is the Chair of the Oireachtas Joint Committee on...

Veterinary Medicinal Products, Medicated Feed and Fertilisers Regulation Bill 2023: Referral to Select Committee (16 Feb 2023)

Charlie McConalogue: I move: That the Bill be referred to the Select Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine, pursuant to Standing Orders 95(3)(a) and 181(1).

Veterinary Medicinal Products, Medicated Feed and Fertilisers Regulation Bill 2023: Second Stage (Resumed) (16 Feb 2023)

Charlie McConalogue: I thank Deputy Fitzmaurice for his contribution today and thank other Deputies for their very wide-ranging and mostly well thought-out contributions from across the floor the last time we were discussing this Bill. It has been a positive start to the legislative journey through the Dáil and the Seanad. I will certainly be taking on board the various contributions made by Deputies to...

Select Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Agricultural and Food Supply Chain Bill 2022: Committee Stage (Resumed) (15 Feb 2023)

Charlie McConalogue: I am happy that the Bill caters for this already but I have no objection whatsoever to including it here as well. I am happy to accept the amendment.

Select Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Agricultural and Food Supply Chain Bill 2022: Committee Stage (Resumed) (15 Feb 2023)

Charlie McConalogue: I move amendment No. 16: In page 16, line 6, after “Expenditure” to insert “, National Development Plan Delivery”.

Select Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Agricultural and Food Supply Chain Bill 2022: Committee Stage (Resumed) (15 Feb 2023)

Charlie McConalogue: I am happy to comment on that. I will consider further the point Deputy Carthy is making in this instance. It is a different point from the one he made before. This relates to the regulator consulting and engaging with consumers. This section already empowers the regulator to consult with anyone the regulator considers could assist in the performance of its functions. It already has the...

Select Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Agricultural and Food Supply Chain Bill 2022: Committee Stage (Resumed) (15 Feb 2023)

Charlie McConalogue: I am happy with this objective. The objective of the office of the regulator is to ensure primary producers are front and centre, get fair play in the food supply chain and that there is fairness throughout the food supply chain. The board initially consisted of five members of which two were to be representatives of primary producers. The committee put forward a report to me which...

Select Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Agricultural and Food Supply Chain Bill 2022: Committee Stage (Resumed) (15 Feb 2023)

Charlie McConalogue: I move amendment No. 18: In page 16, line 26, after “Expenditure” to insert “, National Development Plan Delivery”.

Select Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Agricultural and Food Supply Chain Bill 2022: Committee Stage (Resumed) (15 Feb 2023)

Charlie McConalogue: I move amendment No. 19: In page 16, line 31, after “of” where it secondly occurs to insert “up to”. This relates to the term of office of an appointment. The Bill originally specified that it should be five years and was rigid and specific about that number. Some amendments were proposed dealing with how that could be staggered and so on. The most...

Select Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Agricultural and Food Supply Chain Bill 2022: Committee Stage (Resumed) (15 Feb 2023)

Charlie McConalogue: Sections Nos. 23(4), 23(5) and 23(6) will be deleted. It was initially the case that each member of the board would be appointed for a fixed five-year term, with no flexibility regarding that. We wanted to mitigate the fact that we might have everybody there for the full five years and retiring, for example, at the same time. In the original Bill, section 23(4) states: "On each anniversary...

Select Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Agricultural and Food Supply Chain Bill 2022: Committee Stage (Resumed) (15 Feb 2023)

Charlie McConalogue: There will always have to be three. The legislation will require, with the amendment that we tabled, that at least three of the eight will have to be primary producers. That stipulation-----

Select Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Agricultural and Food Supply Chain Bill 2022: Committee Stage (Resumed) (15 Feb 2023)

Charlie McConalogue: If only three of the eight are primary producers and a primary producer was to step down, that person would have to be replaced. Otherwise, the board would not be compliant with the Act because there would not be three primary producers any more.

Select Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Agricultural and Food Supply Chain Bill 2022: Committee Stage (Resumed) (15 Feb 2023)

Charlie McConalogue: I move amendment No. 20: In page 16, line 32, after “appointment” to insert “, as the Minister shall determine”.

Select Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Agricultural and Food Supply Chain Bill 2022: Committee Stage (Resumed) (15 Feb 2023)

Charlie McConalogue: I move amendment No. 21: In page 16, line 32, to delete “to (6)” and substitute “and (3)”.

Select Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Agricultural and Food Supply Chain Bill 2022: Committee Stage (Resumed) (15 Feb 2023)

Charlie McConalogue: I move amendment No. 22: In page 17, to delete lines 1 to 8.

Select Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Agricultural and Food Supply Chain Bill 2022: Committee Stage (Resumed) (15 Feb 2023)

Charlie McConalogue: I do not agree with what is outlined in amendments Nos. 25 and 29. It is not an appropriate space for an Oireachtas committee to be in to appoint or approve people's appointments to jobs. It does not happen anywhere else in Oireachtas systems. It often happens that chairs of boards, and the same will apply regarding the chair of the food regulator, appear before Oireachtas committee...

Select Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Agricultural and Food Supply Chain Bill 2022: Committee Stage (Resumed) (15 Feb 2023)

Charlie McConalogue: I move amendment No. 26: In page 22, line 28, to delete “renewable”. The Bill, as presented initially, included the word "renewable" in relation to the contract of the CEO. With amendment No. 27, I propose to change that to "(which contract may be renewed)". It is more legally robust. Amendment No. 26 seeks to delete the reference to "renewable" when referring to a...

Select Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Agricultural and Food Supply Chain Bill 2022: Committee Stage (Resumed) (15 Feb 2023)

Charlie McConalogue: I move amendment No. 27: In page 22, line 29, after “contract” to insert “(which contract may be renewed)”.