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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. 28: In page 22, line 33, 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. 30: In page 25, line 29, 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. 31: In page 25, line 32, 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: On amendment No. 33, which provides that in the annual report the regulator may include "recommendations made to the Minister regarding its own functions, or proposed or requested powers or functions", I think this is fair. It is something it would have the capacity to do. I have no problem with specifying that. It is in the spirit and expectation of the Bill and I am happy to accept this...

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. 36: In page 30, line 5, 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. 37: In page 30, line 9, 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. 38: In page 30, line 15, after “Expenditure” to insert “, National Development Plan Delivery and Reform”.

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. 39: In page 30, line 32, 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. 41: In page 31, line 24, 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: This is something I have considered. Equally, this committee engaged with all the stakeholders it met and put together its own report. One of the recommendations the committee made to me was that we should set the fines at €10 million and 10% of overall turnover. I accepted that fully as one of the recommendations from this committee. I believe it is proportionate and appropriate...

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

Charlie McConalogue: It is something that will be kept under review over time. Regarding specific fines like this, we are saying they can be up to €10 million or 10% of a company's turnover. If we had a company, for example, with a turnover of €1 billion, then the fine could be up to €100 million in a specific instance. It is appropriate that such a high and punitive penalty would be...

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

Charlie McConalogue: I understand the Deputy’s point, but it is not the appropriate measure. We should facilitate and rely on the judgment of the regulator instead of specifying in a concrete way in legislation for situations that we cannot predict. Section 80(2)(b) provides that the Minister may, by regulation, make such provision for "the procedures for the making of complaints under this Act,...

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

Charlie McConalogue: Yes. That is fair. I take Deputy Carthy’s point. The Bill provides the Minister the ability to do what he suggested by regulation. Section 80(2)(b) allows the Minister to make such provision, by regulation, for "the procedures for the making of complaints under this Act, including the format, timing, evidence, standing and other requirements for efficient and fair processing of...

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. 44: In page 44, line 31, 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. 47: In page 54, to delete lines 15 and 16.

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

Charlie McConalogue: I thank the members for their detailed Committee Stage assessment. I also thank them for the significant work they all put into the prelegislative scrutiny hearings the committee held with stakeholders and for the report the committee sent to me. I worked hard to accommodate that report and I fully or substantially accepted 18 of the 20 recommendations. I thank members for the time and...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Agriculture Schemes (15 Feb 2023)

Charlie McConalogue: The Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine is fully committed to encouraging the increased use of Low Emission Slurry equipment. The Low Emission Slurry Scheme (LESS) has been a real success. Interest in grant aid for the purchase of LESS equipment has been very strong with over 10,700 farmers approved to purchase LESS machinery under the Targeted Agricultural Modernisation Scheme...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Agriculture Schemes (15 Feb 2023)

Charlie McConalogue: The Food Vision 2030 Dairy Group was established in 2022 to advance the actions for the dairy sector identified in the Food Vision 2030 strategy; taking account of the requirement for the dairy sector to contribute to achieving the targets set for agriculture emissions in the Climate Act process, i.e. a 25% reduction in greenhouse gas emissions from agriculture by 2030. The Dairy Group...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Agriculture Schemes (15 Feb 2023)

Charlie McConalogue: An application for participation in the 2021 Basic payment Scheme (BPS) scheme was received under a reference number from the person named on 17thApril 2021. The application was linked to a herd number in February 2022. In processing the application, it was found that the area claimed by the applicant was greater than the maximum eligible area for the land parcels. Photos have been...

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

Charlie McConalogue: I thank Deputy Carthy. What I suggest here is that we reflect more on it between now and Report Stage. I would not necessarily be inclined to accept it but I will consider it further. I need to consider whether allowing the regulator to seek views on those documents would be counterproductive and discourage the submission of codes of practice in the first place. This is because the codes...