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- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Forestry Policy and Strategy: Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine (25 Jan 2023)
Charlie McConalogue: Previously, it was not. It is just this month, so that is in place. That is a big deal. It is very significant. They will now have 20 years versus 15 years for their own farms.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Forestry Policy and Strategy: Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine (25 Jan 2023)
Charlie McConalogue: I noted the motion and outlined last night the really strong work the Government is doing. There were three parts to the Sinn Féin motion. The first was that the deal should be abandoned. That is not legally possible. The second part is that we publish a very ambitious forestry strategy. We have one that we will publish very soon and that will be very ambitious. The third part was...
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Forestry Policy and Strategy: Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine (25 Jan 2023)
Charlie McConalogue: We noted what the motion is and dealt with it during the debate last night and again here today.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Forestry Policy and Strategy: Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine (25 Jan 2023)
Charlie McConalogue: This is a deal Coillte did. We did not sign any form in respect of this deal. We met Coillte last week and had an in-depth conversation about the deal, especially about how we can move the situation on from here and how, as a State, we can better enable Coillte to have a role in afforestation, which it has not been able to do since 2004. I dealt with the question about SEEFA earlier. I am...
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Forestry Policy and Strategy: Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine (25 Jan 2023)
Charlie McConalogue: I did not give approval to this. The Deputy stated she was listening to the committee meeting earlier.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Forestry Policy and Strategy: Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine (25 Jan 2023)
Charlie McConalogue: I am not sure if Deputy Nolan was listening earlier but I will go over the same territory again.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Forestry Policy and Strategy: Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine (25 Jan 2023)
Charlie McConalogue: I am not getting smart.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Forestry Policy and Strategy: Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine (25 Jan 2023)
Charlie McConalogue: I will not go back over it again then. SEEFA is a new organisation. As I stated earlier, the approach is that if a new organisation springs up, the protocol has been that the Government does not simply start to meet it. I will give the example of the Irish Natura And Hill Farmers Association, INHFA, which is a strong, credible organisation in the agriculture sector. It took time to...
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Forestry Policy and Strategy: Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine (25 Jan 2023)
Charlie McConalogue: There is no system in place yet but as we put in a system-----
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Forestry Policy and Strategy: Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine (25 Jan 2023)
Charlie McConalogue: I am glad that the Deputy, as someone who has been anti-climate change action, who voted against the climate change Bill and who votes against and opposes everything to do with climate change from what I have observed, is in favour of carbon capture.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Forestry Policy and Strategy: Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine (25 Jan 2023)
Charlie McConalogue: No, I-----
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Forestry Policy and Strategy: Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine (25 Jan 2023)
Charlie McConalogue: I am not sure what the Deputy's question is.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Forestry Policy and Strategy: Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine (25 Jan 2023)
Charlie McConalogue: What is the Deputy's question?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Forestry Policy and Strategy: Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine (25 Jan 2023)
Charlie McConalogue: I am meeting-----
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Forestry Policy and Strategy: Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine (25 Jan 2023)
Charlie McConalogue: I-----
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Forestry Policy and Strategy: Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine (25 Jan 2023)
Charlie McConalogue: I am sure as someone who has voted against the Government's carbon targets-----
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Forestry Policy and Strategy: Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine (25 Jan 2023)
Charlie McConalogue: -----she will have noticed I-----
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Forestry Policy and Strategy: Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine (25 Jan 2023)
Charlie McConalogue: I meet them all the time. For example, I met the IFA yesterday and I am sure the Deputy will have paid close attention to the president of the IFA's speech in which he indicated he believes farmers can reach the 25%-----
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Forestry Policy and Strategy: Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine (25 Jan 2023)
Charlie McConalogue: He said he feels they can reach the 25% target which I negotiated.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Forestry Policy and Strategy: Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine (25 Jan 2023)
Charlie McConalogue: I think the Deputy-----